Scienza e natura

Ant Antics

Various · 1933 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, John Murray, 1933. Cloth. A delightful anthology regarding the humble ant with the writings of many important writers, complete with the original dust wrapper. An unusual Children's book, containing the writings of the likes of Rudyard Kipling, Baden-Powell, John ...

The Life and Adventures of John James Audubon

Robert Buchanan · 1868 · Rooke Books

£320.00 (€383.57 | $422.74 | ¥67,506)

London, Sampson Low, Son and Marston, 1868. First edition. Cloth. A first edition biography of this important American ornithologist and naturalist. A biography of the American ornithologist, naturalist and painter John James Audubon. With a full plate frontispiece illustratio...

2061: Odyssey Three

Arthur C. Clarke · 1988 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, Guild Publishing; Grafton Books, 1988. Cloth. An early edition of the third book in the Space Odyssey series by Arthur C. Clarke, in the unclipped dust wrapper. A bright copy. 2061, Odyssey Three, the third book in Arthur C. Clarke's famous Space Odyssey series, s...

Cobbett&Apos;S Legacy to Parsons; or, Have the Clergy of the Established Church an Equitable Right to the Tithes, or to Any Thing Called Church Property, Greater Than the Dissenters Have to the Same? and Ought There, or Ought There Not, to Be a Separation of the Church from the State?

William Cobbett · 1835 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Not Stated, 1835. Leather. A lovely modern leather-bound second edition of Cobbett's important pamphlet discussing the Established Church. This work consists of six letters, addressed to the Church Parsons, questioning different ideologies.William Cobbett (1763-18...

Iron Road: The Railway in Scotland

P. J. G. Ransom · 2007 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, Birlinn, 2007. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of the history of the railway in Scotland, illustrated throughout. The first edition. The first edition of this volume. A lovely, bright copy of this volume detailing the history of railway in Scotland, beginning in th...

Problems Omnibus

Hubert Phillips · 1960 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, Arco Publications , 1960-1962. First edition. Cloth. An excellent set in two volumes of Hubert Phillips' Problem Omnibus, the first editions comprising word puzzles, inference, and mathematical problems. The first edition of these two volumes, published in 1960 an...

The Cinema in Education Being the Report of the Psychological Investigation Conducted by Special Subcommittees Appointed by the Cinema Commission of Enquiry Established by the National Council of Public Morals

James Marchant · 1925 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)

London, George Allen and Unwin, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A superb first edition copy of this uncommon title of this study on the psychology of cinema in education, in the extremely scarce dustwrapper. The first edition of this work, an uncommon title.An interesting study ed...

Blights of the Wheat and Their Remedies Our Song Birds

[Edwin Sidney];[William C. L. Martin] · 1846 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, The Religious Tract Society, 1846. Leather. Two natural history work published by the Religious Tract Society bound in one, discussing birds of Britain and common wheat diseases. Two volumes in one, 'Blights of the Wheat' and 'Our Song Birds&apos.'B...

The Naturalist: A Monthly Journal of Natural History for the North of England

Thomas Sheppard; Thomas William Woodhead; Various · 1906 · Rooke Books

£990.00 (€1,186.65 | $1,307.85 | ¥208,847)

London, A. Brown & Sons, 1906-19. Cloth. Thirteen volumes of the 1906 to 1919 issues of the monthly natural history journal 'The Naturalist', a journal that documents the natural history of the North of England. In thirteen volumes. 'The Naturalist' was a m...

Sommario Di Tutte le Scienze Del Magnifico Messer Domenico Delfino, Nobile Vinitiano, Dal Quale Si Possono Imparar Molte Cose Appartenenti Al Uiuere Humano & Alla Cognition Di Dio. Con la Tauola, & le Postille Delle Cose Piu Notabili

Domenico Delfino; [Alfonso de la Torre] · 1568 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.37 | $1,585.27 | ¥253,148)

Venetia; [Venice], Francesco Sansovino, 1568. Vellum. A very scarce translation of Alfonso de la Torre's important humanist work on morals and human wisdom, here translated into Italian by Domencio Delfino, who was wrongly thought to be the sole author of this work. A ver...

Gleanings in British Conchology

J. Gwyn Jeffreys · 1858 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Taylor and Francis, 1858. Paperback. A very scarce copy of the concise work on British conchology, written by John Gwyn Jeffreys, illustrated with one plate. A very scarce work. This work is an interesting look at British conchology, giving a brief but detailed overvie...

The Grouse

Various · 1893 · Rooke Books

£700.00 (€839.05 | $924.74 | ¥147,670)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1893-1906. Cloth. An illustrated collection of works looking at hunting of various animals in the wild, written and illustrated by various authors and artists. Complete in twelve volumes. This set is an interesting collection of works on animal...

An Elementary Text-Book of the Microscope; Including a Description of the Methods of Preparing and Mounting Objects

J.W. Griffith · 1864 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, John Van Voorst, 1864. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a charming little volume teaching beginners how to use microscopes, with twelve colour plates. The first edition of An Elementary Text-Book of the Microscope; Including a Description of the Methods of Pr...

Birds of Cyprus

David A. Bannerman, W. Mary Bannerman · 1958 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)

Edinburgh, Oliver and Boyd, 1958. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a beautifully illustrated ornithological study of Cyprus, discussing hundreds of species within its rich ecosystem. The first edition of Birds of Cyprus, a visual ornithological study of birds on the ...

Droll Stories Collected from the Abbeys of Touraine

Honore de Balzac · 1874 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, John Camden Hotten, 1874. First edition. Cloth. A smart first English language edition of this captivating and richly illustrated anthology. The first english translated edition.Includes a variety of tales, such as The Succubus, Bertha the Penitent and The Brothers-in-...

The Potamogetons (Pond Weeds) of the British Isles

Alfred Fryer; Arthur Bennett · 1915 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, L. Reeve & Co. Limited, 1915. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this extensive illustrated natural history work on British pond weeds from the research of eminent naturalist Alfred Fryer, with additions from Arthur Bennett. First edition. Scarce.In publis...

The Mammals of Great Britain and Ireland

J. G. Millais · 1904 · Rooke Books

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

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1904-1906. First edition. Cloth. A copiously illustrated limited edition study of British mammals by John Guille Millais, with striking colour plates and photogravures throughout. Only one thousand and twenty-five copies of this work have been ...

The Novels of P.D. James

P.D. James · 1989 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.79 | ¥37,972)

London, Faber and Faber, 1989-2011. First edition. Cloth. The first editions of six novels from British literary figure P.D. James, including signed works, Children of Men, her autobiography, and those from her celebrated Adam Dalgleish series. The first editions of six brilli...

The Man Who Sold the Moon

Robert A Heinlein · 1950 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.42 | $561.45 | ¥89,657)

Chicago, Shasta Publishers, 1950. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this science fiction novel from Heinlein's Future History series. With original unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition, as stated to the verso of title page, alongside the copyright details fro...

Rivers of Great Britain: Rivers of the East Coast, Descriptive, Historical, Pictorial

Various · 0 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.25 | ¥12,655)

London, Cassell and Company, c1889. Leather. A beautifully illustrated late Victorian guide to the rivers of the British isles. Special Edition. Featuring an illustrated frontispiece. Contains numerous illustrated plates and illustrations in the text. Contains: the Highland De...