Scienza e natura

Wild England of to-Day and the Wild Life in It

C. J. Cornish · 1895 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London , Seeley and Co , 1895. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this exploration of the British countryside and wildlife, with illustrations. A first edition copy. This volume is a charming exploration of the countryside and wildlife of England, ranging from the S...

Man a Monthly Record of Anthropological Science Volumes 40 to 48

The Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland · 1940 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

London, The Royal Anthropological Institute, 1940-1948. Cloth. Nine volumes from Man, an anthropology magazine from the Royal Anthropological Institute, with illustrations. A scarce and dense collection of works from Man, A Monthly Record of Anthropological Science, rebound in...

The Capercaillie in Scotland

J. A. Harvie-Brown · 1879 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

Edinburgh, David Douglas, 1879 . First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of the very scarce first edition of J. A. Harvie-Brown's illustrated study of the capercaillie, a large woodland grouse. The scarce first edition of this work from Scottish ornithologist and naturalist Jo...

Shetland Sanctuary Birds on the Isle of Noss

Richard Parry · 1948 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London , Faber and Faber, 1948. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Shetland Sanctuary with folding maps and illustrations and in the original dust wrapper. A first edition copy of this wildlife volume. Shetland Sanctuary explores the breeding lives and inter-relatio...

Arboriculture: Or, a Practical Treatise on Raising and Managing Forest Trees and on the Profitable Extension of the Woods and Forests of Great Britain.

John Grigor · 1881 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.00 | ¥40,082)

Edinburgh, Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier, 1881 . Leather. A smart, quarter morocco, copy of this comprehensive guide to forest management in the United Kingdom. The scarce second edition. Rebound in a neat quarter morocco binding by Maltbys of Oxford. Complete with the half tit...

The War of the Worlds

H. G. Wells · 1898 · Rooke Books

£2,400.00 (€2,876.74 | $3,170.55 | ¥506,296)

London, William Heinemann, 1898. First edition. Cloth. The sought after first edition, first impression, of H. G. Well's genre-defining science fiction novel. First edition, first impression, Currey's state (A) with sixteen pages of publisher's adverts to the re...

Michel Strogoff, de Moscou a Irkoutsk

Jules Verne · 1876 · Rooke Books

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

Paris, Hetzel, c1902 . Cloth. A lovely early twentieth century edition of Jules Verne's 'Michel Strogoff', illustrated with colour plates by Ferat, and in the bright publisher's cartonnage binding. In the original French.A beautifully bound edition of Jules...

Homes without Hands Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals, Classed According to Their Principle of Construction

Rev. J. G. Wood · 1866 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Longmans, Green and Co. 1866. Cloth. A fascinating work of natural history by the Rev. John George Wood. Rev John George Wood explores the natural habitats of animals, beginning with the simple burrow, and proceeding with creatures that suspend their homes in the air; ...

The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the County of Southampton

Rev. Gilbert White; Thomas Bell [ed.] · 1877 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.25 | $726.58 | ¥116,026)

London, John Van Voorst, 1877 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce large paper edition of this important work of natural history from Gilbert White. The first edition of this work to be edited by the zoologist Thomas Bell. The scarce 8vo large paper copy of this first edition th...

Les Merveilles de la Vegetation

Fulgence Marion · 1868 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

Paris, Librairie de L. Hachette, 1868. Leather. The second edition of this fascinating book on forests, plants, and vegetation, replete with many full page illustrated plates. A fascinating and very comprehensive work on forests, plants, and different types of vegetation, incl...

Recherches Pour Servir a L&Apos;Histoire Et a L&Apos;Anatomie Des Phryganides

Francois-Jules Pictet · 1834 · Rooke Books

£1,850.00 (€2,217.49 | $2,443.96 | ¥390,270)

Geneva; Paris; London, Abraham Cherbuliez; J. -B. Bailliere; Meme Maison, 1834. First edition. Leather. The author's presentation copy of this very scarce first edition French work on Phryganidia, complete with lovely hand-coloured plates. Author's presentation copy,...

The Peace Machine

Bob Shaw · 1985 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Victor Gollancz, 1985. First edition. Cloth. The first Gollancz SF edition revised by the author of this novel by Bb Shaw, an excellent copy of this uncommon edition. A revised Gollancz edition of this novel, first thus, in the Gollancz SF series. An uncommon copy. Com...

The World&Apos;S Birthday: A Book for the Young

Professor L. Gaussen · 1867 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Edinburgh and New York, T. Nelson and Sons, 1867. Cloth. A delightful little work on the Earth's conception speaking geologically and in terms of Christianity. Covering God's work during Creation, the heavens, plants and their seeds, animal creation, the crea...

A General History of Quadrupeds

Thomas Bewick · 1791 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.93 | ¥104,424)

Newcastle Upon Tyne, S. Hodgson, R. Beilby and T. Bewick, 1791. Leather. A very smart, second edition copy of Thomas Bewick's famous work, 'A General History of Quadrupeds', illustrated throughout and in full calf binding. A second, much larger and improved edit...

The Geology of Peterborough and Its Vicinity

Henry Porter · 1861 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

Peterborough, T. Chadwell, 1861 . First edition. Cloth. Inscribed by the author, this is the scarce first edition of Henry Porter's illustrated geological study of Peterborough and its surroundings. The scarce first edition of this illustrated geological study of Peterbor...

London Geological Field Class: Reports of Excursions During the Summers of 1886-1887

Professor H. G. Seeley · 1887 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, George Philip & Son, 1887-1888. First edition. Paperback. A well presented collection of geological field excursions carried out in 1886 and 1887 by the Geological Field Class in London, with illustrations to the rear of one text. The first and only edition of these re...

Geological Rambles Round London. A Handy Guide to Old-World London.

R. E. B. · 1883 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,016)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1883. Paperback. An 1883 geological guidebook to London's various districts in the original paper wraps, complete with in-text illustrations and charming adverts. This 1883 geological guidebook to London takes the reader through various different ...

Hardwicke&Apos;S Science-Gossip

M.C. Cooke · 1867 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, Robert Hardwicke , 1867. Cloth. A fascinating collection of scientific articles, excerpts, and descriptions, published in the mid nineteenth century and profusely illustrated. A fascinating, mid nineteenth-century collection of various scientific articles, excerpts, an...

Stratigraphic Analysis of a Deep Ice Core from Greenland

Chester C. Langway Jr. · 1970 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

Boulder, The Geological Society of America, 1970 . First edition. Paperback. A signed first edition scientific study of Greenland's ice core, published by the Geological Society of America. A signed first edition of this scarce geological study, from U.S. Army Research En...

Report of the Committee Appointed for the Reduction of Meteorological Observations

Sir John Frederick William Herschel · 1843 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.35 | $627.50 | ¥100,205)

London, Richard and John E Taylor, 1843. First edition. Unbound. A scarce signed edition of this report from Victorian polymath J F W Herschel. A very scarce first edition of this work from English mathematician, astronomer, chemist, inventor, experimental photographer and bot...