Scienza e natura

Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage Round the World of H.M. S. &Apos;Beagle&Apos; Under Command of Captain Fitz Roy, R.N.

Charles Darwin · 1909 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London, John Murray, 1909. Leather. A smartly bound later edition of this journal of a voyage around the world by English naturalist Charles Darwin, with illustrations. Later edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, a folding map to the rear, nineteen images across fifteen pl...

The Butterflies of Scotland: A Natural History

George Thomson · 1980 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, Croom Helm, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition of this natural history on Scotland's butterflies, with plates and maps throughout. The first edition, first impression. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust ...

Birds of the Loch and Mountain

Seton P. Gordon · 1907 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1907. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce heavily illustrated study of the habits of Scottish mountain birds. The first edition.A scarce work.Seton P. Gordon's detailed exploration of the ornithological life of Scotla...

The New "Mauretania": Fulfilment of a Great Enterprise

E. Keble Chatterton · 1938 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)

Liverpool, Cunard White Star, 1938 . First edition. Paperback. A very scarce launch brochure for the RMS Mauretania, a British ocean liner that was one of the first ships built for the newly formed Cunard-White Star company. A very scarce first edition.Completed in May 1939, t...

A Natural History of British Moths

Rev. F. O. Morris · 1871 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.34 | ¥68,561)

London, Henry Edward Knox, 1871. Cloth. A complete four volume set of this brightly illustrated study of British moths. Complete in four volumes. Scarce work. Illustrated with one hundred and thirty-two plates, holding thirty in volume one, thirty in volume two, thirty-five in...

The Zoo Conversation Book: Hughie&Apos;S Second Visit

Edmund Selous · 1912 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Mills and Boon, Limited, 1912. First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce copy of this illustrated children's zoology book wherein a boy's speaks with various animals. First edition. The very scarce follow-up work to the author's first 'Zoo Convers...

Comic Arithmetic

[Alfred Crowquill]; [Alfred Henry Forrester] · 1844 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, Richard Bentley, 1844. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated comical textbook on maths by Arthur Crowquill. The first edition.Alfred Crowquill's comical textbook of arithmetic, presenting humorous anecdotes and poems exploring maths. Illustr...

A Systematic Arrangement of British Plants; with an Easy Introduction to the Study of Botany.

William Withering · 1812 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

Birmingham , Thomson and Wrightson , 1812 . Leather. The fifth edition of this impressive study of British plants by noted physician and botanist, William Withering, illustrated by striking copper-plates. The fifth edition. First published in 1773. Complete in four volumes. Bo...

The Day the Sun Stood Still: Three Original Novellas of Science Fiction

Poul Anderson; Gordon R. Dickson; Robert Silverberg; Lester del Rey · 1972 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

Nashville, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1972. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of three original science fiction novellas, with an introduction from American author Lester del Rey. First edition. Three original science fiction novellas, including: A Chap...

Where Men Have Walked

H. Henry Rhodes · 1909 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

Boston, The C. M. Clark Publishing Company, 1909. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this Lost Race sci-fi novel by H. Henry Rhodes, illustrated with a frontispiece. The first edition of this very scarce work, in a variant grey cloth binding.'Where Men...

The War Inevitable

Alan H. Burgoyne · 1909 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, C. H. White, 1909. Paperback. A very scarce Future War novel, a brilliant sci-fi tale by Alan Burgoyne. A very scarce work, this is a reprint published the year after the true first.'The War Inevitable' is a Future War novel, following a German attack on Brit...

First Lessons in Modern Geology

A. H. Green; J. F. Blake [editor] · 1898 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

Oxford, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1898. Leather. A smart copy of this very scarce study of modern geology from English geologist Alexander Henry Green. Very scarce work. With numerous in-text illustrations. A collection of lectures or short lessons in modern geology, focu...

The Domesday Geography of Midland England

H. C. Darby; I. B. Terrett [editors] · 1954 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Cambridge, Cambridge at the University Press, 1954. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated geographical study on the Domesday Book. First edition. With a frontispiece and one hundred and fifty-nine figures in-text. A detailed and comprehensive geograph...

The Centenarians, a Fable

Gilbert Phelps · 1958 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, Melbourne, Toronto, Heinemann, 1958. Paperback. The very scarce uncorrected proof copy of this speculative fiction work by the British writer and broadcaster Gilbert Phelps. The uncorrected proof copy of Gilbert Phelps' The Centenarians (1958).  Very scarce. ...

The West Highlands and the Hebrides: A Geologist&Apos;S Guide for Amateurs

Alfred Harker · 1941 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Cambridge, Cambridge at the University Press, 1941. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated guide to the geology of the West Highlands and Hebrides. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with a portrait plate, eighty-one in-text figures, and eight map...

Helliconia Spring, and, Helliconia Summer

Brian Aldiss · 1982 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1982-83. First edition. Cloth. A superb first edition set of the first two volumes in Aldiss' brilliant 'Helliconia' trilogy, a fantastic sci-fi epic. Each volume is a first edition, first impression, in the original unclipped dust wrapper...

Rocannon&Apos;S World

Ursula K. le Guin · 1979 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1979. First edition. Cloth. A fine first U.K. hardback edition of the debut novel of esteemed sci-fi author Ursula K. le Guin. The first U.K. hardback edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'Rocannon's World&apos...

Ancient Sea-Margins, As Memorials of Changes in the Relative Level of Sea and Land

Robert Chambers · 1848 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

Edinburgh; London, W. & R. Chambers; W. S. Orr & Co, 1848. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Robert Chambers' discerning study on the coastline of Britain, illustrated with a folding map. The first edition.Illustrated with a frontispiece, one folding map, and in-...

The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and Distribution

Anton Kerner Von Marilaun; F. W. Oliver [trans.] · 1902 · Rooke Books

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

London, Blackie and Son, Limited , 1902. Leather. An excellent set containing this profusely illustrated natural history of plants, translated from the German of Austrian botanist, Anton Kerner von Marilaun. A new edition of this work. Complete in two volumes, bound into four....

The Identification of Trees and Shrubs: How to Name without Previous Knowledge of Botany Any Wild or Garden Tree or Shrub Likely to Be Met with in the British Isles with 2,500 Diagrams Made by the Author

F. K. Makins · 1936 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.52 | ¥8,227)

London, J. M. Dent and Sons Limited , 1936. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this beginner's handbook for identifying British trees and shrubs, richly illustrated throughout. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding. A wonderful...