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A Letter to a Friend Upon Occasion of the Death of His Intimate Friend

Sir Thomas Browne · 1690 · Rooke Books

£11,900.00 (€14,263.88 | $15,721.64 | ¥2,509,745)

London, Charles Browne, 1690. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce, first edition copy of Sir Thomas Browne's important treatise, from the library of noted antiquarian, and lawyer Robert S Pirie. This work is a literary elaboration of a clinical report of a real patient wh...

The Principles of Midwifery Including the Diseases of Women and Children Second Edition

John Burns · 1811 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.52 | ¥94,906)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811. Leather. The scarce second edition of this important medical work regarding to the science of midwifery, by noted surgeon John Burns. An excellent copy. A scarce edition of this work, which reached great popularity and was s...

Royal Yachts

C. M. Gvin · 1932 · Rooke Books

£800.00 (€958.92 | $1,056.92 | ¥168,722)

London, Rich and Cowan Ltd. 1932. First edition. Leather. An exceptional and original copy of this limited first edition of this work, a study of Royal Yachts by Charles Murray Gavin, copiously illustrated throughout. Providing a history of Yachts, and specifically Royal Yacht...

Skeavington&Apos;S Modern Farriery Including the Management of Horses, Dogs, Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Poultry, Etc. , Etc,: Their Treatment in Health and Disease; with Practical Information on All That Relates to Farming, Gardening, Shooting, Angling, Etc.

George Skeavington; John Sherer (ed.) · 0 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)

London, John G. Murdoch, c1880. Leather. A very scarce edition of this fascinating study of modern veterinary practices, primarily focusing on the management of horses. This copy also contains information regarding the management of other farm animals, such as dogs, cattle, sh...

Anglo-Britanni de Thermis Britannicis Tractatus Accesserunt Observationes Hydrostaticae, Chromaticae, & Miscellaneae, Uniuscujusq&Apos; Balnei Apud Bathoniam Naturam, Proprietatem & Distinctionem Curatius Exhibentes

Thomae Guidotti; Thomas Guidott · 1691 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.42 | $561.49 | ¥89,634)

London, Franciscus Leach, 1691. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this Latin work regarding thermal baths and their medical properties. A scarce and fascinating work by this pioneering doctor of 'physick&apos. With a frontispiece, eight plates, three of which a...

Oeuvres Completes de Jean-Louis Petit

Jean-Louis Petit · 1837 · Rooke Books

£210.00 (€251.72 | $277.44 | ¥44,290)

Not Stated, Dans Toutes les Librairies Medicales, 1837. Leather. A French medical work on various subjects by Jean Louis Petit. In the original French. With information on dislocations, fractures, tumours, ulcers, haemorrhoids, and amputations. Jean Louis Petit was a French su...

Catalogue of the Natural Science & Technical Periodicals in the Libraries in Melbourne

T.S. Hall [Thomas Sergeant Hall], [assist. E.R. Pitt] · 1911 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

Melbourne, J. Kemp, 1911. Cloth. A very scarce bibliography of a wide variety of science periodicals held at Australia's biggest public library, from agriculture to medicine. The second edition of the Catalogue of the Natural Science & Technical Periodicals in the Librari...

Gerard&Apos;S Herball, or Generall Historie of Plantes

John Gerard [ed. by Thomas Jonhson, Marcus Woodward] · 1927 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.43 | ¥79,089)

London, Gerald Howe, 1927. Vellum. A limited edition facsimile of an iconic work within English horticulture, one of 150 copies printed on handmade paper and in the publisher's original vellum. The limited edition facsimile of Gerard's Herball, or Generall Historie O...

Laboratory Manual for Automotive Electricity, Especially Designed to Accompany the Text "Automotive Construction and Operation" by Wight and Smith

W.M. R. Varner, Fred C. Smith · 1926 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

New York, John Wiley & Sons, 1926. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of a laboratory manual delving into fundamental principles for understanding automotive electricity and engineering, aimed for both public school and trade school students. The scarce first editi...

