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London, J. Wilcox, 1721.. 2 WORKS BOUND TOGETHER, 1721. Title continued: By which is perform'd most propositions in Astronomy; as, the altitude, azimuth, right ascension and declination of the sun, &c. also his rising and setting and amplitude, together with the hour of the day or night, and other conclusions exemplified at large. To which is added THE USE OF NEPEIRS BONES 1685, In multiplication, division and extraction of roots; also the nocturnal, the ring-dyal, and Gunter's line... Collected and digested into this portable volume for the use of young practitioners. SECOND EDITIONS, 1721 (actually a reissue of the first edition of 1685 with a cancel title page). THE ART OF NUMBRING BY SPEAKING-RODS, Vulgarly termed NEPEIRS BONES, title page dated 1685, second edition. London, printed by T[homas]. B[raddyll]. for H[annah]. Sawbridge, at the Bible on Ludgate-Hill, first published 1667, 2 works bound together. Small book, 12mo, approximately 130 x 75 mm, 5¼ x 3 inches, a folding plate to each volume,…
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SYSTEMA HORTI-CULTURAES, OR THE ART OF GARDENING IN THREE BOOKS.
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THE DESCRIPTION AND USE OF A PORTABLE INSTRUMENT, vulgarly known by the name of GUNTER'S QUADRANT 1721, BOUND WITH, THE ART OF NUMBRING BY SPEAKING-RODS, Vulgarly termed NEPIARS BONES 1685.
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THE MANNER OF RAISING, ORDERING AND IMPROVING FOREST AND FRUIT TREES. A LSO : A DISCOVERY OF SUBTERRANEAN TREASURE BY GABRIEL PLATTES.
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London, printed for Peter Parker at the Leg and Star over against the Royal Exchange in Cornhill, 1679.. TITLE CONTINUED: also, how to plant, make and keep vvoods, vvalks, avenues, lawns, hedges, &c. With several figures in copper-plates, proper for the same. Also rules and tables shewing how the ingenious planter may measure superficial figures, with rules how to divide woods or land, and how to measure timber and other solid bodies, either by arithmetick or geometry, shewing the use of that most excellent line, the line of numbers, by several new examples; with many other rules, useful for most men. By Moses Cook, gardiner to that great encourager of planting, the Right Honourable, the Earl of Essex. Whereunto is now added, that ingenious treatise of Mr. Gabriel Plattes, viz. A Discovery of Subterranean Treasure. SECOND EDITION IN TWO PARTS,1679. A reissue of the 1676 edition with a cancel title page and the addition of A Discovery of Subterranean Treasure: with its owne title page (viz). Of all…
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THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION, OR THE PRESERVATION OF FAVOURED RACES IN THE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE.
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London, John Murray, 1878.. NEW EDITION 1878, A REPRINT OF THE SIXTH EDITION 1872, Twentieth Thousand, with additions and corrections to 1872. 8vo, approximately 190 x 120 mm, 7½ x 4½ inches, folding chart, pages: xxi,1-458 including half-title and index, original publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, blind-stamped decorative borders to covers, brown endpapers, (the pastedown and the endpaper at front have at some time been replaced and are unsightly, see image, the rear original ones are fine) the bookbinder's small ticket on last pastedown, adverts to verso title page. Binding rubbed, slight shelf wear to edges and corners, inner paper hinge cracked, otherwise a good copy. This is a reprint of the edition of 1876 which contained the final text as Darwin left it and which contained small differences in text from the sixth edition of 1872. The word 'evolution' was used for the first time in the 6th edition of 1872 of The Origin of Species on page 201 (twice) and page 424…
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THE GREAT ILLEGITIMATES!! : Public and private life of that celebrated actress, MISS BLAND and, otherwise MRS. FORD, or, MRS. JORDAN; late mistress of H.R.H. the D.of Clarence; now KING WILLIAM IV. founder of the Fitzclarence family.
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London, J. Duncombe, 19, Little Queen Street Holborn, circa 1830.. TITLE CONTINUED: Accompanied by numerous remarks and anecdotes of illustrious and fashionable characters. By a confidential friend of the departed. Embellished by portraits of the Fitzclarence family. FIRST EDITION c.1830?. Bound in sixes, approximately 170 x 100 mm, 7 x 4 inches, engraved portrait frontispiece and 9 engraved portraits only of 11, 266 pages, full calf, gilt lettered label and floral gilt decoration to spine, triple gilt rules to edges of covers, gilt dentelles, dark blue coated endpapers, all edges gilt, bound by Riviere & Son, their name at bottom of first blank endpaper. Slight rubbing to hinges, title page slightly dusty, pale soiling to engraved portraits, slight rubbing to outer edge of page 38 with loss to a few words, amateur inking in, small hole to text of page 98 affecting 2 words, 1 on recto and 1 on verso, a few other minor marks or pale stains, good copy, in nice binding. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS…
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L'ARGONAUTICA DI APOLLONIO RODIO.
