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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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

A very smart set indeed of this work on the life of Charles Darwin. Rebound in modern green cloth bindings, these present as a handsome set. We hav...

A smart copy of this 18th century medical text by Dr Samuel Chapman. The Royal College of Physicians notes: "Samuel Chapman, M.D., was a native of ...

A fascinating illustrated catalogue of scientific instruments and chemicals sold by Edinburgh scientific instrument maker and retailer, Andrew H. B...

A History of The Earth and Animated Nature, By Oliver Goldsmith. With an Introductory View of the Animal Kingdom by Baron Cuvier; Copius Notes of D...

A beautifully presented volume of this work by Charles Bell, first published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme of London in 1806. Very much a delux...

A beautifully presented volume of this work by Sir William Osler, first published by Thomas Purfott of London in 1597. Very much a deluxe edition f...

A beautifully presented volume of this work by William Osler, first published by D. Appleton and company, New York, in 1892. Very much a deluxe edi...

A beautifully presented publication of this work, first published at The Clarendon Press, Oxford, in 1909. Very much a deluxe edition from Gryphon ...

A copy of the very first printing of the Guinness Book of Records, which went on to became a worldwide publishing phenomenon. Initially produced as...

The Edinburgh Review, or Critical Journal: For Oct. 1803......Jan. 1804. To be continued Quarterly. Vol III (contains issues V and VI). With many d...

A fascinating and uncommon cornucopia of information for the Victorian young lady covering all manner of subjects including Hobbies and Household E...

A charming bound copy of Chambers Miscellany containing a wealth of informative essays and features to interest Victorian readers. Still an enterta...

Proposal for Establishing in Edinburgh, and other Towns, a Newly Improved Apparatus, for the Application of The Vapour of Water, Sulphur, and Other...

Portefeuille De La Societe des Conducteurs, Controleurs et Commis Des Ponts et Chaussees et Des Mines. 40 ANNEE - 27 SERIE: Revue Pratique des Trav...

Portefeuille De La Societe des Conducteurs, Controleurs et Commis Des Ponts et Chaussees et Des Mines. 40 ANNEE - 25 SERIE: Revue Pratique des Trav...

Morphological Analysis of Land Forms; A Contribution to Physical Geology, By Prof. Dr. Walther Penck. Translated by Hella Czech, Ph.D. (Vienna), an...