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Hardwicke's Science-Gossip 1872-73
an illustrated medium of interchange and gossip for students and lovers of nature
first edition 288pp illus, (b/w, artwork, drawings and diagrams) VG (half black leather w. marbled boards and gilt dec. titling and bands to spine, sl wear to head and foot of spine and along hinges area w. minor surface loss, sl chipping to foot of spine w. splitting to upper and lower edges of front hinge and bottom of lower hinge w. minor detaching, boards v. sl rubbed w. sl wear along edges, mainly to bottom edges and corners w. some surface loss exposing interior texture of boards, that said the original boards and spine are in very nice condition, sl foxing in places to prelims and eps w. inconspicious owners signature to ffep, internal paper seperation to ffep gutter w. binding holding firm and only sl detachment at head and foot, sl crease to rear fep, edges of content red, v. sl foxing to some sections of contents, one leaf of contents detached and sl crumpled but no loss and inserted in correct location)
PUBLISHER: robert hardwicke london 1873
KEYWORDS: science anthropology natural history history geology biography scientists research
Naval History
volume 4,1990
first edition [contains 4 quarterlies for 1990] ills.[some col.] F in NF d/w (sl.bumps to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: naval institute annapolis 1990
KEYWORDS: military history nautical naval history
The Land of the Hills and the Glens
wild life in iona and the inner hebrides
reprint 223pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (green cloth,sl.soiled w.sl.wear to extrems.,prelims.and edges sl.foxed w.some v.minor foxing to contents,sl.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: cassell london 1920
KEYWORDS: history geography scotland iona inner hebrides natural history seton gordon
Rubber:Natural and Synthetic
ex-lib first edition 491pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (green cloth,tape stains to boards and eps,sl.bumps to extrems.,paste action to eps,usual stamps and labels,spine cracked and sl.cocked) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and foxed,sunned spine,chipping to extrems.w.sl.loss to foot of front cover,8cm split to foot of upper hinge)
PUBLISHER: maclaren london 1954
KEYWORDS: history rubber natural history h.j.stern
Un Point Curieux des Moeurs Privees de la Grece
101/150 ltd.ed. 35pp.VG+ (marbled wraps,mod,worn and sunned,eps.browned,sl.foxing and soiling to contents,pgs.untrimmed)
PUBLISHER: athenes 1871
KEYWORDS: homosexuality greek history ancient history greek
NEW MOVEMENTS IN THE STUDY AND TEACHING OF HISTORY
first edition, ex lib, minimal markings, 187pp, VG (sl gumstains to eps & boards, v sl edge wear) d/w in plastic VG (v sl sunned rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Temple Smith, London, 1970
KEYWORDS: history study and teaching martin ballard schools black history twentieth century local american piaget project method examinations original sources classroom
The Caves of The Earth - Mines and Mining
2 titles bound as 1 192pp/192pp VG (full leather w.gilt dec.stamps and owner's name in gilt to top board,red title label to spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.w.some sl.losses,2cm split to foot of upper hinge,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.soiled/foxed,marbled edges,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: religious tract society london [nd]
KEYWORDS: history natural history caves mining geology
Volcanoes: Past and Present
first edition 270pp+ads.ills.[b/w] VG (burgundy cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,spine sl.sunned,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,sl.stain to fore-edge)
PUBLISHER: walter scott london 1892
KEYWORDS: history natural history science edward hull
The Right Review
first edition thus unpaginated ills.[b/w] G (in wrappers,front cover detached but present,rubbed and soiled/foxed,chipping and wear to extrems.,contents foxed)
PUBLISHER: [np] october 1936
KEYWORDS: history fascism count potocki new zealand history
The Human Species
first edition thus [international scientific series] 498pp+ads. VG (red cloth w.black dec.borders,sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine sl.browned,sl.wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: c.kegan paul london 1879
KEYWORDS: science history natural history quatrefages
The Forest of Dean New History 1550-1818
first edition 330pp ills.[b/w] NF (blue cloth,sl.cocked) in NF d/w (sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: alan sutton stroud 1995
KEYWORDS: natural history history cyril hart forest dean
Acta Facultatis Artium Universitatis Sanctiandree 1413-1588 [2 vols.]
reprint 2 vols.cclxv+543pp VG+ (green cloth,v.sl.soiled,eps and content edges v.sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: scottish history society edinburgh 1964
KEYWORDS: annie dunlop history scotland scottish history society
The Fasti of St.Patrick's, Dublin
first edition 336pp VG (blue cloth,sl.soiled w.spine sunned,owner's crested bookplate to front pastedown,owner's inscr.to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed,2pp publisher's addenda loosely inserted)
PUBLISHER: w.tempest dublin 1930
KEYWORDS: history fasti dublin ireland history theology hugh jackson lawlor
Wild Sports of the West of Ireland
first edition thus 337pp ills.[b/w] F in green cloth
PUBLISHER: ashford press publishing southampton 1986
KEYWORDS: history sport natural history ireland william hamilton maxwell
The School of Mines and Industries Ballarat
first edition 635pp ills.[b/w w.col.frontis.] F in NF d/w (v.sl.rubbed)
PUBLISHER: school of mines and industries ballarat 1984
KEYWORDS: history ballarat mine natural history warren perry
The Forests of England and the Management of Them in Bye-Gone Times
ex-lib.first edition 263pp+8pp VG (brown cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: oliver and boyd edinburgh 1883
KEYWORDS: history natural history john croumbie brown forests
Natural History of Ireland
first edition 350pp VG+ (purple cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,dealer's stamp to front pastedown,owner's inscr.to ffep verso,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: collins london 1950
KEYWORDS: history geography ireland praeger natural history
Mercenaries and Their Masters
first edition 284pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (grape cloth,dealer's label to ffep,content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,browned spine,sl.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: bodley head london 1974
KEYWORDS: history warfare renaissance italy history michael mallett
Family History [October 1962 - December 1963]
8 issues bound as 1 ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ (rebind in green cloth,sl.soiled,binder's label to front pastedown,owner's inscr.to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed) 8 issues of this bi-monthly journal bound
PUBLISHER: institute of heraldic & genealogical studies canterbury 1962/1963
KEYWORDS: history genealogy ireland family history humphery-smith
Nineteen Acres
Blue cloth bound 138pp NF bookplate on front pastedown
PUBLISHER: Kennys Bookshops Galway 1978
KEYWORDS: biography agriculture history healy history