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General View of the Agriculture of the County of Norfolk; with Observations for the Means of Its Improvement Drawn Up for the Consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement...

KENT (Nathaniel) · 1796

£102.13 (€122.42 | $134.93 | ¥21,540)

Norwich: Printed at the Norfolk Press, by Crouse, Stevenson, and Matchett, 1796. First edition, xvi, 236, [2pp., errata and directions to the binder], folding engraved map of the county, 3 further engraved plates (one folding), cont. tree half calf, hinges cracked, lacking one...

[The gentleman's experienced farrier: containing the methods of diet, exercise, bleeding, purging, &c. of horses; and the anatomical parts described. Also the disorders incident to horses, and Their respective cures. Together with an infallible cure for the staggers, And all other fevers whatsoever. Being the result of Above Fifty Years Experience, in an extensive Practice. By William Foster, Farrier.]

[FOSTER (William)] · 1786

£118.25 (€141.74 | $156.23 | ¥24,939)

[Shrewsbury: Printed for the author by T. Wood, 1786.] Only edition, 8vo, v-viii, 378pp., LACKING the frontispiece, title page, preface and final advert leaf, the two index leaves stained and dust soiled with paper strengthening to margins, contemporary calf. Unfortunately, ...

The Gentleman’s Stable Directory; or, Modern System of Farriery: comprehending the present entire improved mode of practice: likewise all the most valuable prescriptions and approved remedies, accurately proportioned and properly adapted to every known disease to which the horse is incident. Interspersed with occasional remarks upon the dangerous and almost obsolete practice of Gibson, Bracken, Bartlet, Osmer, and others. Also directions for feeding, bleeding, purging and getting into condition

TAPLIN (William) · 1789

£118.25 (€141.74 | $156.23 | ¥24,939)

London: Printed for G. Kearsley, 1789-91. 2 vols., first volume ninth edition, second volume first edition, xxiv, 448; viii, 419, [5]ppp., both without half-titles, the second volume has two later inserted plates, volume one rebound in calf calf, volume two with original board...

A Catalogue of the Library of George Hibbert, Esq. of Portland Place; Which will be Sold by Auction on Monday, March 16... by Mr. Evans.

HIBBERT (George) · 1829

£263.38 (€315.70 | $347.96 | ¥55,548)

London: Printed by W. Nicol, 1829. 8vo (226 x 142 mm), [10], 484pp., frontis., offset onto title page, 4 facsimile plates (of which 3 are folding), front and rear endpapers browned, some occasional light spotting, original boards, lacks spine, cover just holding, uncut. De R...

Memoirs of Libraries of Museums; and of Archives.

EDWARDS (Edward) · 1901

£48.38 (€57.99 | $63.92 | ¥10,203)

London: [N.p.,] 1901. Second Edition, revised, continued to 1885, and (in greater part) re-written, vol. I [all published], large 8vo, xxxviii, 232pp., limited to 500 copies, orig. cloth, lettered in gilt, uncut, a nice copy. Contains all the revisions for publication made b...

A Botanical Atlas. Angiosperms and Mosses, Ferns, Conifers, Horsetails, Lycopods and Phylogeny. English translation by H. Gilbert-Carter.

HAGERUP (Olaf) & PETERSSON (Vagn) drawn by. · 1960

£53.75 (€64.43 | $71.01 | ¥11,336)

Copenhagen: Ejnar Munksgaard, 1960. First edition, 2 vols., 4to, 550; 299pp., illustrated throughout, original cloth.

Catalogue of the Goldsmiths’ Library of Economic Literature.

CANNEY (Margaret) & KNOTT (David) Compilers. · 1982

£118.25 (€141.74 | $156.23 | ¥24,939)

Cambridge University Press. 1982-93. 4 vols., folio, frontispieces, orig. cloth. Vol. 1. Printed Books to 1800. Vol. 2. Printed Books to 1801-1850. Vol. 3. Periodicals, Manuscripts and Additions since the publication of volume 1. Vol. 4. Index.

T. S. Eliot: A Bibliography Including Contributions to Periodicals and Foreign Translations.

GALLUP (Donald) · 1952

£19.35 (€23.19 | $25.56 | ¥4,081)

London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1952. First edition, 8vo, xii, 178pp., orig. cloth, d.w. defective at head of spine.

A Treatise on Watering Meadows. wherein are shewn [sic] some of the many advantages arising from that mode of practice, particularly on coarse, boggy, or barren lands.

[BOSWELL (George)] · 1779

£188.13 (€225.50 | $248.55 | ¥39,677)

London: Printed for the Author; and sold by J. Almon, 1779. First edition, 8vo, [4], 108, [2]pp., interleaved with contemporary blank leaves, 5 folding engraved plates, contemporary quarter calf, joints cracked, hand and foot of spine chipped, morocco spine label lettered in g...

An Essay on the Advantages of Watering Pasture and Meadow Grounds, in the Highlands.

