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HINDU ASTRONOMY. This copy was presented to Sir William Christie, Astronomer Royal by Rajendra Nayayan Rai Bahadur. by BRENNAND, W.:

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HINDU ASTRONOMY. This copy was presented to Sir William Christie, Astronomer Royal by Rajendra Nayayan Rai Bahadur. by BRENNAND, W.:

HINDU ASTRONOMY. This copy was presented to Sir William Christie, Astronomer Royal by Rajendra Nayayan Rai Bahadur.

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London, Chas. Straker & Sons, Ltd., 1896.. FIRST EDITION 1896. SIR WILLIAM CHRISTIE'S COPY, ASTRONOMER ROYAL. Tall 8vo, approximately 265 x 155 mm, 10¼ x 6¼ inches, 11 plates and 2 illustrations in the text, diagrams in the text, pages: xiv, 329, original publisher's cloth, bevelled boards, black decoration to covers and spine, gilt lettered spine, dark brown endpapers. Head and tail of spine and corners slightly worn, spine edges a little rubbed, tiny bump to top corner of upper cover, edges slightly foxed and occasional fox spots just showing in margins, contents very nice. Printer's error slip tipped in at page 256 explaining misnumbering, book is guaranteed complete. A very good copy. Chapters on: Prehistoric Astronomy of the Aryan migrating tribes; Early Hindu Periods; The Hindu Ecliptic; The Hindu Months; Theory regarding the cause of the Planetary Motions; Arithmetic, Algebra, and Geometry of the Hindus; Hindu Astronomical Instruments; Early Hindu Astronomers; Rise of the Buddhist Heresy, and its Effects on Hindu Astronomy; Astronomical Works of the Hindus; Description of the Surya Siddhanta. This copy was presented to William Christie, Astronomer Royal from 1881 to 1910 from Rajendra Nayayan Rai Bahadur with a presentation slip, dated 1896 tipped in on the title page. Under Christie the Royal Observatory at Greenwich not only continued its work in positional astronomy but also began a programme of stellar photography and one of making daily records of solar activity. The Observatory also took part in a number of international collaborative projects such as the Astrographic Chart and Carte du Ciel project of mapping the entire sky in both catalogue and photographic form. Eighteen Observatories were involved in this project from all over the world. Christie was also responsible for a number of additions to the Observatory which included purchasing the 28" telescope still in working order today. See: Early Writings on India, A Union Catatlogue of Books on India in English Language Published uto 1900 and Available in Delhi Libraries, edited By H. K. Paul, page 111, No. 1251. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION, OR THE PRESERVATION OF FAVOURED RACES IN THE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE.

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London, John Murray, 1878.. NEW EDITION 1878, A REPRINT OF THE SIXTH EDITION 1872, Twentieth Thousand, with additions and corrections to 1872. 8vo, approximately 190 x 120 mm, 7½ x 4½ inches, folding chart, pages: xxi,1-458 including half-title and index, original publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, blind-stamped decorative borders to covers, brown endpapers, (the pastedown and the endpaper at front have at some time been replaced and are unsightly, see image, the rear original ones are fine) the bookbinder's small ticket on last pastedown, adverts to verso title page. Binding rubbed, slight shelf wear to edges and corners, inner paper hinge cracked, otherwise a good copy. This is a reprint of the edition of 1876 which contained the final text as Darwin left it and which contained small differences in text from the sixth edition of 1872. The word 'evolution' was used for the first time in the 6th edition of 1872 of The Origin of Species on page 201 (twice) and page 424… Read More
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London, Kent & Co 1864-67.. Volumes VI-X, each with its own title page except for Volume X, bound in 1 volume, Volumes VI and X defective. 1864-67, 8vo, 245 x 170 mm, 9½ x 6½ inches. Volume VI 1864 is defective, pages: title page, 49-146, pages 101-104 duplicated, lacks first 48 pages. Volume VII, 1865, pages: title page 1-140 plus 1 page of index; Volume VIII, 1866, pages: title page followed by 1 page wrongly numbered 4, 3-141 plus 1 page index; Volume IX, 1867, pages: 1-142, pages 85-96 duplicated, nothing missing; Volume X defective having pages 1-48 only. 1 full page illustration, 1 double page and 2 folding plus many illustrations in the text. VOLUMES 7,8 and 9 COMPLETE. bound in quarter black leather with raised bands, gilt title, gilt date at foot of spine, gilt decoration to raised bands and small floral decoration between the raised bands, pebble cloth covers, marbled endpapers. Occasional brown spot, some creases to lower corners due to bad turning, pale age-browning to margins and… Read More
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THE COMPLEAT ANGLER. Or Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a Discourse on Fishing not Unworthy the Perusal of most Anglers.

