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1952ref. 002670London: Hodder & Stoughton 1952. Biography of the Golfer James Braid.Green cloth with gilt lettering on the spine in green dustwrapper illustrated with photographs Very good book which is faded on the top and bottom edges in a price clipped dustwrapper which is a little chipped and creased at the corners and spine ends. First Edition. Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
1935ref. 56218London: Faber & Faber 1935. Spine split and chipped boards rubbed shaken gutters cracked foxed throughout mug stains to front endpapers. Unfortunately there are child scribbles throughout mainly to the margins of the text pages endpapers and prelims the illustrations remain clean and bright on the whole as do the rhymes. Please enquire for photos. Hard. Poor. 12mo Landscape. Faber & Faber Hardcover
1947ref. 40227The Dropmore Press. London. 1947. First edition thus. Limited to 750 copies only this one being number 576. Small 8vo. xi 84pp. printed colophon. Engraved frontis. engraved head-pieces. Original patterned paper covered boards green hessian backstrip. Small patch of foxing to front free endpaper o/w fine in sl. worn slip-case. hardcover
1900ref. S58841London: Ward Lock & Co. n.d. c. 1900. 492 portrait frontis 15 plates wood engravings to text. . HB. 8vo cont. black half leather spine with raised bands gilt title and gilt motifs to compartments marbled endpapers teg. Lightly rubbed to extremities. Some foxing to edge of text block and occaional light foxing internally. Owner's name to half-title. Vg. With a biographical introduction by G.T. Bettany. Taken from Darwin's journals while on the H.M.S. Beagle these notes form a background for ideas he would later develop in On the Origin of Species while also serving as an excellent travel narrative of the voyage around South America New Zealand and Australia as well as the famous survey of the Galapagos Islands.Freeman 95. Ward, Lock & Co. hardcover
1900ref. 59042London and New York: George Routledge and Sons Limited N.d. c. 1900. 8vo. xiii 381 pp. Full green leather with gilt lettering to spine. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Spine uniformly darkened to brown. Wear to extremities and boards marked. Internally clean. No ownership names. Frontis portrait. . Good. Full Leather. 1900. George Routledge and Sons Limited N.d. [c. 1900] hardcover
2009ref. 46539London: Penguin Classics 2009. 8vo. xiii 516 pp. Publisher's faux leather with Damian Hirst designed panel on front board. 9781846141881 . Near Fine. Illustrated Boards. First Edition Thus. 2009. Penguin Classics 2009 hardcover
1890ref. 58155Ward Lock & Co. 1890. pp.xx 549 with b/w. maps and illus. including 3 fold-out plates plus 6 page publisher's catalogue. 8vo. Hardback. Armorial bookplate of Robert M. Adam 1885-1967 photographer and botanist and his signature to title page. Subsequent owner's stamp to prelims. and fore-edge. Small closed tear to margin of last fold-out map o/w. contents fine. Original textured cloth boards with black and gilt borders and lettering all in thor. vg. condition. Freeman 279. Each of the three works presented here are prefaced with their own critical introduction by Professor John W. Judd. Ward, Lock, & Co. hardcover
1890ref. S41327London: Ward Lock & Co. 1890. xx 2 549 7 6 plain plates 3 folding text figs. . HB. 8vo orig. brown publisher's cloth of the series patterned endpapers; light spotting to edges. Short marginal tear to inner edge of final map. Vg. Minerva Library No. 18. Reprints of all three parts of the first edition of Darwin's geological results of the Beagle voyage with a critical introduction to each work by Prof. John W. Judd. The original editions appeared in 1842 1844 and 1846 respectivley. Freeman 279 but this binding variant not recorded. Ward, Lock & Co. hardcover
ref. 57931Natural History Darwin & evolution . Pub. Walter Scott. 1890. pp.xxiv 278 with 4 colour maps plus fold out frontispiece colour map b/w. illus. and 10-page publishers catalogue. Small 8vo. Bookplate plus name of Dr. Richard Harper and another. Thor. vg. hardback in original cloth boards. With a page of Dr. Harpers hand written notes loosely inserted. Freeman 280. Natural History Darwin & evolution hardcover
2017ref. 210937Cambridge University Press 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. New/New. 6x2x9. Dark blue hardback with gilt lettered spine complete with original dustjacket. In new condition: firm and square with strong joints no bumps no rubs. Contents are crisp tight and clean; no pen-marks. Thus a very nice copy that looks and feels unread now offered for sale at a very reasonable price. Cambridge University Press hardcover
