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London: Macmillan and Co., 1869. First American edition. vi, [2, contents and errata], 390, [2, publisher's ads] pp. With two folding tables opposite p. 376. Publisher's sand-grain green cloth with gilt spine lettering. Evidence of bookplate removal from front pastedown, small light mark on lower spine (and ends mildly worn), else a very good copy; bright, tight and clean."Galton originated the practice of empirical research in medical genetics. In Hereditary Genius, his best-known a... more information

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Calcutta: Bharata Press, 1883-1896. First complete English translation. Eighteen octavo volumes bound in nine. Complete and with the final "Postscript" by the translator, dated July 15th, 1896. Near contemporary brown cloth with gilt spine lettering. As these were apparently issued in wrappers it is not illogical to suppose that these are the bindings that the publisher created to house complete sets. Very minor soiling and a bit of worming. Old but nicely done paper repairs to top blank margin o... more information

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Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1915. First edition. Tall octavo. xx, 95, [1, blank] pp. With three color illustrations and eighteen monochrome illustrations (each with its own captioned tissue-guard). PublisherÕs quarter brown cloth over red boards, dark brown spine and cover lettering. Spine a bit mellowed. A very good copy.Includes the mansions of Crocker, Hearst, Huntington and others.  ... more information

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New York: Published for Subscribers only by George D. Sproul, 1900. Limited to 300 numbered sets for sale in America. Twenty-four octavo volumes. Comprising: Mademoiselle de Maupin (two volumes); The Grotesques: Franois Villon, ThŽophile de Viau, Saint-Amant, Cyrano de Bergerac, George de ScudŽry, Paul Scarron; Travels in Spain; The Romance of a Mummy; Portraits of the Day; Travels in Italy; Fortunio, One of CleopatraÕs Nights, King Candaules; The Louvre: Leonardo da Vinci, Esteban B... more information

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London: Hutchinson & Co, 1902. First edition, Octavo. Two volumes with 42 illustrations and portraits. Half blue morocco. Spine lettered in gilt in compartments, five raised bands. A fine copy. ... more information

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London: John Murray, 1887. Eight octavo volumes. With portrait frontispiece in volume I, and a fold-out map inserted in each volume (five in color). 416, 426, 434, 410, 416, 428, 412, 434 pages. Bound in full tree calf, covers double-ruled in gilt, spines tooled in gilt in compartments, red and tan morocco lettering labels, gilt board edges, gilt dentelles, edges untrimmed, marbled endpapers. Front hinge of volume one tender with a split at the foot from the cover bowing a bit, a few other tender hinges th... more information

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Philadelphia: J. H. C. Whiting, 1857. First edition. Twelvemo. xii, 348 pp. Publisher's blind-bordered dark brown cloth with blind stamped arabesque frames on the covers and gilt spine lettering. Slight erosion to headcap and contemporary owner's signature on front blank but a very attractive and clean copy. ... more information

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Los Angeles: Cole-Holmquist Press, 1961. First edition. Octavo. Illustrated. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt spine lettering and gilt spine device. Original dust jacket. A very good copy. ... more information

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New York: Theodore Gordon Flyfishers, 1965. First edition of this group of essays on the joys of flyfishing. One of 1500 numbered copies. Octavo. Illustrated. Publisher's quarter blue morocco over blue boards, gilt spine lettering, deckle edges, original slipcase. Fine. ... more information

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New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1932. Limited edition, one of 1500 copies signed by illustrator Rene Clark. Folio. 112 [2] pages. In original maroon cloth with gilt floral design on covers, spine lettered in gilt. Red and gray endpapers with gilt floral design, in matching slipcase. LEC prospectus laid in. Slipcase with light chipping, else a fine beautiful copy. ... more information

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London: Printed for private circulation by Geo. W. Jones, 1931. First edition. Octavo. Photographic frontispiece portrait of Gollancz and preface by Alfred W. Pollard. Publisher's tan cloth over blue boards, gilt spine lettering. Very good.This copy inscribed by Geo. W. Jones to Arthur M. Ellis, founder of the Zamorano Club. ... more information

