Scienza e natura

My Garden: Its Plan and Culture Together with a General Description of Its Geology, Botany, and Natural History

Alfred Smee · 1872 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, Bell and Daldy, 1872. Leather. A smart revised edition of what a chemist has learnt about botany and geology from his expansive garden, bound in full calf. The second and revised edition of My Garden: Its plan and Culture together with a General Description of its Geol...

The Middle Silurian Rocks of North Wales

P. G. H. Boswell · 1949 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, Edward Arnold & Co, 1949 . First edition. Leather. In a handsome half morocco binding, this is the first edition of P. G. H. Boswell's informative geological discussion of the middle Silurian rocks of North Wales. The first edition, first impression of this work. ...

The English Lakes: To Which Is Added an Appendix Containing the Meteorology of the Lake District; an Account of Its Flowers Plants, Ferns, and Mosses; an Outline of Its Geology and Mineralogy; and a Table of the Heights of the Mountains.

Harriet Martineau · 1858 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

Windermere; London, John Garnett; Whittaker & Co.; Longman & Co.; Hamilton, Adams & Co.; Simpkin & Co. [1858] . Cloth. A richly illustrated celebration of the Lake District by Harriet Martineau, complete with geological map, engravings, and an extensive natural history. In the...

Laboratory Manual for Automotive Electricity, Especially Designed to Accompany the Text "Automotive Construction and Operation" by Wight and Smith

W.M. R. Varner, Fred C. Smith · 1926 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

New York, John Wiley & Sons, 1926. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of a laboratory manual delving into fundamental principles for understanding automotive electricity and engineering, aimed for both public school and trade school students. The scarce first editi...

British Mosses, Their Homes, Aspects, Structure, and Uses

F. E. Tripp · 1874 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, George Bell and Sons, 1874. First edition. Cloth. The complete first edition of this delicately illustrated study of British mosses, with etched coloured figures of each species. First edition. Complete in two volumes, in the publisher's blind-stamped cloth bindi...

Journals on Archaeology and Philosophy

Multiple authors · 1939 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

Concord; Philadelphia; Athens , Archaeological Institute of America; The American Philosophical Society; Magazine of the Athens Archaeological Society , 1939-1979. Magazine. An interesting set of three illustrated journals on archaeology and philosophy, illustrated with black ...

An Arrangement of British Plants; According to the Latet Improvements of the Linnaean System. To Which Is Prefixed, an Easy Introduction to the Study of Botany.

William Withering · 1796 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

Birmingham; London, G. G. & J Robinson; B. & J. White, 1796. Leather. An beautifully illustrated third edition copy of Withering's botany manual with over thirty engraved plates. The pleasing third edition of Withering's botanical work in four volumes. ESTC T145140.O...

Illustrated Moss Flora of Fennoscandia

Botanical Society of Lund [ed.]; Elsa Nyholm; Sigfrid Arnell · 1956 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Sweden, CWK Gleerup, [1956]. Cloth. Two volumes of this series on moss flora found in Fennoscandia, illustrated throughout, with folding maps. A two volume set.In the publisher's original green cloth bindings.Volumes I and II of a six volume set, including I. Hepaticae by...

New Manual of Bryology

Robert M. Schuster [ed.] · 1983 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

Japan, The Hatton Botanical Labratory, 1983-1984. First edition. Cloth. A smart complete two volume set of Schuster's illustrated update to the field of Bryology. Complete in two volumes.The first editions.In the publisher's original red cloth bindings.Illustrated pr...

The Pleasures of Life: Part I; the Pleasures of Life: Part II.

Sir John Lubbock · 1898 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1898. Leather. The complete set of Lubbock's talks on happiness, smartly bound in one half-calf volume. Complete in two volumes, bound as one.Smartly bound in half calf with marbled boards and endpapers.Bookplate of John H. O. Thornhill ...

A Complete Treatise on Practical Arithmetic; and Book-Keeping, Both by Single and Double Entry, Adapted to the Use of Schools

Charles Hutton · 1822 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington; J. Scatcherd; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; Lackington and Co.; Baldwin, Cradock, a, 1822. Leather. London: Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington; J. Scatcherd; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; Lackington and Co.; Baldwin...

