Medicin og sundhed

The Love of Wild Life

Mary Maughan · 1977 · Rooke Books

£585.00 (€701.21 | $772.87 | ¥123,378)

None, None, 1977-79. Leather. A very unique hand-produced journal, recounting ornithological and zoological tours undertaken by a Mary Maughan, compiled with original photographs and drawings. A beautiful and unique hand-produced ornithological and zoological journal. With on...

The Plight of the Miners a National Danger

John Galsworthy · 1928 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London , The Coalfields Distress Committee, 1928. Brochure/Pamphlet. A smart pamphlet detailing the plight of the miners. A pamphlet on mining. Reprinted from the Manchester Guardian from October 5th 1928, this article which details the hardships of the miners in the North of...

The Rivers of Great Britain. Descriptive, Historical, Pictorial. Rivers of the East Coast

Various · 1889 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London, Cassell & Company, 1889. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this heavily illustrated volume on Great Britain's eastern rivers. In this first edition, various authors included Francis Watt, John Geddie, and Aaron Watson describe the history of Britain's ...

Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Economic Geology in London

Chief Commissioner of Her Majesty's Woods, Works, and Land Revenues · 1846 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1846-1848. Cloth. A nice copy of the geological survey of Great Britain, with folding maps and colour plates Three volumes of the Geological Survey of Great Britain published between 1846 and 1848. With nine folding plates to the re...

Professional Anecdotes or Ana of Medical Literature

1825 · Rooke Books

£1,375.00 (€1,648.14 | $1,816.58 | ¥289,992)

London, John Knight & Henry Lacey , 1825. First edition. Leather. A beautiful set of this scarce work of medical literature in three uniform volumes. The first edition of this work. A scarce work of medical literature, with chapters concerned with particular ailments, importan...

Uncle Bob&Apos;S" Helpful Manuals on Health and Exercise: Care of the Eyes

Uncle Bob · 0 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

Strand, Health & Strength, c1940. Paperback. A very scarce booklet containing tips to maintain good health of the eyes by "Uncle Bob" in lovely condition. A very scarce third edition of this work, rare in all editions. Booklet in its original wraps from '"Uncle Bob'...

Absorption from the Intestine

Frigyes Verzár; E.J McDougall · 1936 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London , Longmans, Green and Co. 1936 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this academic work about intestinal physiology by medical historian Frigyes Verzar A first edition of Frigyes Verzar's academic work on intestinal absorption, with 12 plates, collated and com...

Universal Magnetism: A Private Training Course in the Magnetic Control of Others

Edmund Shaftesbury · 1942 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

Marple, Cheshire, Psychology Publishing Co. Ltd, 1942. Cloth. A remarkable work on mind-control by Edmund Shaftesbury, published for the Psychology Publishing Co. A fascinating work on mind control, detailing realms seven through ten, on control of individuals, the estate of s...

Yorkshire Geological Society Vol. XVI, Part III. The Carboniferous Rocks

T. McKenny Hughes · 1908 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Leeds; London, Chorley & Pickersgill, Ltd.; The Electric Press, 1908. Paperback. A well presented article on Ingleborough's Carboniferous Rocks by T. McKenny Hughes, reprinted from the Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society in 1908. A well presented article on In...

On the Nature and Treatment of Tetanus & Hydrophobia, with Some Observations on a Natural Classification of Diseases in General

Robert Reid · 1817 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

Dublin, J. J. Nolan, 1817. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition work on the treatment of the diseases tetanus and rabies, an interesting early work on the subjects complete with a hand coloured frontispiece. The first edition of this very scarce work.Reid's t...

Lexicon Phyisco-Medicum: Or, a New Physical Dictionary; Explaining the Difficult Terms Used in the Several Branches of the Profession, and in Such Parts of Philosophy As Are Introductory Thereunto. To Which Is Added Some Account of the Things Signified by Such Terms: Collected from the Most Eminent Authors; and Particularly Those Who Have Wrote Upon Mechanical Principles

John Quincy · 1722 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.08 | ¥50,617)

London, E. Bell, 1722. Leather. A scarce second edition of John Quincy's important and popular medical dictionary, a wonderful example of medicine on the early eighteenth century. A second edition of this scarce work, last seen at auction in 2003. This second edition was ...

