James Johnston Abraham

Lettsom His Life, Times, Friends and Descendents

London, William Heinemann, 1933. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition copy of this fascinating biographical study of the renowned English physician and philanthropist John Coakley Lettsom. Lettsom was a quaker, physician and philanthropist known for his abolitionist stance on slavery for his founding of the 'Medical Society of London' in 1773. His life is described here in extensive detail by the physician James Johnston Abraham. Copiously illustrated throughout with in-text illustrations and full page plates, and a folding family tree facing page 448. In the publisher's original cloth binding with blind stamped design to front board and gilt stamped title to spine. Externally very smart, with slight bumping to extremities and head and tail of spine. Marking to board, more severe to rear boards. Front hinge split and strained after half title page, but reasonably firm. Bookseller's label tipped to front pastedown. Slight creasing to front free-endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages slightly age toned to extremities but very bright and clean throughout. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Various. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 646M28

Catalogue: Science, Medicine & Natural History

Keywords: Illustrated Lettsom Abraham First Edition Lettsom Biography Various

Sir Peter Allen; Graham Robson

Transport Pioneers of the Twentieth Century

Cambridge, Patrick Stephens, 1981. Cloth. An excellent limited edition collection of interviews with pioneers of transport, presented in a slipcase and lavishly illustrated throughout. Containing interviews with Thomas Sopwith, Robert E. Dicker, C. Hamilton Ellis, Leo Villa, Sir John Elliot, Lord Thomas of Remenham, Ernest Payne, Captain G. E. T. Eyston and Commodore Geoffrey Marr, to name a few.With a foreword by the late HRH Prince Philip.A limited edition, with only one thousand produced, of which this is No. 156. Illustrated throughout the text with black and white photographs.Complete with the original slipcase.A smart limited edition. In the original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. Externally lovely, with just a slight mark to the front joint. Slipcase has some edge wear, but is generally in excellent condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .

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Book number: 794R9

Catalogue: Science, Medicine & Natural History

Keywords: Transport Transport Pioneers Transport Trust Prince Philip Transport Pioneers None

R.M.C. Anderson; Sir William R. Morris

The Roads of England

London, Ernest Benn, 1932. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce work on the transportation and roadways of England, with numerous illustrated maps throughout. A fascinating early twentieth-century work on transportation and roadways through England, including a review of the roads, review of travellers that use them, traffic patterns in England, a history of the roads, and modern motoring. Written by R.M.C. Anderson and including a foreword by Sir William Morris. The first edition of this scarce to find work. Illustrated with sixteen maps. Collated and complete. Enclosed in the original dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with just some light shelf wear and bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Original unclipped dust wrapper has some loss to the head of the backstrip, and chipping to the tail of the backstrip and extremities. Some light wear to the wrap. Internally, generally firmly bound. A few spots to the pages, which are otherwise bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed/Good.

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Book number: 837J10

Catalogue: Science, Medicine & Natural History

Keywords: transportation roads of england england topography roads of england transport Not Stated

Anon

The First Report of the Committee Respecting the Measures to Be Adopted for Increasing the Supply and Use of Fish

Not Stated, Fish Association, 1813. Brochure/Pamphlet. A scarce pamphlet published by the Fish Association, regarding increasing the supply of fish. This is the draft of an outline of report for the consideration of the Committee. Tackling the issues arising from a rapidly increasing population and overfishing in the U.K.Printed by the Fish Association.A scarce work. Disbound. Very smart, with just a little edgewear. Binding is split; front page is loose and the remainder of the text is in two parts. With just the odd mark to the leaves. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Book number: 781R15

Catalogue: Science, Medicine & Natural History

Keywords: Fishing Fish Association British History History of Fishing Fish Association None

Anonymous

An Anthology of Number

Not Stated, The Pembridge Design Studio, 1985 . First edition. Paperback. An excellent copy of this very scarce work on the occult powers of numbers. This unusual and very scarce first edition, anonymously authored, discusses various esoteric ideas about the powers of numbers, with reference to philosophers and mathematicians from Pythagoras and Plato to Robert Fludd.The preface of the work explains the idea that 'man always seems to have had an overall understanding of an ordered universe, despite his chaos within. That individual numbers have their own characteristics and qualities has been a consequence of this attitude towards cosmic order and they present themselves as symbols of an ordered movement from the invisible to the visible universe&apos.Produced by the Pembridge Design Studio, a small private press in London that operated in the 1980s and early 90s, and who typically made books in very small editions of around two-hundred.With the inscription of Walter Brew, July 1985 to the head of the title page. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Fading to back strip, with one spot towards fore edge of front wrap. Otherwise, externally excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Inscription to half title. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 860F22

