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English Woodcuts 1480-1535.
English Woodcuts 1480-1535.
HODNETT (Edward) · 1935
£32.25 (€38.66 | $42.61 | ¥6,802)
Oxford University Press. (Reprint of the 1935 Edition) 1973. Reprinted with Additions and Corrections, 4to, 251 facsimiles, orig. cloth. The core of the work is a catalogue of cuts, covering all the books containing cuts printed by Caxton, Wynkyn de Worde, Richard Pynson and...
The Country Gentleman’s Vade Mecum: or his Companion for the Town. In eighteen letters, from a gentleman in London, to his friend in the country, wherein he passionately disswades him against coming to London, and represents to him the advantages of a country life, in opposition to the follies and vices of the town. He discovers to him most of the humours, tricks and cheats of the town, which as a gentlemen and a stranger he is most exposed to. And gives him some general advice and instructions
The Country Gentleman’s Vade Mecum: or his Companion for the Town. In eighteen letters, from a gentleman in London, to his friend in the country, wherein he passionately disswades him against coming to London, and represents to him the advantages of a country life, in opposition to the follies and vices of the town. He discovers to him most of the humours, tricks and cheats of the town, which as a gentlemen and a stranger he is most exposed to. And gives him some general advice and instructions
COUNTRY GENTLEMAN. · 1699
£2,144.63 (€2,570.65 | $2,833.37 | ¥452,309)
London: Printed for John Harris, 1699. First edition, 8vo (186 x 110 mm), [24], 148, [4]pp., faint indecipherable ink ownership signature to title page, two small pin holes to lower blank margin, some occasional light spotting and browning, a couple of gatherings standing prou...
A Grammar of the Chinese Language.
A Grammar of the Chinese Language.
MORRISON (Rev. Robert) · 1815
£5,369.63 (€6,436.28 | $7,094.06 | ¥1,132,471)
Serampore: Printed at the Mission-Press, 1815. First edition, 4to (280 x 220 mm), vi, [2], 280pp., with the errata leaf, parallel title transliterated from the Chinese characters, some occasional light staining and age-toning to text, minor water-stain to fore-edge of last few...
The Surgical Anatomy of the Arteries of the Human Body, Designed for the use of Students in the Dissecting-Room.
The Surgical Anatomy of the Arteries of the Human Body, Designed for the use of Students in the Dissecting-Room.
HARRISON (Robert) · 1824
£241.88 (€289.93 | $319.56 | ¥51,013)
Dublin: Hodges and McArthur, 1824. First edition, 2 vols., xii, 201, [1]; vii, [1], 195, [1]pp., with a couple of neat faint stamps, later buckram. Provenance: From the library of the Birmingham Medical Institute.
Lectures on the Blood, and on the Anatomy, Physiology, and Surgical Pathology, of the Vascular System of the Human Body, Delivered before the Royal College of Surgeons of London, in the Summer of the Year 1819.
Lectures on the Blood, and on the Anatomy, Physiology, and Surgical Pathology, of the Vascular System of the Human Body, Delivered before the Royal College of Surgeons of London, in the Summer of the Year 1819.
WILSON (James) · 1819
£177.38 (€212.62 | $234.34 | ¥37,410)
London: Printed for Burgess and Hill, 1819. First edition, 8vo, xvi, 429pp., with the errata slip, neat faint stamps to title page, later buckram. Provenance: From the library of the Birmingham Medical Institute.
The Magnificent Botanical Library of the Stiftung Fur Botanik Vaduz Liechtenstein Collected by the late Arpad Plesch.
The Magnificent Botanical Library of the Stiftung Fur Botanik Vaduz Liechtenstein Collected by the late Arpad Plesch.
PLESCH (Arpad) · 1975
£48.38 (€57.99 | $63.92 | ¥10,203)
London: Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co. 1975-76. 3 Vols., 4to, coloured frontispieces, plates throughout, prices and buyer’s names loosely inserted, orig. boards, 863 lots.
An Inquiry into the Causes of the Motion of the Blood; with an Appendix, in which the process of respiration and its connexion with the circulation of the blood are attempted to be elucidated.
An Inquiry into the Causes of the Motion of the Blood; with an Appendix, in which the process of respiration and its connexion with the circulation of the blood are attempted to be elucidated.
CARSON (James) · 1815
£403.13 (€483.21 | $532.59 | ¥85,021)
Liverpool: Printed by F. B. Wright, 1815. First edition, 8vo, [6], 250pp., engraved frontispiece, a couple of neat faint stamps, some occasional light foxing, later buckram. Garrison & Morton, 765.2 “Carson recognized the vital effect on venous return played by the negative ...
A Narrative of the Dreadful Shipwreck of the Vryheid, (late the Melville-Castle) Capt. Scherman, A Dutch Indianman, bound to the Cape of Good-Hope, which was Wrecked off Dymchurch Wall, Doverm Nov. 23, 1802, by which Catastrophe, 454 Persons Perished! Written by One of the Survivors.
