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ABC of Plain Words. A Reference Book on the Use of English.
London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1951. [Official English] Second Impression. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xiv; 146. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to navy backing on spine. With the typographic dust-jacket, priced at 4/6. A nice crisp copy showing some toning to jacket and light wear to jacket edges. Near..... More
Plain Words.
London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1948. [Official English] Second Impression. Octavo pamphlet (21 x 14cm), pp.vi; 94. Publisher's typographic paper covers, priced at 2s. A nice, crisp copy, showing an ink ownership to the to right corner of the front cover, and even toning to covers. Near fine. The classic..... More
Early English Figure Pottery. A Collection of Ralph Wood and Contemporary Pottery.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1938. [English Pottery] INSCRIBED LIMITED EDITION. Quarto (30 x 25cm), pp.xviii; 122 [2]. With five fine colour plates, including a frontispiece, and eleven further black and white photographic plates, all with captioned tissue guards. Number 15 of just 100 copies thus, SIGNED and dated by the..... More
My Sporting Holidays.
London: Edward Arnold, 1904. [Hunting and Fishing] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.xii; 367 [17]. With 16 black and white photographic plates, including a frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. All edges untrimmed. A large black ink ownership dated Xmas 1904 to..... More
Memorandum on Atmospheric Visibility.
London: Published for the Naval Meterological Service, Hydrographic Department, February 1918. ORIGINAL PAPER. Small quarto, pp.[2], 16. With tables and diagrams. In original oatmeal cloth with black titles to upper board. Some light outer wear and bleeding from rusting staples. Very good. In this short paper Shaw makes some contributions..... More
[An Archive of Books and Papers from the Library of Sir Alan Lloyd Hodgkin].
1907-1988. [Physiology and Biophysics] ORIGINAL FELLOWSHIP DISSERTATION, NOTEBOOK, OFF-PRINT COLLECTION, AND INSCRIBED BOOKS. A remarkable collection of books and papers associated with the Nobel Prize-winning scientist, including the original typescript of the dissertation which won him a research Fellowship at Trinity College in 1936 and a year's study at the..... More
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