Scienza e natura

A Requiem for Astounding, All Our Yesterdays, More Issues at Hand

Alva Rogers; Harry Warner Jr; William Atheling Jr · 1967 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

Chicago, Advent Publishers INC, 1967-74. First edition. Paperback. A set of three scholarly critical works on science fiction, published by the first scholarly publisher of the genre, Advent. A set of three literary criticism works on science fiction, published by Advent:Publi...

The History of the Science Fiction Magazine: Part 2, 1936-1945

Michael Ashley · 1975 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, New English Library, 1975. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Part 2 of Ashley's history of American science fiction magazines, covering 1936 until 1945. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original un...

Libellus de Natura Animalium: A Fifteenth Century Bestiary

J. I. Davis · 1958 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Dawson's of Pall Mall, 1958 . Leather. A fine copy of J. I Davis's facsimile edition of the fifteenth century bestiary 'Libellus De Natura Animalium&apos. A fine example of the facsimile of this natural history text, which was printed sometime between 15...

I Sing the Body Electric!

Ray Bradbury · 1970 · Rooke Books

£148.00 (€177.40 | $195.52 | ¥31,222)

London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1970 . First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of Ray Bradbury's brilliant collection of short stories, with a lovely example of the original, unclipped dust wrapper. The first UK edition. Published in the US the previous year. In the publis...

A Manual of Botany: Comprising Vegetable Anatomy and Physiology

William Macgillivray · 1840 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Scott, Webster, and Geary, 1840. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated manual of botany from Scottish naturalist William MacGillivray. First edition. Scarce. Illustrated with fifteen plates to the rear and numerous in-text images. Collated com...

The Bristol Avon

Ernest Walls · 1927 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

Bristol, Arrowsmith, 1927. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated study of the Bristol Avon, with the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. With the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with a fro...

Actinologia Britannica. A History of the British Sea-Anemones and Corals.

Philip Henry Gosse · 1860 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.66 | ¥51,684)

London, Van Voorst, 1860 . First edition. Cloth. The beautifully illustrated first edition of renowned naturalist Philip Henry Gosse's examination of British marine biology, complete with chromolithographic plates. The first edition of this work.Illustrated with twelve pl...

Butterflies and Moths (British)

W. Furneaux · 1907 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1907. Cloth. A smart new impression of this brightly illustrated study on British butterflies and moths. New impression. Illustrated with twelve colour plates and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. A detailed and comprehensive study of...

Our Rarer British Breeding Birds

Richard Kearton · 1899 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.41 | ¥10,126)

London, Cassell and Company, Limited, 1899. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this Kearton work on the ornithological wildlife in Britain. The first edition of this work.One of the many books based on wildlife in Britain by brothers Richard and Cherry Kearton, two of ...

Le Imprese Illustri Del Sor Ieronimo Ruscelli. Aggiuntovi Nuovam. IL Quarto Libro Da Vincenzo Ruscelli Da Viterbo.

Girolamo Ruscelli · 1583 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.48 | ¥94,931)

Venetia , Francesco de Franceschi Senesi , 1583-4 . Leather. An early edition of Giralamo Ruscelli's scarce and important study of sciences and the occult, written in the original Italian and adorned with illustrations. The third edition. First published in 1566, then rep...

Islands

R. J. Berry · 2009 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.41 | ¥10,126)

London, Collins, 2009. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this natural history work on islands from the 'New Naturalist' series, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression. Illustrated with colour vignettes. Volume 109 from 'The ...

Ants

M. V. Brian · 1977 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Collins, 1977. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated study on ants by M. V. Brian from 'The New Naturalist' series, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression. Illustrated with two coloured plates, sixteen monochr...

The Inner Wheel

Keith Roberts · 1970 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)

London, Doubleday & Company Inc, 1970 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first US edition of Keith Roberts's collection of three interconnected tales. Inscribed to the front free endpaper 'with thanks, and all good wishes, Keith Roberts, August 1970&apos.The first US e...

Points of the Horse: A Treatise on the Confirmation, Movements, Breeds, and Evolution of the Horse

M. Horace Hayes · 1903 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, Hurst and Blackett, Limited, 1903. Cloth. A smart third edition of this illustrated work on the horse and its evolution from veterinarian M. Horace Hayes. Third edition, revised and enlarged with two hundred and seventy-nine images added. Illustrated with six hundred a...

A Review of the Works of the Royal Society of London; Containing Animadversions on Such of the Papers As Deserve Particular Observation.

Sir John Hill · 1780 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.11 | ¥61,177)

London, Printed for the Honourable Lady Hill, 1780 . Leather. The second edition of this scarce review of the works of the Royal Society of London, concerning arts, antiquities, medicine, zoophytes, animals and more, carried out by Sir John Hill. The second edition. First publ...

British Insects: A Familiar Description of the Form, Structure, Habits and Transformations of Insects

E. F. Staveley · 1871 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, L Reeve and Co, c1871. First edition. Cloth. Staveley's informative guide to British insects, beautifully illustrated with colour plates. An early edition. First printed in 1871. In the original gilt cloth. Illustrated with monochrome vignettes and sixteen chrom...

Hen Harrier

Donald Watson · 1977 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

Berkhamsted, T & A. D. Poyster, 1977. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Donald Watson's beautifully illustrated ornithological work featuring his sketches and watercolour studies on the 'harrier' species of bird. The first edition, first impression.Illu...

The British Islands and Their Vegetation

A. G. Tansley · 1949 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

Cambridge, Cambridge at the University Press, 1949. Cloth. A very smart study of British vegetation, including a comprehensive look at the environment and history of the British Islands. Complete in two volumes. Issued with corrections. Volume I contains parts I-IV. Illustrate...

The Complete Illustrated Thorburn&Apos;S Birds

Archibald Thorburn · 1990 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Devizes, Select Editions, 1990. Cloth. An impressive work of the striking and vividly colourful paintings of bird by Archibald Thorburn. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'The Complete Illustrated Thorburn's Birds' presents the beautiful ornithology illustr...

Theoretical and Practical Graphics: An Educational Course of the Theory and Practical Applications of Descriptive Geometry and Mechanical Drawing Prepared for Students in General Science, Engineering or Architecture

Frederick Newton Willson · 1898 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1898. First edition. Cloth. The first American edition of this very scarce study on mechanical drawing and geometry by Frederick Newton Willson, with many illustrations and diagrams throughout. The first American edition. First published in the...