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Anne McCaffrey · 1978 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, Corgi Books, 1978. Paperback. An uncommon to see signed copy of one of Anne McCaffrey's popular science fantasy novels, a paperback reprint with striking illustrated wraps. Signed by the author to the title page, 'To John Cameron, Anne McCaffrey&apos. It&apos...

Eight Penguin Science Fiction Novels and Anthologies

Bernard Wolfe; Fred Hoyle; Algis Budrys; John Carnell; Susan Cooper; Avram Davidson; Garry Kilworth; James P. Hogan; Various · 1961 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Penguin Books, 1961-84. Paperback. A colourful set of eight science fiction novels and anthologies published by Penguin Books, including titles by Bernard Wolfe and Susan Cooper. An impressive collection of eight science fiction volumes published by Penguin, all in the...

As on a Darkling Plain; Colony; Eye Among the Blind; Earthwind; Mythago Wood; Extro; Golem 100; the Deceivers; the Eye of the Queen; Wulfsyran; the Last Colony; Zoe&Apos;S Tale

Ben Bova; Robert Holdstock; Alfred Bester; Philip Mann; John Scalzi · 1972 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.92 | ¥24,260)

London, Magnum; Pan Books; Grafton; Methuen; VGSF; Tor, 1972-2009. Paperback. Twelve volumes of science fiction by Ben Bova, Robert Holdstock, Alfred Bester, Phillip Mann, and John Scalzi. Includes a first edition of The Deceiver's by Bester. Twelve volumes of science fic...

Nebula Award Stories

Various · 1969 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, Panther; Pocket Books; Corgi; Berkley; New English Library, 1969-1976. Paperback. Eight volumes from the Nebula Award Stories series, with stories by celebrated science fiction and fantasy authors. Eight works in the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps. The...

Notes on Indian Ants; Descriptions of a New Species of Indian Aculeate Hymenoptera; Descriptions of a New Species of Bees

George Alexander James Rothney; Frederick Smith · 1875 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, Entomological Society, 1875-1895. Leather. Four essays on scientific discoveries regarding ants, bees and other insects, signed by respected entomologist George Rothney. Four essays in a half calf binding. Inscribed by the author George Alexander James Rothney to the f...

Works of Michael Moorcock and New Worlds Quarterly Anthologies Edited by Michael Moorcock

Michael Moorcock · 1969 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, Granada; Sphere; Quartet; New English Library, 1969-1982. Paperback. Five works written by influential science fiction and fantasy author Michael Moorcock, and a selection of New Worlds Quarterly anthologies edited by him. Nine works in the publisher's original pi...

Science Fiction Paperbacks

Michael Coney; Lewis Shiner; H. Beam Piper; Spider Robinson; Donald Moffitt; Alexander Cordell; Michael Bishop; Clive Egleton; David Mace · 1974 · Rooke Books

£84.00 (€100.69 | $110.97 | ¥17,720)

London , Sphere, Coronet , 1974-1990 . Paperback. A collection of nine science fiction paperbacks by various authors. A collection of nine paperback science fiction novels by authors Michael Coney, Lewis Shiner, H. Beam Piper, Spider Robinson, Donald Moffitt, Alexander Cordell...

Remarkable Insects

1842 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London , Religious Tract Society, 1842. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this charming volume of Remarkable Insects. A first edition copy of Remarkable Insects. This volume contains details on the honey bee, the fly, ant, spider and gall inset. With in-text illu...

Pan Books Science Fiction

Various · 1972 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)

London, Pan Books, 1972-95. Paperback. Collection of twelve Pan Books science fiction novels in the original publisher's colourful wraps. Group of twelve science fiction novels, first editions and first editions thus published by Pan Books in paperbacks. Comprising the f...

