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Portland Cement: Its Manufacture, Testing and Use

D. B. Butler · 1899 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, E. & F. N. Spon, 1899. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this very scarce commentary on Portland Cerement and its uses. First edition. Very scarce work. Illustrated with eighty-five in-text figures. A detailed and comprehensive study of Portland cement, the …

Handbooks of the Science Museum: Time Measurement Part I - Historical Review

F. A. B. Ward · 1936 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1936. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Card covers are worn and lightly marked and darkened. Light wear to corners, edges and spine ends, sound binding. Previous owners name neatly hand written on title page, pages are other…

American Miniatures, 1730-1850: One Hundred and Seventy-Three Portraits Selected with a Descriptive Account

Wehle, Harry B. · 1937 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Garden City, NY, Garden City Pub. Co, 1937. Hardcover. Off white cloth boards with blue cloth spine, xxv, 127 untrimmed pp. 1 color, 172 bw reproductions. This profusely illustrated text not only provides a pictorial survey of miniature works of art and their artists but also bi…

The Microscope and Its Revelations

William B. Carpenter · 1881 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, J. & A. Churchill, 1881 . Cloth. The scarce sixth edition of this profusely illustrated guide on the greatness of microscopes by English physician, William B. Carpenter. The very scarce sixth edition.  In the publisher's original black cloth binding.  Originally p…

The Fear of God: A sermon preached at the parish church of St Mary, Carlisle, on Sunday, the 17th January, 1819.

Bailey, Rev B · 1819 · John Turton

£23.20 (€27.81 | $30.66 | ¥4,896)

London: Baldwin, Cradock, & Joy...Chas Thurnam, Carlisle, 1819. 34 pp. Modern paper wraps, printed paper label to front wrap. 22 cm x 14 cm. Text age browned with some random foxing. Not at BL.

Atlas. Chudesa zhivoy prirody (Russian edition)

Golovkin, B. N.; Minin, A. A. · 2001 · Chystikov Paper and Silk

€37.80 ($41.66 | £31.53 | ¥6,654)

OOO Izdatelstvo Rosmen-Press, 2001. 71 pp. Hardcover. Language: Russian. Condition: good. Defects: signs of use, spots (pages), creases (corners). Colour illustrations. The photos show the actual copy offered. Ships from Ukraine by Nova Post with tracking after receipt of paymen…

Austin Cars: A practical guide to maintenance and repair covering models from 1932

SERVICE, T. B. D. · 1954 · Cotswold Internet Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,372)

C. Arthur Pearson, 1954. Used - Good. Good hardback in Good dust jacket . 1st edition, 1954. A little grubbiness to some pages, but a good mostly clean reference guide. 203pp plus 5pp ads at rear. Previous owner's pencilled inscriptions to rear endpapers. Spine and boards a litt…

Algae bearing and clastic gypsum in a 'cannibalistic' evaporite basin : a case history from the messinian of Northern Apennines.

VAI G. B. - RICCI LUCCHI Franco - · 1981 · Libreria Piani

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

Bologna, Intern. Ass. Sedimentologists, 1981, 4° estratto (manca la copertina) pp. 207/227 con 20 illustrazioni. - ! ATTENZIONE !: Con il termine estratto (o stralcio) intendiamo riferirci ad un fascicolo contenente un articolo di rivista, sia che esso sia stato stampato a part…

A Valley of Vision: The Heavenly Journey of Abraham Ben Hananiah Yagel

Yagel, Abraham ben Hananiah; Ruderman, David B., ed. · 1990 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,300)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ., 1990. First Edition. . Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting any…

Rasteniya v meditsine. B. G. Volinsky. K. I. Bender. S. L. Frediman i dr (Russian edition)

Anonymous · Chystikov Paper and Silk

€43.50 ($47.95 | £36.29 | ¥7,657)

440 pp. Language: Russian. Condition: not graded in detail, please see the photos. The photos show the actual copy offered. Ships from Ukraine by Nova Post with tracking after receipt of payment (bank transfer or PayPal); delivery time 12–28 business days including customs clear…

Glori b. i svyataya luiziana. kniga 1. - Daniel arseno. - 978-617-8412-43-2 (Russian edition)

Anonymous · Chystikov Paper and Silk

€41.20 ($45.41 | £34.37 | ¥7,252)

