Scienza e natura

Mother Nature; a Study of Animal Life and Death

William J. Long · 1923 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

New York and London, Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1923 . First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this beautifully illustrated study into the life cycle of animals. The first edition of the work, stated to the rear of the title page.In the original green cloth bind...

The World&Apos;S Minerals

Leonard J. Spencer · 1922 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, W. & R. Chambers, 1922. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition copy of this comprehensive account of minerals, illustrated in colour. The scarce first edition if the work.In publisher's original red cloth binding.Illustrated with forty beautiful coloured pla...

The Tribes on My Frontier

EHA [Edward Hamilton Aitken] · 1884 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Thacker Spink & Co. 1884 . Cloth. A scarce second edition copy of this abundantly illustrated natural history work. The scarce second edition of the work.In publisher's original decorative green cloth binding.Illustrated with a frontispiece, 7 plates, and in text ...

British Grasses

Margaret Plues · 1867 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, Reeve & Co. 1867. First edition. Cloth. First edition of this popular botanical work on British grasses, illustrated with sixteen colour plates. First edition.In publisher's original green cloth binding.Bookplate of the Templetonn family to front free endpaper.Wit...

A Sketch of the Natural History (Vertebrates) of the British Islands

F. G. Aflalo · 1898 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1898 . First edition. Cloth. First edition of Aflalo's insightful natural-history volume on British vertebrates. First edition.In publisher's original green cloth binding.With a frontispiece and three further plates a...

The Farmer&Apos;S Outlook: A Review of Home and Overseas Agriculture, 1880-1913

Ralph T. Hinckes · 1913 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, Jarrold & Sons , [1913]. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of Ralph T. Hinckes"s study of global agriculture and food prices in the decades before the First World War. In the publisher's original red cloth binding. First edition. This copy is undated. Dated her...

An Old Story of My Farming Days (Ut Mine Stromtid)

Fritz Reuter; M.W. Macdowall · 1878 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

Leipzig, Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1878. Cloth. A very scarce complete three volume set of autobiographical farming works by German novelist Fritz Reuter. A very scarce complete three volume set of autobiographical works.The authorized editions.In full green cloth binding. A work b...

Hints on the Cultivation of British and Exotic Ferns and Lycopodiums

Benjamin Samuel Williams · 1852 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1852. First edition. Cloth. An incredibly scarce first edition title, in the original cloth binding. A scarce first edition scientific volume.A slim work, bound in original cloth, with smart gilt lettering to the front board and spine. Written by Ben...

Knowlson&Apos;S Yorkshire Cattle-Doctor & Farrier

John C. Knowlson · 1834 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

Otley, William Walker, 1834. Cloth. A very scarce agricultural title, rebacked, with original spine laid down. A well-used and very scarce copy of this informative title.One of two titles published by John C. Knowlson as agricultural aids, specifically detailing the medical ca...

Practical Chemistry

Stevenson Macadam · 1873 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London; Edinburgh, W. & R. Chambers, 1873. Cloth. An incredibly scarce illustrated work, published as an accessible and informative educational tool. An incredibly scarce title, in original brown cloth, with gilt lettering to the spine.A new edition of the title originally pub...

A Manual of Marine Zoology for the British Isles Part I. And Part II.

Philip Henry Gosse · 1855 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, John Van Voorst, 1855-1856. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon complete pair of well-illustrated zoological works by the "Father of the Aquarium". A smart pair of first edition works by influential English naturalist, Brethren evangelist, and "Father of the Aquarium" Ph...

A Popular History of British Mosses

Robert M. Stark · 1854 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Lovell Reeve, 1854. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a comprehensive and scholarly account of British Mosses, sharing new light on these common yet intriguing plants. The first edition of A Popular History of British Mosses: A General Account of the Structure...

The Book of the Meat Trade

Frank Gerrard [ed.] · 1950 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, The Caxton Publishing Company, 1950 . Cloth. A comprehensive 2 volume set of the intricacies of the meat trade, with numerous illustrations throughout. A comprehensive complete two volume set on the meat trade.The third reprints of the work, first published in 1949.In ...

The Museum of Natural History

John Richardson; William S. Dallas; T. Spencer Cobbold; William Baird; Adam White · 1859 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London, William Mackenzie, 1859-1862 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this impressive study of the animal kingdom by the Museum of Natural History, illustrated beautifully with over one-hundred plates, both hand-coloured and monochrome. The first edition of this ...

The Useful Plants of Great Britain

C. Pierpoint Johnson · 1862 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London, Robert Hardwicke, [1862] . Cloth. Beautifully illustrated, extensive botanical work on British plants and their uses for food, medicine and more. In decorative green cloth binding. Rebacked with spine laid down.Featuring 25 beautiful colour plates, with plate 14 bound ...

Catalogue of the Library of the Zoological Society of London

F. H. Waterhouse; P. L. Sclater (secretary) · 1902 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Taylor and Francis, 1902. Cloth. A very scarce example of the 5th edition of this extensive catalogue of the library of the Zoological Society of London. A very scarce example of this work, dedicated to thoroughly cataloguing the contents of the Zoological Society of L...

Notes on the Food of Plants

Cuthbert C. Grundy · 1871 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)

London, Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. 1871 . First edition. Cloth. A presentation copy of this first edition work on plants by painter and author Cuthbert Cartwright Grundy. The very scarce first edition of the work.A presentation copy, inscribed by the author to the front free end...

Rohault&Apos;S System of Natural Philosophy

Jacques Rohault; John Clarke [trans.] · 1728 · Rooke Books

£775.00 (€928.95 | $1,023.82 | ¥163,492)

London, James and John Knapton, 1728-1729 . Leather. Illustrated throughout with folding plates, this is the scarce second edition of John Clarke's important translation of Jacques Rohault's discussion of natural philosophy. The second edition of John Clarke's E...

An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1933

Joseph Whitaker · 1933 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, [Whitaker], 1933. Paperback. A rare survival in the paper wraps, Whitaker's popular Almanack for the year 1933. A very scarce example of this publication, in original pink paper binding. First published in 1868, Joseph Whitaker's Almanack was an annual and v...

A Victorian Botanical Journal Hand-Written and Illustrated by One Ann Projean

Ann Projean · 1849 · Rooke Books

£1,495.00 (€1,791.97 | $1,974.99 | ¥315,381)

Not Stated , None, 1849. Cloth. A lovely 19th-century botanical journal filled out by one Ann Projean, with beautiful original illustrations in colour throughout. A most charming Victorian botanical guidebook, containing original coloured illustrations and hand-written notes o...