Scienza e natura

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J. J. Connington; [Alfred Walter Stewart] · 1923 · Rooke Books

£2,750.00 (€3,296.26 | $3,632.92 | ¥580,131)

London, Constable & Co LTD, 1923. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this pioneering science fiction novel, an ecocatastrophe disaster novel by Alfred Walter Stewart. The very scarce first edition.Connington's first and easily most important novel. A p...

The Immortal Light

John Mastin · 1909 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.32 | ¥23,205)

London, Charles Griffin & Company LTD, 1909. Cloth. John Mastin's Lost-World science fiction novel focusing on a civilisation living beneath the Antarctic, a scarce to see novel. An early reprint of this scarce work.'The Immortal Light' sees a Latin-speaking los...

A Manual of Injurious Insects with Methods of Prevention and Remedy for Their Attacks to Food Crops, Forest Trees, and Fruit

Eleanor A. Ormerod · 1890 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)

London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Limited, 1890. Leather. A smartly bound second edition of this illustrated insect manual from pioneer English entomologist, Eleanor Anne Ormerod. Second edition. Illustrated with in text illustrations throughout. A detailed entom...

The Ocean Atmosphere and Life: A Descriptive History of the Phenomena of the Life of the Globe

Élisée Reclus; A. H. Keane · 1888 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, J. S. Virtue & Co. Limited, 1888 . Cloth. A beautifully illustrated work on life and atmosphere in the world's oceans, written by Élisée Reclus. Rebound in a green cloth. Based on the French work 'La terre : description des phénomènes de la vie du globe&a...

Pyramids

Terry Pratchett · 1989 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Victor Gollancz, 1989 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderful example of the first edition of the seventh Discworld novel, the winner of the 1989 British Fantasy Award for Best Novel. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original price unclipped dus...

The Geographical Magazine Volume I Nos. 1-6 & Volume V Nos. 1-6

Michael Huxley [editor] · 1935 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1935-1937. Cloth. A smart set of two volumes of The Geographical Magazine, with illustrations throughout. Two volumes. Founded in 1935, Geographical (formerly The Geographical Magazine) is the magazine of the Royal Geographical Society with the Institu...

Tracts and Observations in Natural History and Physiology

Robert Townson · 1799 · Rooke Books

£1,500.00 (€1,797.96 | $1,981.59 | ¥316,435)

London, J. White, 1799. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce first edition study on natural history, of particular importance due to its passages on tortoises. The first edition of this very scarce work.An interesting work on natural history.In this important treatise, Towns...

Butterflies

Samuel H. Scudder · 1881 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.65 | $1,314.46 | ¥209,902)

New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1881 . First edition. Cloth. An extremely scarce first edition of this presentation copy of Scudder's illustrated study of butterflies. First edition, in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Very scarce. The author'...

Introductio Ad Sapientiam: Or, the Art of Right Thinking

Thomas Fuller · 1731 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, W. Innys, 1731 . First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of the first part only of Thomas Fuller's guide to 'The Art of Right Thinking&apos. The first part only of a two part work by Thomas Fuller. The scarce first edition of this work.ESTC T138941A...

Flore de Toulouse; Ou Description Des Plantes Qui Croissent Aux Environs de Cette Ville

D. J. Tournon · 1811 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

Toulouse, Bellegarrigue, 1811. Leather. A scarce work on the flora of Toulouse, with descriptions of the plants of the surrounding area. In the original French language. French language. Scarce work. A detailed description of the plants of the city of Toulouse, with observatio...

The Dwellers Series

Reverend Theodore Wood · 1908 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.79 | ¥37,972)

London, T. C. & E. C Jack Ltd, 1908. Cloth. A smart collection of the Dwellers series bound into one volume by the Reverend Theodore Wood, with illustrations throughout. Scarce collection. Six volumes of the Dwellers series bound into one. A detailed yet simple introduction to...

Memories of Fourscore Years Less Two, 1851-1929

Abel Chapman; George Bolam · 1830 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, Gurney and Jackson, 1830 . First edition. Cloth. A bright example of the first edition of naturalist Abel Chapman's charmingly illustrated and posthumously published biography. The first edition of this work, illustrated with a photogravure frontispiece and with t...

Sea-Side Walks of a Naturalist with His Children

Rev. W. Houghton · 1889 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, Groombridge and Sons, 1889. Cloth. A smart new edition of this collection of commentaries from sea-side walks, with colour illustrations. New edition. Illustrated with colour frontispiece and five plates, with many in-text images. Collated complete. A collection of com...

The Eye of the Wind an Autobiography

Peter Scott · 1961 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1961 . Cloth. A highly illustrated second impression of Peter Scott's autobiography, in the original, striking dust wrapper. In the publisher's original blue cloth binding, with the original dust wrapper, which has been price-clipped.The...

On Surrey Hills

A Son of the Marshes" [Denham Jordan]; J. A. Owen [preface] · 1893 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, 1893. Cloth. The fourth edition of this uncommon work on the wildlife and natural wonders of the Surrey Hills, by Denham Jordan. The fourth edition of this work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Loosely inserted is...

Darwinism and Human Life: The South African Lectures for 1909

J. Arthur Thomson · 1911 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, Andrew Melrose, 1911 . Cloth. A signed copy of the third impression of Scottish naturalist Sir John Arthur Thomson's publication of his lectures on Darwin. With a slip reading 'With Prof. J. Arthur Thomson's Compliments' to the front free endpaper.T...

Charles Darwin: A Paper Contributed to the Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological Society

Edward Woodall · 1884 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.12 | $858.69 | ¥137,122)

London, Trubner and Co, 1884 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Edward Woodall's very scarce, illustrated biographical study of the early life of Charles Darwin. The first edition thus; this work was initially contributed to the 'Transactions of the Shropsh...

Born in Captivity

Bryan Berry · 1952 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, Hamilton & Co, 1952. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of the debut sci-fi novel of Bryan Berry, a post-war tale set in 2018, this copy signed by the author. The first edition.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper. In the original unclipped dust ...

Looking Beyond

Ludwig A. Geissler · 1891 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, William Reeves, [1891]. First edition. Paperback. A scarce first edition copy of Ludwig Geissler's sequel to Bellamy's incredibly popular science fiction novel. The first edition of this scarce work.Ludwig A. Geissler's sequel to Edward Bellamy's in...

Armageddon: A Tale of Love, War, and Invention

Stanley Waterloo · 1898 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

Chicago and New York, Rand, McNally & Company, 1898 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Stanley Waterloo's novel set in the near future, where Anglo-American supremacy is achieved through use of armoured airships. Illustrated with a frontispiece.The work of Ameri...