A Narrative of the Dreadful Shipwreck of the Vryheid, (late the Melville-Castle) Capt. Scherman, A Dutch Indianman, bound to the Cape of Good-Hope, which was Wrecked off Dymchurch Wall, Doverm Nov. 23, 1802, by which Catastrophe, 454 Persons Perished! Written by One of the Survivors.
SHIPWRECK. · 1802
£53.75 (€64.43 | $71.01 | ¥11,336)
London: Printed for Tegg & Castleman, [c. 1802]. 12mo, 28pp., lacking folding frontispiece, title page loose and a little chipped, disbound.
Some Account of the Town of Buckingham; A Lecture read before the Members of the Buckingham Literary and Scientific Institution on Tuesday, the 27th of January, 1857.
Some Account of the Town of Buckingham; A Lecture read before the Members of the Buckingham Literary and Scientific Institution on Tuesday, the 27th of January, 1857.
ROUNDELL (Rev. H.) · 1857
£53.75 (€64.43 | $71.01 | ¥11,336)
Buckingham: Printed and Sold by Richard Chandler, [1857.] 8vo, iv, 48pp., brown cloth, slight sign of label having been removed from upper cover, spine lettered in gilt. Very rare. Bookplate of John H. Baker.
Narrative of the Total Loss of the Kent, East Indiaman; Captain Cobb, by Fire, in the Bay of Biscay, on Tuesday, 1st of March, 1825, giving a full account of the Dreadful Sufferings of the Crew and Passengers.
Narrative of the Total Loss of the Kent, East Indiaman; Captain Cobb, by Fire, in the Bay of Biscay, on Tuesday, 1st of March, 1825, giving a full account of the Dreadful Sufferings of the Crew and Passengers.
[McGREGOR (Sir D.)] · 1825
£349.38 (€418.78 | $461.58 | ¥73,685)
London: Printed and Published by J. Fairburn, [1825.] Third edition, with additions, tall 12mo, 23, [1]pp., folding hand-coloured mezzotint frontispiece, original yellow, printed paper wrappers, stitched as issued, a nice copy. “The ‘Kent’, 1,350 tons, Captain Henry Cobb, s...
Account of the Loss of the Lady Hobart, Packet, on an Island of Ice, in the Atlantic Ocean, and the Providential Escape of the Crew in their Open Boats. To which is added, the Wreck of the Vryheid, a Dutch East Indiaman, off Dover, November 23, 1802. Including the melancholy fate of the Captain, his wife, and children.
Account of the Loss of the Lady Hobart, Packet, on an Island of Ice, in the Atlantic Ocean, and the Providential Escape of the Crew in their Open Boats. To which is added, the Wreck of the Vryheid, a Dutch East Indiaman, off Dover, November 23, 1802. Including the melancholy fate of the Captain, his wife, and children.
[FELLOWES (William Dorset)] · 1803
£403.13 (€483.21 | $532.59 | ¥85,021)
London: Printed for Champante & Writrow, [c. 1803.] Small 8vo (176 X 109 mm), 36pp., folding hand-coloured mezzotint plate (slightly shaved at lower margin), one fold with archival paper repair, original printed blue sugar paper wrappers, stitched as issued. “The ‘Lady Hobar...
The Britwell Handlist or Short-Title Catalogue of the Principal Volumes from the Time of Caxton to the Year 1800 Formerly in the Library of Britwell Court Buckinghamshire.
The Britwell Handlist or Short-Title Catalogue of the Principal Volumes from the Time of Caxton to the Year 1800 Formerly in the Library of Britwell Court Buckinghamshire.
BRITWELL COURT LIBRARY. · 1933
£91.38 (€109.53 | $120.73 | ¥19,272)
London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd., 1933. First edition, 2 vols., 4to, xiv, 554; 555-1067pp., frontispieces, plates facsimiles and title-pages throughout, orig. brown buckram, uncut. Issued as a record of the Library after its dispersal in a lengthy number of sales 1900-27. De Ri...
List of Catalogues of English Book Sales 1676-1900 now in the British Museum. With an Introduction by Alfred W. Pollard.
List of Catalogues of English Book Sales 1676-1900 now in the British Museum. With an Introduction by Alfred W. Pollard.
POLLARD (Alfred W.) · 1915
£53.75 (€64.43 | $71.01 | ¥11,336)
London: British Museum, 1915. First edition, 8vo, xvi, 523pp., orig. buckram, spine faded. The most comprehensive collection of its kind, 8,000 items catalogued, with index of names. Provenance: With the bookplate of Warren R. Dawson.
Interesting Particulars of the Loss of the Admiral Gardner & Britannia, outward-bound India men, and of the Apollo, a large brig, which, with other vessels, were wrecked on the Goodwings, January 24, 1809 : including a circumstantial account of these sands : also the loss of the Russian ship St. Peter, on the coast of Beering's Island, in the sea of Kamtschatka and subsequent distresses of the crew.
