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Zoological Sketches: Consisting of Descriptions and Engravings of One Hundred and Eighty-Six Animals.
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1859. [Zoology] RARE, a New Edition with Additions. Octavo (17 x 11cm), pp.vi; 346 [2]. With an in-text wood engraving of each animal by Whimper. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, a gilt bison stamped to upper, and blind decoration to boards..... More
Tiger! Tiger!
London: Elek Books, 1957. [Tigers] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xvi, 197 [3]. With four double-sided black and white photographic double-sided plates. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket. Blue ink gift inscription to flyleaf. A bright example of the jacket, price-clipped..... More
On the Track of Unknown Animals.
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1958. [Cryptozoology] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.558 [2]. With frequent in-text line drawings and numerous double-sided black and white photographic plates. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the illustrated dust-jacket, priced at 35s. A nice clean copy with just a...... More
Land & Sea Emergencies. Promulgated for the Information of All Concerned. C.A.P. 361.
R.C.A.F., January 1944. [Wartime Booklet] ORIGINAL BOOKLET. Sextodecimo (13 x 11cm), pp.91 [5]. With frequent in-text illustration. Publisher's orange soft covers with titles to upper, stapled three times. Light wear to covers, with some creasing and bumping, and a little oxidation to staples. Very good. More
A History of the Art of Bookbinding, with some account of the Books of the Ancients.
London: Elliot Stock, 1894. [Historic Bookbindings] FIRST EDITION. Large octavo (28 x 21cm), pp.xvi; 277 [3]. With 10 full page plates, including a frontispiece, and numerous in-text illustrations. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and black decoration stamped to boards. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Brown patterned endpapers..... More
Psychology of the Unconscious. A Study of the Transformations and Symbolisms of the Libido. A Contribution to the History of the Evolution of Thought.
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., September 1916. [Psychology] SECOND UK IMPRESSION. Octavo (23 x 25cm), pp.lvi; 566 [2]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Illustrated bookplate of Ernest E. Williams to front pastedown. Repair to split upper hinge. Internally crisp and clean, with toning to edges..... More
What is Life? The Physical Aspect of the Living Cell.
Cambridge: At the University Press, 1944. [Science] First edition. Slim octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.viii; 91. Publisher's green cloth, gilt titles to spine. Illustrated with two double sided plates and in-text diagrams. Neat ownership in ink to flyleaf, binding lightly handled with some light marking. Uncommon. Near fine. A landmark..... More
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