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The Proceedings of the Cotteswold Naturalists' Field Club for 1886-1887 (Volume IX, Part II).

Gloucester: printed by John Bellows, [1887]. Proceedings for the year 1886-1887 (softcover). 8vo, pp81-170. One plate. Original printed paper wrappers. Covers lightly rubbed and dusty, small ownership stamp to the front cover, several pages unopened, else this copy is in very good condition. Contents: On a section of Selsley Hill; The Inferior Oolite between Andoversford and Bourton-on-the-Water; Notes upon the breeding of Salmonidae; Volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.

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Book number: 28635

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The Proceedings of the Cotteswold Naturalists' Field Club for 1887-1888 (Volume IX, Part III).

Gloucester: printed by John Bellows, [1888]. Proceedings for the year 1887-1888 (softcover). 8vo, pp171-307. 2 plates (one folding). Original printed paper wrappers. Covers lightly rubbed and dusty, small ownership stamp to the front cover, binding cocked, some spotting and thumbing of the contents. Overall, this copy is in good condition. Contents: Notes on the Polyzoa with reference to Lepralia folicae in 24 fathoms of water; The Battle of Tewkesbury AD 1471; Notes on the fishes and fisheries of the Severn; On the gall-midges (Cecidomyidae); On the behaviour of granites when exposed to high temperatures; Observations upon the Reptilia and Batrachia of Gloucestershire; A lecture on coins; Notes on a difficulty in evolution; Notes on the Jurassic Rocks at Crickley Hill; Notes on an amended list of Madreporaria of Crickley Hill.

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Book number: 28636

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The Proceedings of the Cotteswold Naturalists' Field Club for 1888-1889 (Volume IX, Part IV).

Gloucester: printed by John Bellows, [1889]. Proceedings for the year 1888-1889 (softcover). 8vo, pp309-399. 5 plates, including a large folding geological section of the railway between Thornbury and Tytherington. Original printed paper wrappers. Covers lightly rubbed and dusty, small ownership stamp to the front cover, several pages unopened, else this copy is in very good condition. Contents: Notes on a geological section between Tytherington and Thornbury; Notes on Hybridization; The relations of Dundry with the Dorset-Somerset and Cotteswold areas during part of the Jurassic period; Remarks on the Dapple bed of the Inferior Oolite at the Horsepools, and on some pebbles from the Great Oolite at Minchinhampton; On a remarkable occurrence at Sharpness of the eggs of Tetranychus Lapidus.

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Book number: 28637

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The Proceedings of the Cotteswold Naturalists' Field Club for 1896-1897 (Volume XII, Part II).

Gloucester: printed by John Bellows, [1897]. Proceedings for the year 1896-1897 (softcover). 8vo, pp89-196. 3 plates, 2 folding tables. Original printed paper wrappers. Covers lightly rubbed and dusty, small ownership stamp to the front cover, binding cocked. Overall, this copy is in good plus condition. Contents: Notes on the geology and glaciation of Norway; On the Archaeology of the Coln Valley and notes on the Welsh way and Foss Way; The manner in which the domestic animals and plants have aided civilization; Gloucestershire rainfall; Notes on the earthquake of December 17th 1896.

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Book number: 28639

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The Proceedings of the Cotteswold Naturalists' Field Club for 1897-1898 (Volume XII, Part III).

Gloucester: printed by John Bellows, 1898. Proceedings for the year 1897-1898 (softcover). 8vo, pp197-263. One plate. Original printed paper wrappers. Covers lightly rubbed and dusty, small ownership stamp to the front cover, contents VG. Overall, this copy is in good plus condition. Contents: Chalk under the Microscope; Observations of a cycle tour; Recent discoveries in the geology of the Malvern Hills; Beverstone Church and Castle, and Malmesbury Abbey.

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Book number: 28640

Catalogue: 3

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The Proceedings of the Cotteswold Naturalists' Field Club for 1899 (Volume XIII, Part II).

