Scienza e natura

Every Mother&Apos;S Book

1949 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

Sussex, Alfred Fennings, 1949. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very smart copy of this illustrated guide for mothers from Alfred Fennings chemist. Scarce work. With illustrations throughout. A charming pamphlet from the chemist Alfred Fennings, who established Fennings Pharmaceuticals in...

Arithmetic Designed for the Use of Schools: To Which Is Added a Chapter on Decimal Coinage

J. W. Colenso · 1871 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1871. Cloth. A comprehensive school guide on arithmetic, previously owned by the noted mathematician David Singmaster. The new edition, thoroughly revised with the addition of notes and examination-papers.Previously owned by the noted mathemati...

The Toynbee Convector

Ray Bradbury · 1988 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of short science fiction from American author Ray Bradbury. First edition. A collection of twenty-three tales which begin in the familiar rooms and landscapes of our lives and then ...

Cultivated Plants: Their Propagation and Improvement

F. W. Burbidge · 1877 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1877 . First edition. Cloth. The author's presentation copy of this informative work on the cultivation and propagation of plants, written by British explorer Frederick William Burbidge. First edition. Bound in the publish...

Brier-Patch Philosophy

Peter Rabbit"; William J. Long · 1906 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

Boston, Ginn & Company Publishers, 1906. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated study of animal philosophy from American naturalist William Joseph Long. First edition. Uncommon work. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, four plates, and numerous in-...

A Selection of British Birds: Facsimile Edition

C. L. E. Perrot; Philip J. K. Burton · 1979 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London, The Publishing Partnership, 1979 . Leather. A beautifully illustrated, limited facsimile edition of Charlotte Louisa Emily Perrott's illustrations and descriptions of five British birds, finely bound in half morocco and housed in a slipcase. A facsimile edition, w...

The Blinding Light: A Tale

Colin Collins · 1910 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Greening and Co. Ltd , 1910. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce science fiction novel centring on the invention of a powerful ray. The first edition of this very scarce title. In the publisher's original cloth binding.This science fiction novel depicts the conse...

The Wishful Think

Bernard Newman · 1954 · Rooke Books

£88.00 (€105.48 | $116.25 | ¥18,564)

London, Robert Hale Limited, 1954. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this Cold War era sci-fi novel by Bernard Newman. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'The Wishful Think' is a sci-fi novel, following a man ...

Mutant

Lewis Padgett [Henry Kuttner]; [C. L. Moore] · 1953 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

New York, Gnome Press Inc, 1953. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of science fiction stories by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition of this collection, first printing. In the publisher's original cloth ...

The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight

Rev. J. Cecil Hughes · 1922 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)

London, Edward Stanford, Limited, 1922. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this illustrated geological history of the Isle of Wight. First edition. Very scarce. Illustrated with a frontispiece and fifteen plates. Collated complete. A detailed and comprehensiv...

Dark Tides

Eric Frank Russell · 1962 · Rooke Books

£285.00 (€341.61 | $376.50 | ¥60,123)

London, Dennis Dobson, 1962. First edition. Cloth. This first edition, first impression of a collection of short science fiction stories by the celebrated author Eric Frank Russell, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of the work.With ...

The Fifth Galaxy Reader; the Artificial Man; Shadows 2

H. L. Gold [ed.]; L. P. Davies; Charles L. Grant [ed.] · 1961 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

New York, Doubeday and Company , 1961-1975 . Cloth. A wonderful selection of science fiction and fantasy stories, including two short story collections and L. P. Davies' suspenseful tale. Comprising the first edition of 'Shadows 2' and Book Club editions of &apo...

Le Botaniste Franãƒâ§Ois

M. Barbeu Dubourg · 1767 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

Paris , Chez Lacombe, Librarie , 1767. First edition. Leather. A very scarce, first edition of this innovative work presenting new methods of botany for the eighteenth century, written in French by M. Barbeu Dubourg. The first edition. Complete in two volumes. Bound in full mo...

A Concise Description of the English Lakes, and Adjacent Mountains

Jonathan Otley · 1825 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.93 | ¥104,424)

London, Published by the author by John Richardson , 1825 . Leather. The second edition of Jonathan Otley's very scarce topographical work on English lakes and mountains, with a folding map. The second edition. First published in 1823. Bound in full calf, rebacked and wit...

Recherches Expãƒâ©Rimentales Sur Les Conditions de L&Apos;Activitãƒâ© Cãƒâ©Rãƒâ©Brale

Henri-Etienne Beaunis · 1886 · Rooke Books

£285.00 (€341.61 | $376.50 | ¥60,123)

Paris, J.-B. Bailliere et FIls, 1886. Paperback. A very scarce treatise on neurophysiology by Henri-Étienne Beaunis, signed by the author. A very scarce work.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper.In the original French.Part II only, of a total of two parts.A...

A Manual of Scientific Enquiry; Prepared for the Use of Officers in Her Majesty&Apos;S Navy and Travellers in General

Sir John F. W. Herschel · 1871 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.48 | ¥94,931)

London, John Murray, 1871. Cloth. A fourth edition of this fascinating guide to scientific enquiry from English polymath Sir John Frederick William Herschel. Fourth edition. Illustrated with two folding maps and numerous in-text figures. Collated complete. A detailed guide to ...

Report on the East Anglian Earthquake of April 22nd,1884

Raphael Meldola; William White · 1885 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, Macmillan & Co, 1885 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Raphael Meldola and William White's guide to the 1884 Colchester earthquake. The first edition of this work.With four plates, two of which are folding, and further vignette illustrations. Collated, ...

Onward and Upward: A Book for Boys and Girls

Hugh H. Quilter · 1904 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Swan Sonnenschein and Co. 1904. Cloth. A smart copy of this scarce illustrated book for young children from English writer Hugh H. Quilter. Third edition. Very scarce work. Illustrated a frontispiece, fourteen full-page images, and many in-text figures. Collated comple...

Two Addresses Delivered at the Dedication of a New Transmitter of Radio Free Europe Beamed to Hungary

Frederic R. Dolbeare; Gyula Dessewffy · 1951 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

Stamford, The Overbrook Press, 1951. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce program and record of the two addresses spoken at the ceremony inaugurating the new service of Radio Free Europe for Hungary. First edition. Limited to three hundred copies. A program and reco...

Green Mars

Kim Stanley Robinson · 1993 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.32 | ¥23,205)

London, HarperCollins, 1993. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression, of Kim Stanley Robinson's second novel in his vast 'Mars' science fiction trilogy. The first edition, first impression of this work.In the original price-clipped dustwrapper....