Books & Bygones

Biological Effects of Freezing and Supercooling - Monographs of the Physiological Society

Audrey U. Smith · 1961

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,374)

Book Good 1st Edition Edward Arnold 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 462 pages. Hardback in dustwrapper with mylar cover, taped to book. From the Keeler Ivan Pain library. A scientific monograph examining how living tissues respond to freezing, supercooling, and induced hypothermia. ...

Latest Developments in Cryosurgery (1972) - International Congress Proceedings, Vienna - Rare Medical Volume

1972

£200.00 (€239.73 | $264.23 | ¥42,181)

Book Good Verlag der Wiener medizinischen Akademie A very scarce 1972 proceedings volume from the International Congress of Cryosurgery, held in Vienna, June 4-7, 1972. Published by Verlag der Wiener medizinischen Akademie. 363 pages. This copy bears the Keeler Ivan Pain Refer...

On Propelling Vessels by Means of Windmill Sails

J M Bartlett · 1819

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Book Good 1st Edition 7 page document paginated 41-45. Also is envelope sowing that the book was property of P T Farrell. Is complete as other item listed is same. Although this one appears to show signs of stitching as if removed from a book, but clearly is not the case. Th...

The Traveller's Pocket-Farrier, or, A Treatise upon the Distempers and Common Incidents Happening to Horses on a Journey. Being very useful for all Gentlemen and Tradesmen who are obliged to travel the Countries

Bracken, Henry · 1743

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,963)

Book Very Good 1st Edition B.Dod. at the Bible and Key in Ave-Mary-Lane near Stationers Hall 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall 6.75" 151 pages plus index. Leather bound. Small loss to bottom of spine, but in excellent condition for age. Name or notation written to top of title page wi...

Writing the Short-Story A Practical Handbook on the Rise, Structure, Writing and Sale of the Modern Short-Story

1928

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Book Good Revised Home Correspondence School, Springfie, Mass 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall 7.5" 491 pages including index. Some pencil underlinings to text. Tight book, maroon cloth, no inscriptions or owner's names. Only very slight rubbing to spine and corners, slightly sun fad...

Universal Cook, and City and Country Housekeeper

Collingwood, Francis and Wollams, John · 1801

£200.00 (€239.73 | $264.23 | ¥42,181)

Book Good No Jacket - as issued Third Edition J. Scratcherd London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall circa 1801 Containing all the various branches of cookery..... 451 pages plus index. Frontispiece together with twelve plates. Missing front board and spine present but very cracked

Experienced English Housekeeper, The

Raffald, Elizabeth · 1776

£999.99 (€1,198.63 | $1,321.13 | ¥210,901)

Book Good No Jacket - as issued Second Edition R. Baldwin London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 382 pages plus index. For the use and ease of Ladies, Housekeepers, Cooks, &c. Wrote purely from practice, and dedicated to the Hon. Lady Elizabeth Warburton, whom the author lately ser...

Housekeeper's Instructor; or, Universal Family Cook

Henderson, W. A. ( Jacob Christopher Schnebbelie - Revised By ) · 1805

£200.00 (€239.73 | $264.23 | ¥42,181)

Book Good No Jacket - as issued Thirteenth Edition J. Stratford London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Corrected, revised, and considerably improved, by every modern addition and variation in the Art, by Jacob Christopher Schnebbelie. Original Full leather with marbled boards and gi...

Experienced English Housekeeper, The

Raffald, Elizabeth · 1771

£999.99 (€1,198.63 | $1,321.13 | ¥210,901)

Book Good No Jacket - as issued Second Edition R. Baldwin London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 384 pages plus index. For the use and ease of Ladies, Housekeepers, Cooks, &c. Wrote purely from practice, and dedicated to the Hon. Lady Elizabeth Warburton, whom the author lately ser...

A New and General Biographical Dictionary 1798 - Published in 15 vols - Missing Vol 1.

1798

£1,500.00 (€1,797.97 | $1,981.72 | ¥316,354)

Book Fair New Edition G.G. and J. Robinson et Al 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 8.5" x 5.5" - 14 or 15 volumes - Volume 1 missing, but reprints are readily available. A New and General Biographical Dictionary - containing an historical and critical account of the lives and writings...

The Practical Electrician's Pocket Book 1959

Roy C. Norris (ed) · 1959

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

Book Good Inscribed by Illustrator(s) Sixty-First Edition Electrical and Radio Trading 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall 5.5" 530 pages, Red Cloth Black Embossed titles 530 light tanning to pages

The Gentleman's Stable Directory or Modern System of Farriery

William Taplin, Surgeon · 1796

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

Book Good Thirteenth Edition Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, and G. Kearsley 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 8.5 x 5.25" 504 pages plus index. Recovered hardback with marble and in the style of half leather, but material is not identified Is somewhat grubby cover, but contents are ...

The Bookman - with Presentation Plate ov Right Hon. Augustine Firrell, M.P.

1906

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Book Fair No Jacket - as Issued Hodder & Stoughton Bookman Magazine. 13 x 9". Full page b & w picture of Rev. Canon E. Lyttelton, Headmast of Eton College. Presentation plate not found within. Advertisements and text with Black and White photos throughout. Condition is Fair f...

Antiquarian Book Monthly May 1999 Volume XXVII Number 5 Issue 296

Bruce Tice · 1999

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

Book Fine No Jacket as Issued Countrywide Editions Limited 10.3 x 8" Magazine, in very good condition. Article by Richard Whittington-Egan on Jack the Ripper titled Ripperature the books about..... Treasury of Saint Frances of Assisi on World Tour article and Tom Browne by Wil...

The Bookman - with Presentation Plate Portait of Henry James

1913

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Book Fair No Jacket - as Issued Hodder & Stoughton Bookman Magazine. 13 x 9". Readers are presented with an artiacle by Dixon Scott of Henry James, pictures iand signature of James. Advertisements and text with Black and White photos throughout. Condition is Fair for year, pag...

The Bookman - Emerson Number June 1903

James Russell Lowell · 1903

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

Book Good No Jacket - as issued Hodder & Stoughton Bookman Magazine. 13 x 9". Readers are presented with an unique collection of pictures in connection with the Centenary of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Announcement of Rudyard Kipling's new volume of poems THE FIVE NATIONS. Ernest Tho...

How is it made

Hawks, Ellison · 1946

£100.00 (€119.86 | $132.11 | ¥21,090)

Book Fair Poor Odhams Press 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Red cover with very tatty partial dustwrapper. 384 pages. Been in storage for a time.

The Most Enormous Pub Quiz Book Ever!

Not Known · 2001

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

Book As New Sevenoaks; Teach Yourself / Hodder and Stoughton; 1981; 0340152508 4vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall As New Paperback. No inscriptions.

Chats on Old Clocks

Hayden, Arthur · 1920

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Book Acceptable No Jacket Second Fisher Unwin London 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 320 rough cut page edges. Light green cover heavilly marked. No inscriptions, contents clean.

Jarrolds' Dictionary of Difficult Words

Hill, Robert H. · 1111

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,796)

Book Good No Jacket Jarrold London 344 pages. pencil notes to inside front board and f.f.e.p. Foxing.