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BRITISH TIMBER TREES:
Their Rearing and Subsequent Management, in Woods, Groves, and Plantations. Including Remarks on Soil and Situation, the General Improvement of Landed Estates and Mountainous Districts; with Directions for the Measurement and Valuation of Standing Timber.
London: Routledge, Warne, and Routledge. 8vo., pp.xii,276, full green bevelled morocco, gilt, four raised bands, decorative gilt borders to boards, gilt decoration to compartments, a.e.g., b/w figures; rubbing/slight wear to extremities, else very good.
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CHOICE EMBLEMS,
Natural, Historical, Fabulous, Moral and Divine, for the Improvement and Passing of Youth. Ornamented with near Fifty Handsome Allegorical Engravings, Designed on Purpose for this Work.
London: Printed for George Riley, in Curzon Street, Mayfair, 1772. 12mo., pp.xii,192, full calf, five raised bands, red gilt-lettered title label to spine, engraved frontispiece, engraved emblems as headpieces to each chapter; occasional foxing, small closed tear to p.xi, splitting along joints, though stitching remains firm, a little wear to extremities, with some loss to calf at upper section of upper joint, an internally clean and good+ copy.
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CHURCH FESTIVAL DECORATIONS.
Being full Directions for Garnishing Churches for Christmas, Easter, Whitsuntide and Harvest.
London: L. Upcott Gill/New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. Second, revised and enlarged edition, small 8vo., pp.(iv),156,15(publisher’s adverts),(iii)adverts, red textured cloth, gilt, b/w frontispiece, b/w illustrations; inner hinges cracked (binding remains firm), pencilled ownership autograph and small bookseller’s sticker to front paste-down endpaper, gather of adverts to rear of volume working loose, with ultimate leaf loose, rubbing to extremities, with light wear to front lower corner, otherwise a very good, bright copy.
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CONFRONTING NATURE.
The Sociology of Solar-Neutrino Detection.
Dordrecht: D. Reidel Publishing Company (Kluwer), 1986. Reprint, 8vo., pp.xi,268, cloth, gilt; light rubbing to extremities, a very good copy. No dust-jacket, as issued.
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CONSTANTINE THE AFRICAN AND ALI IBN AL-ABBAS AL-MAGUSI.
The Pategni and Related Texts.
Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1994. 8vo., pp.ix,364, red cloth, gilt; a fine copy, in a very good unclipped dust-jacket.
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COSMOS: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF ASTROLOGY AND COSMOLOGY.
Chicago/London: University of Chicago Press, 2008. Large 8vo., pp.xxvi,876, paperback, 21 colour plates, b/w illustrations; small mark to fore-margins pp.37-43, light crease to rear wrapper, a fresh and otherwise near-fine copy.
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COTTAGE GARDEN FLOWERS.
London: W.H. & L. Collingridge Limited, 1961. Signed first edition, 8vo., pp.127, green cloth, gilt, top edges green, b/w plates; title page signed by the author, mustiness and dampspotting to cloth, else very good, in unclipped dust-jacket, which is lightly chipped to extremities, and has 3cm closed tear to front upper margin, and 4cm closed tear (with glue repair) to front lower margin - now in a protective cover.
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CREATION (OMPHALOS):
An Attempt to Untie the Genealogical Knot.
London: John Van Voorst, 1857. First edition, second issue, small 8vo., pp.376,(vi)adverts, pictorial green cloth, gilt, a.e.g., engraved b/w illustrations; W.H. Smith blindstamp tot front free endpaper, neat ink ownership autograph to front free endpaper verso, light partial paper-cracking to front inner hinge (joint firm), foxing to title and adjacent leaves, rubbing and a little light wear to extremities, with wrinkling to cloth over spine, slight marking to cloth, a very good, internally clean copy of this scarce title.
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CROQUET UP TO DATE.
Containing the Ideas and Teachings of the Leading Players and Champions.
London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1900. First edition, 8vo., pp.xviii,313, uncut and partially unopened, pictorial green cloth, gilt, b/w frontispiece with tissue guard, b/w plates and figures; croquet instruction pamphlet loose inside back endpapers, spine darkened, rubbing to extremities, small tear to cloth at tail of spine, a few small marks to cloth, a good+ copy. No dust-jacket.
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DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1935. First edition, 8vo.,pp. xiv,459, navy cloth, gilt, lightly toned to margins and endpapers, toned to head and foot of spine, a very good copy, in an unclipped dust-jacket, which is rubbed and toned to spine and extremities, small stain to front upper margin, worn at corners, chipping to head and foot of spine with loss to head of spine slightly obscuring title, closed tears along front and rear edge, now in a protective dust-cover, overall very good.
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DISOBEDIENCE.
London: S.P.C.K, 1874. 12mo., pp..24, printed stitched wrappers, b/w frontispiece; Sunday School prize inscription to reverse of frontispiece, dated 1874, foxing throughout, stitched in three places, of which only the uppermost holds, staining and surface soil to wrappers, small area of loss to fore-margin of rear wrapper, wrappers worn along spine, further light wear to extremities, a good copy.
