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THE EPIC OF HADES. In Three Books.

MORRIS, Lewis.

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,341)

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co., Pocket 8vo., pp.x,284, fine Bickers binding, full morocco, gilt, decorated compartments, corners, and inner dentelles, gilt-patterned endpapers, all edges gilt; slight wear at corners, splitting along upper joint (lower compartme...

THE MATHEMATICAL THEORY OF ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM

JEANS. James. · 1948

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,014)

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1948. 8vo., pp.vii,652, hardcover, silver lettering, b/w diagrams and illustrations; ownership autograph to front free endpaper, lightly toned, else internally clean, rubbed to extremities, else a very good copy in a good+ unclipped dus...

THE COMPLEAT ANGLER. Or; The Contemplative Man’s Recreation, Being a Discourse of Rivers, Fishponds, Fish and Fishing, not unworthy the Perusal of most Anglers.

WALTON, Izaak. Illustrated by, RACKHAM, Arthur. · 2000

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.42 | ¥10,123)

London: The Folio Society, 2000. First Folio Society edition. 8vo., pp.224, pictorial green cloth, gilt lettering, t.e.g., b/w and colour illustrations, colour frontispiece, pictorial endpapers; a fine copy in matching green slipcase with some light scratches.

SELF-ANALYSIS IN DIANETICS A Simple Self-Help Volume of Tests and Exercises Based on the Discoveries Contained in Dianetics.

HUBBARD, L. Ron · 1952

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London: Derricke Ridgway, 1952. First UK edition, small 8vo., pp.146, hardcover, black lettering; toning to endpapers, ink stamp to front free endpaper, foxing to edges of text-block, a good+ copy in a good unclipped dust-jacket, rubbed with spots of foxing and some marks an...

HANDBUCH DER NATURFARBSTOFFE. Vorkommon. Verwendung. Nachweis.

SCHWEPPE, H. · 1993

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.42 | ¥10,123)

Landsberg am Lech: Ecomed Verlagsgesellschaft, 1993. Large 8vo., pp.800, red hardcover with colour inlay, colour plates; guttering lightly visible, binding working loose to rear, light soiling to p.4 and p.5, slight rubbing to boards with slight soiling to rear, a good + cop...

THE SYMBOLIC QUEST. Basic Concepts of Analytical Psychology

WHITMONT, Edward C. · 1969

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

New York: Barrie & Rockliff, 1969. First edition. 8vo., pp.336, hardcover, gilt, colour frontispiece, light foxing to endpapers and for-edge of text block, lightly rubbed, slightly sunned to upper margin, very light tobacco odour, else a very good copy in a good price cl...

COINAGE IN SCOTLAND.

BATESON, J.D. · 1997

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London: Spink, 1997. 8vo., pp.175, blue hardcover, gilt, b/w illustrations; one very small mark to front board, else a near-fine copy in a vg unclipped dust-jacket.

ART AND THE CREATIVE UNCONSCIOUS. Four Essays.

NEUMANN, Erich. Translated from the German by MANHEIM, Ralph. · 1959

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1959. First edition, small 8vo., pp.ix,232, black cloth, gilt, 7 b/w plates and 3 in-text figures; a very good copy, in a price-clipped dust-jacket, which is chipped to the head of tail of spine, with minimal loss, and has 3cm closed tear to...

THE CANAPE BOOK

MAIDEN, Rachel Bell; illustrated by WAKEFIELD, Lucina Smith. · 1936

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,905)

New York, London: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1936. Small 8vo., pp.95, green cloth, pictorial inlay to front board, unlettered spine, b/w frontispiece and pictorial title, b/w illustrations throughout; toning and foxing to endpapers, light toning to edges/margins throughout...

HISTORY OF FREDERICH II OF PRUSSIA, CALLED FREDERICK THE GREAT. In Three Volumes. Volume I. Books 1-10; Volume II. Books 11-16; Volume III. Books 17-21

CARLYLE, Thomas.

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,799)

London: Chapman and Hall, n.d. Three volumes, 8vo., pp.xvi,461;xvi,446;xiii,340,392,258, full calf prize bindings with decorative heraldic device to front and rear boards, five raised bands with gilt decorations to compartments, black title bands, gilt, marbled endpapers and...

