Scienza e natura

Recreations in Natural History; or, Popular Sketches of British Quadrupeds

Anonymous · 1815 · Rooke Books

£118.00 (€141.44 | $155.89 | ¥24,893)

London, William Clarke, 1815 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of this charmingly illustrated study of British quadrupeds, featuring twenty-four engraved plates, and in a smart straight grained morocco binding. The first edition of this very scarce early ...

The Great Peril and How It Was Averted

W. Laird Clowes · 1893 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.98 | ¥34,808)

London, Offices of "Black and White, 1893. First edition. Cloth. A scarce sci-fi novel by W. Laird Clowes, following an American inventor trying to take over Britain, the first edition. The first edition in book form of this scarce work.A sci-fi novel, in which an American mag...

Kaeti & Company

Keith Roberts · 1986 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Salisbury, Kerosina Books, 1986. First edition. Cloth. A smart limited edition copy of this collection of short stories from English science fiction author Keith Robert, signed by the author. First edition. Limited to two hundred copies numbered and signed by the author which ...

A Country Naturalist&Apos;S Year

Colin McKelvie · 1993 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

Shrewsbury, Swan Hill Press, 1993. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this brightly illustrated work, signed by the author and illustrator with a hand-drawn image from the illustrator to the front endpaper. First edition. Signed by the author and illustrator t...

Beautiful Butterflies: The British Species Described and Illustrated

H. G. Adams [Henry Gardiner Adams] · 1854 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.29 | ¥58,013)

London, Groombridge and Sons, 1854. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Henry Gardiner Adams' work on British butterflies, beautifully illustrated with coloured plates. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original blind-stamped cloth binding. ...

Handbook of British Mosses; Comprising All That Are Known to Be Natives of the British Isles.

M. J. Berkeley · 1863 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Lovell Reeve & Co. 1863 . First edition. Cloth. A brightly illustrated, first edition of M. J. Berkeley's handbook of British mosses, complete with twenty-four plates. The first edition. Bound in the publisher's cloth. A comprehensive handbook of British moss...

The Charm of the Hills

Seton Gordon · 1912 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)

London, Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1912 . First edition. Cloth. A profusely illustrated, first edition of Seton Gordon's second book, presenting the beautiful nature of the Scottish highlands. The first edition. Bound in the publisher's cloth. A wonderfully illustrate...

Fr. Rogeri Bacon Opera Quaedam Hactenus Inedita

Roger Bacon; J. S. Brewer · 1859 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1859. Cloth. A very scarce volume containing three of the minor works of Roger Bacon, in the original Latin. A very scarce edition collecting together three of the works of Roger Bacon. In the original Latin.This volume includes hi...

Mon Arithmetique, J&Apos;Apprends a Compter Un! Deux! Trois!

Mademoiselle H. S. Bres · 1919 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

Paris, Hachette, 1919. Brochure/Pamphlet. A delightfully illustrated French language children's guide to mathematics and learning to count. In the original French.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and three further colour plates, with further monochrome illustrations...

Journal of the British Interplanetary Society

British Interplanetary Society; Arthur C. Clarke; D. F. Lawden; H. Percy Wilkins et al · 1949 · Rooke Books

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

London, British Interplanetary Society, 1949-1954. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of twenty-six issues and two annual reports of this fascinating scientific journal, including three articles from Arthur C. Clarke himself. Twenty-six issues and two annual reports o...

Chapters on the Common Things of the Sea-Coast

Anne Pratt · 1856 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1856. Cloth. A smart copy of this illustrated work on the coastline from botanist Anne Pratt. Scarce edition. With a frontispiece and many in-text images. A reference book for the classification of common objects and plants fo...

Flora of Marlborough

Rev Thomas Arthur Preston · 1863 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, John Van Voorst, 1863 . First edition. Cloth. An uncommon, first edition of this informative catalogue of the flora of Marlborough, illustrated with a photographic map. The first edition. Uncommon work. Bound in the publisher's original green cloth. This informati...

A History of Embryology

Joseph Needham; Arthur Hughes · 1959 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,016)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1959. Cloth. The second edition of Joseph Needham's expansive history of the science of embryology, illustrated throughout. The second edition, revised with the assistance of Arthur Hughes.A brilliant work exploring the history of em...

Pensees de Blaise Pascal Precedees D&Apos;Une Notice Sur Sa Vie Pur Madame Perier, Sa Soeur

1844 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.34 | $62.09 | ¥9,915)

Paris , Didier, Libraire-Editeur, 1844. Cloth. A French philosophical work from child prodigy and mathematician, Blaise Pascal, in the smart gilt-decorated cloth binding. A French collection of fragments written by the 17th-century philosopher and mathematician Blaise Pascal. ...

Physical Expression: Its Mode and Principles

Francis Warner · 1885 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench and Co , 1885. Cloth. A smart second edition of this thought-provoking exploration into physical expression, with illustrations throughout. The second edition of this work.Volume II from 'The International Scientific Series&apos.In the publisher...

Atalanta, or, Twelve Months in the Evening Star

Charles Napier Richards · 1909 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

Brighton; London, H. &. C. Treacher; Simpkin Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, & Co, [1909]. First edition. Cloth. A scarce sci-fi novel by Charles Napier Richards, following an expedition to space, a first edition copy. The first edition of this scarce work.'Atalanta' follo...

Red Radio

R. L. Hadfield; Frank E. Farncombe · 1927 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1927. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce science fiction novel, revolving around a powerful Death Ray. The first edition of this very scarce work.An exciting sci-fi and thrilling adventure novel, 'Red Radio' f...

Mirrikh, or, a Woman from Mars

Francis Worcester Doughty · 1976 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

New York, Arno Press, 1976. Cloth. Francis Worcester Doughty's intriguing science fiction novel, following a striking woman from Mars, a very smart facsimile. A smart facsimile of this scarce work, being a facsimile of the 1892 New York edition. 'Mirrikh, or, A Woman...

The Greatest Adventure

John Taine; [Eric Temple Bell] · 1929 · Rooke Books

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,594)

New York, E. P. Dutton & Company, INC. 1929. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this curious lost world sci-fi novel by John Taine. The first edition.A lost world science fiction novel, in which an underground Antarctic lost world which is inhabited by frozen spores wh...

The Unexpected Dimension

Algis Budrys · 1962 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1962 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent first UK edition of collected science-fiction short stories written by Algis Budrys, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. The first UK and first hardcover edition. First published in paperback form in...