Interesting Particulars of the Loss of the Admiral Gardner & Britannia, outward-bound India men, and of the Apollo, a large brig, which, with other vessels, were wrecked on the Goodwings, January 24, 1809 : including a circumstantial account of these sands : also the loss of the Russian ship St. Peter, on the coast of Beering's Island, in the sea of Kamtschatka and subsequent distresses of the crew.
SHIPWRECK. · 1810
£91.38 (€109.53 | $120.73 | ¥19,272)
London: Printed for Thomas Tegg, [c. 1810]. 12mo, [2], 7-28pp., lacking folding frontispiece, disbound. Pages 11-28 contain an account of Bering’s explorations of Kamtschatka, and of the North Pacific, and of the loss of his vessel the “St. Peter” at the most westerly Island...
A History of the Parish of Upton-cum-Chalvey, Buckinghamshire, Commonly known as Slough.
A History of the Parish of Upton-cum-Chalvey, Buckinghamshire, Commonly known as Slough.
BURNE (Richard V. H.) · 1913
£48.38 (€57.99 | $63.92 | ¥10,203)
Slough: Charles Luff, 1913. First edition, 8vo, 98pp., frontis., original printed wrappers bound in, morocco-backed marbled boards.
Farriery Improv’d: or, A Compleat Treatise upon the Art of Farriery... wherein is fully explain’d the nature, structure and mechanism of... a horse. Together with many necessary and useful observations and remarks concerning the choice and management of horses.
Farriery Improv’d: or, A Compleat Treatise upon the Art of Farriery... wherein is fully explain’d the nature, structure and mechanism of... a horse. Together with many necessary and useful observations and remarks concerning the choice and management of horses.
BRACKEN (Henry) · 1769
£241.88 (€289.93 | $319.56 | ¥51,013)
London: Printed for J. Rivington, 1769. Tenth edition, 12mo, viii, [2], 363, [35]pp., contemporary full calf, joints cracked and strengthened with glue, five raised bands, ‘I’ stamped to third compartment of spine, head and foot chipped. Provenance: Contemporary ink ownersh...
Wilkie Collins, Le Fanu and Others.
Wilkie Collins, Le Fanu and Others.
ELLIS (S.M.) · 1951
£26.88 (€32.22 | $35.51 | ¥5,669)
Constable & Co. Ltd. 1951. 8vo, 12 plates, orig. cloth, d.w. A check-list of the works of the authors dealt with is appended to each biography.
General View of the Agriculture of the County of Somerset, With observations on the means of its improvement. Drawn up in the tear 1795, for the consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement.
General View of the Agriculture of the County of Somerset, With observations on the means of its improvement. Drawn up in the tear 1795, for the consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement.
BILLINGSLEY (John) · 1798
£118.25 (€141.74 | $156.23 | ¥24,939)
Bath: Printed by R. Cruttwell, for the Author, 1798. Second edition, 16, x, [11]-320pp., 2 folding engraved maps, 1 plate, contemporary calf calf, upper joint cracked, head and foot of spine chipped.
A Treatise on Cattle: Shewing the most approved Methods of Breeding, Rearing, and Fitting for Use, Horses, Asses, Mules, Horned Cattle, Sheep, Goats, and Swine; with Directions for the proper Treatment of them in their several Disorders: To which is added, a Dissertation on their Contagious Diseases.
A Treatise on Cattle: Shewing the most approved Methods of Breeding, Rearing, and Fitting for Use, Horses, Asses, Mules, Horned Cattle, Sheep, Goats, and Swine; with Directions for the proper Treatment of them in their several Disorders: To which is added, a Dissertation on their Contagious Diseases.
MILLS (John) · 1776
£263.38 (€315.70 | $347.96 | ¥55,548)
London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1776. First edition, 8vo, [iv], viii, 498, [18]pp., with half title and errata leaf, contemporary calf, worn, upper cracked and hold by cords, stain spot to spine, foot of spine chipped, corners rubbed. Smith, The Early History of Veterinary...
The History & Antiquities of the Hundred of Compton, Berks, being a topographical, statistical, and archaeological description of the parishes of Aldworth, Compton, East Ilsley, West Ilsley, Chilton, Catmere, and Farnborough: to which are added dissertations on the Roman station 'Calleva Attrebatum', and the Battle of Ashdown; with an account of Cuckhamsley, Lowborough, and other antiquities in the neighbourhood.
The History & Antiquities of the Hundred of Compton, Berks, being a topographical, statistical, and archaeological description of the parishes of Aldworth, Compton, East Ilsley, West Ilsley, Chilton, Catmere, and Farnborough: to which are added dissertations on the Roman station 'Calleva Attrebatum', and the Battle of Ashdown; with an account of Cuckhamsley, Lowborough, and other antiquities in the neighbourhood.
HEWETT (William) · 1844
£91.38 (€109.53 | $120.73 | ¥19,272)
Reading: Publish and Sold by John Snare, 1844. First edition, 8vo, xii, 164pp., frontis., 15 plates and 2 maps (one folding), presentation inscription to front endpaper, contemporary half calf, rebacked, leather spine label lettered in gilt.