Medicina e salute

The New "Mauretania": Fulfilment of a Great Enterprise

E. Keble Chatterton · 1938 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)

Liverpool, Cunard White Star, 1938 . First edition. Paperback. A very scarce launch brochure for the RMS Mauretania, a British ocean liner that was one of the first ships built for the newly formed Cunard-White Star company. A very scarce first edition.Completed in May 1939, t...

Mems. Maxims, and Memoirs

William Wadd · 1827 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London, Callow and Wilson, 1827. First edition. Leather. A scarce medical history from British surgeon William Wadd, from the ownership of Poet Laureate, Alfred Lord Tennyson. This copy comes from the library of Alfred Lord Tennyson, the beloved Poet Laureate during much of Qu...

The Anatomy of the Bones and Muscles, Exhibiting the Parts As They Appear on Dissection

George Simpson · 1825 · Rooke Books

£900.00 (€1,078.78 | $1,188.95 | ¥189,861)

London, For the Author, by J. Johnson, 1825 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of George Simpson's impressively detailed guide to the human muscular and skeletal systems, illustrated with lithographs. A very scarce first edition.Including both parts o...

A Synopsis of the Various Kinds of Difficult Parturition, with Practical Remarks on the Management of Labours

Samuel Merriman · 1820 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, J. Callow, 1820 . Hardback. The third edition of Samuel Merriman's early book on obstetrics and midwifery, illustrated with five engraved plates. The third edition of this work.Illustrated with five plates. Collated, complete.The author Samuel Merriman refers to h...

The West Highlands and the Hebrides: A Geologist&Apos;S Guide for Amateurs

Alfred Harker · 1941 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Cambridge, Cambridge at the University Press, 1941. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated guide to the geology of the West Highlands and Hebrides. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with a portrait plate, eighty-one in-text figures, and eight map...

Statistics Relative to Schools in Scotland Collected by the Registrars of Births, Deaths, and Marriages Under Instructions from Her Majesty&Apos;S Commissioners Appointed to Inquire Into the Schools in Scotland

Education Commission (Scotland) · 1865 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Edinburgh, Her Majesty's Stationery Office , 1865. Leather. A very scarce leather-bound report containing thorough statistics of Scotland's schools. A very scarce report carried by the Education Commission of Scotland, with a series of statistics collected under inst...

Newton: The Man

Lieut-Col R. de Villamil · 1931 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Gordon D. Knox , [1931]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this biographical work on the celebrated English scientist Sir Isaac Newton, with a foreword by the famous theoretical physicist, Professor Albert Einstein. The first edition. Illustrated with a monoc...

Memoirs of John Abernethy, with a View of His Lectures, His Writings, and Character; with Additional Extracts from Original Documents, Now First Published

George Macilwain · 1856 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Hatchard and Co , 1856. Cloth. A carefully compiled book of memoirs relating to the popular English surgeon, John Abernethy, a reputable contributor to the field of digestion. Third edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With an illustrated frontisp...

Albert Einstein: A Biographical Portrait

Anton Reiser [Rudolf Kayser] · 1931 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London, Thornton Butterworth Limited , 1931. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of Anton Reiser's biography on the celebrated theoretical physicist, Albert Einstein, with a foreword by the incredible scientist himself. The very scarce first UK edition. First publi...

The Leopidopterist&Apos;S Guide Intended for the Young Collector, Containing Full Instructions for the Collecting, Management, Observation, Preservation, of Lepidoptera, in All Their Stages.

H. Guard Knaggs · 1869 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)

London, John Van Voorst , 1869. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce entomological work on butterflies and moths by H. Guard Knaggs. The very scarce first edition of this scarce work. In the publisher's original cloth. This entomological work was writt...

Sporting Wildfowl of the British Isles: Studies in Words and Pictures

Brian P. Martin · 1999 · Rooke Books

£3,500.00 (€4,195.24 | $4,623.71 | ¥738,349)

Holt, Norfolk, Fine Sporting Interests Ltd, 1999 . First edition. Leather. A sumptuous study of the wildfowl of the British Isles, one of only twelve review copies, sent to sporting and countryside author John Humphreys. Signed by the author and illustrator. A very scarce limi...

Rapport Sur Les Dents Artificielles, Terro-Metalliques de la Composition de M. Fonzi; Reponse a M. Dubois-Foucou, Chirurgien-Dentiste Sur la Brochure Publiee Par Lui En 1808

B.-R. Fabre; Giuseppangelo Fonzi · 1808 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.71 | $1,255.01 | ¥200,409)

Paris, AtheÃÂOeneÃÂOee des Arts; Imprimerie de Cordier, 1808-1809 . Cloth. Two very scarce early nineteenth century works on dentistry and prosthetic teeth, including a report on the advancements made by Fonzi, and his response to criticisms levelled against him. In ...

Hypnotism and the Power Within

S. J. Van Pelt · 1951 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

New York, Skeffington and Son, 1951 . Cloth. A signed copy of the third printing of Sydney James Van Pelt's work on hypnotism. Inscribed 'To Josephine Hannah, Van Pelt' to the front free endpaper.The third printing of this work, published ten months after the fi...

The Love of Wild Life

Mary Maughan · 1977 · Rooke Books

£585.00 (€701.21 | $772.82 | ¥123,410)

None, None, 1977-79. Leather. A very unique hand-produced journal, recounting ornithological and zoological tours undertaken by a Mary Maughan, compiled with original photographs and drawings. A beautiful and unique hand-produced ornithological and zoological journal. With on...

The Plight of the Miners a National Danger

John Galsworthy · 1928 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London , The Coalfields Distress Committee, 1928. Brochure/Pamphlet. A smart pamphlet detailing the plight of the miners. A pamphlet on mining. Reprinted from the Manchester Guardian from October 5th 1928, this article which details the hardships of the miners in the North of...

The Rivers of Great Britain. Descriptive, Historical, Pictorial. Rivers of the East Coast

Various · 1889 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, Cassell & Company, 1889. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this heavily illustrated volume on Great Britain's eastern rivers. In this first edition, various authors included Francis Watt, John Geddie, and Aaron Watson describe the history of Britain's ...

Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Economic Geology in London

Chief Commissioner of Her Majesty's Woods, Works, and Land Revenues · 1846 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1846-1848. Cloth. A nice copy of the geological survey of Great Britain, with folding maps and colour plates Three volumes of the Geological Survey of Great Britain published between 1846 and 1848. With nine folding plates to the re...

Professional Anecdotes or Ana of Medical Literature

1825 · Rooke Books

£1,375.00 (€1,648.13 | $1,816.46 | ¥290,066)

London, John Knight & Henry Lacey , 1825. First edition. Leather. A beautiful set of this scarce work of medical literature in three uniform volumes. The first edition of this work. A scarce work of medical literature, with chapters concerned with particular ailments, importan...

Uncle Bob&Apos;S" Helpful Manuals on Health and Exercise: Care of the Eyes

Uncle Bob · 0 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Strand, Health & Strength, c1940. Paperback. A very scarce booklet containing tips to maintain good health of the eyes by "Uncle Bob" in lovely condition. A very scarce third edition of this work, rare in all editions. Booklet in its original wraps from '"Uncle Bob'...

Absorption from the Intestine

Frigyes Verzár; E.J McDougall · 1936 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London , Longmans, Green and Co. 1936 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this academic work about intestinal physiology by medical historian Frigyes Verzar A first edition of Frigyes Verzar's academic work on intestinal absorption, with 12 plates, collated and com...