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A HISTORY OF FRENCH ARCHITECTURE: 1494-1661 (TWO VOLS.)

£70.00

1ST EDITION. QUARTO TWO VOLUMES IN VERY GOOD CONDITION IN WORN DUSTWRAPS. FROM THE REIGN OF CHARLES V111 TILL THE DEATH OF MAZARIN. WITH 82 PLATES.

Author: BLOMFIELD REGINALD
Place, Publisher, Date: LONDON, G. BELL AND SONS LTD., 1911
Binding: HARDBACK
Condition: VERY GOOD
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A HISTORY OF GLASSMAKING

£100.00

1ST EDITION. NEAR FINE COPY IN NEAR FINE PLASTIC PROTECTED DUSTWRAP. SIGNED BY R.W. DOUGLAS. SCARCE.

Author: DOUGLAS R.W. AND FRANK S.
Place, Publisher, Date: 1972, G.T. FOULIS & CO., LTD., OXFORDSHIRE
Binding: HARDBACK
Condition: NEAR FINE
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A HISTORY OF HARROW SCHOOL: 1324-1991

£70.00

1ST EDITION. A FINE COPY IN A FINE DUSTWRAP. BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS.VERY SCARCE.

Author: TYERMAN CHRISTOPHER
ISBN: 0198227965
Place, Publisher, Date: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2000
Binding: HARDBACK
Condition: FINE
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A HISTORY OF ORNITHOLOGY

£50.00

FIRST EDITION NEW BOOK – MINT/MINT. STILL SHRINK WRAPPED. NUMBER 104 IN THE NEW NATURALIST SERIES. THIS BOOK IS AN AUTHORIATIVE AND ENGROSSING ACCOUNT PACKED FULL OF FASCINATING STORIES – NOT ONLY ABOUT THE BIRDS BUT ALSO ABOUT THE MANY COLOURFUL CHARACTERS WHO HAVE STUDIED THEM THROUGH THE AGES. THIS BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED BOOK WILL HOLD GREAT APPEAL BOTH FOR THE STUDENT OF ORNITHOLOGY AND FOR THE ENTHUSIASTIC AMATEUR NATURALIST. 1ST EDITION.

Author: BIRCHAM PETER
Place, Publisher, Date: LONDON, COLLINS, 2007
Binding: HARDBACK
Condition: NEW
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A HISTORY OF PLANTS

£600.00

FIRST EDITION FOLIO. THIS IS VOLUME 2 OF HILL’S GENERAL NATURAL HISTORY WHICH IS COMPLETE IN ITSELF. WITH 16 HAND-COLOURED COPPER ENGRAVINGS – A FEW TEARS TO SOME PLATES. RECENT REVERSE-CALF BINDING IN THE STYLE OF THE MID-EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. A LITTLE BROWN STAINING TO THE TEXT REPAIR TO TITLE PAGE BUT A GOOD COPY. 642 PAGES INDEX.

Author: HILL JOHN
Place, Publisher, Date: LONDON, THOMAS OSBORNE, 1751
Binding: FULL LEATHER
Condition: VERY GOOD
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A HISTORY OF POLIOMYLELITIS

£55.00

FIRST EDITION QUARTO VERY GOOD IN ORANGE CLOTH DUSTWRAP SLIGHTLY WORN. ILLUSTRATED 486 PAGES. EXTRA POSTAGE MAY BE REQUIRED IF SENT OUTSIDE THE UK.

Author: PAUL JOHN R.
Place, Publisher, Date: NEW HAVEN & LONDON, YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1971
Binding: HARDBACK
Condition: GOOD
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A HISTORY OF RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE IN ENGLAND 1500-1800

£125.00

FIRST EDITION TWO VOLUMES QUARTO. NICELY BOUND IN QUARTER BUCKRAM OVER ORANGE CLOTH. T.E.G. ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE TO FRONT PASTEDOWN. RICHLY ILLUSTRATED WITH SEPARATE PLATES. SPOTTED FOXING TO ENDPAGES OTHERWISE VERY CLEAN. UNCOMMON.