Gloucester: printed by John Bellows, 1899. Proceedings for the year 1899 (softcover). 8vo, pp73-141. 3 plates, text illustrations. Original printed paper wrappers. Covers rubbed, light scuffing to the edges of the covers, ownership stamp to the front cover, contents VG. Overall, this copy is in good plus condition. Contents: The earliest known forms of life; Bronze spear heads; Human babies; Some Cotteswold Brachiopoda; Brachiopoda - types and figures specimens.

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Book number: 28642

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Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London, 1930.

London: printed by Longmans, Green and co for the Zoological Society, 1930. Volume 1 of the 1930 edition (hardback). 8vo (27cm by 19cm), xvii, 548pp. 37 plates, 208 text figures. Publisher's binding of brown cloth, gilt titling to the spine. Boards lightly rubbed, some fraying of the leading edge of the rear board, else this copy is in very good condition. Originally issued in two parts (May 1930 and August 1930); the original printed paper wrappers are bound in. The first paper is "Report on the Amphibia collected by Mr J Omer-Cooper in Ethiopia" by H W Parker.

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Book number: 36944

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Prospectus of King's College, London, Academical Year 1854-5.

London: printed by R Clay for King's College, [1854]. First edition (softcover). 8vo (21cm by 13cm), 28pp. Stitched as issued. An unbound pamphlet, generally in good condition (light chafing of the title page, some wrinkling of the pages). An interesting and unusual piece of ephemera, notable for the inclusion of lectures and courses on architecture (of which there were relatively few prior to 1854).

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Book number: 54398

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[Edmund Lodge]:

Queen Catherine Par [Parr].

London: Harding, Mavor & Lepard, 1823. Softcover (disbound). An engraved plate, accompanied by 9pp of letterpress text; the booklet measuring 27cm by 19cm. The (black) exterior pages are a little rubbed; otherwise, this booklet is in very good condition.

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Book number: 65607

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Radio Control Models & Electronics Plans Handbook no. 4, 1982/83.

Hemel Hempstead: Model & Allied Publications, 1982. First edition of the fourth volume (softcover). 8vo (21cm by 14cm), 86pp. Illustrated throughout in b&w. Original laminated card wrappers. There is some rubbing of the covers and some tanning of the contents; overall, this book is in good condition.

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Book number: 71420

Catalogue: 3

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The Rainbow Annual 1932.

London: Offices of The Rainbow, [1931]. Hardback. 4to (28cm by 21cm), 72pp. 4 colour plates, text illustrations. Original blue cloth spine, illustrated boards. Foxing to the edges of the text block, ownership inscription; overall, this book is in good to very good condition.

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Book number: 60989

Catalogue: 3

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Ramblers' Guide to Ilfracombe.

London: Geographia, no date [c. 1930]. Sixth edition, revised (softcover). Oblong 12mo (10cm by 17cm), 64pp. Text illustrations. Original printed red card wrappers. There is some staining of the covers; overall, this booklet is in good condition.

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Book number: 63698

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A Record of War Production : Interruption of One Hundred and Sixty-Two Years of Carpet Making, being the story of the war activities of Brinton Limited, Kidderminster and Bridgwater 1939 - 1945.

Kidderminster: Brintons, [1945]. First edition (hardback). 4to (30cm by 24cm), 40pp. Illustrated throughout in b&w. Original blue cloth spine illustrated blue boards. The boards are a little rubbed and marked, and the rear free endpaper is lacking; overall, this book is in good condition.

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Book number: 69445

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Records of the Borough of Nottingham, being a series of extracts from the Archives of the Corporation of Nottingham, volume V, King Charles I to King William III, 1625-1702.

London: Bernard Quaritch, 1900. First edition, volume 5 only (hardback). 8vo, xxv, 492pp. Two folding plates. Original burgundy morocco spine, blue cloth boards, gilt titling tot the spine. Some scuffing to the head and foot of the spine, else this copy is in very good condition.

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Book number: 24314

Catalogue: 3

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The Records of the Northern Convocation.

London & Durham: The Surtees Society, 1907. First edition, (hardback). 8vo (23cm by 15cm), cv, 398pp. Original green cloth, gilt titling to the spine. The preliminary pages are lightly foxed, and many pages are unopened. Overall, this copy is in good to very good condition. Publication number 113 of the Surtees Society.

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Book number: 39282

Catalogue: 3