Scienza e natura

Weird Tales Magazine March 1939, Volume 33 Number 3

Farnsworth Wright (Editor) · 1939 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.06 | $918.14 | ¥146,615)

Indianapolis, Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1939. Paperback. An early 20th century issue of this interesting American magazine. Contains the second printing of the Quest of Iranon by HP Lovecraft. The first was in the Galleon in 1935. Both printings are extremely scarce....

Our Common Sea-Birds Cormorants, Terns, Gulls, Skuas, Petrels and Auks

Percy R. Lowe · 1913 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.32 | ¥23,205)

London, The Offices of Country Life, 1913. Vellum. An attractively-bound work on the sea birds of the British Isles. Illustrated throughout with many photographs. Dated using Copac. Percy Roycroft Lowe (2 January 187018 August 1948) was an English surgeon and ornithologist. Re...

Reports of the Delegates of the Hope Museum and Rothney Collection

Anon · 1904 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1904-12. Leather. Various reports of the Oxford University Natural History Museum. Including the Sixteenth Annual Report of the Delegates of the University Museum (for 1903) and the Seventeenth Annual Report of the Delegates of the University M...

An Introduction to Botany

John Lindley · 1835 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman. 1835. Cloth. A scarce edition of An Introduction to Botany by the eminent English botanist John Lindley Illustrated with six copper-plates and numerous wood-engravings. The second edition, with corrections and numerous addi...

Parasitism Organic and Social

Jean Massart and Émile Vandervelde · 1907 · Rooke Books

£24.99 (€29.95 | $33.01 | ¥5,272)

London , Swan Sonneschein and Co. Limited, 1907. Cloth. Parasitism Organic and Social by Jean Massart and Émile Vandervelde. Translated into English by William Macdonald and revised by J. Arthur Thomson. Second edition. With a preface by Prof. Patrick Geddes (1854 - 1932) who...

Tables of Interest

John Thomson · 1847 · Rooke Books

£100.00 (€119.86 | $132.11 | ¥21,096)

London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1847. Leather. A copy of this financial work in an attractive calf binding. A copy of 'Tables of Interest, at 3, 4, 4 1/2, and 5 per cent. From one pound to ten thousand, and from one to three hundred and sixty-five days, in a ...

The Grouse: Being a Collection of Notes for the Use of the Local Correspondents of the Committee.

Various; A. S. Leslie [Ed.] · 1906 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

[Edinburgh], Board of Agriculture and Fisheries , [1906]. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this concise official study of grouse disease, habitat management, and ecology, illustrated with fourteen plates. In the publisher's original cloth binding. First ed...

Geological History: Chapters from the Physical History of the Earth

Arthur Nicols · 1880 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

New York , Harper and Brothers , 1880. First edition. Cloth. A rare illustrated geological study from Arthur Nicols, signed by the author and presented by the publishers. Signed and dated by the author to the title page. Inscribed below it: "Presented by the Publishers. The bo...

Dollar&Apos;S Veterinary Surgery

J. J. O'Connor · 1930 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, Bailliere, Tindall and Cox, 1930. Cloth. An informative, very scarce, and richly illustrated guide to veterinarian practice and care. A highly scarce title, seen here in the second edition.In original green cloth binding, with gilt decoration to spine.An informative, c...

Books on Bees

Herbert Mace; J.M. Dunning; D'Arcy Chapman; Karl von Frisch [ed. by Nathaniel Tarn] · 1921 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London; Oxford, Hutchinson and Co.; Kingsgate Press; Basil Blackwell; Jonathan Cape, 1921-1968. First edition. Cloth. A lovely little set on Bees, largely concerning their behaviours, their scientific attributes and their important role in our ecosystem. A lovely little group ...

The Natural History of Domestic and Wild Animals: Their Structure, Habits, Localities, Distribution, and Influence on Human Society

Robert Mudie · 1839 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Charles Griffin and Company, [1839]. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Robert Mudie's illustrated natural history, surveying domestic and wild animals and their relationship to human life. In the publisher's original cloth binding. First edition...

Notes on the Birds of Northamptonshire and Neighbourhood

Lord Lilford [Thomas Littleton Powys] · 1895 · Rooke Books

£168.00 (€201.37 | $221.94 | ¥35,441)

London, R. H. Porter, 1895 . First edition. Vellum. A charming first edition, two-volume ornithological study of Northamptonshire birdlife by Lord Lilford, richly illustrated with photogravures, woodcuts, and a folding map, smartly bound in quarter vellum. Bound in a handsome ...

The Farrier&Apos;S Dispensatory

William Gibson · 1725 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London, J. Osborn and T. Longmans, 1725 . Leather. An attractive example of the second edition of William Gibson's guide to veterinary care for horses. A scarce work in all editions. The second edition of this work, which is scarce in all editions.William Gibson offers a ...

The Dominion of Man

Rev. J. G. Wood · 1889 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.52 | ¥8,227)

London, Bentley and Son, 1889 . First edition. Cloth. A very pleasing copy of the first edition of this very scarce, illustrated study of man and animal throughout history, bound in the publisher's original blue cloth with gilt wolf, with numerous animal illustrations. Th...

British Salt-Water Fishes

F. G. Aflalo; R. B. Marston · 1904 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, Hutchinson and Co. 1904. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this survey of British salt-water fishes, complete with twelve beautiful colour plates. First edition. From the Woburn Library of Natural History series, edited by His Grace the Duke of Bedfor...

British Beetles: An Introduction to the Study of Our Indigenous Coleoptera

E. C. Rye; Canon Fowler · 1890 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, L. Reeve & Co. 1890. Cloth. An uncommon second edition of this illustrated entomological study of British beetles from English natural historian Edward Caldwell Rye. Second edition. Uncommon work. Illustrated with a frontispiece, sixteen colour plates to the rear and n...

Avalanche & the Avalanche Enigma

Joseph Wechsberg; Colin Fraser · 1958 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Weidenfeld and Nicholson; John Murray, 1958-1966. First edition. Cloth. Two smart first edition volumes on the subject of avalanches and the impact of this natural disaster. Two volumes. First editions. This set contains: Avalanche, 1958. Illustrated with three maps by...

A Sketch of Modern and Antient Geography

Samuel Butler · 1824 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1824. Leather. A sixth edition of this detailed study of modern and ancient geography from English scholar, Samuel Butler. Sixth edition. Intended for the use of schools, this work explores the changes and developments in m...

The Geology of Arran and Other Clyde Islands with an Account of the Botany, Natural History, and Antiquities, Notices of the Scenery and an Itinerary of the Routes

James Bryce · 1872 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

Glasgow and London, William Collins, 1872. Cloth. A smart fourth edition of this illustrated geological study of the Isle of Arran and other Clyde Islands. Fourth edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and numerous in-text images. Written originally to serve as a guide to th...

The Eastern Arboretum, or Register of Remarkable Trees, Seats, Gardens, &C. In the County of Norfolk.

James Grigor · 1847 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.74 | ¥27,424)

London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1847 . Cloth. The second edition of this scarce work exploring the remarkable selection of trees found in Norfolk, written by James Grigor and richly illustrated. Second edition. First published in 1841. Bound in the publisher's...