Scienza e natura

British Natural History

C. A. Johns; Various · 1910 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1910-13. Cloth. A beautiful set of colourfully illustrated volumes on the natural history of Britain, looking at the birds and botany of the country. Four beautiful volumes on the wonder of the natural history of Britain.'British Birds i...

Wild Sports of the World: A Book of Natural History and Adventure

James Greenwood · 1862 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.32 | ¥23,205)

London, S.O. Beeton, 1862. First edition. Cloth. A profusely illustrated work regarding hunting, complete with many coloured plates, engravings and fold out maps. Collated complete with six folding maps, eight portraits depicting various explorers such as David Livingstone and...

Practical Astrology

John Middleton · 1679 · Rooke Books

£7,500.00 (€8,989.81 | $9,907.96 | ¥1,582,177)

London, J C for Richard Preston , 1679. First edition. Leather. An extremely scarce first edition of John Middleton's treatise on practical astrology. ESTC reference no R844.This copy with the signatures: [2], A-S8, T4. Collated, lacking original blanks, all text leaves ...

Olga Romanoff

George Griffith · 1897 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co, 1897. Cloth. A very unusual Victorian science fiction novel, set in 2030 and focussed on the villainous descendants of the last Russian Tsar. Illustrated. A work of Victorian era science-fiction, illustrated with sixteen plates...

Brontomek!

Michael Coney · 1976 · Rooke Books

£53.00 (€63.53 | $70.02 | ¥11,181)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1976. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Michael Coney's sequel to 'Syzygy' and 'Mirror Image', in the bright yellow Gollancz dust wrapper. Following the same characters as Coney introduces in his work 'Syz...

Observations on the Fauna of Norfolk, and More Particularly on the District of the Broads

Richard Lubbock · 1879 · Rooke Books

£89.00 (€106.68 | $117.57 | ¥18,775)

Norwich, Jarrold & Sons, 1879. Cloth. An expanded edition of this noted work on the natural fauna of Norfolk, illustrated with a detailed folding map. Richard Lubbock's immense study of the natural fauna found in Norfolk, particularly in the district of the Broads.Illustr...

Lest Darkness Fall

L. Sprague de Camp · 1949 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.45 | ¥49,575)

Philadelphia, Prime Press, 1949. Cloth. A copy of L. Sprague de Camp's debut novel, an influential piece of alternative history fiction. 'Lest Darkness Fall' was written in 1939, and sees Martin Padway, an archaeologist, as he accidentally finds himself having t...

Miscellaneous British Histories and Biographies

Various · 1827 · Rooke Books

£1,275.00 (€1,528.27 | $1,684.35 | ¥268,970)

Edinburgh & London, Constable and Co. et al. 1827-1834. Fine Binding. A beautiful little set of assorted works from the early nineteenth century, comprising biographies, histories and works on the natural sciences. This set comprises a variety of works, many of which were publ...

The Journal of a Naturalist

John Leonard Knapp · 1829 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

London, John Murray, 1829. First edition. Leather. A very smart, first edition of John Leonard Knapp's work of natural history. Written in the style of the famed Natural History of Selbourne, this work is considered to be a botanical companion to White's study. This ...

Les Exiles de la Terre

Andre Laurie [Paschal Grousset] · 1888 · Rooke Books

£900.00 (€1,078.78 | $1,188.95 | ¥189,861)

Paris, D'Education et de Recreation, J Hetzel et Cie, 1888. First edition. Cloth. A scarce, first edition of this novel by a collaborator of Jules Verne. With stunning pictorial boards. Regarded as one of Grousset's most interesting science fiction novels. Bookplate ...

Wayside and Woodland Blossoms a Pocket Guide to British Wild-Flowers for the Country Rambler

Edward Step · 1933 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. 1933-1935. Cloth. Rarely seen with dustwrappers, a complete three volume portable guide on British wildflowers, with illustrations. An interesting and complete guide on British wild-life, pocket sized and thoroughly illustrated. Volume one and t...

Tratado Elemental de Botanica Teorico-Practico

D Antonio Blanco y Fernandez · 1834 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

Valencia, Imprenta de Jaime Martinez, 1834. Leather. A very scarce signed two volumes of Antonio Granco's 'Tratado Elementa de Botanica&apos. Signed by the author to the title page with an inscription in English addressed to D J Javier. Collated, complete, being two...

Catalogue of Tertiary Mollusca in the Department of Geology British Museum (Natural History)

George F. Harris · 1897 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Longmans and Co, 1897. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated first edition of this detailed catalogue on the British Museum's Australasian tertiary mollusca. The first edition of this work.An extensive catalogue of the tertiary mollusca held in the British Museum&a...

Island Life or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras

Alfred Russel Wallace · 1880 · Rooke Books

£725.00 (€869.01 | $957.77 | ¥152,944)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1880. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound, first edition copy of this geological work regarding climates, and insular faunas and floras. Written by the important naturalist, explorer, and biologist Alfred Russel Wallace. Smartly bound, in a half m...

The Inner Wheel

Keith Roberts · 1970 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1970. First edition. Cloth. A very smart, first edition of Keith Robert"s Science Fiction short story collection. With original unclipped dustwrapper. Keith Roeberts was a critically acclaimed science fiction author. This short story collection conta...

The British Garden. A Descriptive Catalogue of Hardy Plants, Indigenous, or Cultivated in the Climate of Great-Britain. With Their Generic and Specific Characters, Latin and English Names, Native Country, and Time of Flowering. With Introductory Remarks.

[Charlotte Murray] · 1799 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.90 | ¥59,068)

Bath, S. Hazard, 1799. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition of the first volume of Lady Charlotte Murray's extensive and insightful work into botany. The first edition of this work. A very scarce work. Incomplete in one volume, being Volume I only of two. A...

Valdar the Oft-Born: A Saga of Seven Ages

George Griffith · 1895 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, C. Arthur Pearson, 1895. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of the epic fantasy of reincarnation, battle and romance, by prolific writer and explorer George Griffith. 'Valdar the Oft-Born', the tale of a legendary warrior reborn again and again to fig...

Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind

John Caspar Lavater; Henry Hunter · 1810 · Rooke Books

£1,900.00 (€2,277.42 | $2,510.02 | ¥400,818)

London, T. Bensley, 1810. Leather. A nicely illustrated set of Johann Kaspar Lavater's fascinating work looking into the pseudoscience physiognomy. Complete in five volumes, being three volumes bound in five. Collated, complete. A fascinating work on the science of physio...

De Vogels Van Belgisch Congo En Van Ruandi-Urundi (Les Oiseaux Du Congo Belge Et Du Ruanda-Urundi). I: Struthioniformes, Colymbiformes, Procellariiformes, Pelecaniformes, Ciconiiformes, Phoenicopteriformes, Anseriformes, Falconiformes II: Galliformes, Turniciformes, Ralliformes, Gruiformes, Charadriiformes, Lariformes

H Schouteden · 1948 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

Tervuren, Museum van Belgisch Congo, 1948-9. Disbound. Two volumes of this study on birds in the Belgian-Congo and Ruanda-Urundi by renowned Belgian zoologist and ornithologist. In the original Danish. Signed by the author to the half-title of volume II, 'With the Author&...

Mountain, Meadow & Mere a Series of Outdoor Sketches of Sport, Scenery, Adventures, and Natural History

G. Christopher Davies · 1874 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Henry S. King & Co, 1874. Cloth. A work of natural history by G. Christopher Davies, illustrated with plates and vignettes throughout. A series of sketches of sport, scenery adventures and natural history. A scarce work, written by G. Christopher Davies. Illustrated th...