THE SPIRITUALISTS. The Story of Florence Cook and William Crookes. Signed copy by HALL, Trevor.:

Edinburgh, W. H. Lizars, and Sterling and Kenney, 1833.. FIRST EDITION 1833, complete set, Naturalist's Library series. Small 8vo, approximately 180 x 100 mm, 7 x 4 inches, portrait frontispiece to each volume of Linnaeus and Pennant, hand-coloured vignette on each engraved title page, and 64 hand-coloured plates with tissue guards engraved by W. H. Lizars, who was a painter and engraver as well as publisher, plus memoirs of Linnaeus and Welsh zoologist Thomas Pennant, original wrapper in front of first volume. Pages: Volume 1: [16], 147, plus 40 pages of adverts; Volume 2: [4], iv, [3], 1-166 including index, plus 46 pages of adverts, both title pages are duplicated in Volume 2, pagination of prelims in Volume I slightly erratic but collated and guaranteed complete, rebound in quarter green morocco over marbled sides, gilt title and decoratiolns to spines, new endpapers. Slight offsetting from portraits onto engraved titles, ink name (James Drummond) on both half-titles dated 1862, very occasional… Read More

London, Baynes and Son et al., 1825.. 2 volumes, 1825. Bound by Florence Paget(?) listed in Women Bookbinders, signed "F P 1906" on rear lower dentelle of Volume1. Small volumes with small print, approximately 120 x 65 mm, 5 x 2½ inches, engraved frontispiece and title page to each volume, coat of arms with motto "honi soit qui mal y pense" to each title page, pages: 1-443; 1-430, bound in full plain morocco, gilt titles to spines, blind decoration to the end of each raised band, double rules to dentelles, gilt rule to edges of covers, edges stained red. Spine of Volume 2 slighty faded, a few light stains to covers, pale browning to frontispiece and title page of Volume 1, strip of brown offset from dentelles to all first and last free endpapers, occasional pale spot, otherwise a very good clean tight set. Paget was a pupil of Douglas Cockerell, and exhibited at the Arts and Crafts Society in 1899. In 1902 she was chosen to bind the copy of the Form and Order of Service which King Edward VII used at… Read More

London, printed for J. Johnson, 1784, reprinted and published by Sanders Cones and Co., Mission Row Calcutta, 1848.. TITLE CONTINUED: General of ten thousand men in the army of the Mogul Empire, and formerly Commander-in Chief the artillery of Hyder Ali, and of a body of European troops in the service of that Prince. English edition translated from the French. 1848, first published in 1784. Tall 8vo, approximately 240 x 160 mm, 9¾ x 6½ inches, 3 hand coloured portraits and 1 black and white engraving of the Throne of the late Tippoo Sultaun, pages: vi, 1-388, 4 extra pages 253-256 marked with an asterisk, no duplication of text and 4 extra leaves in the Appendix, unnumbered between pages 376 & 377, making a total of 400 pages, bound in full Victorian morocco, gilt lettering and decoration to spine and gilt decoration to covers, marbled endpapers, narrow gilt dentelles, all edges gilt. Binding rubbed and rebacked using original spine, shelf wear to edges of covers, thin black stain to lower cover,… Read More

London, John Murray, 1892.. Sixth edition 1892 with additions and corrections (forty-third thousand) and an added Glossary by W. S. Dallas at rear. 8vo, 195 x 125 mm, 7½ x 4½ inches, folding chart, pages: xxi, 1-432 including index, original publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, blind-stamped decorative borders to covers, original patterned endpapers, edges untrimmed as issued, no inscriptions. Binding slightly rubbed with a few tiny white marks, inner paper hinge partially cracked, pale browning to endpapers, minor fox spots to folding plate, slight shelf wear to lower edges, otherwise contents clean and bright, binding tight and firm. A very good copy. See R. B. Freeman, The Works of Charles Darwin, page 79-81 and page 86 No. 439. This is a reprint of the edition of 1876 which contained the final text as Darwin left it which contained small differences in text from the edition of 1872. The word 'evolution' was used for the first time in the 6th edition of 1872. Darwin… Read More

