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MAKING 20TH CENTURY SCIENCE: How Theories Became Knowledge.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. 8vo.,pp. xvii,531, hardcover, silver lettering, b/w figures; a near-fine copy, in a near-fine unclipped pictorial dust-jacket.
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COSMIC FACTORS IN DISEASE.
London: Gerald Duckworth, 1963. First edition, 8vo.,pp. viii,152, hardcover, gilt; toned and foxed to edges of text block and light toning to margins, slight musty odour, otherwise very good, in a very good unclipped dust-jacket, which is rubbed to extremities with wear to upper corners and light chipping to head of spine with a repaired tear along rear hinge, light toning to spine.
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ADVENTURE INTO THE UNCONSCIOUS. Medical Viewpoint Series.
London: Christopher Johnson, 1954. First edition, 8vo.,pp. 207, hardcover, gilt, toned and lightly foxed to edges of text block and to endpapers with light toning to margins, slight pulling to paper at inner hinge of p.56-57, lightly toned to head and foot of spine and extremities, otherwise a very good copy, in a good unclipped dust-jacket, rubbed and toned to spine and extremities, small piece missing to head of spine, small stain to upper margin of front.
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SURELY YOU'RE JOKING, MR FEYNMAN!
Adventures of a Curious Character.
London: The Folio Society, 2012. 8vo., pp.356, pictorial grey cloth, in slipcase; mint, in shrinkwrap. [This edition follows the text of the 1992 Vintage edition.]
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A New Naturalist Special Volume: LORDS AND LADIES.
London: Collins, 1960. First edition, 8vo., pp.xiv,241, green cloth, gilt, colour frontispiece, 4 b/w plates and numerous in-text figures; foxing to fore-edges and end blanks, slight wear to cloth along lower edge of rear board, slight sunning to margins of boards,a very good copy, without dust-jacket.
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RUSSIAN PICTURES
London: The Religious Tract Society, 1889. 4to., pp.224, pictorial blue cloth, decorative gilt, gilt lettering, a.e.g., b/w frontispiece, b/w illustrations; prize presentation bookplate to front paste-down endpaper (dated 1907), toning to front free endpaper, spots of foxing throughout, particularly to initial pages, light rubbing to extremities, overall a very good copy.
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BOFFIN A Personal Story of the Early Days of Radar, Radio Astronomy and Quantum Optics. [First Edition]
Bristol: Adam Hilger, 1991. 8vo., pp. 184, black hardcover, gilt, b/w figures and illustrations; a very good indeed copy in a vg unclipped dust-jacket with some light surface scratches.
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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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LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA Entomological Transactions of the Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union. Vol. 2.
Leeds: printed for the Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union by Taylor Brothers, 1883. 8vo., pp. 190, blue hardcover, gilt, decorative gilt to front board, one colour plate in with prelims; foxing to endpapers, occasional spots throughout text, pages slightly coming away from lower gutter, light pencilling to pages 12-16, light wear to extremities of boards, especially to the corners which are lightly bruised, some light marks to boards, a 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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PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS.
London: T. Cadell, 1785. Second edition, 8vo., pp.xvi,233,(i), rebacked tree calf boards, spine in a modern tan leather, gilt-lettered; contemporary ink ownership autograph to front free endpaper, without original free endpapers or replacements: begins at prelim blank, internally fresh with minimal marking or spotting, light wear at corners of boards, a very good copy.
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LECTURES ON CONDITIONED REFLEXES. Twenty-five Years of Objective Study of the Higher Nervous Activity (Behaviour) of Animals
London: Martin Lawrence Limited, 1928. First edition, 8vo., pp.414, blue cloth, gilt, b/w frontispiece portrait with tissue guard; light foxing to prelims, light rubbing to extremities, a very good copy, in an edgeworn unclipped dust-jacket, which has 1cm loss at headband, chipping and closed tears to the edges, and staining/marking to the paper. Now in a protective cover.
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WISDOM, MADNESS AND FOLLY: The Philosophy of a Lunatic.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1951. First edition, 8vo., pp.254, terracotta cloth lettered in black; foxing to endpapers, toning to edges, light rubbing and slight sunning to edges of boards, else a very good copy, in an unclipped dust-jacket, which is toned to the spine and margins, with water staining to fore-margins, closed tears and light chipping to upper edge. Now in a protective cover.
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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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LOST BEASTS OF BRITAIN.
London: Harrap, 1974. 8vo., pp.138, brown hardcover, gilt, b/w illustrations; a very good copy, in a very good unclipped dust-jacket.
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GREEN TREASURY. A Journey Through the World’s Great Nature Writing.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1952. 8vo., pp.615,xxi, green hardcover, quarter bound in contrasting green paper, gilt, decorative gilt to front board, uncut, pictorial endpapers, b/w illustrations; very light yellowing to leaves, very light rubbing to extremities, overall a very good copy indeed in a vg unclipped dust-jacket, which is rubbed to extermities, with closed tears to head and tailband, repaired with tape by previous owner, and minor chipping/creasing to extremities, and a few marks to rear.
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MAN'S PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE
London: Chapman and Hall Ltd, 1907. Sixth edition with an additional chapter, 8vo., pp.vii,341, red cloth, gilt, 2 in-text illustrations, folding plate to rear of volume; toning and foxing to prelims, occasional foxing within, neat ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper (dated [19]‘09), cloth split for 3cms at head of upper joint, light sunning to spine and rear upper margin, corners just lightly bruised, else very good.
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THE ADJUSTMENT & TESTING OF TELESCOPE OBJECTIVES
York: T. Cooke & Sons, Ltd, 1921. 8vo., pp.123, boards quarter bound in contrasting paper, tan title inlay to spine, uncut, one b/w plate, b/w illustrations throughout, toning to margins, occasional pencilling, closed tears to pages, 73, 75, 77, light wear to boards, particularly to extremities, mark to front and rear board, overall a good copy.
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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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BRITISH FUNGI. With a Chapter on Lichens.
London: Routledge and Sons, Limited, 1911. First edition, 8vo., pp.,551, pictorial green cloth, gilt, colour plates; a little mottling to cloth, rubbing to extremities, else very good. No dust-jacket.
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