The Study of Medicine

John Mason Good · 1825 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.47 | $515.25 | ¥82,252)

London, Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1825. Cloth. The very scarce complete second edition of this detailed study of 'the Healing Art as a science&apos. The complete and very scarce five volume second edition of English writer and physician John Mason Good's 'The S...

Notes on Cholera Its Nature and Treatment

George Johnson · 1866 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.32 | ¥57,998)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1866. Cloth. A With information on symptoms, treatment and pathology of cholera, a disease which plagued Victorian Britain.Written by Sir George Johnson, an English physician best known for his contributions in the fields of cholera and kidney ...

Practical Astrology

John Middleton · 1679 · Rooke Books

£7,500.00 (€8,989.84 | $9,908.59 | ¥1,581,772)

London, J C for Richard Preston , 1679. First edition. Leather. An extremely scarce first edition of John Middleton's treatise on practical astrology. ESTC reference no R844.This copy with the signatures: [2], A-S8, T4. Collated, lacking original blanks, all text leaves ...

Observations on the Fauna of Norfolk, and More Particularly on the District of the Broads

Richard Lubbock · 1879 · Rooke Books

£89.00 (€106.68 | $117.58 | ¥18,770)

Norwich, Jarrold & Sons, 1879. Cloth. An expanded edition of this noted work on the natural fauna of Norfolk, illustrated with a detailed folding map. Richard Lubbock's immense study of the natural fauna found in Norfolk, particularly in the district of the Broads.Illustr...

A Letter on the Origin Nature and Dignity of the Degrees of Doctor More Particularly in Physick

Dennis De Coetlogon · 1736 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.02 | ¥40,072)

London, J Roberts, 1736. First edition. Disbound. A scarce pamphlet on the study of Physick in Universities. Written by the French doctor Dennis de Coetlogon. Published anonymously, but this work was later attributed by Dennis de Coetlogon. ESTC reference no: T56020. From t...

An Account of Some of the Most Important Diseases Peculiar to Women

Robert Gooch · 1832 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.43 | ¥79,089)

Philadelphia, E. L. Carey & A. Hart, 1832. First edition. Leather. The first edition thus of Robert Gooch's fascinating and instructional work on diseases of women, illustrated throughout. The first edition thus of this work, being the first U.S. edition. With a half-titl...

Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind

John Caspar Lavater; Henry Hunter · 1810 · Rooke Books

£1,900.00 (€2,277.43 | $2,510.18 | ¥400,716)

London, T. Bensley, 1810. Leather. A nicely illustrated set of Johann Kaspar Lavater's fascinating work looking into the pseudoscience physiognomy. Complete in five volumes, being three volumes bound in five. Collated, complete. A fascinating work on the science of physio...

A Universal Formulary: Containing the Methods of Preparing and Administering Officinal and Other Medicines. The Whole Adapted to Physicians and Pharmaceutists

R. Eglesfeld Griffith · 1851 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London, Thomas Delf, 1851. Cloth. A very scarce work of medical history from the mid-nineteenth century, written by R. Eglesfeld Griffith. Second edition. This particular copy has been rebacked with the original backstrip preserved and new endpapers. With the previous owners i...

Diseases of the Tongue by Henry T. Butlin Surgical Diseases of the Kidney by Henry Morris the Diseases of the Breast by Thomas Bryant

Henry T. Butlin; Henry Morris; Thomas Bryant · 1885 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, Cassell and Company, 1885-1887. First edition. Leather. A highly illustrated collection of detailed medical works written by three renowned doctors in their specified fields. First editions. Part of the Clinical Manuals For Practitioners And Students Of Medicine series...