Scienza e natura

Guenon on Milch Cows a Treatise Upon the Bovine Species in General

Thos. J. Hand; F. Guenon · 1919 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

New York, Orange Judd Company, 1919. Cloth. An uncommon illustrated title, in lovely condition. A very scarce edition of this already uncommon work, first published in 1883.A lovely copy, in original burgundy cloth, with elegant gilt lettering and motif to the spine.An informa...

Agriculture, Ancient and Modern Vol. I.

Samuel Copland · 1866 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Virtue and Company, [1866]. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon, richly illustrated first edition title on the history of agriculture. An uncommon, rebacked copy of the first edition.Featuring a monochrome frontispiece, half title, and 24 further monochrome plates, in ad...

British Rainfall, 1870. On the Distribution of Rain over the British Isles, During the Year 1870

G.J. Symons · 1871 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Edward Stanford, 1871. First edition. Cloth. A scarce edition of this interesting illustrated analysis of the rainfall in Britain in the year 1870. The scarce first edition of the work.In publisher's original blue cloth binding. An account of the rainfall in Brita...

The Midland Naturalist Volume I & II

E. W. Badger; W. J. Harrison · 1878 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London; Birmingham, Hardwicke and Bogue; Cornish Brothers, 1878-1879. Leather. The first two volumes of The Midland Naturalist periodical bound together in half morocco and featuring the illustrated title pages from Worthington George Smith among numerous monochrome plates. Tw...

A History of British Quadrupeds, Including the Cetacea

Thomas Bell · 1874 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, John Van Voorst, 1874 . Cloth. The second edition in the publisher's original cloth binding, illustrated with one hundred and sixty woodcuts throughout the text. The second edition in the publisher's original cloth binding. A charming history of British quadr...

Gleanings in Natural History

Edward Jesse · 1838 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, John Murray, 1838. Cloth. Detailed and compact two-volume illustrated set from informed natural historian Edward Jesse. In two volumes.Bound in publisher's original green cloth.Featuring a frontispiece to volume one, illustrated title pages to both volumes and a f...

Bamboo

Robert Austin and Koichiro Ueda · 1975 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

New York and Tokyo, John Weatherhill, Inc. 1975. Cloth. A fascinating analysis of the technical, historical and cultural prevalence of bamboo with vivid photographs from Dana Levy. In original publisher's green cloth binding. With unclipped dust wrapper.With over 160 page...

Henry Williamson Nature Books

Henry Williamson; Sir John Fortescue · 1945 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, Putnam & Company Ltd. 1945-1946. Cloth. A complete five volume set of the limited illustrated editions of Henry Williamson's nature novels and short stories. Complete in five volumes. Limited illustrated edition. Each volume is illustrated with a frontispiece, ful...

Insects Abroad Being a Popular Account of Foreign Insects, Their Structure, Habits, and Transformations

Rev. J. G. Wood · 1874 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Longmans, Green & Co. 1874. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated study of foreign insects from English natural history writer Reverend John George Wood. First edition. Illustrated with twenty black-and-white plates, and numerous in-text image...

1903-1906 Observations of a Naturalist in the Pacific between 1896 and 1899

Henry B. Guppy · 1903 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.90 | ¥59,068)

London, Macmillan, 1903-1906. First edition. Cloth. An excellent example of the two volume first edition of H. B. Guppy's account of his travels in the Pacific islands, and their geology and flora. The first edition, complete in two volumes.British surgeon, geologist, bot...

The Merchant&Apos;S Magazine: Or, Trades-Man&Apos;S Treasury

Edward Hatton · 1699 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.47 | $515.21 | ¥82,273)

London, J. H. for Chr. Coningsby, 1699 . Leather. Illustrated with engraved plates, this is the third edition of Edward Hatton's scarce and informative late 17th century guide to trade, commerce, and mercantile activity. The third edition of this work, which was first pub...

The Gentleman&Apos;S Diary, or the Mathematical Repository; an Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1804

1804 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, Printed for the Company of Stationers by Nichols and Son , 1804. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce early 19th-century 'Gentleman's Diary' publication, being the sixty-fourth almanack. First edition. In a full modern cloth rebinding, with label to the f...

A Vertebrate Fauna of Scotland: The Tweed Area Including the Farne Islands

A. H. Evans · 1911 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Edinburgh , David Douglas , 1911. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of this Scottish natural history exploring the "Tweed" area and Farne Islands, illustrated throughout. First edition. The eleventh volume from this series, 'A Vertebrate Fauna of Scotland&apo...

A Vertebrate Fauna of Forth

Leonora Jeffrey Rintoul; Evelyn V. Baxter · 1935 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, Oliver & Boyd, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this illustrated work on animal life in Forth, by the Scottish ornithologists and lifelong friends Rintoul and Baxter. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, seventeen images across fifteen pla...

100,000,000 Guinea Pigs: Dangers in Everyday Foods, Drugs, and Cosmetics

Arthur Kallet; F. J. Schlink · 1933 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

New York, Vanguard Press, 1933 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce, first edition of this exposé, unmasking the dangers in everyday products and the deception involved in their marketing, this work shocked American readers, launching a consumer rights revolution in American publi...

A Collection of Studies on British Manufacturers by George Dodd

George Dodd · 1844 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)

London, Charles Knight & Co. 1844-1851. Cloth. Two volumes containing the complete six parts of George Dodd's study of British manufacturing from the mid-nineteenth century. Complete in six parts, bound in two volumes. Illustrated throughout. Written by George Dodd, an En...

On the History and Natural Arrangement of Insects

William Swainson; W. E Shuckard · 1840 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1840. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this treatise on insectss from English entomologists William Swainson and William Edward Shuckard. From The Cabinet of Natural History. With in-text images throughout. A detailed and compre...

The Inductive Algebra, Embracing a Complete Course for School and Academies

William J. Milne · 1881 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

New York; Cincinnati; Chicago, American Book Company, 1881. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce mathematical textbook on algebra, by William J. Milne. The first edition of this very scarce work.An educational guide to algebra by the American educator Wi...

The Parlour Menagerie: Wherein Are Exhibited in a Descriptive and Anecdotal Form the Habits, the Resources, and the Mysterious Instincts of the More Interesting Portions of Animal Creation

1875 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, John Hogg & Co. 1875. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this illustrated study on animal life across the world. First edition. Very scarce edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and over three hundred wood-engravings by Luke Clennell, William Harve...

A Great Step Forward (Comptometer Brochure)

1921 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, Herbert E. Robbins Ltd, 1921. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce brochure advertising a new model of the Comptometer, the first commercially successful key-driven calculator. This very scarce brochure outlines the principles and benefits of the Comptometer, a pioneering ...