Scienza e natura

Marmaduke Emperor of Europe

X [Frank Attfield Fawkes] · 1895 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)

Chelmsford; London, Edmund Durrant & Co; Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, & Co. LD, 1895. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce future war sci-fi novel from British author Frank Attfield Fawkes. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece. &a...

I Love Galesburg in the Springtime: Fantasy and Time Stories

Jack Finney · 1965 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1965. First edition. Cloth. A smart first UK edition of this collection of science fiction and fantasy stories from American author Jack Finney. First UK edition. Uncommon as the UK first. A collection of ten short stories from Walter Braden "Jack"...

Heinlein in Dimension, and, in Search of Wonder

Alexei Panshin; Damon Knight · 1972 · Rooke Books

£46.00 (€55.14 | $60.77 | ¥9,704)

Chicago, Advent: Publishers, 1972. Paperback. Two of Advent's important critical publications on science fiction, by Alexei Panshin and Damon Knight. A set of two of the critical sci-fi volumes published by Advent:Publishers, known for being the genre's first scholar...

Assignment in Tomorrow: An Anthology; a Touch of Strange

Frederik Pohl [ed.]; Theodore Sturgeon · 1954 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

New York , Hanover House; Doubleday and Company, Inc. 1954. Cloth. Two terrific book club edition anthologies filled with ingenious science fiction tales, including a selection of stories by Theodore Sturgeon. Book Club editions. With the publisher's original dust wrappe...

The Harmonies of Nature of the Unity of Creation

Dr G. Hartwig · 1866 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co , 1866. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this very scarce illustrated natural history work by Dr G. Hartwig, bound in half calf. The first edition of this very scarce work. Illustrated profusely with monochrome woodcut engravings, i...

Retrospect Reminiscences and Impressions of a Hunter-Naturalist in Three Continents 1851-1928

Abel Chapman · 1928 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Gurney and Jackson, 1928. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated account of the life and work of naturalist Abel Chapman. The first edition of this work.A lovely volume of reminiscences of hunter-naturalist Abel Chapman, who is remembered for havin...

Alpine Plants of Europe, Together with Cultural Hints

Harold Stuart Thompson · 1911 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, George Routledge and Sons, Limited, [1911]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this profusely illustrated botanical work on Alpine flowers by Harold Stuart Thompson. The first edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and sixty-four coloured plates, with...

The Exploits of Jonathan Jow

William J. Makin · 1936 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)

London, C Arthur Pearson, Ltd , 1936. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce collection of stories concerning the investigation of city crimes by a beast expert, Jonathan Jow. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce work. In the publisher's original wraps. Undated...

The Principles of Political Economy

J. R. McCulloch · 1843 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

Edinburgh, William Tait, 1843 . Leather. A smart example of J. R. McCulloch's most popular work on economics, in a full calf signed binding by Hayday. First published in 1825, this is an enlarged and corrected edition.Political economist David Ricardo described this work ...

An Explanation of the Newtonian Philosophy, in Lectures Read to the Youth of the University of Leyden

William-James S'Gravesande; E. Stone [trans.] · 1741 · Rooke Books

£600.00 (€719.18 | $792.64 | ¥126,574)

London, W. Innys; R. Manby, 1741 . Leather. The scarce second edition of E. Stone's English language translation of William-James S'Gravesande's work, teaching Newtonian mechanics. The second English translation of this work, first published in Leiden in 1720. T...

Hoppus&Apos;S Practical Measurer; or, Measuring Made Easy by a New Set of Tables, Which Show, at Sight, the Solid Content of Any Piece of Timber, Stone, &C.

Edward Hoppus · 0 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

Wakefield , William Nicholson and Sons , c1880. Cloth. A bright copy of this practical measuring guide from Edward Hoppus, the introducer of the Hoppus unit of measure. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With a folding frontispiece containing figures that demonst...

British Waders

E. C. Arnold · 1924 · Rooke Books

£188.00 (€225.34 | $248.36 | ¥39,660)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1924. First edition. Cloth. A colourfully illustrated first edition of this ornithological study of British wader birds, written by E. C. Arnold. The first edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A lovely work on the waders, or sho...

Varieties of British Butterflies

F. W. Frohawk · 1938 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Ward, Lock & Company Limited, 1938. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Frohawk's colourfully illustrated study on British butterflies. The first edition of this work.In the original price-clipped dust wrapper.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, and for...

The Hand Phrenologically Considered: Being a Glimpse at the Relation of the Mind with the Organisation of the Body

Anonymous · 1848 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1848. First edition. Cloth. A scarce work approaching the study of the hand phrenologically, the first edition, complete with plates. The first edition of this scarce work.An anonymously written study on the hand.This work approaches the hand phrenolo...

The Lore of the Honey-Bee

Tickner Edwardes · 1919 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Methuen and Co. Ltd. 1919. Cloth. A fascinating exploration into the origins of the honey-bee and the ancient art of beekeeping, with illustrations. The tenth edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with charming gilt to the spine.Illustrated with a f...

Oysters

C. M. Yonge · 1960 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Collins, 1960. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this richly illustrated 'New Naturalist' work exploring the biology, habits and history of oysters. The first edition of this work. In the publisher's clipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with a fr...

Points of the Horse: A Familiar Treatise on Equine Conformation

M. Horace Hayes · 1897 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, W. Thacker & Co. 1897. Cloth. A second edition copy of this illustrated guide to the anatomy and various breeds of horses, by horse expert Horace Hayes. The second revised edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with pictorial gilt to the f...

The Bee-Keeper&Apos;S Guide to the Management of Bees in Movable Comb Hives

W. Herrod-Hempsall · 1944 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, The British Bee Journal, 1944. Paperback. A bright copy of this charming and insightful bee-keeping guide, with illustrations by the author. The seventh edition of this work. In the publisher's original illustrated paperback. A lovely and practical handbook cont...

Field and Hedgerow: Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies Collected by His Widow

Richard Jefferies · 1897 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1897. Cloth. A new edition of this posthumous work, containing the last essays of English nature writer, Richard Jefferies. A new edition of this work. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With a monochrome portrait frontispiece.A ...

Britain&Apos;S Industrial Future, Being the Report of the Liberal Industrial Inquiry

The Liberal Industrial Inquiry · 1928 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Ernest Benn Limited, 1928. First edition. Paperback. A first edition of this historically significant report by the Liberal Industrial Inquiry on Britain's industrial future. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original paper wraps. Commonly cal...