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Astronomy and General Physics Considered with Reference to Natural Theology, Rev. William Whewell, William Pickering 1837

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A full leather prize presentation copy of this work. William Whewell's Astronomy and General Physics Considered with Reference to Natural Theology ...

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Half Hours in Air and Sky; Marvels of the Universe, Wm. Isbister, London 1886. Prize binding.

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An attractive Victorian prize binding, presented by The College School, Huyton. The Half Hour Library of Travel, Nature and Science for Young Reade...

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A Complete Treatise on Practical Land-Surveying, In Six Parts, A. Nesbit, York, 1810

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A scarce first edition of Nesbit’s practical instructional work on surveying, A Complete Treatise on Practical Land-Surveying, In Six Parts (York: ...

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The Bee, or Literary Weekly Intelligencer, James Anderson, Volume Eighteenth, 1793, Edinburgh

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The Bee, or Literary Weekly Intelligencer, Consisting of Original Pieces, and Selections from Performances of Merit, Foreign and Domestic, A Work c...

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The Bee, or Literary Weekly Intelligencer, James Anderson, Volume Seventeenth, 1793, Edinburgh

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The Bee, or Literary Weekly Intelligencer, Consisting of Original Pieces, and Selections from Performances of Merit, Foreign and Domestic, A Work c...

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The Bee, or Literary Weekly Intelligencer, James Anderson, Volume Sixteenth, 1793, Edinburgh

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Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, William and Robert Chambers, 4 Volumes; VII, VIII, IX, and XI , Nos. 313-572. 1839-1943

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This is a handsome set of four large-format 19th‑century bound volumes of Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal, originally launched in 1832 by the enterpri...

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Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, William and Robert Chambers, Volume II, Nos. 27-52. July-December, 1844

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This is a handsome 19th‑century bound volume of Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal – New Series, Volume II, comprising issues 27–52 from July to December...

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Collected Works of Hugh Miller, 5 uniform volumes, Thomas Constable, Edinburgh, 1857-1858

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This five‑volume set showcases the writings of Hugh Miller (1802–1856), the celebrated Scottish stonemason‑turned‑geologist, author, and lay theolo...

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The Cabinet of Natural Philosophy, conducted by the Rev. Dionysius Lardner; A Preliminary Discourse on The Study of Natural Philosophy, by J.F.W. Herschel, 1833

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A significant early Victorian volume on scientific understanding, The Cabinet of Natural Philosophy (1833) forms part of the influential Cabinet Cy...

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The Gardener's Assistant; Practical and Scientific. A Guide to the Formation and Management of the Kitchen, Fruit, and Flower Garden, Robert Thompson, 1859

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The Gardener’s Assistant is a substantial 19th-century manual on horticulture and garden management, written by Robert Thompson, a respected figure...

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Oeuvres de Monsieur De Voltaire; Élémens de Philosophie de Newton, A Neuchatel, 1772

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This is a well-preserved 1772 printing of Éléments de la Philosophie de Newton (originally published 1738) – Voltaire’s accessible interpretation o...

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Mathematical Elements of Natural Philosophy, Confirm'd by Experiments; Or, An Introduction to Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy, William-James Gravesande, 1726

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This is a well-preserved 1726 third edition of Volume I of Gravesande’s influential introduction to Newtonian physics. Though titled “Vol. I,” this...

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On Growth and Form, D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, 1st edition signed copy (Cambridge University Press, 1917). Sir Robert Ludwig Mond provenance.

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D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (1860–1948) was a Scottish biologist, mathematician, and classics scholar best known for his groundbreaking work On Growt...

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Darwin's Theory Applied to Mankind, Alfred Machin, Longmans, 1937 first edition

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 A very smart book indeed, of the author's attempt to make sense of society in evolutionary terms. Rebound in modern green cloth bindings, this pre...

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Charles Darwin; The Various Contrivances by Which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects, 1885, Second Edition, Revised, Fourth Thousand, John Murray

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Charles Darwin; The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, John Murray, 1904

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Charles Darwin; The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 1888, Sixth edition, 33rd Thousand, John Murray

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Charles Darwin; The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, John Murray, 1888, Second edition, 22nd Thousand

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The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, 1887, 3 Volume Set; First edition - Fifth Thousand Revised.

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The New Forestry, or the Continental System Adapted to British Woodlands and Game Preservation, John Simpson, 1903

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A smart copy of this informative text on forestry practices (previously in the ownership of the Balfour family of Fife, well known for their contri...

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Great Naturalist Series; Gilbert White, by R.M. Lockley, H.F. & G. Witherby, London, 1954

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A very good copy of R.M. Lockley's biography of Gilbert White (1720-1793), a pioneering English naturalist and man of the Church. He was highly res...

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White of Selborne, Walter S. Scott, the Falcon Press, 1950

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A very good copy of Walter S. Scott's biography of Gilbert White (1720-1793), a pioneering English naturalist and man of the Church. He was highly ...

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The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne in the County of Southampton, Gilbert White, Edited by Thomas Bell, John Van Voorst, 1877, 2 Vol Set

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A good blue cloth edition in 2 Volumes, of Gilbert White's 'Natural History of Selborne'. White (1720-1793) was a pioneering English naturalist and...

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