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Short List No. 244 - 2017.

A Christmas Selection.(99 varied items for the End of the Year).

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• Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 244 2017 •

1 Halberstadt, Hans. THE WORLD’S GREAT ARTILLERY. From the Middle Ages to the Present Day. Med. 4to; pp. 176; numerous coloured & b/w. illustrations, glossary, index; original slick pictorial papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Hoo, nr Rochester); Grange Books; (2002). #31634 A$35.00


2 Hart, Ivor B. THE WORLD OF LEONARDO DA VINCI. Man of Science, Engineer and Dreamer of Flight. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. viii, 374, [2](blank); 129 illustrations on 64 plates, 105 figures, 3 appendices including bibliography, index; original cloth; a very good copy in torn dustwrapper; scarce. London; Macdonald; (1961). #66224 A$50.00


3 Gould, Stephen Jay. WONDERFUL LIFE. The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History. Med. 8vo, First U.K. Edition; pp. 352(last 5 blank); numerous illustrations in text, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. London; Hutchinson Radius; (1990). ***The story of one of the most remarkable fossil sites in the world and the Cambrian Explosion of life forms. #58206 A$35.00


4 McMorris, Jenny. THE WARDEN OF ENGLISH. The Life of H. W. Fowler. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xx, 242, [2](blank); 8 plates, genealogical table, notes, bibliography, chronology, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in slightly faded dustwrapper. (Oxford); Oxford University Press; (2001). #34509 A$30.00


5 [Chambers, Robert]. VESTIGES OF THE NATURAL HISTORY OF CREATION. Eleventh Edition. Illustrated by numerous Engravings on Wood. London: John Churchill, New Burlington. M CCC LX. Post 8vo, Eleventh Edition; pp. [iv], 286, [2], lxiv(Proofs, illustrations, authorities, etc.); 106 figures; original green cloth (rubbed & a little marked; hinges weak); uncut; a very good copy; very scarce. London; John Churchill; [1860]. ***An anonymous work, first published in 1844 and here greatly enlarged, which had an enormous influence on Charles Darwin. This edition (the second to be illustrated) was published just following publication of Darwin’s ‘Origin’ and is Chambers’ final revision of the text. A twelfth edition, published in 1884 following Chambers’ death, reprints this text and acknowledges his authorship. #36388 A$650.00


6 [Chambers, Robert]. EXPLANATIONS: A Sequel to “Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation.” By the Author of that Work. Second Edition. London: John Churchill, Princes Street, Soho. M CCC XLVI. Post 8vo, Second Edition; pp. viii, 206(last blank), 10(adv.); original cloth (marked); uncut; (name stamp on title-page; a few leaves mildly stained); a very good copy; rare. London; John Churchill; [1846]. ***Chambers had planned to respond to criticisms of his work by publishing a series of letters to the ‘Times’ followed by a pamphlet of a hundred or so pages, however Churchill convinced the anonymous author (through his friend Alexander Ireland) that it should be issued in book form, printed and bound similarly to the original. This was duly issued in 1845, and was followed by this slightly altered version in 1846. By then the fifth edition of ‘Vestiges’ was ready and the two works were often reviewed together, the publisher going so far as to suggest a combined volume, however his anonymous author pointed out that the arguments were already incorporated in the new edition. #66864 A$850.00


7 Cooke, J. Herbert. Pitman’s Common Commodities and Industries. THE VELVET AND CORDUROY INDUSTRY. A Brief Account of the Various Processes connected with the Manufacture of Cotton Pile Goods. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. x, 116, [2](adv.), 24(adv.); 13 illustrations, 7 diagrams, index; original papered boards; a very good copy. London; Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons; N.D. [c. 1925]. #39404 A$25.00