The Pleasures of Life: Part I; the Pleasures of Life: Part II.

Sir John Lubbock · 1898 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1898. Leather. The complete set of Lubbock's talks on happiness, smartly bound in one half-calf volume. Complete in two volumes, bound as one.Smartly bound in half calf with marbled boards and endpapers.Bookplate of John H. O. Thornhill ...

Clinical Lectures and Essays

Sir James Paget · 1879 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,853)

London, Longmans, Green and Co, 1879. Leather. A collection of essays by renowned surgeon Sir James Paget. The second edition, with the preface to the first edition. Has been bound without publisher's catalogue. Binder's stamp to rear pastedown indicates a binding at...

The Practice of Surgery

Russell Howard · 1924 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London , Edward Arnold and Co. 1924. Cloth. An instructional work on surgery. The third edition, second impression of this work. Illustrated, with eight coloured plates and 542 in-text illustrations. This work is based on surgeries carried out at Howard's place of work, L...

Skin Diseases of Parastic Origin Their Nature and Treatment

W. Tilbury Fox · 1863 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,017)

London , Robert Hardwicke, 1863. Cloth. A scarce copy of this work on parasitic skin diseases. With four plates, collated complete. Including chapters on the nature of parasitic diseases, nomenclature and description of parasitic diseases, and treatment. In a cloth binding. Ex...

Nosographie Chirurgicale

Anthelme Richerand · 1805 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

Paris, Crapart, Caille et Ravier, 1805-06. First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of this work on surgical diseases by Anthelme Richerand, complete in three volumes. The first edition of this work on surgical diseases. In the original French. Complete in three volume...

Le Bulletin Medical

Various · 1907 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

Paris, J. Gainche & R. Tancrede, 1907. Leather. A periodical publication of critical reviews and recent literature in the field of medicine. Illustrated plates of advertisements for medicine and healthy living with medical illustrations throughout. Contains studies on tubercu...

The Transaction of the Veterinary Medical Association Eighth Session 1843-1844

W. J. T. Morton · 1844 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London, Printed for the Association; Compton and Ritchie, c.1844 (Undated, this is the fin. Leather. London: Printed for the Association; Compton and Ritchie, c.1844 (Undated, this is the final year of the session that this publication covers). Leather. Very Good. 9" by 6". No...

La Raza Aberdeen-Angus En la Republica Argentina

Various · 1947 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

Buenos Aires, Argentine Aberdeen Angus Corporation, 1947. Cloth. The very scarce second edition to an agricultural history on the Aberdeen-Angus and its popular breeding in Argentina. The very scarce second edition of La Raza Aberdeen-Angus en la Republica Argentina (The Aberd...

New Improvements in the Art of Midwifery; the Art of Midwifery Improv&Apos;D

Henry a Daventer [Hendrik van Deventer]; Robert Samber [trans.] · 1728 · Rooke Books

£1,950.00 (€2,337.36 | $2,576.23 | ¥411,261)

London, A. Bettesworth; W. Innys , 1728 . Leather. Very scarce English language translations of two works by Dutch gynaecologist Hendrik van Deventer's, discussing of advancements in midwifery. Both volumes are very scarce in all editions, and translated from the original...

A Treatise on the Nature and Treatment of Scrophula

Eusebius Arthur Lloyd · 1829 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, John Anderson, 1829 . Cloth. A bright example of the second edition of this very scarce discussion of the treatments, causes and physiological affects of the condition scrophula, now known as mycobacterial cervical lymphadenitis. An early edition of this very scarce wo...

London Guides

None; Frank Green [rev. and ed. by David Watts] · 1924 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, London Underground, Odhams Press; Printing Craft, 1924-1935. Paperback. Two charming revised second edition guides to London from the early twentieth century. Brilliant for tourists and local interest. Two charming early twentieth century local guides for the iconic ci...