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Report of the Departmental Committee Appointed to Inquire Into the Dangers Attendant on the Use of Lead . And . From Dust and Other Causes in the Manufacture of Earthenware and China

1910

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

HMSO, 1910. Soft Cover. All three parts of this early government publication on Lead Poisoning and other industrial diseases. Original paper boards mounted on thick paper boards with matching gold titles on spine - ex. Government Library Nos, Cd.5219, Cd.5278, Cd.5385, a total...

Current Work in the History of Medicine

1956

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Wellcome Historical Medical Library 1956-75, . Soft Cover. Published quarterly by the Wellcome. A Complete run minus No's 1-7, 9,10,16,19 & 33. 73 parts in total (171-383 pages annually). £1 each or £20 the lot. Heavy - will require extra postage. . Very Good

The Meteorology of the Ben Nevis Observatories (Vol. XLII of the Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh)

Buchan, Alexander & Omond, Robert Traill · 1902

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Robert Grant, 1902. Hardcover. Reports from the Ben Nevis Observatory (which functioned from 1883 to 1905). Part II - Containing Observations for the Years 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891 and 1892, with Apppendices.xiv+552p with Intrroducion, tables and extracts from the Ben Nevis Obse...

The Meteorology of Ben Nevis (Vol. XXXIV of the Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh)

Buchan, Alexander · 1890

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Robert Grant, 1890. Hardcover. Reports from the Ben Nevis Observatory (which functioned from 1883 to 1905) lxi of text by Buchan + 406p of tables and extracts from the Ben Nevis Observatory logbook. Ex library (as usual) of the National Museum Wellington New Zealand. with stam...

Minutes of Evidence and Appendices to the Report of Solway White Fishery Commission

1892

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Neil & Co.for HMSO, 1892. Original Wraps (absent). Blue card covers absent but title page and 88p tight and clean. Extensive evidence from many Fishermen about the Solway, mostly Creetown; also Pow-foot, Lockerbie, Dumfries, Annan etc. Much about white fish v.Salmonidae. . Good

Guide to the Orkney Islands (Orkney Official Guide Book on Front Board)

1920

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

The Simmath Press, . Soft Cover. 72p including adverts at beginning and end. Blue cover with an inset of Kirkwall Harbour; not dated but likely early 1920's (reference to a new edition of Firth's Reminiscenmces in an advert by John Rae Bookseller. Well illustrated including fo...

West Highland Railway Bill 1896

1896

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

HMSO By Eyre & Spoittiswoode, 1896. Soft Cover. 4p government printed paper headed Chapter 58 (West Highland Railway Guarantee Bill 1896) An Act Authorising the Treasury to guarantee the interest on Certain Capital of the West Highland Railway Company, and pay a sum of money t...

The Battle of Life - a Retrospect of Sixty Years

Kebbell, T.E. · 1912

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

T.Fisher Unwin, 1912. Hardcover. Detailed biography particulrly of his education with reference to Merchant Taylor's school. Boards dusty and gutter split but book still tight. Few marks on fep and evidence of label removal inside front board, . Good +

Ferry & Admission Tickets - Small Collection

1956

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

, 1956. . Small collection of Admission, Ferry & Train ticketsmostly from North Wales Area c.1956 comprising Snowdon Railway Summit to Llanberis (1/2 ticket only- must have walked down!); Llandudno Marine Drive Toll Gate (2 different), Portmadoc Embankment Tolgate, Conway Brid...

A Modern Raid in Glengarry and Glenmoriston - the Burning of the Church of Cilliechriost

0

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

, . Unbound. Offprint from Trancsactions of Gaelic Society of Inverness. 33p fine but for significant rust marks from (now removed) staples. . Very Good -

Motor Sport Magazine - Long Run 1948 - 1987 40 Volumes Complete

1948

£1,200.00 (€1,438.39 | $1,585.37 | ¥253,163)

, . Hardcover. Long Run - from 1948 (Vol.24) to 1981 (Vol.57) in publisher's binding of black cloth and gilt lettering complete with covers , adverts and bound indexes loosely inserted. Clean and tight. 1982 (Vol.58) to 1987 (Vol.63) complete in original covers as issued. Deli...

James Lumsden & Son of Glasgow - Their Juvenile Books and Chapbooks

Roscoe, S. & Brimmell, R.A. · 1981

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Private Libraries Association, 1981. Hardcover. Fine copy of the well got up book listing and illustrating many of Lumsden's early productions.14p ; cold frontispiece . Fine

Map of the Lochs Freuchie, Hoil & Fender (Tay Basin) from the Bathymetrical Survey of the Freshwater Lochs of Scotland

Murray, John (& Pullar) · 1904

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Edinburgh Geographical Institute, 1904. . From Murray & Pullar's Bathymetrical Survey of the Freshwater Lochs of Scotland, this disbound map shows 3 Lochs in the Tay Basin, Lochs Freuchie, Hoil and Fender with soundings marked and depth of lochs in blue contours. Surrounding t...

Loch Inver and Loch Assynt - Ordnance Survey Map of Scotland No. 15

Ordnance Survey · 1930

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Ordnance Survey, 1930. . Clean, unfolded and uncreased with no marks. Mounted on cloth. . Very Good

Select Committee Report on the Metropolitan Gas Companies with Proceedings, Minutes of Evidence, Appendix and Index 1899 (Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers)

E.M.S. · 1969

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

Irish University Press, 1969. Hardcover. 384p Report and Minutes on Evidence of this late Victorian Report on the Metropolitan Gas Companies. Committe Members were Baldwin, Banbury, Cohen, Sir Frederick Dixon-Hartland, Brynmor-Jones, Lough, Lowles, Nicol, Pickersgill, Pirie, S...

Pathescope Film Catalogue - 9. 5m/M Silent

1938

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Pathescope Ltd, 1938. Soft Cover. Labelled 1sr Edition 1938. 102p of films available for hire and purchase. Many movie stills and sections on Cartoons, (By arrangement with Walt Disney-Mickey Mouse Ltd.), Comedy, Drama, Religious Drama, Farce (inc. Laurel , Paul Parrott, Docum...

Tongue - 1 Maps of Great Britain Nos. 10 Seventh Series.

Ordnance Survey · 1959

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Ordnance Survey, 1959. . Clean, unfolded and uncreased with no marks. . Fine

Contoured Road Map of Tunbridge Wells Popular Edition 1 to 1 Mile No. 125

Ordnance Survey · 1934

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

Ordnance Survey, 1934. . Mounted in sections on cloth.This edition with corrections to 1934 but magnetic varition 1920 . Little used with red card covers of plus foured and pipe smoking cyclist holding a map and prospecting the view ! (Ellis Martin). No marks. No locality titl...

Nineteenth Report of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts

1926

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

H.M.S.O., 1926. Soft Cover. 98p, clean and tight with neat pencil ownership (removeable) on to John Gladstone Magdalen College Cambridge Jan 25 1928. . Very Good

Old Rock - Shetland in Pictures

Wills, Johnathan · 1989

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

The Shetland Times, 1989. Soft Cover. 73 pages of coloured photographs of the Shetlands by Wills. a Photograhic impression - perhaps a little in the style of Gus Wyllie on the Hebrides. Fine book. . Fine