Videnskab og natur

Sub-Coelum a Sky-Built Human World

A. P. Russell · 1893 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1893. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon utopian novel by American author Addison Peale Russell, the first edition. The first edition of this uncommon work.'Sub-Coelum' is an early utopian novel by Addison Peale Russ...

The Slave of the Lamp

William North · 1855 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.13 | $858.74 | ¥137,130)

New York, H. Long & Brothers, 1855. First edition. Cloth. A scarce novel by William North, a semi-autobiographical romantic Lost World tale, the first edition. The first edition of this scarce work, in the even more scarce variant red cloth.'The Slave of the Lamp' fo...

Forty Thousand in Gehenna

C. J. Cherryh · 1983 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Michigan, Phantasia Press, 1983. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition copy of one of the popular Alliance-Union sci-fi novels by C. J. Cherryh, signed the author. The first edition, first impression.Signed by the author to the title page, 'For Robert, Best Regards! ...

The City in the Clouds

C. Ranger Gull · 1921 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.99 | $990.85 | ¥158,227)

London, Hurst & Blackett, 1921 . First edition. Cloth. The vanishingly scarce first edition of C. Ranger's Gulls's fantastical novel about a floating city over London. The first edition, first impression of this very scarce work. In the publisher's original unc...

The Difference Engine

William Gibson; Bruce Sterling · 1990 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1990. First edition. Cloth. The first U.K. edition of this alternative history set in a steampunk Victorian Britain. The first U.K. edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A brilliant novel of alternative history, 'The...

A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds

F. O. Morris · 1859 · Rooke Books

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

London, Groombridge and Sons, 1859-63. Leather. A beautifully illustrated set of Morris' expansive study on the nests and eggs of birds native to Britain, colourfully illustrated. Complete in three volumes. Volume I dated 1859, Volume II 1861, Volume III 1863.An immense h...

Dartmoor

L. A. Harvey; D. St Leger-Gordon · 1953 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Collins, 1953. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this work by L. A. Harvey and D. St Leger-Gordon on the moorlands of Dartmoor, illustrated throughout by E. H. Ware. The first edition. Part of the 'New Naturalist' series. In the publisher's or...

The Caterpillars of the British Butterflies Including the Eggs, Chrysalids, and Food-Plants

W. J. Stokoe · 1944 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. 1944. Cloth. A smart copy of this colourfully illustrated study on the caterpillars of British butterflies. Based upon "The Butterfield of the British Isles" by Richard South. Illustrated with three hundred and forty-eight images, sixty-eight of...

The Fishes of the British Isles Both Fresh Water and Salt.

J. Travis Jenkins · 1925 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Frederick Warne & Co Ltd, 1925. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated work from the 'Wayside and Woodland' series on Fishes from the British isles by J. Travis Jenkins, in the scarce unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition. Part of th...

Wayside Weeds

Spencer Thomson · 1864 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Groombridge and Sons, 1864 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce, first edition of this illustrated study of wild plants found on the wayside, by Spencer Thomson. First edition, in the publisher's original green cloth binding, with gilt detailing. Very scarce. Wri...

Norsk Ornithologisk Tidsskrift

H. Tho. L. Schaanning [ed] · 1926 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.73 | $1,255.08 | ¥200,421)

Stavenger , Aktietrykkeriet, 1926-30. Cloth. The complete four volumes of this scarce illustrated Norwegian journal on ornithology, bound over two volumes. Four volumes containing numbers 1-15 bound over two volumes. Complete. Bound in full cloth. Illustrated with diagrams, ...

The Wonders of the Insect World

Edmund Selous · 1921 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Seeley, Service, & Co. Limited. 1921 . Cloth. A well presented copy of this illustrated study of insects, by British ornithologist and writer, Edmund Selous. Bound in the publisher's original pictorial cloth. The third edition of the work. First published in 1911....

The Love of Wild Life

Mary Maughan · 1977 · Rooke Books

£585.00 (€701.22 | $772.87 | ¥123,417)

None, None, 1977-79. Leather. A very unique hand-produced journal, recounting ornithological and zoological tours undertaken by a Mary Maughan, compiled with original photographs and drawings. A beautiful and unique hand-produced ornithological and zoological journal. With on...

A Naturalist in the Guiana Forest

R. W. G. Hingston · 1932 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London , Edward Arnold & Co , 1932. First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first UK edition of this illustrated work by naturalist R. W. G. Hingston on his time in the Guiana forest. The UK first edition of the work. Also published the same year in New York by Longmans, Green and ...

The Mute Swan in England Its History, and the Ancient Custom of Swan Keeping

N. F. Ticehurst · 1957 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Cleaver-Hume Press Limited, 1957. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating work on the history of the mute swan and its status within Britain. The first edition with the original dust jacket. This book explores the history of the mute swan in Britain. Beginning in the twelf...

1949 Rivermouth

Brain Vesey-Fitzgerald · 1949 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Eyre and Spottinswoode, 1949. First edition. Cloth. A short introduction to the rivermouth illustrated with intricate and detailed drawing. The first edition.Bound in the original publisher's binding with the dust jacket. Versey-Fitzgerald shares his passion for n...

Nineteen Hundred? a Forecast and a Story

Marianne Farningham · 1892 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, James Clarke & Co. 1892. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this religious utopian work, written by Mary Anne Hearn, under her pseudonym Marianne Farningham. The first edition of the work. Scarce, bound in the original publisher's binding. With eigh...

The Home Life of a Golden Eagle

H. B. MacPherson · 1910 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.34 | $62.09 | ¥9,916)

London, Witherby & Co. 1910. Paperback. The second edition of this detailed account of the life of a Golden Eagle, with photographic plates. Second revised edition. Illustrated with thirty-two tipped-in black-and-white photographic plates. Collated complete. A detailed account...

A Journal of Summer Time in the Country

R. A. Willmott · 1928 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, The Scholartis Press, 1928. Cloth. A limited edition work on the beauties of summer by Robert Aris Willmott, signed and inscribed twice by the editor, Eric Partridge. A limited edition, limited to 750, this copy being 1 of 75 copies printed on Millbourn Handmade Paper,...

The Smashed World

Henry J. Slater · 1952 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Jarrolds, 1952 . First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of Henry J. Slater's science fiction novel set in the year 3000. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the publisher's original price unclipped brightly illustrated dust wrapper.Set ...