Matematik og fysik

Lest Darkness Fall

L. Sprague de Camp · 1949 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.47 | ¥49,578)

Philadelphia, Prime Press, 1949. Cloth. A copy of L. Sprague de Camp's debut novel, an influential piece of alternative history fiction. 'Lest Darkness Fall' was written in 1939, and sees Martin Padway, an archaeologist, as he accidentally finds himself having t...

Les Exiles de la Terre

Andre Laurie [Paschal Grousset] · 1888 · Rooke Books

£900.00 (€1,078.79 | $1,189.03 | ¥189,872)

Paris, D'Education et de Recreation, J Hetzel et Cie, 1888. First edition. Cloth. A scarce, first edition of this novel by a collaborator of Jules Verne. With stunning pictorial boards. Regarded as one of Grousset's most interesting science fiction novels. Bookplate ...

The Inner Wheel

Keith Roberts · 1970 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1970. First edition. Cloth. A very smart, first edition of Keith Robert"s Science Fiction short story collection. With original unclipped dustwrapper. Keith Roeberts was a critically acclaimed science fiction author. This short story collection conta...

Valdar the Oft-Born: A Saga of Seven Ages

George Griffith · 1895 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, C. Arthur Pearson, 1895. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of the epic fantasy of reincarnation, battle and romance, by prolific writer and explorer George Griffith. 'Valdar the Oft-Born', the tale of a legendary warrior reborn again and again to fig...

Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind

John Caspar Lavater; Henry Hunter · 1810 · Rooke Books

£1,900.00 (€2,277.45 | $2,510.17 | ¥400,841)

London, T. Bensley, 1810. Leather. A nicely illustrated set of Johann Kaspar Lavater's fascinating work looking into the pseudoscience physiognomy. Complete in five volumes, being three volumes bound in five. Collated, complete. A fascinating work on the science of physio...

Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference

[eds. by Don E. Wilson, DeeAnn M. Reeder] · 1993 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1993. Cloth. The second edition of an extensive record listing the thousands of different mammal species discovered up to 1993, with details of distribution and locality interspersed. The second edition of Mammal Species of the World:...

L&Apos;Art Francais Dans le Livre D&Apos;Oiseaux (Elements D&Apos;Une Iconographie Ornithologique Francaise)

René Ronsil · 1957 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Paris, Société Ornithologique de France et de L'Union Française, 1957. First edition. Leather. The first edition of a celebration of bird painting and ornithological artists over French history, with beautiful plates throughout. The first edition of L'art Francais...

Ellison Wonderland

Harlan Ellison · 1979 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Millington, 1979 . First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this entertaining collection of seventeen short stories from New Wave speculative fiction author Harlan Ellison. The first UK edition, first impression of this work. In the publisher's original uncli...

Born of Man and Woman

Richard Matheson · 1954 · Rooke Books

£360.00 (€431.52 | $475.61 | ¥75,949)

Philadelphia, The Chamberlain Press, 1954. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this anthology of gripping science fiction works. This is the first anthology of Matheson's works, named after the first story in this book and his first published short story 'Born...

Renaissance

Raymond F. Jones · 1951 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

New York, Gnome Press, 1951. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this pulp-era science fiction novel by Raymond Jones, with the original dustwrapper. The blurb explains: "In the distant future, a strange plan for civilisation is being followed by man. Two different planet...

Hoppus&Apos;S Tables for Measuring or Practical Measuring Made Easy

E. Hoppus · 1837 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.92 | $66.04 | ¥10,546)

London, Longman & Co.; J. Richardson; Baldwin & Co. etc, 1837. Leather. A copy of Edward Hoppus' Tables of Measuring. Bound in diced leather with gilt decoration to the spine. With Alexander Davis' ink signature on the front pastedown. Edward Hoppus (d. 1739), was a ...

Memoirs of the Royal Society; Being a New Abridgement of the Philosophical Transactions Volume X

Mr Baddam · 1741 · Rooke Books

£360.00 (€431.52 | $475.61 | ¥75,949)

London, G. Smith, 1741. Leather. A scarce copy of Memoirs of the Royal Society Vol. X by Mr. Baddam. Illustrated with a Great Variety of Copper Plates. Giving an Account of the Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Learned and Ingenious in many considerable Parts of the Wo...

Interest at One View, Calculated to a Farthing

Richard Hayes · 1789 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,437)

London, J. Johnson G. G. J. et al. 1789. Leather. An early book of interest tables. Bound in morocco leather with gilt bands. Uncommon. Richard Hayes was an accountant. In a full morocco binding. The binding is tight and firm. The boards are attached by the cords only. There i...

A Complete Treatise on Practical Land-Surveying

A. Nesbit, Miles Bland · 1893 · Rooke Books

£400.00 (€479.46 | $528.46 | ¥84,388)

London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1893-1843. Leather. Handsomely rebound. Scarce. Collated, complete. Rebound in quarter morocco with gilt lettering. Miles Bland's Geometrical Problems is a first edition. Anthony Nesbit (1778-1859) was a schoolmaster and land s...

Lehrbuch Der Theorie Der Periodischen Functionen Einer Variabeln

Otto Rausenberger · 1884 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Leipzig, B. G. Teubner, 1884. Leather. A scarce German mathematical work from astronomer Otto Rausenberger In the original German.A scarce work.Otto Rausenberger's important mathematical work.With in-text formulas and diagrams. In a half-calf binding. Externally, sound, t...

Documenti Arimmetici Necessariia a Buoni Professori, E Maestri Per Facilitare Lo Scioglimento Di Varie Domande

P. Alessandro Maria di S. Matteo Romano · 1724 · Rooke Books

£380.00 (€455.49 | $502.03 | ¥80,168)

Rome, S. Michele, 1724. Vellum. A very scarce work on mathematics written by Alessandro Maria di S. Matteo Romano. Intended for use in teaching. Written in the Italian language. Bound in its contemporary vellum binding. With the decorative bookplate of 'Festina Lente&apos...

Markham&Apos;S Maister-Peece Containing All Knowledge Belonging to the Smith, Farrier, or Horse-Leech, Touching the Curing of All Diseases in Horses

Gervase Markham · 1651 · Rooke Books

£2,100.00 (€2,517.18 | $2,774.39 | ¥443,035)

London, William Wilson, 1651. Leather. A very scarce seventeenth-century copy of this work on equestrian care from Gervase Markham. Illustrated with two full-page illustrations, decorative head-and-tail pieces, and two marginal diagrams. Seventh edition, according to Copac. Un...

Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms

M.C. Cooke [Mordecai Cubitt Cooke] · 1894 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1894. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of an intriguing and enjoyable record of different types of mushrooms and whether they are edible or poisonous, including preparation tips, by eminent mycologist Mordecai Cubitt Co...

Letters Relating to the Love Episode of William Pitt

William Pitt; Lord Rosebery [intro.]; Sir Walter Farquhar · 1900 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Not Stated, Printed for Private Circulation, 1900 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptional example of the scarce first edition of the letters written by William Pitt to his intended, Eleanor Eden. With an account of Pitt's health from his physician. The scarce first edition...

Pseudodoxia Epidemica: Or, Enquiries Into Very Many Received Tenents, and Commonly Presumed Truths

Thomas Brown Dr. of Physick [Thomas Browne] · 1658 · Rooke Books

£490.00 (€587.34 | $647.36 | ¥103,375)

London, Printed by R. W. for Nath. Ekins , 1658. Leather. A scarce early edition of this popular work from polymath Thomas Browne, challenging common errors and superstitions of his time. The third edition, corrected and enlarged.Bound in full calf, with raised bands.An intrig...