Medicina e salute

Every Mother&Apos;S Book

1949 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

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 Labrador Doctor

Sir Wilfred Grenfell · 1931 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1931 . Cloth. A signed example of the autobiography of Sir Wildred Grenfell, with an original illustration from the author to the front free endpaper. Inscribed by the author 'the hunter home from the hill, Wilfred Grenfell, Labrador' to...

Brier-Patch Philosophy

Peter Rabbit"; William J. Long · 1906 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

Boston, Ginn & Company Publishers, 1906. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated study of animal philosophy from American naturalist William Joseph Long. First edition. Uncommon work. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, four plates, and numerous in-...

Recherches Expãƒâ©Rimentales Sur Les Conditions de L&Apos;Activitãƒâ© Cãƒâ©Rãƒâ©Brale

Henri-Etienne Beaunis · 1886 · Rooke Books

£285.00 (€341.61 | $376.50 | ¥60,123)

Paris, J.-B. Bailliere et FIls, 1886. Paperback. A very scarce treatise on neurophysiology by Henri-Étienne Beaunis, signed by the author. A very scarce work.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper.In the original French.Part II only, of a total of two parts.A...

Historical Notes on the Borough and the Borough Hospitals

R. M. Wingent · 1913 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, Ash & Co. Ltd. 1913. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this historical study on the borough of Southwark in London, with plans. First edition. Illustrated with two plans and two in-text figures. Collated complete. A collection of essays on the history of the Lon...

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

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

Stamford, The Overbrook Press, 1951. First edition. 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 reco...

Fecundity, Fertility, Sterility and Allied Topics

J. Matthews Duncan [James Matthews Duncan] · 1871 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.12 | $858.69 | ¥137,122)

Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1871. Cloth. The second edition of this notable work which established James Matthews Duncan's reputation in obstetrics; signed by the author to the Scottish physician Allen Thomson. The second edition, revised and enlarged, of this work...

On Concussion of the Spine: Nervous Shock, and Other Obscure Injuries of the Nervous System in Their Clinical and Medico-Legal Aspects

John Eric Erichsen · 1875 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1875. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this important medical work on injuries to the nervous system. The very scarce first edition, with the ads to the rear dated 1874. In the publisher's original cloth. This medic...

The Return to Nature; or, a Defence of the Vegetable Regimen

John Frank Newton · 1821 · Rooke Books

£1,250.00 (€1,498.30 | $1,651.33 | ¥263,696)

London, The Pamphleteer, 1821 . First edition. Unbound. A very scarce edition of John Frank Newton's highly influential early nineteenth century argument in favour of vegetarianism. A vanishingly scarce contemporary edition of John Frank Newton's important work.First...

Unterricht Von Krafft Und Wãƒâ¼Rckung Des Frischen Wassers. Genaue Beschreibung Der Grafenberger Wasserheilanstalt Und Der Priessnitz Ischen Curmethode. Die Wasserheilkunde, Oder Wissenschaftliche Darstellung Der Wirkungs- Und Gebrauchsweise. Aerztliche Winke Fur Brunnen- Und Badegãƒâ¤Ste.

Johann Siegmund Hahn; Carl Munde; Eduard Hlawaczek; J. Ad. Frankl · 1836 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.40 | ¥79,109)

Weimer; Leipzig; Prag; Berlin, Bernh. Friedr. Boigt; Adolf Frohberger; Bei Kronberger und Weber; Ad. Mt. Schlesinger, 1836-39. Leather. A fascinating volume of four German works on hydrotherapy, including the best known work of Johann Siegmund Hahn. Four works bound in one.An ...

The Birds of Surrey

John A. Bucknill · 1900 · Rooke Books

£238.00 (€285.28 | $314.41 | ¥50,208)

London, R. H. Porter, 1900 . First edition. Leather. A handsome copy of the first edition of Sir John Strachey's illustrated ornithological study of the birds of Surrey. The first edition of this work by British lawyer and Judge John Alexander Strachey Bucknill, who serve...

Oral Dynamics and Treatment Planning: A Text for the Dental Student, a Reference Book for the Practitioner and Medical Student

Kurt H. Thoma · 1936 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders Company, 1936. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this scarce work on oral medicine and surgery. First edition. Scarce work. A detailed text and reference for the dental student and practitioner with chapters on examination, diagnosis, ...

The Birds of Scotland Their History, Distribution, and Migration

Evelyn V. Baxter; Leonora Jeffrey Rintoul · 1953 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

Edinburgh; London, Oliver and Boyd, 1953. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Baxter and Rintoul's extensive study on Scottish ornithology, a unique copy with two signed letters from the authors, addressed to fellow ornithologist Dr. Ian Pennie. The first edition.C...

A Hundred Years Hence: The Expectations of an Optimist

T. Baron Russell · 1905 · Rooke Books

£575.00 (€689.22 | $759.61 | ¥121,300)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1905 . First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A signed first edition of this vanishingly scarce work in which the author makes predictions about society one hundred years in the future. The first edition of this very scarce work. A US edition, also very sca...

Awakenings

Oliver Sacks · 1973 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.64 | $350.08 | ¥55,904)

London, Duckworth, 1973 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Oliver Sacks's Hawthornden Prize winning account of his treatment of the survivors of the sleeping-sickness epidemic of 1918. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the publisher's ori...

Einfuhrung in Die Metaphysik

Martin Heidegger · 1957 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Tubingen, Max Niemeyer Verlag, 1957 . Cloth. The second edition of this brief introduction to metaphysics from German philosopher Martin Heidegger. In the original German.The second edition of this introductory work, first published in 1953 from a lecture course given by Heide...

Traite de Chimie Pathologique Apliquee a la Medecine Pratique

Alfred Becquerel; M. A. Rodier · 1854 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

Paris, Germer Balliere, 1854. First edition. Leather. A first edition of this uncommon French volume on pathology. A first edition of this uncommon volume in which Louis Alfred Becquerel and A. Rodier apply their knowledge of pathology to practical medicine. Published in Frenc...

What Has Experimental Physiology Done for the Advancement of the Practice of Surgery?

Robert McDonnell · 1882 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London , J. W. Kolckmann, 1882. Brochure/Pamphlet. An uncommon pamphlet exploring physiology and surgery. A later edition of this pamphlet, with the first edition published on 23rd November 1877. The address asks the question What has Experimental Physiology done for the Adva...

Sea-Water Treatment

J. Roberson Day · 1914 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London , John Bale, Sons & Danielsson , 1914. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition copy of Sea Water Treatment with illustrations. A first edition copy of Sea Water Treatment. This volume explores the merits of sea-water treatment in Paris and England, diseases of the...

Uncle Bob&Apos;S Guides: Care of the Skin & Anemia Its Cause and Cure

Uncle Bob · 0 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Health & Strength, c1910. Paperback. Two very scarce volumes of guides by "Uncle Bob" with tips on maintaining good health. Two volumes. Very scarce works. Dated from the British Library. Booklets in their original wraps from '"Uncle Bob's" Helpful Manuals on...