Matematik og fysik

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Hippolyte Taine · 1897 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

Paris, Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1897. Leather. A two volume set of this work on psychology and human personality by Hippolyte Taine. Hippolyte Taine was a French critic and historian, credited as one of the chief theoretical influences of French naturalism. First published i...

The Life and Remains of the Rev. Edward Daniel Clarke

William Otter · 1824 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, George Cowie & Co. 1824 . First edition. Leather. A handsomely bound first edition of the only work solely dedicated to clergyman and minerologist Edward Daniel Clarke, from his friend William Otter. The first edition of this work.Illustrated with a portrait frontispie...

Our Own Pompeii: A Romance of to-Morrow

Samuel Middleton Fox · 1887 · Rooke Books

£1,500.00 (€1,797.99 | $1,981.71 | ¥316,453)

Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, 1887 . First edition. Cloth. Inscribed by the author to his own mother, this is the very scarce first edition of Samuel Middleton Fox's entertaining science fiction novel about a society's failure to run a futuristic pleasure ci...

The King&Apos;S Men: A Tale of to-Morrow

Robert Grant; John Boyle O'Reilly; J. S. of Dale; John T. Wheelwright · 1884 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons , 1884. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of this uncommon science fiction novel, exploring a dystopian future where England's monarchy has been overthrown. First edition. Uncommon.In the publisher's cloth bindin...

The Centennial Frog, and Other Stories

1877 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Philadelphia, Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1877 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce collection of children's short stories, illustrated throughout with black and white engravings, in the publisher's original pictorial cloth. The first edi...

The Farmer&Apos;S Outlook: A Review of Home and Overseas Agriculture, 1880-1913

Ralph T. Hinckes · 1913 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Jarrold & Sons , [1913]. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of Ralph T. Hinckes"s study of global agriculture and food prices in the decades before the First World War. In the publisher's original red cloth binding. First edition. This copy is undated. Dated her...

An Old Story of My Farming Days (Ut Mine Stromtid)

Fritz Reuter; M.W. Macdowall · 1878 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

Leipzig, Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1878. Cloth. A very scarce complete three volume set of autobiographical farming works by German novelist Fritz Reuter. A very scarce complete three volume set of autobiographical works.The authorized editions.In full green cloth binding. A work b...

A Manual of Marine Zoology for the British Isles Part I. And Part II.

Philip Henry Gosse · 1855 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, John Van Voorst, 1855-1856. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon complete pair of well-illustrated zoological works by the "Father of the Aquarium". A smart pair of first edition works by influential English naturalist, Brethren evangelist, and "Father of the Aquarium" Ph...

The Book of the Meat Trade

Frank Gerrard [ed.] · 1950 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, The Caxton Publishing Company, 1950 . Cloth. A comprehensive 2 volume set of the intricacies of the meat trade, with numerous illustrations throughout. A comprehensive complete two volume set on the meat trade.The third reprints of the work, first published in 1949.In ...

Rohault&Apos;S System of Natural Philosophy

Jacques Rohault; John Clarke [trans.] · 1728 · Rooke Books

£775.00 (€928.96 | $1,023.88 | ¥163,501)

London, James and John Knapton, 1728-1729 . Leather. Illustrated throughout with folding plates, this is the scarce second edition of John Clarke's important translation of Jacques Rohault's discussion of natural philosophy. The second edition of John Clarke's E...

A Guide to the Quadrupeds and Reptiles of Europe; with Descriptions of All the Species

Lord Clermont · 1859 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, John Van Voorst, 1859. First edition. Cloth. A very scare first edition copy, exploring the varied wildlife of Europe. A very scarce first edition copy of Lord Clermont's title, bound in original brown cloth.Lord Clermont - otherwise known as Thomas Fortesque, 1st...

Nature Rambles in London

Kate M. Hall; Beatrice Harraden · 1908 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1908. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated collection of guides to finding nature in the city of London from Kate M. Hall. First edition. Uncommon work. Illustrated with ninety-four images including a frontispiece, forty...

Fur and Feather or Fur, Feather and Fin Series

Alfred E. T. Watson [editor] · 1894 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, Longmans, Green & Co. 1894-1913. Cloth. A collection of eleven volumes of the Fur and Feather or the Fur, Feather and Fin series, edited by British journalist Alfred Edward Thomas Watson. Eleven volumes of a twelve volume set. A series written to present monographs, as...

A Key to the Complete Practical Arithmetician

Thomas Keith · 1813 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, C. Law; J. Walker; et Al. 1813 . Leather. The third edition of Thomas Keith's popular and highly reprinted mathematics reference work, very uncommon to see in an early edition. The third edition. Bound in full calf, with the boards rebacked and a new spine. An ear...

Navy (Health). Statistical Report on the Health of the Navy

Algernon Egerton; C. Inigo Thomas; O. Murray et al. · 1869 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)

London, HMSO, 1869-1915 . First edition. Paperback. Six fascinating and very scarce volumes of Royal Navy medical reports and statistical health data, offering insight into the health of the navy between 1869 and 1915. Six very scarce 19th and 20th century reports of the healt...

The Oyster & Dredgers of Whitstable

Allan Ovenden Collard · 1902 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Joseph Collard, 1902. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this illustrated study of the oysters and dredgers of Whitstable, a town on the north coast of Kent, England. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and numerous in-text images including a doub...

The Book of the Havana Cigar

Brian Innes · 1983 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Orbis Publishing, 1983. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated compendium about the "king of cigars" from member of The Temperance Seven, Brian Innes. First edition. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.An intriguing history o...

The Fowler in Ireland or Notes on the Haunts and Habits of Wildfowl and Seafowl Including Instructions in the Art of Shooting and Capturing Them

Sir Ralph Payne Gallwey · 1882 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Jan Van Voorst, 1882. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Ralph Payne-Gallwey's sporting work on hunting wildfowl and seafowl with notes on their habitats, beautifully illustrated and bound in crushed half morocco. The first edition. Illustrated with a m...

Gilpin&Apos;S Forest Scenery

William Gilpin; Francis George Heath [editor] · 1879 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.52 | ¥8,228)

London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1879. Cloth. A scarce copy of this illustrated work on English woodlands and forestry. Scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece and fifteen plates. Collated complete. A commentary on English woodlands and forests, with cha...

Syllabus of an Elementary Course of the Higher Mathematics

Thomas Duncan · 1837 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Edinburgh, Maclachlan and Stewart, 1837. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce educational volume on higher mathematics, presenting the syllabus of Thomas Duncan. The first edition of this very scarce work.An educational volume presenting Thomas Duncan's syllabus for an ele...