Catalogue: Science, Medicine & Natural History

Keywords: numbers occult mathematics pythagoras occult Robert Fludd None

Agnes Arber

The Natural Philosophy of Plant Form

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1950. First edition. Cloth. A comprehensive guide to plant biology by the renowned scientist, Agnes Arber. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With a frontispiece and 46 illustrated diagrams. Collated complete. An educational resource and scientific guide to plant biology and morphology. By the renowned British scientist, Agnes Arber, who was the first female botanist to be elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society and the third woman overall. Her scientific research focused on the monocotyledon group of flowering plants. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with some shelf wear to the extremities and bumping to the spine. Some marks to the spine. Spotting to the front free endpapers. Previous owner's ink signature to the front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Binding strained between pages 48 and 49 but still firm. Pages bright and clean with a few scattered spots. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Book number: 831G6

Catalogue: Science, Medicine & Natural History

Keywords: Plant biology botany plant morphology biology botany Not Stated

Berkhamsted Citizens Association

Fieldpath Map of Berkhamsted, Ashridge and District

London, Edward Stanford, 1938. Loose Pages, Articles. A scarce 1930s map of Berkhamsted, Ashridge and District in lovely condition. A scarce map in the original paper wraps. A Fieldpath map of Berkhamsted, Ashridge and District in colour, compiled by the Berkhamsted Citizens Association. This map is based on the Ordnance Survey Map with the sanction of the Controller of H. M. Stationery Office. With a key map to the rear. In the original paper wraps. Externally very smart. Internally, bright and clean, with some wear to the folds, including a couple of small holes where the folds meet. Near Fine . Ill.: Berkhamsted Citizens Association. Near Fine .

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Book number: 857M28

Catalogue: Science, Medicine & Natural History

Keywords: Map Berkhampsted Ashridge Fieldpath Berkhampsted Berkhamsted Citizens Association

George A. Auden

A Handbook for Birmingham and the Neighbourhood

Birmingham, Cornish Brothers Ltd. 1913. Cloth. An illustrated handbook to Birmingham, with reference to the historical, municipal, educational, industrial, and scientific developments of the city. Scarce work. Illustrated with frontispiece, eight plates, two maps, one plan, and two folding maps in the pocket to the rear. Collated complete. Prepared for the eighty-third Annual Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, this piece includes detailed commentary on the historical, municipal, educational, industrial, and scientific developments of the city of Birmingham. Edited by George Augustus Auden, an English physician, professor of public health, medical officer, and writer. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine and marks to the board, particularly the front board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Library bookplate to the front pastedown. Library ink stamp to the endpapers and folding maps. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Book number: 881T55

Catalogue: Science, Medicine & Natural History

Keywords: Handbook Birmingham Neighbourhood Auden Birmingham Historic Industrial Not Stated

Lord Avebury

The Use of Life

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1901. Leather. A smart copy of this insightful work into this practical and philosophical work by Lord Avebury. Fifty-seventh thousand. Originally published 1894. A practical and philosophical work intended to answer the question of how best to use a life. With chapters on tact, money, recreation, health, education, social life, industry, faith, hope, charity, religion, and happiness. Written by John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, an English banker, Liberal politician, philanthropist, scientist and polymath. Bound by Thuslove & Hanson. Bound in half calf with green cloth boards. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and fading to the spine. Marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. A small closed tear to the front endpaper. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Bound by Thuslove & Hanson. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Book number: 890T71

Catalogue: Science, Medicine & Natural History

Keywords: Use Life Avebury Lubbock Life None

R. E. B.

Geological Rambles Round London. A Handy Guide to Old-World London.

