Tom Bradley

The Yorkshire Angler&Apos;S Guide to the Whole of the Fishing on the Yorkshire Rivers

Not Stated, Olicana Books, 1979. Cloth. Facsimile of Tom Bradley's guide to Yorkshire fishing, a bright copy. Facsimile edition. Originally published in 1894. A famous guide forming a series of informative articles covering the Yorkshire rivers with details on coarse and game fishing. By Tom Bradley. Complete with unclipped dust wrapper. Featuring numerous illustrations, including folding map to rear. With leaves of advertisements throughout. Previous owner's gift inscription to front free endpaper signed 'Diablo.' In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely with only light bumping to head and tail of spine. Dust wrapper unclipped and excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Fine.

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Buchzahl: 866A76

Katalog: Bibliography & General

Sonstige Stichworte: tom bradley fishing angling sporting fishing None

John Henry Brady

A Critical and Analytical Dissertation on the Names of Persons

London , J. Nichols and Son, 1822. First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition copy of this work exploring the history of names. A scarce first edition volume. A Critical and Analytical Dissertation on the Names of Persons is by John Henry Brady. The work explores the origin of the use of names, names of the Hebrews, Greeks and Romans and names of common use in English. Three pages of adverts to the rear. In half calf with marbled covered boards. Externally, very smart with some marks to the boards and rubbing to the spine. Previous owner bookplates to front pastedown and endpaper. Internally, firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Buchzahl: 847B60

Katalog: Bibliography & General

Sonstige Stichworte: A Critical and Analytical Dissertation on the Names of Persons John Henry Brady dissertation people John Henry Brady None

CW Brazenor

The Mammals of Victoria and the Dental Characteristics of Monotremes and Australian Marsupials

Melbourne, Brown, Prior, Anderson PTY , 1950. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of this study of Australian mammals of Victoria signed by the author. The first edition of this work. Handbook No. 1 of the National Museum of Victoria Australia. Concerned with the Australian fauna, in particular the mamma representatives including egg-laying mammals, pouched mammals, placental mammals, and dental characteristics of monotremes and Australian marsupials. Signed by the author to title page. Featuring coloured frontispiece and black and white line drawings in text. From the library of Desmond Morris, a zoologist best known for his 1967 sociobiological work "The Naked Ape". Alongside achieving great acclaim as a zoologist, Morris was also known for being an ethnologist and surrealist painter, and for popular television programmes, including "Zoo Time". In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely. Desmond Morris bookplate to front pastedown. Previous ownership ink inscription to front free endpaper, undated. Near previous ownership signature to verso title page, bleeding through faintly to title page. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .

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Buchzahl: 864A38

Katalog: Bibliography & General

Sonstige Stichworte: mammals first editions cw brazenor first editions first editions None

Gavin D. R. Bridson; Valerie C. Phillips; Anthony P. Harvey

Natural History Manuscript Resources in the British Isles

London, Mansell, 1980. Cloth. An annotated bibliography guiding researchers to sources of original manuscript material for the purposes of research into natural history. Hardbound volume in brown cloth covered boards with glassine dustjacket. This text was compiled by the notable bibliographers Gavin D. R. Bridson, Valerie C. Phillips and Anthony P. Harvey. In a brown cloth binding with glassine dustjacket. Externally lovely. The dustjacket is slightly creased. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally clean and bright. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .

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Buchzahl: GEN10-B-2

Katalog: Bibliography & General

Sonstige Stichworte: Reference Natural History Science Manuscript Natural History None

The Royal Institution of Great Britain

Proceedings of the Royal Institution of Great Britain

London , The Royal Institution of Great Britain, 1941-1967. Cloth. A five volume set of the proceedings of Royal Institution of Great Britain. Volumes include: Volume 31 1939-1941, Volume 35 1951-54, Volume 37 1958-59, Volume 38 1960-61, Volume 41 1966-67. An incomplete run but volumes appear complete within themselves aside from Volume 41 which has been bound without title page and contents. With over 300 full page plates in black and white as well as illustrations and figures in the text. The Royal Institution of Great Britain is an organisation devoted to scientific education and research, based in London and founded in 1799. The proceedings were published irregularly between 1898 and 2001 with 71 volumes in total. This collection includes articles on the Dead Sea Scrolls. In cloth bindings. Externally, very smart with some shelfwear. Spines faded to volumes 35 and 37. Institutional stamp to front pastedown of volume 38 and endpaper of 31. Some marks to boards of volume 35. Hinges strained to volume 31. Volume 31 cocked. Internally, generally firmly bound although volume 31 is strained. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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Buchzahl: SET35-F-1

