Medicina e salute

Wheeler&Apos;S Handbook of Medicine

William R. Jack · 1920 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Edinburgh, E. & S. Livingstone, 1920. Cloth. The sixth edition of this handbook of medicine for common ailments and diseases. Sixth edition. Illustrated with four full-page images and many in-text diagrams. A detailed and comprehensive handbook for the diagnosis and treatment ...

The Birds of Yorkshire

T. H. Nelson · 1907 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London, A. Brown and Sons, 1907 . First edition. Leather. The beautifully bound first edition of Thomas Hudson Nelson illustrated study of the native avifauna of Yorkshire. The two volume first edition of this work by British ornithologist Thomas Hudson Nelson.Nelson had an ex...

Clinique Chirurgicale de L&Apos;Hotel-Dieu de Lyon

Auguste Dominique Valette · 1875 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.34 | $62.09 | ¥9,915)

Paris, J. B. Balliere, 1875. Leather. An uncommon volume in which August Dominique Valette offers advice to fellow surgeons. August Dominique Valette summarises twenty seven years of medical experience in the Lyon hospital in this uncommon volume. Published in French. Valette ...

Traiteãƒâoeã‚⁠Des Affections Vaporeuses Ou Maladies Nerveuses Vulgairement Appeleãƒâoeã‚âEs Maux de Nerfs

Pierre Pomme · 1798 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.47 | $515.21 | ¥82,273)

Paris, Chez Cussac, 1798-1799. Leather. An attractively rebound copy of Pierre Pomme's eighteenth century medicinal treatise. A leather bound copy of Pierre Pomme's eighteenth century treatise in which he presents a new approach to 'the vapours', a frequent...

Essai Medico-Legal Sur Les Empoisonnemens, Presente Et Soutenu a L&Apos;Ecole de Medecine de Montpellier, le 20 Messidor an XII

Nicolas Burdin · 1804 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.29 | ¥58,013)

Montpellier, Chez Coucourdan, [1804]. Paperback. A very scarce copy of Nicolas Burdin's forensic essay on poisonings. Charming essay on poisonings by Nicolas Burdin, "Presented and defended at the Montpellier School of Medicine, 20 Messidor year XII". In the original Fren...

Tools and Machinery Catalogue No. 214 with Price List

Gardiner, Sons & Co. · 1952 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

Bristol, Gardiner, Sons & Co. Ltd. 1952. Cloth. A scarce catalogue from Gardiner, Sons & Co. for their tools and machinery with illustrations. Scarce work. Catalogue No. 214. A detailed account of all tools and machinery parts available from Gardiner, Sons & Co. with illustrat...

The Small Intestine

Charles C. Wells · 1967 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.71 | $91.15 | ¥14,556)

London , Royal College of Surgeons of England, 1967. Cloth. A signed, presentation copy of Charles C. Well's lecture to the Royal College of Surgeons A transcription of Charles C. Well's Bradshaw lecture, delivered in October 1966 and reprinted the following year fro...

The Geological Evidence of the Antiquity of Man

Sir Charles Lyell · 1863 · Rooke Books

£770.00 (€922.95 | $1,017.22 | ¥162,437)

London, John Murray, 1863. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of Charles Lyell's important scientific work which helped to establish the new science of prehistoric archaeology in Great Britain. A very important nineteenth century scientific work whi...

The Spas of England and Principal Sea-Bathing Places: Northern Spas, Southern Spas, and Midland Spas

A. B. Granville · 1841 · Rooke Books

£385.00 (€461.48 | $508.61 | ¥81,218)

London, Henry Colburn, 1841 . First edition. Cloth. The complete three volume first edition of A. B. Granville's illustrated guide to the spas and sea bathing places of England. Volume I, 'Northern Spas', is illustrated with a folding linen map, eight plates, an...

Curiosities of Medical Experience

J. G. Millingen · 1839 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)

London , Richard Bentley, 1839. Cloth. An interesting insight into the medical history of the 1800s, in its second edition. A second edition copy which has been revised and considerably augmented. This volume discusses curiosities of the medical profession as it was in the ea...

Beetles of the British Isles

E. F. Linssen · 1959 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London & New York, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, 1959 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the first series of this guidebook for Beetles in Britain with colour plates and in the original dust wrapper. First edition of Beetles of the British Isles by E. F. Linssen in the ...

The Diary of a Norwich Hospital Medical Student 1858-1860

Shephard T. Taylor · 1930 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

Norwich, Jarrold and Sons, 1930. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. Shephard T. Taylor's very scarce medical student journal from 1858 to 1860, a lovely first edition. The first edition, first impression of this work. A very scarce copy, rarely seen on the market.Shephard ...

Testimony of Light

Helen Greaves · 1970 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Great Britain, The World Fellowship Press Ltd. 1970. Cloth. A remarkable autobiographical work describing the author's telepathic encounter's with her deceased friend. Exploring the telepathic relationship between the living and the dead, in this case, the author and...

Footprints of the Creator, of the Asterolepis of Stromness

Hugh Miller · 1870 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.00 | ¥40,082)

Edinburgh, William P. Nimmo, 1870. Cloth. A lovely later impression of Hugh Miller's exploration into geology and its relationship to the Bible, bound in decorative cloth. Written by Hugh Miller, a prominent Scottish geologist.This work first appeared in 1850, with this b...

Practical Observations on the Treatment of Strictures in the Urethra, and in the Oseophagus

Everard Home · 1805 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.40 | ¥79,109)

London, W. Bulmer and Co; G. and W. Nicol; J. Johnson, 1805-21. First edition. Hardback. A lovely set of the important early gynecological work by Everard Home, complete with illustrations of folding plates. An uncommon work.Complete in three volumes.Volume I is the third edit...

Traite de la Maladie Venerienne

John Hunter; G. Richelot; Philippe Ricord · 1852 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

Paris, J. B. Bailliere, 1852. Leather. The second edition in French of John Hunter's important treatise on venereal diseases, an influential work with late additions by Philippe Ricord. Illustrated with nine folding plates. The second edition of this work on French.Origin...

Transport Pioneers of the Twentieth Century

Sir Peter Allen; Graham Robson · 1981 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Cambridge, Patrick Stephens, 1981. Cloth. An excellent limited edition collection of interviews with pioneers of transport, presented in a slipcase and lavishly illustrated throughout. Containing interviews with Thomas Sopwith, Robert E. Dicker, C. Hamilton Ellis, Leo Villa, S...

Some Incidents in General Practice

Augustin Prichard · 1898 · Rooke Books

£590.00 (€707.20 | $779.43 | ¥124,465)

Bristol, J. W. Arrowsmith, 1898. Cloth. A very scarce medical treatise by Augustin Prichard. Written by Augustin Prichard, a nineteenth century physician and the son of James Cowles Prichard, a physician and ethnologist known for the work 'Researches into the Physical His...

Science and Government

C. P. Snow · 1961 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Oxford University Press, 1961 . First edition. Cloth. A fascinating first edition political essay by English novelist C. P. Snow, presented in an unclipped dust wrapper. This essay examines the differences between governments and scientists when it comes to having soci...

A Treatise on Muscular Action

John Pugh · 1794 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.74 | ¥27,424)

London, Printed for the members of Editions Medicina Rara; The Curwen Press, c1972. Leather. A limited edition of John Pugh's medical treatise on muscular action, a facsimile of the 1794 edition. Illustrated with impressive plates. A limited edition to twenty eight hundre...