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1883. Paperback. An 1883 geological guidebook to London's various districts in the original paper wraps, complete with in-text illustrations and charming adverts. This 1883 geological guidebook to London takes the reader through various different districts of London and discusses their geological features. Areas such as Hampstead, Wandsworth, Clapham, Ilford, Barnes, and Hammersmith are mentioned. Illustrations include twenty-five illustrations and sketch maps, including some figures of relevant fossils found in the London area. This text was undated, so was dated using various adverts within the guidebook as well as from an identical copy held at the British Library.Two pages of adverts to rear, as well as adverts printed onto the front endpapers as well as the rear cover.Collated, complete.  In the publisher's original paperback soft wraps. Externally, smart. Good colour to wraps, with a bit of discolouration and some marks. Some chipping along edges has resulted in a bit of loss at the top of the front wrap and to the corner of rear wrap. Spine is held by top cords only and may detach with further handling. Internally, binding is loosening in places and is close to failing. Pages are bright and very clean, with some age-toning around margins and a bit of spotting particularly to the first few pages. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Book number: 804D10

Catalogue: Science, Medicine & Natural History

Keywords: Geological Rambles Round London A Handy Guide to Old-World London Half-Holiday Handbooks Illustrations A Handy Guide to Old-World London Geology Not Stated

Francis Bacon; James Spedding; Robert Lelsie Ellis; Douglas Denon Heath

The Works of Francis Bacon

London, Longmans & Co; Simpkins, Marshall and Co et al, 1879-1890 . Leather. An exceptionally attractive seven volume set of the works of Sir Francis Bacon, in full calf signed prize bindings by Bickers. A scarce seven volume edition of the collected works of Sir Francis Bacon. A beautifully bound collection of the works of the founder of empiricism, who led Elizabethan era advancements in natural philosophy and the scientific method.Collected and edited by James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, and Douglas Denon Heath.Volumes I-III contain Bacon's philosophical works, volumes IV-V contain 'Translations of the Philosophical Works', and volumes VI-VII include his 'Literary and Professional Works&apos.Volumes I and V dated 1889; volumes II and III dated 1887; volume IV dated 1883; volume VI dated 1890; volume VII dated 1879.With a portrait frontispiece to volumes I, VI, and a further frontispiece to volume II.With a Repton School Prize bookplate to the front pastedown, dated 1893. In full calf signed school prize bindings, with gilt detailing. Externally, excellent. Minor rubbing to back strip tails, with a touch of discolouration to back strip. Significant fading to rear board of volume I, with light fading to perimeters of front board of volume VII. Prize bookplate to front pastedown of volume I. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 899F12

Catalogue: Science, Medicine & Natural History

Keywords: Francis Bacon Scientific Revolution elizabethan england repton school Scientific Revolution None

John Gilbert Baker

North Yorkshire; Studies of Its Botany, Geology, Climate and Physical Geography

London, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1863. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of John Gilbert Baker's topographical work on North Yorkshire, illustrated with a folding map. The scarce first edition of this work.An association copy. Ink inscription to the recto to the front endpaper, 'James + Eliza Baker, with J. Henry Baker's [?] love, March 6th 1863&apos.A studious topographical work on North Yorkshire, looking into the county's botanical and geological history, and the climate and physical geography.Illustrated with a colour folding map to the frontispiece, and three colour maps.Collated, complete.By John Gilbert Baker In the original cloth binding. Externally, smart. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. A little discolouration and marks to the boards and spine. Ink inscription to the recto to the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with just a few odd spots. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Book number: 767P16

Catalogue: Science, Medicine & Natural History

Keywords: North Yorkshire; Studies of its Botany, Geology, Climate and Physical Geography north yorkshire botany topography north yorkshire geography yorkshire Not Stated

Sir Samuel W. Baker

Wild Beast and Their Ways Reminiscence of Europe, Asia, Africa and America

London, Macmillan and Co. 1890. First edition. Leather. A handsomely bound two volume set regarding wild animals by noted explorer Sir Samuel W. Baker, profusely illustrated throughout by Harry Dixon. The first edition. Handsomely rebound in half morocco with decorative marble boards. Collated complete as follows: Volume I contains fourteen full page monochrome plates and one title page vignette. Volume II contains thirteen full page monochrome plates and one title page vignette. Illustrated by Harry Dixon, a noted artist regarding natural history. Sir Samuel W. Baker was an English explorer, naturalist and big game hunter. He is considered a highly influential figure in Victorian hunting, beginning in the Scottish Highlands. When his work as a traveller led him to Ceylon, he began hunting overseas and consistently for the rest of his life across Europe, Asia, Africa and North America. Baker also left a wealth of knowledge in regards to the science of hunting weaponry, as well as his observations regarding the animals themselves. These detailed notes he put in this work, 'Wild Beast and Their Ways&apos. Wild Beast and Their Ways is considered a highly influential work regarding the animals featured, including elephants, boar and antelope. Uniformly rebound in a half crushed morocco binding with marbled boards. Externally in excellent condition with just slight rubbing to the extremities and the spine. The odd mark to the boards. Internally generally firmly bound although strained in places. Pages generally bright and clean with the odd spot, heavier to the first and last few pages and the fore edge. Pages roughly cut. Marginal age toning. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Harry Dixon. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 631K32