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DISSECTION AND VIVISECTION IN THE EUROPEAN RENAISSANCE.
Aldershot: Ashgate, 1999. 8vo., pp.ix,289, purple hardcover lettered in silver, b/w plates; near-fine, in vg unclipped dust-jacket.
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DR WILLIS IN JAPAN, 1862-1877.
British Medical Pioneer.
London/Dover, NH: The Athlone Press, 1985. First edition, 8vo., pp.x,273, olive green hardcover, gilt, 8 b/w plates, further b/w figures; a very good, clean copy, in vg unclipped dust-jacket.
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ELECTRICITY IN THE SERVICE OF MAN.
A Popular and Practical Treatise on the Applications of Electricity to Modern Life. [Volumes I and II:] Volume I. The History and Principles of Electrical Science; Volume II. Technology of Electricity, Section 1.
London: Cassell and Company Ltd, 1911. Two volumes, 8vo., pp.xi,828;vii,686, blue cloth, gilt, front boards lettered in black, b/w frontispiece, very numerous b/w illustrations throughout, including 11 folding plates to Volume II; contemporary ink ownership inscription (dated 1916) to front free endpaper of both volumes, toning to free endpapers, and foxing to prelims/end leaves of Volume II, with superficial paper-cracking to rear inner hinge, Volume I has a small area of loss to cloth and puncture mark near foot of spine, a small knock to lower spine of Volume II, rubbing and occasional slight wear to extremities, overall very good.
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ELECTRONS, OR THE NATURE AND PROPERTIES OF NEGATIVE ELECTRICITY.
London: George Bell and Sons. Second, revised edition, published March 1907, 8vo., pp.xv,230,(ii), red cloth, gilt, b/w figures; foxing to fore-edges, toning to endpapers, extremities rubbed, with some rubbing and light scratches to boards, else very good. No dust-jacket.
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ENDLESS AMUSEMENT; A COLLECTION OF 404 ENTERTAINING AND ASTONISHING EXPERIMENTS.
Among a Variety of Other Subjects are Amusements in Arithmetic, Mechanics, Hydraulics, Hydrostatics, Optics, Pneumatics, Electricity, Chemistry, Magnetism, Combinations of Figures, Reflection and Refraction of Light, the Art of Making Fire Works, Diverting Experiments with the Magic Lantern and Camera Obscura, Wonders of the Air-Pump, All the Popular Tricks and Changes of the Cards, &c. &c. &c. The whole so clearly explained as to be within the reach of the most limited capacity.
London: Published by Thorp and Burch, and printed by Gye and Balne, 1820. 12mo., pp.216, uncut, marbled paper-covered boards reinforced with green linen backstrip, folding copper-engraved frontispiece plate; foxing to frontispiece and edges, with some foxing throughout, occasional light pencil ‘x’ marks to margins, boards rubbed and lightly worn, partly recoloured with biro, with wear to edges of boards, a good copy of this extremely scarce volume.
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ETHIC AMUSEMENTS.
London: Printed by W. Faden, for the Author, 1768. 4to., pp.(xxv),x,260,86, uncut, just occasionally unopened, rebound with new endpapers, half calf, five raised bands, black title label, gilt-lettered, with gilt decorations to compartments, marbled boards, engraved frontispiece, titles and plates; small ink ownership autograph to title, tissue repairs to corners and edges of frontispiece, closed tears and light wear to margins of first few leaves, with water-staining to fore-margin of p.(vii) and some surface soil to fore-margins of opening leaves, clean within, a very good copy, with handsome modern binding in fine condition.
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ETUDE ET RECREATION, OU L'INTERIEUR D'UN PENSIONNAT.
Paris: Parmantier, Libraire, 1825. Small 8vo., pp.viii,327, rebacked marbled calf boards, red title label and gilt embellishments to spine, engraved frontispiece and four further engraved plates; neat ink ownership inscription, dated 1826, to front free endpaper verso, light foxing within, with slight wear to headband and wear to upper corner of rear board, a very good copy.
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EXACT SOLUTIONS OF EINSTEIN'S FIELD EQUATIONS.
Cambridge University Press, 1980. 8vo., pp.425, blue cloth lettered in silver; small ownership autograph to front free endpaper, light tone to edges, a very good copy, in partly torn unclipped dust-jacket, which has tearing and area of loss to front of jacket, as well as chipping to extremities, and is now in a protective cover.
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FACES WE MEET AND HOW TO READ THEM.
With: HOW TO READ CHARACTER BY THE AID OF PATHOGNOMY; Or The Signs Which Are Manifested By The Human System In Motion: As By The Walk Or Gait, Tones Of The Voice, Form Of The Body, The Mode Of Shaking Hands, Temperamental Conditions, Dress, Etc.
London: H. Vickers, et al, 1881. Two volumes in one, small 8vo., pp.240, brown cloth, gilt, with decorative blindstamped borders to boards, b/w frontispiece, b/w in-text illustrations throughout; some paper-splitting along inner hinges (joints remain firm),light foxing to prelims, rubbing and light wear to extremities, with 2cm split to cloth at head of upper joint, light partial sunning and slight marking to cloth, a near very good copy.
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