2016ref. 210975Cambridge University Press 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/Like New. 6x2x9. Dark blue hardback with gilt lettered spine complete with original dustjacket just ever so lightly shelf-worn. In nearly new if not new condition: firm and square with strong joints no bumps. Contents are crisp tight and clean; no pen-marks. Thus a very nice copy that looks and feels unread now offered for sale at a very reasonable price. Cambridge University Press hardcover
2001ref. 471072Cambridge University Press 2001. /Dust Jacket Included. 2001. Hardcover. 0521590345 hardback large 8vo xlii694pp light foxing on page edges otherwise clean and tight no inscriptions Very Good / Very Good dustwrapper. ISBN: 0521590345 . Cambridge University Press, 2001, hardcover
2004ref. 471073Cambridge University Press 2004. /Dust Jacket Included. 2004. Hardcover. 0521844592 hardback large 8vo xl655pp light foxing on page edges otherwise clean and tight no inscriptions Very Good / Very Good dustwrapper. ISBN: 0521844592 . Cambridge University Press, 2004, hardcover
2005ref. 471074Cambridge University Press 2005. /Dust Jacket Included. 2005. Hardcover. 052185931X hardback large 8vo xlii705pp clean and tight no inscriptions Very Good / Very Good dustwrapper. ISBN: 052185931X . Cambridge University Press, 2005, hardcover
ref. 68321London: John Murray 1909. Evolutionary Science NEW EDITION third impression thus. Octavo 20 x 14cm pp.xx; 1031 5. With numerous in-text engraved illustrations. Publisher's green cloth with titles in gilt to spine and dark green to upper. Illustrated bookplate and blue ink ownership of J. Walker Wood to front endpapers. Hinges split but firm. Toning to edges and endpapers otherwise internally clean. Spine worn and toned with some pulling to head. Very good. The naturalist's second book on evolutionary theory first published in two volumes in 1871 following the landmark 'Origin of Species' 1859. This more focused study outlines the application of Darwin's theory to human evolution detailing his theory of sexual selection. London: John Murray, 1909 unknown
ref. 57840Offprint from Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Part II. 1879. 4to. . pp. ii 447-538. 1 lithographed plate. Original printed wrappers loose dusty and frayed the plate damp-marked at the top edge signed by G. H. Darwin in pencil at the top edge of the front cover. Sir George Darwin had been elected FRS in 1879 the year of publication of this paper. His first paper to the Society the memoir 'On the Influence of Geological Changes on the Earth's Axis of Rotation' was read in 1876 and published in the Society's Philosophical Transactions 1877. All of his scientific work from that time onwards concentrated upon aspects of cosmogony. Offprint from Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Part II. 1879. 4to. unknown
1911ref. DUN0310Methuen & Co. Ltd. London 1911. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Third impression of the enlarged and rearranged edition which includes 150 new letters. 8vo. xxxv 293pp and xii 325pp and ix 334pp and ix 370pp. Red leather with gilt lettering and decoration to the spines and with the author's initials gilt-stamped to the upper boards. All edges gilt. Each volume with a different tissue-protected portrait frontispiece. Silk place marker to each volume. Some quite light wear to the backstrip ends and corner tips. A two-inch repaired enclosed tear to the leather at the upper board of a single volume and a short slit to the lower outer hinge of the same volume. This set from the library of Margaret Darwin granddaughter of Charles Darwin with her inked notation to the free endpaper of the first volume: "The Coombs Prize. Margaret Darwin June 1912. Somerville College Oxford" and a slightly abbreviated version of the same inscription to the endpapers of the remaining three volumes. A very good set. The Coombs Prize was established in 1901 founded in memory of Edith Anna Coombs who lost her life in rescuing the children in her charge from burning school buildings during the Boxer rising in 1900. Amongst other things it enabled an annual prize in Modern History and English Language and Literature. Methuen & Co. Ltd., London Hardcover
2007ref. SONG0548026297Kessinger Publishing 2007-07-25. hardcover. Used: Good. 6.00x1.44x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Kessinger Publishing hardcover
ref. 3659344621.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
ref. 1893451046.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
2010ref. Q-0135022991Pearson 2010-02-08. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Pearson paperback
ref. ANAIS-0760366535Motorbooks. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Motorbooks hardcover
ref. 6208021944.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
ref. NAT400M1900 / 615 pages. Relié. Editions Nelson and Sons, Paternoster.
ref. 4-42427Torino UTE 1884 8vo brossura copertina in cartoncino posticcio muto pp. 239 con 13 figure nel testo Freeman 1299 - Coccia pag. 249. unknown