Scienza e natura

The Birds of Our Country

H. E. Stewart · 1897 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, Digby, Long, & Co, 1897. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce ornithology study of the British Isles, an illustrated work by H. E. Stewart. The first edition of this scarce work.A charming exposition of the native birds of the British Isles, by H. E. ...

Four Millions a Year

Colin Collins · 1911 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Greening and Co Limited , 1911. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce science fiction title centring around the fortunes of John D. Rockefeller. The first edition. A scarce work. In the publisher's original cloth binding. This is the third out of ...

The Hocus Root

L. B. Foster · 1944 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

Sydney, Hogbin, Poole (Printers) PTY. LTD. 1944. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this scarce sci-fi novel revolving around invisibility, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition of this scarce work, a war economy edition.In the original unclipped dust wra...

Shambleau and Others

C. L. Moore [Catherine Lucille Moore] · 1953 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

New York, Gnome Press Inc, 1953. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this fantastic collection of science fiction stories from Catherine Lucille Moore's, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition of this collection, first printing. Originally published in &ap...

The Marathon Photograph and Other Stories

Clifford D. Simak; Francis Lyall [editor] · 1986 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, Severn House, 1986. First edition. Cloth. A smart first UK edition of this collection of short stories from American science fiction writer Clifford Donald Simak. First UK edition. A collection of short stories being fine examples of the craftsmanship of Clifford Donal...

Four Futures: Four Original Novellas of Science Fiction Based on Themes Suggested by Isaac Asimov

R. A. Lafferty; Harry Harrison; Alexei Panshin; Robert Silverberg; Isaac Asimov [foreword] · 1971 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

New York, Hawthorn Books, Inc. 1971. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition copy of this collection of four science fiction novellas by notable authors, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this uncommon work in the publish...

General Index to the First Fifty Volumes of the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society

The Assistant-Secretary L. L. Belinfante · 1897 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Longmans, Green & Co, 1897 . First edition. Leather. Both volumes of the very scarce index to the first fifty volumes of the 'Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society', which was first published in 1845. Both volumes of this very scarce general index, with...

Strange Gateways

E. Hoffmann Price · 1967 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.92 | ¥24,260)

Wisconsin, Arkham House, 1967 . First edition. Cloth. A superb, first collected edition of twelve fantasy tales written by E. Hoffmann Price, in a lovely example of the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition. In the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. ...

The Best of L. Sprague de Camp; the Best of C.M. Kornbluth; the Best of Fredric Brown

L. Sprague De Camp; C. M. Kornbluth; Fredric Brown; Robert Bloch [ed.]; Frederik Pohl [ed.]; Poul Anderson [ed.] · 1976 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

New York, Nelson Doubleday, 1976-1978 . First edition. Cloth. Three exceptionally bright first Book Club Edition anthologies of the science fiction tales of L. Sprague De Camp, C. M. Kornbluth and Fredric Brown. A fantastic collection of three science fiction anthologies, in t...

The Study of Man

Alfred C. Haddon · 1898 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, John Murray, 1898. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this illustrated anthropological study from Alfred Cort Haddon. First edition. Illustrated with eight plates and forty in-text figures. Collated complete. A detailed anthropological study of man, with chapters...

Dudley and Gilderoy: A Nonsense

Algernon Blackwood · 1929 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Ernest Benn Limited , 1929. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Algernon Blackwood's whimsical novel that sees a cat and parrot set out to see the world. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding. 'Dudley and Gilderoy', tho...

The British Islands and Their Vegetation

A. G. Tansley · 1949 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

Cambridge , At the University Press, 1949. Cloth. A pleasing two-volume study of the environment, history and vegetation of the British Islands, richly illustrated throughout. A new edition, with corrections. Complete in two volumes. In the publisher's original green clot...

A Collection of Papers of Phrenology

Various · 1850 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.00 | ¥40,082)

Various, Various, 1850-1978. Paperback. An interesting set of six papers on phrenology, dating from over a century, all very scarce. A selection of six very scarce papers on phrenology. Phrenology is a pseudoscience, involving the measurement of bumps on the skull to predict m...

The Illustrated Natural History of British Moths

Edward Newman · 0 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, W. H. Allen and Co. c1870. Cloth. A smart copy of this scarce work on the natural history of moths in Britain, with illustrations throughout. Scarce work. Illustrated with seven hundred and twenty-two in-text figures. A detailed and comprehensive natural history of mot...

British Wild Flowers

C. Pierpoint Johnson · 1914 · Rooke Books

£148.00 (€177.40 | $195.52 | ¥31,222)

London, Gurney & Jackson, 1914. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated botanical reference work, looking at the wild flowers of Britain, complete with ninety hand coloured plates. Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece, eighty-nine hand-coloured plates, and two monochrome pla...

Forbidden Fruit: Meditations on Science, Technology and Natural History

Heathcote Williams · 2011 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Oxford , Huxley Scientific Press, 2011. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce signed first edition of this interesting selection of poetry on science, technology and natural history by Heathcote Williams. The first edition. Signed by the author to the title page. In the publ...

A Description and History of Vegetable Substances, Used in the Arts, and Domestic Economy. Timber Trees: Fruits.

1829 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, Charles Knight, 1829. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this detailed work on the history of the use of vegetable substances in art and domestic economy. First edition. The Library of Entertaining Knowledge. Illustrated throughout. A detailed and comprehen...

Two Addresses Delivered at the Dedication of a New Transmitter of Radio Free Europe Beamed to Hungary

Frederic R. Dolbeare; Gyula Dessewffy · 1951 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

Stamford, The Overbrook Press, 1951. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce program and record of the two addresses spoken at the ceremony inaugurating the new service of Radio Free Europe for Hungary. First edition. Limited to three hundred copies. A program and record of the addre...

The Carnegie Works at Pittsburgh

Theodore Dreiser · 1927 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

New York, Privately Printed, 1927. First edition. Cloth. A smart limited edition copy of this essay on the Carnegie Works at Pittsburgh from American journalist Theodore Dreiser. First edition. Limited to one hundred and fifty copies. With decorations. A detailed essay, full o...

The Menageries. Quadrupeds, Described and Drawn from Living Subjects

1829 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, Charles Knight, 1829-40 . First edition. Cloth. A complete collection of three volumes filled with information on various quadrupeds, profusely illustrated with sketches of each animal mentioned. The first edition. Bound in the publisher's original cloth.Uncommon ...