No Binding. Large set (approx. 70) of glass slides in custom-made box assembled for University level education. Produced by Flatters & Garnett Ltd, Manchester. Includes slides on: Grafting and propagation Conifer species Liverworts and their life cycle Cross sections of buds and leaves Forest vegetation and ecosystem types Coloured images..... More
No Binding. Original signature "Thos A Edison President" mounted with a portrait photograph and a brass plaque, 'Thomas A. Edison 1847-1931'. Framed and glazed in a gilt frame, in fine condition. Full size 29.5cm x 20cm. More
Remigius Guedon, 1549. 12mo. Hardcover. pp 662. Original calf, without titlepage,but the publishers device laiddown instead. very early repairs to spine, front board detached and the binding such that text block is split in half, but repairable. A Latin translation of the 12 books of Traliano's Therapeutika and his book..... More
London: Longmans, 1873. 6th Edition. Full Morocco. pp xii, 859. Frontis & 3 coloured plates. Illlustrations in text. 6th edition. Full contemporary morocco with gilt college stamp on front board, aeg. Numerous interesting illustrations. The fine binding has "Ganot's Physics" as the title. More
Paris: Melchior Mondiere, 1626. 3rd Edition. 8vo. Original Calf. Full mottled calf, raised bands with gilt decorations on the spine showing plant motifs. Original spine label. Minor wear at head of spine and outer corners of boards. Handwritten title page, Observations, Livre Premier: [18], 227, [5 - table]; Observations, Livre..... More
London: A Bettwsorth & C. Hitch. 46th. 8vo. Original Roan. pp. vi, 183. Some discolouring throughout and handwriting on back blank leaf. Original roan boards, sympathetically re-spined. Undated, though the 48th edition was published in 1736, and handwriting (back leaf) of an early owner is dated 1735. illustrated with mathematical..... More
Stuttgart: Cotta, 1867. 4to. Original Cloth. pp.xvi,515. Translated by Edward Sauter. 7 coloured engravings, 2 folding maps and 10 woodcuts. Copies such as this one, with both folding maps present are rare. Some foxing and slight watermarks. Lacks front free endpaper Original decorated cloth, minor blemish on lower spine. An..... More
1870. No Binding. Hand-written signed letter, on Kew Gardens notepaper, dated April 14, 1870. "Dear Grote, I have had communications with the Maingays sister, about this collection.....I suppose we had best buy them." Sir Joseph Hooker (1817-1911) was the noted botanist who succeeded his father, Joseph Jackson Hooker as Director..... More
Wellington: Ferguson & Osborn, 1928. 4to. Hardcover. 2 vols. pp.xi,386. Coloured frontispiece, 51 coloured plates, 9 b&w 'plates and explanations' of diagrams. Original half crimson morocco. A good complete copy of this classic and monumental work, still the best on the subject today. Together with matching format supplement containing 10..... More
No Binding. ALS. Hand-written signed note "I send with this a work from which I think an interesting paper might be made for your valuable magazine, it is much at your service. I am, dear sir, very truly yours, H Davy". Pasted on a card 13 x 12 cm. Davy..... More
London: 1810. Folio. Full Morocco. Vol III only. Pp xii, 252, plates. Full morocco, gilt page edges, marbled endpapers. Some edgewear and scratching to leather, otherwise very good. Spine states "Vol IV" but is actually third volume. Lavater (174-81-1801) was a Swiss theologian and poet, most noted for his work..... More
No Binding. Signature: J Norman Lockyer. Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer (1836-1920) was a noted astronomer who, along with the French scientist Pierre Janssen, discovered the gas helium using electromagnetic spectroscopy. He was also the founder and editor of the preeminent science journal Nature in 1869, still probably the leading science..... More
London: Groombridge, 1856. Hardcover. 8 vols. Complete with 479 coloured plates. Original half blue morocco. An extremely handsome complete set in fine condition. More
Rochdale: J. Hartley, 1803. 3rd Edition. 8vo. Original Calf. pp. iv, 184. Folded frontispiece 'Arithmetic Tables, Tables Of Height & Measures'. Contains mathematical tables. Original full calf. Previous owner's name on fly and faintly on title page. Classic text on arithmetic. This 3rd edition which had "uncommonly extensive distribution" was..... More
1882. No Binding. ALS Sir James Paget. Hand written note headed "Crayford, Kent, Aug 20, 1882. Dear Madam, I beg you to pardon my returning your bank note. I have really done nothing deserving a fee. Believe me, faithfully yours, James Paget." Addressed to Mrs Brookes Smith. Paget (1814-1889), a...... More
