Scienza e natura

The Disk: A Tale of Two Passions

Edward A. Robinson; George A. Wall · 1884 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.79 | ¥37,972)

Boston, Cupples, Upham and Company, 1884 . First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of the scarce first edition of this fantastical science-fiction novel, inscribed by co-author George A. Wall. The scarce first edition of this work, in the red cloth variant of the publisher's ...

The Gods Give My Donkey Wings

Angus Evan Abbott [James Barr] · 1895 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, Methuen & Co. 1895. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon Lost Race tale by the author James Barr, under his pseudonym Angus Evan Abbott. The first edition of this uncommon work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. James Barr (1862-1923) was a Canadian...

Elenchus Brown the Story of an Experimental Utopia Compiled by a Student of Battersea Polytechnic

Bertha Louisa Bowhay · 1929 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.06 | $918.14 | ¥146,615)

London, H. R. Allenson, Limited, 1929. First edition. Cloth. An inscribed, first edition presentation copy of this very scarce satirical novel, with illustrations by Harvey Langdon. The first edition. Very scarce.Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to the illustrator: ...

The Rivers of Great Britain

Various · 1897 · Rooke Books

£32.00 (€38.36 | $42.27 | ¥6,751)

London, Cassell and Company, Limited, 1897 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated exploration of the rivers of the south and west coast of Great Britain. First edition, in the publisher's original red cloth binding.A comprehensive view of the rivers...

Ozar the Aztec

Walker A. Tompkins · 1935 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Gramol Publications LTD, 1935. Paperback. A scarce Lost Race novel, set in the mountains of Mexico, where a scientists discovers a hidden race of Aztecs. A scarce work.First serialised in 'Top-Notch Magazine' in 1933, 'Ozar the Aztec' is an exciting...

Nature and Night

Richard Adams · 1980 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, Penguin, 1980 . Paperback. A signed example of this wonderful non-fiction study of the natural world, by Richard Adams, author of 'Watership Down&apos. Flat signed by Richard Adams to the title page.A 1980 edition of this work, which was first published in 1978.Il...

The Dosadi Experiment

Frank Herbert · 1978 · Rooke Books

£895.00 (€1,072.78 | $1,182.35 | ¥188,806)

London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1978. First edition. Cloth. The sought after and scarce first U.K. impression of the second ConSentiency universe novel by Frank Herbert. The first U.K. edition, scarce to see first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.The second full-...

A Vertebrate Fauna of Lakeland Including Cumberland and Westmorland with Lancashire North and Sands

H. A. Macpherson · 1892 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Edinburgh , David Douglas , 1892. First edition. Cloth. A charming guide to the wildlife and fauna of the lake District. The first edition. In the original publisher's cloth. An exploration of the fauna of the Lake District.This guide includes Cumberland and Westmorland w...

Elephants and Ethnologists

G. Elliot Smith · 1924 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. LTD. 1924 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this interesting examination of elephants by Sir Grafton Elliot Smith. First edition, in the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. Written by pro...

The Feathered Tribes of the British Islands

Robert Mudie · 1835 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

London, Whittaker & Co, 1835. Cloth. The second edition of this desirable ornithological work by Robert Mudie, beautifully illustrated in colour. The second edition.Complete in two volumes.A detailed ornithological work focusing on the birds commonly found on the British Isles...

Notes on the Birds of Kent

R. J. Balston; C. W. Shepherd; E. Bartlett · 1907 · Rooke Books

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

London, R. H. Porter, 1907 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this vibrantly illustrated ornithological study of the birds of Kent, in a half morocco signed binding. Only three-hundred copies of this first edition were produced.Illustrated with a photographic front...

The Sagacity & Morality of Plants: A Sketch of the Life & Conduct of the Vegetable Kingdom

J. E. Taylor · 1891 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,016)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1891. Cloth. A smart new edition of this illustrated work on the plant and vegetable kingdom, from Taylor. New edition. With colour frontispiece and many in-text images. A fascinating study on plant life, with chapters on floral diplomacy, hide and see...

John Gould the Bird Man

Gordon C. Sauer · 1982 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, Henry Sotheran Limited , 1982 . First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated first edition of this biographical work on John Gould, one of the most distinguished ornithologists of the nineteenth century. First edition of the work, in the publisher's original gr...

The Gold-Headed Cane

William MacMichael · 1919 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Humphrey Milford, 1919. Cloth. A smart reprint of the second edition of this celebrated work from MacMichael. Reprint of the second edition, originally published in 1828. With illustrated frontispiece and many in-text images. A celebrated autobiography of the gold-head...

One Hundred Years Hence

Walter Emanuel · 1911 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Eveleigh Nash, [1911]. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce spoof newspaper by Walter Emanuel, the first edition of this sci-fi satire looking one hundred years ahead to the year 2011. The first edition of this very scarce work.An interesting work of science fiction...

After the Revolution and Other Holiday Fantasies

William Wallace · 1893 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Glasgow, William Hodge, 1893 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce collection of stories and sketches by William Wallace, assembling works he had previously published in the 'Glasgow Herald&apos. The first edition of this scarce work.Collecting a number...

John Harvey a Tale of the Twentieth Century

Anon Moore [James M. Galloway] · 1897 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

Chicago, Charles H. Kerr & Company, 1897. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this late nineteenth century science fiction novel, depicting a socialist utopia in the mid twentieth century. The first edition of this scarce novel, published under the pseudonym of J...

The Athenaeum Journal of Literature, Science, and the Fine Arts for the Year 1853

None · 1853 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, J. Francis, 1853. Leather. A scarce edition of this influential literary magazine published in England. Scarce work. A British literary magazine published from 1828 to 1921 with contributors such as George Darley, Gerald Massey, John Hobart Caunter, and many others. Hi...

The Ape Man

Henry T. Johnson · 0 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.19 | $786.03 | ¥125,519)

London, The Modern Publishing Company, c1930. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce 'Apes and Human' novel by Henry T. Johnson, in the vivid original dust wrapper. A vanishingly scarce work, with only two records of this novel being help institutionally, at the University of C...

Yet in My Flesh

M.E. Mitchell · 1933 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, J.M. Dent and Sons, 1933 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of M.E. Mitchell's science fiction novel about scientific research into immortality drugs. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original price unclipped du...