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INDEX TESTACEOLOGICUS, AN ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHELLS
Written by W Wood; Sylvanus Hanley. Illustrated by W. Wood.
Stock no. 1209003
Published by Willis And Sotheran. 1st thus 1856. Almost very good condition.

Containing about 2800 figures accurately coloured after nature. A New and Entirely revised edition with ancient and modern appellations, synonyms, localities, etc, etc. Three-quarter green leather binding with marbled paper boards. Raised bands to spine with gilt title and decorative tooling. 46 exquisite handcoloured plates. Top edge gilt. Ex-library with usual stamps. Leather spine & corners rubbed and worn with some removal of surface leather. Couple of patches of loss of leather to base of spine. Small patch of surface paper loss to front board and front pastedown. Front joint split, rear joint starting to crack but binding is tight. Some joints pulled. A few scattered foxspots to contents. All plates present, plate 35 has small closed tear (no loss) to top margin. Overall, a nice copy.

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A DISSERTATION ON THE UNIVERSE IN GENERAL AND ON THE PROCESSION OF THE ELEMENTS IN PARTICULAR
Written by Richard Saumarez.
Stock no. 1209002
Published by T. Egerton; C. Dilly, In The Poultry. Circa 1830. Very good condition.

The author was a surgeon and member of the Company of Surgeons. Includes Annual Oration to the council and fellows of the Medical Society of London dated 1813; and A Letter on the Evil Effects of Abesenteeism; being an answer to Hastings Elwin Esq dated 1829. A Dissertation on the Universe in General is dated 1795. Green leather spine and corners, gilt title to spine. Marbled paper sides and red speckled text block. Not illustrated. Edges of boards rubbed, leather spine & corners rubbed. Top half of marbled front board faded. Free endpapers heavily browned. One or two foxspots and some pencil annotation else remarkably clean for it's age. 'A Letter...' has top diagonal corner torn away from title page (not affecting text) and page behind the loss is browned in the same area.

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HALF HOURS WITH A NATURALIST: RAMBLES NEAR THE SHORE (THE HALF HOUR LIBRARY)
No author listed.
Stock no. 1209001
Published by James Nisbet & Co. Limited. Circa 1911. Good condition.

The Half Hour Library of Travel, Nature and Science for Young Readers. Full olive green calf leather binding with Heath Mount Hampstead vignette to front, burgundy title block with gilt title and 5 raised bands to spine. Marbled endpapers and text block. B/w illustrations. xii and 340 pages. Spine is lightly browned and has a few patches of loss to leather. Heavy dampstaining affecting boards, prelims to page 1, and lower edge of last few pages. Prize inscription to front fly leaf dated 1911.Front joint split between fly leaf and half-title page but binding still tight. Some light top corner creasing. Contents otherwise generally clean.

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EVENINGS AT THE MICROSCOPE
Written by P.H. Gosse.
Stock no. 1209000
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1874. Very good condition.

Or, Researches Amond the Minuter Organs and Forms of Animal Life. A New Edition, Revised and Annotated. Green cloth boards, gilt titles and vignettes. B/w illustrations to text. xii and 422 pages including index plus 4 pages of publisher adverts to rear. Joints cracked and slightly pulled. Text block browned with a few minor foxspots. a few grubby marks to boards. Faint inscription in ink to top of black front endpaper. Name in ink to top of title page. A few scattered foxspots to contents.

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A HISTORY OF THE BRITISH SEA-ANEMONES AND CORALS
Written by Philip Henry Gosse.
Stock no. 1208998
Published by Van Voorst. 1st 1860. Almost very good condition.

With coloured figures of the species and principal varieties. Green cloth with gilt title decorations. 12 colour plates. xl and 362 pages including index plus 2 page publisher advert to rear. Boards are damp stained, worn/rubbed at corners. Top & tail of spine shelf-worn. Slight lean to contents. Joints cracked, thus frontispiece, half-title and free front endpaper detached. One or two foxspots to contents but generally clean. All plates present. Overall, pretty good for a book almost 200 years old!

