Scienza e natura

The Sea and Its Living Wonders

G Hartwig · 1873 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1873. Cloth. A very smart early edition of this study by Dr G Hartwig regarding marine life. This fourth edition sees additional chapters on Marine Constructions and Marine Caves.A beautifully illustrated work, with a frontispiece and seven chr...

A Practical Handbook of British Beetles

Norman H. Joy · 1932 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.29 | ¥58,013)

London, H. F. & G. Witherby, 1932. First edition. Cloth. A richly illustrated two volume set detailing the beetles of the United Kingdom, in a dust wrapper. 'A Practical Handbook of British Beetles' remains an important work on British coleoptera, and has remained th...

Oceanic Birds of South America

Robert Cushman Murphy · 1936 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1936. Cloth. A fascinating two volume work on seabirds, profusely illustrated with a number of colour plates. Robert Cushman Murphy (1887-1973) was an American ornithologist who travelled on a number of expeditions on the ocean and was highly r...

The Green Hills of Earth

Robert A. Heinlein · 1951 · Rooke Books

£370.00 (€443.50 | $488.79 | ¥78,054)

Chicago, Shasta Publisherss, 1951. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this important selection of Robert A. Heinlein's science fiction short stories. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.A collection of ten sci-fi short stories, con...

Anatomical Plates of the Bones and Muscles

Robert Hooper · 1818 · Rooke Books

£600.00 (€719.18 | $792.64 | ¥126,574)

London, J. Callow, 1818. Leather. A very scarce hand-colour illustrated guide to anatomy and skeletons. A very scarce work.A useful anatomical guide intended for the use of students and artists, containing detailed plates of skeletons.Illustrated with twelve hand-coloured plat...

Cavalarice, or, the English Horseman: Contayning All the Art of Horse-Manship, Asmuch As Is Necessary for Any Man to Understand, Whether Hee Be Horse-Breeder, Horse-Ryder, Horse-Hunter, Horse-Runner, Horse-Ambler, Horse-Farrier, Horse-Keeper, Coachman, Smith, or Sadler. Together, with the Discovery of the Subteil Trade or Mystery of Horsecoursers, an an Explanation of the Excellency of a Horses Understanding: Or How to Teach the to Do Trickes Like Banks His Cutrrall: And That Horses May Be Made

Gervase Markham · 1617 · Rooke Books

£9,500.00 (€11,387.09 | $12,550.08 | ¥2,004,090)

London, Edward White, 1617. Leather. The second edition of this immensely important work on Arabian horses, written by the man, Robert Markham, who brought the now common breed to England for the first time. Illustrated with in-text woodcuts throughout. A very important work. ...

Illustrations of British Entomology; or, a Synopsis of Indigenous Insects: Containing Their Generic and Specific Distinctions; with an Account of Their Metamorphoses, Times of Appearance, Localities, Food, and Economy, As Far As Practicable

James Francis Stephens · 1829 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.48 | ¥94,931)

London, Baldwin and Cradock, 1829. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this volume discussing Mandibulata in great detail, by James Francis Stephens, illustrated with six beautiful hand-coloured plates. The first edition of this work.Illustrated with six hand-coloured p...

New Experiments Physico-Mechanical Touching the Spring of the Air and Its Effects

Robert Boyle · 1662 · Rooke Books

£8,000.00 (€9,589.13 | $10,568.49 | ¥1,687,655)

Oxford, H Hall, 1662. Leather. A scarce, second edition of Robert Boyle"s important scientific work. This volume is the first appearance of Boyle"s Law. Boyle worked hard to devise improvements on Otto von Guericke"s air pump or vacuum chamber.  His end result was the "machin...

A Continuation of New Experiments

Robert Boyle · 1669 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.37 | $1,585.27 | ¥253,148)

Oxford, Henry Hall, 1669. First edition. Unbound. A scarce, first edition copy of Robert Boyle"s first continuation of his important work on air and gasses. A scarce, first edition copy of Robert Boyle"s first continuation of his important work. Illustrated, with seven of e...

