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Baker, J. A. | The Peregrine
£500.00
Overview & Condition First edition, first impression of this masterpiece of 20th century nature writing, cited by Ted Hughes, Andrew Motion, Werner Herzog, and many others, as one of...
Buckley, Arabella | Through Magic Glasses
£150.00
Overview & Condition First edition, first impression of Arabella Buckley’s sequel to her popular children’s book The Fairy-Land of Science. An attractive copy with the gilt design on the...
Feynman, Richard | "Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman!"
£1,200.00
Overview & Condition First edition, first printing and a beautiful copy in excellent condition. The orange dust jackets and boards of this book are notoriously prone to fading, but...
Hingston & Company | Trade card of Hingston & Company, Chemists and Druggists
£135.00
Overview & Condition An attractive trade card for the chemists Hingston & Company of Cheltenham, “opposite the Plough Hotel. Prescriptions accurately prepared with drugs and Chemicals from Apothecaries Hall”....
Morgan, Thomas Hunt | A Critique of the Theory of Evolution
£185.00
Overview & Condition First edition, first printing of this significant work by one of the founders of modern genetics. Early in his career Morgan was, like many turn-of-the-century biologists,...
Pink, Alfred | Gardening for the Million
£75.00
Overview & Condition A very handsomely designed turn-of-the-century gardening encyclopedia comprising entries on all types of plants, equipment, and pests. London: T. Fisher Unwin, [1904]. Octavo. Original blue cloth...
Ritter, Alfred | Die Elektricität
£50.00
Overview & Condition Fourth edition of this charming guide to electricity, “A brief and comprehensible presentation of the basic laws as well as the applications of electricity for power...
Von Neumann, John | Theory of Self-Reproducing Automata
£1,200.00
Overview & Condition First edition of this important work on self-reproduction in machines and life forms, scare in the dust jacket.Von Neumann became interested in the abilities of computers...
Wickes & Co. | Trade card of Wickes & Co., Chemists and Druggists
£35.00
Overview & Condition An attractive trade card for the chemists Wickes & Co. of Cheltenham, in fine condition and featuring elaborate copperplate engraving including illustrations of an alembic and...
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