Matematik og fysik

The Birds of Wiltshire

Rev. Alfred Charles Smith · 1887 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, Printed for the author by R. H. Porter, 1887 . First edition. Leather. The uncommon first edition of Rev. Alfred C. Smith's ornithological study of the birds of Wiltshire, on a lovely signed half morocco binding. The uncommon first edition of this work, which prov...

The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne

Gilbert White · 1813 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, White, Cochrane, and Co, 1813. Leather. An early edition of Gilbert White's seminal topographical work on Selborne, illustrated, including with a folding plate, and a hand-coloured plate. An important Mitford edition, with the text corrected and expanded from the ...

City of Liverpool Handbook Compiled for the Congress of the Royal Institute of Public Health

E. W. Hope [editor] · 1903 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Liverpool, Lee & Nightingale, 1903. Cloth. A very scarce handbook for the Congress of the Royal Institute of Public Health in Liverpool, with illustrations. Very scarce. Illustrated with frontispiece, eighty-two plates, and two folding colour maps. Collated complete. A handboo...

The Pirates of the Sky a Tale of Modern Adventure

Stephen Gaillard · 1916 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, George G. Harrap & Company, 1916. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce smart first U.K. edition of this sci-fi adventure novel by Stephen Gaillard, a nice copy with illustrations by Leon D'Emo. The very scarce first U.K. edition, the scarce U.S. edition was publish...

Essai Sur L&Apos;Economie Rurale de L&Apos;Angleterre, de L&Apos;Ecosse Et de L&Apos;Irlande

Leonce de Lavergne · 1882 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Paris, Guillaumin et cie , 1882. Leather. A leather bound copy of Essai sur L'Economie Rurale de L'Angleterre, de L'Ecosse et de L'Irlande by Leonce de Lavergne. A fifth edition copy of Essai sur L'Economie Rurale de L'Angleterre, de L'Ecosse...

Ethnologische Studien Zur Ersten Entwicklung Der Strafe Nebst Einer Psychologiscen Abhandlung

Dr. S. R. Steinmetz · 1894 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Leiden, S. C. Van Doesburgh, 1894. Leather. A scarce edition of Dr. Steinmetz's ethnological study into cruelty and vengeance, in the original German language. German language. Two volumes. Scarce work. A detailed ethnological study into acts of cruelty and vengeance, wit...

Mathematische Lã¦Rebog

Bernh Frid Monnichs · 1784 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

Siebenboan, Gyldendals Forlag, 1784. Cloth. A scarce mathematical textbook with twelve folding tables to the rear. Danish language. Danish language. Scarce work. Illustrated with twelve folding plates to the rear. A mathematics textbook with logarithmic tables for study. Writt...

Logarithmic Key to Hunter&Apos;S Treatise on Logarithms and Elements of Trigonometry

Reverend John Hunter; Reverend G. R. Gleig [editor] · 0 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. c1865. Cloth. A scarce pamphlet guide to elements of trigonometry from Reverend John Hunter, for the School Series. New edition. School series pamphlet. Scarce work. A detailed guide to Hunter's Logarithmic Key with reference to various el...

Practical Measuring Made Easy to the Meanest Capacity by a New Set of Tables

E. Hoppus · 1777 · Rooke Books

£270.00 (€323.64 | $356.71 | ¥56,962)

London , W. Wicksteed, 1777. Leather. A tenth edition of this practical measuring guide. A tenth edition copy of Practical Measuring Made Easy to the Meanest Capacity by A New Set of Tables by E. Hoppus, published in 1777. This volume is a collection of tables which show he so...

Birds of the Atlantic Islands

David Armitage Bannerman; W. Mary Bannerman · 1963 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)

Edinburgh and London, Oliver & Boyd, 1963-68. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition set of David Bannerman's colourfully illustrated ornithological guide of the Atlantic Islands, a beautiful set in the original dust wrappers. The first edition.Complete in four volum...

Taunton Cider and Langdons: A West Somerset Story of Industrial Development

R. W. Holder · 2000 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Chichester, Phillimore & Co. Ltd, 2000. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this story of the development of two substantial businesses in West Somerset. First edition. Illustrated throughout with photographs. The story of the development of the Taunton Cider Compa...

Science Fiction and Action Paperbacks

Various · 1959 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London; New York, Coronet; Sphere; Corgi; Del; Ballantine; Futura; Priory; Four Square; Berkley Medallian; Pan Books; Panther; Tandem; NEL; Lancer, 1959- 2001 . Paperback. A wonderful selection of science fiction and action paperbacks by various authors. Thirty six volumes of ...

Science Fiction Paperbacks

A. Bertram Chandler; Chris Boyce; R. A. Lafferty; Allen Steele; James H. Schmitz; Ian Watson · 1966 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London; New York, Ace; Granada , 1966-1992 . Paperback. A smart collection of eight science fiction paperbacks. Eight volumes of science fiction paperback by A. Bertram Chandler, Chris Boyce, R. A. Lafferty, Allen Steele, James H. Schmitz and Ian Watson. The Witches of Karres ...

The Capercaillie in Scotland

J. A. Harvie-Brown · 1879 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Edinburgh, David Douglas, 1879 . First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of the very scarce first edition of J. A. Harvie-Brown's illustrated study of the capercaillie, a large woodland grouse. The scarce first edition of this work from Scottish ornithologist and naturalist Jo...

The War of the Worlds

H. G. Wells · 1898 · Rooke Books

£2,400.00 (€2,876.78 | $3,170.74 | ¥506,325)

London, William Heinemann, 1898. First edition. Cloth. The sought after first edition, first impression, of H. G. Well's genre-defining science fiction novel. First edition, first impression, Currey's state (A) with sixteen pages of publisher's adverts to the re...

Michel Strogoff, de Moscou a Irkoutsk

Jules Verne · 1876 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.13 | $858.74 | ¥137,130)

Paris, Hetzel, c1902 . Cloth. A lovely early twentieth century edition of Jules Verne's 'Michel Strogoff', illustrated with colour plates by Ferat, and in the bright publisher's cartonnage binding. In the original French.A beautifully bound edition of Jules...

The Peace Machine

Bob Shaw · 1985 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Victor Gollancz, 1985. First edition. Cloth. The first Gollancz SF edition revised by the author of this novel by Bb Shaw, an excellent copy of this uncommon edition. A revised Gollancz edition of this novel, first thus, in the Gollancz SF series. An uncommon copy. Com...

London Geological Field Class: Reports of Excursions During the Summers of 1886-1887

Professor H. G. Seeley · 1887 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, George Philip & Son, 1887-1888. First edition. Paperback. A well presented collection of geological field excursions carried out in 1886 and 1887 by the Geological Field Class in London, with illustrations to the rear of one text. The first and only edition of these re...

Geological Rambles Round London. A Handy Guide to Old-World London.

R. E. B. · 1883 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1883. Paperback. An 1883 geological guidebook to London's various districts in the original paper wraps, complete with in-text illustrations and charming adverts. This 1883 geological guidebook to London takes the reader through various different ...

The Life and Adventures of John James Audubon

Robert Buchanan · 1868 · Rooke Books

£320.00 (€383.57 | $422.76 | ¥67,510)

London, Sampson Low, Son and Marston, 1868. First edition. Cloth. A first edition biography of this important American ornithologist and naturalist. A biography of the American ornithologist, naturalist and painter John James Audubon. With a full plate frontispiece illustratio...