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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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THE COMPLETE GENTLEMAN (1622).
With: The Truth of Our Times, and The Art of Living in London.
Ithaca, NY: Published for The Folger Shakespeare Library, by Cornell University Press, 1962. First edition, 8vo., pp.xx,250, red cloth, gilt; pencilled ownership autograph to front free endpaper, a very good, clean copy, in unclipped dust-jacket, which is toned, with two small closed tears at headband.
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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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UNDERLAND.
A Deep Time Journey.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 2019. Exclusive signed edition, 8vo., pp.viii,488, black hardcover lettered in silver, b/w illustrations; edges lightly toned, else very good indeed, in fine unclipped dust-jacket, with ‘signed copy’ sticker to front. Singed twice to prelims.
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FERNS: THEIR HABITATS IN THE BRITISH AND IRISH LANDSCAPE.
New Naturalist Series No. 74.
London: Collins, 1988. 8vo., pp.430, green cloth, gilt, with 21 colour photographs and over b/w photographs and diagrams; ownership inscription to front free endpaper, otherwise clean and very good, in a very good unclipped dust-jacket, which is lightly sunned to spine, with light creasing at headband.
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SIR CHARLES WHEATSTONE FRS 1802-1875.
History of Technology Series 29.
London: Institution of Electrical Engineers, 2001. 8vo.,pp. xvii,235, pictorial hardcover, b/w figures and tables; lightly rubbed to extremities, a very good copy. No dust-jacket.
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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S SCIENCE.
Cambridge, Mass./London: Yale University Press, 1990. 8vo., pp.xii,273, pale blue cloth, gilt; slight roll to spine, a very good, fresh copy, in very good unclipped dust-jacket, which is lightly sunned to spine.
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LICHENS.
The New Naturalist, Volume 86.
London: HarperCollins. First edition, 8vo., pp.288, green cloth, gilt, 16 colour plates and over 120 b/w photographs and line drawings; a very good copy, in a very good unclipped dust-jacket.
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FRESHWATER FISHES.
New Naturalist Series 75.
London: HarperCollins, 1992. First edition, 8vo., pp.378, green cloth, gilt, with 21 colour photographs and over 200 b/w photographs and diagrams; slight soil to top edges, a near fine copy, in a very good complete and unclipped dust-jacket, which is sunned to spine.
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BRITISH WARBLERS.
New Naturalist Series No. 71.
London: Collins, 1985. First edition, second state, in facsimile dust-jacket, 8vo., pp.432, green cloth, gilt, pictorial wrappers bound in, colour frontispiece and 6 further colour plates, b/w illustrations; a near fine copy in a near fine unclipped pictorial dust-jacket.
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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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LADYBIRDS.
The New Naturalist, Volume 81.
London: HarperCollins, 1994. 8vo., pp. 367, green cloth, gilt, 16 colour plates and over 150 b/w photographs and drawings; ownership autograph to front free endpaper, very light marks to edges, otherwise internally clean, a near-fine copy in a very good dust-jacket with a few light surface scratches.
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TREES AND SHRUBS HARDY IN THE BRITISH ISLES. (Set of Four Volumes:)
Volume I. A-C; Volume II. D-M; Volume III. N-Rh; Volume IV. Ri-Z; Index.
London: John Murray, 1976. Second, further revised impression of the eighth revised edition, Volume IV first impression of the eighth edition, four volumes, 8vo., pp.xx,845;xvi,784;xvi,973;xv,808, teal blue cloth, gilt, b/w plates, top edges blue; rubbing to extremities, rear inner hinge of Volume IV broken, with webbing visible between endpapers, a very good set, in very good complete and unclipped dust-jackets.
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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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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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