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Idols of Perversity: Fantasies of Feminine Evil in Fin-de-Siècle Culture (Oxford Paperbacks)

BRAM DIJKSTRA · 1988 · The Wild Muse

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

NY: Oxford University Press, 1988. Soft cover. 4to. Trade softcover. Published NY: Oxford University Press, 1988. Small 4to. wrappers, xi+453pp, illustrated. Bram Dijkstra's Idols of Perversity explores the nature and development of turn-of-the-century misogyny in the works of h…

The Water Cure in Chronic Disease: An Exposition of the Causes, Progress, and Terminations of Various Chronic Diseases of the Digestive Organs, Lungs, Nerves, Limbs, and Skin; and of Their Treatment by Water, and Other Hygienic Means

GULLY JAMES MANBY · 1863 · Castle Hill Books

£68.00 (€81.52 | $89.85 | ¥14,350)

London: Simkin Marshall & Co, 1863. . Hardcover. . Xiv + 453pp, original grey blind stamp cloth covers, gilt spine lettering. Dr Gully opened his Water Cure Clinic in Malvern, Worcestershire, Charles Darwin and his daughter Anne took his water cure at Malvern where Anne died. ; …

Special Collection of Northern Australia, 1980.

ESTBERGS, Elizabeth. · 1980 · The Book Firm

A$77.00 (€47.33 | $52.17 | £39.48 | ¥8,332)

Darwin Community College, 1980. Oblong 4to. Paperback. Small chip to front wrapper, a little wear to spine, o/wise good condition. A comprehensive listing of the Special Collections of Northern Australia which "...is a repository of information on the Northern Territory in parti…

The Life of the Cosmos

SMOLIN, LEE · 1997 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$49.95 (€45.32 | £37.80 | ¥7,977)

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1997. Reprint. Hardcover. ISBN: 0297817272. 358 pages. Index. Bibliography. "... Merges key elements of Einstein and Darwin in a breathtaking synthesis. The result is nothing less than a radically new view of the cosmo…

Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History, Volume 7 Part 1 Pages 1-150, July 1974.

WHEELER, Alwyne ed. · 1974 · The Book Firm

A$38.00 (€23.36 | $25.75 | £19.48 | ¥4,112)

Society for the Bibliography of Natural History, 1974. Paperback. Some light water stains to covers, otherwise good. Includes articles on "Miller's Gardeners Dictionary and Its Abridgment"; "Some Newly Discovered Photos of John Ray"; "Samuel Butler, Darwin and Darwinism"; "A Not…

Travels in the Two Sicilies

Henry Swinburne · 1790 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.84 | $1,314.75 | ¥209,974)

London, Printed by J. Nichols for T. Cadell, and P. Elmsly , 1790. Leather. Scientist Mary Anne Whitby's personal copies of the complete second edition of this comprehensive Sicily travelogue from English writer Henry Swinburne, with folding plates. The second edition. Comp…

Nouvelles recherches sur l'hybridité dans les végétaux.

Naudin, C. [V.] · 1865 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€3,500.00 ($3,857.72 | £2,919.51 | ¥616,102)

Paris, Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris, 1865. Two parts in two. Large 4to (32.0 x 25.0 cm). 152 pp. [numbered 25-176]; nine lithographed plates of which eight in chromolithography of which one finely finished by hand. Rebound with printed title in embossed rectangle on the …

People My Teachers. Around the World in Eighty Years.

STOTT, JOHN. · 2002 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Candle Books, 2002. 1859854605. "In 'People My Teachers', a companion volume to 'The Birds Our Teachers', John Stott introduces us to seventeen outstanding people. Some lived in the distant past, like the apostle Paul and Saint David of Wales; others in the recent past, like Fes…

The Teachings of Thomas Henry Huxley

Thomas Henry Huxley; Irving Wilson Voorhees · 1907 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.56 | $495.51 | ¥79,136)

New York, Broadway Publishing Co, 1907. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce biographical study on the life and teachings of Thomas Henry Huxley, including a signed note from Huxley. The first edition of this very scarce work.With a signed letter from Huxley loosely inserted, to …

L'anciennetŽ de l'homme prouvŽe par la gŽologie et remarques sur les thŽories relatives a l'origine des espces par variation. Traduit avec le consentement et le concours de l'auteur par M. Chaper. 2e Ždition. revue, annotŽe et augmentŽe (avec page de. titre sŽp.) d'un prŽcis de palŽontologie humaine par E.-T. Hamy.

LYELL, Charles (1797-1875) / HAMY, E.T.: · 1870 · Harteveld Rare Books Ltd.

