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GEMS AND JEWELS, Their History, Geography, Chemistry, and Ana, from the Earliest Ages down to the Present Time.
London: Richard Bentley, 1860. 8vo., pp.xxxii,382, half leather, gilt, marbled boards; small heraldic emblem tipped in to front free endpaper, pictorial ownership bookplate to front paste-down endpaper, foxing to prelims, loss to upper corner of p.5, occasional pencil annotation and underlining within, rubbing to boards and extremities, especially to centre of front board, a very good copy of this scarce volume.
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KINETIC RELATIVITY
A Sequel to Relativity, Gravitation and World Structure
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1948. First edition, 8vo., pp.238, blue cloth, gilt; light toning to endpapers and edges, neat ink ownership inscriptionn to front free endpaper, faint marking to front board, light sunning to spine, a very good copy.
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RELATIVITY GRAVITATION AND WORLD-STRUCTURE.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1935. 8vo.,pp. viii,365, dark green cloth, gilt, b/w figures, b/w frontispiece; ownership inscription to front free endpaper, light toning to margins, light sunning to spine and light rubbing to extremities, a very good copy. No dust-jacket.
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CROQUET UP TO DATE.
Containing the Ideas and Teachings of the Leading Players and Champions.
London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1900. First edition, 8vo., pp.xviii,313, uncut and partially unopened, pictorial green cloth, gilt, b/w frontispiece with tissue guard, b/w plates and figures; croquet instruction pamphlet loose inside back endpapers, spine darkened, rubbing to extremities, small tear to cloth at tail of spine, a few small marks to cloth, a good+ copy. No dust-jacket.
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POWER FROM THE EARTH.
Deep Earth Gas - Energy for the Future.
London: J.M. Dent and Sons, 1987. 8vo., pp.vii,208, black hardcover, gilt, b/w figures; light marking to front board, a very good copy, in vg unclipped dust-jacket.
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DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1935. First edition, 8vo.,pp. xiv,459, navy cloth, gilt, lightly toned to margins and endpapers, toned to head and foot of spine, a very good copy, in an unclipped dust-jacket, which is rubbed and toned to spine and extremities, small stain to front upper margin, worn at corners, chipping to head and foot of spine with loss to head of spine slightly obscuring title, closed tears along front and rear edge, now in a protective dust-cover, overall very good.
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MODERN COSMOLOGY AND THE CHRISTIAN IDEA OF GOD. Being the Edward Cadbury Lectures in the University of Birmingham for 1950.
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1952. First editon, 8vo.,pp. 160, navy cloth, gilt; toning to endpapers, off setting to front and rear free endpapers and toning to margins, occasional light pencilling to margins, otherwise very good, in an unclipped dust-jacket, which is toned and rubbed to spine and extremities, with wear to corners.
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THE PRINCIPLES OF QUANTUM MECHANICS.
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1947. 8vo.,pp. xii,311, green cloth, gilt; toned to margins, pencil annotation to front free endpaper and occasionally to margins, sunning to spine and lightly rubbed to extremities, a very good copy. No dust-jacket.
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THE RELATIVISTIC GAS.
Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing, 1957. First edition, 8vo.,pp. xi,108,red cloth, gilt, b/w figures; light toning to margins, otherwise very good, in a good unclipped dust-jacket, which is rubbed and toned to spine and extremities, chipped and some loss to head and foot of spine and wear to corners, small creased tears along margins.
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5 EASY PIECES.
The Impact of Fisheries on Marine Ecosystems.
Washington/London: Island Press, 2010. Large 8vo., pp.xii,193, pictorial hardcover; a fresh and near-fine copy. No dust-jacket, as issued.
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A GEOGRAPHICAL, HISTORICAL, AND POLITICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE EMPIRE OF GERMANY, HOLLAND, THE NETHERLANDS, SWITZERLAND, PRUSSIA, ITALY, SICILY, CORSICA, AND SARDINIA; With a Gazetteer of Reference to the Principal Places in Those Countries. Compiled and translated from the German. To which are added, Statistical Tables of all the States of Europe; Translated from the German of J.G. Boetticher of Konigsberg. With a Supplementary Table, Showing the Changes Since the Commencement of the Present War. Illustrated with Twemty-Four Plates, and a large Three-Sheet Post Map of Germany, Holland, Italy, Etc.
Lo: John Stockdale, 1800. 4to., pp.390,viii,87, full contemporary speckled calf, 5 raised bands, red title label lettered in gilt, speckled edges, frontispiece map, 3 folding maps, 23 city plans; light evidence of removed bookplate to front paste-down endpaper, minor marginal worming, not affecting printed area, 4cm wear to foot of upper external joint, 1.5cm wear to foot of lower external joint, rubbing/superficial wear along upper joint and to lower inner corner of front board, a clean and handsome copy.
