Scienza e natura

Flora Tsinlingenisis Tomus III Bryophyta (Pars 1)

Chinese Acadmey of Sciences · 1978 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

Pekini , Typis Academiae Scientiarum Sinicae , 1978. First edition. Cloth. A first edition Chinese volume of the rich flora of the Qin Ling mountains. A first edition copy of this botanical work. This volume explores the flora of the Qin Ling Mountains. The Qin Ling Mountains...

The Man from Mars, His Morals, Politics and Religion

William Simpson · 1893 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

San Francisco, The Clemens Publishing Co, 1893. Leather. A vanishingly scarce early science fiction novel in which a man from Mars visits Earth and tries to spread tales of his Utopian planet. The third edition of this vanishingly scarce work.Original wraps bound in.Collated, ...

Five Science Fiction Paperbacks

Eric Frank Russell; A. Bertram Chandler; Barton Werper; Rudyard Kipling; J. G. Ballard · 1958 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

New York; London, Ace Books INC; Horwitz Publications; Gold Star; Roberts & Vinter LTD; Compact SF, 1958-68. Paperback. A nice set of five vividly bound science fiction paperbacks, including tales by Rudyard Kipling, Eric Frank Russell, and J. G. Ballard. A lovely selection of...

The Languages of Pao

Jack Vance · 1979 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)

San Francisco, Underwood/Miller, 1979 . First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of the Limited Edition first 'restored' edition of Jack Vance's science-fiction novel, set in the distant future and celebrated for exploring the relationship between language and cultur...

Les Fonctions Abeliennes Et la Theorie Des Nombres

M. Gaston Cotty · 1912 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

Toulouse, Edouard Privat, 1912. First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of this early twentieth century study of abelian functions and number theory. In the original French.The first edition of this very scarce mathematical study, arranged in four parts and featu...

The Land: A Plea

John Galsworthy · 1918 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, George Allen, 1918. First edition. Paperback. In this first edition, James Galsworthy argues in favour of reorganising the way Britain uses its Land. A first edition of John Galsworthy's essay on Britain's use of its land. John Galsworthy was an English novel...

Essays in Economics and Further Essays in Economics

Leon Maclaren; School of Economic Science · 1954 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London , School of Economic Science, 1954 . First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. Two first edition copies of these collections of essays on economics. First editions. Essays in Economics, with secondary Claims on wealth is written by Leon Maclaren and explores the structure of i...

Les Organismes Vivants de L&Apos;Atmosphere

M. P. Miquel · 1883 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Paris, Gauthier-Villars , 1883 . First edition. Leather. A first French copy of this work exploring the living organisms of the atmosphere. A first French edition. This natural science volume explores the living organisms of the atmosphere looking at the history of micrograph...

Concerning Animals and Other Matters

E. H. Aitken · 1914 · Rooke Books

£32.00 (€38.36 | $42.27 | ¥6,751)

London, John Murray, 1914. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this study on animals with illustrated from J. A. Shepherd. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with portrait frontispiece, seven plates, and sixteen in-text images. Collated complete. A collection ...

A Natural History of British Grasses

E. J. Lowe · 1891 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, John C. Nimmo, 1891. Cloth. A smart third edition of this study of British grasses, with many colour illustrations. Third edition. Illustrated with seventy-four coloured plates. Collated complete. A study on the history of British grasses, with reference to individual ...

What to Observe; or, the Traveller&Apos;S Remembrancer

Colonel J. R. Jackson [Julian R. Jackson] · 1845 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

London, Madden and Malcolm, 1845 . Leather. The second edition of this very scarce guide from a talented geographer, in which the author instructs the reader on the scientific observations they should make when abroad. The second edition of this very scarce work, which was fir...

The Woodland Life

Edward Thomas · 1897 · Rooke Books

£545.00 (€653.26 | $719.98 | ¥114,971)

Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, 1897. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition copy of the first book of well-known poet and essayist Edward Thomas. The uncommon first edition of this work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. This debut colle...

British Birds Volumes I and II

E. D. Cuming · 1913 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.98 | ¥34,808)

London , John Lane The Bodley Head , 1913. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of the first two volume of British birds, with colour plates. A first edition copy. This contains volumes one and two of the Bodley Head Natural History series on British Birds, written by E...

W.N. Froy & Sons Limited Merchants and Manufacturers No. 33

W. N. Froy & Sons · 1850 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, W. N. Froy & Sons Ltd. c1930. Cloth. A scarce illustrated catalogue from W. N. Froy & Sons for their merchandise, issue no. 33. Scarce work. Catalogue no. 33. Illustrated throughout with monochrome images of available products. A detailed catalogue of products availabl...

Life-Histories of African Game Animals

Theodore Roosevelt; Edmund Heller · 1929 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.65 | $343.48 | ¥54,849)

London, John Murray, 1929. Cloth. A scarce edition of this illustrated two volume set on the natural world in Africa. Two volumes. Volume one is illustrated throughout with frontispiece, twenty-four plates, and eleven maps. Volume two is illustrated with frontispiece, twenty-f...

The Heyday of Natural History 1820-1870

Lynn Barber · 1980 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

New York , Doubleday, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of The Heyday of Natural History 1820-1870 by Lynn Barber. A first American edition copy. The Heyday of Natural History 1820-1870 is a fascinating account that traces the relationship between the natural h...

A History of British Quadrupeds Including the Cetacea

Thomas Bell · 1837 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London, John Van Voorst, 1837. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this fascinating history of British fauna by Thomas Bell, featuring numerous woodcuts. The first edition of this work. A fascinating history of British quadrupeds with including chapters on the common b...

A Natural History of British Moths

Rev. F. O. Morris [Francis Orpen Morris] · 1871 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.19 | $786.03 | ¥125,519)

London, Henry Edward Kno, 1871 . Cloth. Brightly illustrated throughout with hand coloured plates, this is an impressively detailed four volume edition of F. O. Morris' study of the history of the moths of Great Britain. A fascinating four volume study of the moths of gre...

Wild Animals at Home

Ernest Thompson Seton · 1913 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1913 . Cloth. The second edition of this wildlife study across America and particularly around the Yellowstone Park. Second edition of Wild Animals At Home by Ernest Thompson Seton in the original publisher's pictorial cloth binding.A lovely wo...

Lord Lilford on Birds: Being a Collection of Informal and Unpublished Writings by the Late President of the British Ornithologists&Apos; Union, with Contributed Papers Upon Falconry and Other Hunting, His Favourite Sports

Aubyn Trevor-Battye [ed.] · 1903 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1903. First edition. Cloth. The bright first edition of this posthumous ornithological study by Thomas Powys, 4th Baron Lilford, complete with numerous plates. The first edition of this work. Illustrated with a frontispiece and twelve further full page...