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THE ANTHROPOCENE AS A GEOLOGICAL TIME UNIT.
A Guide to the Scientific Evidence and Current Debate.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019. 8vo.,pp. xiv,361, pictorial hardcover, b/w and colour figures; a near-fine copy. No dust-jacket, as issued.
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THE B.B.C YEAR-BOOK 1932. The programme year covered by this book is from November 1, 1930, to October 31, 1931.
London: The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1932. 8vo., pp. 480, hardcover, black lettering, b/w pictorial endpapers, text accompanied by many b/w illustrations; very light toning and foxing to endpapers, otherwise internally clean, boards lightly rubbed, small bruise to head of spine, a very good copy indeed, in a vg colour pictorial dust-jacket, slightly rubbed with light surface soil, creasing to head and tail band and closed tears to head and tail of spine
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THE BIRDS OF BERKSHIRE AND BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.
A Contribution to the Natural History of the Two Counties.
Eton/London: Ingalton and Drake/Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1868. 8vo., pp.xv,232, uncut, recased with new endpapers, pictorial green cloth, gilt, pictorial spine, 4 hand-coloured mounted photographs, including frontispiece; pasted-in nameplate to front paste-down endpaper, toning to edges, and occasional light foxing, rubbing to extremities, with light loss to head and foot of original spine, a good+ copy.
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THE BIRDS OF ST HELENA.
British Ornithologists’ Union Checklist No. 16
British Ornithologists’ Union, c/o The Natural History Museum, Tring. 8vo., pp.295,(i), pictorial hardcover, 50 colour illustrations; ownership bookplate to front paste-down endpaper, slight bruising to upper edge, else clean and very good indeed. No dust-jacket.
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THE BOOK OF CHOICE FERNS FOR THE GARDEN, CONSERVATORY, AND STOVE. [Two Volumes:] Describing and Giving Explicit Cultural Directions for the Best and Most Striking Ferns and Selaginellas in Cultivation. Illustrated with Coloured Plates and Numerous Wood Engravings, Specially Prepared for this Work. Volume II. From Blechnum to Nothochlaena; III. From Ochropteris to Woodwardia, and Selaginella.
London: L. Upcott Gill, 1894. Volumes II and III only (of three), 4to., pp.viii,621,(ii);vii,457,(iii), decorative pictorial bevelled green cloth, gilt, a.e.g., colour frontispieces, colour plates, b/w plates and figures; light foxing, superficial paper splitting to inner hinges, light rubbing to extremities, light dampstaining to boards, a very good (partial) set.
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THE BOOK OF HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT; Comprising information for the Mistress, Housekeeper, Cook, Kitchen-Maid, Butler, Footman, Coachman, Valet, Upper and Under House Maids, Lady’s Maid, Maid-of-All-Work, Laundry-Maid, Nurse and Nurse-Maid, Monthly, Wet, And Sick Nurses, Etc. Etc. Also, Sanitary, Medical, & Legal Memoranda; With a History of the Origin, Properties, And Uses of All Things Connected with Home Life and Comfort.
London, S.O. Beeton, 1112. First edition, first issue with "Bouverie St" on the illustrated title page and the farmyard frontispiece, 8vo.,pp. xxxix,1112, contemporary half calf with marbled paper covered boards, gilt lettering to spine, speckled edges, 12 colour plates, b/w figures; occasional foxing, mostly light, light staining to margins of title and frontipiece, frontispiece’s outer margin slightly shaved, small pen mark to front free endpaper, slight surface soiling to edges, light crack to leather along centre of spine professionally repaired, light wear to marbled paper covering, a very good copy.
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THE BULL TERRIER.
A Comprehensive Treatise on the History, Management, Breeding, Training, Care, Showing and Judging.
New York: Orange Judd Publishing Company, Inc. 8vo., pp.415, cloth, gilt, b/w frontispiece, numerous b/w illustrations; light toning to margins of text, (very) light foxing to endpapers, slight marking to cloth, creasing to spine, overall very good. (No dust-jacket).
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THE CELTIC ANNUAL 1916.
Dundee: Dundee Highland Society, 1915. 8vo., pp.ii,140, green hardcover, gilt lettering to front board, b/w frontispiece with coloured lettering and borders, b/w illustrations; foxing to endpapers, light toning to margins, otherwise internally clean, lightly rubbed, small bruise to fore-edge of front board, light marks to front and rear boards, overall a very good copy.
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THE COMPLETE KANO JIU-JITSU (JIUDO). The Official Jiu-Jitsu of the Japanese Government. With the Additions by Hoshino and Tsutsumi, and Chapters on the Serious and Fatal Blows and on Kuatsu, the Japanese Science of the Restoration of Life.
London: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1931. Reprinted (third impression of the second edition), 8vo., pp.xv,526, red cloth lettered in black, 500 b/w illustrations and 4 b/w figures; light foxing to endpapers, light marking and slight mottling to cloth, rubbing to extremities, internally clean, a good+ copy. No dust-jacket.
