Sommerville, D.M.Y.

Analytical Geometry of Three Dimensions.

First Edition. Cambridge, At the University Press, 1934. 22 x 14 cm. xvi, 416 pages. With line diagrams. Original dark green cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Very good condition.

Mackay, Charles.

Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions.

First Edition. Volumes 1 & 2 bound together in one volume. London, Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, 1841. 21 x 13 cm. Vol.1: vi, (2) [TOC], 400 pages . Vol. 2: (2) [TOC], 406 pages. Each volume with a tissue guarded Frontispiece. Polished dark calf with elaborate gilt and blind decorations to boards and spine. All edges gilt. Marbled end papers. See images. Very good condition. Binding mildly rubbed and bumped. Spine label appears to be missing. Ex Libris of previous owner on front paste down. Small bookbinder label (‘C.C. Wetton, Bookbinder, Egham’) on front paste down. Name of a previous owner in ink on top of Frontispiece of volume 1. Occasional mild foxing, mainly to first and last few pages. Internally bright and clean. A very nice copy, in an attractive leather binding. See images.

Morris, Desmond.

The Naked Ape. A Zoologist’s Study of the Human Animal.

First Edition. London. Jonathan Cape, 1967. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. 252 pages. Original two-tone cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. A bright and clean copy. Dust jacket with some edge wear and a closed tear in the front. Now in archival jacket. See images.

Baron D’Holbach [Holbach, Paul Henry Thiry].

Systême de la Nature. Ou Des Loix du Monde Physique & du Monde Moral. [PMM215].

Nouvelle Edition. Avec des Notes et des Corrections, par Diderot. Two Volumes. Paris, Chez Etienne Ledoux, Libraire, 1821. 20 x 12 cm. Vol.1: xvj, 507 pages / Vol.2: 502 pages. Contemporary tree calf. Red and black spine labels. Gilt titles and decorations. Marbled edges and end papers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Ex Libris of previous owner on front paste down. Occasional mild foxing/browning, mainly to first and last few pages. Internally clean. A nice set.

Atkinson, Thomas Witlam.

Oriental and Western Siberia. A Narrative of Seven Years’ Exploration and Adventures in Siberia, Mongolia, the Kirghis Steppes, Chinese Tartary, and Part of Central Asia. With a Map and Numerous Illustrations.

First Edition. London, Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 1858. 25 x 15.5 cm. viii, (4) [TOC], 620 pages. Complete with 20 Lithographs, as listed, and numerous wood engravings in text. Original dark green cloth. Elaborate blind and gilt decorations. Gilt titles. Black end papers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Top of spine frayed with minor losses (see images). Binding weak with a few pages coming loose. Map shows some edge wear and closed tears. Internally clean with occasional mild foxing.

Pike, Warburton.

The Barren Ground of Northern Canada.

New York, E.P. Dutton & Company, 1917. 20 x 13 cm. ix, 334 pages plus six pages publishers list. Complete with 15 Plates and a folded map, as listed. Original green cloth hard cover. Gilt titles on front board and spine. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Binding shaky, but holding. Internally clean.

Church, John / Tookey, James (artwork) / Ibbetson, Julius (artwork).

A Cabinet of Quadrupeds. Consisting of Highly-Finished Engravings, by James Tookey; from Drawings, by Julius Ibbetson; with Historical and Scientific Descriptions, by John Church.

First Edition. Two Volumes. London and Cardiff, Printed for Darton and Harvey and W. Belch, 1805. 32 x 25 cm. Unpaginated. Engravings, accompanied by descriptive text pages. Two engraved title pages. 84 copper-engraved Plates. Contemporary fine morocco with gilt and blind decorations. Two black morocco spine labels. All edges gilt. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Bindings rubbed and bumped. Some abrasions with minor material losses to boards (see images). Bindings remain sound. Two ex libris of previous owners . Occasional mild foxing / browning, otherwise clean. A very nice set.

Grimble, Augustus.

The Salmon Rivers of Ireland. With seventy-eight Illustrations from Photographs and two Maps.

Second Edition. London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Truebner, & Co., 1913. 22 x 14 cm. xvi, 296 pages. Illustrated. Contemporary green cloth. Gilt title and decorations. Top edge black, other edges deckle. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. A little fading to spine. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. A nice clean copy. See images.

Black, F.A.

Natural Phenomena. A Collection of descriptive and speculative Essays on some of the By-Paths of Nature.

[First Edition]. London and Edinburgh, Gall and Inglis, [1906]. 20 x 14 cm. xiv, 366 pages. Illustrated. Original textured cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on front board and spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Edges and end papers age darkened. Occasional very mild foxing, otherwise, internally clean

Roland, Arthur.

Farming for Pleasure and Profit. Third Section. Tree-Planting for Ornamentation or Profit, suitable to every Soil and Situation.

London, Chapman and Hall, 1879. 20 x 13 cm. viii, 157 pages, plus 32 pages publishers list. Original green cloth with gilt titles on front board and spine. Black and blind decorations. Illustrated end papers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally clean. A nice copy.