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ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE INTEREST: DISTANT, W.L. - 'RHOPALOCERA MALAYANA': A DESCRIPTION OF THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE MALAY PENINSULA published by West,...

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES: 'THE ORIGINAL WATER-COLOUR PAINTINGS FOR THE BIRDS OF AMERICA'introduction by Marshall B. Davidson, volumes 1 and 2, publishe...

BAILEY, NICHOLAS: 'AN UNIVERSAL ETYMOLOGICAL ENGLISH DICTIONARY' seventh edition, printed for Knapton et al, London 1735, rebound half brown leath...

BERGMAN, SIR TORBERN: 'PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL ESSAYS' volumes 1-3, printed for J. Murray, London 1788, later three-quarter leather binding with red...

BOUILLON DE LA GRANGE, E.J.B: 'MANUEL D'UN COURS DE CHIMIE' volumes 1 and 2, published by Chez Bernard, Paris, An VII, later brown leather binding...

BROOKES, R: 'THE GENERAL GAZETTEER' fifth edition, printed for Rivington et al, London, 1782, later three-quarter red leather binding; together wi...

CARY, JOHN: 'CARY'S NEW ITINERARY' published by J. Cary, London 1798, later three-quarter brown leather bound with marbled boardsProvenance: A Dor...

CELLARII, CHRISTOPHORII: 'SMALCALDENSIS GEOGRAPHIA ANTIQUA' printed for S. Ballard et al, London, 1731, full brown leather bound, retaining mapsPr...

CHAUVIN, STEPHANUS: 'LEXICON PHILOSOPHICUM' published by Petrum Slaart, Rottterdam, 1692, full tooled brown calf boundProvenance: A Dorset bibliop...

CHEYNE, GEORGE: 'AN ESSAY OF HEALTH AND LONG LIFE' sixth edition, printed for George Strahan, London 1725, Marryat, Thomas - 'Therapeutics', sixte...

COOKE, GEORGE ALEXANDER - FIVE TITLES Topographical and Statistical Descriptions of Bedford, Northampton, Cambridge Huntingdon and Norfolk, printe...

CUVIER, BARON: 'THE ANIMAL KINGDOM'translated from the French, volumes I-IV, published by G. Henderson, Ludgate Hill, London 1837, three-quarter b...

DEUCHAR, DAVID AFTER HOLBEIN, JEAN: 'LE TRIOMPHE DE LA MORT' a volume of engravings with companion text, printed by S. Gosnell, Holborn, 1786, thr...

DIBDIN, CHARLES: 'THE MUSICAL TOUR' printed for the author by J. Gales, Sheffield, 1788, rebound three-quarter leatherProvenance: A Dorset bibliop...

DICKENS, CHARLES: 'DOMBEY AND SON'first edition, illustrated by H. K. Browne, published by Bradbury & Evans, London 1848, black three-quarter leat...

DICKENS, CHARLES: 'LITTLE DORRIT' first edition, illustrated by H.K. Browne, published by Bradbury and Evans, London, 1857, brown three-quarter le...

DICKENS, CHARLES: 'THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB'illustrated by R. Seymour and Phiz, published by Chapman and Hall, London, 1837, gil...

DULAC, EDMUND: TWO ILLUSTRATED VOLUMES comprising Guyot, Charles - 'La Toison D'Or' limited edition no. 1139 and Rosenthal, Leonard - 'Au Royame d...

FERGUSON, JAMES: 'THE YOUNG GENTLEMAN AND LADY'S ASTRONOMY' sixth edition, printed by James Williams, Dublin, 1778, brown leather bound; together ...

FONTENELLE, M: 'CONVERSATIONS WITH A LADY ON THE PLURALITY OF WORLDS' translated by Glanvill, fourth edition, printed by J. Darby for M. Wellingto...

FROHAWK, F.W.: 'NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH BUTTERFLIES'first edition, fo, published by Hutchinson & Co, London 1924, blue cloth bound with dustwra...

GODWYN, THOMAS: 'MOSES & AARON: CIVIL AND ECCLESTIASTICAL RITES' twelfth edition, 8vo, printed by Richard Hodkin, bound together with two other wo...

GUTHRIE-SMITH, H: 'MUTTON BIRDS AND OTHER BIRDS' published by Whitcombe and Tombs, 1914, gilt decorated green cloth boundProvenance: A Dorset bibl...

HINDE, SQUIRE, MARSHALL & COOKE: 'A NEW ROYAL AND UNIVERSAL DICTIONARY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES' volumes 1 and 2, printed for J. Cooke at Shakespeare'...

HUBER, M.P: 'THE NATURAL HISTORY OF ANTS' printed for Longman et al, London 1820, with ink annotation, later red leather bound; together with Hofm...

HUGHES, WILLIAM: 'PARSON'S LAW' printed for the author and sold by Thomas Bassett, St. Dunstan's Churchyard, Fleet Street, London, 1663, rebound t...

HULME, EDWARD F.: 'BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS OF THE COUNTRY SIDE' published by Hutchinson & Co, London, 1903, green cloth boundProvenance: A Dorset bi...

HUNTER, REV. HENRY: 'THE HISTORY OF LONDON' printed for John Stockdale, London 1811, later three-quarter brown leather binding, retaining platesPr...

IMISON, JOHN: 'ELEMENTS OF SCIENCE AND ART' new edition, volumes 1 and 2, printed for J. Harding et al, London 1803, full brown leather binding wi...

