Videnskab og natur

Footprints of the Creator, of the Asterolepis of Stromness

Hugh Miller · 1870 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.61 | $250.99 | ¥40,086)

Edinburgh, William P. Nimmo, 1870. Cloth. A lovely later impression of Hugh Miller's exploration into geology and its relationship to the Bible, bound in decorative cloth. Written by Hugh Miller, a prominent Scottish geologist.This work first appeared in 1850, with this b...

Tracts on the Natural History of Animals and Vegetables

Abbe Spallanzani; John Graham Dalyell [trans.] · 1803 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.75 | $158.52 | ¥25,317)

Edinburgh, Printed or William Creech ad Archd. Constable , 1803. Leather. The first volume of this scarce treaty of natural history by Italian biologist Lazzaro Spallanzani, the second edition. The second edition of this work. A scarce copy. The first volume of two of this stu...

Transport Pioneers of the Twentieth Century

Sir Peter Allen; Graham Robson · 1981 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.91 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Cambridge, Patrick Stephens, 1981. Cloth. An excellent limited edition collection of interviews with pioneers of transport, presented in a slipcase and lavishly illustrated throughout. Containing interviews with Thomas Sopwith, Robert E. Dicker, C. Hamilton Ellis, Leo Villa, S...

British Spiders

G. H. Locket; A. F. Millidge · 1952 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.60 | $257.60 | ¥41,140)

Not Stated, Ray Society, 1952-74. First edition. Cloth. A complete collection of this work on arachnology by Locket and Millidge for the Ray Society, each with an unclipped dust wrapper. Written by George Hazelwood Locket and Alfred Frank Millidge, British arachnologists who s...

John Ray; Synopsis Methodica Stirpum Britannicarum; Carl Linnaeus: Flora Anglica

John Ray; Carl Linnaeus · 1973 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.81 | $118.89 | ¥18,988)

London, The Ray Society , 1973. Cloth. A lovely facsimile edition of the 1724 edition of John Ray's ;'Synopsis Methodica' and of Carl Linnaues' 'Flora Anglica' of 1754 and 1759. One volume comprising two facsimiles of important works of natural sc...

Science and Government

C. P. Snow · 1961 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.89 | $72.66 | ¥11,604)

London, Oxford University Press, 1961 . First edition. Cloth. A fascinating first edition political essay by English novelist C. P. Snow, presented in an unclipped dust wrapper. This essay examines the differences between governments and scientists when it comes to having soci...

The Road to Corlay

Richard Cowper · 1978 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.70 | $64.73 | ¥10,338)

London, Victor Gollancz, 1978. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Richard Cowper's exciting science fiction novel, the first novel in a series, in the iconic original yellow Gollancz dust wrapper. Set a thousand years into the future, Britain has become seven ...

La Grande Aventure Des Baleines

Georges Blond · 1959 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.90 | $66.05 | ¥10,549)

Strasourg, Selection des Amis du Livre Strasbourg, 1959. Leather. A beautiful and scarce French work detailing the life and history of whales, illustrated with photographs throughout. This work contains four chapters, including on topics such as whales and man and whalers in t...

The Museum of Science and Art

Dionysius Lardner · 1854 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.83 | $105.68 | ¥16,878)

Not Stated, Walton & Maberley, 1854. Leather. Numerous editions of Lardner's 'Museum of Science and Art' bound together in leather and richly illustrated. The 'Museum of Science and Art' was published in twelve volumes between 1854 and 1856.This set co...

Five Science Fiction Novels

Martin Greenberg · 1952 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.88 | $79.26 | ¥12,659)

New York, Gnome Press, 1952. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this fantastic collection of science fiction novels, with works by van Vogt, Leiber and Norman L. Knight. Contains 'The Chronicler' by A. E. van Vogt, 'Destiny Times Three' by Fritz Leibe...

