A G Cram Rare Books

Oeuvres de Fourier publiées par les soins de M. Gaston Darboux, sous les auspices du Ministere de l'Instruction Publique Tome Second.

FOURIER (PUB GASTON DARBOUX). · 1890

£200.00 (€239.73 | $264.23 | ¥42,194)

1890. Soft cover. Book, Volume two only, memoires publiées dans divers recueils, Paris, Gauthier-Villars et fils, 1890. 4to, xii, errata leaf, 636p. Large paper copy, no frontispiece. Small amount of annotation. A VG clean copy in plain brown card covers. Very Good.

Outlines of Geology being the substance of a course of lectures delivered in the theatre of the Royal Institution in the year 1816.

BRANDE, WILLIAM THOMAS. · 1817

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

1817. Hardcover. Book, First edn, London, John Murray, 1817. Tall 8vo, large folding hand-coloured frontispiece, viii, 144p. VG in original boards with large margins and remains of original paper label. Brande was Secretary to the Royal Society, Professor of Chemistry in the R...

A Compendious System of Astronomy in a Course of Familiar Lectures . also trigonometrical and celestial problems, with a Key to the Ephemeris and a Vocabulary of the terms of Science used in the Lectures.

BRYAN, MARGARET. · 1805

£3,000.00 (€3,595.98 | $3,963.42 | ¥632,907)

London, For Wynne and Scholey etc. 1805. Hardcover. Book, Third edition, revised and corrected by the authoress, London, for Wynne and Scholey etc, 1805. 8vo, xxii, [iv], 398p, 2p book catalogue. Frontispiece of Mrs Bryan and her Children, 17 plates, some folding, including a ...

Les Vrais Portraits des Rois de France.

DE BIE, JAQUES. · 1636

£1,275.00 (€1,528.29 | $1,684.45 | ¥268,985)

Jean Camusat, A Paris. 1636. Hardcover. Book, 2nd edn, A Paris, Jean Camusat, 1636 (but 1635 on Printer's imprint on last leaf). Folio, 24 x 34 cm. Complete with engraved title, printed title in red and black, xx, 395, 25p contents, 1p printer's imprint. With 65 fine engraved ...

The Lake Scenery of England.

PYNE, J B. · 1859

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

1859, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, Day & Sons, London [1859]. Folio, [iii],viii, engraved title, 25 tinted litho plates each with one page of descriptive text. Fine copy in original green cloth gilt. Blind-stamped and floral gilt decoration, all edges gilt. Bicknel...

Pictures for the Little Ones to Brighten Dull Days (Cover) Together with Stories and Verses (Title).

ANON. · 0

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

Ernest Nister, London and E P Dutton & Co, New York. Printed in Bavaria 61.. Hardcover. Book, Very attractive Nister/Dutton children's book. Folio, 18p, 26 x 31 cm. Some minor short tears to page edges, else near fine clean copy. Fine colour illustrations. Centre engraving aft...

La Liturgie ou Formulaire des Prieres Publiques, selon l'usage de l 'Eglise Anglicane.

ANON. · 1757

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,413)

A Londres, Vaillant & Nourse1757.. Hardcover. Book, Sm 8vo, 438p, 1757. Inscr. Prayer book. Slight wear to head of spine. Attractive full red calf gilt binding. Spine gilt in compartments. Marbled endpapers and gilt edges. Very Good.

Conditioned Reflexes an Investigation of the Physiological Activity of the Cerebral Cortex.

PAVLOV, IVAN PETROVICH (ANREP, G V [ED]). · 1927

£750.00 (€898.99 | $990.85 | ¥158,227)

1927, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn in English, O.U.P. Humphrey Milford, 1927. Tall 8vo, xvi, 430p. 18 figures in text and a double-sided plate including one of Pavlov's dogs. Near fine copy in original gilt-lettered black cloth. Printing and the Mind of Man PMM 575 ...

The Hills of Peace and other Poems.

PILKINGTON, LAWRENCE. · 1930

£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,687)

1930. Hardcover. Book, First edn, Longmans Green & Co, London, 1930. Original 1/4 cloth card covers with printed label, sq 8vo, 48p. A very scarce collection of poems, one of which is 'In Memoriam W.C.S. (Slingsby)'. Neate P56 'Pilkington and his brother Charles were among the...

A Pioneer in the High Alps alpine diaries and letters of F F Tuckett 1856 - 1874.

