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THE HERBAL OF RUFINUS.
University of Chicago Press, 1945. 8vo., pp.xliii,476, teal cloth, gilt; pencilled notes to rear endpaper, a few instances of pencil marking/underlining within, slight water-staining to foot of front inner hinge, gilt lettering partially rubbed, a very good and otherwise clean copy.
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THE LIVING SYMBOL. A Case Study in the Process of Individuation.
London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1961. First edition, 8vo., pp.xii,463, navy cloth, copper gilt, colour frontispiece and plates; toning to edges, light tobacco odour, a very good copy, in a good price-clipped dust-jacket, which is partially toned, with light chipping and small closed tears to extremities.
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THE MICROSCOPE IN THE DUTCH REPUBLIC: The Shaping of Discovery.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. 8vo.,pp. xii,348, paperback, b/w figures; lightly sunned to spine, a very good copy.
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THE NATURAL HISTORY OF INSECTS.
Embellished with Copper-Plates. Intended as a Companion to Buffon’s Natural History.
London: W. Law, A. Millar, R. Cater. 8vo., pp.(iv),210, full sprinkled calf, black gilt-lettered label to spine, complete with twenty illustrative copper-engraved plates by J. Fraser; armorial bookplate to front paste-down endpaper, 3cm tear to text of p.49/50 (not affecting legibility), small hole to text of p.45/6 (apx. 4x3mm; again, text remains legible), small closed tear to lower margin of final text-leaf (p.209/10), light foxing and a few light marks to plates, rubbing to spine and extremities, with slight loss to head and tailbands, spine worn and retouched, joints starting but remain firm, a good+ copy, which is internally very good.
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THE NEW BRIGHTON GUIDE, Involving a Complete, Authentic, and Honourable Solution of the Recent Mysteries of Carlton House.
London: H.D. Symonds; T. Bellamy, 1796. Fourth edition, 8vo., pp.68, quarter leather, gilt, marbled boards, pictorial title; light toning to half title, with two small holes to inner margin, spine neatly repaired with papers, a very good copy.
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THE NEW NATURALIST: DRAGONFLIES.
London: Collins, 1960. First edition, 8vo.,pp. xii,260, green cloth, gilt, b/w and colour plates and figures; partial toning to endpapers, lightly toned and foxed to edges of text block, a very good copy, in a very good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is lightly rubbed to extremities with some foxing to rear.
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THE OLD ENGLISH HERBARIUM AND MEDICINA DE QUADRUPEDIBUS.
Published for The Early English Text Society by the Oxford University Press, 1984. 8vo., pp.xc,403, brown cloth, gilt, b/w frontispiece, 3 further b/w plates; small knock to lower edge of front board, slight roll to spine, internally fresh and fine, overall a very good copy indeed.
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THE PRINCIPLES OF QUANTUM MECHANICS.
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1947. 8vo.,pp. xii,311, green cloth, gilt; toned to margins, pencil annotation to front free endpaper and occasionally to margins, sunning to spine and lightly rubbed to extremities, a very good copy. No dust-jacket.
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THE PRIVATE LIFE OF FISHES.
Richard Bell, 1956. 8vo., pp.150,(i), tan hardcover lettered in black, b/w frontispiece and plates; foxing to edges and endpapers, and lightly to prelims, else a very good copy, in complete and unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is creased and lightly chipped without loss to head of spine, with foxing to the pale paper, now in a protective cover and otherwise very good.
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THE PRIVATE LIFE OF THE RABBIT.
An Account of the Life History and Social Behaviour of the Wild Rabbit.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1964. 8vo., pp.152, blue hardcover, gilt, b/w frontispiece, 8 b/w plates and 16 in-text figures; neat ownership bookplate to front paste-down endpaper, else very good, in good price-clipped dust-jacket, which has closed tears and creasing to head of spine and front upper margin, with sellotape repairs to reverse, and light chipping to extremities.
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THE RELATIVISTIC GAS.
Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing, 1957. First edition, 8vo.,pp. xi,108,red cloth, gilt, b/w figures; light toning to margins, otherwise very good, in a good unclipped dust-jacket, which is rubbed and toned to spine and extremities, chipped and some loss to head and foot of spine and wear to corners, small creased tears along margins.
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THE RIFT VALLEYS AND GEOLOGY OF EAST AFRICA.
An Account of the Origin and History of the Rift Valleys of East Africa and Their Relation to the Contemporary Earth-Movements which Transformed the Geography of the World. With Some Account of the Prehistoric Stone Implements, Soils, Water Supply, and Mineral Resources of the Kenya Colony. With Appendices on the Edible Earths, Soils, Fossils, Rocks, and Masai Place-Names.