Swords of Mars

Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1948 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.71 | $184.94 | ¥29,537)

California, Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc, 1948. Cloth. A lovely 1948 reprint of the eighth Barsoom novel, an exciting science fantasy novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs. A 1948 reprint of this work, though 1936 is stated to the edition page; this is the 1948 reprint as the cloth is a t...

The Naturalist on the River Amazons

Henry Walter Bates · 1864 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.19 | $515.19 | ¥82,281)

London, John Murray, 1864. Cloth. The second edition of Henry Walter Bates' important work regarding his trip to the Amazon Basin. An influential work, referred to by Charles Darwin as the best book of Natural History travels ever published. With a folding plate to the re...

An Outline of the Smaller British Birds

Robert A. Slaney · 1833 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.48 | $76.62 | ¥12,237)

London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1833. Cloth. The second edition of this detailed study of the small birds commonly found in Britain, illustrated throughout. The second edition of this work.'An Outline of the Smaller British Birds' is a familiar ...

A Clockwork Orange

Anthony Burgess · 1962 · Rooke Books

£2,200.00 (€2,635.45 | $2,906.21 | ¥464,148)

London, Heinemann , 1962. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon, first edition copy of Anthony Burgess' celebrated novel, his jeu d'espirit, 'A Clockwork Orange&apos. A first edition, first issue of this canonical novel. A novel known for its use of 'Nadsat&apo...

A General History of Quadrupeds

Thomas Bewick · 1820 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.43 | $363.28 | ¥58,019)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820. Leather. A beautifully illustrated seventh edition of Thomas Bewick's influential natural history work on Quadrupeds. The seventh edition of this work. 'A General History of Quadrupeds' deals with two-hundred ...

2010: Odyssey Two

Arthur C. Clarke · 1982 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.71 | $184.94 | ¥29,537)

London, Granada, 1982. Cloth. An uncorrected proof copy of this popular science fiction novel, by the renowned sci-fi author Arthur C. Clarke. An uncorrected proof copy of this work. '2010: Odyssey Two' is the sequel to the author's popular novel '2001: A S...

Nouveau Manuel Complet de Numismatique Ancienne

J. B. A. A. Barthelemy · 1851 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.89 | $72.66 | ¥11,604)

Paris, Librairie Encyclopedique de Roret, 1851. Vellum. A nicely bound French work on the study of numismatics, witten by J. Barthelemy, in a nice half vellum binding. Written in the original French. A French textbook on numismatics, the study and collection of currency. Writt...

The Freshwater Ecosystems of Suriname

Paul E. Ouboter (ed.) · 1993 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.54 | $290.62 | ¥46,415)

Dordrecht, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1993. First edition. Hardback. A fascinating monograph on the freshwater ecosystems of the Republic of Suriname, edited by Paul E. Ouboter and copiously illustrated throughout. This work is volume 70 from the 'Monographiae Biologicae...

The Ullage Cask Gauger, Comprised in a Series of Tables Calculated with the Utmost Accuracy, and Showing at One Reference, the Ullage Contents of Any Cask, from Five to One Hundred and Sixty Gallons, Inclusive; with Rules for Ascertaining the Ullage Contents of All Other Casks, However Large; As Also the Foot or Sediment in Oil Casks. Claudette Upon the Principle Used by the Excise.

James Boydell · 1784 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.60 | $257.60 | ¥41,140)

London, Henry Kent Causton, c1790. Cloth. A interesting work designed to aid with the calculating void spaces in casks. A very scarce work being a mathematical aid. A new edition, revised. Undated. The first edition of this work was published in 1784, with this copy being a la...

Perchance to Dream; Knave of Dreams

Various [ed. by Damon Knight]; Andre Norton · 1975 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.93 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London; Harmondsworth, Middlesex, Victor Gollancz Ltd.; Kestrel, 1975. First edition. Cloth. Two intriguing works that focus on the concept of dreams by two science fiction authorities, excellent examples of science fiction New Wave. These two compelling works, published in 19...