MAKING 20TH CENTURY SCIENCE: How Theories Became Knowledge.

BRUSH, Stephen G. With SEGAL, Ariel. · 2015

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2015. 8vo.,pp. xvii,531, hardcover, silver lettering, b/w figures; a near-fine copy, in a near-fine unclipped pictorial dust-jacket.

ADVENTURE INTO THE UNCONSCIOUS. Medical Viewpoint Series.

CUSTANCE, John. · 1954

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.42 | ¥10,123)

London, Christopher Johnson, 1954. First edition, 8vo.,pp. 207, hardcover, gilt, toned and lightly foxed to edges of text block and to endpapers with light toning to margins, slight pulling to paper at inner hinge of p.56-57, lightly toned to head and foot of spine and extre...

RUSSIAN PICTURES

MICHELL, Thomas. · 1889

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London: The Religious Tract Society, 1889. 4to., pp.224, pictorial blue cloth, decorative gilt, gilt lettering, a.e.g., b/w frontispiece, b/w illustrations; prize presentation bookplate to front paste-down endpaper (dated 1907), toning to front free endpaper, spots of foxing...

BOFFIN A Personal Story of the Early Days of Radar, Radio Astronomy and Quantum Optics. [First Edition]

BROWN, R Hanbury. · 1991

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Bristol: Adam Hilger, 1991. 8vo., pp. 184, black hardcover, gilt, b/w figures and illustrations; a very good indeed copy in a vg unclipped dust-jacket with some light surface scratches.

LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA Entomological Transactions of the Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union. Vol. 2.

PORRITT, George T. · 1883

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

Leeds: printed for the Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union by Taylor Brothers, 1883. 8vo., pp. 190, blue hardcover, gilt, decorative gilt to front board, one colour plate in with prelims; foxing to endpapers, occasional spots throughout text, pages slightly coming away from l...

LECTURES ON CONDITIONED REFLEXES. Twenty-five Years of Objective Study of the Higher Nervous Activity (Behaviour) of Animals

PAVLOV, Ivan Petrovitch. Translated from the Russian by W. Horsley Gantt, with the collaboration of G. Volborth. Introduction by Walter B. Cannon. · 1928

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

London: Martin Lawrence Limited, c.1928. First edition, 8vo., pp.414, blue cloth, gilt, b/w frontispiece portrait with tissue guard; light foxing to prelims, light rubbing to extremities, a very good copy, in an edgeworn unclipped dust-jacket, which has 1cm loss at headband,...

MAN'S PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE

WALLACE, Alfred Russel. · 1907

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

London Chapman and Hall Ltd., 1907. Sixth edition with an additional chapter, 8vo., pp.vii,341, red cloth, gilt, 2 in-text illustrations, folding plate to rear of volume; toning and foxing to prelims, occasional foxing within, neat ink ownership inscription to front free end...

THE ADJUSTMENT & TESTING OF TELESCOPE OBJECTIVES

[Third Edition] · 1921

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

York: T. Cooke & Sons, Ltd. 1921. 8vo., pp.123, boards quarter bound in contrasting paper, tan title inlay to spine, uncut, one b/w plate, b/w illustrations throughout, toning to margins, occasional pencilling, closed tears to pages, 73, 75, 77, light wear to boards, par...

THE CELTIC ANNUAL 1916.

Edited by MACLEOD, Malcolm C. · 1915

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,341)

Dundee: Dundee Highland Society, 1915. 8vo., pp.ii,140, green hardcover, gilt lettering to front board, b/w frontispiece with coloured lettering and borders, b/w illustrations; foxing to endpapers, light toning to margins, otherwise internally clean, lightly rubbed, small br...

BRITISH FUNGI. With a Chapter on Lichens.

MASSEE, George. · 1911

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London: Routledge and Sons, Limited, (c.1911-12). First edition, 8vo., pp.,551, pictorial green cloth, gilt, colour plates; a little mottling to cloth, rubbing to extremities, else very good. No dust-jacket.