Videnskab og natur

A Natural History of British Moths

The Rev. F. O. Morris · 1861 · Rooke Books

£895.00 (€1,072.80 | $1,182.42 | ¥188,817)

London, Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts , 1861-70. First edition. Leather. Morris's natural history of the British moths, the scarce first edition complete in four volumes. The scarce first edition of this work, complete in four volumes. Francis Orpen Morris's h...

British Moths and Their Transformations

J. O. Westwood; H. N. Humphreys · 1854 · Rooke Books

£575.00 (€689.23 | $759.66 | ¥121,307)

London, Wm. S. Orr and Co, 1854 . Leather. Beautifully illustrated with bright hand coloured lithographs, this is a pleasing copy of H. N. Humphreys and J. O. Westwood's exhaustive study of the British moth. The 1854 new and revised two volume edition of H. N. Humphreys a...

Amid the High Hills

Sir Hugh Fraser · 1923 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.34 | $62.09 | ¥9,916)

London, A. & C. Black , 1923. First edition. Cloth. A charming topographical work concerning natural history by Hugh Fraser, with plates both in colour and in black and white. A charming work of natural history containing a series of articles contributed by Sir Hugh Fraser to ...

Bacteria As Friends and Foes of the Dairy Farmer

Wilfrid Sadler · 1912 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Methuen & Co. 1912. First edition. Fine Binding. A scarce, early twentieth-century work on bacteria and its uses in agriculture, handsomely bound in full calf prize binding. A fascinating, early twentieth-century work on bacteria and its involvement in dairy farming, i...

Animal Life of the British Isles

Edward Step · 1921 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

London, Frederick Warne, 1921. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this fascinating illustrated work on animal life in the British Isles, formerly owned by noted taxidermists and naturalists, Pratt & Sons. A fascinating and comprehensive work on animal life in the Briti...

The Black Flame

Stanley G. Weinbaum; Sam Moskowitz · 1995 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

San Francisco, Tachyon Publication, 1995. Cloth. The 'Newly Restored Edition' of Weinbaum's popular post-apocalyptic science fiction novel, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First Edition Thus, being the 'Complete Restored Edition&apos. In the unclipp...

Universal Magnetism: A Private Training Course in the Magnetic Control of Others

Edmund Shaftesbury · 1942 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Marple, Cheshire, Psychology Publishing Co. Ltd, 1942. Cloth. A remarkable work on mind-control by Edmund Shaftesbury, published for the Psychology Publishing Co. A fascinating work on mind control, detailing realms seven through ten, on control of individuals, the estate of s...

Yorkshire Geological Society Vol. XVI, Part III. The Carboniferous Rocks

T. McKenny Hughes · 1908 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Leeds; London, Chorley & Pickersgill, Ltd.; The Electric Press, 1908. Paperback. A well presented article on Ingleborough's Carboniferous Rocks by T. McKenny Hughes, reprinted from the Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society in 1908. A well presented article on In...

The Earth on Show: Fossils and the Poetics of Popular Science, 1802-1856

Ralph O'Connor · 2007 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Chicago and London, The University of Chicago Press, 2007. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first impression of this sweeping book of geology by Ralph O'Connor, complete with its unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work. Ralph O'Conn...

Lay Sermons, Addresses and Reviews

Thomas Henry Huxley · 1893 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1893. Leather. A lovely later edition of Thomas Henry Huxley's scientific collection of essays, bound in smart full leather. With chapters on the improvement of natural knowledge, emancipation, scientific education, criticisms of 'On the Ori...

Lettres D&Apos;Un Mineur En Australie

Antoine Fauchery · 1859 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

Paris, Poulet-Malassis et de Broise, 1859. Paperback. A very scarce collection of letters by Antoine Fauchery noting his experiences as a gold miner in Australia, the second edition of this work. A second edition of this very scarce work.In the original glassine wrap.In the or...

Hours of Gladness

Maurice Maeterlinck; A. Teixeira de Mattos · 1912 · Rooke Books

£330.00 (€395.56 | $435.98 | ¥69,620)

London and New York, George Allen & Co. Ltd, 1912. Cloth. A delightful illustrated collection of Maeterlinck's essays on nature, with plates in colour by E. J. Detmold. Containing essays including 'The Wrath of the Bee', 'News of Spring', 'Perfume...

A Guide to the Quadrupeds and Reptiles of Europe

Lord Clermont · 1859 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, John Van Voorst, 1859. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition, being a handy concise guide to European vertebrates. Written by Thomas Fortesque, the 1st Baron Clermont, a historian and politician. This work has been compiled from the writings of numerous aut...

British Natural History

C. A. Johns; Various · 1910 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1910-13. Cloth. A beautiful set of colourfully illustrated volumes on the natural history of Britain, looking at the birds and botany of the country. Four beautiful volumes on the wonder of the natural history of Britain.'British Birds i...

Wild Sports of the World: A Book of Natural History and Adventure

James Greenwood · 1862 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London, S.O. Beeton, 1862. First edition. Cloth. A profusely illustrated work regarding hunting, complete with many coloured plates, engravings and fold out maps. Collated complete with six folding maps, eight portraits depicting various explorers such as David Livingstone and...

Practical Astrology

John Middleton · 1679 · Rooke Books

£7,500.00 (€8,989.94 | $9,908.55 | ¥1,582,267)

London, J C for Richard Preston , 1679. First edition. Leather. An extremely scarce first edition of John Middleton's treatise on practical astrology. ESTC reference no R844.This copy with the signatures: [2], A-S8, T4. Collated, lacking original blanks, all text leaves ...

Olga Romanoff

George Griffith · 1897 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co, 1897. Cloth. A very unusual Victorian science fiction novel, set in 2030 and focussed on the villainous descendants of the last Russian Tsar. Illustrated. A work of Victorian era science-fiction, illustrated with sixteen plates...

Brontomek!

Michael Coney · 1976 · Rooke Books

£53.00 (€63.53 | $70.02 | ¥11,181)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1976. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Michael Coney's sequel to 'Syzygy' and 'Mirror Image', in the bright yellow Gollancz dust wrapper. Following the same characters as Coney introduces in his work 'Syz...

Observations on the Fauna of Norfolk, and More Particularly on the District of the Broads

Richard Lubbock · 1879 · Rooke Books

£89.00 (€106.68 | $117.58 | ¥18,776)

Norwich, Jarrold & Sons, 1879. Cloth. An expanded edition of this noted work on the natural fauna of Norfolk, illustrated with a detailed folding map. Richard Lubbock's immense study of the natural fauna found in Norfolk, particularly in the district of the Broads.Illustr...

Lest Darkness Fall

L. Sprague de Camp · 1949 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.47 | ¥49,578)

Philadelphia, Prime Press, 1949. Cloth. A copy of L. Sprague de Camp's debut novel, an influential piece of alternative history fiction. 'Lest Darkness Fall' was written in 1939, and sees Martin Padway, an archaeologist, as he accidentally finds himself having t...