A Family Herbal: Or Familiar Account of the Medical Properties of British and Foreign Plants Also Their Uses in Dying, and the Various Arts, Arranged According to the Linnaean System by Thornton, Robert John - 1814

London: Virture & Co., 1872. Comprised in Four Papers by: F.E. Hulme; S. J. Mackie, J. Glaisher and Robert Hunt Reprinted from the Art-Journal Virture & Company; London; 1872 Contents are: The Adapability of our Native Plants to the Purposes of Ornamental Art by F. Edward Hulme, F.L.S, F.S.A. (The author is also contemporarily credited as Frederick Edward Hulme.) Mr. Hulme is also the author of the Preface. Sea-Weeds as Objects of Design by S.J. Mackie, F.G.S, F.S.A. The Crystals of Snow as Applied to the Purposes of Design by James Glaisher, F.R.S. The Symmetrical and Ornamental Forms of Organic Remains by Robert Hunt, F.R.S. (Think sea shells as "organic remains." 8vo sized decorative brown cloth boards with black and gilt designs and titles and bevelled edges. Sewn binding. Gilt edges all around. 212 toned pages with numerous black and white woodcut illustrations. A several-pge publisher's catalogue of other works follows. Dark green endpapers and rare… Read More

Slight losses to edges of Mylar protected dust jacket. Otherwise, a very nice clean copy without previous owners' names or other markings. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 89 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.

"Speeches and Forensic Arguments" by DANIEL WEBSTER, complete in 3 volumes. 1846; Charles Tappan, Publisher; Boston. Affixed to the frontispiece portrait of Webster in Volume I is the stem of a flower taken from Webster's grave in 1891. Additionally, a remark has been made in pencil below his portrait stating that "The above picture does not bear the slightest resemblance to Mr. Webster - it is a libel." Volume I contains 26 speeches; Volume II contains 22 speeches; Volume III contains 39 speeches.From the Preface:"...several of the speeches and addresses contained in this volume, possessing a character of more permanent and general interest, have been translated and published in most of the languages of Europe. And we are not without authority for saying, that they have been regarded, by men of elightened judgments and cultivated taste, as fine examples of forensic and popular eloquence. In the language of one of the most eminent statesmen of England, some of these speeches have been read in that… Read More

"LITTLE PAUL" from the "Dombey and Son" of Charles Dickens. Circa 1850's (there is no date of publication stated); Redfield; New York. Illustrated frontispiece with tissue guard. Scarce volume from the 6-volume "DICKENS' LITTLE FOLKS" series which was "undertaken with a view of supplying the want of a class of books for children, of a vigorous, manly tone, combined with a plain and concise mode of narration." "With this view, the career of [Little Paul has] been detached from the large mass of matter with which [he was] originally connected, and presented, in the author's own language, to a new class of readers, to whom the little volumes will, we doubt not, be as attractive as the larger originals have so long proved to the general public."Condition:Clean covers and spine with no stains; 1" cloth tear at the top-right corner of the spine; horizontal crease across the front cover which is also visible on the opposite side of the board. Occasional foxing and staining to the pages (heaviest on end… Read More

First House edition of this famous report. 1845. Complete in original binding except for the gigantic map which is available in full size color thick glossy paper professional reproduction ($25 extra if desired). Pagination: 583 pages, 22 plates, 4 maps, all blanks present. Includes fascinating pencil diagram of oil rig on back of map. Oil rig drawing titled "Sheffield Oil Company. Warren(?), Co., Pa." That pencil drawing is the only interior writing or ownership marking anywhere in the book. Condition is a mixed bag. Original half leather marbled boards show heavy wear and looks like they were professionally rehinged in the distant past. Binding is sound. Pages show moderate to heavy toning and foxing. Some plates have weird 'dot' foxing I have never seen elsewhere (see scan). Marbled endpapers. A nice well maintained copy suitable for reading and research with a cool drawing. Howes F372; Wagner-Camp 115:2; Graff 1436. House Doc. No. 166. Feel free to inquire. Please see scans of the book you will… Read More

London: The Richards Press, 1928. 260pp. Quarto. Six coloured plates (from paintings by the author) and 276 b/w illusts. Appendix and index. Top edge gilt. Original blue cloth with gilt titling on the spine and gilt titling and gilt steamship decoration on upper board. Spine very slightly sunned. Rare. *"In 1831 the Sophia Jane, 256 gross tonnage and 50h.p., created great excitement as the first steamship to enter Sydney Harbour. From this it is a far cry to the present epoch of great floating palaces, with wondrous engines, measuring their tonnage and horse-power by scores of thousands, and able, through the marvel of Wireless, to keep in touch with the world on the most distant courses" (from the foreword by Sir Granville Ryrie, High Commissioner for Australia.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine.

New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc., 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 323pp; Illustrated boards, small scuff to bottom edge of front board, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Compilation of the work of experts in specialized fields relating to all aspects of the catharanthus alkaloids. Partial Contents: Introduction by Gordon H. Svoboda; A Synopsis of the Genus Catharanthus (Apocynaceae) by William T. Stearn; The Phytochemistry and Pharmacology of Catharanthus Roseus (L.) G. Don by Gordon H. Svoboda and David A. Blake; The Biosynthesis of Catharanthus Alkaloids by Ronald J. Parry; Tissue Culture Studies of Catharanthus Roseus by David P. Carew; more. With Author Index and Subject Index.

Vintage Set of 4 E. P. Roe works. Includes: "He Fell in Love with His Wife" (1886); "The Earth Trembled" (1892); "Near to Nature's Heart" (1876), and "Miss Lou" (1888). Books are similarly bound to use as a set. In good condition overall. SLSetof4

Weidenfeld and Nicolson. London. 1968. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (8.6 x 5.7 inches). Illustrated with 19 half-tone photographic plates, including six pages reproducing Watson's letter to Max Delbruck, telling of the Double Helix, and 11 diagrams within the text. A very bright, clean copy. Original dustwrapper with one small chip and a couple of small closed tears, otherwise a better than very good example. Overall a very good copy.

London: Trustees of the British Natural History Museum. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Owner name stamped on front endpaper and . title page, title page foxed, jacket lightly soiled and faded at spine.. 1965. First Printing. Hardcover. Blue cloth. xvii, 418pp + fold-out map. Correction slips, color plates, acknowledgments, black and white illustrations, figures, gazetteer, index, and fold-out map. A great deal of information widely scattered throughout books and scientific journals in several languages is herein gathered together for the first time; the comparatively rich British Museum material is brought under review; illustrations of many original types, mostly hitherto unfigured, are provided; and comments furnished upon those original descriptions which seem inadequate or even inaccurate. (from the preface) ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .