Stamp, L. Dudley.

The Earth’s Crust. A new approach to Physical Geography and Geology.

First Edition. London, George G. Harrap, 1951. 24 x 18 cm. viii, 120 pages. Fully illustrated in Colour and B&W. Original green cloth with gilt title on spine. In original dust jacket. Very good book in poor dust jacket. Some rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. With a gift inscription on the front free end paper: ‘To Victor Brooke on leaving with best wishes [?] The Park, Harrow 28 July 1952. Internally clean. Dust jacket worn with several paper losses and stains, now in archival jacket.

Woodward, B.B.

The Life of the Mollusca.

First Edition. London, Methuen and Co, 1913. 19 x 12 cm. xi, 158 pages, 32 plates and a small fold out map. 33 pages publishers list. Original cloth with gilt titles on front board and spine. Very good condition. Binding rubbed, bumped, partially faded and a little stained. Internally age darkened and occasionally mildly foxed. All plates present and clean.

Denison, Charles.

Rocky Mountain Health Resorts. An Analytical Study of High Altitudes in relation to the Arrest of Chronic Pulmonary Disease.

First Edition. Boston, Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1880. 20 x 14 cm. xii, 192 pages plus 18 pages of advertisement. Includes a large colour fold-out map and a large folded ‘Chest Examination Chart’ in a pocket. Dark red cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard cover. Grey end papers. Very good condition. Minor rubbing and bumping to boards, corners and spine. Spine ends frayed. Very small stain on front board. Small bookseller stamp on front paste down. Closed tear on fold-out map (not affecting the map).

Reece, Dr.R.J / Low, Dr. R. Bruce et al.

Smallpox and Smallpox Hospitals Liverpool. This book contains various reports, observations, letters etc. regarding smallpox and smallpox hospitals in Liverpool and Germany published between 1902 and 1905 namely: Text 1: Report by Dr. R.J. Reece to the Local Government Board on Smallpox and Smallpox Hospitals at Liverpool, 1902-1903. / Text 2: Observations of the Medical Officer of Health upon the Report of Dr. R.J. Reece. / Text 3: Memorandum by Dr. R.J Reece, as to questions raised by Dr. Hope regarding his report on Smallpox and Smallpox Hospitals at Liverpool 1902-03. / Text 4: Letter from W.E.Knollys, Esq. Assistant Secetary to the Local Government Board, to the Town Clerk, relating to Dr. Hope’s “Observations” on Dr. Reece’s Report. / Text 5: Letter from the Town Clerk to the Secretary of the Local Government Board, in reply to the above. / Text 5: Dr. Bruce Low’s Report to the Local Government Board on the Arrangements made in Germany fro the Isolation of Small-pox Cases.

London, Liverpool, His Majesty’s Stationary Office, City of Liverpool (C. Tinling and Co.), 1905, 1904. 32 x 21 cm. TOC typed to front paste down / Text 1: 15 pages w 23 full page maps. / Text 2. 23 pages w two large foldout maps and six digrams incl. one foldout. / Text 3: 18 ‘typed’ pages / Text 4: 3 ‘typed’ pages / 5: 15 pages plus several full page colour plates showing hospital setups in Germany. Quarter leather over clothed boards. Gilt title on spine and front boards. Small decorations. Very good condition. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Front joint broken, but front board still attached to volume. Fading and discoloration to boards. Edges dust dulled. Some browning and age darkening to end papers. Closed tear to one of the foldout maps. Otherwise internally very clean.

Gosse, Philip Henry.

Life. In its Lower, Intermediate and Higher Forms: or, Manifestations of the Divine Wisdom in the Natural History of Animals.

Third Edition. London, James Nisbet and Co., 1870. 17 x 11 cm. viii, 363 pages. Illustrated throughout in B&W. Some full page illustrations. Original green cloth, with gilt, black and blind decorations to boards and spine. Very Good condition. Ex Library with library ‘ex libris’ on front paste down and some stamps inside. Some age darkening, browning and foxing. Minor rubbing and bumping to binding. Internally nice and clean. Small bookbinders sticker on rear end paper (Bound by Burn & Co.). A nice volume.

Wilson, Tony / Sheppard, Colin.

Theory and Practice of Scanning Optical Microscopy.

London, Academic Press (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers), 1984. 23 x 15 cm, ix, 213 pages. Illustrated throughout with B&W photographs and drawings, charts, etc. Illustrated hard cover. No Dust Jacket. Excellent condition. As new.