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The Roads of England

R.M.C. Anderson; Sir William R. Morris · 1932 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, Ernest Benn, 1932. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce work on the transportation and roadways of England, with numerous illustrated maps throughout. A fascinating early twentieth-century work on transportation and roadways through England, including...

Lives of Boulton and Watt. Principally from the Original Soho Mss. Comprising Also a History of the Invention and Introduction of the Steam-Engine.

Samuel Smiles · 1865 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, John Murray, 1865 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this biography of two steam-engine engineers from the nineteenth century with illustrations. First edition, in full calf binding of Lives of Boulton and Watt. Principally from the Original Soho MSS. Compr...

Plant Anatomy from the Standpoint of the Development and Functions of the Tissues and Handbook of Micro-Technic

William Chase Stevens · 1910 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,453)

London, J. & A. Churchill , 1910 . Cloth. A very scarce second edition of this technically illustrated biological study on plants. Second edition in original publisher's cloth binding of this botanical study by William Chase Stevens from the early twentieth century.This s...

The Nature Diaries and Note-Books of Richard Jefferies

Richard Jefferies; Samuel J. Looker · 1948 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, The Grey Walls Press Ltd , 1948. First edition. Cloth. First edition of the botanical diaries and note-books of nature writer Richard Jefferies, complete with dust wrapper. First full transcription of Jefferies's field diaries, notable for his acute observations o...

The Birds of the British Isles: First and Second Series; the Moths of the British Isles: First Series; the Caterpillars of the British Butterflies; the Butterflies of the British Isles

T. A. Coward; Richard South · 1933 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

London, Frederick Warne & Co. 1933-61. Cloth. A collection of five volumes exploring the natural history of the British Isles, some later editions. A collection of five volumes from Frederick Warne's series exploring the natural history of the British Isles.The present gr...

The Sea-Trout: A Study in Natural History

Henry Lamond · 1916 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.75 | ¥27,417)

London, Sherratt & Hughes , 1916. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of the natural history of the Sea-Trout by Henry Lamond. The first edition of this work. An extensive, large paper study concerning the sea-trout, with much useful information for anglers, including...

The Daily Telegraph Nature Notes

Robert Burton · 1998 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.42 | ¥10,123)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1998. First edition. Hardback. A fine scarce signed first edition collection of Robert Burton's contributions to 'Nature Notes', beautifully illustrated throughout by Robert Burton. The first edition, first impression, of this scarce ...

The Metallurgy of Gold

T. Kirke Rose; W. C. Roberts-Austen · 1894 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, Charles Griffin and Company, Limited, 1894. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this fascinating uncommon volume by T. Kirke Rose, delving into the subject of the metallurgy of gold, illustrated throughout. A first edition of this uncommon work.Rose's fa...

Monographies de Mammalogie

C. J. Temminck · 1835 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

Leiden, Van de Hoek, 1835. Brochure/Pamphlet. A scarce zoological work by Coenraad Jacob Temminck relating to mammals, with illustrations including folding plates. Written by Coenraad Jacob Temminck, a Dutch zoologist and the first director of the National Museum of Natural Hi...

Animal Life Under Water

Francis Ward · 1919 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, Cassell and Company , 1919. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this fascinating volume by Francis War on animal life underwater. The first edition of this work by Francis Ward. Looking at animal life underwater, with chapters on cormorant and other divers, otte...

The Rhine and Its Picturesque Scenery: Rotterdam to Mayence and the Upper Rhine: The Scenery of Its Banks and the Manners of Its People

Henry Mayhew · 1856 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

London, David Bogue; George, Routledge and Co. 1856-1858. First edition. Cloth. Henry Mayhew explores the Rhine and its beauty in this charming and scarce collection of two volumes illustrated by Birket Forster. The first edition of both volumes. The first edition of this char...

Romance of Natural History

Philip Henry Gosse · 1810 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

London, James Nisbet & Co. c1890. Cloth. A charming pictorial binding of naturalist Philip Henry Gosse's work of natural history, illustrated with plates by Wolf. Arranged with chapters containing information on 'Discrepancies', 'The Vast', 'The M...

Flora Helvetica Exhibens Plantas Helvetiae Indigenas Hallerianas, Et Omnes Quae Nuper Detectae Sunt Ordine Linneano

Johann Rudolf Suter · 1802 · Rooke Books

£255.00 (€305.65 | $336.89 | ¥53,780)

Zürich, Orell, Fuessli und Comp. 1802. First edition. Hardback. A two volume uncommon first edition study on the Swiss flora. the first edition in two volumes, with title page and preface in parallel Latin and German. A study on the Swiss flora, comprising plants from Albrecht...

Wild England of Today

C J Cornish · 1895 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

London, Seeley and Co, 1895. First edition. Leather. A finely bound, charmingly illustrated work on England's wildlife, by accomplished naturalist Charles John Cornish. The first edition of this work.In a very smart Bumpus binding, with their binder's stamp to the ve...

Picturesque Views on the Upper or Warwickshire Avon

Samuel Ireland · 1795 · Rooke Books

£880.00 (€1,054.81 | $1,162.61 | ¥185,595)

London, R Faulder, 1795. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound, exquisitely illustrated first edition copy of this exploration of the River Avon. In a full calf binding. Illustrated, with a frontispiece, map, and 29 sepia aquatints with two engraved portraits. Collated, comp...

Chapters on Animals

Philip Gilbert Hamerton · 1883 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,399)

London, Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1883. Leather. An extremely smart observational commentary on domesticated and wild animals by British artist, Philip Gilbert Hamerton. The fourth edition of this work. Illustrated, with eight engraved plates after J Veyrassat and Karl Bo...

Lake Tana & the Blue Nile an Abyssinian Quest

Major R. E. Chessman · 1936 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1936. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Robert Cheesman's interesting look at the Blue Nile and Lake Tana, illustrated with folding maps and plates. The first edition of this work. A geographical and educational look at Lake Tan...

Physiognomy; or, the Corresponding Analogy between the Conformation of the Features and the Ruling Passions of the Mind

J. C. Lavater · 1844 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London, Thomas Tegg, 1844. Cloth. A very scarce and pleasing copy of this work of nineteenth century scientific study, discussing the then popular practice of Physiognomy. Translated from the original work into English. Twentieth edition. Bound in the publisher's original...

Amid the High Hills

Sir Hugh Fraser · 1923 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, A and C Black, 1923. First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition copy of this beautifully illustrated natural history work by Hugh Fraser. Signed by the author, with a dedication to the recto of front endpaper, 'E F Bathurst with love and kindest wishes from the...

Microscope Teachings: Descriptions of Various Objects of Especial Interest and Beauty Adapted for Microscopic Observation

Mary Ward · 1864 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.65 | $1,314.54 | ¥209,848)

London, Groombridge and Sons, 1864. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a charming volume on microscopes, written by a self-taught Irish naturalist believed to be the first person killed in a motor accident. The first edition of Microscope Teachings: Descriptions of Var...