London, John Murray, 1882.. Seventh thousand 1882, corrected by Francis Darwin, 190 x 135 mm, 15 text illustrations, pages: vii, 1-328 including index, plus 1 page publisher's catalogue, original publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, blind decoration to covers, original brown endpapers. Slight wear to head and tail of spine, corners slightly worn, small dark stain to to lower cover, pale foxing to endpapers and title page, small ink name or scribble on first blank endpaper, otherwise a very good clean copy. See R. B. Freeman, The Works of Charles Darwin page166, No. 1364. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Baynes and Son et al., 1825.. 2 volumes, 1825. Bound by Florence Paget(?) listed in Women Bookbinders, signed "F P 1906" on rear lower dentelle of Volume1. Small volumes with small print, approximately 120 x 65 mm, 5 x 2½ inches, engraved frontispiece and title page to each volume, coat of arms with motto "honi soit qui mal y pense" to each title page, pages: 1-443; 1-430, bound in full plain morocco, gilt titles to spines, blind decoration to the end of each raised band, double rules to dentelles, gilt rule to edges of covers, edges stained red. Spine of Volume 2 slighty faded, a few light stains to covers, pale browning to frontispiece and title page of Volume 1, strip of brown offset from dentelles to all first and last free endpapers, occasional pale spot, otherwise a very good clean tight set. Paget was a pupil of Douglas Cockerell, and exhibited at the Arts and Crafts Society in 1899. In 1902 she was chosen to bind the copy of the Form and Order of Service which King Edward VII used at… Read More

London, printed for J. Johnson, 1784, reprinted and published by Sanders Cones and Co., Mission Row Calcutta, 1848.. TITLE CONTINUED: General of ten thousand men in the army of the Mogul Empire, and formerly Commander-in Chief the artillery of Hyder Ali, and of a body of European troops in the service of that Prince. English edition translated from the French. 1848, first published in 1784. Tall 8vo, approximately 240 x 160 mm, 9¾ x 6½ inches, 3 hand coloured portraits and 1 black and white engraving of the Throne of the late Tippoo Sultaun, pages: vi, 1-388, 4 extra pages 253-256 marked with an asterisk, no duplication of text and 4 extra leaves in the Appendix, unnumbered between pages 376 & 377, making a total of 400 pages, bound in full Victorian morocco, gilt lettering and decoration to spine and gilt decoration to covers, marbled endpapers, narrow gilt dentelles, all edges gilt. Binding rubbed and rebacked using original spine, shelf wear to edges of covers, thin black stain to lower cover,… Read More

London, John Murray, 1892.. Sixth edition 1892 with additions and corrections (forty-third thousand) and an added Glossary by W. S. Dallas at rear. 8vo, 195 x 125 mm, 7½ x 4½ inches, folding chart, pages: xxi, 1-432 including index, original publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, blind-stamped decorative borders to covers, original patterned endpapers, edges untrimmed as issued, no inscriptions. Binding slightly rubbed with a few tiny white marks, inner paper hinge partially cracked, pale browning to endpapers, minor fox spots to folding plate, slight shelf wear to lower edges, otherwise contents clean and bright, binding tight and firm. A very good copy. See R. B. Freeman, The Works of Charles Darwin, page 79-81 and page 86 No. 439. This is a reprint of the edition of 1876 which contained the final text as Darwin left it which contained small differences in text from the edition of 1872. The word 'evolution' was used for the first time in the 6th edition of 1872. Darwin… Read More

London, John Murray, 1882.. Seventh thousand 1882, corrected by Francis Darwin, 190 x 135 mm, 15 text illustrations, pages: vii, 1-328 including index, plus 1 page publisher's catalogue, original publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, blind decoration to covers, original brown endpapers. Slight wear to head and tail of spine, corners slightly worn, small dark stain to to lower cover, pale foxing to endpapers and title page, small ink name or scribble on first blank endpaper, otherwise a very good clean copy. See R. B. Freeman, The Works of Charles Darwin page166, No. 1364. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, David Nutt, 1898.. PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION 1898, LIMITED TO 250 COPIES (THIS IS COPY 202) AND SIGNED BY THE FAMOUS NORFOLK PHOTOGRAPHER, P. H. EMERSON. Large 8vo, approximately 265 x 195 mm, 10¼ x 7½ inches, illustrated with 4 photogravures with tissue guards, 1 being a portrait of P.H. Emerson, nine line drawings and seventy-six illustrations from photographs, and including eighteen sheet pedigrees, pages: xiv, 1-168 plus large Appendix of Authorities numbered in roman numerals, i-cxxxv, bound in publisher's pale green cloth. Slight wear at head and tail of spine, cloth faded, spine darkened, corners slightly worn and 1 corner bumped, endpapers and half-title foxed, title page lightly foxed, otherwise a very good copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.