Katalog: Bibliography & General

Sonstige Stichworte: Royal Institution Science Education Science None

Rupert Brooke, Edward Marsh, Christopher Hassall

Catalogue of Books and Manuscripts by Rupert Brooke Edward Marsh & Christopher Hassall

Cambridge, Rampant Lions Press, 1970 . First edition. Cloth. A limited edition copy of this catalogue of works by Rupert Brooke, Edward Marsh and Christopher Hassall. A limited edition copy. Four hundred and fifty copies of this book were printed with this being number 184. This volume contains a detailed catalogue of works by Rupert Brooke, Edward Marsh and Christopher Hassall. Rupert Brooke was an English poet who wrote idealistic war sonnets during World War One, Edward Marsh who was a friend of Rupert Brooke and a translator polymath and arts patron and Christopher Hassall who was a noted biographer of Rupert Brooke and Edward Marsh. With a frontispiece by Joan Hassall and eleven plates.Collated, complete.In the original glassine wrap. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. In the original glassine wrap which is also excellent. Fine . Ill.: Joan Hassall. Fine/Fine.

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Buchzahl: 859B27

Katalog: Bibliography & General

Sonstige Stichworte: Catalogue of Books and Manuscripts by Rupert Brooke Edward Marsh & Christopher Hassall manuscripts books Rupert Brooke manuscripts Joan Hassall

Charles de Brosses

Traite de la Formation Mechanique Des Langues Et Des Principes Physiques

Paris, Chez Terrelonge, 1801. Leather. The uncommon second edition of Charles De Brosses' important theoretical work regarding the origin and evolution of language. In the original French. To this work, Brosses provides a materialistic theory of philology. He discusses the origin and evolution of language, where the meaning of words are regarded as an image of the physiological articularion of sounds. It is an important work, and inspired Condillac's 'Grammaire&apos. This study of language is regarded as a cornerstone to the founding of language as a scientific concept. With half-titles to both volumes. Collated, complete with nine plates, one folding. A pioneering study of the origins of language. In half calf bindings with paper covered boards. Externally, sound with slight rubbing to the spines. Small loss to the spines and to the extremities. A few scuffs to the paper covered boards. Internally, both volumes are firmly bound. Pages are generally bright, minor toning to the page edges as is common with this paper. Plates five, six and nine have been closely cut at the fore-edge and therefore losing some of the content. Plates remain very bright. The odd spots to pages. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Buchzahl: 681L12

Katalog: Bibliography & General

Sonstige Stichworte: Science Philology etymology language Philology None

Alan Brown

The Whiteley Homes Trust 1907-11977

Sussex, Phillimore, 1992. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this history of the striking Whiteley Homes Trust by Alan Brown, a delightful copy. A history of the Whiteley Homes Trust, from its foundations in 1907 until the post war years and its modernisation. The first edition of this work. Written by Alan Brown, signed by the author with dedication to front free endpaper dated 1992. With photographic illustrations in black and white in text. Complete with unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely. Dust wrapper excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Fine.

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Buchzahl: 861A26

Katalog: Bibliography & General

Sonstige Stichworte: whiteley homes trust reference history reference Not Stated

Pater Alberto A. Bulsano

Expositio Regulae Ff Minorum

Romae, FF MM Capuccinorum, 1932. Leather. A new edition of this Latin volume dedicated to the Capuchin Friars. A new edition. In the original Latin. Detailed account of the rules and regulations of the Capuchin Friars. By Pater Alberto A. Bulsano.  In quarter morocco binding over cloth covered boards, gilt lettering to spine. Externally smart with light wear to head and tail of spine and extremities, boards and spine only lightly marked. Small sticker to front free endpaper. Library stamp to title page, no further library markings. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Buchzahl: 866A78

Katalog: Bibliography & General

Sonstige Stichworte: capuchin friars rome latin rome None

Stanley H. Burton

The Watch Collection of Stanley H. Burton - &Apos;Warts and All&Apos;

London, B. T. Batsford , 1981. First edition. Cloth. Lovely first edition of Stanley H. Burton's catalogue for his watch collection. Illustrative of the extensive watch collection of Stanley H. Burton, acquired by the British Museum. With numerous plates both in colour and in black and white, accompanied with detailed annotations by the author and owner of the watches. Complete with unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely. Dust wrapper unclipped and excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Fine.