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THE COMSOGRAPHIA OF BERNADUS SILVESTRIS.
New York: University of Columbia Press, 1973. 8vo., pp.ix,180, turquoise cloth, gilt; very minimal pen marking to rear paste-down endpaper, boards lightly toned, slight rubbing to extremities, a very good copy, in chipped glassine wrapper.
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THE COPERNICAN ACHIEVEMENT.
UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Contributions: VII.
Los Angeles/London: Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, University of California, 1975. 8vo., pp.xvi,405, blue cloth lettered in silver; a very good, clean copy, in good(+) unclipped dust-jacket, which is worn and torn to extremities, and now in a protective cover.
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THE CORRESPONDANCE OF SIR PHILIP SIDNEY AND HUBERT LANGUET.
London: William Pickering, 1845. First edition, 8vo., pp. lxxxii,240, full calf, with decorative gilt to spine with burgundy title label and gilt lettering and five raised bands, b/w frontispiece and marbles endpapers and edges of text block; ownership bookplate to front paste down endpaper, mottled water damage to frontispiece, rubbed to extremities with light wear to head of spine and corners, otherwise very good.
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THE CURRENT STATUS OF LADYBIRDS IN BRITAIN: Final Report of the Cambridge Ladybird Survey- 1984-1994.
Cambridge, Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, 1984. 4to.,pp.144, unbound between clear acetate covers, b/w figures and maps, pictorial title page; a very good copy.
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THE CYCLOPAEDIA OF USEFUL AND ORNAMENTAL PLANTS
Used in the Arts, in Medicine, and for Ornament, With a Scientific and Popular Description of Each Plant, and An Account of its Uses and Mode of Culture: Interpreted with Illustrative Anecdotes and Numerous Coloured Engravings.
London: James Sangster and Co, 1868. 4to., pp.ii,(iv),484, pictorial bevelled green cloth, gilt, with decorative borders in blind, pictorial spine, 20 hand-coloured plates, a.e.g,; neat ink ownership inscription, dated 1868, to front free endpaper verso, paper cracking to front inner hinge, light paper cracking to rear inner hinge, some foxing to prelims, 1cm clean split to cloth along upper joint, a little rubbing to extremities, with light creasing ti head of spine, a very good, bright copy.
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THE ECOLOGY OF A GARDEN. The First Fifteen Years.
Cambridge University Press, 1991. Large 8vo., pp.xii,403, orange hardcover with brown title band, gilt, b/w illustrations and figures; just slight roll to spine, a very good copy, in a very good unclipped dust-jacket, with light surface soiling.
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THE EQUATORIAL RAIN FOREST: GEOLOGICAL HISTORY.
London: Butterworths, 1979. 4to., pp.viii,162, pictorial hardcover, b/w figures; a very good, clean copy. No dust-jacket.
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THE EUROPEAN GARDEN FLORA. [Set of Six Volumes].
MONOCOTYLEDONS - Volume I: Pteridophyta; Gymnospermae; Angiospermae (Alismataceae to Iridaceae). Volume II: Juncaceae to Orchidaceae. DICOTYLEDONS - Volume III: Casuarinaceae to Aristolochiaceae. Volume IV: Dilleniaceae to Leguminosae. Volume V: Limnanthaceae to Olieaceae. Volume VI: Loganiaceae to Compositae.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Six volumes, of which volume I is a reprint, the others first editions, 4to., pp.xv,430;x,318;xv,474,xvii,602;xix,646;xv,739, printed paper-covered boards, maps and illustrations; uniform slight sunning to spines, a little light rubbing to extremities, knock to fore-edge of rear board Vol.VI, lower corners of VI a little bumped and rubbed, o/w fine, a very good set indeed.
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THE FLEECE: A POEM.
In Four Books.
London: R. and J. Dodsley, 1757. 4to., pp.(ii),156, contemporary sprinkled calf, expertly rebacked with gilt-lettered red title label, five raised bands, and gilt decorations to compartments, later endpapers; engraved heraldic bookplate to front paste-down endpaper, wear to extremities of boards (including expert repair to front upper margin at inner corner), overall very good, and internally fairly fresh.
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THE GAME FOR THE GAME'S SAKE.
The History of Queen’s Park Football Club 1867-1967.
Glasgow: published by the Queen’s Park Football Club Ltd., and printed by Hay Nisbet & Co, 1967. First edition, 8vo., pp.(viii),402, black hardcover lettered and with pictorial emblem in silver; light partial toning to free endpapers, a clean and very good+ copy, in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is chipped to head of spine, with small closed tears to extremities, as well as 4cm closed tear to head of spine. Now in a protective cover.
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THE HARNESSING OF NIAGARA.
London: The Louis Cassier Co, 1899. Fifth edition, large 8vo., pp.(vi),162-384, green cloth, gilt, pictorial title, numerous b/w illustrations and figures; foxing and small tear to cloth at head and foot of spine, light rubbing to extremities, a very good copy.
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