Glaucus; or, the Wonders of the Shore

Charles Kingsley · 1859 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

Cambridge, Macmillan and Co, 1859. Cloth. The fourth edition of Charles Kingsley's influential natural history work on the wonders of the shore, illustrated with beautiful colour plates. The fourth edition of this work. A charming and educational look into the wonders fou...

A Letter to a Friend Upon Occasion of the Death of His Intimate Friend

Sir Thomas Browne · 1690 · Rooke Books

£11,900.00 (€14,263.83 | $15,720.62 | ¥2,510,387)

London, Charles Browne, 1690. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce, first edition copy of Sir Thomas Browne's important treatise, from the library of noted antiquarian, and lawyer Robert S Pirie. This work is a literary elaboration of a clinical report of a real patient wh...

La Botaniste Sans Maitre, Our Maniere D&Apos;Apprende Seul la Botanique Au Moyen de L&Apos;Instruction Commencee

J. J. Rousseau; [Joseph Philippe de Clairville] · 1805 · Rooke Books

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

Paris, Levrault, 1805. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition thus of Clairville's continuation of Rousseau's letters on botany, illustrated with six plates. The first edition thus of this work. A very scarce work. With a half-title. Illustrated with six...

Glasgow Rivers and Streams Their Legend and Lore

T. C. F. Brotchie · 1914 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Glasgow, James Maclehose & Sons, 1914. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this beautiful and charming work on the rivers and streams of Glasgow, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work. A scarce work. This work documents the streams and rivers found...

A Treatise on the Propagation Cultivation and General Treatment of Cape Heaths

William M'Nab · 1832 · Rooke Books

£2,600.00 (€3,116.47 | $3,434.76 | ¥548,488)

Edinburgh, Thomas Clark, 1832. First edition. Paperback. A fine example of this very scarce pamphlet regarding the propagation and cultivation of cape heaths in the winter months. Vanishingly rare in the original wraps. In the original yellow wraps, which have retained their b...

Selected Works of James Blish

James Blish · 1972 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London, Faber and Faber, 1972-1975. First edition. Hardback. An eight volume set of science fiction works of James Blish, including four UK first editions. This set of thrilling science fiction works by celebrated author James Blish collects eight volumes, of which four are UK...

History of Quadrupeds

Thomas Pennant · 1793 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.98 | $990.80 | ¥158,218)

London, B. and J. White, 1793. Leather. An important two volume work on natural history from popular naturalist Thomas Pennant. This acclaimed work of Thomas Pennant, a renowned Welsh naturalist of the eighteenth century, was 'originally intended for private amusement&apo...

The Natural History of Selborne

Gilbert White; Grant Allen (Editor) · 1908 · Rooke Books

£2,600.00 (€3,116.47 | $3,434.76 | ¥548,488)

London, John Lane, 1908. Fine Binding. A beautiful Riviere bound copy of this popular natural history work by ornithologist Gilbert White. An exceptionally bound work, with natural history motifs gilt tooled to the spine. 'The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne&a...

Volume II. Scientists

A. N. L. Munby (General Editor); H. A. Feisenberger (Edited) · 1975 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

[London], Mansell with Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications , 1975. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce work compiled and edited by A. N. L. Munby charting the libraries of several eminent people. Volume II only. Part of a wider series titled Sales Catalogues of Libraries of Emin...

Larger Moths of the London Area

Colin W Plant; Bernard Skinner · 1993 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, London Natural History Society, 1993. First edition. Hardback. A lovely and copiously illustrated copy of this scarce entomological work; being a detailed and copiously illustrated description of the Lepidoptera of the 'London Area&apos. A first edition copy. This...

Symposia of the Zoological Society of London Number 25. The Biology of the Porifera (the Proceedings of a Symposium Held at the Zoological Society of London on 10 and 11 September, 1968, with Additional Articles Presented During Colloquia Held at the British Museum (Natural History) on 12 and 13 September, 1968)

W. G. Fry (Edited) · 1970 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.92 | ¥24,260)

Unamed, Published for The Zoological Society of London by Academic Press, 1970. Cloth. A uncommon work compiled and edited by W. G. Fry published by for The Zoological Society of London. Edited by W. G. Fry, of the Department of Science, Luton College of Technology, Luton, Bef...