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The Carnegie Works at Pittsburgh

Theodore Dreiser · 1927 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.02 | ¥40,072)

New York, Privately Printed, 1927. First edition. Cloth. A smart limited edition copy of this essay on the Carnegie Works at Pittsburgh from American journalist Theodore Dreiser. First edition. Limited to one hundred and fifty copies. With decorations. A detailed essay, full o...

The Carnegie Works at Pittsburgh

Theodore Dreiser · 1927 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.38 | ¥33,744)

New York, Privately Printed, 1927. First edition. Cloth. A smart limited edition copy of this essay on the Carnegie Works at Pittsburgh from American journalist Theodore Dreiser. First edition. Limited to one hundred and fifty copies. With decorations. A detailed essay, full o...

The Carnegie Works at Pittsburgh

Theodore Dreiser · 1927 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

New York, Privately Printed, 1927. First edition. Cloth. A smart limited edition copy of this essay on the Carnegie Works at Pittsburgh from American journalist Theodore Dreiser. First edition. Limited to one hundred and fifty copies. With decorations. A detailed essay, full o...

The Modern Self-Instructor in Phrenology, Physiology, and Phsiognomy; or the Peoples&Apos; Hand-Book of Human Nature; Containing a View of the Moral and Theological Bearing of the Science of Phrenology

Gustavus Cohen · 1884 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, Gustavus Cohen, 1884. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this illustrated hand-book discussing the science of phrenology. The very scarce first edition of this work.In the publisher's original cloth binding with gilt.With fifty-one illustrative...

Fertility and Sterility in Marriage

Th. H. Van de Velde [Theodoor Hendrik Van de Velde] · 1931 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.43 | ¥79,089)

London, William Heinemann, 1931 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of the third part of Theodoor Van de Velde's "Ideal Marriage" series, this volume surrounding the much debated subject of contraception. The first edition. Bound in the publisher's cloth,...

The International Scientific Series

A. De Quatrefages; N. C. Macnamara; F. W. Edridge-Green · 1890 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner , 1890-1908 . First edition. Cloth. Three informative volumes from the 'International Scientific Series', with 'Human Speech' being a first edition. The first edition to 'Human Speech&apos. Second edition to 'Me...

On Loss of Weight, Blood-Spitting, and Lung Disease

Horace Dobell · 1878 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, J. & A. Churchill, 1878. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this comprehensive medical text from English doctor Horace Dobell, with a colour frontispiece and fold-out table. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and a large folding table to the fr...

On Animal Chemistry in Its Application to Stomach and Renal Diseases

H. Bence Jones [Henry Bence Jones] · 1850 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, John Churchill, 1850. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce copy of Henry Bence Jones' work on the stomach and kidneys, offering an interesting insight into Victorian medicine. The first edition of this very scarce work, rebacked with the publisher's original c...

Man and Woman: A Study of Secondary Sexual Characters

Havelock Ellis · 1894 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

London, Walter Scott, Ltd, 1894. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this illustrated medical study on the differences between men and women, by the noted physician and social reformer Havelock Ellis. The scarce first edition. In the publisher's original cl...

Histoire Generale Et Particuliere Des Anomalies de L&Apos;Organisation Chez L&Apos;Homme Et Les Animaux ; Ouvrage Comprenant Des Recherches Sur Les Caracteres, la Classification, L&Apos;Influence Physiologique Et Pathologique, Les Rapports Generaux, Les Lois Et Les Causes Des Monstruosites, Des Varietes Et Des Vices de Conformation, Ou Traite de Teratologie

Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire · 1837 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.06 | $918.20 | ¥146,578)

Paris , J. B. Bailliere , 1837. First edition. Hardback. The scarce Atlas volume to Isidore Geoffrey Saint-Hilaire's authoritative work on teratology, containing twenty engraved plates and their explanations. The first edition. Atlas volume only, being volume four of a fo...

Intravenous Injection in Wound Shock Being the Oliver-Sharpey Lectures Delivered Before the Royal College of Physicians of London in May 1918

W. M. Bayliss · 1918 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1918. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce work discussing of the use of intravenous injections for wound shock, from an authoritative physician on the subject, W. M. Bayliss. The first edition. A very scarce work. The material in this work was...

The Pathology and Treatment of Diseases of the Ovaries (Being the Hastings Essay for 1873)

Lawson Tait · 1883 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

Birmingham , Cornish Brothers , 1883. Cloth. The greatly enlarged edition of this medical work from pioneering surgeon and father of gynecology, Lawson Tait. Fourth edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding. An important discussion of the diagnosis and treatmen...

Physical Expression: Its Modes and Principles

Francis Warner · 1885 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Limited, 1885. Cloth. A smart second edition of this illustrated work on psychical expression from English writer Francis Warner. Second edition. The International Science Series. Illustrated with fifty-one figures. A detailed commenta...

William Budd: Bristol&Apos;S Most Famous Physician

Michael Dunnill · 2006 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

Bristol, Redcliffe Press Ltd. 2006. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this scarce work on English physician William Budd, signed by the author. First edition. Signed to the title page with an inscription to Sir Allan Budd, a British economist, founding member of t...

A Course of Fifteen Lectures on Medical Botany, Denominated Thomson&Apos;S New Theory of Medical Practice

Samuel Robinson · 1834 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

Boston, J. Howe, 1834. Leather. A collection of lectures on medical botany denominated Thomson's New Theory of Medical Practice. A collection of fifteen lectures. Addressing medical botany and Thomson's new theory of medical practice, with reference to historical vie...

Trattato Delle Monete a Valuta Loro

Guillaume Bude; Giovan Bernardo Gualandi [ed.] · 1562 · Rooke Books

£975.00 (€1,168.68 | $1,288.12 | ¥205,630)

Fiorenza [Florence], Apres I Giunti, 1562 . First edition. Vellum. The very scarce first Italian language translation of Guillaume Budé's treatise on ancient coins and measures. The very scarce first Italian translation of this work. Translated from Bude's original ...

British Anatomy 1525-1800: A Bibliography

K. F. Russell · 1963 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1963 . First edition. Cloth. A very smart, limited edition of this study of British anatomy between 1525 and 1800, signed by the author. Bound in the publisher's original smart red cloth. Limited edition, published as number 340 of 7...

Introductio Ad Sapientiam: Or, the Art of Right Thinking

Thomas Fuller · 1731 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, W. Innys, 1731 . First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of the first part only of Thomas Fuller's guide to 'The Art of Right Thinking&apos. The first part only of a two part work by Thomas Fuller. The scarce first edition of this work.ESTC T138941A...

Hypnotism or Suggestion and Psychotherapy

Dr. August Forel; H. W. Armit [trans.] · 1906 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

London, Rebman, 1906 . First edition. Cloth. The first English language edition of Auguste Forel's study of hypnotism, with a blind publisher's 'presentation copy' stamp to the title page. The first English language edition, translated from the fifth German...

Memories of Fourscore Years Less Two, 1851-1929

Abel Chapman; George Bolam · 1830 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, Gurney and Jackson, 1830 . First edition. Cloth. A bright example of the first edition of naturalist Abel Chapman's charmingly illustrated and posthumously published biography. The first edition of this work, illustrated with a photogravure frontispiece and with t...