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The Caradoc Press, Bedford Park, Chiswick, 1905.. LIMITED EDITION OF 350 COPIES THIS COPY NUMBERED 188. THIS EDITION IS AN UNEDITED REPRINT OF THE FIRST EDITION. 8vo, approximately 220 x 145 mm, 8½ x 5½ inches, portrait frontispiece of Izaak Walton, title page a facsimile of that in the first edition of 1653, 7 text illustrations, a river scene and 6 small engravings of fish plus 2 pages of music (the second printed upside down as issued), decorated initials, all by H. G. Webb, text printed red and black. Pages: [14], 1-155, [1], the colophon printed in red in the shape of a dolphin, finely bound in full crushed morocco by Bayntun of Bath, with gilt fishing motifs and decorations to spine and both covers, gilt title, author's name and date to spine, gilt top edge, a little gilt decoration to inner dentelles (turn ins), decorated endpapers. Spine faded to brown from green, uneven fading to covers, pale foxing to endpapers front and rear, otherwise a clean copy. Though the binding has faded it is… Read More
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London, Bernard Quaritch, Piccadilly. 1872.. THIRD EDITION OF THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION 1872, TRANSLATED BY EDWARD FITZGERALD. Small slim 4to, approxmately 225 x 160 mm, 8¾ x 6 inches, pages: xxiv, 1-36, (101 quatrains), quarter roan spine with gilt title, purple cloth boards, dark brown coated endpapers, engraved bookplate pasted to first pastedown (E-Libris, Roberti-Comiti-De-Crewe). Spine slightly rubbed, corners slightly worn, pale age-browning to title page, 2 margins in the notes section have a tiny neat repair, nowhere near text, otherwise a very good clean copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION, OR THE PRESERVATION OF FAVOURED RACES IN THE...
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London, John Murray, 1892.. Sixth edition 1892 with additions and corrections (forty-third thousand) and an added Glossary by W. S. Dallas at rear. 8vo, 195 x 125 mm, 7½ x 4½ inches, folding chart, pages: xxi, 1-432 including index, original publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, blind-stamped decorative borders to covers, original patterned endpapers, edges untrimmed as issued, no inscriptions. Binding slightly rubbed with a few tiny white marks, inner paper hinge partially cracked, pale browning to endpapers, minor fox spots to folding plate, slight shelf wear to lower edges, otherwise contents clean and bright, binding tight and firm. A very good copy. See R. B. Freeman, The Works of Charles Darwin, page 79-81 and page 86 No. 439. This is a reprint of the edition of 1876 which contained the final text as Darwin left it which contained small differences in text from the edition of 1872. The word 'evolution' was used for the first time in the 6th edition of 1872. Darwin… Read More
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London, John Murray, 1878.. NEW EDITION 1878, A REPRINT OF THE SIXTH EDITION 1872, Twentieth Thousand, with additions and corrections to 1872. 8vo, approximately 190 x 120 mm, 7½ x 4½ inches, folding chart, pages: xxi,1-458 including half-title and index, original publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, blind-stamped decorative borders to covers, brown endpapers, (the pastedown and the endpaper at front have at some time been replaced and are unsightly, see image, the rear original ones are fine) the bookbinder's small ticket on last pastedown, adverts to verso title page. Binding rubbed, slight shelf wear to edges and corners, inner paper hinge cracked, otherwise a good copy. This is a reprint of the edition of 1876 which contained the final text as Darwin left it and which contained small differences in text from the sixth edition of 1872. The word 'evolution' was used for the first time in the 6th edition of 1872 of The Origin of Species on page 201 (twice) and page 424… Read More
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THE COMPLEAT ANGLER. Or Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a Discourse on Fishing not Unworthy the Perusal of most Anglers.

