Scienza e natura

The Daily Telegraph Nature Notes

Robert Burton · 1998 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.41 | ¥10,126)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1998. First edition. Hardback. A fine scarce signed first edition collection of Robert Burton's contributions to 'Nature Notes', beautifully illustrated throughout by Robert Burton. The first edition, first impression, of this scarce ...

The Metallurgy of Gold

T. Kirke Rose; W. C. Roberts-Austen · 1894 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Charles Griffin and Company, Limited, 1894. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this fascinating uncommon volume by T. Kirke Rose, delving into the subject of the metallurgy of gold, illustrated throughout. A first edition of this uncommon work.Rose's fa...

Monographies de Mammalogie

C. J. Temminck · 1835 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

Leiden, Van de Hoek, 1835. Brochure/Pamphlet. A scarce zoological work by Coenraad Jacob Temminck relating to mammals, with illustrations including folding plates. Written by Coenraad Jacob Temminck, a Dutch zoologist and the first director of the National Museum of Natural Hi...

Animal Life Under Water

Francis Ward · 1919 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Cassell and Company , 1919. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this fascinating volume by Francis War on animal life underwater. The first edition of this work by Francis Ward. Looking at animal life underwater, with chapters on cormorant and other divers, otte...

The Rhine and Its Picturesque Scenery: Rotterdam to Mayence and the Upper Rhine: The Scenery of Its Banks and the Manners of Its People

Henry Mayhew · 1856 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London, David Bogue; George, Routledge and Co. 1856-1858. First edition. Cloth. Henry Mayhew explores the Rhine and its beauty in this charming and scarce collection of two volumes illustrated by Birket Forster. The first edition of both volumes. The first edition of this char...

Chekhov&Apos;S Journey

Ian Watson · 1983 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1983. First edition. Cloth. An imaginative piece of science fiction in which a modern actor uses hypnosis to simulate Chekhov's journey through Siberia in 1890. A compelling and mysterious work, exploring the mysteries of the mind, Chekhov&apo...

A Man of Double Deed

Leonard Daventry · 1965 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1965. Cloth. A first edition of Leonard Daventry's science fiction novel set at the end of the twenty-first century, complete with a yellow Gollancz dust wrapper. This novel follows the concepts of telepathy and having a composite mind. Set in...

Romance of Natural History

Philip Henry Gosse · 1810 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, James Nisbet & Co. c1890. Cloth. A charming pictorial binding of naturalist Philip Henry Gosse's work of natural history, illustrated with plates by Wolf. Arranged with chapters containing information on 'Discrepancies', 'The Vast', 'The M...

The Dew-Drop and the Mist; or, an Account of the Nature, Properties, Dangers, and Uses of Dew and Mist, in Various Parts of the World

1847 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Printed for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge , 1847. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition, an excellent copy of this scientific book on dew and mist. Illustrated. An uncommon first edition of this work, published in 1847. An excellent volume on ...

Beyond Tomorrow

Damon Knight [ed.] · 1968 · Rooke Books

£78.00 (€93.49 | $103.04 | ¥16,455)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1968. First edition. Cloth. An exciting collection of science fiction tales, featuring authors such as Arthur C. Clarke, Ray Bradbury and Isaac Asimov. Contains ten short stories, with works by Alan E. Nourse, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert A. Heinlein, ...

The Skylark of Space

Edward E. Smith; Lee Hawkins Garby · 1947 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.40 | ¥39,027)

Rhode Island, Hadley Publishing Company, 1947. Cloth. The second edition of this illustrated space opera, one of the first science fiction featuring interstellar travel. The second edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.'The Skylark of Space' is o...

Cursus Mathematicus Mathematical Sciences in Nine Books

William Leybourn · 1690 · Rooke Books

£5,500.00 (€6,592.53 | $7,265.83 | ¥1,160,263)

London, Thomas Basset, Benjamin Tooke et al , 1690. Leather. A scarce, illustrated mathematical work written by William Leybourn. An encyclopaedic work. Illustrated, collated complete with forty-four plates (35 folding).This copy is in need of a caring restoration to the bindi...

Flora Helvetica Exhibens Plantas Helvetiae Indigenas Hallerianas, Et Omnes Quae Nuper Detectae Sunt Ordine Linneano

Johann Rudolf Suter · 1802 · Rooke Books

£255.00 (€305.65 | $336.87 | ¥53,794)

Zürich, Orell, Fuessli und Comp. 1802. First edition. Hardback. A two volume uncommon first edition study on the Swiss flora. the first edition in two volumes, with title page and preface in parallel Latin and German. A study on the Swiss flora, comprising plants from Albrecht...

Orphans of the Sky

Robert Heinlein · 1963 · Rooke Books

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

London, Gollancz, 1963. First edition. Cloth. A fine, first edition example of Robert Heinlein's noted science fiction work first issued in 'Astounding Science Fiction&apos. A superior copy. Issued as a part of Heinlein's 'future history' series, which...

Wild England of Today

C J Cornish · 1895 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London, Seeley and Co, 1895. First edition. Leather. A finely bound, charmingly illustrated work on England's wildlife, by accomplished naturalist Charles John Cornish. The first edition of this work.In a very smart Bumpus binding, with their binder's stamp to the ve...

Picturesque Views on the Upper or Warwickshire Avon

Samuel Ireland · 1795 · Rooke Books

£880.00 (€1,054.80 | $1,162.53 | ¥185,642)

London, R Faulder, 1795. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound, exquisitely illustrated first edition copy of this exploration of the River Avon. In a full calf binding. Illustrated, with a frontispiece, map, and 29 sepia aquatints with two engraved portraits. Collated, comp...

Chapters on Animals

Philip Gilbert Hamerton · 1883 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.63 | ¥46,411)

London, Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1883. Leather. An extremely smart observational commentary on domesticated and wild animals by British artist, Philip Gilbert Hamerton. The fourth edition of this work. Illustrated, with eight engraved plates after J Veyrassat and Karl Bo...

Lake Tana & the Blue Nile an Abyssinian Quest

Major R. E. Chessman · 1936 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1936. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Robert Cheesman's interesting look at the Blue Nile and Lake Tana, illustrated with folding maps and plates. The first edition of this work. A geographical and educational look at Lake Tan...

Physiognomy; or, the Corresponding Analogy between the Conformation of the Features and the Ruling Passions of the Mind

J. C. Lavater · 1844 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, Thomas Tegg, 1844. Cloth. A very scarce and pleasing copy of this work of nineteenth century scientific study, discussing the then popular practice of Physiognomy. Translated from the original work into English. Twentieth edition. Bound in the publisher's original...

Amid the High Hills

Sir Hugh Fraser · 1923 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, A and C Black, 1923. First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition copy of this beautifully illustrated natural history work by Hugh Fraser. Signed by the author, with a dedication to the recto of front endpaper, 'E F Bathurst with love and kindest wishes from the...