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The Microscope In The Brewery And Malt-House; Illustrated by Steel Engravings, Woodcuts, Lithographs. and Chrome-Lithographs
by Mathews, Charles George and Francis Edward Ott
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- Used - Orig. dark salmon cloth lettered in gilt, spine and front cover. Very good
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- First edition
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- 1889
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London: Bemrose & Sons, 1889. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. dark salmon cloth lettered in gilt, spine and front cover. Very good. 198 pages. 25.5 x 16.5 cm. Inscribed to Scientist and Polymath Herbert Spenser (1820-1903). The latter, a notable English intellect credited with coining the term "survival of the fittest," after reading Darwin's 'On the Origin of The… Read more about this item Item Price
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Synopsis Of The Mewcastle Museum Later The Allan, Formerly The Tunstall, Or Wycliffe Museum: To Wich are Prefixed Memoirs Of Mr. Tunstall, The Founder, And Of Mr. Allan, The Late Proprietor, Of the Collectin; With Occasional Remarks, On the Species, By Those Gentlemen and The Editor
by Fox, George Townsend
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- 1827
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NZ$3,738.38
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Newcastle: J. Hodgson, 1827. First edition. Hardcover. Later brown cloth, brown leathe spine labe lettered in gilt. Very good. xxii, [2] 312 pages. 23 x 15 cm. llustrated with engraved frontispiece, folding table, 7 plates (2 of which by Thomas Bewick), and illustrations in the text. Provenance: Author to son Charles Fox with inscription dated 1830 gifted from… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Sea Around Us; With an Introduction by Maitland A. Edet * Illustrated with photographs by Alfred Eisenstaedt
by Carson, Rachel L.
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- 1980
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1980. Hardcover. Orig. full blue buckram stamped in gold and in blind. Fine in near fine slipcase. Eisenstaedt, Alfred. 284 pages. 26 x 18 cm. Limited edition, copy 752 of 2000. Color photographs by Eisenstaedt printed by Princeton Poly-chrome Press, and designed by Philip Grushkin. NEWMAN & WICHE 515. Laid-in the LEC Monthly… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Guide to Artifact Testing and Study TK Asian Antiquities
by Roy, Melanie A. & Michael C. Teller IV
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- 2004
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New York: TK Asian Antiquities, 2004. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig. decorated stiff wrappers. Near fine. 95 pages, 27.5 x 21.5 cm. Illustrated mostly in color. Glossary of Technical Terms. Item Price
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The World Of Light A Comedy In Three Acts
by Huxley, Aldous
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- 1931
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London: Chatto and Windus, 1931. First edition. Hardcover. Quarter brown cloth lettered in gilt and decorated blue boards. Teg. Near fine. 104 pages. 21 x 14.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 103 of 160 signed by Huxley. Sharp, bright copy, bookseller label of Philip P. Duschnes. Item Price
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Out of China's Earth Archaeological Discoveries in the People's Republic of China
by Qian Hao, Chen Heyi, and Ru Suichu
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- 1981
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New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1981. First edition. Orig. crimson cloth front cover lettered in gilt. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 206 pages. 34 x 26 cm. 286 illustrations printed on high gloss stock and 226 in full color and one map. Chronology. Index. Item Price
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The Florist's Manual, Or, Hints Of A Gay Flower-Garden; With Directions For Preventing The Depredations of Insects, Observations On The Treatment And Growth Of Bulbous Plants, Curious Facts Respecting Their Management, And Directions For The Culture Of The Guernsey Lily, Etc..
