Scienza e natura

Flora of North America North of Mexico

Flora of North America Editorial Committee · 1993 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.48 | ¥94,931)

London , Oxford University Press, 1993-2002. Cloth. A smart copy of this ongoing biological study of the plant life of the North American continent. Containing volumes 2 (Pteridophytes and Gymnosperms, 1993), 3 (Magnoliophyta: Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae, 1997), 5 (Magnoliophy...

The Alien Heart

Catherine Hutter · 1955 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, Herbert Jenkins, 1955. First edition. Cloth. Catherine Hutter's best known work of science fiction, 'The Alien Heart&apos. The scarce first edition of this dramatic and thought-provoking novel from Catherine Hutter. 'This is the story of Robbie, who live...

All Flesh Is Grass

Clifford D Simak · 1965 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.63 | ¥46,411)

New York, Doubleday & Company, 1965. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this science fiction novel by Clifford D Simak. Held in original unclipped dustwrapper. Clifford D Simak was a very famous science fiction writer. During his lifetime he was honoured with all three...

Moon of Mutiny

Lester Del Rey · 1961 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€952.92 | $1,050.24 | ¥167,711)

New York, Holt Rinehart & Winston, 1961. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this popular science fiction novel by Lester del Rey Scarce in original first printing dustwrapper with 34 titles to the rear wrap. Lester del Rey wrote many books in the juvenile Winston Scien...

Ants, Bees and Wasps a Record of Observations on the Habits of the Social Hymenoptera

Lord Avebury · 1906 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co. 1906. Cloth. A comprehensive investigation into the life and behaviours of ants, bees and wasps. Seventeenth edition, revised. With six plates, one of which is a folding maps and five of which are coloured In a red cloth binding. Ext...

Woodland Notes Tea-Time Tales for Young Little Folks and Young Old Folks

Albert Alberg · 1880 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, W. Swan Sonnenschein & Allen, 1880. Cloth. A scarce copy of Woodland Notes. From the Swedish of Richard Gustafsson by Albert Alberg, Author of Fabled Stories from the Zoo, Editor of Chit Chat by Puck and Roseleaves, by R. Gustafsson. With numerous black and white illus...

Wild Birds and Their Haunts

W. Halliday · 1922 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, Heath Cranton Limited, 1922. First edition. Cloth. An first edition copy of this work of natural history by W. Halliday. First edition. With a foreword by Gene Stratton-Porter and an introduction by W. Percival Westell. 'Wild Birds and Their Haunts' is a orni...

Scriptores Logarithmici; or a Collection of Several Curious Tracts on the Nature and Construction of Logarithms

Frances Maseres · 1804 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, J. White, 1804. Cloth. A volume of this work by Francis Maseres on logarithms. Printed in Latin and English. Volume V of original VI volumes. Francis Maseres was an English lawyer and mathematician who subsidised many mathematical publications which were influential fo...

Uber Die Darstellung Gegebner Funktionen Durch Singulare Integrale

Hans Hahn; Adolf Hnatek; S. Oppenheim; Carl Hillebrand · 1904 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

Wien, In Kommission Bei Alfred Holder, 1904-1916. Cloth. A scarce collection of German publications on mathematics. A scarce collection of German publications on mathematics. Including: Uber die Darstellung Gegebner Funktionen Durch Singulare Integrale by Hans Hahn (1916, in t...

The Master of the World a Tale of Mystery and Marvel

Jules Verne · 1914 · Rooke Books

£2,200.00 (€2,637.01 | $2,906.33 | ¥464,105)

London, Sampson Low, Marston and Co. Ltd. 1914. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first UK edition of Jules Verne's dark science fiction novel. In good order, and a particularly clean copy -this work is notorious for heavy foxing due to the paper used. This is one of the las...

Residential Lighting

Myrtle Fahsbender · 1947 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

New York, D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc. 1947. Cloth. The first edition of an educational textbook on lighting in our homes, written by an expert who would later become the first female director of the Illuminating Engineering Society. The first edition of Residential Lighting,...

The Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man

Sir Charles Lyell · 1863 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, John Murray, 1863 . Leather. The third impression of Charles Lyell's important scientific work which helped to establish the new science of prehistoric archaeology in Great Britain. The third edition of this work, published in the same year as the first.Illustrate...

In Northerm Mists; Arctic Exploration in Early Times Volume Two

Fridtjof Nansen; Arthur G. Chater [trans.] · 1911 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, William Heinemann, 1911 . First edition. Cloth. A first English edition copy of the second volume in a highly illustrated set on Arctic exploration. Volume two of a two volume set.The first English edition of the work.In the publisher's original blue cloth binding...

The Miniature Fruit Garden of the Culture of Pyramidal and Bush Fruit Trees

Thomas Rivers · 1877 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1877. Cloth. An uncommon and well-illustrated horticultural title by influential nurseryman Thomas Rivers. An uncommon copy of the 18th Edition of this uncommon work. This popular and informative work was first published in 1840, and saw 20 edi...

A History of British Fossil Mammals, and Birds

Richard Owen · 1846 · Rooke Books

£296.00 (€354.80 | $391.03 | ¥62,443)

London, John Van Voorst, 1846 . First edition. Cloth. A very good copy of the first edition of this interesting archeological study, illustrated with one hundred and twenty-seven woodcut illustrations The first edition in the publisher's original cloth.With one hundred an...

The Circle of Sciences

Various [inc. Henry Brougham] [ed. by James Wylde] · 1868 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London, The London Printing and Publishing Company, Limited, 1868. Cloth. A comprehensive set on upcoming knowledge regarding physics, mathematics, chemistry and biology, with various portraits, diagrams and plates. An early edition of The Circle of the Science: A cyclopaedia ...

On Humus and the Earthworm

Charles Darwin [intro. by Albert Howard] · 1945 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1945. Cloth. A scarce and charming reprint of a book influential for understanding the Earthworm's role in organic farming and the natural cycle of our lands. Darwin On Humans and the Earthworm: The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the...

The Birds of Middlesex: A Contribution to the Natural History of the County

James Edmund Harting · 1866 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, John Van Voorst, 1866. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this county ornithology of Middlesex by J. E. Harting. In the publisher's original green cloth binding with gilt. First edition.Illustrated with a tinted frontispiece. Collated, compete.A county...

2 Vols a System of Veterinary Medicine

Various; E. Wallis Hoare [Ed.] · 1913 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.34 | ¥68,561)

London, Baillière, Tindall and Cox, 1913-1915 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce two-volume first edition reference work on veterinary medicine, edited by E. Wallis Hoare, reflecting the state of veterinary science in the pre-antibiotic era. In the publisher's original...

British Snails: A Guide to the Non-Marine Gastropoda of Great Britain and Ireland Pliocene to Recent

Arthur Erskine Ellis · 1926 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

Oxford, At The Clarendon Press, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition copy of this illustrated guide to the snails of Britain. The scarce first edition of the work. In publisher's original blue decorative cloth binding.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and 12 ...