Scienza e natura

Beyond the Fall of Night

Arthur C. Clarke, Gregory Benford · 1990 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1990. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this science fiction work, signed by Gregory Benford. First edition, first impression, with complete number line. Signed by Benford to the title page. Beyond the Fall of Night begins with the ...

The Man Who Vanished Into Space: Another Adventure of the Spacecraft Tavons in the Great Unknown

W.E. Johns · 1963 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1963. Cloth. The Children's Book Club edition of W.E. John's final science fiction novel, following the adventures of the Tavona Spacecraft after finding a mysterious body. The Children's Book Club edition of The Man Who Vanished In...

Microscope Teachings: Descriptions of Various Objects of Especial Interest and Beauty Adapted for Microscopic Observation

Mary Ward · 1864 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.65 | $1,314.46 | ¥209,902)

London, Groombridge and Sons, 1864. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a charming volume on microscopes, written by a self-taught Irish naturalist believed to be the first person killed in a motor accident. The first edition of Microscope Teachings: Descriptions of Var...

The Natural History of Stafford-Shire

Robert Plot · 1973 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

Manchester, E. J. Morten (Publishers), 1973. Leather. A richly illustrated copy of this informative 17th Century work, reprinted. A reprint of the 1686 title. An ex library copy, with stamps to front free endpaper and the odd page. Robert Plot was a reknowned English naturalis...

Botanical Rambles

Rev. C. A. Johns · 1843 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.71 | $91.15 | ¥14,556)

London, The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [1843] . Cloth. A charmingly illustrated botanical guide of observations made on the author's rambles. Smartly bound in brown cloth.   Delightfully illustrated with eight plates and numerous vignettes in the text. Col...

The Delco-Remy Coil Ignition System

Anonymous [Delco-Remy Hyatt Ltd.] · 1937 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.52 | ¥8,227)

London, Delco-Remy Hyatt Ltd. c1937. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce handbook illustrating the principles behind Delco-Remy's new Coil Ignition System, an intriguing piece for looking into the development of motor technology. A very scarce pamphlet and handbook on the De...

The Racing Car: Development and Design

Cecil Clutton, Cyril Posthumus, Denis Jenkinson · 1956 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, B. T. Batsford, 1956. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of an attractive illustrated history on the development of the racing car, including intricate drawings by George A. Oliver. The first edition of The Racing Car: Development and Design, an attractive illustr...

Sicily: The Garden of the Mediterranean; the History, People, Institutions, and Geography of the Island

Will S. Monroe · 1909 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, G. Bell and Sons , 1909 . Cloth. A very scarce smart copy of this abundantly illustrated account of the geography, history, and social elements of Sicily. A very scarce work.An early edition, originally published the same year by L.C. Page and Company. In the publisher...

British Sea Birds

C.A. Gibson Hill · 1947 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, H.F. & G. Witherby, 1947. First edition. Leather. An attractive illustrated guide to twenty-four different species of bird that populate British coastlines and shores, bound in lovely half green morocco. The first edition of British Sea Birds, a charming illustrated gu...

Birds of Our Country

Frank Finn; E. Kay Robinson · 1922 · Rooke Books

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

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1922. Cloth. An attractive encyclopaedia on British birds, offering an in-depth practical guide for bird watchers, with colour plates, aimed for both children and adults. The Birds of Our Country, an attractive encyclopaedia on British birds and their ...

A Manual of Injurious Insects

Eleanor A. Ormerod · 1890 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Limited, 1890. Cloth. Smart illustrated work on the prevention of harm to trees and crops from injurious injects by influential entomologist Eleanor Ormerod. Second edition.In publisher's original cloth binding.With a fronti...

Handwritten Maths Exercise Book

Master Thompson · 1864 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

Blenheim House School, None, 1864. Leather. A unique mathematical exercise work bound, handwritten by the curator and master of Blenheim House School. In half morocco with 'Blenheim House School' in gilt to front board. Fifty four pages of handwritten mathematical ex...

The Altrurian Romances

W. D. Howells; Clara Kirk; Rudolf Kirk; Scott Bennett · 1968 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,016)

Bloomington; London, Indiana University Press, 1968. First edition. Paperback. An omnibus edition of William Dean Howells' Altruria Utopia sequence. The first paperback edition of this omnibus, containing the 'Altruria' trilogy by William Dean Howells.Illustrate...

The City of Desire

Juanita Savage · 1926 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, Geoffrey Bles, 1926. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce Lost Race sci-fi novel, by Juanita Savage. The first edition.A scarce work.The front and rear wrap of the dust wrapper are bound in, with the rear wrap adhered to the front paste down, and the ...

Memoirs of the Royal Society; Being a New Abridgement of the Philosophical Transactions Volume III Only.

Benjamin Baddam · 1739 · Rooke Books

£449.99 (€539.38 | $594.46 | ¥94,928)

London, G. Smith, 1739. Leather. A very scarce and sought after book. Volume three only. 14 plates, one of which is plate I from volume IV. 9 of the plates are folding. Benjamin Baddam (c16931740) was a printer and compiler of the Memoirs of the Royal Society. He compiled an a...

The Common Objects of the Country; British Butterflies; the Common Objects of the Sea Shore; British Ferns and Their Allies

Rev. J. G. Wood; Thomas Moore; W. S. Coleman · 1862 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.65 | $343.48 | ¥54,849)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1862-1867. Leather. Four mid-nineteenth century works of British natural history bound together in a single volume, vibrantly illustrated throughout with colour plates. The first of the four volumes present here is the 1866 'New Edition&...

Weird Tales: A Facsimile Edition from the World&Apos;S Greatest Fantasy Magazine

Peter Haining [editor] · 1990 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, Xanadu, 1990. First edition. Cloth. A smart first facsimile edition of this collection of stories from fantasy magazine Weird Tales. First revised facsimile edition. A selection of the best stories from the world's most famous fantasy magazine Weird Tales, an Amer...

The Hodsall Wizard

Hector Wintle · 1938 · Rooke Books

£585.00 (€701.21 | $772.82 | ¥123,410)

London, Methuen & Co LTD, 1938. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce sci-fi novel in which a young boy prophesises a disastrous upcoming war, including three letters from the author. The first edition of this scarce work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper...

The Ocean World: Being a Description of the Sea and Some of Its Inhabitants.

Louis Figuier · 1872 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Cassell Petter & Galpin, [1872]. Leather. The new edition of this illustrated work on the ocean and it's inhabitants by Louis Figuier. The new edition, revised by E. Perceval Wright. In a full calf prize binding for 'Boston Grammar School&apos. With a front...

Le monde des étoiles - Collection Bibliothèque des merveilles.

Rousseau Pierre · 1950 · Le-livre.com

€10.95 ($12.07 | £9.14 | ¥1,927)

Hachette, 1950. 1950. In-12. Broché. A relier, Plats abîmés, Coiffe en pied abîmée, Papier jauni. 246 pages, nombreuses illustrations en noir et blanc dans le texte, quelques planches de photos en noir et blanc - couverture désolidarisée du corps de l'ouvrage, mors partiellem...