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Buchzahl: 837A51

Katalog: Bibliography & General

Sonstige Stichworte: first editions watch collection stanley h burton watch collection Not Stated

Maxime du Camp

La Charite Privee a Paris

Paris , Librairie Hachette et Cie , 1885. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Maxime du Camp's collections of essays on private charities in Paris. Discussing private charities in the city of Paris. The first edition, in the original French. Maxime du Camp was a French writer and photographer known for his friendship with Gustave Flaubert and his travel works. He was a founder of the Revue de Paris, where Flaubert's successful work 'Madame Bovary' was first serialised in 1856, as well as a frequent contributor to the Revue des deux mondes.In library binding from the 'Atheneum' with blind stamp to front board and stamps to title page, no further library markings. In quarter morocco binding. Externally with rubbing along extremities of spine and boards as well as joints. Previous ownership ink inscription to front pastedown dated 1885, and to front free endpaper, undated. Internally, firmly bound. Faint light minor spotting to occasional leaf, particularly first and last few, otherwise pages generally clean throughout. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Buchzahl: 862A11

Katalog: Bibliography & General

Sonstige Stichworte: charities paris france paris None

Margaret Canney; David Knott

Catalogue of the Goldsmiths&Apos; Library of Economic Literature

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1970. Cloth. The first volume of this Goldsmiths' University library catalogue, compiled by Margaret Canney and David Knott. Detailing the economic works held in their library dating from before 1800, the work is an extensive document of the library's economics section, and contains a frontispice portrait of Herbert Somerton Foxwell, the eminent English economist. In cloth binding with gilt detailing. Externally, there is wear to the extremities, boards, joints and backstrip, with a closed tear along the rear joint. The hinges have failed, with several endpages separated from textblock. which is detached. Internally, the pages are generally firmly bound and are bright and clean throughout, although there is some chipping and creasing to the rear pages. Condition is good due to failed hinges. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Buchzahl: GEN3-B-20

Katalog: Bibliography & General

Sonstige Stichworte: Goldsmith's University Library Catalogue Library None

R. Capper

The British Imperial Calendar for 1816: Or, General Register of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Its Colonies

London, Winchester and Son; et al, 1816. Leather. The 1816 volume of 'British Imperial Calendar', a conclusive reference work for British residents of that year, containing a wealth of knowledge conveyed in lists. A very extensive reference work from the year 1816, comprising of a wealth of information useful for British residents.This 1816 calendar contains many lists of useful information, includes lists of the Houses of Parliaments, branches of public services, scientific institutes, as well conclusive lists of baronets, peers, bishops, the Royal Navy, Knights, and more. Of particular interest in this 1816 calendar is the military lists, as this was issued just after the end of the Napoleonic Wars with the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.Compiled by R. Capper.Twelve pages of adverts to the rear. In the original calf binding. Externally, worn, with loss of the spine, particularly to the tail, and a little lifting of leather to the front joint. Minor bumping to the extremities. A few small marks to the boards. Light rubbing to the joints and extremities. Front hinge is a little strained to the tail but remains firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and clean with only the occasional spot. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Buchzahl: 842P29

Katalog: Bibliography & General

Sonstige Stichworte: The British Imperial Calendar For 1816 imperial calendar calendar britain imperial calendar None

L. Carteret

Le Tresor Du Bibliophile Romantique Et Modern 1801-1875

Paris, Editions du Vexin Francais, 1976. Paperback. An excellent limited edition of this bibliography by L Carteret, complete in four volumes. A four-volume set of this bibliographical work by L Carteret. One of a limited edition of wight hundred copies. Illustrated with 281 plates, come coloured. A bibliography of a selection of books of the nineteenth century, particularly first editions and illustrated works, produced by Leopold Carteret, bookseller to societies for bibliophiles. In the original publisher's paper wraps. Externally, in excellent condition with some light shelf wear and some minor handling marks to all volumes. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine .

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Buchzahl: FGN23-H-1

Katalog: Bibliography & General

Sonstige Stichworte: bibliography limited sets limited Not Stated

James A. Casada

Sir Richard F. Burton, a Bibliographical Study

Boston, G. K. Hall & Co, 1990. First edition. Cloth. The first US edition of James A. Casada's informative bibliographical study of the explorer Sir Richard Burton. The first US edition of this bibliographical study of works by and about Sir Richard Francis Burton, the famed British explorer, writer, orientalist scholar, and soldier.Burton was known for his travels and explorations in Asia, Africa, and the Americas, as well as his knowledge of languages and cultures; according to one count, he spoke twenty-nine languages.With a frontispiece portrait, and bibliographic overview. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, bright. A touch of rubbing and fading to cloth at board perimeters, with marks to back strip head and rear joint. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Buchzahl: 840F13

Katalog: Bibliography & General

Sonstige Stichworte: richard burton exporation bibliography richard francis burton exporation Not Stated