Scienza e natura

Introduction ãƒâ  la Gãƒâ©Omãƒâ©Trie Supãƒâ©Rieure

M. Housel [Charles Pierre Housel] · 1865 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, Imprimeur-Libraire, 1865. First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of this scarce introduction to higher geometry, in the original French. The first edition of this scarce work in a half calf binding. Ink inscription to the front free end paper, da...

An Anthology of Number

Anonymous · 1985 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

Not Stated, The Pembridge Design Studio, 1985 . First edition. Paperback. An excellent copy of this very scarce work on the occult powers of numbers. This unusual and very scarce first edition, anonymously authored, discusses various esoteric ideas about the powers of numbers,...

Lecture Entitled Marine Insurance

Gerard Van de Linde · 1887 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,016)

London , Gee & Co , 1887. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A first edition copy of this work on Marine Insurance. An uncommon lecture. In the first edition. This lecture was delivered at the rooms of the Manchester Society of Chartered Accountants in Manchester on 5th Decem...

The Handbook of British Birds

H. F. Witherby [ed.]; F. C. R. Jourdain; Norman Ticehurst; Bernard W. Tucker · 1948 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London , H. F. & G. Witherby , 1948. Cloth. A complete five volume set of The Handbook of British Birds, with colour plates. A complete five volume set. Being copies of the fifth impression, the first volumes were published in 1938 and these were published in 1948.This handbo...

Tweedales & Smalley (1920), Limited. Constructeurs de Machines Pour la Prãƒâ©Paration, la Filature Et la Retorderie Du Coton, Etc.

Tweedales & Smalley, Limited · 1928 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

Rochdale, E. Wrigley & Sons, 1928. Cloth. A catalogue of machinery for preparing, spinning and doubling cotton by Tweedales & Smalley Ltd. written in French. An illustrated catalogue in the publisher's original cloth binding. A catalogue of the machinery created by Tweeda...

Darker Than You Think; the Fury; the Penetrators; Star King; the Ice People; the Jesus Factor; the Mote in Time&Apos;S Eye; the Humanoid Touch; Wildeblood&Apos;S Empire; the City of the Sun; Balance of Power

Jack Williamson; Henry Kuttner; Anthony Gray; Jack Vance; Rene Barjavel; Edwin Corley; Gerard Klein; Brian M. Stableford · 1963 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

New York; London; Toronto, Lancer; Mayflower-Dell; Mayflower; Granada; Bantam; Dell; DAW, 1963-1981. Paperback. A collection of eleven science-fiction paperbacks by American, British and French authors. Includes a signed copy of Brian Stableford's The City of Sun A collec...

Scientific Dialogues, Intended for the Instruction and Entertainment of Young People

Jeremiah Joyce · 1828 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Baldwin and Cradock, 1828 . Leather. A smart set of early nineteenth century educational scientific works, aimed at the 'Entertainment of Young People&apos. Five volumes only of the seven volume 1828 'New Edition' of the scientific dialogues of educator ...

Works by Orson Scott Card

Orson Scott Cards · 1980 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London and New York, Century; Arrow; Legend; Futura; Pan Books; Unwin Paperbacks , 1980-1994. Paperback. An extensive set of paperback editions of works by Orson Scott Card. Twenty two paperbacks by Orson Scott Card. Orson Scott Card is an American writer known best for his s...

Table of Equalized Weights & Prices of Cattle

John T. Bywater · 0 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

Kirkcaldy, J. Crawford, c1880. Cloth. A scarce Table of Equalized Weights & Prices of Cattle. A very scarce Table Of Equalized Weights & Prices of Cattle by the stone calculated by John T. Bywater. One large folding table to the rear board and a smaller table to the front boa...

Atlas de Las Aves de Espana

Francisco J. Purroy · 1997 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

Barcelona, Lynx Edicions, 1997. First edition. Hardback. Beautiful first edition of this ornithological atlas of Spain issued by 'Sociedad Espanola de Ornitologia.' Beautiful extensive atlas of Spanish Birds by the 'Sociedad Espanola de Ornitologia,' edited...