8 Darwin, Charles. THE VARIOUS CONTRIVANCES BY WHICH ORCHIDS ARE FERTILISED BY INSECTS. By Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S. Second Edition, Revised. Fifth Thousand. With Illustrations. Cr. 8vo, Sixth Issue of Second Edition; pp. xvi, 300, 32(adv. dated April, 1890); 38 illustrations, bibliography, index; original cloth (very slightly flecked), uncut; a fine, clean copy; scarce. London; John Murray; 1889. ***Freeman 810. The seventh issue of Darwin’s work, first published in 1862, this second edition with considerably altered text, augmented by the text of a paper first prepared for insertion in the first French translation and a bibliography of works on the subject published in the intervening period. #66717 A$450.00


9 Devlin, Keith. THE UNFINISHED GAME. Pascal, Fermat, and the Seventeenth-Century Letter that made the World Modern. [A Tale of How Mathematics Is Really Done]. First Edition; pp. x, 192, [6](blank); index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. New York; Basic Books, A Member of the Perseus Books Group; (2008). #15916 A$40.00


10 (Basford, Leslie; Chief Editor). UNDERSTANDING SCIENCE. 12 vols., 4to; pp. in total 2168, each volume numbered consecutively, and each with 8 pages of preliminaries including Contents and Index, Volume 12 with 16-page Classified Contents and Consolidated Index for the whole work; very numerous coloured illustrations; original buckram (some vols. slightly marked); a fine set in dustwrappers. (London); Sampson Low; (1962-65). ***Also issued in weekly parts, this is the superior issue in publisher’s binding with index to each volume. A very comprehensive guide to pure and applied science, technology and mathematics for younger people. #59475 A$165.00


11 Billington, David P. THE TOWER AND THE BRIDGE. The New Art of Structural Engineering. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [ii], xx, 306, [8](blank); numerous illustrations, index; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. New York; Basic Books, Inc., Publishers; (1983). #39590 A$30.00


12 Clodd, Edward. THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [ii], xiv, 226, [2](adv.); chronology, index; original cloth (slightly rubbed); a nice copy; scarce. Edinburgh; William Blackwood; MCMII [1902]. ***Modern English Writers series. #66032 A$60.00


13 Mitchell, P. Chalmers. Leaders in Science. THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY. A Sketch of His Life and Work. Third impression. First U.S. Edition, Third Impression; pp. [ii], xviii, 298(last blank), [2](adv.), [2](blank); 6 plates, index; original cloth; a nice copy; scarce. New York; G. P. Putnam’s Sons; 1901. #66033 A$75.00


14 Gibb, Sir Alexander. THE STORY OF TELFORD. The Rise of Civil Engineering. With 31 illustrations and 3 maps. First Edition; pp. xxii, 358, [2](adv., verso blank); 3 double-page maps, 26 plates, chronology, list of works, bibliography, index; original cloth; a nice copy. London; Alexander Maclehose & Co.; 1935. #40095 A$45.00


15 Dobson, Jessie and Wakeley, Sir Cecil. SIR GEORGE BUCKSTON BROWNE. With a Foreword by Emeritus Professor Sir Harry Platt. First Edition; pp. viii, 144(last blank); coloured portrait frontispiece, 21 b/w. plates, 5 text figures, bibliography of Browne’s works, index; original embossed papered boards; a nice copy in worn & slightly defective dustwrapper. Edinburgh and London; E. & S. Livingstone Ltd.; 1957. ***Biography of a notable surgeon, who purchased Charles Darwin’s home, Down House, and generously provided for its repair, upkeep and preservation (a chapter is devoted to this topic). With neat marginal annotations giving the age of the subject throughout. #65715 A$50.00


16 Geikie, Archibald. THE SCENERY OF SCOTLAND. Viewed in Connexion with its Physical Geology. With a Geological Map By Sir Roderick I. Murchison, K.C.B. F.R.S. and Archibald Geikie, F.R.S. Edin and Illustrations. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 360; coloured folding geological map, 6 plates (including map of Scotland), 23 text figures (some full-page), index; original cloth; uncut; a nice, clean copy; scarce. London and Cambridge; Macmillan and Co.; 1865. ***With a rather nice inscription on half-title awarding the book as first prize in Physical Geography to a female student in Glasgow, dated May 1874. #65566 A$250.00