William Curtis 1746-1799. Fellow of the Linnean Society. Botanist and Entomologist. With Some Notes on His Son-in-Law Samuel Curtis

W. Hugh Curtis · 1941 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

Winchester, Warren and Son, 1941. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this absorbing biography about 18th century botanist, apothecary, and entomologist William Curtis. Found in scarce dust wrapper. Author W. Hugh Curtis draws on the letters of the botanist and apothecary...

Mathematiques Geometrie

George Cornewall · 1844 · Rooke Books

£1,250.00 (€1,498.30 | $1,651.33 | ¥263,696)

Not Stated, Unpublished, 1844 . Leather. A charming French language handwritten manuscript about mathematics and geometry, authored in November 1844 by one George Cornwell. A French language handwritten work. Consisting of thirty-six double sided handwritten leaves, followed b...

Handwritten Mathematical Notebook

T. Horwood · 1970 · Rooke Books

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

Not Stated, None, c1900. Leather. A charming handwritten nineteenth century mathematics notebook, credited to one T. Horwood. A delightful handwritten work.With the name T. Horwood to the front leaf.Beginning with the subtitle 'vulgar fractions', Horwood's noteb...

Planting Directory of Southern India

'The Secretary' · 1956 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

Madras, United Planters' Association of Southern India, 1956. Cloth. A very scarce planting directory of Southern India. Very scarce directory of Southern India planting, issued by the United Planters' Association of Southern India. Two institutional copies only of t...

The Sulidae: Gannets and Boobies

J. Bryan Nelson · 1978 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1978. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated study on the Sulidae family of birds, by pioneering ornithologist Bryan Nelson. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original u...

The Midland Naturalist: The Journal of the Associated Natural History, Philosophical, and Archaeological Societies and Field Clubs of the Midland Counties 1878 - 1879 Birmingham Natural History and Microscopical Society. Address of the Retiring President , Mr Lawson Tait; Annual Report and List of Members for the Year 1877; 1878; 1879

Various · 1877 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.11 | ¥61,177)

London and Birmingham, Hardwicke and Bogue; W. G. Moore and Co. 1877-79. Leather. Five volumes concerned with natural history in one, adorned with lovely illustrations. Containing the 1878 and 1879 volumes of The Midland Naturalist, very scarce in all volumes and rarely seen...

Bird Life in an Arctic Spring

Dan Meinertzhagen; R. P. Hornby · 1899 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.00 | ¥40,082)

London, R. H. Porter, 1899 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition of this collection of diary entries from two ornithologists with illustrations. First edition of Bird Life in an Arctic Spring in the original publisher's cloth binding. From the diaries of Dan...

The Birds of the Palearctic Fauna

Charles Vaurie · 1959 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, H. F. & G. Witherby Limited, 1959-1965 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of ornithology studies of the Palearctic region with the original dust wrappers. First edition of The Birds of the Palearctic Fauna by Charles Vaurie in the original pub...

The Geological Evolution of Tibet: Report of the 1985 Royal Society - Academia Sinica Geotraverse of the Qinghai - Xizang Plateua

Chang Chengfa; Robert M Shackleton; John F. Dewey; Yin Jixiang · 1988 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, The Royal Society, 1988. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this geological study of Tibet with folding maps and micro-fiche maps on two film sheets. First edition. Illustrated throughout with in-text diagrams, a fold-out graph, seventeen plates, a large fold-out...

A Fauna of the Tay Basin and Strathmore

J. A. Harvie-Brown · 1906 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

Edinburgh, David Douglas, 1906 . First edition. Cloth. A bright copy of the first edition of Scottish ornithologist and naturalist John Alexander Harvie-Brown's study of the fauna of Strathmore. The first edition of this work, with a photographic title page plate, twenty ...

Atlas de Las Aves de Espana

Francisco J. Purroy · 1997 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

Barcelona, Lynx Edicions, 1997. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this fascinating ornithological atlas of Spain issued by 'Sociedad Espanola de Ornitologia,' a bright copy. Beautiful extensive atlas of Spanish Birds by the 'Sociedad Espanola de Orni...