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Change of Life in Men and Women

Stopes, Marie · 1936

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Putnam, 1936. Hardcover. Clean tight 1st of one of Marie Stopes standard books for the multitude.282p no marks. . Very Good

The Altitudinal Range of British Plants

Wilson, A (The Late) · 1931

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Supplement to the Western Naturalist, 1931. Soft Cover. Revised and enlarged 2nd Edition. Vg, Indexed with list of references.117p in wrappers as issued. . Near Very Good

The Altitudinal Range of British Plants

Wilson, A · 1931

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Supplement to the Western Naturalist, 1931. Soft Cover. Vg, Indexed with list of references.128p in wrappers as issued. . Near Very Good

Album Views - the Isle of Man

0

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

W. Cowin & Co, . Hardcover. Very nice late Victorian/Edwardian View album with bright gilt design on front board. Concertina folding plates include a wide panorama of the Loch Promenade Douglas with trams, carriages and crowds of people! 16 pages of plates in total with anothe...

The Vale of Anworth and Other Sketches

Brown Anderson, D. · 1899

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

John Menzies & Co, 1899. Hardcover. Substantial Volume in green cloth with bright gilt motif of Anworth Churchyard on front board. Consists of a number of short articles including Anworth Church & Kirkyard Kirkcudbright, the South Esk, Isla, Invermark, Yates, Byron & Lochnagar...

The Chronicles of John R. Jenkins 1913-1947 Mountaineer, Miner & Quaker

Jenkins, Dulcibel (Editor) · 1987

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Published By Auhor, 1987. Hardcover. Heavy firmly bound book in illustrated wrappers profusely illustrated with sketches, photographs and many pages of Jenkin's climbing log. Much pre-war climbing in the Alps, expedition to the Central Caucasus in 1937; articles first publishe...

Founders of British Physiology - a Biographical Dictionary 1820-1885

O'Connor, W.J. · 1988

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Manchester University Press, 1988. Hardcover. 278p of detailed biography. Heavily referenced. . Fine

A Plea for Sacred and Religious Writings Addressed to the Disciples of Thomas Paine and Wavering Christians of Every Persuasion. With an Appendix Containing the Authors Determination to Have Relinquished His Charge in the Established Church and .

Simpson, Rev. David · 1807

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

W. Baynes, 1807. Hardcover. An early methodist tract (1st Macclesfield 1797). xxv + 406p +Addenda & Corrigenda and index. Original boards grubby and worn with backstrip missing. Light foxing of some text and front board near detached. Owners name Gulidimus Rymer inside front b...

Northern Memoirs, Calculated for the Meridian of Scotland, to Which Is Added the Contemplative and Practical Angler. Writ in the Year 1658.

Franck, Richard, Philanthropus · 1821

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Archibald Constable & Co., 1821. Hardcover. A very good copy in original embossed patterned full leather binding with gilt rim and banded gilt motifs on spine. Marbled endpapers and foreedges. No marks, clean and tight but spine creased and worn top and bottom and corners bump...

Report from His Majesty's Commissioners for Inquiring Into the Administration and Practical Operation of the Poor Laws. Published by Authority

1834

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

B. Fellowes, 1834. Hardcover. An important landmark in the development of English Poor Law. Re-cased with original boards and spine laid down. New endpapers; tight and clean with no marks. Minimal foxing. 362p +128p with index. Sections on Out Door Relief, Progressiveness of B...

Large Scale Map of Majorca - 1. 50,000 Inca 39-26 (671)

1993

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Cartographia Militar De Espana, 1993. . Modern contored map of Central Northern Majorca with the Inca and part of North-Eastern Coastline. Size: 70 x 47cm (Map Area 57 x 37cm) . Fine

Large Scale Map of Majorca - 1. 50,000 Soller 38-26 (670)

1995

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Cartographia Militar De Espana, 1995. . Modern contored map of North-Western Majorca with the coast road from Soller, Puig Major & etc. Size: 70 x 47cm (Map Area 57 x 37cm) . Fine

Report of the General Board of Commissioners in Lunacy in Scotland 17th- 1875

1875

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

T & A Constable for HMSO, 1875. Soft Cover. An Annual Report of the Lunacy Commission (1875) (xcv +271p) Good though paper blue boards absent and spine deficient. Larger size than other volumes advertised. Clean and complete. Library Marks on front leaf. . Good +

Report of the General Board of Commissioners in Lunacy in Scotland 11th - 1869

1869

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

T & A Constable for HMSO, 1869. Soft Cover. An Annual Report of the Lunacy Commission (1869) bound in original blue paper covers. (lxviii +310p) Near fine. Clean and complete. . Fine

Report of the General Board of Commissioners in Lunacy in Scotland 13th - 1871

1871

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

T & A Constable for HMSO, 1871. Soft Cover. An Annual Report of the Lunacy Commission (1871) bound in original blue paper covers. (xcii +259p) Paper spine failing and text block in 3 parts. Cover sl. chipped but clean and complete. Unobtrusive library marks on front cover. . Poor

Report of the General Board of Commissioners in Lunacy in Scotland 12th - 1870

1870

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

T & A Constable for HMSO, 1870. Soft Cover. An Annual Report of the Lunacy Commission (1870) bound in original blue paper covers. (lxxx +283p) Paper spine deficient and becoming loose. Almost disbond. Cover sl. chipped but clean and complete. Unobtrusive library marks on front...

Reports of the General Board of Commissioners in Lunacy in Scotland 14th, 15th & 16th Reports - 1872,1873,1874

1872

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

T & A Constable for HMSO, 1872. Hardcover. Three Annual Reports of the Lunacy Commission (1872,73 & 74) bound together in olive green boards with gilt and red label on spine. (xcvi +292p; xciii + 312p; xcvi + 329p) Clean and tight - no marks - fine but for some foxing of endpa...

Minutes of Evidence [of the] Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress; Appendix Volume II, Minutes of Evidence (35th to 48th Days) Being Mainly the Evidence of London Witnesses

1909

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

HMSO, 1909. Soft Cover. Appendix Volume II of the Poor Law Enquiry of 1909 being Minutes of Evidence (35th to 48th days) being mainly the Evidence of London Witnesses with Appendix. Printed by Wyman & Sons for HMSO. Tall folio iv + 445p bound in original blue paper boards with...

The Scottish Highlanders and Their Regiments

Brander, Michael · 1971

£11.00 (€13.19 | $14.53 | ¥2,321)

Seeley Service & Co., 1971. Hardcover. Fine copy of Branders engaging summary of Highland Military history. 224p illustrated. Bold d/w with highland soldires in sillouette. . Fine

Numbering the People - the Eighteenth Centiry Population Controversy and the Developement of Census and Vital Statistics in Britain

Glass, D.V. · 1973

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Saxon House Farnborough Hants. 1973, 0. Hardcover. 1st Edition.205p illustrated with contempory cartoons and bill posters.A fascinating account of the original controversy tracing subsequent development of the census . Very good in vg d/w. . Very Good