FIRST EDITION LARGE QUARTO PICTORIAL BOARDS. A FINE COPY. BOOKPLATE TO FRONT PASTEDOWN. TEXT IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH. FINE FULL-PAGE COLOUR PLATES BY EDUARDO BRETTAS.
THREE VOLUMES. A CABINET EDITION 48mo. (10 by 7 cm). ATTRACTIVELY BOUND IN HALF LEATHER MARBLED BOARDS FRONTIS. ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE. ITALIAN TEXT. SLIGHT FOXING BUT CLEAN AND TIGHTLY BOUND. SCARCE.
FIRST EDITION ORIGINAL GREEN CLOTH ONE CORNER BUMPED FINGERING TO TOP AND BOTTOM OF SPINE DUSTINESS TO THE EDGES OF THE PAGES BUT A VERY GOOD TIGHT COPY. FRENCH TEXT. 444 PAGES. MINOR PENCIL ANNOTATIONS.
FIRST EDITION 360 PAGES PLUS AN APPENDIX OF 104 PAGES. CARD COVERS REINFORCED SPINE. TEXT IN FRENCH. MAP AT THE REAR. THE CARD COVERS ARE RATHER GRUBBY AND PAGE EDGES BROWNING BUT VERY GOOD OVERALL.
THE FIRST SIX VOLUMES BOUND IN SEVEN VOLUMES COVERING 1870 THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION TO 1911 INCLUSIVE. NICELY BOUND IN HALF RED LEATHER RAISED BANDS MARBLED ENDPAPERS. WITH CONTEMPORARY ILLUS. FOLDING MAPS AND DRAWINGS TEG. A VERY NICE SET OF THIS SCARCE ITEM. POSTAGE AT COST.
OCTAVO PAGES 363 TO 574 BOUND IN A FLEXIBLE GREEN COVER PAPER LABEL. THE SECTION CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES: ON THE DETERMINATION OF THE POSITION OF STRATA IN STRATIFIED ROCKS L A NECKER; ON THE EQUATIONS OF LOCI TRACED UPON THE SURFACE OF THE SPHERE AS EXPRESSED BY SPHERICAL CO-ORDINATES BY T S DAVIES; EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCHES REGARDING CERTAIN VIBRATIONS WHICH TAKE PLACE BETWEEN METALLIC MASSES HAVING DIFFERENT TEMPERATURES BY J D FORBES; OBSERVATIONS ON THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE SALMON HERRING AND VENDACE BY R KNOX; OBSERVATIONS ON THE LINES OF THE SOLAR SPECTRUM AND ON THOSE PRODUCED BY THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE AND BY THE ACTION OF NITROUS ACID GAS BY SIR D BREWSTER; ABSTRACT OF A PAPER ACCOMPANYING A SUITE OF VOLCANIC ROCKS FROM THE LIPARI ISLANDS BY ROBERT ALLAN; ON THE COLOURS OF NATURAL BODIES BY SIR D BREWSTER. PLUS A LIST OF MEMBERS. A TOTAL 7 IMPORTANT PAPERS. A VERY GOOD COPY CLEAN AND FRESH WITH SOME PAGES UNCUT.
Author:
NECKER L. A., DAVIES T. S., FORBES J. D., KNOX R., BREWSTER D. AND ALLAN R.
FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. PHOTOGRAPHS BY NEVILLE COOPER. THIS BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN AND IMMENSELY READABLE BOOK HAS A GREAT CONTRIBUTION TO MAKE TO THE HISTORY OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION. IT TELLS THE STORY OF THE VALLEY OF THE RIVER DERWENT A SMALL AREA OF OUTSTANDING NATURAL BEAUTY WHICH IN LESS THAN A HUNDRED YEARS UNDERWENT A COMPLETE TRANSFORMATION.