17 [English, Comdr. Robert A. J.]. H. O. No. 138. SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR ANTARCTICA, including the Off-lying Islands South of Latitude 60 . First Edition 1943. Issued under authority of the Secretary of the Navy. For sale by the Hydrographic Office, Washington, D.C.—Price $3.00. Med. 4to, First Edition; pp. xiv(last blank), 312, [2](blank); very large folding coloured map (1200 x 800mm. approx) in pocket, 9 folding panoramas, 219 illustrations, including 30 full-page, 2 appendices (List of principal ports & Meteorological tables), bibiog., index; original white cloth (very slightly discoloured), lettered on spine and front board in blue; a fine copy; rare. Washington; Hydrographic Office; 1943. ***Spence 424; Renard 489. This copy has the large map corrected to 1956. Published only on a restricted basis, this is a wonderfully comprehensive and well-illustrated work, with an extensive preliminary chapter on Exploration, Ice Terms, Ice Navigation, Currents, Meteorology, Optical Phenomena, Beacons, Health and Living Conditions, Flora, Fauna and Whaling; followed by detailed description of the geography. #53892 A$650.00


18 Longford, Elizabeth. THE ROYAL HOUSE OF WINDSOR. 4to, First Edition; pp. 288; 16 coloured plates, numerous b/w. illustrations, genealogical table, bibliography, index; original cloth; a nice copy in dustwrapper. London; Weidenfeld and Nicolson; (1974). ***Signed by the Author on title-page. #28797 A$35.00


19 Gibbons, Tom. ROOMS IN THE DARWIN HOTEL. Studies in English Literary Criticism and Ideas 1880-1920. First Edition; pp. xii, 164; references, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in slightly torn & faded dustwrapper. (Nedlands); University of Western Australia Press; (1973). #65932 A$35.00


20 Herrick, John W.; Chief Editor. ROCKET ENCYCLOPEDIA ILLUSTRATED. Impl. 8vo, First Edition, Second Impression; pp. 608(last blank); 459 figures, bibliography, references, list of symbols; original leather-grained cloth; a very good copy in slightly defective dustwrapper. Los Angeles; Aero Publishers, Inc.; (1959). #39399 A$35.00


21 Grabau, Amadeus W.; S.D. THE RHYTHM OF THE AGES. With [a new] introduction by Albert V. Carozzi, University of Illinois. Roy. 8vo, Facsimile Edition; pp. [iv], x, xviii, 588(including plates), [4](blank); portrait frontispiece, 25 plates & maps, 126 text illustrations, 32 tables, references (to introduction), bibliography, general index, index of genera and species; original buckram; a nice copy. Huntington, New York; Robert E. Krieger Publishing Co., Inc.; 1978. ***Originally published in Peking, China in 1940 in an edition of only 800 copies. Grabau’s theories prefigure many modern ideas of plate tectonics, continental drift, astronomical influences on crustal movements, orogenesis, etc. #65559 A$95.00


22 [Ford, Eddie L.; Editor & Publisher]. RESTORED CARS AUSTRALIA. A complete run from No. 1, Vol. 1 (Nov-Dec 1973) to Number 39 (Mar-Apr 1980). 39 parts, 4to; each pp. 52 (first 25 issues) & 56 (remaining 14 issues); very numerous b/w. illustrations (& many coloured in later issues); original colour-illustrated wrappers; a fine run in fine condition. Newstead, Vic.; Ford Publishing; 1973-80. ***Containing a wealth of interesting and useful information on Classic, Veteran and Vintage Motor Cars and their restoration. #16455 A$110.00


23 Galdikas, Birute M. F. REFLECTIONS OF EDEN. My Years with the Orangutans of Borneo. First U.S. Edition; pp. viii, 408; 2 maps, 16 plates; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. Boston; Little, Brown and Company; (1995). #35413 A$40.00


