Medicina e salute

Iron Road: The Railway in Scotland

P. J. G. Ransom · 2007 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, Birlinn, 2007. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of the history of the railway in Scotland, illustrated throughout. The first edition. The first edition of this volume. A lovely, bright copy of this volume detailing the history of railway in Scotland, beginning in th...

Problems Omnibus

Hubert Phillips · 1960 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, Arco Publications , 1960-1962. First edition. Cloth. An excellent set in two volumes of Hubert Phillips' Problem Omnibus, the first editions comprising word puzzles, inference, and mathematical problems. The first edition of these two volumes, published in 1960 an...

The Cinema in Education Being the Report of the Psychological Investigation Conducted by Special Subcommittees Appointed by the Cinema Commission of Enquiry Established by the National Council of Public Morals

James Marchant · 1925 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)

London, George Allen and Unwin, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A superb first edition copy of this uncommon title of this study on the psychology of cinema in education, in the extremely scarce dustwrapper. The first edition of this work, an uncommon title.An interesting study ed...

A Treatise on the Tonic System of Treating Affections of the Stomach and Brain: Comprehending an Account of the Causes and Nature of Impairment of the Constitution, Indigestion, Determination of Blood to the Head, Impairment and Morbid Excitation of the Brain, Paralysis, Apoplexy, and Insanity

Henry Searle · 1843 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Richard and John E. Taylor, 1843. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of Henry Searle's Victorian medical work on afflictions of the stomach and brain, a unique study. The first edition of this work.A very scarce work.An interesting early Victorian m...

Monatliche Neueroffnete Anmerckungen Uber Alle Theile Der Artzney-Kunst Zusammen Gebrachy IM Jahr 1679

Nicolas de Blegny · 1679 · Rooke Books

£1,400.00 (€1,678.10 | $1,849.49 | ¥295,340)

Hamburg, Gottfried Schultzens Kosten, 1679-1682. Vellum. A very smart copy of this scarce German translation of Nicolas de Blegny's notable medical journal. Frequently regarded as the first French medical journal. First thus, the first edition of Johann Lange's trans...

The Gentleman&Apos;S Farriery: Or, a Practical Treatise on the Diseases of the Horses

J. Bartlet · 1773 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London, J. Nourse; Hawes, Clark and Collins, 1773 . Leather. Charmingly illustrated with folding plates, this is the eighth edition of this popular 18th century work on the practice of farrier, and the health of horses. The eighth edition of this work.James Barlet's concl...

Contributions to the Study of Precocity in Children the History of Nearology

Leonard George Guthrie · 1921 · Rooke Books

£230.00 (€275.69 | $303.84 | ¥48,520)

London , Eric G. Millar, 1921. Cloth. A scarce collection of the Fitzpatrick Lectures, on the history of Medicine used for the treatment of children. An important work in its field. Never reprinted. Delivered at the Royal College of Physicians in the years 1907-1908. Presentat...

The Pupil&Apos;S Pharmacopoeia; Being a Literal Translation of the London Pharmacopoeia

W. Maugham · 1824 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.42 | $561.45 | ¥89,657)

London , Longman, Hurst, Reese, Orme, Brown and Green, 1824. Cloth. An scarce copy of this compendium of medicinal drugs and their uses. Here presented for the benefit of students of medicine with the original Latin of the London edition interwoven with the English translation...

La Medecine Des Passions; Ou Les Passions Considerees Dans Leurs Rapports Avec Les Maladies, Les Lois, Et la Religion

J. B. F. Descuret · 1844 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.83 | ¥14,345)

Liege, Imprimerie De J. G. Lardinois, 1844. Leather. A copy of this nineteenth century work on medicine by Descuret, an original early French edition. A copy of this Nineteenth Century work on medicine by Descuret. Fourth Edition, corrected and augmented; in French. Jean Bapti...

An Open Letter to Young Women; an Open Letter to Young Men

Violet D. Swaisland; Dr. Douglas White · 1933 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.79 | ¥37,972)

London, British Social Hygiene Council, 1933-1938. Paperback. A very scarce pair of "letters" from the British Social Hygiene Council, educating young people on sexual health and premarital relations. Both very scarce pamphlets, with the Young Men's letter being a ninth e...

Alcohol and the Human Body an Introduction to the Study of the Subject, and a Contribution to National Health

Sir Victor Horsley; Mary D. Sturge; Arthur Newsholme · 1909 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1909. Cloth. An illustrated study of the effect of alcohol on the human body, by Victor Horsley and Mary Sturge. Presented from Sir William Hartley on behalf of the Lancashire & Cheshire Band of Hope & Temperance Union, with a label to the fr...

Home Life on an Ostrich Farm

Annie Martin · 1892 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, George Philp & Son Ltd. 1892. Cloth. A third edition of this illustrated account of the author's own experiences living on an ostrich farm. Third edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and eleven images across seven plates. Collated complete. A personal narrativ...

Famous Ocean Liners Photo Postcards

William H. Miller Jr; Stephen J. Card · 1988 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Toronto; London, General Publishing Company LTD; Constable and Company LTD, 1988. Paperback. A volume of twenty-four postcards depicting famous ocean liners, including four signed colour plates by Stephen J. Card. A unique volume comprising of twenty-four ready-to-mail postcar...

Wayside and Woodland Ferns

Edward Step · 1908 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, Frederick Warne & Co, 1908. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this profusely illustrated pocket sized guide to the ferns of Britain. The first edition.A fantastic pocket sized guide to the British ferns, club-mosses and horsetails by Edward Step, containing mu...

Notes on the Birds of Herefordshire

Henry Graves Bull · 1888 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London; Hereford, Hamilton, Adams & Co; Jakeman & Carver, 1888. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Henry Graves Bull's and the Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club's study on the birds of Herefordshire. The first edition of this work.A study of the birds nat...

The Journal of Analytical Psychology

Philip Metman; Eva Metman · 1956 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

Not Stated, Not Stated, 1956-8 . Leather. A compilation of three volumes from The Journal of Analytical Psychology, written by Philip Metman, with notes from the author loosely inserted. A compilation of three articles from The Journal of Analytical Psychology, bound together ...

The Compleat Naturalist: A Life of Linnaeus

Wilfrid Blunt · 1971 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Collins, 1971. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this beautifully illustrated biography of Carl Linnaeus, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page, dated 1973. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, reverse of the fronti...

A Discourse of the Preservation of the Sight: Of Melancholike Diseases; of Rheumes, and of Old Age

M. Andreas Laurentius; Richard Surphlet [trans.] · 1938 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Humphrey Milford , 1938. Paperback. A pleasing facsimile copy of this discussion of anatomy from French physician Andre du Laurens, published for the Shakespeare Association. A facsimile edition of this discourse. In the publisher's original stiff card wraps. No...

The Elements of Materia Medica; Comprehending the Natural History, Preparation, Properties, Composition, Effects, and Uses of Medicines Part I

Jonathan Pereira · 1839 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1839. Cloth. A smart copy of the first part of this scarce work exploring the effects and uses of medicines. Part I only. Part II was published in 1840. Scarce work. A detailed and comprehensive study exploring the natural histo...

The Concept of Mental Maturity

T. H. Pear · 1944 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

Manchester, The Manchester University Press, 1944 . Paperback. British psychologist Tom Hatherley Pear's vanishingly scarce essay on the mental maturity of youth, from the library of science-fiction author Brian Aldiss. A vanishingly scarce work, reprinted from the '...