Scienza e natura

Curiosities of Animal Life

1848 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, The Religious Tract Society, [1848]. First edition. Cloth. First edition of Rev. Charles Williams' compact and profusely illustrated overview of contemporary discoveries in the natural sciences. First edition.In blue cloth binding. Binding signed as "Baxter, Binde...

Hydrostatical and Pneumatical Lectures

Roger Cotes; Robert Smith [ed.] · 1775 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

London, J. Nourse, 1775 . Leather. An exceptionally bright example of the third edition of Cotes's posthumously published collection of lectures on hydrostatics and pneumatics, illustrated with five engraved plates. The third edition of this work, which was first publishe...

The Boy&Apos;S Own Book of Natural History

J G Wood · 1890 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, George Routledge & Sons, [c.1890] dated from copy held by. Leather. London: George Routledge & Sons, [c.1890] dated from copy held by the National Library of Wales. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. A handsome full calf copy from prolific nature writ...

Sketch of Cannes and Its Climate

TH. De Valcourt, M.D.P. · 1873 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, J & A Churchill, 1873. Leather. The scarce second edition of this comprehensive description of the environment of Cannes, with numerous folding charts and plates. The second edition of the work, enlarged and corrected. First published in French in 1866.In publisher&apo...

The World of Trees (the World of Nature)

Herbert L. Edlin; Maurice Nimmo; Lord Sandford · 1974 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Orbis Publishing , 1974. First edition. Leather. A vibrantly illustrated study of trees from this 'World of Nature' series, handsomely presented in half crushed morocco. First edition. An uncommon natural history work published for this series titled 'T...

The Trees Around Us

Peter Barber; C. E. Lucas Phillips · 1975 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson; The Royal Horticultural Society , 1975. Leather. A morocco-bound copy of this copiously illustrated study of trees that can be grown in the world's temperate zones. First edition. Bound in half crushed morocco, with cloth boards. Original...

A History of British Reptiles

Thomas Bell · 1849 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, John Van Voorst, 1849. Cloth. Thomas Bell's natural history study on reptiles, adorned with detailed woodcuts throughout. The second edition.Beautifully illustrated with fifty monochrome vignette woodcuts throughout. A detailed study on reptiles from Thomas Bell,...

The Magazine of Science and School of Arts

1844 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

London, W. Brittain, 1844-47. Leather. Four volumes bound in two of this scarce periodical on the sciences and arts, illustrated throughout. A scarce periodical, here with four volumes bound in two, being Volumes VI, VII, VIII, and IX.Bound without the original wraps.An intere...

The Natural History of Animals: The Animal Life of the World in Its Various Aspects and Relations

J. R. Ainsworth Davis · 1903 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London, The Gresham Publishing Company, 1903. Cloth. The complete set of this extensive natural history of animals, adorned with colour plates and illustrations throughout the text. Complete in four volumes, bound into eight half-volumes. First edition. A comprehensive study o...

Home Life on an Ostrich Farm

Annie Martin · 1892 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, George Philp & Son Ltd. 1892. Cloth. A third edition of this illustrated account of the author's own experiences living on an ostrich farm. Third edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and eleven images across seven plates. Collated complete. A personal narrativ...

Musee Des Dames Et Des Demoiselles, Regne Anima: Les Insectes

Anonymous · 1825 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

Paris, Marcilly, 1825 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this very scarce young ladies guide to the animal kingdom and the insects that inhabit it, illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece. In the original French.Illustrated with a hand coloured frontispiece....

Famous Ocean Liners Photo Postcards

William H. Miller Jr; Stephen J. Card · 1988 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Toronto; London, General Publishing Company LTD; Constable and Company LTD, 1988. Paperback. A volume of twenty-four postcards depicting famous ocean liners, including four signed colour plates by Stephen J. Card. A unique volume comprising of twenty-four ready-to-mail postcar...

The Peregrine Falcon at the Eyrie

Francis Heatherley · 1913 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

London, Country Life; George Newnes, 1913. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this insightful study of the peregrine falcon, an illustrated work by Francis Heatherley. The first edition.A monograph on the peregrine falcon, the fastest animal on the planet. The bird has...

Glaucus; or, the Wonders of the Shore

Charles Kingsley · 1855 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

Cambridge, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1855. Cloth. A second edition of this study of marine life from Church of England priest Charles Kingsley. Second edition. With a frontispiece. A scientific publication exploring the fascinating world of marine life, encouraging readers to...

The Schoolmasters Assistant

Thomas Dilworth · 1938 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

Not Stated, Scott, Foresman and Company, 1938. Hardback. A facsimile of Thomas Dilworth's educational mathematical work, from the library of David Singmaster. A faithful facsimile of the 1762 eleventh edition of 'The Schoolmasters Assistant', issued by Scott For...

Possible Tomorrows: Five Stories

Isaac Asimov; Kingsley Amis; J. T. McIntosh [James Murdoch MacGregor]; James H. Schmitz; F. L. Wallace; Groff Conklin [editor] · 1972 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd, 1972. First edition. Cloth. A smart first UK edition of this collection of short stories, edited by American science fiction writer Groff Conklin. First UK edition. A collection of five fascinating short novels probing into the possible futures ...

Science and Sorcery, a Collection of the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories.

Garret Ford [compiler; pseud. for William L. Crawford]; Stories by Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, and Cordwainer Smith [pseud. for Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger]. · 1953 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

California, Fantasy Publishing Company, 1953. First edition. Cloth. This uncommon limited first edition of an illustrated science fiction anthology compiled by William L. Crawford with the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of the work, which according to the d...

Wayside and Woodland Ferns

Edward Step · 1908 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, Frederick Warne & Co, 1908. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this profusely illustrated pocket sized guide to the ferns of Britain. The first edition.A fantastic pocket sized guide to the British ferns, club-mosses and horsetails by Edward Step, containing mu...

Notes on the Birds of Herefordshire

Henry Graves Bull · 1888 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London; Hereford, Hamilton, Adams & Co; Jakeman & Carver, 1888. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Henry Graves Bull's and the Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club's study on the birds of Herefordshire. The first edition of this work.A study of the birds nat...

The Revolt of Man

Walter Besant · 1882 · Rooke Books

£1,700.00 (€2,037.69 | $2,245.80 | ¥358,627)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1882. First edition. Cloth. Walter Besant's science fiction novel set in a future where women rule, the author's own copy, with his bookplate to the front paste down. The first edition of this uncommon work.Author&apo...