Catalogue: Science, Medicine & Natural History

Keywords: Sir Samuel W. Baker Harry Dixon Wild animals Big Game Hunting Harry Dixon Harry Dixon

R. J. Balston; C. W. Shepherd; E. Bartlett

Notes on the Birds of Kent

London, R. H. Porter, 1907 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this vibrantly illustrated ornithological study of the birds of Kent, in a half morocco signed binding. Only three-hundred copies of this first edition were produced.Illustrated with a photographic frontispiece, eight hand coloured lithographic plates by J. Smit, and with a folding colour map to the rear. Collated, complete.This beautifully illustrated ornithological study of the birds of Kent is the joint work of R. J. Balston, C. W. Shepherd, and E. Bartlett. It catalogues in detail the birds of the county, their habits, and the manners in which they can be identified.In a vibrant half morocco signed binding by R. H. Porter, the publisher of this work. In a half morocco signed binding, with marbled paper covered boards. Externally, fine, with two minor points of rubbing to the head of the front joint. Light spotting to fore edge of text block. Binder's stamp to verso of front free endpaper. Foxing to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting to title page, with pages otherwise clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: J. Smit. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 879F58

Catalogue: Science, Medicine & Natural History

Keywords: kent birds ornithology r h porter birds J. Smit

David Armitage Bannerman; W. Mary Bannerman

Birds of the Atlantic Islands

Edinburgh and London, Oliver & Boyd, 1963-68. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition set of David Bannerman's colourfully illustrated ornithological guide of the Atlantic Islands, a beautiful set in the original dust wrappers. The first edition.Complete in four volumes.In the original unclipped dust wrappers, Volume IV is price-clipped.A brilliant and extensive study on the ornithological culture of the Atlantic Islands. In these four volumes the Bannermans deal fully with the migratory birds, as well as the resident birds of the islands, incorporation observation of many other eminent ornithologists. The study provides an indispensable reference work to both the serious ornithologist and the amateur naturalist.Volume I, looking at the Canary Islands and the Salvages, illustrated with a colour frontispiece, twelve colour plates, four half-tone plates, and two maps. Collated, complete.Volume II, looking at Madira, the Desertas, and the Porto Santo Islands, illustrated with a colour frontispiece, one folding map, eight colour plates, and two half-tone plates. Collated, complete.Volume III, looking at the Azores, illustrated with a colour frontispiece, six colour plates, thirteen half-tone plates, eight maps, and in-text wood engravings. Collated, complete.Volume IV, looking at the Atlantic Islands, illustrated with a colour frontispiece, one folding table, nineteen colour plates, and twenty-six half-tone plates. Collated, complete.By David Armitage Bannerman and his second wife, Winifred Mary Jane Holland. Bannerman was the Curator of what is now the Natural History Museum from 1919 to 1952.Illustrated by D. M. Reid-Henry, George Lodge, and P. A. Clancey. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrappers, Volume IV is price-clipped. Externally, smart. Small bump to the front board of Volume I. Very minor marks to the front board of Volume IV. Minor edge wear to the dust wrappers, with a closed tear to the head of the wraps of Volume I. Price labels to the front fly leaves. Rear wrap of Volume I is a little age-toned. Minor handling marks to the wraps. Light wrinkling to the front wraps due to the pictorial onlays. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: D. M. Reid-Henry. Fine/Very Good Indeed.

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Book number: 852P9

Catalogue: Science, Medicine & Natural History

Keywords: Birds of the Atlantic Islands atlantic islands david a. bannerman ornithology atlantic islands d. m. reid-henry D. M. Reid-Henry