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Rome, a spese di Venanzio Monaldini, e Paolo Giunchi, 1791.. 2 volumes, complete set, FIRST EDITION 1791-94, Translated and edited by Cardinal Lodovico Flangini, parallel Greek and Italian text with explanation in Italian, 4to, approximately 280 x 210 mm, 11 x 8¼ inches, each title page has a different engraving, 2 engravings in the prelim pages plus 17 engravings of varying size in the text, large folding map at the end of the prelims, pages: xxxix, 168, 199-434, [2]; xxviij, 531, [1], the jump in pagination in Volume I is a printer's error, the register and text are continuous, bound in modern half calf, red and green gilt lettered labels, gilt rules and decoration to spine, mottled paper covered boards, new endpapers, speckled edges. Rubbing to corners, neat inscription (C. J. R. Coleridge, address and date 1860) on front endpaper, tiny blind stamp of bookseller on endpaper of Volume II, small chip to 3 fore-edge margins, small tear to 1 fore-edge margin, all due to paper flaws, a couple of pages…
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THE MANNER OF RAISING, ORDERING AND IMPROVING FOREST AND FRUIT TREES. A LSO : A DISCOVERY OF SUBTERRANEAN TREASURE BY GABRIEL PLATTES.
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London, printed for Peter Parker at the Leg and Star over against the Royal Exchange in Cornhill, 1679.. TITLE CONTINUED: also, how to plant, make and keep vvoods, vvalks, avenues, lawns, hedges, &c. With several figures in copper-plates, proper for the same. Also rules and tables shewing how the ingenious planter may measure superficial figures, with rules how to divide woods or land, and how to measure timber and other solid bodies, either by arithmetick or geometry, shewing the use of that most excellent line, the line of numbers, by several new examples; with many other rules, useful for most men. By Moses Cook, gardiner to that great encourager of planting, the Right Honourable, the Earl of Essex. Whereunto is now added, that ingenious treatise of Mr. Gabriel Plattes, viz. A Discovery of Subterranean Treasure. SECOND EDITION IN TWO PARTS,1679. A reissue of the 1676 edition with a cancel title page and the addition of A Discovery of Subterranean Treasure: with its owne title page (viz). Of all…
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THE HISTORY OF TOM JONES A FOUNDLING, with a sketch of the Author's life.
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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…
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THE HISTORY OF HYDER SHAH ALIAS HYDER ALI KHANM BAHADUR OR NEW MEMOIRS CONCERNING THE EAST INDIES WITH HISTORICAL NOTES.
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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,…
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THE ENGLISH EMERSONS, A Genealogical Historical Sketch of the family from the earliest times to the end of the Seventeenth Century, including various modern pedigrees, with an appendix of authorities.
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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.
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A CAVEAT OR WARNING FOR COMMON CURSETORS, vulgarly called vagabonds. Set forth by Thomas Harman, Esq.
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Circa 1880?. TITLE CONTINUED: for the utility and profit of his natural country. Whereunto is added, the tale of the second taking of the counterfeit crank, with the true report of his behaviour, and also his punishment for his dissembling, most marvellous to the hearer or reader thereof, circa 1880. Facsimile edition of the 1573 edition, no printer, place of publication or date, this edition not listed in the "Library Hub Discover". 8vo, approximately 210 x 130 mm, 8½ x 5 inches, 8 text illustrations including the one on the title page, pages: [4], i-xiii, 14-123, [1] - notes and observations, bound in half calf over marbled boards, vertical wine coloured morocco title label with gilt lettering and extra gilt decoration to spine, double gilt dividing rules, marbled endpapers. Pale foxing to free endpapers, half-title and last page, occasional pale foxing to outer margins, otherwise a very good copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST.…
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Dictionarium rusticum & urbanicum;: Or, A dictionary of all sorts of country affairs, handicraft, trading & merchandizing
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Systema Agriculturae;: The Mystery Of Husbandry Discovered, To Which Is Added Kalendarium Rusticum, And Dictionarium Rusticum
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The Gardeners Monthly Directions. Shewing What is Necessary to be done throughout the Year in Sowing, Planting and Propagating, the most valuable of the Shrubs, Flowers, Esculents, and other Hortensian Plants before Treated of. And What Ornamental Trees and Flowers, are in their Prime in each Month.
