Medicina e salute

Toilers of the Field

Richard Jefferies · 1892 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1892. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this collection of essays by Richard Jefferies. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Frontispiece of a photograph taken by J. Owen, of the Margaret Thomas's bust of Richa...

Motor Roads to London

Mitchell Motor Works & Garage · 1912 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London , Mitchell Motor Works & Garage, 1912. Cloth. A comprehensive pocket guide of motor roads to London, with a colour folding map. A third edition copy of Motor Roads to London. The volume details various routes into London from various locations including Dover, Margate, ...

A Complete Treatise of Land Surveying, by the Chain, Cross, and Offset Staffs Only

William Davis · 1802 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.45 | ¥49,575)

London, H. D. Symonds; W. Baynes; Lackington, Allen, and Co; et al, 1802. Leather. The very scarce second edition of this interesting volume on land surveying and agriculture, complete with many folding plates. The very scarce second edition of this work.Illustrated with seven...

Norfolk Broads and Rivers or the Water-Ways, Lagoons and Decoys of East Anglia

G. Christopher Davies · 1884 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

Edinburgh , William Blackwood and Sons, 1884. Cloth. A charming new edition on the rivers and waterways of the Norfolk Broads, with illustrations throughout. A charming new edition with illustrations of Norfolk Broads and Rivers or The Water-Ways, Lagoons and Decoys of East An...

The Birds of Surrey

John A. Bucknil · 1900 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London , R. H. Porter , 1900. First edition. Cloth. A lovely illustrated first edition copy that details the local natural history of Surrey and its Birds. This is an ornithological history of the birds of Surrey with six photogravure plates and further illustrations throughou...

Gibson&Apos;S Treatise on Land Surveying

Robert Gibson; Marcus Trotter · 1839 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

Dublin, John Cumming, 1839. Cloth. Marcus Trotter's very scarce edition of Robert Gibson's mathematical guide to methods of land surveying. Illustrated with three folding plates. First published in 1752 under the title 'A Treatise of Practical Surveying', t...

The Works of John Burroughs

John Burroughs · 1889 · Rooke Books

£490.00 (€587.33 | $647.32 | ¥103,369)

Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1889-1891. Leather. A very scarce eight volume collection of the writings of this American naturalist and conservationist, in smart half calf bindings. A very scarce set of the writings of John Burroughs, an American naturali...

Mr. Spencer Wells&Apos;S Note Book for Cases of Ovarian and Other Abdominal Tumours

Spencer Wells · 1877 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London, J. & A. Churchill, 1877. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce notebook for cases of ovarian tumours, by Spencer Wells, filled out with a case of an old maid by a Mr. Greig Smith. A very scarce work.The fifth edition of this work.An interesting note book by Spencer Wells, i...

A Dissertation on the Gout, and All Chronic Diseases, Jointly Considered, As Proceeding from the Same Causes; What Those Causes Are; and a Rational and Natural Method of Cure Proposed. Addressed to All Invalids. Observations on Dr. Cadogan&Apos;S Dissertation on the Gout and All Chronic Diseases

William Cadogan; William Falconer · 1771 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London; Bath, J. Dodsley, 1771-72. Leather. Two volumes bound in one, being William Cadogan's treatise on gout, and William Falconer's reply attacking Cadogan. Two volumes in one.'A Dissertation on the Gout', the seventh edition of this work, published in t...

An Account of the Scarlet Fever and Sore Throat or Scarlatina Anginosa

William Withering · 1779 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.34 | ¥68,561)

London, T. Cadell, 1779. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce, first edition copy of this eighteenth-century treatise on scarlet fever, in particular its prominence in Birmingham during 1778. Written by noted English botanist and physician William Withering. Presenting the ...

The Hand: Its Mechanism and Vital Endowments As Evincing Design

Sir Charles Bell · 1852 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.92 | ¥24,260)

London, John Murray, 1852. Cloth. An impressively detailed and illustrated study of the comparative anatomy and physiology of the hand. The revised fifth edition of this anatomical study from Scottish surgeon and physician Charles Bell, illustrated throughout with vignette eng...

Pharmacopoeia Extemporanea or a Body of Medicines Containing a Thousand Select Prescripts

Thomas Fuller · 1714 · Rooke Books

£1,800.00 (€2,157.55 | $2,377.91 | ¥379,722)

London, William Innys, 1714. Fine Binding. A very scarce second edition of Thomas Fuller's important medical treatise, which provides previously guarded medical recipes. In English. Fuller produced this work with hope that it may be some service to beginners and although...

An Introduction to the Practice of Midwifery Vol. I; Observations on the Cure of Cancer

Thomas Denman · 1801 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London, Printed for J Johnston, 1801-10. First edition. Leather. An attractively bound copy of some early printings of two very scarce medical works in one by Thomas Denman, presented by the Birmingham Medical Institute. Two medical works bound in one by Thomas Denman. Present...

The Coastal Trade: Sailing Craft of British Waters 900-1900

Basil Greenhill · 1975 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, The Bourton Press, 1975. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this in-depth history of British vessels covering over a millenia, richly illustrated in colour throughout and presented in the original dust wrapper and slipcase. Detailing coastal vessels, local vessel...

Pernicious Anaemia: Its Pathology, Septic Origin, Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment

William Hunter · 1901 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.83 | ¥14,345)

London, Charles Griffin and Company, Limited, 1901. First edition. Cloth. A first edition work based on the investigations of William Hunter regarding the blood disease anaemia, illustrated with colour plates and charts. Exploring the history of our understanding of anaemia, i...

Mechanical Essays on the Animal Oeconomy

James Handley · 1721 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.25 | $726.58 | ¥116,026)

London, A Bettesworth, 1721. Leather. A bright, first edition copy of James Handley's uncommon medical publication. This is one of two works written by James Handley. The other was his 1705 treatise 'The Art of Surgery' which was initially published anonymously ...

A Treatise on Asiatic Cholera

Edmund Charles Wendt · 1885 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.32 | ¥23,205)

New York, William Wood and Company, 1885. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this fascinating account of the spread and management of cholera, illustrated with maps. Examining the history of cholera outbreaks until 1885, its etiology, symptoms and mortality, anatomy and ...

The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne

James Edmund Harting · 1875 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.90 | ¥59,068)

London, Bickers and Son, 1875. Fine Binding. An exquisite Bickers and Son bound history of Selbourne, Hampshire, illustrated by Thomas Bewick. First published in 1789, this work has been in print continuously, with some three hundred editions up to 2007. It comprises a mix of ...

Contributions to the Flora and Fauna of Repton and Neighbourhood

William Wyatt; C. G. Thornton; William Garneys · 1881 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, Bemrose & Sons, 1881. Cloth. The second edition of William Garneys' exploration of the natural flora and fauna in Repton, illustrated with a folding map. The second edition of this work.A study of the natural flora and fauna of Repton, a village in South Derbyshir...

Flora of Kent

Frederick Janson Hanbury; Edward Shearburn Mashall · 1899 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, Frederick J. Hanbury, 1899. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this detailed reference work to the flora of Kent, illustrated with two detailed folding maps, one of which is in colour. The first edition of this work.An account of the flora native to the county ...