Marine Propellers

Sydney W. Barnaby · 1900 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, E. & F. Spon, Ltd, 1900. Cloth. A highly illustrated educational work on marine propellers. Fourth edition. Illustrated throughout with in-text diagrams and seven plates, six of which fold-out. Collated complete. Reviewing the paddle-wheel, the screw, cavitation, and h...

Diseases of the Dog and Their Treatment

Dr. Georg Muller; Alexander Glass · 1923 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Bailliere, Tindall and Cox , 1923. Cloth. An educational guide to veterinary disease and treatment for dogs, with numerous illustrations throughout. The scarce fourth edition. Held institutionally in only one British library. In the publisher's original full cloth...

Natural History of British Fishes Their Structure, Economic Uses, and Capture by Net and Rod

Frank Buckland · 1891 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.92 | ¥24,260)

London , Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge , 1891. Leather. A lovely bound edition of Natural History of British Fishes which is richly illustrated throughout. A lovely copy of Natural History of British Fishes that explores the structure of fish, economic uses and how...

British Beetles. Transferred from Curtis&Apos;S British Entomology.

Edward Wesley Janson · 1863 · Rooke Books

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

London, Bell and Daldy, 1863 . First edition. Cloth. Prominent nineteenth century coleopterist E. W. Janson's study of British beetles, illustrated throughout by John Curtis. The first edition of this scarce work. Illustrated with twenty-nine uncoloured plates containing ...

The British Species of Angiocarpous Lichens, Elucidated by Their Sporadia

W. A. Leighton · 1851 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, The Ray Society, 1851. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of W. A. Leighton's study of British Lichens from the mid nineteenth century with colour plates. First edition, in original publisher's cloth binding, of William Allport Leighton's study of ang...

Rabbits for Profit and Rabbits for Powder

R. J. Lloyd Price · 1888 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London, Horace Cox, 1888 . Cloth. A very scarce second edition of this work on the various uses of rabbits. Second edition, in cloth binding. Very scarce edition with illustrations.This book summarises the various uses for farming rabbits. Contents include dangers attendant on...

Zoological Recreations

W. J. Broderip · 1873 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Ward, Lock, and Tyler , c1872. Leather. Illustrated zoological studies by W. J. Broderip in a full calf binding. Dated from Jisc, a later edition of this work. A book of natural history with zoological studies of singing birds, owls, turkeys, swans, cats, dogs, apes an...

The New Naturalist; Sea-Birds, the Common Lands of England and Wales, Freshwater Fishes, British Larks, Pipits & Wagtails, the New Naturalist, Loch Lomondside, Dragonflies, Wildfowl

James Fisher & R. M. Lockley; L. Dudley Stamp & W. G. Hoskins; P. S. Maitland & R. N. Campbell; Eric Simms; John Mitchell; Peter Marren, Philip Corbet & Stephen Brooks; David Cabot · 1954 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.98 | $990.80 | ¥158,218)

London , Collins , 1954-2009. First edition. Cloth. A stunning set of eight volumes of the charming New Naturalist Library collection. This is a collection of eight volumes from the Collins The New Naturalist Library series. This set includes: Sea Birds by James Fisher & R. ...

A Synopsis of the British Diatomaceae; with Remarks of Their Structure, Functions and Distribution; and Instructions for Collecting and Preserving Specimens

William Smith · 1853 · Rooke Books

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

London, Printed for Smith and Beck , 1853-6. First edition. Leather. A very scarce copy of William Smith's study of British Diatomaceae, complete with two volumes bound in one and all seventy plates, eight hand-coloured. With sixty-two uncoloured and seven full page colou...

Das Licht IM Dienste Wissenschaftlicher Forschung

Dr. Med. S. Th. Stein [Sigmund Theodor Stein] · 1877 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.93 | ¥104,424)

Leipzig, Verlag von Otto Spame, 1877. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this illustrated and important guide to the application and role of photography in science and medicine. A scarce work. In the original German.The scarce first edition of Dr. Sigmund Theodore St...