Scienza e natura

The Book of Rothamsted Experiments

A. D. Hall; E. J Russell (Ed.) · 1917 · Rooke Books

£198.00 (€237.33 | $261.57 | ¥41,769)

London, John Murray , 1917. Leather. A handsome half morocco bound copy of this work regarding the famous Rothamsted agricultural experiments. The scarce second edition. Rebound in a lovely contemporary half morocco binding by Maltbys of Oxford. With eight full page plates and...

British Birds&Apos; Eggs and Nests

Rev. Canon Atkinson · 1903 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London , George Routledge and Sons , 1903. Cloth. A smart revised edition of British Birds' Eggs and Nests, with colour plates. A new and re-edited edition. This volume presents to young readers a complete list of British birds and their nests, nesting sites and eggs. W...

The Vertebrate Fauna of Cheshire and Liverpool Bay

T. A. Coward [ed] · 1910 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London , Witherby & Co, 1910. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition, two volume set that explores the mammals, birds, reptiles and fishes of Cheshire, with illustrations. A complete two volume set of The Vertebrate Fauna of Cheshire and Liverpool Bay, edited by T. A. Cow...

The Forms of Water in Clouds & Rivers, Ice & Glaciers

John Tyndall · 1892 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. 1892. Leather. A fascinating work by the important physicist John Tyndall, in a half calf prize binding. The eleventh edition of this work in a half calf prize binding, with the gilt crest of King Edward VI Grammar School to the front ...

A Treatise on Practical Mensuration in Ten Parts

A. Nesbit · 1861 · Rooke Books

£43.00 (€51.54 | $56.81 | ¥9,071)

London, Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 . Cloth. A scarce, early, new and improved edition of this book on geometry and mathematics from the nineteenth century. Early edition of A Treatise on Practical Mensuration in Ten Parts by A. Nesbit in the original publisher&...

Mining an Elementary Treatise on the Getting of Minerals

Arnold Lupton · 1907 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1907. Cloth. A very smart copy of Lupton's comprehensive treatise on mining, with a fascinating folding map. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Ink inscription to the first page of contents. 1 folding colour map. 1 folding pla...

Curiosities of Natural History

Francis T. Buckland · 1857 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)

London, Richard Bentley, 1857. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition copy of this fascinating book on the curiosities of natural history. A very scarce first edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding with gilt detail. With an engraved frontispiece and...

British Timber Trees: Their Rearing and Subsequent Management , in Woods, Groves, & Plantations. Including Remarks on Soil and Situation, the General Improvement of Landed Estates and Mountainous Districts; with Directions for the Measurement and Valuation of Standing Timber.

John Blenkarn · 1859 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, Routledge, Warne, & Routledge, 1859. First edition. Leather. A first edition of Blenkarn's study of trees and timber with illustrations and in quarter calf binding. First edition, in quarter calf binding with cloth boards, of British Timber Trees, a dendrological...

Gleanings in Science

Gerald Molloy · 1888 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.65 | $343.48 | ¥54,849)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1888. Fine Binding. A scarce series of popular lectures on science, in full calf prize binding for the University of Glasgow, and signed and presented by Scottish mathematician William Jack. A fascinating series of nineteenth-century popular lectures ...

Wild Animals I Have Known

Ernest Thompson Seton · 1907 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)

London , David Nutt, 1907. Leather. A smart copy of Ernest Thompson Seton's Wild Animals I Have Known. A charming copy of Ernest Thompson Seton's Wild Animals I Have Known, with 200 drawings throughout. Ernest Thompson Seton was an author, wildlife artist and one of...

The Mighty Cortez Fish Trap

Jerry Klink · 1974 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

New York and London, A. S. Barnes and Company; Thomas Yoseloff LTD , 1974. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this work, study of the warm water strip known as 'el Mar de Cortez' complete with unclipped dust wrapper. Study devoted to the Gulf of Californi...

The Sea-Trout: A Study in Natural History

Henry Lamond · 1916 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)

London , Sherrat & Hughes, 1916. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of the natural history of the sea-trout with illustrations throughout. This is a lovely first edition of this work that concerns the sea-trout. This work was written by Henry Lamond, Secretary of the...

Treaty Planet

Anne McCaffrey; Jody Lynn Nye · 1994 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Orbit, 1994. First edition. Cloth. A first edition work of science fiction, set on the planet of Doonarrala and centred around two civilisations that both seek to colonise it, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First Edition. In the original unclipped dust wrappe...

The Scientific Work of Rene Descartes 1596-1650

J.F. Scott; H.W. Turnbull · 1952 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Taylor & Francis , 1952. Cloth. A very smart copy of this work on the scientific achievements of French philosopher, Rene Descartes. Written by J.F. Scott and including a foreword by H.W. Turnbull. A fascinating work on the life and scientific achievements of French ph...

The Flora of Suffolk: A Topographical Enumeration of the Plants of the County, Showing the Results of Former Observations and of the Most Recent Researches

W M Hind · 1889 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Gurney and Jackson, 1889. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this topographical study of Suffolk's flora, illustrated with a folding coloured map. The first edition of this topographical study of the flora of Suffolk, with descriptions of various plants fo...

The Tunicata with an Account of the British Species

N. J. Berrill · 1950 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Bernard Quaritch, 1950. First edition. Cloth. The definitive work on tunicate, an important piece in the history of marine biology. Illustrated with diagrams throughout and presented in the Ray Society's original dust wrapper. Written by marine biologist Norman Be...

Musci Exotici Containing Figures and Descriptions of New or Little Known Foreign Mosses and Other Cryptogamic Subjects

Sir William Jackson Hooker · 1818 · Rooke Books

£2,600.00 (€3,116.47 | $3,434.76 | ¥548,488)

London, Anon, 1818-20. First edition. Leather. A very scarce signed first edition of this work on mosses by William Jackson Hooker. Signed, with a gift inscription from the author to the half-titles of both volumes 'To Dr Knight with the Author's Best Compliments&apo...

Wild Life Across the World

Cherry Kearton · 1913 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, [1913]. Cloth. Cherry Kearton's impressive study of wild life across the world, adorned with some of is remarkable photography. A bright copy. Cherry Kearton, along with his brother Richard, was a British naturalist, one of the world's e...

Elements of General Knowledge Introductory to Useful Books in the Principal Branches of Literature and Science

Henry Kett · 1809 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Rivington , 1809. Leather. A seventh edition set of Henry Kett's work on general knowledge, a scarce set. Compete in two volumes. This work was written and compiled by Henry Kett, a versatile English clergyman, academic and writer. It was based on a course of lect...

British Birds

Various · 1946 · Rooke Books

£900.00 (€1,078.78 | $1,188.95 | ¥189,861)

London, H. F. G. Witherby LTD, 1946-92. Cloth. A continuous run of the ornithological magazine 'British Birds', these being Volumes XXXIX to LXXXV. Illustrated throughout with many plates, both in colour and monochrome. In forty-seven volumes, a continuous run of Vol...