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A COMPARATIVE HAND LIST OF THE BIRDS OF JAPAN AND THE BRITISH ISLES.
In this Hand List the author has attempted to supply the materials for a complete comparison between the birds of the Island of Japan and the birds found in Great Britain and Ireland.
Cambridge University Press, 1925. 4to., pp.(vi),107, beige cloth, gilt; ownership bookplates to front endpapers, else very good indeed, in unclipped dust-jacket, which is foxed and partly toned, with water-stain to rear/spine, and light wear to extremities, with apx. 6mms loss at head of spine.
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B.B.C. HANDBOOK 1929. [The second B.B.C. Handbook.]
Savoy Hill, London: The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1928. 8vo., pp.480, blue cloth lettered and decorated in dark blue, b/w illustrations throughout; very good indeed, in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer, which has chipping to head of spine, small closed tears to edges, and light surface-soil to pale paper, else very good
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NATURAL HISTORY OF ARBROATH AND DISTRICT.
Arbroath: Brodie and Salmond, 1893. 12mo., pp.134, uncut, pictorial green cloth, gilt; foxing to endpapers, author’s inscriptions to title page, light rubbing to extremities, a very good copy.
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ILLUSTRATED IMPORTANT FOREST TREES OF JAPAN.
Tokyo: Chikyu Shuppan Co. Ltd, 1964. First edition, bilingual Japanese/English text, 4to., pp.217, white cloth lettered in black and green, 100 colour plates, with distribution maps printed on glassine leaves. and accompanying text; ownership inscription to prelim blank, a very good copy, in pictorial dust-jacket, which is worn to edges, with creasing, tears and some loss to upper edge.
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ALBUM DES GRANDS CRUS CLASSES.
par le syndicat des grandes crus classes du medoc, 1926. Oblong 8vo.,pp. 64, paperback, b/w illustrations; ownership inscription to front free endpaper, scuffed tears to lower margins of wrapper up to p.10, occasional foxing throughout, rubbed and toned to extremities, with some creasing to corners, a good copy.
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THE CYCLOPAEDIA OF USEFUL AND ORNAMENTAL PLANTS
Used in the Arts, in Medicine, and for Ornament, With a Scientific and Popular Description of Each Plant, and An Account of its Uses and Mode of Culture: Interpreted with Illustrative Anecdotes and Numerous Coloured Engravings.
London: James Sangster and Co, 1868. 4to., pp.ii,(iv),484, pictorial bevelled green cloth, gilt, with decorative borders in blind, pictorial spine, 20 hand-coloured plates, a.e.g,; neat ink ownership inscription, dated 1868, to front free endpaper verso, paper cracking to front inner hinge, light paper cracking to rear inner hinge, some foxing to prelims, 1cm clean split to cloth along upper joint, a little rubbing to extremities, with light creasing ti head of spine, a very good, bright copy.
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ENDLESS AMUSEMENT; A COLLECTION OF 404 ENTERTAINING AND ASTONISHING EXPERIMENTS. Among a Variety of Other Subjects are Amusements in Arithmetic, Mechanics, Hydraulics, Hydrostatics, Optics, Pneumatics, Electricity, Chemistry, Magnetism, Combinations of Figures, Reflection and Refraction of Light, the Art of Making Fire Works, Diverting Experiments with the Magic Lantern and Camera Obscura, Wonders of the Air-Pump, All the Popular Tricks and Changes of the Cards, &c. &c. &c. The whole so clearly explained as to be within the reach of the most limited capacity.
London: Published by Thorp and Burch, and printed by Gye and Balne, 1820. 12mo., pp.216, uncut, marbled paper-covered boards reinforced with green linen backstrip, folding copper-engraved frontispiece plate; foxing to frontispiece and edges, with some foxing throughout, occasional light pencil ‘x’ marks to margins, boards rubbed and lightly worn, partly recoloured with biro, with wear to edges of boards, a good copy of this extremely scarce volume.
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LANDFORMS AND GEOLOGY OF GRANITE TERRAINS.
Leiden/London: A.A. Balkema Publishers, 2005. 4to., pp.ix,351, pictorial hardcover, b/w illustrations; light shelfwear to covers, internally fine, with presentation inscription to title, a very good copy. No dust-jacket, as issued.
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PILGRIMAGE FOR PLANTS.
London: George G. Harrap, 1960. First edition, 8vo., pp.191, green hardcover lettered in white, b/w frontispiece, b/w plates; a very good, clean copy, in vg unclipped dust-jacket, which is just lightly chipped to extremities,
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