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The Anatomy of Melancholy, What it is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptomes, Prognostics, and Several Cures of It Etc. Etc.
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The Anatomy of Melancholy, What it is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptomes, Prognostics, and Several Cures of It Etc. Etc.

by Democritus Junior [Burton, Robert]

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1813
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London: J. Walker; R. Lea; J. Cuthell; J. Nunn; Longman and Co.; Lackington, Allen and Co.; Otridge and Son; S. Bagster; J. Black; T. Hamilton; Cradock and Joy; and R. Saunders, 1813. Two volumes complete - Volume One - [4], vii, xxiv, [1], 2-461pp, [1] and Volume Two - [3], 2-612pp. Contemporary full straight grain morocco, raised bands, spines in… Read more about this item
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The Dose Repeated, or Another Pill for George Mossman
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The Dose Repeated, or Another Pill for George Mossman

by [Hailstone, Samuel]

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1796
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London: No Publisher, 1796. [3], 4-8, [1], 2-61pp, [1]. Modern marbled boards, paper title label to spine. Externally very good, internally some loss to fore-edge of title (not affecting text), lightly browned and lightly foxed throughout, but nothing too obtrusive. Hailstone had published earlier in the same year a pamphlet called 'A Dose for the Doctor; or, A Bitter Pill… Read more about this item
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The Constitution of Matter - Modern Atomic and Electron Theories

The Constitution of Matter - Modern Atomic and Electron Theories

by Born, Max; Blair, E.W. And Wheeler, T.S. (Trans.)

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1923
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London: Methuen and Co., 1923. [6]-vii, [2], 2-80pp. Original cloth in DJ. DJ spine slightly faded, couple of small tears to edges, slightly rubbed. Name stamp of James Griffin to ffep, otherwise internally quite bright and clean. Born was a German physicist and mathematician, instrumental in the development of quantum mechanics. He won the Nobel prize for Physics in 1954.… Read more about this item
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(Removal of Nuisances) At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 21st Day of November 1831, By the Lords of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council

(Removal of Nuisances) At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 21st Day of November 1831, By the Lords of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council

by [Greville, C. C.]; [Broadside - Cholera]

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1831
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London: George Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode, 1831. Single sided broadside, approximately 440mm x 570mm in size. Chipped to extremities with some loss to margins, creased from old folds, with minor loss to the middle of a few words of a sentence in the centre ('appeared and broken out'), but with no loss of sense. Extensive Japanese tissue repairs to reverse,… Read more about this item
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The State of the Prisons in England and Wales, with Preliminary Observations, and an Account of Some Foreign Prisons
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The State of the Prisons in England and Wales, with Preliminary Observations, and an Account of Some Foreign Prisons

by Howard, John

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1777
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Warrington: William Eyres [Printer]; T. Cadell and N. Conant, 1777. [9], 2-489pp, [21]; [7], 2-286pp, [10]. Published in 1777 and 1784. Full leather, later rebacked, smooth back, spine divided into six panels by gilt rules, title label to second panel, remaining panels with central gilt lozenge shaped device, gilt roll border to covers and inner edges, spot pattern marbled endpapers.… Read more about this item
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The Family Magazine: In Two Parts. Part I. Containing Useful Directions in All the Branches of House-Keeping and Cookery: Part II. Containing a Compendius Body of Physick
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The Family Magazine: In Two Parts. Part I. Containing Useful Directions in All the Branches of House-Keeping and Cookery: Part II. Containing a Compendius Body of Physick

by [Atkyns, Arabella] (Pseud.)

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1741
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London: J. Osborn, 1741. [2], iii-xiv, [3], 2-123pp, [3]; [2], 324pp, two parts in one. Modern full calf, raised bands, spine in six panels, leather title label to second panel, date in gilt to foot, bands with gilt double rules above and below, covers with double fillet border and fleuron corner pieces, blind rolls to edges and inner edges. Externally… Read more about this item
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The British Housewife: Or, the Cook, Housekeeper's, and Gardiner's Companion Etc. Etc.
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The British Housewife: Or, the Cook, Housekeeper's, and Gardiner's Companion Etc. Etc.

by Bradley, Martha

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London: S. Crowder and H. Woodgate Two volumes complete - Volume One - [2], 3-752pp and Volume Two - [2], 469pp, [33], plates, n.d. but c.1756. Modern crushed half morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, raised bands, spine in six panels, title lettered directly to second panel, author and volume to third, year (1755) to foot. Externally very slightly rubbed, but… Read more about this item
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A Treatise of Such Mathematical Instruments, as are Usually Put Into a Portable Case: Containing Their Various Uses in Arithmetic, Architecture, Geometry, Surveying, Trigonometry Etc Etc. Designed for the Benefit of Engineers, Architects, Surveyors Etc
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A Treatise of Such Mathematical Instruments, as are Usually Put Into a Portable Case: Containing Their Various Uses in Arithmetic, Architecture, Geometry, Surveying, Trigonometry Etc Etc. Designed for the Benefit of Engineers, Architects, Surveyors Etc

by Robertson, John

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1747
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London: T. Heath; J. Hodges; and J. Fuller, 1747. [3] iv, [1] ii-xxiii, [2], 2-53, [54-59], 60-107pp, [1], plates. Contemporary speckled sheep, raised bands, spine in six panels, each panel with single line to head and foot and either side of each band, covers with single line border. Head cap slightly chipped, outer joints split but holding well on cords,… Read more about this item
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Lectures on Natural and Experimental Philosophy, Considered in Its Present State of Improvement. Describing in a Familiar and Easy Manner the Principal Phenomena of Nature Etc. Etc.
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Lectures on Natural and Experimental Philosophy, Considered in Its Present State of Improvement. Describing in a Familiar and Easy Manner the Principal Phenomena of Nature Etc. Etc.

