Scienza e natura

Into Deepest Space

Fred Hoyle; Geoffrey Hoyle · 1975 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, Heinemann, 1975 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderful example of the first UK edition of Fred and Geoffrey Hoyle's thrilling science fiction novel about interplanetary conflict. The uncommon first UK edition, first impression. First published in the US the year prio...

Nature&Apos;S Teachings Human Invention Anticipated by Nature

J G Wood · 1903 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, William Glaisher, 1903. Cloth. An uncommon, illustrated 1903 cloth copy of Woods beloved title. An uncommon, new 1903 edition, with a charming red pictorial board cover, that echoes the design of the first edition, and gilt decorations to spine.In this title, Wood stra...

Insects at Home Being a Popular Account of British Insects, Their Structure, Habits, and Transformations

Rev. J. G. Wood · 1876 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, Longmans, Green & Co. 1876. Cloth. A smart early edition of this illustrated study of British insects from English natural history writer Reverend John George Wood. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, twenty black-and-white plates, and numerous in-text images. Coll...

The Fishes of Great Britain and Ireland

Francis Day · 1880 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.79 | ¥37,972)

London, Williams and Norgate, 1880-4. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Francis Day's impressive ichthyological study of British and Irish fishes, with many fantastic illustrations. The first edition.Illustrated with ninety-three monochrome lithographic plates to...

Beautiful Butterflies: The British Species Described and Illustrated

H. G. Adams [Henry Gardiner Adams] · 1856 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.40 | ¥39,027)

London, Groombridge and Sons, 1856. Cloth. An early edition of Henry Gardiner Adams' work on British butterflies, beautifully illustrated with coloured plates. An early edition, first published in 1854.Illustrated with eight beautiful chromolithographic plates and numerou...

The Forester

James Brown · 1847 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

[London], [William Blackwood and Sons], c1871. Cloth. A scarce copy of this practical work on forestry. Lacking the title page, but pagination matches that of the fourth edition. First published in 1847. With vignette illustrations throughout and two folding tables to the rea...

British Food Fish

Gerald Watkin · 1976 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, The Worshipful Company of Fishmongers , 1976. First edition. Cloth. A delightful guide to identifying the species and quality of various fish typically used in cooking, issued by The Worshipful Company of Fishmongers. The first edition of this very scarce volume. In t...

The Universal Preceptor

Rev. David Blair · 1823 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London , W. Lewis for Sir Richard Phillips and Co. 1823 . Leather. A smartly bound copy of David Blair's highly popular reference work, illustrated with numerous charming vignettes and folding plate. Bound in full calf, with the boards rebacked. The thirteenth edition. A ...

The Whispering Land; Catch Me a Colobus; My Family and Other Animals

Gerald Durrell · 1961 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

London, Rupert Hart-Davis; Collins; Heinemann/Octopus , 1961-1981 . First edition. Cloth. A pleasing trio of works by British naturalist Gerald Durrell, including his popular autobiography 'My Family and Other Animals&apos. Comprising the first editions of 'The Whisp...

Elements of Logick; or a Summary of the General Principles and Different Modes of Reasoning

Levi Hedge · 1831 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)

Boston, Hilliard, Gray, Little, and Wilkins, 1831. First edition. Leather. Levi Hedge's treatise on the philosophy of logic, bound in full calf. The stereotype edition. Bound in full contemporary calf. A treatise on the philosophy of logic from a professor in the field,...

A Course of Mathematics

Charles Hutton; Olinthus Gregory · 1824 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, T. Cadell; C. and J. Rivington; Longman, Hurst, and Co; et al, 1824. Leather. Charles Hutton's educational course of mathematics, composed for his students at the Royal Military Academy. Volume I only, of a total of III.Charles Hutton's important course of ma...

Report on the East Anglian Earthquake of April 22nd, 1884

Raphael Meldola; William White · 1885 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Macmillan & Co, 1885 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderful example of the first edition of Raphael Meldola and William White's guide to the 1884 Colchester earthquake. The first edition of this work.With four plates, two of which are folding, and further vignette il...

On the First Hurricane of September 1853, in the Atlantic; with a Chart; and Notices of Other Storms; Report on the Meteorology of Toronto; Observations on the Hurricanes and Storms of the West Indies and the Coast of the United States to Which Are Added Summary Statements of Some of the Leading Facts in Meteorology; on the Gales and Hurricanes of the Western Atlantic

W. C. Redfield; Edward Sabine · 1834 · Rooke Books

£1,280.00 (€1,534.26 | $1,690.96 | ¥270,025)

London, Richard and John E. Taylor [printers], 1834-1854 . Leather. A very scarce volume of meteorology reports bound as one from reputable physicists William Charles Redfield and Edward Sabine. A desirable volume containing four very scarce meteorology reports, extracted from...

Out of Doors: A Selection of Original Articles on Practical Natural History

Rev. J. G. Wood · 1882 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1882. Leather. A smart new edition of this illustrated natural history work from English writer John George Wood. New edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, five plates, and five in-text images. Collated complete. A selection of practical ar...

The Life of the Bee

Maurice Maeterlinck; Alfred Sutro [trans.] · 1912 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.58 | ¥35,863)

London, George Allen, 1912 . Leather. The second impression of this illustrated edition of Maeterlinck's study of the bee, beautifully illustrated with colour plates by Detmold. First published in 1901, this work was re-set with Detmold's illustrations in 1911. This ...

Solutions of Goodwin&Apos;S Collection of Problems and Examples

William Wayman Hutt · 1863 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

Cambridge , Deighton, Bell, and Co, 1863. Cloth. A very scarce and informative collection of mathematical problems and solutions William Wayman Hutt, previously owned by the mathematician David Singmaster. The third edition, revised and enlarged. In the publisher's origi...

The Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society Delineated

E. T. Bennet · 1830 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

Chiswick; London, C. Whittingham; Thomas Tegg; N. Hailes, 1830-35. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated study of the animals housed at the London Zoo, produced only a few years after its opening. Volume I is the first edition, Volume II is a later edition.A zoological study wr...

Old Red Sandstone; or New Walks in an Old Field

Hugh Miller · 1858 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

Edinburgh, Thomas Constable and Co. 1858. Leather. A smartly bound later edition of this geological study from Scottish writer Hugh Miller, with a series of geological papers added. Later edition. With a folding colour plate to the front of the text and fifteen plates. Collate...

Strata

Terry Pratchett · 1981 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.32 | ¥23,205)

New York, St. Martin's Press, 1981. First edition. Cloth. The first US edition of this early novel by Terry Pratchett, a wonderfully witty sci-fi novel. The first U.S. editionIn the original unclipped dust wrapper.'Strata' is an early novel by the brilliant Terr...

The Diamondking of Sahara

Sigurd Wettenhovi-Aspa · 1935 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

Helsinki, K. F. Puromies Limited, 1935. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce science fiction novel by the Finnish author Sigurd Wettenhovi-Aspa, the first edition. The first edition of this very scarce work.'The Diamondking of Sahara' is a brilliant science fictio...