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HOME LANDSCAPES. With Views taken in the Farms, Woods, and Pleasure Grounds of Gravetye Manor. Second Edition, with pictures of old English Houses showing the value of natural form in relation to good building: to compare with the disfigurement of the Dutch and Continental Gardens. [Bound with] SUPPLEMENT Pictures of English Houses to show natural form in relation to good building as compared with the destruction of tree from Continental Gardens introduced by the Dutch to British Gardens. Wilton; Warwick; Scotney; Danny; Sheffield Park; Powis (from a drawing by David Cox); Penshurst; Berkeley (from a drawing by J.W. King); Audley End. Pictures, where not otherwise stated, by George Champion.

Robinson, W. · 1920 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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John Murray 1920. 2nd Ed. 2 vols. in 1. as issued. 4to. 78pp. + [iv]. 44 plates. From the Library of Jerrold Northrop Moore, unopened, gilt lettered green cloth, minor marking to lower board, spine sl. bumped and foxed.

GARDEN CRAFTSMANSHIP in Yew and Box.

Lloyd, Nathaniel. · 1925 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Ernest Benn Ltd. 1925. 1sr Ed. Slim Royal 8vo. 36pp. text. 54 b/w. plates at rear. From the Library of Jerrold Northrop Moore, text lightly browned, f.e.ps. browned, sl. shaken, original gilt lettered green cloth, lightly faded and rubbed with some minor soiling, bevelled edge...

PICTURES FROM NATURE Fifteen Rembrandt Photogravures of Birds and Beasts at Home Amidst their Natural Surroundings Reproduced from Photographs.

Kearton, Richard and Cherry. · 1905 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Cassell and Company Limited N.d. c.[1905]. Large folio. [iv]pp. 15 mounted photogravures each with a letterpress leaf attached at hinge. From the Library of Jerrold Northrop Moore, some light foxing, in original three flapped gilt lettered blue cloth case, some fraying and wea...

THE FIRST EDEN. The Mediterranean World and Man.

Attenborough, David. · 1987 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Little, Brown and Co. Boston Toronto 1987. 1st US Ed. Royal 8vo. 240pp. Profusely ills. in colour, e.p. map. From the Library of Jerrold Northrop Moore, sl. rubbed d/w. Inscribed to half title ‘with best wishes David Attenborough.’

FRESH LIGHT ON 18TH CENTURY CRICKET. A Collection of 1,000 new Cricket Notices from 1697 to 1800 A.D. arranged in Chronological Order.

Buckley, G.B. · 1935 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Birmingham: Cotterell & Co. 1935. 1st Ed. x + 261pp. + [i]. Frontis. Ex.-libris J.H. Freeman, Lacking front f.e.p., occasional marginal pencil ruling, original gilt lettered green cloth backed white cloth boards, soiled, binding cockled, corners bumped. J. H. Freeman was a pr...

CATALOGUE OF PHYSICAL APPARATUS AND LABORATORY EQUIPMENT Including Apparatus for Teaching Elementary and Practical Physics, Mechanics, Heat, Light, Sound, Electricity, Physical Geography; also Botanical Apparatus, Diagrams, Meteorology, Geometrical Models, Mathematical Instruments, General Laboratory Apparatus, etc.

Townson & Mercer Ltd. · 0 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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... London Sept 1931. 21st Ed. 4to. vi + 657pp. + [i]. Profusely illus. throughout. Contemporary ownership signature Geoffrey Goodall with typed letter to him from Townson & Mercer loosely inserted, e.ps. lightly spotted, original gilt lettered dark red cloth, minor soiling an...

LUDWIG OERTLING, BALANCE-MAKER. The Man, His Company and its Products.

(Oertling). Oliver, Barry J. · 2020 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Microgramme, Leicester 2020. 1st UK Ed. Thick 4to. xx + 961pp. + [iii]. Colour port. frontis., 103 figures. Erratta slip loosely inserted, Very good in black lettered fawn coloured pictorial laminated boards, very sl. bumped at head of spine. With 2 related ALS compliments sl...

NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA A Potted History 1850 to 2000. [With] NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA A Potted History - Addendum.

(Negretti & Zambra). Day, David. (Compiler). · 2000 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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By the Author ..., Aylesbury N.d. c.[2000]. 2 vols. Slim 8vo. Pamphlet. 48pp. + 44pp. Profusely illus. throughout in colour and b/w. Very good in cream stapled limp wrapps. With a list of Companies Associated with Negretti & Zambra and a Compliments slip from the Author loose...

A TREATISE ON METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS: Explanatory of their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility.

Negretti & Zambra. · 1864 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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London: Published and sold at Negretti & Zambra’s Establishments 1864. 1st Ed. Tall Slim 8vo. xii + 152pp. + 8pp. adverts. 98 figures. Ex.-libris Edward Simpson and with his inscription to half title, hinges cracked, 1 gathering protruding, advert. leaves and bookplate spotted...

METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS. Opticians & Scientific Intrument Makers.

