RICHELIEU, ARMAND JEAN DU PLESSIS, DUC DE, 1585-1642.

Letters of the Cardinal-Duke de Richelieu Great Minister of State to Lewis XIII of France.

1697. No Binding. Book, 2 vols in one. Faithfully translated from the original by T. B. London, for A Roper et al in Fleet Street, 1697. 8vo, viii, 314p; 288p. 2 manuscript pages of index at end. First 2 leaves have old tape marks, one relaid, complete early text, disbound. Good.

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Book number: 002219

Catalogue: Antiquarian

RICKMERS, W RICKMER.

Ski-ing for Beginners and Mountaineers.

1910, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, Fisher Unwin, London & Leipsic, 1910. 8vo, 175p, 7p adverts. Many photo plates, diagrams, silhouettes and bibliography. Small blind 'presentation copy' stamp on title. Recent front endpaper, slight wear to covers, sp sl browned, a VG copy in original pictorial black & white pictorial cloth. Not in Perret. Neate R31 'The author climbed in Britain, the Alps, Caucasus and Pamir, and was also an accomplished skier'. Very Good.

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Book number: 002226

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

Keywords: Skiing

RIVARD, M.

Traite de la Sphere.

1757. Hardcover. Book, 3rd edn, revised, Saillant, Paris, 1757. 8vo, 156p bound with 'Traite du Calendrier', 84p. Fldg table and 3 folding plates. Contemporary full sprinkled calf, gilt in compartments. Slight wear else VG, with label and decorative cartouche of Ampleforth Abbey library on endpaper, red edges. Very Good.

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Book number: 002041

Catalogue: History of Science

ROBINSON, THO. RECTOR OF OUSBY, CUMBERLAND.

An Essay towards a Natural History of Westmorland and Cumberland. Wherein an account is given of their several mineral and surface productions, with some directions how to discover minerals by the external and adjacent strata and upper covers, &c. To which is annexed, a vindication of the philosophical and theological paraphrase of the Mosaick system of the creation, &c.

1709, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, London, Freeman, 1709. 8vo, [xvi], 95p, 118p, 2p ads. Contemporary panelled calf, neat old reback, raised bands, gilt title. Slight wear, mainly to corners, VG. Small inscr 'J A Marshall'. Partial bookplate of Smart Lethieullier, English antiquary. Important early geology and mineralogy. Very Good.

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Book number: 002243

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ROBINSON, JOHN.

A Guide to the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire illustrated with twenty views..

1819, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, London, Lackington et al, 1819. 8vo, [iv], 328p Folding hand-coloured map and 20 attractive engraved plates. Inscr 'J E Hargreaves, Kendal' with some light pencil annotation. VG clean copy in contemp half-calf, gilt lettering, marbled boards, Bicknell 89.1. Very Good.

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Book number: 002244

Catalogue: Lake District

ROGERS, R C. ROWLAND COTTON.

Cain's Lamentations over Abel in six books.

Sabine & Son, Shoe Lane, Fleet Street, London. 1800. Hardcover. Book, First edn, Sabine & Son, Shoe Lane, Fleet Street, London, n.d. [ca 1800]. Sm 8vo, frontispiece, 215p. Slight browning else VG in recent marbled paper wrappers. According to ESTC T498243, R.C. Rogers is Rowland Cotton. Scarce. Very Good.

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Book number: 001962

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: Bible Theology

ROGET, F. F.

Ski - Runs in the High Alps.

1913, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, Fisher Unwin, London, 1913. 8vo, 312p, 4p ads. Coloured frontispiece, 24 plates and 6 folding maps. Small ownership stamp of John P Manry on endpaper. Near fine copy in original pictorial cloth gilt, top edge gilt. Neate R65 'the principal book in English by one who was outstanding among the pioneers of ski mountaineering'. Perret 3748 'peu courant et recherché'. Alpine classic. Near Fine.

