Videnskab og natur

General Index to the First Fifty Volumes of the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society

The Assistant-Secretary L. L. Belinfante · 1897 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Longmans, Green & Co, 1897 . First edition. Leather. Both volumes of the very scarce index to the first fifty volumes of the 'Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society', which was first published in 1845. Both volumes of this very scarce general index, with...

Strange Gateways

E. Hoffmann Price · 1967 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

Wisconsin, Arkham House, 1967 . First edition. Cloth. A superb, first collected edition of twelve fantasy tales written by E. Hoffmann Price, in a lovely example of the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition. In the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. ...

The Best of L. Sprague de Camp; the Best of C.M. Kornbluth; the Best of Fredric Brown

L. Sprague De Camp; C. M. Kornbluth; Fredric Brown; Robert Bloch [ed.]; Frederik Pohl [ed.]; Poul Anderson [ed.] · 1976 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

New York, Nelson Doubleday, 1976-1978 . First edition. Cloth. Three exceptionally bright first Book Club Edition anthologies of the science fiction tales of L. Sprague De Camp, C. M. Kornbluth and Fredric Brown. A fantastic collection of three science fiction anthologies, in t...

The Study of Man

Alfred C. Haddon · 1898 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, John Murray, 1898. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this illustrated anthropological study from Alfred Cort Haddon. First edition. Illustrated with eight plates and forty in-text figures. Collated complete. A detailed anthropological study of man, with chapters...

Dudley and Gilderoy: A Nonsense

Algernon Blackwood · 1929 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Ernest Benn Limited , 1929. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Algernon Blackwood's whimsical novel that sees a cat and parrot set out to see the world. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding. 'Dudley and Gilderoy', tho...

The British Islands and Their Vegetation

A. G. Tansley · 1949 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Cambridge , At the University Press, 1949. Cloth. A pleasing two-volume study of the environment, history and vegetation of the British Islands, richly illustrated throughout. A new edition, with corrections. Complete in two volumes. In the publisher's original green clot...

A Collection of Papers of Phrenology

Various · 1850 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

Various, Various, 1850-1978. Paperback. An interesting set of six papers on phrenology, dating from over a century, all very scarce. A selection of six very scarce papers on phrenology. Phrenology is a pseudoscience, involving the measurement of bumps on the skull to predict m...

The Illustrated Natural History of British Moths

Edward Newman · 0 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, W. H. Allen and Co. c1870. Cloth. A smart copy of this scarce work on the natural history of moths in Britain, with illustrations throughout. Scarce work. Illustrated with seven hundred and twenty-two in-text figures. A detailed and comprehensive natural history of mot...

British Wild Flowers

C. Pierpoint Johnson · 1914 · Rooke Books

£148.00 (€177.40 | $195.53 | ¥31,223)

London, Gurney & Jackson, 1914. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated botanical reference work, looking at the wild flowers of Britain, complete with ninety hand coloured plates. Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece, eighty-nine hand-coloured plates, and two monochrome pla...

Forbidden Fruit: Meditations on Science, Technology and Natural History

Heathcote Williams · 2011 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Oxford , Huxley Scientific Press, 2011. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce signed first edition of this interesting selection of poetry on science, technology and natural history by Heathcote Williams. The first edition. Signed by the author to the title page. In the publ...

A Description and History of Vegetable Substances, Used in the Arts, and Domestic Economy. Timber Trees: Fruits.

1829 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Charles Knight, 1829. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this detailed work on the history of the use of vegetable substances in art and domestic economy. First edition. The Library of Entertaining Knowledge. Illustrated throughout. A detailed and comprehen...

Two Addresses Delivered at the Dedication of a New Transmitter of Radio Free Europe Beamed to Hungary

Frederic R. Dolbeare; Gyula Dessewffy · 1951 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Stamford, The Overbrook Press, 1951. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce program and record of the two addresses spoken at the ceremony inaugurating the new service of Radio Free Europe for Hungary. First edition. Limited to three hundred copies. A program and record of the addre...

The Carnegie Works at Pittsburgh

Theodore Dreiser · 1927 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

New York, Privately Printed, 1927. First edition. Cloth. A smart limited edition copy of this essay on the Carnegie Works at Pittsburgh from American journalist Theodore Dreiser. First edition. Limited to one hundred and fifty copies. With decorations. A detailed essay, full o...

The Menageries. Quadrupeds, Described and Drawn from Living Subjects

1829 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Charles Knight, 1829-40 . First edition. Cloth. A complete collection of three volumes filled with information on various quadrupeds, profusely illustrated with sketches of each animal mentioned. The first edition. Bound in the publisher's original cloth.Uncommon ...

His Monkey Wife: Or, Married to a Chimp

John Collier · 1930 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Peter Davies, 1930 . First edition. Cloth. A proof copy of John Collier's highly unusual 1930 novel about the marriage of a lonely man in the Upper Congo and a female chimpanzee. A proof copy of the first edition of this work.In paper wraps, with a pencil inscript...

The Vengeance of Science

James Dalmaine · 1927 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Arthur H. Stockwell, LTD, [1927]. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce science fiction novel following an inventor bent on revenge, the first edition of this novel by James Dalmaine. The first edition of this very scarce work.'The Vengeance of Science' begins ...

The Kingdom of Gold

Benjamin Fowler Carpenter · 1913 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Boston, The Christopher Press, 1913 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of Benjamin Fowler Carpenter's utopian science fiction novel about an impending financial disaster. The first edition of this very scarce work.A 'prophetic novel', Carpente...

The Shell-Collector&Apos;S Handbook for the Field

J. W. Williams · 1893 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, R. Sutton & Co. Ltd. 1893. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this illustrated handbook for shell collecting and conchology. First edition. Very scarce work. Illustrated throughout. A pocket-sized handbook for the shell collector, being an introductor...

The Natural History & Antiquities of Selborne in the County of Southampton

Gilbert White · 1906 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1906. Cloth. A smart edition of this work exploring the natural history of Selborne by Reverend Gilbert White. From the Library of English Classics. A compilation of letters detailing the natural history of the area around White's family...

The Fortress of Yadasara

Christian Lys; [Percy Brebner] · 1899 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,687)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, 1899. First edition. Cloth. A scarce Lost World science fiction novel by Percy Brebner, a fantastical tale illustrated by Lancelot Speed. The scarce first edition of this work.'The Fortress of Yadasara', also published in the U.S. as &...