Author: BLOMFIELD REGINALD
Place, Publisher, Date: LONDO, BELL, 1897
Binding: HARDBACK
Condition: VERY GOOD
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A HISTORY OF ROYAL DUTCH SHELL

£90.00

1ST EDITIONS. FOUR VOLUMES IN CREAM DECORATED BOARD IN FINE CONDITION. VOLUME 1: FROM CHALLENGER TO JOINT INDUSTRY LEADER 1890-1939 VOLUME 2: POWERING THE HYDROCARBON REVOLUTION 1939-1973 VOLUME 3: KEEPING COMPETITIVE IN TURBULENT MARKETS 1973-2007 PLUS APPENDICES FIGURES AND EXPLANATIONS COLLECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY AND INDEX INCLUDING THREE DVDs.

Author: HOWARTH STEPHEN AND JONKER JOOST
Place, Publisher, Date: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2007
Binding: FINE
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A HISTORY OF SEAFARING:BASED ON UNDERWATER ARCHAEOLOGY

£15.00

VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. 369 PHOTOGRAPHS 150 IN COLOUR AND 137 DRAWINGS.

Author: BASS GEORGE F. (GENERAL EDITOR)
Place, Publisher, Date: 1974 BOOK CLUB ASSOCIATES LONDON
Binding: HARDBACK
Condition: VERY GOOD
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A HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF DURHAM

£15.00

VOLUME 9 OF THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF NORTHUMBERLAND DURHAM AND NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE. 296 PAGES WITH A MAP AT THE REAR. VERY GOOD.

Author: TEMPERLEY GEORGE
ISBN: LARGE
Place, Publisher, Date: NEWCASTLE, LARGE AND SONS, 1951
Binding: VERY GOOD
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A HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF HERTFORDSHIRE

£18.00

FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. FOREWORD BY PETER SCOTT.

Author: SAGE BRYAN L.
Place, Publisher, Date: 1959 BARRIE AND ROCKLIFF LONDON
Binding: HARDBACK
Condition: VERY GOOD
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A HISTORY OF THE BRAMHAM MOOR HUNT

£95.00

FIRST EDITION. LIMITED TO 200 COPIES. QUARTO. RE- BOUND IN HALF LEATHER OVER MUSTARD BOARDS AND NEW ENDPAPERS. TEG GILT DESIGN OF HUNTING SCENE TO FRONT BOARD. WITH 25 FULL ILLUSTRATIONS TISSUE GUARDS. A VERY GOOD AND HANDSOME COPY.

Author: DIXON WILLIAM SCARTH
Place, Publisher, Date: LEEDS. RICHARD JACKSON. 1889
Binding: HARDBACK
Condition: VERY GOOD
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A HISTORY OF THE BRITISH SESSILE-EYED CRUSTACEA

£75.00

1ST EDITION IN TWO VOLUMES. ORIGINAL BROWN CLOTH VERY GOOD.

Author: BATE C.S. AND WESTWOOD J.O.
Place, Publisher, Date: LONDON, VAN VOORST, 1863.
Binding: HARDBACK
Condition: VERY GOOD(EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE ASKED FOR).
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A HISTORY OF THE BRITISH STALK-EYED CRUSTACEA

£35.00

1ST EDITION . ORIGINAL GREEN/BLUE CLOTH WORN AT THE TOP OF THE SPINE. END PAPER BROWNED OTHERWISE VERY GOOD. ORIGINAL OWNER`S UNIVERSITY STICKER.

Author: BELL THOMAS
Place, Publisher, Date: LONDON, VAN VOORST, 1853
Binding: HARDBACK
Condition: VERY GOOD
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A HISTORY OF THE EARTH AND ANIMATED NATURE

£260.00

A NEW (AND SCARCE) EDITION IN FOUR VOLUMES. MODERN GREEN CLOTH BINDINGS VERY FRESH AND TIGHT. WITH 100 ENGRAVINGS. VOL 1 415 pp 4 PLATES. VOL2. 412 pp 53 PLATES (INCLUDING ONE THAT SHOULD BE IN VOL. 1). VOL 3 424 pp 29 PLATES. VOL. 4 327 pp +EXTENSIVE INDEX 13 PLATES. OCCASIONAL ANNOTATIONS BY A NEAT CONTEMPORARY HAND BUT INTERNALLY CLEAN.

Author: GOLDSMITH OLIVER
Place, Publisher, Date: LONDON FOR MILLAR, LAW AND CATER AND FOR WILSON, SPENCE AND MAWMAN, YORK, 1797
Binding: HARDBACK
Condition: VERY GOOD