by Jackson, Maria Elizabeth
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- Used - Quarter brown calf and dark salmon boards. Very good
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- 1827
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NZ$955.36
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London: Henry Colburn, 1827. New Edition. Hardcover. Quarter brown calf and dark salmon boards. Very good. 136 pages. 19 x 11.5 cm. Six colored aquatint plates, one a large foldout. HENREY Vol.II, p.583. "No author's name appears on the title page......in the later editions the author signed her name and address" (rear of book). ABBEY LIFE p.13. Wide… Read more about this item Item Price
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Megaliths
by Caponigro, Paul
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- 1986
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NZ$332.30
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Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. beige linen cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 208 pages. 28 x 30.5 cm. Signed by Caponigro in ink on half title. 143 duotone illustrations. Text by Marriane Fulton. Caponigro explores the various configurations of these prehistoric monuments. Selected Bibliography. Owner inscription. Clean, bright copy. Item Price
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Traite De Stereotomie, Comprenant Les Applications De La Geometrie Descriptive; A La Theorie Des Ombres, La Perspective Lineaire, La Gnomonique, La Coupe Des Pierres Et La Charpente
by Leroy, Charles Felix Auguste
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- Used - Contemporary calf backed boards. Very good
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- 1844
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Paris: Batchelier & Carilian-Goeury et Dalmont, 1844. First edition. Hardcover. Contemporary calf backed boards. Very good. Unpaginated. Folio, 44 x 27.5. Atlas volume only with 74 lithograph plates, some double-paged. Leroy was a professor at the Ecole Royale Polytechnic. Text in French. Some light foxing and browning, corner, extremity and joint wear, signature on title page of 2nd… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Sea Around Us; With an Introduction by Maitland A. Edet * Illustrated with photographs by Alfred Eisenstaedt
by Carson, Rachel L.
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- 1980
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1980. Hardcover. Orig. full blue buckram stamped in gold and in blind. Fine in near fine slipcase. Eisenstaedt, Alfred. 284 pages. 26 x 18 cm. Limited edition, copy 1267 of 2000. Color photographs by Eisenstaedt printed by Princeton Poly-chrome Press, and designed by Philip Grushkin. NEWMAN & WICHE 515. Laid-in the LEC Monthly… Read more about this item Item Price
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Description D'Une oreille de charrue, offrant le moins de resistance possible, et dont l'execution est aussi facile que certaine
by Jefferson, Thomas (president des Etats-Unis d'Amerique)
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- 1802
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NZ$1,644.88
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Paris: Chez Les Freres Levrault, 1802. First edition. Hardcover. Maroon library cloth, Very good. Pages 322 - 329 with a full page plate bearing ten figures (illustrations) for the construction D'une oreille de Charrue -- Jefferson's new design for a plough-ear which he tested in Monticello. This article appeared in "Annales du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle" -- Tome… Read more about this item Item Price
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Super-Iride. Prodoto Chimico Brevettato Di Fama Mondiale; Per Tingere In Casa Qualsiasi Abito, Tessuto, Filato, ecc. Risultati ottenuti tingendo Su Tessuto Bianco Di Lana, Cotone E Seta
by Prato, Italy. Ditta Ruggero Benelli
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- Used - Panels are faux-diced shagreen, gilt lettering first panel, two brass rivets front cover for hanging the display. Very good
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- 1900
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NZ$830.75
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Prato: Ditta Ruggero Benelli, 1900. First edition. Hardcover. Panels are faux-diced shagreen, gilt lettering first panel, two brass rivets front cover for hanging the display. Very good. 27.5 x 13 cm. Salesman's sample advertising display for Super-Iride, 48 dyed sample mounted, eight panels bound accordion style, each panel as noted previously, folds out to approximately 40 inches when… Read more about this item Item Price
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Exposition Universelle de Paris en 1878
by Martial, A.-P. [Potemont, Adolphe Theodore Jules Martial]
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- 1878
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Paris: Vve A. Cadart, 1878. First edition. Hardcover. Three quarter red morocco, original red aubergine cloth recased with original leather spine label laid-down. Teg. Near fine. Folio, 48 x 34 cm, Inscribed and signed by Martial on the etched title page. 48 etched india proof plates with descriptive text mounted to stiff paper. Each plate about 6 1/2… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Natural History And Antiquities of Selborne, In The County of Southampton & The Antiquities Of Selborne
