Medicina e salute

British Waders

E. C. Arnold · 1924 · Rooke Books

£188.00 (€225.34 | $248.36 | ¥39,660)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1924. First edition. Cloth. A colourfully illustrated first edition of this ornithological study of British wader birds, written by E. C. Arnold. The first edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A lovely work on the waders, or sho...

The Hand Phrenologically Considered: Being a Glimpse at the Relation of the Mind with the Organisation of the Body

Anonymous · 1848 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1848. First edition. Cloth. A scarce work approaching the study of the hand phrenologically, the first edition, complete with plates. The first edition of this scarce work.An anonymously written study on the hand.This work approaches the hand phrenolo...

Points of the Horse: A Familiar Treatise on Equine Conformation

M. Horace Hayes · 1897 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, W. Thacker & Co. 1897. Cloth. A second edition copy of this illustrated guide to the anatomy and various breeds of horses, by horse expert Horace Hayes. The second revised edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with pictorial gilt to the f...

Field and Hedgerow: Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies Collected by His Widow

Richard Jefferies · 1897 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1897. Cloth. A new edition of this posthumous work, containing the last essays of English nature writer, Richard Jefferies. A new edition of this work. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With a monochrome portrait frontispiece.A ...

Britain&Apos;S Industrial Future, Being the Report of the Liberal Industrial Inquiry

The Liberal Industrial Inquiry · 1928 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Ernest Benn Limited, 1928. First edition. Paperback. A first edition of this historically significant report by the Liberal Industrial Inquiry on Britain's industrial future. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original paper wraps. Commonly cal...

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

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

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...

Man, Culture, and Animals: The Role of Animals in Human Ecological Adjustments. Based on a Symposium Presented at the Denver Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 30 December 1961

Various; Anthony Leeds; Andrew P. Vayda [ed.] · 1970 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Washington, D.C. American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1970. Cloth. An uncommon work discussing the historical relationships between animals and man, based on a symposium and developed from the editors' earlier work on the subject. The third printing of thi...

An Address to the Public on the Propriety of Midwives, Instead of Surgeons, Practising Midwifery

J. R. Pickmere · 1827 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Not Stated [London], Not Stated [A. J. Valpy], 1827. Disbound. An early edition of this very scarce tract on the subject of the propriety of midwives by J. R. Pickmere. The fourth edition, intended for the pamphleteer, with considerable additions, of this very scarce work. Dis...

Astrology of the Ancient Egyptians

Karma · 1924 · Rooke Books

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

London, Philip Allan & Co. 1924 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce, first edition of this historical study of the astrological beliefs of the ancient Egyptians. First edition. Bound in the publisher's original cloth. This scarce work provides a comprehensive insight in...

The Spider&Apos;S Web

Theodore H. Savory · 1952 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, 1952. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this study on spiders by Theodore H Savory, with colour illustrations. The first edition. Part of the 'Wayside and Woodland Series&apos.Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece, monochr...

A Manual of Medical Treatment or Clinical Therapeutics

Burney Yeo; Raymond Crawfurd; E. Farquhar Buzzard · 1909 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1909. Cloth. A smart fourth edition set of this detailed manual of medical and therapeutic treatments. Complete in two volumes. Fourth edition. Illustrated with many in-text figures and diagrams. A detailed medical work with chapters on dise...

A Manual of Fevers

Claude Buchanan · 1919 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, Henry Frowde, 1919. Cloth. A smart second impression of this manual for identifying different fevers. Second impression. Illustrated with six plates and fourteen in-text temperature charts. Collated complete. A manual for identifying, diagnosing, and treating different...

Notes on the Birds of Kent

R. J. Balston; C. W. Shepherd; E. Bartlett · 1907 · Rooke Books

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

London, R. H. Porter, 1907 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this vibrantly illustrated ornithological study of the birds of Kent, in a half morocco signed binding. Only three-hundred copies of this first edition were produced.Illustrated with a photographic front...

John Gould the Bird Man

Gordon C. Sauer · 1982 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, Henry Sotheran Limited , 1982 . First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated first edition of this biographical work on John Gould, one of the most distinguished ornithologists of the nineteenth century. First edition of the work, in the publisher's original gr...

The Gold-Headed Cane

William MacMichael · 1919 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Humphrey Milford, 1919. Cloth. A smart reprint of the second edition of this celebrated work from MacMichael. Reprint of the second edition, originally published in 1828. With illustrated frontispiece and many in-text images. A celebrated autobiography of the gold-head...

Manuale Di Patologia E Terapia Medica Speciale

Johann Nepomuk von Raimann; Giuseppe Ballarini [trans.] · 1826 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Napoli, Tipografia dell'Osservatore Médico, 1826 . Leather. The very scarce first Italian edition of this work by Austrian physician Johann Nepomuk von Raimann. Translated from the original German into Italian by Giuseppe Ballarini.The very scarce first Italian edition, ...

Clinique Chirurgicale de L&Apos;Hoãƒâoeã‚â‚Pital de la Chariteãƒâoeã‚â

L. Gosselin · 1879 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

Paris, Librarie J. B. Balliere et Fils, 1879. Leather. Leon Gosselin offers theoretical and practical advice to fellow surgeons in these leather bound volumes. The French surgeon Leon Gosselin offers a summary of twenty years of theoretical and practical teaching in these thre...

Menneskets Legeme; Vor Historie Fra Holberg Til Vore Dage; Dronninger I Kongschelle Og Andre Fortaellinger; Vore Sygdomme Og Deres Aarsager; Dyrenes LIV

F. Levison · 1901 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

Frem, Det Nordiske Forlag, 1901-1907. Leather. Five uniformly bound half calf volumes on biology, history and literature, written in Danish. A five volume set in half calf bindings. A set of uniformly bound volumes in Danish containing a variety of topics, from human and anima...

An Anthology of Number

Anonymous · 1985 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

Not Stated, The Pembridge Design Studio, 1985 . First edition. Paperback. An excellent copy of this very scarce work on the occult powers of numbers. This unusual and very scarce first edition, anonymously authored, discusses various esoteric ideas about the powers of numbers,...

Tweedales & Smalley (1920), Limited. Constructeurs de Machines Pour la Prãƒâ©Paration, la Filature Et la Retorderie Du Coton, Etc.

Tweedales & Smalley, Limited · 1928 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

Rochdale, E. Wrigley & Sons, 1928. Cloth. A catalogue of machinery for preparing, spinning and doubling cotton by Tweedales & Smalley Ltd. written in French. An illustrated catalogue in the publisher's original cloth binding. A catalogue of the machinery created by Tweeda...