Scienza e natura

Sights in Autumn

Anon. · 1844 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, The Religious Tract Society, [1844]. Cloth. A charming and scarce volume on the season of Autumn. Illustrated with beautiful engravings. A scarce volume, held institutionally by two libraries only. Dated from Jisc [1844]A fascinating book on the Autumnal season, lookin...

A Vertebrate Fauna of Lakeland

H. A. Macpherson; R. S. Ferguson · 1892 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

Edinburgh, David Douglas, 1892. First edition. Leather. A leather bound first edition of Macpherson's beautifully illustrated guide to the fauna of the Lake District. The first edition of this work.An exploration of the fauna common in Cumberland and Westmorland, the area...

Native Orchids of North American North of Mexico

Donovan Stewart Correll · 1950 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Massachusettes, Chronica Botanica Company, 1950. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated guide to the orchids native to North America by Donovan Stewart Correll. The first edition of this work.A study into the native orchids that are often found in North Am...

A Princess of Mars

Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1920 · Rooke Books

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

London, Methuen and Co, 1920. Cloth. A scarce example of this influential work of science fantasy, and the first novel in the Barsoom series. A scarce edition of this science fantasy novel. This novel was the first of Burroughs Barsoom series following its serialization in the...

Spring and Summer

Robert Mudie · 0 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, James Blackwood, c1860. Cloth. Bright copies of Robert Mudie's beautiful natural history studies, describing the seasons spring and summer, illustrated throughout. In two volumes, 'Spring' and 'Summer&apos.These James Blackwood editions are scarce.M...

Within an Hour of London Town Among Wild Birds and Their Haunts

[Denham Jordan] · 1892 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1892. First edition. Leather. A finely bound first edition of this charming topographical work about the areas outside of London in the late nineteenth century. In a signed binding by Mudie.The first edition of this work.A charming topograph...

Logarithmologia or the Whole Doctrine of Logarithms

Benjamin Martin · 1739 · Rooke Books

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

London, J Hodges, 1739-1740. First edition. Leather. An excellent, first edition copy of this very scarce mathematical work on logarithms. From the library of a pioneering engineer and mathematician. From the library of Erwin Tomash, the renowned engineer who co-founded '...

The Compleat Angler the Lives of Donne, Wotton, Hooker, Herbert and Sanderson

Izaak Walton · 1929 · Rooke Books

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

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1929. First edition. Leather. A finely bound, limited edition copy of Izaak Walton's noted work 'The Compleat Angler&apos. The editor, Geoffrey Kenyes' copy, with his signature to the edition statement. The first edition, thus of this...

Things to Come

H G Wells · 1935 · Rooke Books

£3,850.00 (€4,614.77 | $5,086.08 | ¥812,184)

London, The Cresset Press , 1935. First edition. Cloth. A scarce, signed, first edition copy of HG Wells' 'Things to Come' dedicated in Wells' hand to his son, Anthony. Wells has signed the half title to his son, Anthony West. Lacking dustwrapper, as is usu...

Cahiers de Geographie Physique Et Historique, Conformes Aux Derniers Programmes de L&Apos;Enseignement Des Lycees

Casimir Raffy · 1874 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

Paris, Durand et Pedone-Lauriel, 1874. Leather. An excellent copy of this very scarce third edition of this French textbook for French students of geography, history, and physics. Illustrated with three folding maps. A very scarce work. The third edition of this work. In the o...

Modern Practical Farriery; a Complete to All That Relates to the Horse. Its History, Varieties, and Uses- Breaking, Training, Feeding, Stabling, and Grooming- How to Buy, Keep, and Treat a Horse in Health and Disease, Etc. , Etc. Forming a Complete System of the Veterinary Art, As at Present Practised at the Royal Veterinary College, London.

W. J. Miles; J. I. Lupton · 0 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, William Mackenzie, c1880. Leather. An unusually attractive copy of this copiously illustrated copy of this fascinating study of modern veterinary practices, primarily focusing on the management of horses. The first section of this work examines the history of the horse...

A Topographical History of Surrey

Edward Wedlake Brayley; Gideon Mantell. · 1850 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.16 | ¥71,725)

London, G. Willis, 1850. Cloth. A fascinating and copiously illustrated study of the topography of Surrey by Edward Wedlake Brayley, complete in five volumes. Edward Wedlake Brayley was an English antiquary and topographer, born in Lambeth, Surrey in 1773. Brayley is best reme...

Lectures on the Philosophy of History

Rev. Ezekiel Blomfield · 1819 · Rooke Books

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

London, Black, Kingsbury, Parbury And Allen, 1819. First edition. Leather. A beautifully illustrated work regarding the natural history, complete with twelve hand coloured maps. Scarce. Collated complete with twelve full page hand coloured maps. The first edition of the work. ...

The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London Volume the Forty-Fourth

Various · 1888 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1888. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce forty-fourth journal of the Geological Society of London, complete with folding plates. The forty- fourth volume, published in 1888. Very scarce.  Rebound in green cloth, by Sedgwick Museum. Bequeath...

A History of British Fossil Mammals, and Birds

Richard Owen · 1846 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, John Van Voorst, 1846 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Richard Owen"s survey of British fossil mammals and birds, a substantial work of 19th century palaeontology by the anatomist who coined "Dinosauria." In the publisher's original dark cloth binding....

The Field, the Garden, and the Woodland; or, Interesting Facts Respecting Flowers and Plants in General

A Lady [Anne Pratt] · 1838 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Charles Knight & Co. 1838. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this delightfully illustrated botanical guide for children. Scarce first edition.   Smartly rebacked, with the publisher's original red cloth boards.   Delightfully illustrated throughout...

A Series of Anatomical Plates, in Lithography, with References and Physiological Comments, Illustrating the Structure of the Different Parts of the Human Body

Jones Quain; Erasmus Wilson · 1842 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.65 | $1,314.46 | ¥209,902)

London, Taylor and Walton, 1842. First edition. Cloth. Impressively illustrated throughout with hand-coloured anatomical lithographs, this is the very scarce first edition of the first volume of Quain and Wilson's study of human anatomy. Volume I only of the very scarce t...

Mutants: Eleven Stories of Science Fiction

Various; Robert Silverberg [Ed.] · 1976 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Abelard-Schuman , 1976. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first UK edition of Silverberg"s science fiction anthology examining mutation and human evolution, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original red cloth binding. Complete with the ...

A Naturalist in North Celebes - a Narrative of Travels in Minahassa, the Sangir and Talaut Islands, with Notices of the Fauna, Flora and Ethnology of the Districts Visited

Sydney J Hickson · 1889 · Rooke Books

£590.00 (€707.20 | $779.43 | ¥124,465)

London, John Murray, Albemarie Street, 1889. First edition. Leather. A first edition school binding of Hickson's A Naturalist in North Celebes. Hickson's narrative of his travels is exceedingly detailed and rich in observation, and accompanied by several maps and ill...

The out-Door World

W. Furneaux · 1900 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.89 | $92.46 | ¥14,765)

London, Longmans, Green and Co. 1900. Leather. A natural history work from W. Furneaux, covering the world of insects, the seashore, the vegetable world, and more. With sixteen coloured plates, and hundred of illustrations in the text. Originally a science teacher, William Fur...