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The gardeners monthly directions : shewing what is necessary to be done throughout the year
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Vinetum Britannicum: Or, a treatise of cider and other wines and drinks extracted from fruits growing in the kingdom. To which is added: A discourse teaching the best way of improving bees. With copper plates
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Systema Horti-Culturae : or, The Art of Gardening
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Secret Splendor (Silhouette Classics, No 11)
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Mars 1999 (INSCRIBED) (FIRST)
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1975 First Edition (No Additional Printings) - INSCRIBED by the author in pink ink on the front free endpaper "With best wishes and prayers from the author - Meg Woodson + Peggie :)" Rare book to have an inscription - "A rare and unforgettable glimpse into a young girl's mind as she faces the reality of her own death: - book: very good - tight, sound, and square - back two pages are a little wavy with a from the book of sticker on the last page (see photographs) - dj: very good- - not price clipped ($4.95) - a few chips, tears, and edgewear repaired with archival tape - dj in protective sleeve
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The Birth and Death of Meaning: An Interdisciplinary Perspective on the Problem of Man
by Becker, Ernest
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New York: The Free Press, 1971. Second Edition. Contents include: The Man-Apes; The Origins of the Mind; The Distinctive Human; The Inner World; Socialization: the Creation of the Inner World; The New Meaning of the Oedipus Complex; Self-Esteem; Culture and Personality; Social Encounters: The Staging of Self-Esteem; Culture: the Relativity of Hero-Systems; What is Normal?; What Would A Science of Man Then Be?; Religion: The Quest for the Ideal Heroism. 228 pages. Edgewear; light wear to covers; worn corners and light creases on spine. Deeply creased spine opens flat at pages 60/61. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. 2nd. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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More Than Forever
by McLean, Jay
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2014. Book Four in the More Than Series 8vo size trade paperback; 369 pages Please note: This book has a Mature Readers Advisory. From back: "Lucy - There is love so fierce it cannot be measured... Cameron - Forever. Everlasting. Eternal. THere is no measure of time... But our forever isn't always." Creased back cover and last few pages, worn corners. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Private Press.
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Unreal Tournament Bradygames Official Strategy Guide
by Marcus, Phillip
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- 9780744009552 / 0744009553
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Bradbury & Evans, 2007. Covers PC-CD ROM/DVD ROM & Playstation 3 Computer Entertainment System 4to sized softcover; 271 heavy glossy pages with color illustrations throughout Brand new, but note some edgewear and blemish to top of back cover. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Trade Paperback. New/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Shoemakers Best Selections Number 5 For Readings and Recitations
by Shoemaker, J. W
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Rare original poetry book with cloth covered boards, copyright 1880 by J. W. Shoemaker & Co. This edition published in 1906 by the Penn Publishing company, Philadelphia. From the estate of my great-great grandfather.Includes many unique poems and recitations such as "To a skull", "Uncle Daniel's Introduction to a Mississippi Steamer", "The Leak in the Dyke", etc. More well-known poetry includes "Song of Birds", "Old Ironsides", and "Bannock Burn" by Robbie Burns. Light rubbing and bumps to outside spine edges. Back cover and interior cloth covered board has a stain at top. Original owner's name and address from 1908, but no other writing or marks. First 2 pages have a stain at top, but text of 192 pages of poetry and recitations is totally clean with light tanning of pages.
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A Million Miles from Boston
by Day, Karen
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- 9780385738996 / 0385738994
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2011. 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 215 pages. Signed by author on title page. Stated First Edition From jacket: "(Lucy) wants to get out of Boston and forget her worries about starting middle school and about her father's new girlfriend. Pierson Point is where she feels most like herself, and where memories of her mother, who died when Lucy was six, are strong and sacred. But this summer, nothing is the same. Ian, a boy from home in Boston, comes to Pierson Point...Lucy's father wants his girlfriend to become a bigger part of Lucy's life. Though Lucy struggles against change, she gradually realizes that sometimes, change is for the better. Average wear to jacket; bumped corners and head and heel of spine, owner's name on fep. Autographed Copy sticker on front of jacket; one previously folded page corner. Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits…
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