Medicina e salute

A History of British Fossil Mammals, and Birds

Richard Owen · 1846 · Rooke Books

£296.00 (€354.80 | $391.03 | ¥62,443)

London, John Van Voorst, 1846 . First edition. Cloth. A very good copy of the first edition of this interesting archeological study, illustrated with one hundred and twenty-seven woodcut illustrations The first edition in the publisher's original cloth.With one hundred an...

Cases in Surgery, with Remarks, to Which Is Added an Essay on the Ligature of Arteries

Charles White; J. Aikin · 1770 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.06 | $918.14 | ¥146,615)

London, W. Johnston, 1770 . First edition. Leather. Illustrated with engraved folding plates, this is the very scarce first edition of Charles White and John Aikin's important work on advances in surgery in the 18th century. The very scarce first edition of Charles White&...

Journal of the International Congress of Acupuncture and Moxibustion

Various · 1965 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

Tokyo, Japan Acupuncture and Moxibustion Society , 1965. Cloth. A very scarce medical journal published by the Japan Acupuncture and Moxibuston Society. A very scarce copy of this official Journal of the Japan Society of Acupuncture and Moxibustion.With the original unclipped ...

Domestic Medicine; or, a Treatise on the Prevention and Cure of Diseases by Regimen and Simple Medicines

William Buchan · 1821 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, W. Lewis, [1821]. Cloth. William Buchan's important medical work, being a family herbal and household guide to preventing and curing illnesses by the renowned Scottish physician. A new edition.Illustrated with occasional monochrome vignettes. First published in 17...

The Sanitary Evolution of London

Henry Jephson · 1907 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1907. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of Henry Jephson's historical account of the public health of the inhabitants of London, previously owned by Henry Burdett. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth. With a folding ...

A Collection of Studies on British Manufacturers by George Dodd

George Dodd · 1844 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)

London, Charles Knight & Co. 1844-1851. Cloth. Two volumes containing the complete six parts of George Dodd's study of British manufacturing from the mid-nineteenth century. Complete in six parts, bound in two volumes. Illustrated throughout. Written by George Dodd, an En...

Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not

Florence Nightingale · 1860 · Rooke Books

£1,750.00 (€2,097.62 | $2,311.86 | ¥369,175)

London, Harrison, 1860. First edition. Cloth. Florence Nightingale's pioneering work on nursing, written after her time in Crimea, the first edition, second issue, of this monumental publication. The first edition, second issue, with "The right of Translation is reserved"...

The Study of Man

Alfred C. Haddon · 1898 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, John Murray, 1898. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this illustrated anthropological study from Alfred Cort Haddon. First edition. Illustrated with eight plates and forty in-text figures. Collated complete. A detailed anthropological study of man, with chapters...

The British Islands and Their Vegetation

A. G. Tansley · 1949 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

Cambridge , At the University Press, 1949. Cloth. A pleasing two-volume study of the environment, history and vegetation of the British Islands, richly illustrated throughout. A new edition, with corrections. Complete in two volumes. In the publisher's original green clot...

A Collection of Papers of Phrenology

Various · 1850 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.00 | ¥40,082)

Various, Various, 1850-1978. Paperback. An interesting set of six papers on phrenology, dating from over a century, all very scarce. A selection of six very scarce papers on phrenology. Phrenology is a pseudoscience, involving the measurement of bumps on the skull to predict m...

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

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

Stamford, The Overbrook Press, 1951. 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 record of the addre...

The Carnegie Works at Pittsburgh

Theodore Dreiser · 1927 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

New York, Privately Printed, 1927. First edition. Cloth. A smart limited edition copy of this essay on the Carnegie Works at Pittsburgh from American journalist Theodore Dreiser. First edition. Limited to one hundred and fifty copies. With decorations. A detailed essay, full o...

Plymouth Medical Society: The Rules and List of the Office Bearers and Members

Plymouth Medical Society · 1957 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Plymouth, The Bowering Press, 1957. Paperback. A very scarce work offering the history, rules and list of members belonging to the Plymouth Medical Society. A very scarce work printed for the Plymouth Medical Society. This book contains a overview of the history of the society...

Epitome of Physiology: A Treatise on the Brain and Nervous System

James Lowe · 0 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

Not Stated , Not Stated, c1900. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce and privately printed treatise promoting the use of the author's 'Vital Restorative' medicine for an array of physiological benefits. A vanishingly scarce, privately printed handbook containing a physio...

A Treatise on Diseases of the Air Passages: Comprising an Inquiry Into the History, Pathology, Causes, and Treatment, of Those Affections of the Throat Called Bronchitis, Chronic Laryngitis, Clergyman&Apos;S Sore Throat, Etc.

Horace Green · 1853 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

New York, Geo. P. Putnam, 1853. Cloth. A now uncommon copy of Horace Green's notable and much disputed treatise on diseases of the air passages. The third edition, revised and enlarged, of this work, rebacked with the publisher's original cloth binding laid down to t...

Letters to Brother John, on Life, Health, and Disease

Edward Johnson · 1837 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, Saunders and Otley, 1837. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of Edward Johnson's series of letters of a variety of medical fields. The first edition of this scarce work.Later editions were simply titled 'Life, Health, and Disease&apos. Before this 1...

The New Forest: Its History and Its Scenery

John R. Wise · 1863 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1863. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated history of the New Forest, England, written by John Richard de Capel Wise. First edition. Illustrated with sixty-three images and two maps, one of which is folding. Collated compl...

The Birds of Wiltshire

Rev. Alfred Charles Smith · 1887 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

London, Printed for the author by R. H. Porter, 1887 . First edition. Leather. The uncommon first edition of Rev. Alfred C. Smith's ornithological study of the birds of Wiltshire, on a lovely signed half morocco binding. The uncommon first edition of this work, which prov...

The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne

Gilbert White · 1813 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

London, White, Cochrane, and Co, 1813. Leather. An early edition of Gilbert White's seminal topographical work on Selborne, illustrated, including with a folding plate, and a hand-coloured plate. An important Mitford edition, with the text corrected and expanded from the ...

City of Liverpool Handbook Compiled for the Congress of the Royal Institute of Public Health

E. W. Hope [editor] · 1903 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

Liverpool, Lee & Nightingale, 1903. Cloth. A very scarce handbook for the Congress of the Royal Institute of Public Health in Liverpool, with illustrations. Very scarce. Illustrated with frontispiece, eighty-two plates, and two folding colour maps. Collated complete. A handboo...