INGOLDSBY, THOMAS - TWO COPIES OF 'THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS' one illustrated by Cruikshank et al, published by Richard Bentley, London 1877, green le...

KIRBY, W.F.: 'EUROPEAN BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS'published by Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co, London 1882, three-quarter brown leather binding with brow...

KIRBY, W.F.: 'LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY - A HAND-BOOK TO THE ORDER LEPIDOPTERA'volumes I-V, published by Edward Lloyd, London, 1896, red cloth bound...

LEIGH, CHARLES: 'THE NATURAL HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE, CHESHIRE AND THE PEAK IN DERBYSHIRE' printed for the author, London, 1700, full tooled brown l...

MACQUER, JOSEPH: 'DICTIONNAIRE DE CHYMIE' new edition, volumes 1 to 4, published by Libraires Associes, Switzerland, 1779, full brown leather boun...

MIEGE, GUY: 'THE PRESENT STATE OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND' fifth edition, printed for A. Bettesworth et al, London, 1723, rebound three-quarter ...

MORRIS, REVEREND F.O: 'A HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS'second edition, volumes 1-6, published by George Bell & Sons, London, 1870, green cloth binding ...

MURRAY, GEORGE: 'AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF SEAWEEDS' published by Macmillan and Co, London 1895, red cloth boundProvenance: A Dorset bibliop...

NEMNICH, PHILIP ANDREW: 'AN UNIVERSAL EUROPEAN DICTIONARY OF MERCHANDISE' printed for J. Johnson, London 1799, rebound marbled card binding; toget...

NICHOLSON, WILLIAM: 'A DICTIONARY OF CHEMISTRY' volumes 1 and 2, printed for G.G and J Robinson, London, 1795, rebound three-quarter leatherProven...

PARKES, SAMUEL: 'THE CHEMICAL CATECHISM' seventh edition, published by Baldwin et al, London 1816, rebound half brown leather, retains platesProve...

PENNANT, THOMAS: 'THE LITERARY LIFE OF THE LATE THOMAS PENNANT ESQ. BY HIMSELF' sold by Benjamin and John White, London 1793, rebound half leather...

RACKHAM, ARTHUR - ELEVEN ILLUSTRATED VOLUMES including Irving, Washington - 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow', first edition published by George Harra...

RAY, JOHN: 'THE WISDOM OF GOD' printed by D. Williams, London 1762, later green half leather binding; together with Derham, W. - 'Physico-Theology...

REECE, RICHARD: 'A PRACTICAL DICTIONARY OF DOMESTIC MEDICINE' printed for Longman et al, London 1808, three-quarter brown leather bindingProvenanc...

REGNAULT, P: 'LES ENTRETIENS PHYSIQUES' new edition, volumes 1-4, published by Jacques Clouzier, Paris 1732, brown leather bound with Chillingham ...

RITCHIE, EWING J: 'THE LIFE AND TIMES OF WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE'pictorial edition, volumes 1-5, published by James Sangster and Company, London, ...

SADELER, MARCO - 'VESTIGI DELLE ANTICHITA DI ROMA'an album of Roman views, etchings, numbered 1-50 but seemingly incomplete, published by Jacomo d...

SAVAGE-LANDOR, HENRY A: 'ACROSS UNKNOWN SOUTH AMERICA'volumes 1 and 2, published by Hodder and Stoughton, London 1913, red cloth binding (2)

SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE: 'THE SENSITIVE PLANT' illustrated by Charles Robinson, published by Heinemann, card bound, Bunyan, John - The Pilgrim's Pro...

SOUVERAIN DE DOMBS, PRINCE: 'DICTIONNAIRE UNIVERSEL FRANCOIS ET LATIN' 6 volumes, published Paris 1743, rebound in brown three-quarter calf with m...

STAWELL, MRS RODOLPH: 'FABRE'S BOOK OF INSECTS' illustrated by E.J. Detmold, printed by Constable and published by Hodder and Stoughton, London, g...

STEP, EDWARD: 'WAYSIDE & WOODLAND BLOSSOMS' volumes 1-3, published by Frederick Warne, London 1941/4, and Coward, T.A - 'Life of the Wayside & Woo...

URE, ANDREW: 'A DICTIONARY OF CHEMISTRY' printed for Thomas & George Underwood, London 1821, rebound in three-quarter brown leatherProvenance: A D...

WALLACE, ALFRED RUSSEL: 'THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO' fourth edition, published by MacMillan and Co, 1872, three-quarter brown leather binding, ex libri...

WHEWELL, WILLIAM: 'AN ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON MECHANICS' second edition, printed for J. Deighton & Sons, Cambridge, 1824, rebound three-quarter bro...

WHITE, GILBERT: 'THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE'edited by Grant Allen, illustrated by Edmund H. New, published by John Lane at The Bodley Head, L...

WITHERBY, H.F. ET AL: 'THE HANDBOOK OF BRITISH BIRDS'volumes 1-5, published by H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd, High Holborn, London, 1938-41, blue cloth b...

WITHERBY, H.F. ET AL: 'THE HANDBOOK OF BRITISH BIRDS'volumes 1-5, all first edition, published b H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd, High Holborn, London, 193...

WOOD, JAMES: 'THE ELEMENTS OF OPTICS' third edition, printed by J. Smith, Cambridge 1811, three-quarter brown leather bound with marbled boardsPro...

DICTIONNAIRE DES HERESIES' volumes 1 and 2, published for Nyon et al, Paris, 1762, full calf bound, the gilt tooled spines with red and black leat...