SMITH (John) · 1792

£177.38 (€212.62 | $234.34 | ¥37,410)

Edinburgh: Sold by William Creech, and James Watson & Co. [1792?]. First and only edition, 8vo, [2], 26pp., with half-title, half calf, upper cover almost detached. Rare, not in the British Library. ESTC locating just 4 copies (including this one) in the UK: NLS, Oxford and ...

Testacea minuta rariora... A Collection of the Minute and Rare Shells, lately discovered in the Sand of the Sea Shore near Sandwich. Considerably augmented, all all their Figures accurately drawn, as magnified with a Microscope. By Geo. Walker, Bookseller, at Faversham.

BOYS (William) · 1784

£725.63 (€869.77 | $958.66 | ¥153,037)

London: Printed by J. March; and sold by B. White... and at Faversham, by the Author, [1784.] First edition, 4to (283 x 235 mm), [3], v, 25, [1]pp., A3 & A4 with offsetting from marker ribbon to blank gutter margin, 3 engraved plates (lightly offset) illustrating 90 specimens,...

Unique and other Oxford Bindings Executed at the University Binding House in London.

OXFORD BINDINGS. · 1910

£53.75 (€64.43 | $71.01 | ¥11,336)

London: Humphrey Milford, [c. 1910]. Square 12mo, 34pp., 31 plates of bindings, original printed wrappers. From the bookbinding reference library of Frank Broomhead.

The Practical Irrigator and Drainer.

STEPHENS (George) · 1834

£53.75 (€64.43 | $71.01 | ¥11,336)

Ediburgh: William Blackwood, 1834. First edition, vi, 195pp., 16 pages of adverts at start, 9 engraved plates, illustrs., in the text, original boards, joints chipped, uncut. From the Lawes Library, Rothamstead.

A Treatise on Watering Meadows: wherein are shewn [sic] some of the many advantages arising from that mode of practice, particularly on coarse, boggy, or barren lands : and the method of performing the work : also remarks on a late pamphlet upon that subject.

[BOSWELL (George)] · 1801

£69.88 (€83.76 | $92.32 | ¥14,738)

London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1801. Fourth edition, with many additions, 8vo, xvi, 134, [2]pp., 5 engraved plans on 4 folding plates, half green calf, marbled boards, head and foot of spine chipped. From the Lawes Library, Rothamstead; early ownership signature of James B...

Essay on the Utility Formation & Management of Irrigated Meadows; with an Account of the success of Irrigation in Scotland.

STEPHENS (George) · 1826

£102.13 (€122.42 | $134.93 | ¥21,540)

Edinburgh: Published by Charles Guthrie, 1826. First edition, 8vo, [4], 81pp., 2 folding engraved plates, some early manuscript related notes to endpapers, original plain buff stiff wrappers, upper cover detached. From the Lawes Library, Rothamstead.

An Account of the Mode of Draining Land, According to the System Practised by Mr Joseph Elkington.

JOHNSTONE (John) · 1801

£53.75 (€64.43 | $71.01 | ¥11,336)

London: Printed by B. M’Millan, 1801. Second edition, corrected and enlarged, 8vo, xvi, 164pp., 19 folding engraved plates, later blue buckram, uncut. From the Lawes Library, Rothamstead.

Three Cases for Chief Inspector Wexford.

RENDELL (Ruth) · 1990

£53.75 (€64.43 | $71.01 | ¥11,336)

Helsinki: Eurographica, 1990. 8vo, 140pp., one of 350 numbered copies signed by the author, original plain white wrappers, dust wrapper in a clear removable protective sleeve, a very good copy,

The Man Who Smiled. Translated by Laurie Thompson with an appreciation by John Harvey.

MANKELL (Henning) · 2005

£69.88 (€83.76 | $92.32 | ¥14,738)

Gladestry: Scorpion Press, 2005. 8vo, [8], 325pp., number 55 of 80 copies signed by the author, quarter leather, marbled boards, clear removable protective sleeve, a fine copy.

Museums and Women and other Strories.

UPDIKE (John) · 1972

£48.38 (€57.99 | $63.92 | ¥10,203)

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972. First edition, 8vo, x, 282pp., one of 350 numbered copies signed by the author, original cloth-backed boards, dust wrapper in a clear removable protective sleeve, slip-case, a nice copy.

Bibliotheca Phillippica. Catalogue of a Further Portion of the Classical, Historical, Topographical, Genealogical and other Manuscripts and Autograph Letters of the late Sir Thomas Phillipps... Which will be Sold by Auction by Sotheby & Co., on Monday, 27th June, 1938. 513 lots. [Bound with:] Bibliotheca Phillippica. The Twenty-Eighth Portion. Catalogue of a Further Portion of the Printed Books together with an interesting series of Portrait Drawings by Alfred, Count D-Orsay from the Library of

PHILLIPPS (Sir Thomas) · 1938

£53.75 (€64.43 | $71.01 | ¥11,336)

London: Sotheby & Co., 1938-1950. 3 Catalogues bound as one, 8vo, cloth-backed marbled boards.