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Société Excelsior | Préservatifs pour Dames
£550.00
Overview & Condition A nice copy of this rare French contraceptives catalogue, first issued around 1907 and decorated in the Art Nouveau style. At the time this catalogue was...
Watson, Hewett Cottrell | Topographical Botany
£400.00
Overview & Condition First edition, presentation set inscribed by the author on each title, “Mary Edmonds from the Author, H. C. W. 1873” and “Mary Edmonds from the Author,...
Jenyns, Leonard | Observations in Meteorology
£85.00
Overview & Condition First edition of this significant contribution to 19th century meteorological records, uncommon in such nice condition. By the close of his career author Leonard Jenyns (later...
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Hawker Siddeley Aviation Ltd. | Design Handbook Volume I General [&] A.300B Supplement
£750.00
Overview & Condition Due to this item's weight, extra shipping costs will apply. A rare copy of the Hawker Siddeley Design Handbook, published in 1969 in preparation for work...
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Lecornu, J[oseph]. | La Navigation Aérienne
£150.00
Overview & Condition First edition, first impression of this attractive illustrated work on the history of aeronautics, including ballooning and early, experimental fixed-wing planes. Author Joseph Lecornu (1861-1934) earned...
Air Ministry | Signal Book for Use in Air Navigation
£75.00
Overview & Condition First edition, an uncommon aircraft signal book published at the beginning of the Second World War in February 1940, this copy with three pages of manuscript...
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Wyatt, [Matthew Coates] | A Representation of the Meteor seen at Paddington...
£6,500.00
Overview & Condition A dramatic and uncommon mezzotint depicting the spectacular meteor seen in London on February 11th, 1850, by the prominent court artist Matthew Coates Wyatt (1777-1862). One...
Hibbert, Samuel | History of the Extinct Volcanos of the Basin of Neuwied
£950.00
Overview & Condition First and only edition of this rare work on the effect of volcanic activity on the development of the Rhine Valley, in the original cloth. WorldCat...
Mid-century teaching collection of cooking ingredients
£550.00
Overview & Condition A remarkable, home-made collection of 160 samples of cooking ingredients housed in individual glass vials in a portable case, together with a binder of typed notes...
Bowman, Martie | Calendar for 1936 depicting pilot Martie Bowman in her WACO INF biplane.
£450.00
Overview & Condition A remarkable piece of early aviation ephemera, this calendar was produced as a Christmas greeting by the early female aviator Marguerite (Martie) Bowman (1901-1985) and her...
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Féau, Alfred | [Thimble catalogue] Manufarture de Dés or & Argent des Doublés or sur Argent
£50.00
Overview & Condition The elegant illustrated supplement to a fin-de-siècle thimble catalogue, printed with metallic gold highlights. A nice example in unusually fresh condition. The firm of Alfred Féau...
Nansen, Fridtjof | Farthest North
£400.00
Overview & Condition Second English language edition, the first to appear in the famous gilt-blocked publisher’s cloth. A lovely set, the cloth bright and fresh. Born in Christiana (Oslo)...
The American Products Company | Zanol. The Better Way to Buy. Catalog No. 20
£450.00
Overview & Condition A beautiful, 78 page chromolithographic catalogue for the American Products Company’s Zanol line of cosmetics, food products, and home goods, including 16 pages in full colour....
Gould, Stephen Jay | Ontogeny and Phylogeny
£350.00
Overview & Condition First edition, first printing of the author’s first book. Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002) was one of the leading evolutionary biologists of the 20th century. His theory...
Skinner, Elsie T. | Collection of Flowers Classified According to Natural Orders
£350.00
Overview & Condition An attractive and carefully organised herbarium, probably produced during the 1930s as a advanced student project. It contains 151 carefully mounted specimens, presenting a remarkable 121...
Frisch, Otto Robert | Order of service for Frisch's memorial & card depicting his "hippopotamouse"
£125.00
Overview & Condition An original order of service for physicist Otto Robert Frisch’s memorial at Trinity College Chapel, with a card from his wife, Ulla reproducing Frisch’s charming, Learesque...
Tůma, Jan & Frant Ouřada | Atomová Energie.
£500.00
Overview & Condition Third edition, revised. A very nice example of this rare Soviet-era Czechoslovakian book on nuclear power. Published in 1957, it may have been produced in anticipation...
Rockstroh, Heinrich | Das Mikroskop
£575.00
Overview & Condition First and only edition of this charming and early book on microscopy for young people, including advice on how to use microscopes and how to collect...
Smyth, Charles Piazzi | The Great Comet of 1843 as seen at the Cape of Good Hope...
£5,000.00
Overview & Condition A rare and evocative lithograph of the Great Comet of 1843 as seen from the Cape of Good Hope, observed and, most unusually, also lithographed by...
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