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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.
London: 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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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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VISTA: The Culture and Politics of Gardens.
London: Frances Lincoln, 2005. 8vo., pp.191, orange hardcover, gilt; ex library, with remnants of removed plates to front endpapers, and sticker to title verso, else clean and unmarked, with sunning to top edges, an otherwise very good copy, in unclipped dust-jacket, which is sunned to spine and has remnant of paper label to foot of spine.
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FACES WE MEET AND HOW TO READ THEM. With: HOW TO READ CHARACTER BY THE AID OF PATHOGNOMY; Or The Signs Which Are Manifested By The Human System In Motion: As By The Walk Or Gait, Tones Of The Voice, Form Of The Body, The Mode Of Shaking Hands, Temperamental Conditions, Dress, Etc.
London: H. Vickers, et al, 1881. Two volumes in one, small 8vo., pp.240, brown cloth, gilt, with decorative blindstamped borders to boards, b/w frontispiece, b/w in-text illustrations throughout; some paper-splitting along inner hinges (joints remain firm),light foxing to prelims, rubbing and light wear to extremities, with 2cm split to cloth at head of upper joint, light partial sunning and slight marking to cloth, a near very good copy.
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IN THE NORTH COUNTREE. Annals and Anecdotes of Horse, Hound and Herd.
London: Simpkin, Marshall and Co./York: Sampson Brothers, 1889. 8vo., pp.(ix),296,(8)adverts, original pictorial cloth stamped in blue and black, and lettered in gilt, neatly recased, with new endpapers, pictorial title, b/w plates; ink ownership autograph to half title, rubbed to extremities, a very good copy.
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THE GAME FOR THE GAME'S SAKE.
The History of Queen’s Park Football Club 1867-1967.
Glasgow: published by the Queen’s Park Football Club Ltd., and printed by Hay Nisbet & Co, 1967. First edition, 8vo., pp.(viii),402, black hardcover lettered and with pictorial emblem in silver; light partial toning to free endpapers, a clean and very good+ copy, in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is chipped to head of spine, with small closed tears to extremities, as well as 4cm closed tear to head of spine. Now in a protective cover.
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LOGIC, SIGNS AND NATURE IN THE RENAISSANCE.
The Case of Learned Medicine.
Cambridge University Press, 2002. 8vo., pp.xvi,407, black hardcover lettered in silver, b/w frontispiece, b/w figures; a very good, fresh copy, in vg unclipped dust-jacket.
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ROBERT BOYLE BY HIMSELF AND HIS FRIENDS. With a fragment of William Wotton’s lost Life of Boyle.
London: William Pickering, 1994. 8vo.,pp. cvii,188, navy cloth, red title band and gilt lettering to spine, b/w illustrations, b/w frontispiece; a very good copy. No dust-jacket.
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THE MICROSCOPE IN THE DUTCH REPUBLIC: The Shaping of Discovery.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. 8vo.,pp. xii,348, paperback, b/w figures; lightly sunned to spine, a very good copy.
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THE ANTHROPOCENE AS A GEOLOGICAL TIME UNIT.
A Guide to the Scientific Evidence and Current Debate.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019. 8vo.,pp. xiv,361, pictorial hardcover, b/w and colour figures; a near-fine copy. No dust-jacket, as issued.
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PEAT AND ITS PRODUCTS. An Illustrated Treatise on Peat and its Products as a National Source of Wealth.
Glasgow: Begg, Kennedy & Elder, 1905. First edition, 8vo., pp.xvi,318, brown cloth, gilt, colour frontispiece, b/w plates; foxing to fore-edges, light foxing and toning to prelims, bubbling and light marking to cloth, a good+ copy of this scarce title.
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