Scienza e natura

A Naturalist in the Guiana Forest

R. W. G. Hingston · 1932 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London , Edward Arnold & Co , 1932. First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first UK edition of this illustrated work by naturalist R. W. G. Hingston on his time in the Guiana forest. The UK first edition of the work. Also published the same year in New York by Longmans, Green and ...

The Mute Swan in England Its History, and the Ancient Custom of Swan Keeping

N. F. Ticehurst · 1957 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, Cleaver-Hume Press Limited, 1957. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating work on the history of the mute swan and its status within Britain. The first edition with the original dust jacket. This book explores the history of the mute swan in Britain. Beginning in the twelf...

1949 Rivermouth

Brain Vesey-Fitzgerald · 1949 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Eyre and Spottinswoode, 1949. First edition. Cloth. A short introduction to the rivermouth illustrated with intricate and detailed drawing. The first edition.Bound in the original publisher's binding with the dust jacket. Versey-Fitzgerald shares his passion for n...

Nineteen Hundred? a Forecast and a Story

Marianne Farningham · 1892 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, James Clarke & Co. 1892. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this religious utopian work, written by Mary Anne Hearn, under her pseudonym Marianne Farningham. The first edition of the work. Scarce, bound in the original publisher's binding. With eigh...

The Home Life of a Golden Eagle

H. B. MacPherson · 1910 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.34 | $62.09 | ¥9,915)

London, Witherby & Co. 1910. Paperback. The second edition of this detailed account of the life of a Golden Eagle, with photographic plates. Second revised edition. Illustrated with thirty-two tipped-in black-and-white photographic plates. Collated complete. A detailed account...

A Journal of Summer Time in the Country

R. A. Willmott · 1928 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, The Scholartis Press, 1928. Cloth. A limited edition work on the beauties of summer by Robert Aris Willmott, signed and inscribed twice by the editor, Eric Partridge. A limited edition, limited to 750, this copy being 1 of 75 copies printed on Millbourn Handmade Paper,...

The Smashed World

Henry J. Slater · 1952 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, Jarrolds, 1952 . First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of Henry J. Slater's science fiction novel set in the year 3000. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the publisher's original price unclipped brightly illustrated dust wrapper.Set ...

Notice Sur Les Travaux Scientifiques

Charles Janet · 1902 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

Lille, Imprimerie Typographique et Lithographique Le Bigot Freres, 1902. Cloth. A scarce scientific work by French engineer and biologist Charles Janet, known for his left-step presentation of the periodic table. A scarce work in a cloth library binding, with a library number ...

The Plight of the Miners a National Danger

John Galsworthy · 1928 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London , The Coalfields Distress Committee, 1928. Brochure/Pamphlet. A smart pamphlet detailing the plight of the miners. A pamphlet on mining. Reprinted from the Manchester Guardian from October 5th 1928, this article which details the hardships of the miners in the North of...

The Rivers of Great Britain. Descriptive, Historical, Pictorial. Rivers of the East Coast

Various · 1889 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, Cassell & Company, 1889. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this heavily illustrated volume on Great Britain's eastern rivers. In this first edition, various authors included Francis Watt, John Geddie, and Aaron Watson describe the history of Britain's ...

Handwritten Miscelllaneous Examples in Arithmetic

Miss Cofield · 1855 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.40 | ¥79,109)

Rose Lodge, Mitcham , Miss Cofield, 1855. Leather. A scarce handwritten book of mathematics questions. This is a handwritten book of seventy eight pages of arithmetic questions and their workings out. Handwritten by Miss Cofield, Rose Lodge, Mitcham, 1855. One of the questio...

Geology of the Chatham Islands

R. F. Hay, A. R. Mutch and W. A. Watters · 1970 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

Wellington, New Zealean Geological Survey, 1970. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this geological survey of the Chatham Islands, with a large folding map. A first edition copy.This volume considers the geology of the Chatham Islands, which are an archipelago in th...

Pictorial Geography of the British Isles

Mary E. Palgrave · 1887 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London , Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge , 1887. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of the Pictorial Geography of the British Isles, which is richly illustrated. A first edition copy. This is a charming volume on the Pictorial Geography of the British Isles ...

Works by Alastair Reynolds

Alastair Reynolds · 2001 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London , Gollancz; New Con, 2001-2018. Paperback. Eight wonderful paperback science fiction novels by Alastair Reynolds. Eight volumes of work by British science fiction writer Alastair Reynolds. Reynolds specialised in hard science fiction and space opera, a subgenre of scien...

Science Ficiton Paperbacks

Rex Gordon; Brian M Stableford; Joanna Russ; A Bertram Chandler; Kenneth Bulmer · 1958 · Rooke Books

£112.00 (€134.25 | $147.96 | ¥23,627)

London and New York, Daw, Corgi, Ace, Mayflower, Sphere , 1958-1981. Paperback. Twelve thrilling science fiction novels by Rex Gordon, Brian M Stableford, Joanna Russ, A Bertram Chandler and Kenneth Bulmer. Twelve volumes of science fiction paperbacks from authors Rex Gordon, ...

Science Fiction Paperbacks

Various · 1972 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.92 | ¥24,260)

London, New English Library/Times Mirror , 1972-92. Paperback. A bright group of fourteen science fiction novels in the original colourful wraps. Group of fourteen paperback editions of science fiction novels published by the New English Library. First thus. Occasional volume ...

Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Economic Geology in London

Chief Commissioner of Her Majesty's Woods, Works, and Land Revenues · 1846 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1846-1848. Cloth. A nice copy of the geological survey of Great Britain, with folding maps and colour plates Three volumes of the Geological Survey of Great Britain published between 1846 and 1848. With nine folding plates to the re...

Pseudo-Philosophy at the End of the Nineteenth Century

Hugh Mortimer Cecil · 1897 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, The University Press, Limited, 1897 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition of this pro-Darwinian stance and attack on theorists at the time. First edition of Pseudo-Philosophy at the End of the Nineteenth Century by Hugh Mortimer Cecil in the original publi...

Sententiae Chronologicae or a Complete System of Ancient and Modern Chronology

Mrs John Slater; Barbara B. Bartlett · 1873 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, T. J. Allman, 1873. Cloth. A scarce edition of this educational work on chronology from ancient times to modern day. New edition, considerably enlarged. Includes: chronology before Christ, chronology after the birth of Christ, chronology of France, dates of battles and...

Latitude and Longitude: How to Find Them

W. J. Millar · 1903 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London , Charles Griffin and Company, 1903. Cloth. A bright and interesting volume on the calculating of latitude and longitude, with diagrams. A second, revised edition of this mathematical book. This work is part of a series designed to give more scientific insight onto the...