by Adams, George; Jones, William

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1799
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London: J. Dillon for W. And S. Jones, 1799. Five volumes complete - Volume One - [3], iv-xxxi, [2], 2-592pp; Volume Two - [3], iv-viii, [1], 2-576pp; Volume Three - [3], iv-vii, [2], 2-583pp, [1]; Volume Four - [3], iv-viii, [1], 2-576 and Volume Five - [3], 4-47pp, [1], forty-three folding plates. Contemporary half calf and marbled paper over boards,… Read more about this item
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Societe Geologique de France - Membership Certificate

Societe Geologique de France - Membership Certificate

by [Geological Society of France]

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1836
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Paris: Firmin Didot, 1836. Printed certificate, edges mounted on linen which is stretched and pinned over a light wood bearer, approximately 365mm x 260mm in size. Heavily browned, slightly chipped to edges, lightly foxed with ink spot towards the right hand edge, some writing in pencil to reverse. Early, the Society was formed in 1830, membership certificate, for a Mr.… Read more about this item
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An Original Song

An Original Song

by An Uneducated Burgess, But a Right Hearted One

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Marlborough: Emberlin and Harold Single sided leaflet, approximately 155mm x 250mm in size, n.d. but probably very late 1835 or very early 1836 (another copy had an ink postage stamp of January 7, 1836). Hint of light foxing, very slightly creased, tiny tear to head, otherwise clean. Song relating to the town council election in Marlborough, with several names and… Read more about this item
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Ease the Pain! From Cancer, Arthritis, AIDS and Other Painful Conditions - Support Medical Marijuana

Ease the Pain! From Cancer, Arthritis, AIDS and Other Painful Conditions - Support Medical Marijuana

by [Medical Marijuana Poster]

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No Place: No Publisher Single sided printed poster on card, approximately 330mm x 480mm in size, n.d. late 1990's? Corners slightly curled, very minor wear to extremities, but generally quite bright and clean. Unknown. Unbound. Good+. Elephant Folio. Poster.
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Improved Method of Raising Water, By Rangeley, Dixson & Co.'s Patent Roller Pump

Improved Method of Raising Water, By Rangeley, Dixson & Co.'s Patent Roller Pump

by [Patent Roller Pump]

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London: Thorowgood, F. Printed single sided broadside, approximately 325mm x 415mm in size, n.d. c. 1818. Lightly browned and foxed, lightly creased from old folds, minor chipping to edges, especially bottom edge, but without any loss to images or text. The printer was almost certainly F.[rederick] Thorowgood, printing from 42 Wood Street, Cheapside, London (fl. 1810-1834, see BBTI). Rangeley, Doxson… Read more about this item
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A.L.S. To Unnamed Recipient

A.L.S. To Unnamed Recipient

by Granville, Augustus Bozzi

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1831
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London: No Publisher, 1831. Single page autograph letter signed, approximately 115mm x 180mm in size. Evidence of removal from an album to left hand side, with slight remnants of paper to the front and glue residue to the reverse, a couple of small spots to text but not affecting sense. Dated 27th November, [18]31, and sent from 1 Curzon Street,… Read more about this item
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The First Asteroid - Ceres 1801-2001 - Historical Studies in Asteroid Research Volume 1

The First Asteroid - Ceres 1801-2001 - Historical Studies in Asteroid Research Volume 1

by Cunningham, Clifford J.

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2002
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9780970816221
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Florida: Star Lab Press, 2002. [6], 485pp, [3], original buckram, author and title in gilt to spine and upper cover. Slightly rubbed, couple of light scrapes to upper cover, but generally bright and clean. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket (as Issued). 4to.
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Adventures in Order and Chaos - A Scientific Autobiography

Adventures in Order and Chaos - A Scientific Autobiography

by Contopoulos, George

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2004
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9781402030390
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Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004. x, 191pp, [9], original laminated printed boards. Bright and clean. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good+/No Jacket (as Issued). 8vo.
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The Life and Works of J.C. Kapteyn

The Life and Works of J.C. Kapteyn

by Hertzsprung-Kapteyn, Henrietta; Paul, E. Robert (Trans.)

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1993
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9780792326038
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Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1993. xix, [1], 92pp, original printed boards. Small nick to the spine, otherwise bright and clean. First Edition. Hardback. Good+/No Jacket (as Issued). 8vo.
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Astronomers at the Royal Observatory Cape of Good Hope - A History with Emphasis on the Nineteenth Century

Astronomers at the Royal Observatory Cape of Good Hope - A History with Emphasis on the Nineteenth Century

by Warner, Brian

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1979
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9780869611098
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Cape Town: A.A. Balkema, 1979. xii, 132pp, original cloth in DJ. DJ rubbed to top edge, and slightly rubbed to extremities, otherwise bright and clean. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/Good+. 8vo.
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The Infancy of Atomic Physics: Hercules in His Cradle

The Infancy of Atomic Physics: Hercules in His Cradle

by Keller, Alex

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1983
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9780198539049
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Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983. [10], 230pp, original cloth in DJ. Bright and clean. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.
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Recollections of 'Tucson Operations' - The Millimeter-Wave Observatory of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Recollections of 'Tucson Operations' - The Millimeter-Wave Observatory of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory

by Gordon, M.A.

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2005
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9781402032356
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Dordrecht: Springer, 2005. xvii, [1], 214pp, [8], original laminated printed boards. Bright and clean. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket (as Issued). 8vo.
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