Videnskab og natur

The Arcadian Calendar

E. D. Cumming · 1903 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.83 | $105.68 | ¥16,878)

London , George Newnes Limited, 1903 . First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition copy of The Arcadian Calendar with colour illustrations. A first edition copy. The Arcadian Calendar is written by E. D. Cuming and illustrated by J. A. Shepherd. This work contains observatio...

The Hunter and the Trapper in North America; or, Romantic Adventures in Field and Forest

Benedict Revoil; W. H. Davenport Adams · 1875 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.84 | $99.08 | ¥15,823)

London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1875. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this illustrated study of animals across North America. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated throughout with frontispiece and many in-text images. A study on the animals found across Northern ...

Tools and Machinery Catalogue No. 214 with Price List

Gardiner, Sons & Co. · 1952 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.93 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Bristol, Gardiner, Sons & Co. Ltd. 1952. Cloth. A scarce catalogue from Gardiner, Sons & Co. for their tools and machinery with illustrations. Scarce work. Catalogue No. 214. A detailed account of all tools and machinery parts available from Gardiner, Sons & Co. with illustrat...

La Terre Et le Mers Ou Description Physique Du Globe

Louis Figuier · 1872 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.66 | $217.97 | ¥34,811)

Paris, Librairie Hachette , 1872. Leather. A leather bound copy of La Terre et le Mers ou Description Physique du Globe, with colour maps. A fourth edition copy. In the original French.La Terre et le Mers ou Description Physique du Globe is a volume exploring the land and sea...

The Observer&Apos;S Book of Birds&Apos; Eggs; the Observer&Apos;S Book of Freshwater Fishes

G Evans; TB Bagenal · 1957 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.94 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Frederick Warne & Co. 1957-70. Cloth. Two early reprints from the 'Observer's Book' illustrated series, the present concerned with birds and fish. Two pocket sized volumes from 'The Observer's Book' series by Frederick Warne. 'Birds&...

The Birds of Devon

w. S. M. D'Urban; Rev. Murray A. Mathew · 1892 · Rooke Books

£285.00 (€341.41 | $376.49 | ¥60,128)

London , R. H. Porter , 1892. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of The Birds of Devon, with colour plates. A first edition copy of The Birds of Devon, with an introduction and some remarks on the migrations of Devonshire birds by W. S. M. D'Urban and the Rev. Mur...

The Birds of Shetland with Observations on Their Habits,, Migration and Occasional Appearance

Henry L. Saxby; Stephen H. Saxby · 1874 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.64 | $231.18 | ¥36,921)

Edinburgh , Maclachlan & Stewart , 1874. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this illustrated work on the birds of Shetland. A first edition copy. An extensive volume on the birds of Shetland, written by Henry L. Saxby and edited by his brother, Stephen H. Saxby, af...

Astro-Meteorologica, or Aphorisms and Discourses of the Bodies Coelestial

John Goad · 1686 · Rooke Books

£2,850.00 (€3,414.10 | $3,764.87 | ¥601,283)

London, Obadiah Blagrave, 1686. First edition. Leather. John Goad's scarce late seventeenth-century meteorological and astrological work on weather prediction and celestial bodies, previously owned by Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale. A fascinating and curious lat...

The Geological Evidence of the Antiquity of Man

Sir Charles Lyell · 1863 · Rooke Books

£770.00 (€922.41 | $1,017.17 | ¥162,452)

London, John Murray, 1863. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of Charles Lyell's important scientific work which helped to establish the new science of prehistoric archaeology in Great Britain. A very important nineteenth century scientific work whi...

The Spas of England and Principal Sea-Bathing Places: Northern Spas, Southern Spas, and Midland Spas

A. B. Granville · 1841 · Rooke Books

£385.00 (€461.20 | $508.59 | ¥81,226)

London, Henry Colburn, 1841 . First edition. Cloth. The complete three volume first edition of A. B. Granville's illustrated guide to the spas and sea bathing places of England. Volume I, 'Northern Spas', is illustrated with a folding linen map, eight plates, an...

Animal Life of the World

John R. Crossland; J. M. Parrish · 1939 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.94 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Odhams Press Ltd. 1939. Cloth. A fascinating guide to animals around the world, profusely illustrated with photographs throughout. A new edition. In the publisher's original embossed cloth binding. With a half title page, a colour frontispiece, seven full page ill...

Beetles of the British Isles

E. F. Linssen · 1959 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.91 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London & New York, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, 1959 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the first series of this guidebook for Beetles in Britain with colour plates and in the original dust wrapper. First edition of Beetles of the British Isles by E. F. Linssen in the ...

The Book of Nature Study

J. Bretland Farmer · 1908 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.69 | $198.15 | ¥31,646)

London, The Caxton Publishing Company , [1908-13]. Cloth. An uncommon complete collection of this fully illustrated study of natural history by John Bretland Farmer, in the original uniform bindings. Uncommon complete set of six volumes in the original uniform bindings. A full...

New Naturalist Monographs: The Badger; the Redstart; the Yellow Wagtail

Ernest Neal; John Buxton; Stuart Smith · 1948 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.72 | $178.34 | ¥28,482)

London, Collins , 1948-50. First edition. Cloth. Three first editions from the Naturalist Monographs series complete with dust wrapper, containing studies of the badger, redstart, and yellow wagtail. Three volumes from Collins' 'New Naturalist Monographs' series...

The Diary of a Norwich Hospital Medical Student 1858-1860

Shephard T. Taylor · 1930 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.64 | $231.18 | ¥36,921)

Norwich, Jarrold and Sons, 1930. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. Shephard T. Taylor's very scarce medical student journal from 1858 to 1860, a lovely first edition. The first edition, first impression of this work. A very scarce copy, rarely seen on the market.Shephard ...

Gãƒâ©Ographie Illustrãƒâ©E Des Ardennes

Albert Meyrac; A. Chuquet · 1900 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.86 | $92.47 | ¥14,768)

Charleville , Edouard Jolly , 1900. First edition. Leather. A sweeping volume exploring the history and geography of Belgian Ardennes, a bright first edition of this work. The first edition of this work. A pictorial exploration of the geography and history of Ardennes, Belgian...

Clone

Richard Cowper · 1972 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.84 | $99.08 | ¥15,823)

London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1972. First edition. Cloth. An uncorrected proof copy of Cowper's science fiction novel, which centres around four human clones in the year 2072. Uncorrected proof copy. In the publisher's paper wraps, with a price-clipped dust wrapper.Â...

The Shadow of Heaven

Bob Shaw · 1991 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.73 | $44.91 | ¥7,173)

London, Victor Gollancz , 1991. Cloth. The uncommon first Gollancz edition of this science fiction by Bob Shaw, an excellent copy. The first edition thus by Gollancz featuring the author's revisions. a fast-moving science fiction thriller by Bob Shaw following the disappe...

The Annals of the Heechee

Frederik Pohl · 1987 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.87 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Victor Gollancz , 1987. First edition. Cloth. A bright copy of the uncommon first UK edition of this Heechee novel by Frederik Pohl, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first UK edition of this science fiction by Frederick Pohl, preceded by the true ...

Testimony of Light

Helen Greaves · 1970 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.91 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Great Britain, The World Fellowship Press Ltd. 1970. Cloth. A remarkable autobiographical work describing the author's telepathic encounter's with her deceased friend. Exploring the telepathic relationship between the living and the dead, in this case, the author and...