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HISTORY OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY.
Reproduction of the 1667 Edition.
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1959. Facsimile reprint, 8vo., pp.xxxii,439,78, blue cloth, gilt, title inlay to spine, b/w frontispieces; light toning and foxing to endpapers, light foxing to edges, slightly affecting margins, otherwise internally clean, slight bruise to bottom right corner of front board, overall a very good copy, in a good price-clipped dust-jacket with chipping to head and tail band and mottling to spine and margins.
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VOYAGES & TRAVELS.
An entertaining account of all the countries of the Known world. Defcribing the different religions, habits. Tempers, customs, traffick, and manufactures. Of their inhabitants; the remarkable curiofities, amongft them, either of art, or nature; the great variety of ftrange land and sea-animals; extraordinary plants, minerals, etc. Adorn’d, occafionally, with cuts of the habits of the feveral people, uncommon animals, ceremonies, buildings, etc. all curioufly engraved.
London: R. Goadby, 1753. Fourth edition, 8vo., pp. 490, 18, reverse calf, mimic panelled calf boards, five raised bands, leather title inlay to spine, 13 of 14 b/w plates, contains: ‘A Voyage to Virginia in 1649’; several ownership inscriptions to front free endpapers, foxing and light soil throughout, marginal damage to several plates, previous owner’s repairs to first plate, a large tear has been sewn up with white thread, gutter visible between some leaves, lacks pages 301-4, wear to boards, a good copy of this scarce volume.
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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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RELATIVITY.
A Very Elementary Exposition.
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1926. First US edition, pocket 8vo., pp.45, turquoise cloth, navy lettering; light toning to endpapers, very light foxing to prelims and edges, not affecting margins, otherwise internally clean, a very good copy in clipped dust-jacket, which s worn to extremities, with closed tears, chipping, and small areas of loss - now in a protective cover.
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Manuals of Chemical Technology, 1: DYESTUFFS AND COAL-TAR PRODUCTS.
Their Chemistry, Manufacture and Application. Including Chapters on Modern Inks, Photographic Chemicals, Synthetic Drugs, Sweetening Chemicals, and other Products derived from Coal Tar.
London: Crosby, Lockwood and Son, 1915. Large 8vo., pp.vii,156,(ii), cloth, gilt; folding frontispiece only half present, pencilling to prelims and rear endpapers, partial sunning to cloth, some marking to boards, light wear to extremities, a good copy.
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THE HEART OF A COUNTRY.
A Survey of a Modern Land.
London: Alston Rivers, Ltd, 1906. First edition, 8vo., pp. xiii,218, uncut, red cloth, gilt lettering/decoration and title inlay, t.e.g., uncut; foxing to fore-edges, toning to endpapers, otherwise internally clean, light rubbing to boards, spine heavily sunned but lettering is still bright, light partial sunning to boards, overall a very good copy.
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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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FOLKS DO GET BORN.
New York: Rinehart & Company, 1946. First edition, 8vo., pp.x,245, uncut, pictorial pale green cloth, stamped in brown and lettered in gilt, decorative endpapers, b/w illustrations; foxing to edges and to margins of boards, gilt a little faded, internally clean, a good+ copy, in a very good colour pictorial dust-jacket with slight rubbing to extremities, small tears/chips to the head and tail band, and light foxing to reverse.
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THE AFGHAN HOUND
A Definitive Study
Edlington: K & R Books Ltd, 1980. Signed first edition; 4to., pp xviii,440, pictorial blue faux leather, gilt, top edges blue, colour frontispiece, further colour plates as well as numerous b/w illustrations; author’s signed presentation inscription to title page, spot of rubbing to upper corner of rear board, a very good copy indeed. No dust-jacket.
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HARRODS ILLUSTRATED [Full Catalogue, c.1911]
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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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ON THE LOSS OF TEETH; And on the Best Means of Restoring Them.
London: Simpkin And Marshall, 1856. Small 8vo.,pp. 59, brown cloth, gilt lettering to front board, monochrome frontispiece; light toning to margins, soiling and scuff mark to front paste down endpaper, rubbed and toned to extremities, webbing becoming slightly visible to inner hinge, otherwise very good. No dust-jacket.
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SYNTONY AND SPARK - THE ORIGINS OF RADIO.
Princeton University Press, 1985. 8vo., pp.xvi,347, purple cloth with stamped title label to spine; ownership bookplate to front paste-down endpaper, a very good copy indeed, without dust-jacket.
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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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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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Wonders of the Heavens: THE PLANETARY SYSTEM.
London/Edinburgh: T. Nelson and Sons, 1877. 12mo., pp.118,(ii), green cloth, lettered in black to front board, pictorial spine in gilt and black, colour frontispiece with tissue guard, colour pictorial title, b/w illustrations within; prize bookplate, dated 1877, to front free endpaper, slight rubbing to extremities, a very good, bright copy.
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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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MR RUSKIN'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS
Delivered at Cambridge, Oct. 29, 1858.
Cambridge: Deighton, Bell, and Co./London: Bell & Daldy, 1858. First edition, scarce, 12mo., pp.(iii),40, calf-backed marbled boards, gilt; some foxing throughout, a very good, clean copy in fine modern binding.
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The New Naturalist, No. 77. THE SOIL.
London: HarperCollins, 1992. First edition, 8vo., pp.192, green cloth, gilt, colour plates and b/w figures; ownership inscription to front free endpaper, else a very good, clean copy, in vg unclipped dust-jacket, whoch shows just a couple of tiny chips to upper edge.
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