Videnskab og natur

A History of the British Marine Polyzoa

Thomas Hincks · 1880 · Rooke Books

£77.00 (€92.30 | $101.73 | ¥16,245)

London , John Van Voorst , 1880. First edition. Cloth. A highly illustrated complete two volume set of works on British natural history, with 83 leaves of plates. A complete two volume set of the well-known and highly valued series of works on Natural History.In publisher&apos...

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Vol. VI. Part II.

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh; William Wallace; Thomas Thomson; James Russell et al. · 1809 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.41 | $581.30 | ¥92,826)

Edinburgh; London, Bell & Bradfute; A. Constable; T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1809. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of Volume VI, Part II of this impressive early 19th century scientific and mathematical journal, with articles on a range of subjects from zoology to ge...

Strange Dwellings Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals Abridged from &Apos;Home without Hands&Apos;

Rev. J. G. Wood · 1871 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Longmans, Green & Co. 1871. Cloth. A beautiful 1871 green cloth edition, with a scarce and striking cover. A lovely, early green cloth edition of this work, in original binding, with a gilt top edge.Decorated with an intricate gilt motif to the front board, and an atmo...

The Land of the Hills and the Glens Wild Life in Iona and the Inner Hebrides

Seton Gordon · 1920 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London , Cassell & Company, Limited, 1920. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating set of studies on the Scottish wildlife of Iona and the Inner Hebrides, with a frontispiece and twenty three double sided plates. The first edition, second impression of the work. In publisher&apos...

Cassell&Apos;S New Book of the Dog

Robert Leighton · 1907 · Rooke Books

£270.00 (€323.64 | $356.71 | ¥56,962)

London, The Waverley Book Company, [1907]. Cloth. A special edition work on dogs from Robert Leighton, with fantastic illustrations throughout and with a coloured multi layered frontispiece depicting the anatomy of the dog. The special edition, published for the subscribers. ...

The Coleopterist&Apos;S Manual Containing the Lamellicorn Insects of Linneus and Fabricus the Coleopterist&Apos;S Manual, Part the Second Containing the Predaceous Land and Water Beetles of Linneus and Fabricius

Reverend F. W. Hope · 1837 · Rooke Books

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

London, Henry G. Bohn, 1837-1838. First edition. Cloth. The first and second series of this scarce entomological work, signed by the author, and with lovely hand coloured plates. The first edition of both works. With a hand coloured frontispiece and three partially hand colour...

2 Vols the Botanical Garden: Trees and Shrubs; Perennials and Annuals

Roger Philips; Martyn Rix · 2002 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Firefly Books, 2002. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression two-volume set, detailing of more than a thousand plant genera, illustrated with over two thousand color photographs, complete with original unclipped dust jackets and slipcase. In the publi...

Burnham Beeches

Francis George Heath · 1879 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1879. Cloth. A smart second edition of this illustrated study of the beautiful Burnham Beeches from Francis George Heath. Second edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, seven plates, and a map. Collated complete. A detailed ...

Tables, Memoranda, and Calculated Results for Farmers, Graziers, Agricultural Students, Surveyors, Land Agents, Auctioneers, Etc. With a New System of Farm Book-Keeping

Sidney Francis · 1900 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1900. Leather. A very scarce miniature pocket reference book for agricultural use, offering measurements, tables, hints and more. The fifth edition of this very scarce agricultural pocket guide, containing numerous conversion tables for various...

A Complete System of Practical Book-Keeping, Applicable to All Kings of Business

C. Morrison · 1828 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Edinburgh, Stirling & Kenney, 1828 . Leather. A scarce early 19th century instructional guide to double-entry bookkeeping, including comparison of various methods of bookkeeping. The fourth edition of this work, which is scarce in all editions.With an engraved title page, lett...

A Fauna of the North-West Highlands & Skye

J. A. Harvie-Brown; Rev. H. A. Macpherson · 1904 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Edinburgh, David Douglas, 1904 . First edition. Cloth. A superior, first edition copy of Harvie-Brown and Macpherson's illustrated study of the fauna found in the Scottish Highlands and Isle of Skye. The first edition. An excellent example, bound in the publisher's o...

Amid Snowy Wastes

Seton Gordon · 1922 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Cassell and Company, Limited, 1922 . First edition. Cloth. A bright, first edition of Seton Gordon's wildlife book exploring the Spitsbergen Archipelago, richly illustrated with the authors own photographs. The first edition. Bound in the publisher's original...

The Island of Fu Manchu

Sax Rohmer · 1956 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Cassell & Co Ltd, 1956. Cloth. Sax Rohmer's thrilling murder mystery novel, in the colourful illustrated dust wrapper. A later impression, first published in 1941. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In this suspensef...

Eugenics and Education Reprinted from the "Eugenics Review" July, 1912

John Russell; Mrs. MacCoy Irwin · 1912 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Eugenics Education Society, c1912. Paperback. A very scarce copy of this pamphlet reprinted from the Eugenics Review of July 1912. Very scarce work. Two short essays reprinted rom the July 1912 issue of The Eugenics Review, a periodical acting as they official organ fo...

Handbook of Meteorology

F. A. Berry; E. Bollay; Norman R. Beers · 1945 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.50 | $495.43 | ¥79,113)

New York; London, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1945. First edition. Leather. A finely bound first edition copy of this detailed treatise on meteorology, specially bound for the author, F. A. Berry. The first edition.A finely bound copy, detailed to the front paste down "this...

The Natural History of Otters; the Natural History of Badgers; the Natural History of Squirrels; the Natural History of Moles

Paul Chanin; Martyn L. Gorman; John Gurnell; Ernest Neal · 1985 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Christopher Helm, 1985-1990. First edition. Cloth. Four excellent first edition 'Natural History of' works, offering illustrated studies of British mammals. Four first edition, first impressions. A delightful set of four 'Natural History of' works,...

The Romance of Natural History

Philip Henry Gosse · 1862 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, James Nisbet and Co , 1862-1863. Cloth. A smart two-volume natural history work by English naturalist Philip Henry Gosse, decorated with engravings. This set includes the sixth edition of the First Series and the second edition of the Second Series. Complete in two vol...

A Handy-Book to the Collection and Preparation of Freshwater and Marine Algae, Diatoms, Desmids, Fungi, Lichens, Mosses and Other of the Lower Cryptogamia with Instructions for the Formation of an Herbarium

Johann Nave · 1869 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

London, Robert Hardwicke , 1869. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this guide to collecting marine cryptograms, written by plant biologist Johann Nave. The second edition of this work. First published in 1867. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated with a fro...

The New Science and Art of Arithmetic for the Use of Schools

A. Sonnenschein; H. A. Nesbitt · 1903 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1903. Cloth. A very scarce and informative work on arithmancy, previously owned by the noted mathematician David Singmaster. A new edition, originally published in 1870, with this edition modified and brought up to date by the authors. In the p...

Heaven & Hell

Aldous Huxley · 1956 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1956. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this companion volume to Huxley's book 'The Doors of Perception&apos. First edition. A companion volume to Huxley's challenging book 'The Doors of Perception', an autobiograp...