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The Caradoc Press, Bedford Park, Chiswick, 1905.. LIMITED EDITION OF 350 COPIES THIS COPY NUMBERED 188. THIS EDITION IS AN UNEDITED REPRINT OF THE FIRST EDITION. 8vo, approximately 220 x 145 mm, 8½ x 5½ inches, portrait frontispiece of Izaak Walton, title page a facsimile of that in the first edition of 1653, 7 text illustrations, a river scene and 6 small engravings of fish plus 2 pages of music (the second printed upside down as issued), decorated initials, all by H. G. Webb, text printed red and black. Pages: [14], 1-155, [1], the colophon printed in red in the shape of a dolphin, finely bound in full crushed morocco by Bayntun of Bath, with gilt fishing motifs and decorations to spine and both covers, gilt title, author's name and date to spine, gilt top edge, a little gilt decoration to inner dentelles (turn ins), decorated endpapers. Spine faded to brown from green, uneven fading to covers, pale foxing to endpapers front and rear, otherwise a clean copy. Though the binding has faded it is… Read More
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London, W. Bent, 1787.. Small section of the Universal Magazine (no title page) 1787 including 3 pages on early Australia with summary of plans for the convict settlement at Botany Bay, also several mentions of Captain Cook, pages 137-139. Slim 8vo, approximately 220 x 135 mm, 8½ x 5¼ inches, engraved portrait of Jonas Hanway and engraved folding chart of New Holland dated 1787, pages: 113-168, nicely bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe (their name in gilt at the foot of first pastedown), in half calf, gilt lettering and rules to spine, marbled boards with dividing gilt rules, new cream endpapers. Lacks original wrappers, printing on page 137 a little pale, but all text legible, pale age-browning, 2 small neat edge repairs, otherwise a very good copy. One article outlining early Dutch discoveries and the landfalls of William Dampier before Captain Cook's survey of the east coast. The folding chart is based on Fielding's map of 1786, though the 3 page article is short it details early Dutch discoveries… Read More
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Coblenz, Karl Baedeker, 1863.. FIRST EDITION 1863 with BOOK-PLATE OF HERMANN WOOLLEY, (see below for details). LACKING FRONTISPIECE, a facsimile inserted before half title. Slim 8vo, approximately 250 x 170 mm, 10 x 6½ inches, 13 plates of which there are 11 colour lithographs, 1 double page, 2 black and white full page woodcuts, 2 woodcuts in the text and a folding colour lithograph map, 82 pages plus contents page, rebound in plain dark green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, red speckled edges. Cloth faded, slight wear to head and tail of spine, 6 pages have tiny stain to tip of lower corners, some pale offsetting to text from plates, pale age-browning and light foxing to endpapers, half-title and title page, contents leaf has small light stain, otherwise a very good copy. See Jill Neate, Mountaineering Literature, revised edition 1986, page 137, R77. Neate makes a mistake in calling for 13 colour plates instead of 13 plates. This finely illustrated book includes accounts of earlier attempts.… Read More
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New York: The Free Press, 1971. Second Edition. Contents include: The Man-Apes; The Origins of the Mind; The Distinctive Human; The Inner World; Socialization: the Creation of the Inner World; The New Meaning of the Oedipus Complex; Self-Esteem; Culture and Personality; Social Encounters: The Staging of Self-Esteem; Culture: the Relativity of Hero-Systems; What is Normal?; What Would A Science of Man Then Be?; Religion: The Quest for the Ideal Heroism. 228 pages. Edgewear; light wear to covers; worn corners and light creases on spine. Deeply creased spine opens flat at pages 60/61. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. 2nd. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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2014. Book Four in the More Than Series 8vo size trade paperback; 369 pages Please note: This book has a Mature Readers Advisory. From back: "Lucy - There is love so fierce it cannot be measured... Cameron - Forever. Everlasting. Eternal. THere is no measure of time... But our forever isn't always." Creased back cover and last few pages, worn corners. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Private Press.
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Rare original poetry book with cloth covered boards, copyright 1880 by J. W. Shoemaker & Co. This edition published in 1906 by the Penn Publishing company, Philadelphia. From the estate of my great-great grandfather.Includes many unique poems and recitations such as "To a skull", "Uncle Daniel's Introduction to a Mississippi Steamer", "The Leak in the Dyke", etc. More well-known poetry includes "Song of Birds", "Old Ironsides", and "Bannock Burn" by Robbie Burns. Light rubbing and bumps to outside spine edges. Back cover and interior cloth covered board has a stain at top. Original owner's name and address from 1908, but no other writing or marks. First 2 pages have a stain at top, but text of 192 pages of poetry and recitations is totally clean with light tanning of pages.
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9780385738996 / 0385738994
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2011. 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 215 pages. Signed by author on title page. Stated First Edition From jacket: "(Lucy) wants to get out of Boston and forget her worries about starting middle school and about her father's new girlfriend. Pierson Point is where she feels most like herself, and where memories of her mother, who died when Lucy was six, are strong and sacred. But this summer, nothing is the same. Ian, a boy from home in Boston, comes to Pierson Point...Lucy's father wants his girlfriend to become a bigger part of Lucy's life. Though Lucy struggles against change, she gradually realizes that sometimes, change is for the better. Average wear to jacket; bumped corners and head and heel of spine, owner's name on fep. Autographed Copy sticker on front of jacket; one previously folded page corner. Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits… Read More
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