CHF 100.00 (€108.18 | $119.24 | £90.24 | ¥19,043)

Paris, J.B. Baillire, 1870, gr. in-8vo, XVI + 592 p. ill. de 182 fig. gravŽes sur bois; 4 ff. + 372 p. ill. de 114 figures + 64 p. du catalogue de l'Žditeur, reliure en toile verte originale, titre dorŽ au dos, premire garde manque. Edition la plus complte, les 2 vols rel. en…

Age of Optimism 1803-1896

PALMER, ALAN (EDITOR) · 1970 · Bookshop Baltimore

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Newsweek, Inc, 1970. Hardcover. 160 pages. Oversided hardcover. Turning points of the 19th century, 200 illustrations, many in full color. Includes the First Zionist congress, Beethoven, Assassination of Alexander II, Versalies, Gettysburg, Charles Darwin, Mutiny in India, Italy…

Seaquest Dsv: Original Television Soundtrack

1995 · Pegasus Books

$13.75 (€12.47 | £10.41 | ¥2,196)

Studio City, CA: Varese Sarabande, 1995. Audio CD. 5.5 X 4.6 X 0.5 inches; 1995 pressing. Like new jewel case and disc. Full liner notes. To be or not to be. Main title ; Preparing for battle ; Bridger's dream ; Uncharted waters ; First engagement ; Darwin speaks ; Dangerous adv…

De invloed der temperatuur op de levensverschijnselen der planten. Academisch proerfschrift [...] aan de Hoogeschool te Leiden [...] op Donderdag, den 6den October 1870 [...].

VRIES, Hugo de (1848-1935).: · 1870 · Aquila Natural History Books /<br>Aquila Antiquariaat

€90.00 ($99.20 | £75.07 | ¥15,843)

's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, 1870. 8vo, 22.2cm. Pp.[viii],111,[1],vi. Original printed boards. Little wear at ends of backstrip, fine otherwise.. The scarce doctoral thesis by the famous Dutch botanist, on the effect of heat and cold on plant physiology, citing several sta…

English - Literature, Criticism, Teaching. Volume XII Autumn 1959, Number 72

Willy, Margaret [editor] · 1959 · Eastleach Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

published for the English Association by the Oxford University Press 1959 1st edition. Large format paperback, VG. [3]+208-249pp, covers a little rubbed & pages foxed, a nice copy. The usual mix of literary criticism on all aspects of the English Language, interspersed with poe…

TRANSACTIONS of the ... Volumes 57 & 58.

Woolhope Naturalist’s Field Club. · 2009 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Hereford: Orphans Press Hereford 2009-10. 2 vols. in 2 parts. Large 8vo. Ills. Ex.-libris Keith Parker, original wrapps., enclosed in custom made green buckram slipcase. Articles include Some Picturesque influences upon the study of natural history in 19th century Herefordshir…

Das neunzehnte Jahrhundert in Bildnissen. Band II.

WERCKMEISTER, Karl (Hrsg.): · 1899 · Harteveld Rare Books Ltd.

CHF 100.00 (€108.18 | $119.24 | £90.24 | ¥19,043)

Berlin: Kunstverlag der Photographischen Gesellschaft, 1899, in-Folio, 162 S. (fortlaufende Paginierung 161 bis 323) nebst 111 Bildtafeln (No. 129 bis No. 240), vereinzelt etwas stockfleckig, Halbledereinband mit Ecken, original Vorsatzbl. Kapital leicht eingerissen. Mit BeitrŠ…

Garden History vol. 37 part 2

Sims, B. (ed.) · 2009 · Acanthophyllum Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Garden History Society. . Fine. No Jacket. Includes the following articles: Susan Campbell Ñ ÔSowed for Mr C.DÕ: The Darwin FamilyÕs Garden Diary for The Mount, Shrewsbury, 1838Ð65; William Charles Noble Ñ Chilean Trees and Shrubs: A History of Introduction to the British Isles…

L'Homme fossile en Europe son industrie ses moeurs ses oeuvres d'art...Période glaciaire ..mammouth ..cavernes...Renne..déluges.. pierre polie.. bronze...fer...Darwinisme.

HON H. LE : · 1867 · Antiquariaat W. de Goeij

€96.00 ($105.81 | £80.08 | ¥16,899)

"4. Brussels Paris, C.Muquardt C.Reinwald, 1867, 22 x 15 cm, 360 pp, lithographic frontispiece + several two-toned lithographs and b/w text illustrations, sewn, orig. printed wrapper. BOUND IN at the end; Abrégé de la Théorie de Darwin, traduit de l'Italien du Professeur Ombon…

I The Aboriginal

Douglas Lockwood · 1965 · Book Haven

NZ$21.50 (€10.78 | $11.88 | £8.99 | ¥1,897)

1965 Hardback, 240pp. The 1962 book, written in first person, is described as the autobiography of Waipuldanya, a full-blood Aboriginal man of the Alawa tribe at Roper River (Ngukurr) in the Northern Territory, as told to Douglas Lockwood. The book concerns Waipuldanya's traditi…

The marine fauna of New Zealand: Barnacles (Cirripedia: Thoracica).

Foster, B. A. · 1978 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€80.00 ($88.18 | £66.73 | ¥14,082)

Wellington, New Zealand Oceanographic Institute, 1978. Large 4to (28.0 x .21.5 cm). Full-colour frontispiece; 144 pp., 74 text figures, 14 plates. Original printed softcover. = A well-illustrated monograph of Charles Darwin's favourite animals, actually, several species treated …