[Paris]: s.n., [ca. 1827]. 1st Edition. concertina. Handcolored expandable concertinia peepshow connected with bellows. Depicts the annual society promenade that occurred on the Avenue des Champs-Elysées. The publisher of the Optique series is unknown (Hyde). More
Edinburgh: John Balfour, 1767. 1st Edition. Full calf. 8º, 20cm.; vii, 408pp.; full speckled calf with gilt title to spine compartment on red leather label, all edges speckled in red; top edge of front board bruised otherwise very good. A rather severe distillation of the Royal Society's multi-volume journal 'Museum..... More
Dublin: Printed for George Faulkner, and Peter Wilson, 1755. Stiff boards. 8º, 22cm.; 111 pp.;. More
Edinburgh: Printed For John Bell, Parliament-Square; And For G. Robinson, Pater-Noster-Row, London. 1784. Third Edition. 1/4 Calf. 8º, 20cm.; plates; 3 vols., 461pp., 410pp., 631pp. (vol. 3 dated 1796); modern 1/4 bound in calf with burgandy spine title panel, title in gilt, marbled covers. Anderson was a prolific author on..... More
Edinburgh: Printed for Oliphant, Waugh, and Innes, Edinburgh; and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London. 1811. 1st Edition. 1/2 Calf. 8º, 22cm.; 2 vols. 477pp., 459pp.; Pls.; Blue marbled boards, corners exposed. Page toning. Red title label in spine compartment. Originally published in the Edinburgh Encyclopedia, 1811; here seperatly..... More
Edinburgh: Printed by Sands, Donaldson, Murray, & Cochran. 1756. 1st Edition. Marbled wraps. 8º, 19cm.; [3], 40pp.;. More
Oxford & London: John Murray and J. H. Parker, 1841. 1st Edition. Stiff boards. 8º, 22 cm.; 106pp.; Appendix and Adverts. in r.; liquid stain on fr. cover. 20th C. rebind. with paper title to spine. More
Hartford: Hudson and Co. Printers, 1819. 2nd American edition. Full calf. 18cm.; 304pp. More
Edinburgh: Printed by A. Donaldson and J. Reid. For the Author, and A. Donaldson. Sold by A. Millar, opposite to Catherine Street in the Strand; R. and J. Dodsley, in Pall-mall; and J. Richardson, in Pater-noster-row, London. 1762. 1st Edition. Full calf. 8º, 18cm. ; 428pp. More
Edinburgh: Printed for A. Kincaid and John Bell. 1769. Full calf. 8º, 21cm.; lxiii, 564pp.; cover rubbed, corners bumped and rubbed through, hinges cracked but holding, previous owner stamp at head of title. More
Edinburgh: Printed For G. Nicoll, Pall Mall, London, 1798. 1st Edition. 1/2 Calf. 8º, 20cm.; xv, 376pp.; 2 hand colored maps; 1/2 calf with marbled paper covered boards, blue speckled edges; hinges started, rubbed; p. 25 penultimate line is "fatten-ed";. More
London: Printed by William Wilson, for John Harison, in St. Pauls Church-yard, 1649. 6th Edition. Full calf. 4º, 18cm.; [8],118pp.; full calf with blind tooling, three compartments on spine with gilt decoration including author, title and date; nice early 20th C. binding with the lightest of rubbing. Commonly bound as..... More
Washington: Printed by Samuel H. Smith For The Authors, 1804. 1st Edition. Full calf. 12º, 17cm.; 204pp., [4]; contemporary calf with stamped 6 paneled spine, spine title in gilt on red leather; hinges started, corners bumped and worn; title page and fr. flyleaf adhered together in the gutter; pages age..... More
Northampton: Printed And Published By T. E. Dicey, 1837. Second Edition. Pebbled Paper covered boards. 8º, 18 cm.; 106 pp. More
Edinburgh: Printed For Bell & Bradfute And For G. G. & J. Robinson, London. 1798. Fourth Edition. Full Tree Calf. 8º, 21cm.; xxxi, 438pp.; pl.; frontis. port. of Kames; lacking final advert p. at 2G4; full calf, spine in six panels with faded title panel, head of spine starting to..... More
London: Printed for Bernard Lintot, at the Cross-keys, between the Temple Gates in Fleet-Street, 1718-1726. 6th Edition. Full calf. 8º, 19 cm.; 3 works: book 1 (Clergy-Man's Recreation), 83 pp.; book 2 (Gentleman's Recreation), 115 pp.; book 3 (Fruit-Garden Kalendar), 149 pp. ;. Probably as-issued. Lintot published various versions from..... More
Edinburgh: Printed by R. Fleming and Company, 1733. 1st Edition. Full calf. 8º, 17cm.; [10], xxxv, [11], 229pp. [1]; Title page with vignette; spine in six panels with gilt title on red leather, blind ruling on cover; foldovers have stained through the pastedowns, covers rubbed, very good otherwise. More
London: Printed by T.S. for John Browne, and are to be sold at his shop in in Saint Dunstanes Church-yard. 1613. 1st Edition. Limp vellum. 4to., 18cm.; 346pp., missing blank front fly leaf and G1 and G4, G4 is the rear blank fly leaf with no loss of text; 7..... More
Glocester: Printed by R. Raikes, for G. Nicol, Pall Mall, London, 1789. 1st Edition. Full calf. 8º, 21cm. ; 2 vols. bound in one, Vol 1: [2], vi-xxviii, plate, [1], 2-221, 234, 255, 224-318, [1], 320-332, [4], pp. 222/223 typesetter misnumbered unaffecting text body, Vol 2: [3], iv, [1], 2-4..... More
London: Printed for William Griffin, at Garrick's Head, in Catharine-Street, Strand. 1773. 6th edition. Full calf. 12º, 17cm.; 480 pp.;. More
Edinburgh: Printed by Sands, Brymer, Murray and Cochran. 1743. 1st Edition. Full calf. 8º, 20cm.; xxx, 457pp.; plate; full calf with spine in 6 raised band compartments, title in gilt on red panel;. The first publication of The Honourable the Society of Improvers In the Knowledge of Agriculture in Scotland..... More
Boston: William Spotswood, 1795. First American Edition. Full calf. 12º, 16.5 cm.; 215pp.; old reback, corners worn, slight loss (moused?) to tail of front board; 7 compartments with title in gilt on red leather label.; Advert. on verso of title for Mills book on Farriery. More
Glasgow: Blackie and Son, 1855. 1st Edition. 1/2 Calf. 8º, 24cm.; plates; 2 vols. bound in 3, 1022 pp., 1172 pp., complete; 1/2 calf with marbled paper covered boards, all edges speckled; some light edgewear and rubbing, internally clean, bindings tight. Extensive and heavily illustrated encyclopedia with over 50 contributers..... More
Basilisk Press, 1976. More
London: John Murray, 1883. 1st Edition. Cloth. 8º, 23 cm.; cxxiv, 303 pp.; brown cloth covering beveled boards with gilt poppies on cover and title to spine; minor spotting, covers rubbed, corners bumped, small split to cloth on top hinge, fr. pastedown hinge cracked in gutter;. Charlotte Wallum in her..... More