London: Seeley, Service and Co. Limited, 1921. First edition, 8vo., pp.479, pictorial charcoal cloth stamped in green, b/w frontispiece, b/w plates and figures; (water?)staining to lower margin of front board, light foxing to edges of text-block, light toning to half title, else very good. No dust-jacket.
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THE ROYCROFT BOOKS. A Catalog and Some Remarks
without prejudice concerning the publications issued from the shop this year. Herein is included and appreciation of East Aurora and its folks, the same casting some light on the origins, workings and possible final destiny of the Roycroft idea.
East Aurora: Roycroft Books, 1908. 8vo., pp.(iv),32,(ii), reverse calf wrappers with blind-stamped insignia and gilt lettering, endpapers done in silk, mounted monochromatic plates, decorative border in red to title page; presentation inscription to opening blank, ownership bookplate (dated 1908) to same leaf, front inner hinges cracked, light wear to extremities of leather, with the leather flaking at the margins, o/w very good.
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THE TRIAL OF HELEN WATT, WIDOW OF THE DECEASED ALEXANDER KEITH OF NORTHFIELD, AND WILLIAM KEITH, Eldest lawful Son procreated betwixt the said deceased Alexander Keith, and the Said Helen Watt; For the alleged Murder of the said Alexander Keith of Northfield. Before the Circuit Court of Justiciary held at Aberdeen, on the 4th, 5th and 6th days of September 1766, by the Right Honourable Lord KAIMS, one of the Lords Commissioners of Justiciary.
London: 1746. 8vo., pp.(xx) Introduction,(ii),9-54,(i), mispagination at p.xvii, though content is complete, bound in half calf with marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine; indented area of apx. 18 x 18mms to upper margin of front paste-down endpaper, title darkened, with small area of superficial loss at upper margin where pages have been conjoined, just occasional light marking to margins within, with faint crease to upper corners throughout, rubbing and light wear at extremities, with loss at tailband and a little cracking with slight loss along upper joint, a very good copy. Scarce.
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THE TYROLESE: By the Author of ‘Claudine’ - ‘Always Happy,’ &c. &c.
London: Harris and Son. First edition, 12mo., pp.xii,156, b/w engraved frontispiece and 5 plates, quarter-calf, with pictorial paper boards, gilt; some rubbing at head and tail, corners bumped and worn, with small loss to upper rear corner, slightly pencil-marked, first free endpaper removed, contents lightly foxed, a good copy.
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THE UNIVERSE OF SUNS, And Other Science Gleanings. A New Edition.
London: Chatto and Windus, 1905. 8vo., pp.vi,401, blue cloth, gilt, 11 b/w illustrations including folding plate; foxing and toning to free endpapers, rubbing to extremities, light marking to cloth, overall very good. No dust-jacket.
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THE USES OF PLANTS. With Special Reference to Vegetable Products Introduced During the Last Fifty Years.
London: Roper and Drowley, 1889. First edition, pocket 8vo., pp.224, green cloth with red leather title label, gilt; light rubbing to endpapers, rubbing and light marking to cloth, slight chipping to label, internally clean, a very good copy.
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THE WORKS OF JOHN DONNE, D.D., DEAN OF SAINT PAUL'S, 1621-1631. [Set of Six Volumes]
London: John W. Parker, 1839. Set of six volumes, 8vo., pp.xxxii,587;iv,588;iv,614;iv,590;iv,623;iv,569, uncut, lightly mottled half calf, five raised bands, contrasting dark green morocco labels, gilt, with gilt decorations to compartments, marbled endpapers, t.e.g., frontispiece portrait to first volume; occasional light foxing to prelims, a fine and handsomely bound copy of this scarce set, ex libris W.A. Foyle, with small gilt-lettered leather bookplate to front paste-down endpaper of all volumes. A handsome set.
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THEODORE; Or The Crusaders.
London: John Harris, 1825. 12mo.,pp. viii,215, red calf spine, gilt lettering, marbled paper covered boards, b/w frontispiece; ownership autograph to front free endpaper, light foxing to endpapers, with toning and occasional light foxing to margins, rubbed to extremities with wear along edges of boards and to corners, spine lightly rubbed and toned, overall very good.
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THOUGHTS FROM THE WRITINGS OF RICHARD JEFFERIES.
London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1917. 8vo., pp.vii,127, untrimmed edges, pictorial buckram cloth with pictorial spine, gilt, t.e.g., capital letters and title to upper margins in red; owner’s ink inscription, dated 1917, to front free endpaper, light foxing to prelims, cloth has cleanly broken along front joint and been neatly re-glued, light wear to headband, darkening to spine and margins of rear board, overall a very good copy.
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