Negretti & Zambra. · 1930 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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..., London N.d. c.[1930]. Slim Royal 8vo. 28pp. + 20pp. + 28pp. + 8pp. + 16pp. + 24pp. + 8pp. adverts. Illus. throughout. Ownership signatures (1 crossed out), some marginal soiling, e.ps. lightly browned, original black lettered red cloth, soiled and worn to corners andf jo...

A HISTORY OF THE THERMOMETER and Its Use in Meteorology.

Middleton, W.E. Knowles. · 1966 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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John Hopkins Press Baltimore Maryland 1966. 1st Ed. Royal 8vo. xiii + 249pp. Numerous ills. Faded and sl. chipped d/w. With 12pp. extract from Lardner’s Museum of Science ‘The Thermometer’ with hand coloured illustrations.From the Library of P. A. Martin a noted researcher h...

SCALES AND WEIGHTS. A Historical Outline.

Kisch, Bruno. · 1966 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Yale University Press 1966. 2nd Printing. [xxiv] + 297pp. + [iii]. 98 ills. from photos., 10 charts, 14 tables. Marginal age toning, some thumbing, e.ps. lightly browned, original gilt lettered brown cloth, lightly soiled, head and tail of spine sl. bumped. From the Library o...

THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF ENERGY POLITICS.

Hancock, Kathleen J and Allison, Juliann Emmons. (Editors). · 2021 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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OUP 2021. 1st Ed. Royal 8vo. xvi + 813pp. + [iii]. Several figures. Tail of spine bumped, otherwise good in d/w.

ILLUSTRATED AND DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF CHEMICAL APPARATUS Including: Balances & Weights, Microscopes, Laboratory Fittings, Chemicals and Reagents, Etc. Etc.

F.E. Becker & Co. · 1929 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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..., London N.d. c.[1929]. 24th Ed. 4to. [x] + 814pp. Profusely illus. throughout. Sl. shaken, original black lettered white cloth, soiled and rubbed, corners sl. bumped, spine soiled rubbed and lightly browned with head and tail bumped. From the Library of P. A. Martin a not...

RECHENSCHIEBER/SLIDE RULES. Modelle, Typen, Skalen/Models, Types, Scales.

Holland, Peter with the co-operation of Jezierski, Dieter von; Kugel, Günter and Rance, David. · 2009 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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A.W. Faber/A.W. Faber-Castell 2009. 2nd Revised Ed. 136pp. Many tables, ills. etc. German/English text. Very good in black lettered green laminated coloured pictorial boards. From the Library of P.A. Martin a noted researcher historically associated with the Process Research ...

RECHENSCHIEBER/SLIDE RULES. Modelle, Typen, Skalen/Models, Types, Scales.

Holland, Peter with the co-operation of Jezierski, Dieter von; Kugel, Günter and Rance, David. · 2011 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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A.W. Faber/A.W. Faber-Castell 2011. 5th Revised Ed. 160pp. Many tables, ills. etc. German/English text. Very good in black lettered green laminated coloured pictorial boards. From the Library of P.A. Martin a noted researcher historically associated with the Process Research ...

RECHENSCHIEBER/SLIDE RULES. Modelle, Typen, Skalen/Models, Types, Scales.

Holland, Peter with the co-operation of Jezierski, Dieter von; Kugel, Günter and Rance, David. · 2009 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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A.W. Faber/A.W. Faber-Castell 2009. 1st Ed. 128pp. Many tables etc. German/English text. Very good in black lettered green laminated coloured pictorial boards. From the Library of P.A. Martin a noted researcher historically associated with the Process Research Department at A...

A TREATISE ON MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS Their Construction, Adjustment, Testing, and Use Concisely Explained.

Heather, J.F. · 1874 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Lockwood & Co. 1874. 12th Ed. Sm. 8vo. vi + 185pp. + 10pp. + 32pp. (dated November 1873). Frontis., numerous diagrams. Light browning, original gilt lettered blind embossed green cloth, some fraying, spine faded with paper title label. Weale’s Rudimentary Series 32.From the ...

A TREATISE ON MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS Including Most of the Instruments Employed in Drawing, for Assisting the Vision, in Surveying and Levelling, in Practical Astronomy, and For Measuring the Angles of Crystals: In Which Their Construction and the Methods of Testing, Adjusting, and Using Them, Are Concisely Explained.

Heather, J.F. · 1859 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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John Weale 1859. 5th Ed. Sm. 8vo. vi + 170pp. + 8pp. + 36pp. Adverts. (dated 1861). Frontis., numerous diagrams. Light browning, original blind embossed red cloth with title label to upper board, spine very sl. frayed. From the Library of P. A. Martin a noted researcher histo...

A HISTORY OF THE LOGARITHMIC SLIDE RULE And Allied Instruments and on the History of Gunther’s Scale and the Slide Rule During the Seventeenth Century.

Cajori, Florian. · 1994 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Astragal Press Mendham New Jersey 1994. Facsimile Reprint. 164pp. iv + [ii] + 164pp. 16 ills. Original gilt lettered teal. From the Library of P. A. Martin a noted researcher historically associated with the Process Research Department at Allied Breweries (Production) Limited...