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APOLLONIUS OF TYRE.
London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1956. Limited edition, no. 188 of 300 copies, quarter bound in publisher’s leather, contrasting paper-covered boards with pictorial decoration in gilt to front board and gilt lettering to spine, engraved b/w frontispiece by Mark Severin, with line engravings accompanying text; very minor rubbing to extremities, a near-fine copy.
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MONTAIGNE'S ESSAYS.
John Florio’s Translation.
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1931. Limited edition, no. 1018 of a total of 1375 copies, two volumes, 8vo., pp.xxxviii,724;vi,708, deckle-edged paper, full Niger morocco bindings by the Leighton-Straker Bookbinding company, five raised bands, green leather title labels to spines and small inlaid medallions to front boards, gilt, t.e.g.; small scuff to title label and to uppermost band of Volume I, darkening to spines, slight marking to boards, a fresh and otherwise near-fine set.
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CONVERSATIONS ON BOTANY. With 22 hand coloured plates.
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1828. 8vo.,pp. xix,278, dark green calf spine, red title band to spine, gilt lettering, marbled paper covered boards, colour plates, colour frontispiece, toned with light foxing to title page, ownership inscription in pencil to front free endpaper, slight marking where pencil has been erased to lower margin of title page, blind stamp to corner of front free endpaper, boards lightly rubbed, a very good copy.
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OBSERVATIONS SUGGESTED BY THE STRICTURES OF THE EDINBURGH REVIEW UPON OXFORD; AND ALSO THE TWO REPLIES, CONTAINING SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LATE CHANGES IN THAT UNIVERSITY.
Edinburgh: John Ballantyne And Co, 1810. 8vo.,pp. iv,90, half calf with decorative gilt and lettering to spine, marbles boards, new endpapers; toned and lightly foxed to margins, ownership autograph in pencil to title page, lightly rubbed to corners of boards, a very good, bright copy.
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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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POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. Two Volumes.
London: J. and R. Tonson, 1767. Two volumes, 8vo., pp.260;272, full speckled calf, five raised bands, with burgundy title bands and gilt lettering to spines, marbled endpapers, gilt to edges of text block, b/w illustrations and b/w frontispiece to volume I; light toning and foxing throughout, with heavier foxing to endpapers, rubbing to extremities with light wear to corners of boards, cracking along outer hinges meaning boards becoming slightly loose but boards and contents firm, area of loss to calf at lower spine of volume II, otherwise a very good set.
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HISTORIC DOUBTS ON THE LIFE AND REIGN OF KING RICHARD THE THIRD.
London: J. Dodsley, 1868. 8vo.,pp. xv,134, full calf boards, decorative gilt and lettering to spine, five raised bands and burgundy title band to spine, b/w illustration and frontispiece; toned and lightly foxed to endpapers with light foxing to margins, text mildly off set to leaves throughout, minor cracking to hinge, webbing very slightly visible but all contents firm, boards rubbed to extremities with wear to corners and lower corners slightly knocked, otherwise a very good copy.
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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 ECOLOGY OF A GARDEN. The First Fufteen 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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MOSSES AND LIVERWORTS. [New Naturalist Library, Volume 97].
London: Collins. First edition, 8vo., pp.xiii,495, paperback, colour pictorial wrappers, b/w and colour illustrations; lightly rubbed to extremities, else a very good copy indeed.
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RICHARD WOODS (1715-1793),
Master of the Pleasure Garden.
Woodbridge: Boydell, 2009. Large 8vo., pp.xx,283, brown hardcover, gilt, 8pp. colour plates, b/w in-text illustrations; near-fine, in a very good unclipped dust-jacket.
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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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BUMBLEBEES. The Natural History and Identification of the Species Found in Britain. The New Naturalist, Volume 98.
London: Collins, 2006. First edition, 8vo., pp.xi,580, green cloth, gilt, colour and b/w illustrations; few very minor marks to edges, a near fine copy, in near fine unclipped dust-jacket in a protective covering.
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A HISTORY OF BOARD-GAMES OTHER THAN CHESS.
Oxford: Oxford University Press. 8vo., pp. xiii,267, black hardcover, gilt, b/w illustrations and figures; very light crease to front free endpaper, otherwise a fine copy in a vg+ unclipped 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 EVOLUTION OF MATTER.
London and Felling-on-Tyne: The Walter Scott Publishing Co., Ltd, 1907. First English edition, 8vo., pp.xxvi,436, blue cloth, gilt, b/w frontispiece and plates; foxing to endpapers and prelims, spine rolled, rubbing with slight wear to extremities, a good copy.
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THE WISDEN COLLECTOR'S GUIDE.
London: John Wisden & Co. (Bloomsbury), 2011. 8vo., pp,x,358, navy hardcover, gilt; light toning to edges, a very good+, clean copy, in very good unclipped dust-jacket.
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INTRODUCTION TO GPS. The Global Positioning System.
Norwood: ARTECH HOUSE, INC, 2006. 8vo., pp.xiv,210, pictorial hardcover, b/w diagrams; just slight shelfwear, a very good copy indeed. No dust-jacket, as issued.
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DE VERBORUM SIGNIFICATIONE: THE EXPOSITION OF THE TERMES AND DIFFICILL WORDES, CONTAINED IN FOUR BUIKES OF REGIAM MAJESTATEM, AND OTHERS, IN THE ACTES OF PARLIAMENT, INVESTMENTS, AND USED IN PRACTICQUE OF THIS REALME,
And with diverse rules, and common places, or Principalles of the Lawes.
Edinburgh: printed be Robert Walde-grave, Printer to the Kingis Majestie, 1599. 4to., pp. unpaginated (H1-S5), half calf, five raised bands, marbled boards, engraved head-piece and coat-of-arms to title; lacking the folding table, otherwise complete, ink annotation to lower margin of I1, loss to lower corners of final few leaves, darkening and light marginal wear to final text leaf, margins a little darkened throughout, water-marking near rear of volume, with light undulation to the leaves throughout, front free endpaper beginning to work loose, joints worn but holding, wear to extremities, with 1.5cms loss to head of spine, a good copy. [STC 21877.5]
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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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