FITTON R.S.

The Strutts and the Arkwrights 1758-1830. A Study of the Early Factory System. [Second Impression]. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Manchester University Press, Manchester,, [1964]. 8vo., Second Impression, with portrait frontispiece, plates and diagrams in the text, small neat signature on front free endpaper; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with closed tears at head and tail of backstrip,. First published in 1958.

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Book number: 32754

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Keywords: technology, industry, factories, strutts, arkwrights,

FRAZER James George

Psyche's Task. A Discourse concerning the Influence of Superstition on the Growth of Institutions. Second Edition, revised and enlarged, to which is added The Scope of Social Anthropology. An Inaugural Lecture. BEST EDITION IN FULL MOROCCO

Macmillan,, 1913. 8vo., Second and Best Edition; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, uncut, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With 2pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. Frazer's Discourse was first published in 1909. This edition includes fresh illustrative examples and adds 'The Scope of Social Anthropology' first published in 1908. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Besterman CXXII.

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Book number: 18911

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Keywords: theology, religion, anthropology, superstition, folklore, folk-lore, legends, frazer, golden bough, james george frazer

FREUD Sigmund

An Autobiographical Study. Authorized Translation by James Strachey. Fifth Impression. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Hogarth Press and the Institute of Psycho-Analysis,, 1950. 8vo., Fifth Impression thus, some faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter moderately sunned and with one small tear at backstrip. With a quantity of relevant cuttings loosely inserted. International Psycho-Analytical Library, Edited by Ernest Jones. No. 26. First published in 1935.

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Book number: 26222

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Keywords: freud, psychoanalysis, sigmund freud, science, medicine, an, autobiographical, study

FREUD Sigmund

Inhibitions, Symptoms and Anxiety. Authorized Translation by Alex Strachey. Third Impression.

Hogarth Press,, 1949. 8vo., Third Impression, small neat signature on front free endpaper; original green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy. Published as The International Psycho-Analytical Library, No. 28. First issued in the previous year.

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Book number: 20548

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FROME Edward Charles

Outline of the Method of Conducting a Trigonometrical Survey for the Formation of Geographical and Topographical Maps and Plans. With the most useful Problems in Geodesy and Practical Astronomy. [Revised by Captain C. Warren]. FIRST WARREN EDITION IN FULL MOROCCO

Lockwood,, 1873. 8vo., Fourth Edition, with 16 engraved plates (a number double-page), and 115 woodcuts and numerous tables in the text; handsomely bound in red full morocco, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt,hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, uncut, original catalogue preserved, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With 56pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. Written for the use of junior officers of the Royal Engineers and those of the Honourable East India Company's Service, Frome's extensive treatise was first published from REE Chatham in 1839. Its value as a standard text was swiftly recognised in both military and civilian sectors and the third edition was exhausted by 1862. This is the fourth (first Warren) edition, considerably expanded as well as revised.

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Book number: 23141

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GEDDES Keith

The History of Roberts Radio. Foreword by Richard Roberts. [70th Anniverary Edition.] SIGNED BY RICHARD ROBERTS

Roberts Radio Co.,, [1987]. 8vo., with illustrated title, and numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; blue cloth, upper board framed blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, blue endpapers, small stain on upper front cover else a near fine copy. SIGNED BY ROBERTS ON BLANK PRELIMINARY. SIGNED COPIES ARE VERY SCARCE.

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H.S.S. Ltd.

Engineering Distributors and Steel Stockholders. Catalogue 1961. A RARE SURVIVAL. NEAR FINE COPY WITH SUPPLEMENT

H.S.S. Ltd., Teddington,, [1961]. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous illustrations throughout; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a near fine copy. With the separately printed Surcharges and Discounts applicable to 1961 Catalogue List Prices loosely inserted. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 47454

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HICKS John Braxton

On Combined External and Internal Version. FIRST PUBLICATION IN BOOK FORM

Longman Green Longman Roberts & Green,, 1864. 8vo., First Edition thus, half-title mildly browned; original dark green cloth, boards elaborately framed and blocked in blind, gilt back, backstrip very lightly rubbed else a near fine copy. FIRST PUBLICATION IN BOOK FORM. Hicks's treatise, introducing the combined podalic version, first appeared in the Transactions of the Obstetrics Society of London, vol. V, 1863. RARE. Garrison & Morton 5280.

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HOBART H. M.

Elementary Principles of Continuous-Current Dynamo Design. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Whittaker,, n.d.. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous charts (a number folding) and tables throughout, neat uniform contemporary signature on front free endpaper and title; navy cloth, upper board framed and lettered in blind, gilt back, primrose endpapers, covers lightly age-faded else a very good, bright, clean copy of a scarce work. VERY SCARCE.

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HOOKE S.H.

The Siege Perilous. Essays in Biblical Anthropology and Kindred Subjects.

SCM Press,, 1956. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece; cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 13426

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Keywords: archaeology, anthropology, science, biblical studies, s.h. hooke, science, medicine, the, siege, perilous

HORDER Lord T.

Conway Memorial Lecture. Obscurantism. Delivered at Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, on 27 April 1938. NEAR FINE COPY

Watts,, [1938]. Sm. 8vo. First Edition; blue cloth upper board framed in blind and lettered in gilt gilt back a near fine copy. SCARCE.

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Book number: 27536

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HORDER Mervyn

The Little Genius. A Memoir of the First Lord Horder. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Duckworth,, [1966]. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with portrait frontispiece and plates, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Memoir of the eminent physician by his son.

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HORNSEY J.

English Exercises, Orthographical and Grammatical; in Two Parts: being a Selection of Choice Pieces, in Prose and Verse. With many original Reflections, etc. designed to improve the juvenile Mind in Spelling and Grammar. Sixth Edition.

Longman Brown Green and Longmans,, 1843. 12mo., Sixth Edition, endpapers mildly browned, neat contemporary signature on front paste-down and small sketch on rear paste-down; original dark green ribbed cloth elaborately blocked and lettered in blind; sprinkled edges, a very good, firm, clean copy. With 2pp publisher's catalogue at end. Hornsey's well-known exercises were first published in 1818 and several times reissued. BLPC gives only the fifth edition of 1839. Very scarce in any edition.

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Book number: 12933

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HUXLEY Julian

Biological Aspects of Cancer.

Allen & Unwin,, [1958]. 8vo., First Edition, small neat signature on front paste-down; burgundy cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned at folds-ins and with minor loss (not affecting lettering) at head of backstrip. Huxley reviews the facts concerning cancer in the light of modern biological advances, and concludes that its study can no longer be regarded merely as a specialised branch of medicine but is a focal field of general biology.

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Book number: 18989

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Keywords: medicine, cancer, neoplasia. julian huxley, julian huxley, science, medicine, biological, aspects, cancer

HUXLEY Thomas Henry

Darwiniana. Essays by Thomas H. Huxley. REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Macmillan,, 1894. 8vo., Second Impression, free endpapers lightly browned; original burgundy cloth, gilt back, uncut, a remarkably bright, crisp, clean copy. With publisher's advertisement leaf at end. Collects eleven essays relating to evolution, the 'Origin' and the aftermath, by one of Darwin's closest friends and staunchest supporters. Volume two of Huxley's 'Collected Essays' but complete in itself. First published in the previous year. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 41290

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Keywords: natural history, science, darwin, evolution, huxley, thomas huxley, thomas henry huxley, darwiniana