Scienza e natura

Northwest of Earth

C. L. Moore · 1954 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

New York , Gnome Press, Inc. 1954. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of this science fiction-fantasy short story collection by notable author Catherine Lucille Moore. First edition. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. A selection of thirte...

Like Nothing on Earth

Eric Frank Russell · 1975 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Dennis Dobson Ltd. 1975. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of short fiction from British science fiction writer Eric Frank Russell. First edition. A collection of previously uncollected stories considered compulsory reading for any science ...

Skirmish: The Great Short Fiction of Clifford D. Simak

Clifford D. Simak · 1977 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1977. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of short fiction from American science fiction writer Clifford Donald Simak. First thus. A collection of ten of the best short stories from Simak, as a testament to one of ...

Deus Irae

Philip K. Dick; Roger Zelazny · 1978 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

Newton Abbott, Readers Union, 1978. Cloth. A post-apocalyptic science fiction novel started by Philip K. Dick and finished by Roger Zelazny, with the original dust wrapper. A book club edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original uncli...

Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, Volume XXII: 1931-1934

D. A. Wray [ed.]; R. G. S. Hudson [ed.] · 1934 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Manchester, Sherratt & Hughes, 1934 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce complete volume of the Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, containing a wealth of geological essays and information from 1931 to 1934. A very scarce volume from the Society, being volume XXI...

A Mirror for Observers

Edgar Pangborn · 1954 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)

New York, Doubleday & Company Inc, 1954. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this brilliant sci-fi novel about two Martians in Massachusetts by Edgar Pangborn. The first edition, first printing.In the original unclipped dust wrapper. 'A Mirror For Observers' ...

The Wanderer

Fritz Leiber · 1967 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Dennis Dobson, 1967. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of the first U.K. edition of Fritz Leiber's brilliant sci-fi novel following a wandering planet. The first U.K. edition, first impression.In the original unclipped first issue dust wrapper.First published as ...

Sinister Barrier

Eric Frank Russell · 1948 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

Reading, Pennsylvania, Fantasy Press, 1948. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Eric Frank Russell's debut novel, an influential science-fiction novel work illustrated throughout by Edd Cartier. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth ...

Elements of Botany

R. J. Thornton · 1812 · Rooke Books

£2,450.00 (€2,936.67 | $3,236.60 | ¥516,844)

London, Printed for the Author, 1812. First edition. Leather. A profusely illustrated two-volume botanical guide, compiled by physician and botanist, Robert John Thornton. The first edition. Bound without a title page, dated using Jisc, from a copy held at the British Library ...

The Practical Measurer; or, Tradesman and Wood Merchant&Apos;S Assistant: Containing a Variety of Tables, Showing the Superficial and Solid Content of Round, Square, and Unequal Sided Timber or Stone; Designed for the Use of Artificers, Wrights, Carpenters, Sawyers, Plasterers, Glaziers, Builders, Masons, Bricklayers, Wood Merchants, Painters, Ditchers, Causeway-Layers, Etc.

Alexander Peddie · 1833 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

Glasgow , Blackie and Son, 1833. Leather. An impressive practical measuring guide, intended for tradesmen and wood merchants, from Scottish physician Alexander Peddie. This work of metrology comprises a series of tables, showing the contents of round, square and unequal sided ...

Manual of British Botany, Containing the Flowering Plants and Ferns Arranged According to the Natural Orders

Charles Cardale Babington · 1851 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, John Van Voorst, 1851. Cloth. A third edition of this concise manual to British botany from English botanist Charles Cardale Babington. Third edition, with additions and corrections. A detailed and comprehensive manual to British botany, with records of all flowering p...

An Account Book of Lamb & Sons of Edinburgh

Lamb & Sons · 1815 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

Edinburgh, None, 1815-1829 . Hardback. The fascinating early nineteenth century account book of an Edinburgh merchant named Lamb & Sons, largely concerning sales of books and furniture. A fascinating volume, featuring accounts dated from 1815-1829.To the start of the work are ...

Conversations on Political Economy; in Which the Elements of That Science Are Familiarly Explained

Jane Marcet · 1817 · Rooke Books

£780.00 (€934.94 | $1,030.43 | ¥164,546)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1817 . Leather. The second edition of Jane Marcet's ground breaking economic work, popularising the ideas of Adam Smith, Malthus, and David Ricardo. The second edition of this work, first published the year prior.Seemingly ai...

A Short Inquiry Into the Profitable Nature of Our Investments

Robert Lucas Nash · 1880 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.98 | ¥34,808)

London, Effingham Wilson , 1880 . First edition. Cloth. The vanishingly scarce first edition of R. L. Nash's guide to public securities and investments, partially compiled from his articles in The Economist. The first edition of this very scarce work.By Robert Lucas Nash,...

Familiar Wild Flowers

F. Edward Hulme · 1877 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.65 | $343.48 | ¥54,849)

London, Cassell and Company, Limited, [1877-85]. First edition. Cloth. A five volume set of Frederick Edward Hulme's beautifully colour illustrated works on wild flowers. The first edition. Illustrated with monochrome vignettes, colour frontispieces and thirty-nine colou...

The Heptameron

Marguerite de Navarre; Queen of Navarre · 1886 · Rooke Books

£680.00 (€815.08 | $898.32 | ¥143,451)

London, Privately Printed, 1886. First edition. Leather. An impressive edition of Marguerite of Navarre's collection of short stories, this being an extra-illustrated copy bound in two volumes by Ritter. An extra illustrated copy, bound in two volumes.The first edition of...

The Centenarian; or, the Two Beringhelds

Horace de Saint-Aubin [Honoré de Balzac]; George Edgar Slusser [trans.] · 1976 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

New York, Arno Press, 1976. Cloth. A fine English translation of Balzac's seminal contribution to early science fiction. The first thus edition of the English translation of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Part of the Arno Press collection of sup...

Annals of Banks for Savings

Sir Francis Burdett · 1818 · Rooke Books

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

London, Luke Hansard & Sons for J. M. Richardson, and I. & A. Arch et al, 1818 . First edition. Paperback. The vanishingly scarce first edition of Sir Francis Burdett's discussion of the rise, progress and importance of savings banks. The first edition of this very scarce...

A Scottish Naturalist: The Sketches and Notes of Charles St. John 1809-1856

Charles St. John · 1982 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Andre Deutsch, 1982. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated collection of the notes of Scottish naturalist Charles St. John. First edition. Illustrated throughout. A detailed collection of the notes and sketches of Charles St. John, a naturalis...

The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-Utan and the Bird of Paradise. A Narrative of Travel, with Studies of Man and Nature

Alfred Russel Wallace · 1877 · Rooke Books

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

London, Macmillan and Co, 1877. Cloth. The sixth edition of this work chronicling the scientific explorations of British naturalist, Alfred Russel Wallace, with folding maps. The sixth edition of this work. In the publisher's original green cloth, with a gilt stamp to th...