Zhorzh. Language: Russian. Condition: not graded in detail, please see the photos. The photos show the actual copy offered. Ships from Ukraine by Nova Post with tracking after receipt of payment (bank transfer or PayPal); delivery time 12–28 business days including customs clear…

The Heart of Arabia - A Record of Travel and Exploration

Philby, H. St.J. B. · 1922 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines, Member of

$5,000.00 (€4,536.35 | £3,783.98 | ¥798,531)

Good No dust jacket as issued Constable And Company Ltd First Edition "In November 1917, Harry St John Bridger Philby (1885-1960) set out on his first journey into Arabia at the head of a mission to Ibn Sa'ud, ruler of the Nejd, whose support the British required for an attack o…

Scientific Aids for the Study of Manuscripts

R. B. Haselden · 1935 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

Not Stated, Oxford University Press for the Bibliographical Society, 1935. First edition. Paperback. A first edition copy of this uncommon guide to studying manuscripts, with information on the use of scientific instruments. The first edition of this uncommon work in the publish…

Pony Express Versus Wells Fargo Express, Or Hoof Prints That Can Not Be Eroded By Time (Also Includes the "a Preamble to Pony Express Versus Wells Fargo Express")

SMITH, WADDELL F. · 1966 · S. Howlett-West Books

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

San Rafael, CA: Pony Express History and Art Gallery, 1966. 1st Printing. Stapled wraps. This is a trade sized booklet with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The booklet is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book covers are clean and bright. Th…

BRITANNIA'S INTERCESSION For The DELIVERANCE Of JOHN WILKES, ESQ. from Persecution and Banishment. To Which is Added a Political and Constitutional Sermon: and a Dedication to L*** B***; [Price One Shilling.]

Wilkes, John [1725 - 1797]- Subject · 1768 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$544.50 (€494.01 | £412.08 | ¥86,960)

London: Sold by H. Woodgate, Near the Chapter Coffee-House, St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1768. The Fourth Edition [ESTC T4982]. First published as 'A New Form of Prayer and Thanksgiving for the Happy Deliverance of John Wilkes, Esq.'. Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve.…

On the Borders of Pigmy Land

Ruth B. Fisher · 1905 · Rooke Books

£67.00 (€80.32 | $88.53 | ¥14,139)

London, Marshall Brothers, Ltd. 1905 . Cloth. The fifth edition of this illustrated early twentieth century travel journal from colonial missionary Ruth Fisher. The fifth edition of the work. Illustrated with a frontispiece and thirty-two plates. Collated complete.A missionary t…

Williams & Norgate’s Foreign Catalogues. I. Classical... II. Theological... III. French... IV. German... V. Linguistic... (A.) European languages... VI. Linguistic... (B) Oriental languages... VII. Scientific & Medical...

WILLIAMS & NORGATE. · 1854 · Forest Books

£48.38 (€58.00 | $63.93 | ¥10,210)

Williams & Norgate, [London & Edinburgh]. [1854-7]. 10 parts in one, separately paginated parts variously dated Oct. 1854 - December 1856 with general title-page, orig. embossed cloth, gilt, small tear to lower hinge, head of spine frayed, otherwise a nice copy. Not found on…

Through Magic Glasses and Other Lectures

Arabella B. Buckley · 1890 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

London, Edward Stanford, 1890 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition of this illustrated sequel to Arabella Buckley's 'The Fairyland of Science&apos. The uncommon first edition. The sequel to 'The Fairyland of Science&apos. In the publisher's orig…

The Apple

Sir A. Daniel Hall; M. B. Crane · 1933 · Rooke Books

£46.00 (€55.15 | $60.78 | ¥9,707)

London, Martin Hopkinson Ltd, 1933. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated first edition copy of this agricultural title. A first edition copy of this informative piece of pomology, advising on the successful cultivation of apples. Illustrated throughout, featuring twelve monochro…

Orange Street. A novel. (INSCRIBED)

S. P. B. MAIS. (Henry Williamson interest). · 1926 · Clearwater Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Grant Richards Ltd., London, 1st Edition, Inscribed by Author(s), First Edition (first printing). A presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "J.W.Lister, Librarian of Home Library. A slight token of respect in return for an act of amazing kindness t…