Medicina e salute

Domestic Medicine; or, a Treatise on the Prevention and Cure of Diseases

William Buchan · 1797 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London, A. Strahan; T. Cadell; W. Davies, 1797 . Leather. A smart copy of the fifteenth edition of William Buchan's pioneering medical work, offering sound medical advice concerning the prevention and cure of disease, aimed at the layperson. First published in 1769, this ...

Report on the Welfare of the Blind in Various Countries

1929 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

Geneva, League of Nations Health Organisation, 1929. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A scarce report from the League of Nations Health Organisation on the welfare of the blind in 1929. A scarce report from the League of Nations Health Organisation. This report on the welfar...

Marine Propellers

Sydney W. Barnaby · 1900 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, E. & F. Spon, Ltd, 1900. Cloth. A highly illustrated educational work on marine propellers. Fourth edition. Illustrated throughout with in-text diagrams and seven plates, six of which fold-out. Collated complete. Reviewing the paddle-wheel, the screw, cavitation, and h...

Les Serotherapies, Lecons de Therapeutique Et Matiere Medicale

L. Landouzy [Louis Theophile Joseph Landouzy] · 1898 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.00 | ¥40,082)

Paris, Georges Carre er C. Naud, 1898. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of L. Landouzy's collection of twenty-nine lectures on serotherapy and other medical treatments of infectious diseases. In the original French.The scarce first edition of French neurosurgeon Lo...

Movable Kidney

C. W. Suckling · 1905 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,016)

London, H. K Lewis , 1905 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition of this early twentieth century illustrated medical book. First edition of Movable Kidney by C. W. Suckling in the original publisher's cloth binding.A study of this cause of insanity, headache, ...

Austrian Health Resorts Throughout the Year

W. Fraser Rae · 1889 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Chapman and Hall , 1889. Cloth. An interesting, nineteenth-century, guide to Austrian health resorts. A very scarce second and enlarged edition. Reprinted, by, permission, from 'The Times&apos. In the publisher's original cloth binding with gilt detail. A stu...

Rabbits for Profit and Rabbits for Powder

R. J. Lloyd Price · 1888 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London, Horace Cox, 1888 . Cloth. A very scarce second edition of this work on the various uses of rabbits. Second edition, in cloth binding. Very scarce edition with illustrations.This book summarises the various uses for farming rabbits. Contents include dangers attendant on...

Das Licht IM Dienste Wissenschaftlicher Forschung

Dr. Med. S. Th. Stein [Sigmund Theodor Stein] · 1877 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.93 | ¥104,424)

Leipzig, Verlag von Otto Spame, 1877. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this illustrated and important guide to the application and role of photography in science and medicine. A scarce work. In the original German.The scarce first edition of Dr. Sigmund Theodore St...

The Elements of Physiology

Johann Friedrich Blumenbach; John Elliotson [trans.] · 1828 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1828 . Cloth. A smart copy of the fourth edition of John Elliotson's very scarce English language translation of J. Fred. Blumenbach's detailed study of the physiology of the human body. The fourth edition of professor o...

Your Days Are Numbered: A Manual of Numerology for Everybody

Florence Campbell · 1932 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London, Rider & Co. 1932. First edition. Cloth. An exciting first complete textbook of numerology, the scarce first UK edition. The scarce first UK edition of this work, preceded by an undated US edition by the same publishers. An exciting work, Your Days are Numbered by Flor...

A Treatise on the Causes and Effects of Inflammation, Fever, Cancer, Scrofula, and Nervous Affections; Observations on the Correctness of Linnaeus&Apos;S Classifications of Diseases, Together with Remarks on the Specific Action of His Patent Medicated Vapour Bath, and Rules for Diet and Regimen

Charles Whitlaw · 1831 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Published by the Author, 1831. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition medical work by Charles Whitlaw, in which he argues for his theory of the benefits of vapour baths. A first edition of this scarce work. This was the only edition published.Half-title is presen...

Fur and Feather Series

Various · 1896 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1896-98. First edition. Cloth. A lovely set of three works relating to the natural history, hunting and preparation of the hare, the rabbit and the red deer, each illustrated throughout and presented in the delightful publisher's pictorial...

Pernicious Anemia

Frank A. Evans · 1926 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

London, Bailliere, Tindall & Cox, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A scarce medical work on the blood disease anaemia by Frank A. Evans. With chapters on the classification of the disease, its occurrence, pathology, description, aetiology, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis.Written...

The Flora of West Lancashire

J. A. Wheldon; Albert Wilson · 1907 · Rooke Books

£78.00 (€93.49 | $103.04 | ¥16,455)

Liverpool, Henry Young & Sons, 1907. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this beautiful work looking into the native flora of West Lancashire, illustrated throughout, including with a colour folding map. The first edition of this work.A fascinating study of the various fl...

Pharmacopoeia Homoepothica

F F Quin · 1834 · Rooke Books

£5,750.00 (€6,892.19 | $7,596.10 | ¥1,213,002)

London, Veneunt Apud S Highley, 1834. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce, first edition copy of the first systematic work on homeopathy published in England. A presentation copy, presented from the author to his pupil and friend, John Calthorp Williams. Interleaved throughout...

Hydropathy; or, the Cold Water Cure, As Practised by Vincent Priessnitz, at Graefenberg, Silesia, Austria

R. T. Claridge · 1842 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.63 | ¥46,411)

London, James Madden and Co. 1842. First edition. Cloth. A lovely rebound first edition copy of Richard Tappin Claridge's best known and most widely cited publication, 'Hydropathy; or, The Cold Water Cure, As Practised by Vincent Priessnitz&apos. Whilst completing a ...

Lettsom His Life, Times, Friends and Descendents

James Johnston Abraham · 1933 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, William Heinemann, 1933. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition copy of this fascinating biographical study of the renowned English physician and philanthropist John Coakley Lettsom. Lettsom was a quaker, physician and philanthropist known for his abolitionist ...

The Personal Equation

Louis Berman · 1925 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1925. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this analysis of the pituitary gland, illustrated throughout, written by Louis Berman. In a signed binding by Best & Co. An interesting work looking at the importance of the pituitary gland, a tiny organ ...

The London Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science Volume XXXV Fifth Series January - June 1893

Lord Kelvin; George Francis Fitzgerald; William Francis · 1893 · Rooke Books

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

London, Taylor and Francis, 1893. Leather. The thirty fifth volume of this historically renowned scientific journal. This volume covers January-June 1893 of the fifth series and boasts a variety of articles on contemporary scientific development, on the diffusion of light, the...

Half-Hours in the Green Lanes: A Book for a Country Stroll

J. E. Taylor · 1910 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)

London, John Grant, 1910 . Leather. A lovely copy of the eighth edition of this scarce illustrated natural history guide for amateur naturalists, with many black and white drawings of flora and fauna, bound in full calf.  Bound in full calf. The eighth edition of this scarce...