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Book number: 002233

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

ROMM, MICHAEL

The Ascent of Mount Stalin

. Hardcover. Book, First ed, Lawrence & Wishart, London, 1936. xii, 268p, fldg map. Plates. Sp evenly faded, scratch on front board, minor browning to eps else VG clean copy in original cloth. Neate R66. Very Good.

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Book number: 000810

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

ROSCOE, SIR HENRY E & SCHUSTER, A

Spectrum Analysis

. Hardcover. Book, 4th edn, revised & considerably enlarged, Macmillan, London, 1885. 8vo, xvi, 452p. Plates, some in colour, text engravings. Small unobtrusive label on spine, spine v sl dull else near fine copy in original pictorial cloth gilt, with mounted spectrum on front board. Top edge gilt. An important work on chemical and astronomical spectroscopy. Knight p234 ' Spectrum Analysis became a standard work'. Very Good.

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Book number: 001064

Catalogue: History of Science

ROSCOE, SIR HENRY E, F.R.S. AND SCHORLEMMER, C, F.R.S.

A Treatise on Chemistry. 9 vols, complete set.

. Hardcover. Book, 9 vols, 8vo, London, Macmillan & Co, 1888-1892. Vol I 'Non-metallic elements', 779p, portrait frontispiece of Dalton and text engravings. Vol II 'Metals', 2 vols 1887 & 1889. 504p, 536p, text engravings. The first three vols have prize bookplate of W H Houghton, Huddersfield Technical School on endpapers & gilt stamp on front board. Vol III 'Organic Chemistry', 6 vols, most first edition, 1881- 1892. 724p, 755p, 388p, 544p, 523p, 582p. Vol 2 has lighter cloth, 2 vols have a small University stamp & 1 vol has new endpapers. Some slight wear, a VG complete set of the author's works. Knight p 234 - 'The great standard textbook of the late nineteenth century'. Very Good.

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Book number: 002208

Catalogue: History of Science

ROTH, ARTHUR

Eiger Wall of Death

1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, Gollancz, London, 1982. Hardback, large 8vo, 351p. Illus. Fine copy in similar unclipped dustwrapper. Neate R78. Modern classic on the history of climbing on the North Face of the Eiger. Fine.

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Book number: 001213

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

ROWELL, G A.

Electric Meteorology.

1886, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn thus, privately printed for the author, Oxford, 1886. 8vo, ca 225p, fldg diags. Offset browning to p1 else nr fine copy in original dark purple cloth gilt. 2p followed by 18 separately paginated publications including 'Lecture on the Storm in Wiltshire, Dec 30 1859'; 'On the Storm in the Isle of Wight, Sept 28 1876'; 'Electric Meteorology - an endeavour to show the general agency of electricity in the cause of rain & its allied phenomena, 1881'. DNB - George Augustus Rowell 1804 - 1892, meteorologist. COPAC lists copies at Oxford, Imperial, British Library only. An excellent copy of a rare book. Near Fine.

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Book number: 001241

Catalogue: History of Science

Keywords: Weather

RUTTLEDGE, HUGH

Everest the Unfinished Adventure

1937, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, 1937. Tall 8vo. With 2 maps & 63 plates. Nr fine bright copy in original blue cloth gilt. Neate R100. Near Fine.

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Book number: 001865

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

SACK, JOHN

The Ascent of Yerupaja

1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First UK edn, Jenkins, 1954. Nr fine copy in similar unclipped dustwrapper. First ascent of the mountain known as the Butcher in the Cordillera Huayhuash, Peru. Neate S02. Very Good.

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Book number: 000756

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel

SCANTLEBURY, E [ED]

The Journal of the Fell & Rock Climbing Club of the English Lake District Volume 1

1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, Volume 1, 1907 - 1909. 3 issues. 8vo, 334p Index. Plates. Inscr. Sl wear else VG clean copy in attractive contemporary red half-calf gilt. Classic early climbing by the pioneers. Very Good.

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Book number: 001327

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel