Videnskab og natur

Museum Americanum; or, Select Antiquities, Curiosities, Beauties, and Varieties, of Nature and Art, in America; Complied from Eminent Authorities, Methodically Arranged, Interspersed with Original Hints, Observations, &C.

Charles Hulbert · 1823 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.84 | $99.08 | ¥15,823)

London, G. & W.B. Whittaker, W. Baynes and Son, and T. Blanshard, 1823 . Cloth. The scarce third part of Charles Hulbert's Select Antiquities, Curiosities, Beauties and Varieties, of Nature and Art series.  A scarce work.By Charles Hulbert, an English businessman and wri...

The Grammar of Botany

G. Francis · 1840 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.39 | $389.70 | ¥62,238)

London, Simpkin Marshall & Co. 1840. First edition. Cloth. A remarkably scarce first edition of this already very scarce illustrated title. An incredibly scarce first edition of this already very scarce horticultural title.In original cloth binding.Features 2 pages of author&a...

The Horse: Its Taming, Training, and General Management; with Anecdotes, &C. , Relating to Horses and Horsemen

Sydney Galvayne · 1888 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.83 | $105.68 | ¥16,878)

Glasgow, Thomas Murray & Son, 1888 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this illustrated guide to the management of horses by well-known Victorian horse tamer Sydney Galvayne. The first edition of the work.In publisher's original decorative green cloth binding....

Rust, Smut, Mildew, & Mould. An Introduction to the Study of Microscopic Fungi

M. C. Cooke · 1886 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.91 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, W. H. Allen and Co. 1886 . Cloth. Introductory scientific volume on microscopic fungi, illustrated with sixteen plates, many of which are in colour. Fifth edition.In publisher's original cloth binding.Featuring sixteen colour and monochrome plates, including plate...

Artificial Manures: How to Make, Buy, Value, and Use.

Alfred Sibson · 1878 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.81 | $118.89 | ¥18,988)

London, William Ridgway, 1878. Hardback. A very scarce new edition of this practical guide to artificial fertilisers, reflecting the rise of scientific agriculture in Victorian Britain. In the publisher's original paper covered boards. New edition, greatly extended. A p...

Hoppus&Apos;S Practical Measurer; or, Measuring Made Easy to the Meanest Capacity, by a New Set of Tables

Edward Hoppus · 1846 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.93 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Manchester, S. Johnson and Son, 1846. Leather. A comprehensive practical measuring guide from Edward Hoppus, the introducer of the Hoppus unit of measure. A later edition of the work, that has been published since the eighteenth century.In the original full black calf binding....

The Crustacea of Devon and Cornwall

Canon A. M. Norman; Thomas Scott · 1906 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.93 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, William Wesley And Son, 1906. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy, in original binding, featuring 24 monochrome plates. A 1906 first edition copy, in original green cloth, with gilt lettering to spine.Written by Thomas Scott, and Alfred Merle Norman - a cl...

The Stalk-Eyed Crustacea of British Guiana, West Indies, and Bermuda

Charles G. Young · 1900 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.82 | $112.29 | ¥17,933)

London , John M. Watkins , 1900. First edition. Cloth. A fantastic account of Stalk-Eyed Crustacea of British Guiana, West Indies and Bermuda, accompanied by a colourful frontispiece and 6 colour plates. The first edition of the work. In publisher's original green cloth ...

Natural History

J G Wood · 1853 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.81 | $118.89 | ¥18,988)

London, George Routledge and Sons, Limited, c1900. Cloth. A lovely, and very scarce example of 20th Century cover to this title, designed by artist Jessie M. King. Bound in its original blue cloth.One of many natural history titles by the prolific Rev. J. G. Wood, originally p...

British Wildflowers in Their Natural Haunts

A.R. Horwood [Arthur Reginald Horwood] · 1919 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.74 | $165.13 | ¥26,372)

London, The Gresham Publishing Company, 1919. First edition. Cloth. The complete set of A.R. Horwood's detailed study on wild flowers and plants across the British Isles, with accompanying illustrations by J.N. Fitch. The first edition of Arthur Reginald Horwood's Br...

Homes without Hands

Rev. J. G. Wood · 1898 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.52 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1898. Cloth. A lovely new impression of Rev. J. G. Wood's Homes Without Hands, exploring the incredible ways animals build habitats without the use of hands. Scarce 1898 new impression of J. G. Wood's Homes Without Hands.Beautiful gre...

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

Gilbert White · 1911 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.91 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1911. Cloth. Illustrated in colour, this is a charming new edition of White's influential topographical work. A new edition, published by Macmillan in 1911. With a colour frontispiece and twenty three further colour plates by George Edw...

British Zoology Illustrated by Plates and Brief Explanations

Thomas Pennant · 1770 · Rooke Books

£5,500.00 (€6,588.62 | $7,265.53 | ¥1,160,371)

Chester, Eliza Adams, 1770. First edition. Leather. Thomas Pennant's very scarce and beautifully illustrated accompaniment to his renowned natural history series 'British Zoology', being a collection of many fantastic additional engraved plates to accompany the ...

A New Physical Geography

Élisée Reclus; A. H. Keane · 1886 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€658.86 | $726.55 | ¥116,037)

London, J. S. Virtue & Co. 1886-7. First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally bright copy of Elisee Reclus's beautifully illustrated work on the world's physical geography, complete with 52 colour plates. The very scarce first edition. The first English edition. Complete...

Herbs: A Comprehensive List of Herbal Remedies and Some Brief Notes on Their Adaptability to the Treatment of Common Illnesses

Unknown · 1920 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.93 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

St. Albans, Heath & Heather, Ltd. c1923. Paperback. A scarce new edition of Heath & Heather's herb guide and catalog from the 1920s, outlining contemporary plant-based remedies. In the publisher's original green pictorial paper wraps. This is an exceptionally scarce...

The Devil Doctor

Sax Rohmer · 1933 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.40 | $129.46 | ¥20,676)

London, Methuen, 1933. Cloth. Sax Rohmer's second novel about the supervillain 'Fu Manchu', in the publisher's original scarce and striking dust wrapper. The fifteenth edition, first published in 1916. In the publisher's original cloth, with the origi...

Heat, Greed and Human Need: Climate Change, Capitalism and Sustainable Wellbeing

Ian Gough · 2017 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.74 | $165.13 | ¥26,372)

Cheltenham, Edward Elgar , 2017. First edition. Paperback. A signed copy of this compelling survey of consumption on climate change, previously owned by Carmen Callil, founder of Virago Press. A signed presentation copy from the author to renowned feminist publisher and founde...

Every Mother&Apos;S Book

1949 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.93 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Sussex, Alfred Fennings, 1949. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very smart copy of this illustrated guide for mothers from Alfred Fennings chemist. Scarce work. With illustrations throughout. A charming pamphlet from the chemist Alfred Fennings, who established Fennings Pharmaceuticals in...

A Collection of Natural History Studies from T & a D Poyser

Nigel Dunstone; Nigel Reeve; Ernest Neal; Chris Cheeseman; Richard A. Griffiths; Mark Young · 1993 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.60 | $257.60 | ¥41,140)

London, T & A D Poyser, 1993-1997. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of five first edition natural history studies from T & A D Poyser, with illustrations throughout. Five volumes. First edition. Newts and Salamanders of Europe is signed by the illustrator Bas Teunis to...

Bird-Hunting Through Wild Europe

R. B. Lodge [Reginald B. Lodge] · 1908 · Rooke Books

£118.00 (€141.36 | $155.88 | ¥24,895)

London, Robert Culley, [1908]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Reginald Lodge's account of his quest to find and photograph rare birds across Southern and Eastern Europe. The first edition. Illustrated with a monochrome photographic frontispiece, and one hundr...