Scienza e natura

The Birds of Surrey

John A. Bucknill · 1900 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, R. H. Porter, 1900 . First edition. Leather. A lovely copy of the first edition of Sir John Strachey's illustrated ornithological study of the birds of Surrey. The first edition of this work by British lawyer and Judge John Alexander Strachey Bucknill, who served ...

The Birds of the West of Scotland Including the Outer Hebrides

Robert Gray · 1871 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

Glasgow, Thomas Murray, 1871 . First edition. Leather. An attractively bound copy of the first edition of Robert Gray's illustrated work on the birds of the West of Scotland. The first edition of this work.Written by Robert Gray, a Scottish banker and famed amateur ornith...

Birds of the Seashore

H. J. Massingham · 1931 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, T. Werner Laurie, Ltd, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this beautifully illustrated work on birds of the shore. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece and sixty-eight full-page drawings. Collated complete. A detailed and comprehensive wo...

Histoire Naturelle Des Oiseaux

Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon · 1770 · Rooke Books

£2,400.00 (€2,876.74 | $3,170.55 | ¥506,296)

Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1770-85. First edition. Leather. An uncommon to see complete set of Buffon's influential natural history work, these lavishly illustrated eighteen volumes focussing on birds. The first edition.Complete in eighteen volumes.In the original F...

England Day by Day: A Guide to Efficiency and Prophetic Calendar for 1904

Edward Verrall Lucas · 1903 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, Methuen & Co, 1903 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this unusual and very scarce set of predictions for the upcoming year, 1904. The very scarce first edition of this work by Edward Verrall Lucas, a British editor and publisher who was chairman of Methu...

President Randolph: As I Knew Him

John Francis Goldsmith · 1935 · Rooke Books

£330.00 (€395.55 | $435.95 | ¥69,616)

Philadelphia, Dorrance & Company, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this scarce science fiction novel, a 'fictitious biography', by John Francis Goldsmith. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the origi...

A Sequel to Looking Backward, or, "Looking Further Forward

Richard Michaelis · 1888 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, William Reeves, c1891. Hardback. A fourth edition copy of this uncommon science fiction by Richard Michaelis, an unofficial sequel to Edward Bellamy's popular sci-fi novel. The fourth edition.An intriguing sequel to Edward Bellamy's important 1888 science fic...

Better Days: Or, a Millionaire of to-Morrow

Thomas Fitch; Anna M. Fitch · 1891 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

San Francisco, Better Days Publishing Co, 1891. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition copy of this curious science fiction near future novel set between 1892 and 1896, written by Thomas and Anna Fitch. The first edition of this uncommon work.A novel written by Republ...

James Ingleton: The History of a Social State A.D. 2,000

Mr. Dick · 1893 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, James Blackwood & Co, 1893 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce science fiction novel set in the year 2,000, where England has become a socialist dystopia. The first edition of this scarce novel, published under the pseudonym "Mr. Dick".Set one hund...

The Cave of a Thousand Columns

T.E. Grattan-Smith · 1938 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.79 | ¥37,972)

London, Hutchinson & Co, 1938 . First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of this thrilling adventure novel about giant monsters who live in caves beneath Australia, in a vibrantly illustrated dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the very scarc...

Up-to-to-Morrow, or Mr Chumson&Apos;S Experiments

W. Carter Platts · 1903 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, John Long, 1903 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce collection of short stories about failed futuristic inventions. The first edition of this very scarce collection about Mr. Chumson's comically ill-conceived futuristic inventions.A conte...

The Sea and Its Living Wonders

Dr. G. Hartwig · 1861 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1861 . Cloth. The second English language edition of this richly illustrated study of marine life. The second UK edition, translated from the fourth German edition by Dr G. Hartwig.Illustrated with a number of woodcuts and twelve ch...

The Life Story of a Fowl

J. W. Hurst · 1908 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London , Adam and Charles Black , 1908. First edition. Cloth. A charming story of a fowl, with colour illustrations. A first edition copy. This is from the series Animal Autobiographies and tell the life story of a fowl from the fowl's point of view, with the author adop...

Mammals of Wisconsin

Hartley H. T. Jackson · 1961 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

Madison, The University of Wisconsin Press, 1961. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Hartley Jackson's illustrated volume on the mammals of Wisconsin. Found in the unclipped dustwrapper. A first edition of Hartley Jackson's illustrated volume on the mammals of ...

Moeurs Et Instincts Des Animaux

Félix-Archimède Pouchet · 1891 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

Paris, Librarie Hachette, 1891. Leather. The French naturalist Félix-Archimède Pouchet examines the habits and instincts of animals in this heavily illustrated volume. A new edition of this illustrated work by French naturalist Félix-Archimède Pouchet. Published in French ...

Aberrations of Sexual Life After the Psychopatia Sexualis

R V Kraft-Ebing; Alexander Hartwich · 1959 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Staples Press, 1959. Cloth. A bright new edition of this study on sexual psychology by Rv Kraft-Ebing and Alexander Hartwich. First published in Great Britain in 1951. A medico-legal study for doctors and lawyers , being the 'Psychopathia Sexualis' of Dr Rv K...

Vor Viden, Magasin for Ny Teknik Og Forskning, Oktober 1949 - September 1956: Hefte 1-182

Paul Bergsoe; Michael Schroder; Frithiof Hansen · 1951 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

Kobenhavn, Thaning & Appels Forlag, 1951-1956. Leather. A five-volume set of this Danish science periodical, Vor Viden, concerning new technology and research, with illustrations throughout. A five volume set in half morocco bindings with marbled boards. A very scarce five-vol...

Observations on Mental Education: A Lecture Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain Before H.R. H. Prince Albert & on the Importance of the Study of Language As a Branch of Education for All Classes: A Lecture Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain

Michael Faraday · 0 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, John W. Parker and Son, c1850. Paperback. Two lectures delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, as originally delivered. Scarce work. Observations on Mental Education: A Lecture Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain Before H. R. H. Prince Albe...

The Bride of the Sun

Gaston Leroux · 1916 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1916. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first U.K. edition of this lesser known fantasy novel set in Peru by Gaston Leroux. The first U.K. English edition of this uncommon work.A lesser known novel by Gaston Leroux, author of 'Phantom of the ...

The Isle of Nowhere

Burns Llewellyn Williams · 1938 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.64 | $350.08 | ¥55,904)

London, Arthur H. Stockwell, LTD, 1938. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce fantasy novel set on a floating kingdom, the first edition of this work by Burns Llewellyn Williams. The first edition of this very scarce work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'The Isle of ...