TUCKETT, FRANCIS FOX, W A B COOLIDGE (ED). · 1920

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

1920, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, London, Arnold, 1920. 8vo, xii, 372p. Plates and folding sketches. Free endpapers browned, gilt lettering dull, else near fine copy in original brown cloth gilt. Inscribed 'Lucy & Violet Hodgkin from Alice Tuckett, Xmas 1920, and ...

Mountains with a Difference.

YOUNG, GEOFFREY WINTHROP. · 1951

£650.00 (€779.13 | $858.74 | ¥137,130)

1951, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, Ascent of British & alpine climbs after 1918 with an artificial leg. First edn, Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1951. 8vo, xii, 282p. Plates. Spine of book evenly faded else VG, dustwrapper spine slightly faded, minor wear to head & tail else V...

Kangchenjunga the Untrodden Peak.

EVANS, CHARLES. · 1956

£1,025.00 (€1,228.62 | $1,354.17 | ¥216,243)

1956, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1956. 8vo, xx, 187p. Plates, some in colour. Fine copy in similar unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED on half-title by the author, George Band and Joe Brown (the first summit party), Neil Mather, John Clegg, ...

Pratt's Coast to London Route Maps.

ANGLO-AMERICAN OIL CO LTD. · 1910

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,413)

Anglo-American Oil Co Ltd. 1910, 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book, First edn, n.d. ca 1910. Folding map case [9 x 24 cm] with ten folding coloured strip maps, with contour profiles, and 2p references. Motor routes from Newhaven, Folkestone, Dover, Harwich and Southampton to Londo...

Shanks's Pony a Study of Walking.

MARPLES, MORRIS. · 1959

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, Dent & Sons, London, 1959. 8vo, xvi, 192p. Plates. Inscr. VG in similar unclipped dustwrapper. A 'attractive study of walking in Britain'. Very Good.

A Spelling Dictionary of the English Language on a New Plan, for the Use of Young Gentlemen, Ladies, and Foreigners.

NEWBERY, JOHN. · 1781

£420.00 (€503.44 | $554.88 | ¥88,607)

London, for T Carnan. 1781. Hardcover. Book, London, printed for T Carnan, 1781. V sm 8vo, 336p. 6 x 10 cm. Inscription on flyleaf. Binding rubbed, top hinge strengthened, VG in original full sheep gilt. A nice clean copy of this scarce miniature dictionary. Very Good.

The New Receipt Book, containing a large collection of highly estimated receipts, in a variety of branches, viz. brewing, making and preserving British wines, dying, rural and domestic economy ...

MILLSWOOD, G. · 1830

£100.00 (€119.87 | $132.11 | ¥21,097)

1830, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn thus, Printed and Sold by G. Wilkins and Son, Derby, [ca 1830]. Sm 8vo, 60p. Pages browned, VG in attractive recent 1/4 calf, marbled boards. Scarce. Very Good.

Ice Sports (including early skiing).

COOK, T A; MRS ALEC TWEEDIE; CAPT FERRAND ET AL. ROBINSON, B F (ED). · 1901

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

1901, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, London, Ward Lock & Co, 1901. 8vo, 335p. Folding coloured plan of ice yacht, diagrams and 32 plates. VG in original decorative green cloth gilt. Chapters on sledging, skating, skiing, ice hockey and curling by different authors. M...

The Religious Philosopher.

NIEUWENTYT, DR. · 1724

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)

1724. Hardcover. Book, 3rd edn, 2 vols, London, for J Senex, 1724. Title, iv, [ii letter from Desaguiliers], [xxviii contents], xxx, 1- 234p; Title, 235-585p. 29 fine folding engraved plates, matching the 29 Contemplations. Mathematics, astronomy, anatomy, physics and philosop...

Swiss Rail Map. Eisenbahnkarte der Schweiz.

GROSS, RUDOLF. · 1880

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

1880. Hardcover. Book, An attractive folding map in calf folder, C Schmidt, Zurich [1880]. Title in German and French. Large map 83 x 58 cm in 18 sections, coloured in outline, folding into full strait-grained black calf folder, marbled inners 15 x 21 cm. With list of 17 Swiss...

The Flower Fields of Alpine Switzerland.

FLEMWELL, G. · 1911

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

1911, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, London, Hutchinson & Co, 1911. Sq 8vo, xviii, 195p. 26 attractive tipped-in colour plates after paintings by the author. Near fine in original green decorative cloth gilt. Top edge gilt. Near Fine.