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STRANGE DWELLINGS: BEING A DESCRIPTION OF THE HATITATIONS OF ANIMALS
Written by J.G. Wood. Illustrated by W. F. Keyl; J.B. Zwecker; E. Smith.
Stock no. 1208997
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1885. Almost very good condition.

Abridged from 'Homes Without Hands'. Full calf leather binding with 5 raised bands on spine, gilt title and decorations. Gilt border to boards. Marbled endpapers and text block. B/w illustrations. New edition. xii and 411 pages including index. Joints cracked, front board a little loose because of this. Some surface leather scraped to lower front board. Gilt title and decorations to spine bright. Some rubbing to corners. Contemporary inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper, dated 1886. Foxing to fly leaves and a stain to front fly leaf. Else contents are clean and tight.

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THE ROMANCE OF NATURAL HISTORY
Written by Philip Henry Gosse. Illustrated by Philip Henry Gosse.
Stock no. 1208996
Published by James Nisbet & Co.. 1862. Very good condition.

Second series. The author seeks to paint a series of pictures, the reflections of scenes and aspects in nature, which in his mind awaken poetic interest, leaving them to do their proper work. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine, gilt vignette showing man with stick about to beat a snake to protect his family to front board. 10 b/w illustrations, including frontispiece. xi and 393 pages including index, 2 pages of publisher adverts to rear. Light shelf wear to top & tail of spine and corners else boards nice and bright. Contemporary name in ink to half-title page. Text block browned. Heavy foxing to prelims and last few pages. Else contents clean and tight.

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ASSYRIA; HER MANNERS AND CUSTOMS, ART AND ARMS: RESTORED FROM HER MONUMENTS
Written by Philip Henry Gosse.
Stock no. 1208995
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1st 1852. Good condition.

Library binding replaces original boards, blue cloth boards placed in a blue cloth wraparound, inside a blue cloth slipcase. B/w text illustrations. xviii and 642 pages. Ex-library with library stamp to inside of wraparound board and prelims, one or two to contents. The paper of this volume is very fragile, especially to prelims, edges are crumbling, prelims are detached. Once past the prelims, contents are less liable to crumble.

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CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
Written by Fyodor M. Dostoevsky; Constance Garnett. Illustrated by Ru Van Rossem.
Stock no. 1208994
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A psychological novel. Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders through the slums of St Petersburg and commits a random murder without remorse or regret... Translated by Constance Garnett. Dramatic red and black pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. vi and 454 pages. No slipcase as issued. Lower edge of boards faded/marked. Text block browned and water stained. Foxing to endpapers and prelims else contents clean. Matching red pictorial dustwrapper is marked and dampstained along the lower edge, faded to spine with some light rubbing to top.

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AN ILLUSTRATED JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLD
Written by Thomas Daniell; Samuel Daniell; William Daniell; Katherine Prior. Illustrated by Samuel Daniell; Thomas Daniell; William Daniell.
Stock no. 1208993
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

The story of the Daniell brothers' voyages from London to Canton in 1786 and return via India in 1794, when China was a very exotic and relatively unknown destination. Edited and introduced by Katherine Prior. 3/4 buckram cloth with pictorial front board and gilt title. Large oblong format. Endpapers are maps. Full page colour illustrations throughout. xix and 329 pages including index. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is shelf-scuffed on non-illustrated sides.

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THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE
Written by Muriel Spark. Illustrated by Beryl Cook.
Stock no. 1208992
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

A novel. A teacher at a girl's school in Edinburgh during the 1930s comes into conflict with school authorities because of her unorthodox teaching methods. Bright blue cloth boards with repeating white pattern. 6 Colour plates. 152 pages. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some shelf-scuffing.

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TYPHOON, THE NIGGER OF THE 'NARCISSUS' AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Joseph Conrad; Paul Theroux. Illustrated by Francis Mosely.
Stock no. 1208991
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2000. Very good condition.

A novel. Blue cloth with silver title to spine and black and silver picture to front cover. Introduction by Paul Theroux. 353 pages. A few small, grubby marks to top edge of text block and top vertical edge else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly shelf-scuffed.

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