Scienza e natura

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...

A History of British Sponges and Lithophytes

George Johnston · 1842 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)

Edinburgh, W. H. Lizars, 1842. First edition. Cloth. The first and only edition of this natural history on British sponges by Scottish naturalist, George Johnston. Complete with twenty-five plates, some hand-coloured. The first and only edition of this work. Rebound in a late...

The Medusae of the British Isles

Frederick Stratten Russell · 1953 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.98 | ¥34,808)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press , 1953 . First edition. Cloth. A fine copy of the first edition in the original cloth with gilt jellyfish design, with thirty-five coloured plates and more than three-hundred further illustrations. The first edition in the publisher's...

The Oxford Books on British Nature

Various · 1964 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, Oxford University Press, 1964-1975. First edition. Cloth. A comprehensive nine volume set of the Oxford Book series on British nature, brilliant for enthusiasts wishing to identify certain species in everyday life. Nine informative guides from the Oxford Book series co...

A Conchological Manual

G. B. Sowerby · 1846 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, Henry G. Bohn, 1846 . First edition. Cloth. Illustrated throughout with engraved plates, this is the third edition of George Brettingham Sowerby's study of shells and shell collecting. The third edition of this work, which was first published in 1839.Illustrated w...

Catalogue of the British Echinoderms in the British Museum (Natural History)

F. Jeffrey Bell · 1892 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, Order of the Trustees; Longmans, 1892 . First edition. Cloth. Impressively illustrated with fourteen engraved plates and two chromolithographs, this is the first edition of Bell's informative study of echinoderms. The first edition of this impressively illustrated...

A History of the British Marine Testaceous Mollusca

William Clark · 1855 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, John Van Voorst, 1855 . First edition. Cloth. A bright example of the scarce first edition of William Clark's detailed and informative study of British marine testaceous molluscs. A scarce first edition. William Clark offers a zoological study systematically pres...

Part VII: Report of the Commissioner for 1879 (United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries)

Spencer F. Baird [Commissioner]; Prof. W. G. Farlow · 1882 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

Washington, Government Printing Office , 1882. Cloth. An extract of this scarce report issued by the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, discussing the marine algae of New England. Part VII of this report from the U.S. Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, for the ye...

A History of the British Zoophytes

George Johnston · 1838 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

Edinburgh , W. H. Lizars, 1838. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of this illustrated study of British zoophytes, from Scottish physician and naturalist George Johnston. First edition.In a modern half cloth rebinding, with paper covered boards.Illustrated with forty-four plates...

A Manual of the Mollusca; or, Rudimentary Treatise of Recent and Fossil Shells

S. P. Woodward · 1851 · Rooke Books

£249.00 (€298.46 | $328.94 | ¥52,528)

London, John Weale , 1851-6. Cloth. The complete edition of S. P. Woodward's study of molluscs, illustrated throughout with woodcuts and engravings. The complete edition. Three volumes in one, as issued. In a modern half cloth rebinding, with marbled boards. With the ori...

A Guide to the Quadrupeds and Reptiles of Europe; with Descriptions of All the Species

Lord Clermont · 1859 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, John Van Voorst, 1859. First edition. Cloth. A very scare first edition copy, exploring the varied wildlife of Europe. A very scarce first edition copy of Lord Clermont's title, bound in original brown cloth.Lord Clermont - otherwise known as Thomas Fortesque, 1st...

A History of the British Sessile-Eyed Crustacea

C. Spence Bate, J.O. Westwood · 1863 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,016)

London, John Van Voorst, 1863-1868. Cloth. A complete set of a collaborative study into the natural history of the British Sessille-Eyed Crustacea by Charles Spence Bate and John Obadiah Wood. Two insightful volumes on the History of the British Sessille-Eyed Crustacea, writte...

A Conchological Dictionary of the British Isles

William Turton · 1819 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, John Booth, 1819 . First edition. Cloth. Featuring 28 lovely plates, this resourceful conchological dictionary explains the essential elements for conchologists in the British Isles. First edition.Rebound in red cloth.Featuring 28 monochrome plates of shells with helpf...

The Fauna of the Deep Sea

Sydney J. Hickson · 1894 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd. 1894 . First edition. Cloth. A rare and pleasing copy of the first edition of this illustrated deep-sea study in the publisher's original pictorial cloth. The first edition of this very scarce deep-sea study in the publisher&...

Sea-Side Studies at Ilfracombe, Tenby, the Scilly Isles, and Jersey

George Henry Lewes · 1860 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

Edinburgh & London , William Blackwood and Sons, 1860. Cloth. A detailed study of the sea-sides at Ilfracombe, Tenby, the Scilly Isles, and Jersey with a frontispiece and 6 further plates. The second edition of the work. In publisher's original decorative green cloth bin...

A Collection of Ten Articles on Dew-Ponds

Edward A. Martin · 1907 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

London, King, Sell, & Olding, Ltd; South-Eastern Union of Scientific Studies et. al. 1907-1910. Cloth. A scarce collection of articles on dew-ponds by Edward A. Martin, this copy containing three signed letters from the author. Author's presentation copy, with three signe...

The Glory of the Tree

Dr. B. K. Boom; H. Kleijn · 1966 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

New York, Doubleday & Company, 1966 . First edition. Leather. Illustrated with colour plates, this is a fine example of the first edition of this wonderful celebration of the 'glory' and beauty of trees. The first edition, first impression of this work.In a handsome ...

A History of British Fishes

William Yarrell · 1836 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

London, John Van Voorst, 1836. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of William Yarrell's natural history work on British fishes, beautifully illustrated with detailed woodcuts. The first edition. The work was originally serialised in nineteen parts in 1835, and then he...

Butterflies and Moths at Home and Abroad

H. Rowland-Brown · 1912 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1912. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this popular work on butterflies and moths from English entomologist Henry Rowland-Brown, colourfully illustrated throughout. First edition. Illustrated with twenty-one colour plates, plate III is dis...