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The Spoils of Victory and the Dean&Apos;S Dilemma

Ray Ebridge; H. O. Brookhouse; G. W. Dryland · 1909 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

London, Ash & Compy. Ltd; Published by Subscription Only, 1909. Cloth. A very scarce binding of two Edwardian playscripts performed by Guy's Hospital Residents' Theatricals, and illustrated throughout. A very scarce binding of two independently very scarce play scrip...

Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference

[eds. by Don E. Wilson, DeeAnn M. Reeder] · 1993 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1993. Cloth. The second edition of an extensive record listing the thousands of different mammal species discovered up to 1993, with details of distribution and locality interspersed. The second edition of Mammal Species of the World:...

L&Apos;Art Francais Dans le Livre D&Apos;Oiseaux (Elements D&Apos;Une Iconographie Ornithologique Francaise)

René Ronsil · 1957 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

Paris, Société Ornithologique de France et de L'Union Française, 1957. First edition. Leather. The first edition of a celebration of bird painting and ornithological artists over French history, with beautiful plates throughout. The first edition of L'art Francais...

The Races of Man; and Their Geographical Distribution to Which Is Affixed an Analytical Synopsis of the Natural History of Man.

Charles Pickering; John Charles Hall · 1850 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, H. G. Bohn, 1850. Cloth. The second edition of Charles Pickering's anthropological study into human genetics, illustrated with coloured plates. The second, new edition of this work by American naturalist and physician Charles Pickering. first published in 1848. Bo...

The Modern Practice of Physic Exhibiting the Character, Causes, Symptoms, Prognostis, Morbid Appearances and Improved Method of Treating the Diseases of All Climates

Robert Thomas · 1828 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)

London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green et al. 1828. Leather. A nineteenth century medical guide to several different diseases and ailments The ninth edition of this text. In a Robert Seton of Head of the Mound, Edinburgh, binding. Written by Robert Thomas, an honorary me...

Medical Notes and Reflections

Henry Holland, M.D F.R.S. &c. · 1839 · Rooke Books

£58.99 (€70.71 | $77.93 | ¥12,441)

London, Longman, Orme, Brown, et al. 1839. First edition. Leather. A collection of medical notes and reflections. Sir Henry Holland, 1st Baronet (27 October 1788 – 27 October 1873) was a British physician and travel writer. Born in Knutsford, Cheshire, Holland was the son of ...

Interest at One View, Calculated to a Farthing

Richard Hayes · 1789 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,434)

London, J. Johnson G. G. J. et al. 1789. Leather. An early book of interest tables. Bound in morocco leather with gilt bands. Uncommon. Richard Hayes was an accountant. In a full morocco binding. The binding is tight and firm. The boards are attached by the cords only. There i...

The Harveian Oration: Rheumatic Fever and Heart Disease

John Parkinson · 1945 · Rooke Books

£27.99 (€33.55 | $36.98 | ¥5,903)

London, The Lancet, 1945. Cloth. A cloth bound copy of John Parkinson's speech delivered at the annual Harveian Oration of 1945, on the subject of 'Rheumatic Fever and Heart Disease&apos. Reprinted from the weekly peer-reviewed general medical journal, 'The Lanc...

A Treatise on Febrile Diseases, Including Intermitting, Remitting and Continued Fevers

Alexander Phillips Wilson · 1809 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.26 | ¥12,652)

Hartford, Oliver D. Cooke, c1809. Cloth. A rare medical text from prolific medical writer, Alexander Philip Wilson. Volume one of the original two. Although title page is absent, believed to be the 1809 Oliver D. Cooke publication. From the writer of "An experimental inquiry i...

Observations on the General Principles and on the Particular Nature and Treatment of Various Species of Inflammation Being, with Additions, the Substance of an Essay to Which the Jacksonian Prize, from the Year 1818, Was Adjudged by the Royal College of Surgeons

J. H. James · 1821 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.65 | $343.50 | ¥54,835)

London , Thomas and George Underwood, 1821. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce early edition of Observations on the General Principles and on the Particular Nature and Treatment of Various Species of Inflammation by J. H. James who was surgeon to the Devon and Exeter Hospital...

