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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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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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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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NAMES OF BODY PARTS IN ENGLISH, 1400-1550.
Tuusula: The Finnish Academy of Science and Letters, 1998. 8vo., pp.470, paperback; ownership bookplate to front wrapper verso, light shelfwear to wrappers, a very good copy.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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BION AND GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY.
London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1985. First edition, 8vo., pp.xiv, red hardcover, gentle vertical crease to spine, light creasing to head/tailbands, else a very good copy, in a lightly toned unclipped dust-jacket.
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