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Practical Observations on Insanity

Joseph Mason Cox · 1813 · The Book Merchant Jenkins, ANZAAB / ILAB

A$1,650.50 (€1,014.54 | $1,118.23 | £846.27 | ¥178,589)

R. Baldwin and Thomas Underwood London Third Edition Good Condition Inscribed by Author 21cm x 14cm. xvi, 215 pages. Contemporary papered boards. "In which some Suggestions are offered towards an improved Mode of treating Diseases of the Mind, and Some Rules proposed which it is…

Natural Selection and Beyond: The Intellectual Legacy of Alfred Russel Wallace

Smith, C.H.; Beccaloni, G. (Eds) · 2010 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

Oxford University Press Oxford 482, col + b/w photos, line drawings. . HB. Fine copy in d/w. As new.. Collection of essays which consider in depth aspects of the life and work of the co-discoverer of natural selection. Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) was one of the late ninete…

Entomologist's Monthly Magazine Vol. 158 Part 1 (2022)

2022 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Pemberley Books 1-78, col + b/w illus. . PB. NEW. . Godfray, H.C.J. & Bland, K.P. Thektogaster chrysis (Förster, 1861) added to the British list with first host records for it and other Miscogasterinae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae) Proudlove, G.S., Cook, L.M. & Log…

"the Tower of Glass," By Robert Silverberg Parts 1 -3 of 3 (Found in Galaxy Magazine) April / May / June, 1970

JAKOBSSON, EJLER (EDITOR) · 1970 · S. Howlett-West Books

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

New York, NY: Galaxy Publishing Corp, 1970. Magazine. Illustrated by Gaughan. Cover Art; This is a set of trade sized magazines. The magazines are in Very Good+ condition and were issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends, corners and edges of the covers have some beginning b…

A Bottle in the Smoke

WILSON, A. N. (ANDREW NORMAN WILSON) · 1990 · S. Howlett-West Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

New York: Viking Adult, 1990. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0670832219. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and …

Harper's Bazar: A Repository of Fashion, Pleasure, and Instruction, Volume VIII

[Winslow Homer] · 1875 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$350.00 (€317.54 | £264.88 | ¥55,897)

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1875. Leather. 840p. Ex-library. An oversize hardcover book with black leather spine and corners, and green marbled boards. Edges and surfaces of cover heavily scuffed, spine is crackly-looking, and back cover is nearly detached. Old sticker with han…

The Wide World Magazine, June 1952

MULTIPLE CONTRIBUTORS · 1952 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$149.95 (€136.05 | £113.48 | ¥23,948)

London: George Newnes Limited, 1952. First Edition. Paperback. Features: Outlaw Stronghold - the hectic history of a rugged wilderness area in Oklahoma and Arkansas often used as a sanctuary by fugitives; Climbing the Sutherland Falls in New Zealand; Frensham's Bungalow - a stra…

Vancouver Canuck Magazine, November 5, 1974 - Colour Cover Photo of Bob Dailey Checking a Kansas City Scout

DELANO, HUGH; SIGURDSON, HAL; WONG, DAN; MACLEAN, NORM; DOUGLAS, GREG; HUNTER, GORDE; WHITEHEAD, ERIC · 1974 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$149.95 (€136.05 | £113.48 | ¥23,948)

Vancouver, B.C.: Canucks Publishing, 1974. First Edition. Paperback. Illustrated by Darwin (cartoon). 72 pages. Features: Colour photo of Bobby Orr in Yardley ad inside front cover; Dennis Kearns - article; The Underrated Rangers - Peter Stemkowski and Bobby Rousseau; Derek Sand…

Proceedings of the II International Workshop of Malacology "Systematic, phylogeny and biology of Opisthobranchs molluscs" Monographic issues of Bollettino Malacologico

Cervera J.L. & Cattaneo-Vietti R. (eds.), · 2001 · Naturama

€25.00 ($27.56 | £20.85 | ¥4,401)

2001. The volume cm 21x29,7 have 136 pages. Contents are: Faehey S. & Gosliner M., On the genus Halgerda (Nudibranchia) from Westen Australia with desciptions of four new species Cattaneo-Vietti R., Schiaprelli S. & Chiantore M.C. Food availability abd trophic needs of Peltodori…

