Scienza e natura

Mendip - the Great Cave of Wookey Hole

H. E. Balch · 1932 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Wells, Clare, Son & Co. Ltd, 1932. Cloth. A charmingly illustrated second edition of this work on the Mendip caves. Second edition. Illustrated with coloured frontispiece and nineteen plates. Collated complete. Written for visitors to the Mendips, this work includes the histor...

A Natural History of British Moths: Accurately Delineating Every Known Species, with the English As Well As Scientific Names, Accompanied by Full Descriptions, Date of Appearance, List of Localities They Haunt, Their Food in the Caterpillar State, and Other Features of Their Habits and Modes of Existence, Etc. , Etc.

Rev. F. O. Morris · 1891 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.48 | ¥94,931)

London, John C. Nimmo , 1891. Cloth. A scarce set of works on the identification and habits of British moths. Illustrated with numerous hand-painted plates. The scarce third edition. Held institutionally in only one UK library. Complete in four volumes. Uniformly bound in the ...

Birds of Southern Spain

F. C. R Jourdain · 1936 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

Not stated, Not stated [Ibis], 1936-1937 . Cloth. A very scarce collection of two works by F. C. R. Jourdain from the Ibis journal on ornithology. Birds of Southern Spain by F. C. R. Jourdain, two articles on ornithology collected and rebound together in cloth. From Ibis jour...

The Writings of John Burroughs

John Burroughs · 1904 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.37 | $1,585.27 | ¥253,148)

Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company , 1904-13. Leather. A beautiful fifteen volume set of the works of John Burroughs in uniform morocco bindings. Fifteen volumes of the works of John Burroughs bound in uniform half morocco with spine details in gilt. The Riverby edi...

Departures

E. L. Grant Watson · 1948 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Pleiades Books Limited, 1948 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this autobiographical work by biologist E. L. Watson in the original publisher's dust wrapper with illustrations. The first edition of Departures by E. L. Grant Watson in the original publis...

Profitable Wonders: Some Problems of Animal and Plant Life

E. L. Grant Watson · 1949 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Country Life Limited , 1949. First edition. Cloth. First edition of this work concerning some natural wonders by E. L. Grant Watson and C. F. Tunnicliffe. The first edition of this work. Concerning the animal and plant life and natural life wonders. Written by E. L. Gr...

Professional Papers of the Corps of Royal Engineers Volume XXVIII 1902

A. T. Moore; Various · 1903 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

Chatham, Royal Engineers Institute, 1903 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of this collection of professional papers from the Corps of Royal Engineers from the year 1902. The first edition, first impression of Professional Papers of the Corps of Royal...

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Volume XLVI. Part I. - Session 1907-8. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Volume XLVI. Part II. - Session 1908-9. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Volume XLVI. Part III. - Session 1908-9.

Edward Battersby Bailey; Francis Lewis; Ramsay Traquair; James Cosmo Melvill; et al · 1908 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, Robert Grant & Son, 1908-1909. Cloth. Volume 46 of Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, containing fascinating scientific essays, with 69 plates. In the publisher's original cloth binding This three volume set consists of: Part I of Vol. 46 of Transacti...

Romance of Low Life Amongst Plants. Facts and Phenomena of Cryptogamic Vegetation.

M. C. Cooke · 1893 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1893 . First edition. Cloth. Scarce first edition of Cooke's study of botany and natural science regarding vegetation. First edition of Romance of Low Life Amongst Plants by M. C. Cook, in original publisher's cloth...

Edward Wilson: Nature-Lover

George Seaver · 1937 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London , John Murray , 1937 . Cloth. A charming book on the natural history drawings of Edward Wilson, published after his death. Reprint in October 1937. Edward Wilson was an English polar explorer, natural historian and artist who had a wish to produce a book on natural his...

Farm Insects: Being the Natural History and Economy of the Insects Injurious to the Field Crops of Great Britain and Ireland

John Curtis · 1860 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)

Glasgow , Blackie and Son, 1860. Leather. A richly illustrated copy of Farm Insects, written by John Curtis, with hand coloured plates. Farm Insects: Being the Natural History and Economy of the Insects Injurious to the Field Crops of Great Britain and Ireland, which is also a...

Rural Recreations, or Modern Farmer&Apos;S Calendar; Elements of Botany

'A Farmer' [A. C. H.]; R. Hall · 1802 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, E. Hodson for Vernor and Hood, 1802. First edition. Leather. The first edition of these two illustrated works concerned with plant life and agriculture; 'Rural Recreations, Or Modern Farmer's Calendar' and R. Hall's 'The Elements of Botany&apos...

British Butterflies

W. S. Coleman · 1901 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, George Routledge and Sons, Limited, 1901. Cloth. A colourfully illustrated book about British butterflies, written by painter William Stephen Coleman with numerous colour plates. 1901 'New Edition&apos.Illustrations include a colour frontispiece, fourteen colour p...

A History of Herbal Plants

Richard le Strange · 1977 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, Angus and Robertson, 1977. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this illustrated history of herbal plants by Richard le Strange, complete with clipped dust wrapper. A fascinating and definitive work of natural history, surveying some 750 herbs used in the hi...

Killer Planet

Bob Shaw · 1989 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1989. First edition. Paperback. An uncorrected proof copy for Bob Shaw's science fiction novel, with a signature from the author to the front wraps. Uncorrected Proof Copy, uncommon. Signed by the author to the front cover of wraps. This is an...

The Mechanism of Creative Evolution

C. C. Hurst [Charles Chamberlain Hurst] · 1932 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1932 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this important work from prominent twentieth century geneticist C. C. Hurst, providing a detailed account of 'Creative Evolution&apos. The first edition of English geneticist Charles ...

The Problem of Man&Apos;S Ancestry

Frederic Wood-Jones · 1918 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1918. Cloth. A smart first edition of Frederic Wood-Jones' very scarce work on the ancestry of man. Expanded from a lecture given by the author, this work provides a new idea regarding the origin of man.Written by Frederi...

The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science

J. William Dawson · 1893 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1893. Cloth. The sixth edition of this controversial volume which discusses the origins of the world against Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. An interesting volume in which John W Dawson discusses Creationism and the idea that science an...

Pen and Pencil Sketches of Shipping and Craft All Round the World

R. T. Pritchett · 1899 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Edward Arnold, 1899. First edition. Vellum. A delightful collection of sketches by R. T. Pritchett relating to ships around the world. Detailing all manner of beautiful boats, including the 'Britannia', 'Sunbeam' and 'Victoria and Albert',...

The Deserts of Southern France

S. Baring-Gould · 1894 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, Methuen & Co. 1894. First edition. Cloth. A first edition examination of the geology of the Aquitaine region of France by Sabine Baring-Gould, illustrated throughout. With chapters on les Causses, la Crouzate, the Caussenards, the firehills of Cransac, le Puy d'Is...