Videnskab og natur

La Vie Des Abeilles

Maurice Maeterlinck · 1901 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,447)

Paris, Bibliotheque-Charpentier, 1901. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this essay on the life of a bee from Belgian playwright and essayist Maurice Maeterlinck, in the original French. French. Fourth thousand. An essay on the life of a bee, being a philosophical and literary ...

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...

The Mathematical Questions of the Senate-House Examination Papers, 1838 to 1849

Rev. A. H. Frost · 1849 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Cambridge, J. Hall; Whittaker and Co, 1849. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce volume of maths questions included in the Senate House examinations. The first edition of this very scarce work.This volume collects together the mathematical questions whic...

Discussion at Worksop, between the Rev. R.P. Blakeney, B.A. , Incumbent of Ison Green, Notts. , and the Rev. J.B. Naghten, O.M. I. , Roman Catholic Missionary Priest, of Brigg and Gainsborough. Held in the Music Hall Worksop, on the Evening of January 30th, 31st, and February 1st, 1850

R. P. Blakeney; J. B. Naghten; Thomas Whitehead · 1850 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, The British Society for Promoting the Religious Principles of the Reformation, 1850. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce discussion on religion between R. P. Blakeney and J. M. Naghten. The first edition of this very scarce work.Illustrated with...

Morphological Notes

Sir W. T. Thiselton-Dyer · 0 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,018.86 | $1,122.97 | ¥179,324)

Not Stated, Not Stated, c1903 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce, limited print run collecting together articles originally published in Annals of Botany, written by botanist and third director of Kew Gardens, William Thiselton-Dyer, and signed by another of the directors, ...

Contraception (Birth Control): Its Theory, History and Practice

Marie Carmichael Stopes · 1927 · Rooke Books

£158.00 (€189.39 | $208.74 | ¥33,333)

London, John Bale, Sons & Danielson, 1927 . Cloth. An excellent copy of the "new and enlarged" second edition of Marie Stope"s enormously influential guide to the use of contraception, illustrated with plates. First published in 1923, this is the enlarged second edition, with ...

New and Correct Tables of Interest

John Bettesworth · 1778 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Alex Hogg, 1778. First edition. Cloth. A scarce mathematical volume presenting various interest rates through accessible tables, the first edition of this work by John Bettesworth. The first edition of this scarce work.Illustrated with a frontispiece, depicting the Ban...

Recollections of Edward Bury

Priscilla Susan Bury · 1860 · Rooke Books

£1,295.00 (€1,552.26 | $1,710.88 | ¥273,205)

Windermere, John Garnett, 1860. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this touching memoir on the life of locomotive manufacturer Edward Bury, a very scarce work written by his widow. The first edition of this very scarce work.Original wraps are bound in.Illustrated with ...

Lies, Inc.

Philip K. Dick · 1984 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1984. First edition. Cloth. A bright copy of this intriguing science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick, here published in its complete form for the first time. The first edition thus, being the first expanded edition. This novel was first published i...

Elementos de Zoologia

Laureano Perez Arcas · 1863 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Pinto, Gabriel Alhambra, 1863. Leather. The second edition of this Spanish zoological treatise by Laureano Perez Arcas, illustrated with many detailed engravings. The second edition.In the original Spanish.An important treatise on zoology by the Professor of Zoology at the Uni...

The Natural History of Selborne

Rev. Gilbert White; Sir William Jardine; Edward Jesse · 1861 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

London, Henry G. Bohn, 1861 . Leather. A lovely full calf edition of this important work of natural history from Gilbert White, illustrated with forty engraved plates. First published in 1789, this important work has been in print continuously since that date.Illustrated with ...

Rhopalocera Africae Australis; a Catalogue of South African Butterflies

Roland Trimen · 1862 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

Cape Town, W. G. Mathew, 1862-1866. First edition. Leather. A first edition of this record of the butterflies of South Africa from British-South African naturalist Roland Trimen. First edition. Both part one and two bound into one volume. Lacking the original plates, being one...

The Witchery of Rita and Waiting for Tonti

Will H. Robinson · 1919 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

Arizona, The Berryhill Co, 1919. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this volume of two novellas by William H. Robinson focusing on Montezuma's Castle. The first edition, first printing. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. This volume contains two novellas by...

De Crostacei E Degli Altri Marini Corpi Che Si Truovano Su Monti

Anton Lazzaro Moro · 1987 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

Sala Bolognese, Arnaldo Forni Editore, 1987. Cloth. A facsimile of Anton-Lazzaro Moro's influential eighteenth century work on crustaceans and marine geology, with the original dust wrapper. A facsimile of the original 1740 edition. Written in the original Italian. In th...

Kiteworld and the Lordly Ones

Keith Roberts · 1985 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1985-6. First edition. Cloth. Two first edition works by Keith Roberts; with one being a science fiction novel and the other being an anthology of science fiction and fantasy stories. The first edition, first impression to both. In the publisher&a...

Journey to Infinity

Martin Greenberg [ed]; Fletcher Pratt; A. Bertram Chandler; Fritz Leiber; et al. · 1951 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

New York, Gnome Preaa, 1951. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this anthology of exciting science fiction stories by the likes of Fritz Leiber, A. Bertram Chandler and many more, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first printing of this collection. The s...

Northwest of Earth

C. L. Moore · 1954 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

New York , Gnome Press, Inc. 1954. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of this science fiction-fantasy short story collection by notable author Catherine Lucille Moore. First edition. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. A selection of thirte...

Like Nothing on Earth

Eric Frank Russell · 1975 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Dennis Dobson Ltd. 1975. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of short fiction from British science fiction writer Eric Frank Russell. First edition. A collection of previously uncollected stories considered compulsory reading for any science ...

Skirmish: The Great Short Fiction of Clifford D. Simak

Clifford D. Simak · 1977 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1977. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of short fiction from American science fiction writer Clifford Donald Simak. First thus. A collection of ten of the best short stories from Simak, as a testament to one of ...

Deus Irae

Philip K. Dick; Roger Zelazny · 1978 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Newton Abbott, Readers Union, 1978. Cloth. A post-apocalyptic science fiction novel started by Philip K. Dick and finished by Roger Zelazny, with the original dust wrapper. A book club edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original uncli...