LIMITED EDITION OF 150 COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 29. SIGNED BY AUGUSTUS JOHN AND LORD DAVID CECIL. FOLIO HALF VELLUM OVER BROWN BOARDS BOUND BY ZAEHNSDORF OF LONDON PLATES PRINTED IN PHOTO-OFFSET BY VAN LEER OF AMSTERDAM. A VERY NICE COPY CONTAINED IN THE ORIGINAL STAINED AND GRUBBY SLIPCASE.
FIRST EDITION SOME WEAR TO BOARDS AND SPINE OTHERWISE VERY GOOD HARDBACK. AUTHOR WAS A PAST PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS HE WRITES HERE OF THE HISTORY OF HIS PROFESSIONAL LIFE TOGETHER REMINISCENCES DATING FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE CENTURY. SCARCE.
1ST EDITION. VERY GOOD IN ORIGINAL BLUE/GREEN CLOTH. GILT TITLES DECORATIVE GILT FRONT BOARD AND FRONTISPIECE AND PLATES BY J. WOLF. TOP OF F.E.P. HAS BEEN CUT AWAY OTHERWISE VERY GOOD.
VERY GOOD COPY WITH VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP.DIAGRAMS TABLES. A REFERENCE BOOK WHICH SUMMARISES THE KNOWLEDGE OF AVIAN ORIENTATION AND NAVIGATION FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES .
FIRST EDITION SMALL OCTAVO FULL LEATHER (REBOUND IN 1911). FRONTIS. TITLE PAGE ERRATA CONTENTS IMPRIMATUR ACCOUNT OF BACON’S WORKS (3-104) REMAINS CIVIL AND MORAL (3-73) REMAINS PERTAINING TO NATURAL PHILOSOPHY (73-151) REMAINS TOUCHING MEDICAL MATTERS (155-175) REMAINS RELATING TO DIVINE MATTERS (179-183) REMAINS BIBLIOGRAPHICAL (187- 259) CHARACTERS OF THE LORD BACON (263-270). WITH VARIOUS TITLE PAGES. BOUND IN AT THE REAR IS THE TITLE PAGE FOR BACON’S BOOK ‘THE HISTORIE OF THE RAIGNE OF KING HENRY THE SEVENTH’. THE BOOK IS FROM THE LIBRARY OF CHARLES BUTLER (1821-1910) OF WARREN WOOD HERTS JP AND DEPUTY LIEUTENANT OF HERTFORDSHIRE. HIS LIBRARY WAS SOLD IN 1911 AT SOTHEBY’S. A VERY GOOD COPY FIRMLY BOUND.
FIRST EDITION. AS NEW IN DUSTWRAP. NUMBER 114 IN THE NEW NATURALIST SERIES. WELL ILLUSTRATED IN COLOUR AND LINE DRAWINGS. EXTRA POSTAGE MAY BE REQUIRED.
FIRST EDITION. A NEW BOOK IN DUSTWRAP AND STILL SEALED.NUMBER 114 IN THE NEW NATURALIST SERIES. WELL ILLUSTRATED IN COLOUR AND LINE DRAWINGS. EXTRA POSTAGE MAY BE REQUIRED.
TITLE PAGE IS MISSING BUT NOTE FROM PREVIOUS OWNER SUGGESTS THIS TITLE AND DATE. CRUDELY REBACKED WITH STRAPS ROUND THE SPINE. FIRST PAGE REPAIRED BUT CLEAN COMPLETE (EXCEPT TITLE) AND TIGHT.