Scienza e natura

Kiteworld

Keith Roberts · 1985 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Gollancz, 1985. Paperback. A proof copy of this sci-fi tale about men who fly in kites to fight demons. The proof copy, in an unclipped proof dust wrapper.A sequence of science fiction tales, in which men in the 'Kite Corps' fly in kites to defeat demonic for...

The Tombs of Atuan

Ursula K. le Guin · 1973 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)

London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1973. Cloth. The second impression of Ursula K. Le Guin's second volume in her influential 'Earthsea' fantasy series. The second impression, published the year after the first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'T...

The Inner Wheel

Keith Roberts · 1969 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1969. Paperback. A very scarce proof of this early work by Keith Roberts, a volume of three interconnected tales. A very scarce proof copy of this work. The first edition was published in 1970.'The Inner Wheel' contains three interlinked sh...

Past and Present Vegetation of the Isle of Skye: A Palaeoecological Study

H. J. B. Birks · 1973 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

Cambridge, Cambridge at the University Press, 1973. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated study into the vegetation of the Isle of Skye. First edition. Illustrated with seven folding plates inserted into a pocket at the rear of the text, with numerous...

Sur L&Apos;Origine de Nos Chiffres Lettre de M.L. Am. Sedillot

M. L. AM. Sedillot [Louis-Pierre-Eugene Sedillot] · 1865 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,282)

Rome, Imprimerie des Sciences Mathematiques et Physiques, 1865. Paperback. A copy of the letter written by Louis-Pierre-Eugene Sedillot to the Prince Baldassarre Boncompagni-Ludovisi on the origin of figures, in the original French. French. Very scarce. A copy of the letter fr...

Butterflies on My Mind: Their Life and Conservation in Britain Today; Bird Island in Antarctic Waters; the Heyday of Natural History; Millais: Three Generations in Nature, Art and Sport

Dulcie Gray; David F. Parmelee; Lynn Barber; J N P Watson · 1978 · Rooke Books

£78.00 (€93.49 | $103.04 | ¥16,455)

Brighton; Minneapolis; New York; London, Angus and Robertson; University of Minnesota Press; Doubleday and Company, Inc.; The Sportsman's Press, 1978-1988. First edition. Cloth. A lovely set of four first edition works, each exploring unique areas natural history, includi...

Essays on Physiognomy

John Caspar Lavater; Johann Kaspar Lavater; Thomas Holcroft · 1879 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, William Tegg and Co, 1879. Cloth. An English translation of the important essays on physiognomy by Johann Kaspar Lavater, illustrated throughout. A collection of the essays of Johann Kaspar Lavater on physiognomy, writings which helped to popularise the science.Illustr...

The Face As Indicative of Character

Alfred T. Story · 0 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

London, L. N. Fowler & Co, c1890. Cloth. A very scarce treatise on physiognomy and phrenology by Alfred Thomas Story, with illustrated figures throughout. A very scarce work.A treatise of physiognomy and phrenology by Alfred Thomas Story. With in-text illustrations throughout...

Flora Britannica; British Wildlife

Richard Mabey; Paul Sterry · 1996 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Sinclair Stevenson; HarperCollins Publishers Ltd , 1996-2008. Hardback. A very bright duo of nature works exploring Britain's wildlife as well as its wild flowers, plants and trees, both profusely illustrated throughout in colour. Two excellent guides to British w...

Butterflies and Moths in Romance and Reality

W. F. Kirby · 1913 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1913. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this delightful study on butterflies and moths, with colour plates. First edition. Very scarce. Illustrated with twenty-eight colour plates. Collated complete. A detai...

The New Naturalist

Various · 1945 · Rooke Books

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

London, Collins, 1945-90. First edition. Cloth. A lovely set of thirteen volumes from the popular and long running 'New Naturalist' series, with many colourful plates. A thirteen volume set of 'The New Naturalist', a series published by Collins on a variety...

Rocannon&Apos;S World

Ursula K. le Guin · 1979 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1979. First edition. Cloth. A fine first U.K. hardback edition of the debut novel of noted sci-fi author Ursula K. le Guin. The first U.K. hardback edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'Rocannon's World' i...

The Laws of Life, with Special Reference to the Physical Education of Girls

Elizabeth Blackwell · 1859 · Rooke Books

£2,750.00 (€3,296.26 | $3,632.92 | ¥580,131)

London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd, 1859. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce copy of the first UK edition of this important debut work from Anglo-American physician Elizabeth Blackwell. First UK edition. Very scarce. As the first published work from the author, collected ...

Talks with Shepherds

Walter Johnson · 1925 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London, George Routledge and Sons Ltd , 1925. First edition. Cloth. The author's presentation copy of this charming work, documenting Walter Johnson's conversations and observations of shepherds, with the author's corrections. First edition. The author's p...

Thorley&Apos;S Illustrated Farmers&Apos; Almanack and Diary

1894 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.25 | $726.58 | ¥116,026)

London, Joseph Thorley, 1894-1903. Cloth. A unique volume of ten alamancks bound in one, with extensive notes by the prior owner regarding the weather for each day for ten years. A unique volume, containing nine volumes of the very scarce 'Thorley's Illustrated Farme...

Insect Transformations, Insect Architecture & Insect Miscellanies

[James Rennie] · 1830 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.29 | ¥58,013)

London, Charles Knight, 1830-31. First edition. Cloth. A collection of three works on the topic of entomology, written by Scottish naturalist James Rennie and published as part of The Library of Entertaining Knowledge. First editions. Bound in the publisher's original cl...

A Draught of Fishes

F. D. Ommanney · 1965 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Longmans, 1965. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of F. D. Ommanney's exploration of the ocean, of the life of fish, and different methods of fishing. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with ...

The Sense of the Past

Henry James · 1927 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, W. Collins Sons & Co Ltd , [1927]. Cloth. Henry James' unfinished comedy of manners featuring time travel, in the original very scarce dust wrapper. A later edition, first published in 1917. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped, very...

Mereside Chronicle: With a Short Interlude of Lochs and Lochans

C. F. Tunnicliffe · 1948 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Country Life Limited, 1948. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this highly illustrated work on Mereside from English painter Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, six plans, ...

Anatomical Model of the Bull

0 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Vinton & Company Ltd. c1920. Cloth. A smart third edition of this very scarce fold-out illustration of the anatomy of a bull. Third edition. Very scarce work. Illustrated with five folding colour plates with organs to the centre plate also folding. Collated complete an...