The Angler&Apos;S Note-Book and Naturalist&Apos;S Record: A Repertory of Fact, Inquiry and Discussion on Field-Sports and Subjects of Natural History

1880 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, William Satchell & Co. 1880 . Leather. A smartly bound copy of this comprehensive collection of contents on fishing, with 6 plates. The Green Series complete.In a half green morocco binding. A signed binding by Hatchards. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and five furt...

The Practical Fly-Fisher; More Particularly for Grayling or Umber

John Jackson · 1899 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London, Gibbings & Company, 1899 . Cloth. A smart copy of the fourth edition of John Jackson's hand coloured guide to fly fishing. The fourth edition.In the publisher's original green cloth binding.Illustrated with ten plates, coloured by hand, representing 120 flies...

Tomorrow, Inc. Sf Stories About Big Business

Various; Martin Harry Greenberg [ed.]; Joseph D. Olander [ed.] · 1977 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, Robson Books, 1977. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition science fiction anthology, in original unclipped dust wrapper. A very scarce first edition science fiction anthology, including works by award-winning science fiction authors Frederik Pohl and Philip...

Among British Birds in Their Nesting Haunts

Oswin A. J. Lee · 1897 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.11 | ¥61,177)

Edinburgh, David Douglas, 1897-1899 . First edition. Cloth. Six parts of the very scarce first edition of Oswald A. J. Lee's charmingly illustrated study of British nesting birds, illustrated with photogravure plates. The first edition of this very scarce work from Oswin ...

Bird Life and Bird Lore Lost and Vanishing Birds Side Lights on Birds the Birds of the Air Our Favourite Song Birds Bird-Life in a Southern County Nature-Tones & Undertones

R. Bosworth Smith; Charles Dixon; H. Knight Horsfield; W. Eagle Clarke; Allen W. Seaby; Charles Dixon; J. Maclair Boraston · 1909 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.00 | ¥40,082)

London, John Murray; John Macqueen; Heath Cranton Limited; A. & C. Black, Ltd.; Lawrence and Bullen, Ltd.; Walter Scott, Ltd.; Sherratt , 1909; 1898; [1923] (Undated, dat. Cloth. London: John Murray; John Macqueen; Heath Cranton Limited; A. & C. Black, Ltd.; Lawrence and Bulle...

Birds Through the Year

W. Beach Thomas; A.K. Collett · 1917 · Rooke Books

£42.00 (€50.34 | $55.48 | ¥8,860)

London, T. C. & E. C. Jack, Ltd. 1917 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon work on birds by W. Beach Thomas and A.K. Collett, with coloured plates and further illustrations. The first edition in book form. Reprinted from 'The English Year&apos. In t...

Birds in Britain

W.H. Hudson; Charles Dixon; Oliver G. Pike; Anthony Collett; T.A. Coward · 1897 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co.; Grant Richards; T. Fisher Unwin; Macmillan and Co.; Frederick Warne, 1897-1931. Cloth. Five charming volumes on British ornithology, including colour plates, photographs and numerous illustrations of different species and their eggs. Five illu...

Natural History General and Particular by the Count de Buffon Translated Into English Illustrated and Occasional Notes and Observations

Count de Buffon, William Smellie (Notes etc) · 1785 · Rooke Books

£1,800.00 (€2,157.55 | $2,377.91 | ¥379,722)

London, W Strahan and T Cadell, 1785. Leather. Nine volumes of this popular of natural history. Scarce in this particular translation, especially in this complete state. A very good early translation of this classic work in a lovely original binding. Some hinges needing attent...

Barnacle Bill the Spacer and Other Stories

Lucius Shepard · 1997 · Rooke Books

£37.99 (€45.54 | $50.19 | ¥8,014)

London, Orion, 1997. First edition. Cloth. The first collected edition of these science fiction stories by Lucius Shepard. Including stories such as 'Human History', 'The Sun Spider', 'Beast of the Heartland' and many others. In a blue cloth bindi...