by White, Gilbert
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- Used - Modern half navy spines and marbled boards. Fine in custom, very good solander case with leather spine label printed in gilt. 2
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- 1816
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NZ$2,076.88
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London: White, Cochrane, And Co., et al., 1816. New Edition. Hardcover. Modern half navy spines and marbled boards. Fine in custom, very good solander case with leather spine label printed in gilt. 2 vols. 586 pages. 30.5 x 25 cm. Mitford's large paper edition with wide text margins. Half title, engraved folding frontispiece, additional pictorial title, vignette to… Read more about this item Item Price
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Science At The Fair
by Lauerence, William L (Editor)
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- 1964
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New York: New York World's Fair Corp, 1964. First edition. Original Wraps. Orig. Wraps. Orig. embossed and decorated stiff wrappers. Fine. 62 pages. 31 x 23 cm. Prefatory notes by Robert Moses and Paul R. Screvane. Illustrated with photographs. Bookplate. Item Price
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Letters Concerning Mind. To which is added, A Sketch of Universal Arithmetic; Comprehending the Differential Calculus, And the Doctrine of Fluxions [WITH] A Summary View Of The Soul's Perceptive Faculties; And Also Of Dialectic or Logic: Introduction To The Theory of Mind
by Petvin, John
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- Used - Full straight-grained red morocco. Aeg. Very good. 2 vols. in one
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- First edition
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- 1792
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- Leather_bound
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NZ$1,154.74
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London: John & James Rivington, 1792. First edition. leather_bound. Full straight-grained red morocco. Aeg. Very good. 2 vols. in one. 90 & 79 pages. 21 x 23.5 cm. Errata leaf, published posthumously. LOWNDES 1846. "An excellent work, full of profound and abstruse learning." This copy with the leather Johnsonian bookplate of R. B. Adam. Binding attributed to Roger… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Fukui Earthquake, Hokuriku Region Japan 28 June 1948; Volume I, Geology & Vol. II, Engineering
by Office of the Engineer General Headquarters, Far East Command
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- Used - Orig. buff, stapled stiff wrappers. Very good. 2 Vols.
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- First edition
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- 1949
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- Paperback
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Tokyo: Office of the Engineer General Headquarters, Far East Command, 1949. First edition. Paperback. Orig. buff, stapled stiff wrappers. Very good. 2 Vols.. 81 and 205 pages. 27 1/2 x 36 cm. Geology prepared by Geological Surveys Branch Intelligence Division Office of the Engineer, and Engineering prepared by Design Branch Engineering and Operations Division. Vol. I with two… Read more about this item Item Price
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An Autobiography
by Spencer, Herbert
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- Used - Orig. green cloth. Teg. Very good. 2 vols
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- First edition
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- 1904
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NZ$66.46
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New York: D. Appleton, 1904. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth. Teg. Very good. 2 vols. 654 and 613 pages. 21 x 15 cm. Illustrated. Index. Backstrip Vol. I sunned. Item Price
NZ$66.46
The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle
by Darwin, Charles
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- 1956
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NZ$124.61
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Cambridge: Limited EditionsClub, 1956. Hardcover. Full sailcloth, stamped in brown with native tapa design. Near fine in worn slipcase. Gibbings, Robert. 490 pages. Illustrated with wood-engravings by Robert Gibbings. Designed by John Dreyfus. Introduction by Gavin de Beer. Limited edition, copy 149 of 1500 signed by Gibbings. NEWMAN & WICHE 266. Item Price
NZ$124.61
Reflections On The Atomic Bomb -- Volume I Of The Previously Uncollected Writings of Gertrude Stein; Edited by Robert Bartlett Haas
by Stein, Gertrude
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- 1973
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NZ$33.23
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Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1973. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig. illustrated wrappers. Near fine. 164 pages. Item Price
NZ$33.23