Videnskab og natur

The Plundered Forests

John Blower · 2007 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.66 | $91.15 | ¥14,557)

Kinloss, Moray, Librario , 2007. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce signed copy of this compelling account of the author's mission to save endangered forests across South-East Asia. Signed by the author to the half title. First edition, first impression. A very sca...

An History of the Earth, and Animated Nature

Oliver Goldsmith · 1791 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€658.86 | $726.55 | ¥116,037)

London, F. Wingrave, 1791. Leather. A new edition of Oliver Goldsmith's study of natural history, illustrated with over one-hundred striking engraved plates. A new edition. In eight volumes. Uniformly bound in full tree calf.Illustrated with plates, containing one to volu...

A Manual of the Coniferae

James Veitch; Harry Veitch · 1881 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.66 | $217.97 | ¥34,811)

London, James Veitch and Sons, 1881. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this in-depth manual to conifers, complete with folding plates. Signed by the publisher. The first edition.Signed by the publisher, Harry J. Veitch, to the half-title.Illustrated with a folding pla...

The Motion of Fluids, Natural and Artificial; in Particular That of the Air and Water

M. Clare [Martin Clare] · 1735 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.18 | $521.80 | ¥83,336)

London, Edward Symon , 1735 . First edition. Leather. A scarce, first edition of this remarkable early eighteenth-century study of hydrostatics and pneumatics, written by Martin Clare, based on lectures he had given on the subject. The first edition. Bound in full paneled calf...

A General History of Quadrupeds

Thomas Bewick; Ralph Beilby · 1792 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.71 | $184.94 | ¥29,537)

Newcastle Upon Tyne, S. Hodgson, R. Beilby & T. Bewick, 1792 . Leather. The third edition of Thomas Bewick's popular natural history study on quadrupeds, illustrated with vignette engravings by the author. The third edition of this important work'A General History of...

Essai Sur L&Apos;Enseignement Philosophique Du Magnetisme

Le Baron Du Potet de Sennevoy [Jules Denis] · 1845 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.28 | $462.35 | ¥73,842)

Paris, A. René et Cie, 1845. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Jules Denis' essay on the philosophical teaching of magnetism, in the original French. A very scarce work. The first edition of this very scarce work in a half cloth binding with marbled boards. P...

A Monograph of the Genus Bos. The Natural History of Bulls, Bisons, and Buffaloes

George Vasey · 1857 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.74 | $165.13 | ¥26,372)

London, John Russell Smith, 1857 . Cloth. A smart example of the second edition of George Vasey's informative and detailed monograph on the natural history of bulls, bison and buffaloes. First published in 1851 as 'Delineations of the Ox Tribe: Or the Natural History...

The Best Science Fiction Stories

Everett F. Bleiler; T. E. Dikty [editors] · 1949 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.45 | $990.75 | ¥158,232)

New York, Frederick Fell Inc. 1949-1953. First edition. Cloth. A smart set of five volumes of The Best Science Fiction Stories series, with volume one signed and inscribed by the editors. Five volumes. First editions. With volume one signed and inscribed by the editors to the ...

Somewhere a Voice

Eric Frank Russell · 1965 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.75 | $158.52 | ¥25,317)

London, Dennis Dobson, 1965. First edition. Hardback. This uncommon first edition, first impression of a collection of six short science fiction stories by the celebrated author Eric Frank Russell, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression o...

Greener Than You Think

Ward Moore · 1947 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.80 | $125.50 | ¥20,043)

New York, William Sloane Associates, INC, 1947. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of one of Ward Moore's fantastic sci-fi novels, following a grass taking over the Earth. The first edition, first printing.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'Greener Than You...

Land of Unreason

Fletcher Pratt; L. Sprague de Camp · 1942 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.49 | $196.83 | ¥31,435)

New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1942. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this fantasy collaboration between Fletcher Pratt and L. Sprague de Camp. The first edition, first printing.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.This novel, written in collaboration between Fl...

A Garland of Shakespeare&Apos;S Flowers

William Shakespeare; Rose E. Carr Smith [ed.]; Herbert Carr Smith [foreword] · 1911 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.77 | $145.31 | ¥23,207)

London, Elliot Stock, 1911. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this beautifully illustrated collection of quotations from Shakespeare concerning flowers. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with pictorial gilt to the front ...

British Ferns and Their Allies

Thomas Moore · 1861 · Rooke Books

£46.00 (€55.10 | $60.77 | ¥9,705)

London, Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1861. Cloth. Thomas Moore's interesting botanical work regarding ferns, illustrated with beautiful colour plates. An early edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Previous owner's ink inscription t...

The Propagation of Alpines

Lawrence D. Hills · 1950 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.93 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1950. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated study of the propagation of Alpines, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, forty-three photographs across thirty-tw...

The Crayfish: An Introduction to the Study of Zoology

T. H. Huxley · 1896 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.86 | $92.47 | ¥14,768)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Limited, 1896. Cloth. A smart sixth edition of this illustrated study on the crayfish from the International Scientific Series. Sixth edition. The International Scientific Series Volume XXVIII. Illustrated with a frontispiece and numer...

The Mink

Nigel Dunstone · 1993 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.70 | $64.73 | ¥10,338)

London, T & A. D. Poyster, 1993. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this natural history work on the mink written by Nigel Dunstone and illustrated with colour photographic plates, and in the original scarce dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression.Part of the...

Geology of Yorkshire: An Illustration of the Evolution of Northern England

Percy Fry Kendall; Herbert E. Wroot · 1924 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.83 | $105.68 | ¥16,878)

Not Stated, Printed for the Authors, 1924. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this vastly illustrated geological study of Yorkshire, England. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, seventy plates, of six which are folding, and numerous in-text images. Coll...

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

Johann Kaspar Lavater; Samuel Shaw · 1792 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.84 | $99.08 | ¥15,823)

London, H. D. Symonds, [1792]. Leather. An English translation of the one of the important works on physiognomy by Johann Kaspar Lavater, illustrated. An English translation of an important work on physiognomy by Johann Kaspar Lavater, a work which helped to popularise the sci...

Journal of the British Interplanetary Society. Vol. 8, No. 6: November, 1949

British Interplanetary Society; K. W. Gatland · 1949 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.84 | $99.08 | ¥15,823)

London, British Interplanetary Society, 1949 . First edition. Paperback. A very scarce issue of this fascinating scientific journal, discussing the de Havilland Sprite, amongst other topics. A very scarce 1949 issue of the 'Journal of the British Interplanetary Society&ap...

The Diseases and Disorders of the Ox, with an Account of the Diseases of the Sheep

George Gresswell; Dr. Albert Gresswell · 1894 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.64 | $231.18 | ¥36,921)

London, W. H. Allen & Co. Limited, 1894. Cloth. Dr. Albert Gresswell's own copy of this very scarce veterinary work, which he contributed to, on the diseases and disorders of the ox. The second edition of this very scarce work in the publisher's original cloth bindin...