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New York: Oxford University Press , 1936. First edition. Octavo. xi, 23, (52); cloth-backed boards, gilt-stamped, in original chipped glassine wrapper. The first use of Village Italics, and the only showing of the Roman other than in privately printed editions. ... more information

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London: Printed by Taylor and Francis, 1862-1873. Black-and-white lithograph colored by a contemporary hand. Overall sheet size: approximately 21 1/2 x 14 3/4 inches (540 x 375 mm); image size: 19 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches (500 x 350 mm). Professionally matted, framed, and glazed in a period-style wooden frame of 33 x 27 inches (840 x 685 mm). Some light toning, else a near fine copy.A striking image of one of Iceland's majestic birds of prey, perched on a stone amid a group of pink wildf... more information

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London: Printed by Taylor and Francis, 1862-1873. Black-and-white lithograph colored by a contemporary hand. Overall sheet size: approximately 14 3/4 x 21 1/2 inches (375 x 540 mm); image size: 13 7/8 x 19 7/8 inches (352 x 505 mm). Professionally matted, framed, and glazed in a period-style wooden frame of 24 x 30 1/4 inches (610 x 770 mm). Some light toning, else a near fine copy.An exciting image from one of Gould's most popular works, depicting one of the fierce gray harriers te... more information

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London: Printed by Taylor and Francis, 1862-1873. Black-and-white lithograph colored by a contemporary hand. Overall sheet size: approximately 14 3/4 x 21 1/2 inches (375 x 540 mm); image size: 13 3/8 x 19 7/8 inches (340 x 505 mm). Professionally matted, framed, and glazed in a period-style wooden frame of 24 x 30 1/4 inches (610 x 770 mm). Some light toning, else a near fine copy.A striking image from one of Gould's most popular books, depicting a pair of hawk owls perched in the ... more information

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Paris: H. Fournier, 1838. A new edition. Two octavo volumes (untrimmed; 233 x 147 mm.). [xxviii], 292; 312 pp With frontispiece, eight sectional titles and 120 Grandville wood engravings plus numerous wood engraved vignettes. Contemporary quarter green calf over marbled boards, original printed wrappers laid down on front covers, spines with red morocco gilt lettering labels and black and gilt tooling. Some loss to spine caps and lower front and lower rear joint of each volume cracked (though binding is st... more information

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New York: R. Martin, 1847. First American edition. Tall octavo (260 x 160 mm.). Bound with Foelix's Modern Botany for Ladies. Translated by N. Cleaveland. [2], 385, [4], iv, [3]-152, 8 pp. Fifty-two hand-colored steel-engraved Grandville plates including two additional title-pages. Second work with two uncolored plates. Also includes the 8-page "Supplement." Publisher's brown morocco, expertly rebacked, front and back covers with gilt representations of the Grandville design for the title... more information

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Paris: Guillaume Desprez, 1736. First edition. Folio (435 x 290 mm.). Half-title, title and 102 (of 103) engraved architectural plates, comprising bird's eye view, plans and elevations, details of murals, bas-reliefs, and statuary, etc., engraved by Cochin and others. Period-style full brown calf with blind-rolled borders, spine gilt in compartments and with red and green morocco spine labels. While lacking the text, this is a wonderful assemblage of eighteenth-century architectural engravings. ... more information

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London: Printed for T. Davies, 1769. First edition. Four quarto volumes (8 7/8 x 7 inches; 225 x 178 mm). With engraved frontispiece portrait of Granger in volume I.[With:]GRANGER, James. A supplement, consisting of corrections and large additions, to A biographical history of England, Referred to their proper Places in that Work: to which, Besides an Index to the Additional Characters, are subjoined Exact Emendations and Improvements of the Index to the Former Volumes; and a list of cu... more information

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London: W.S. Orr & Paternoster Row, 1838. First edition. Octavo Modern full morocco. Spine lettered and tooled in gilt, smooth compartments.Light foxing throughout.Overall, a very good copy. ... more information

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