by Verne, Jules

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1923. Hardcover. Red cloth with pictorial paste down on the cover. The pastedown is clean and bright. 427p. Illustrated with a full color frontispiece and 3 black and white plates. Hinges starting to crack, ends lightly worn. General tone with lightly soiled endpages. The dust jacket is missing a large portion from spine and back panel. The front panel is heavily creased. A clear, removable, protective cover has a computer generated title adhered to it. From the "Series for Young People" first published with this cover in 1918.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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The Republic Of Plato
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The Republic Of Plato: A New Version Founded On Basic English

by Richards, I.A

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1942 - noted on the copyright page as "A WARTIME BOOK This complete edition is produced in full compliance with the government's regulations for conserving paper and other essential materials" book: very good -tight, sound, and square, no previous owner marks - moderate edgewear plus rubbing to the boards - some toning from age - no dj - includes a vintage (pre - "The Google") Buccaneer Books Laguna Beach, CA out-of-print book search card
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A study of child-nature from the Kindergarten Standpoint
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A study of child-nature from the Kindergarten Standpoint

by Elizabeth Harrison

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4th
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A study of child-nature from the Kindergarten Standpoint by Elizabeth Harrison. Published by Chicago Kindergarten College; 4th edition (1892). 207 pages. Interior clean and unmarked except for previous owner's name and date of Aug 1893 on fly page. Another fly page has "Compliments Chicago Kindergarten College Co." in handwriting. Edge of several pages have slight bend and small tear. Hardback with no dj if offered. Slight bumping on edges and spine. Blue cloth cover and spine has some fading. Condition: Good. Measures 7.5" x 5"
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