The Water-Babies

Charles Kingsley · 1922 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London and Melbourne, Ward, Lock and Co. [1922]. Cloth. A charming volume comprising Charles Kingsley's popular novel for children with numerous coloured plates by Harry G. Theaker. An undated copy of this popular English novel for children by Charles Kingsley. Dated from J…

A Bibliography of George Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne

Geoffrey Keynes · 1976 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1976. Cloth. A smart bibliography of George Berkeley compiled by Sir Geoffrey Keynes, illustrated with a folding frontispiece and complete with an unclipped dust wrapper. George Berkeley (1685-1753) was a philosopher and Bishop of Cloyne. He is mainly re…

British Public Characters of 1798

Anonymous · 1798 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€953.07 | $1,050.48 | ¥167,768)

London, R Phillips, 1798. Leather. A scarce collection of biographical sketches of seventy-one British public figures with a fold-out frontiepiece with thirty portraits. First edition. Missed by Cowie, this is the earliest appearance of a Nelson biographical reference. "In every…

Gleanings from French Gardens: Comprising an Account of Such Features of French Horticulture As Are Most Worth of Adoption in British Gardens

W. Robinson · 1869 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. 1869. Cloth. A smart second edition of this illustrated horticultural study of French gardens from Irish gardener William Robinson. Second edition. A scarce edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and over ninety in-text images and figures. The a…

Rhopalocera Africae Australis; a Catalogue of South African Butterflies

Roland Trimen · 1862 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

Cape Town, W. G. Mathew, 1862-1866. First edition. Leather. A first edition of this record of the butterflies of South Africa from British-South African naturalist Roland Trimen. First edition. Both part one and two bound into one volume. Lacking the original plates, being one e…

Explanations: A Sequel to &Apos;Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation&Apos;

[Robert Chambers] · 1846 · Rooke Books

£1,400.00 (€1,678.37 | $1,849.91 | ¥295,441)

London, John Churchill, 1846 . Cloth. A very scarce second edition of Robert Chambers' sequel to his ground-breaking work 'Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation&apos. A second edition of this scarce work, the sequel to 'Vestiges of the Natural History of Cre…

Collected Essays by T.H. Huxley

T. H. Huxley · 1894 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London & New York, Macmillan & Co. 1894-1901. Cloth. Five volumes of an originally nine volume set of Thomas Huxley's collected scientific essays. Five volumes, being: 'Man's Place in Nature', 'Hume, with Helps to the Study of Berkeley', 'Metho…

The Petition of the Governors and Trustees of the Free Grammar School of King Edward VI at Shrewsbury

Various [J.R. Kenyon, W.F.F. Boughey] · 1872 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Shrewsbury, Witherby and Co. c1872. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce petition against the Public Schools Act with past decrees adjoined from Shrewsbury Grammar School, the education site of Charles Darwin. The Petition of the Governors and Trustees of the Free Grammar School of King …

Alton Lock Tailor and Poet; Westward Ho!: Yeast, a Problem

Charles Kingsley · 1889 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1889-1890. Cloth. Charles Kingsley's Alton Locke, Westward Ho, and Yeast are bound in one attractive volume. Three novels by Charles Kingsley bound together in one volume. Whilst Alton Locke is a 1890 edition, Westward Ho and Yeast were both publis…

The Ancient City of Canterbury: Mother-City of the Anglo-Saxon Race

Rev. F. W. Farrar; Rev. Charles F. Routledge · 1903 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

Canterbury, Cross & Jackman, 1903. Cloth. A scarce copy of the history of Canterbury, with many photographs and plans of the city. Scarce work. Dated from attached letter of presentation from the President of the Chamber of Trade for Canterbury. Illustrated throughout with many …

The Startling Exploits of Dr. J.B. Quies

Paul Celiere; Mrs Cashel Hoey; Mr. John Lillie · 1886 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

London , Sampson Low , 1886. Cloth. An early edition of the entertaining The Startling Exploits of Dr. J. B. Quies, translated from the original French. An interesting copy of The Startling Exploits of Dr. J. B. Quies that has been translated from the original French, written by…