Handbook for the Physiological Laboratory

E. Klein · 1873 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London , J. & A. Churchill, 1873. Cloth. A fascinating guide to the classical experiments that embody the vivisectional methodology of what was to Britain a new physiology. The work is intended for beginners to the science. Split into Histology, the study of the microscopic an...

Gynaecology for Students and Practitioners

Thomas Watts Eden; Cuthbert Lockyer · 1916 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, J and A Churchill, 1916. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated practical instructional medical text. This work is on early twentieth century gynaecology. The first edition. Illustrated throughout, with numerous vignette diagrams and twenty coloure...

A Systematic Treatise on Comparative Physiology Introductory to the Physiology of Man, Translated, with Notes, from the German of Frederick Tiedemann

Frederick Tiedemann; James Manby Gully; J. Hunter Lane · 1834 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London, John Churchill, 1834. Cloth. A scarce edition of this work on physiology. Dr James Manby Gully (14 March 1808 – 1883), was a Victorian medical doctor, well known for practising hydrotherapy, or the "water cure". Along with his partner James Wilson, he founded a very s...

The Conduct of Medical Practice

The Editor of 'The Lancet' and Expert Collaborators · 1928 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, 'The Lancet' , 1928. Cloth. A interesting medical work from the early twentieth century, discussing medical conduct and professionalism Second Edition. A handbook to proper medical conduct incorporating articles which formally appeared in The Lancet medical j...

Etudes de Medecine Homoeopathique

Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann · 1855 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.12 | $858.74 | ¥137,087)

Paris, Chez J B Bailliere, 1855. Paperback. A collection of medical works by Samuel Hahnemann. A collection of medical works by Samuel Hahnemann. Complete in two volumes. Scarce in two volumes in original printed wrappers. Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann was a German phys...

La Gerocomie, Ou Code Physiologique Et Philosophique

Jacques Andre Millot · 1807 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.75 | ¥27,417)

Paris, F. Buisson, 1807. Leather. A scarce French medical work, a useful manual of the psychological and philosophical. A scarce work.In the original French.Illustrated with a frontispiece.A psychological and philosophical manual for both sexes guiding them with advice to life...

Ophthalmiatrik Nach Den Neuesten Forschungen Fur Das Studium Und Die Praxis

Carl Hermann Schauenburg · 1874 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.88 | $105.68 | ¥16,870)

Braunschweig, Druck und Verlag von Frederich View, 1874. Leather. An uncommon edition of Schauenberg's 'Ophthalmiatrik&apos. In the original German. Carl Hermann Schauenburg, 1819 - 1876, was a German practitioner of medicine and ophthalmology who was also a poet and...

Markham&Apos;S Maister-Peece Containing All Knowledge Belonging to the Smith, Farrier, or Horse-Leech, Touching the Curing of All Diseases in Horses

Gervase Markham · 1651 · Rooke Books

£2,100.00 (€2,517.16 | $2,774.41 | ¥442,896)

London, William Wilson, 1651. Leather. A very scarce seventeenth-century copy of this work on equestrian care from Gervase Markham. Illustrated with two full-page illustrations, decorative head-and-tail pieces, and two marginal diagrams. Seventh edition, according to Copac. Un...

A Treatise on Veterinary Medicine in Two Volumes

James White · 1807 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.85 | ¥83,307)

London, J. Johnson; Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807-1826. Leather. A very scarce two volume set of this hand colour illustrated work, volume 1 of which is bound in smart half morocco. A scarce 2 volume set of this informative and instructional publication, published acros...

An Abstract of the Proceedings of the Veterinary Medical Association During Its Fourth Session, 1839-1840

By Order of the Council · 1840 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

London, Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, c.1840 (Undated, this is the fin. Hardback. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, c.1840 (Undated, this is the final year of the session recorded within). Hardback. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 6". Not Stated. An inc...