24 Edwardes, Michael. RALPH FITCH. Elizabethan in the Indies. First Edition; pp. 184; 2 maps (1 double-page), 8 plates, appendix, bibliography, notes, index; original cloth; a very good copy. London; Faber and Faber; (1972). ***A volume in the series: Great Travellers, General Editor: George Woodcock. #23919 A$25.00


25 Beamish, Richard. THE PSYCHONOMY OF THE HAND; or, The Hand an Index of Mental Development, according to MM. D’Arpentigny and Desbarrolles, With Illustrative Tracings from Living Hands. 4to, First Edition; pp. x, 94; 31 plates, index; original cloth, gilt; (neatly rebacked, with new endpapers; slight browning of title-page); a nice copy; scarce. London; Frederick Pitman; 1865. ***The binder has usefully placed the index (Pp. 93/4) at the end of the preliminaries. #66113 A$125.00


26 Badcock, Christopher. PSYCHODARWINISM. The New Synthesis of Darwin & Freud. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xiv, 210; 17 figures, references, index; original papered boards; (neat name of former owner on half-title); a fine copy in dustwrapper. (London); HarperCollins Publishers; (1994). #62239 A$30.00


27 Hunter, Dard. PAPERMAKING. The History and Technique of an Ancient Craft. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Med. 8vo, Second Edition, U.K. Issue, Second Impression; pp. [ii], xxiv, 612(last blank), xlii(index, last 5 blank); frontispiece, folding map, 322 illustrations including folding diag., chronology, bibliography, notes, index; original buckram; a fine copy in slightly worn dustwrapper; scarce. London; The Cresset Press; 1957. ***John Gartner’s copy, with his bookplate. #16155 A$250.00


28 Constable, W. G. THE PAINTER’S WORKSHOP. Cr. 4to, First Edition, Second Impression; pp. [ii], xiv, 148; frontispiece, 24 plates, references, index; original cloth (a little marked); a very good copy. London; Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press; (1955). ***A most useful book on the processes and materials used in painting, including a chapter on restoration and brief remarks on forgery. #17656 A$65.00


29 Bromfield, Louis. OUT OF THE EARTH. Malabar Edition. Cr. 8vo; pp. 352; index; original cloth; a very good copy in worn dustwrapper. London; Cassell & Co Ltd; (1954). ***Farming and the soil. The First U.K. Edition was published in 1951. #14398 A$25.00


30 Byrd, Commander Richard Evelyn. OUR TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT. Super roy. 8vo; pp. 347-522; map, 16 photos.; contained in The National Geographic Magazine, September, 1927; original wrappers (rear wrapper repaired). Washington; National Geographic Society; 1927. #23462 A$30.00


31 Darwin, Charles. ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. By Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S., &c. Fourth Edition, with Additions and Corrections. (Eighth Thousand.) London: John Murray, Albemarle Street. 1866. The right of Translation is reserved. Cr. 8vo, Fourth Edition; pp. xxii, 594(last blank); folding diagram, index; original cloth, blind-stamped boards & spine gilt; with original green chalk-surfaced endpapers; entirely uncut; (short (8 mm) split at top of spine; front hinge cracked, but firm; blank upper corner of pp. 405-6 restored; tiny stain to extreme upper margin of last four leaves of index); a very nice, sound & clean copy; rare. London; John Murray; 1866. ***Freeman 385, variant b, but without inserted advertisements, as issued. Considerably rarer on the market than the first, second, fifth, or sixth editions, this edition contains the two-page Additions and Corrections, to the Fourth Edition, and the rewritten Historical Sketch (here expanded to 8-1/2 pages). With a rather nice inscription in German on front endpaper verso dated London 24 Januar 1867. #66437 A$6500.00


32 Darwin, Charles. THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. By Charles Darwin, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S. With Portrait. London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, W. 1902. Post 8vo, ‘Popular Impression’, Fourth Issue; pp. xxxii, 704(last blank); portrait frontispiece, folding diagram, glossary, index; original leaf-green cloth, with gilt title ‘The Origin of Species’ on spine & debossed design in dark green on front board and simpler border on rear board; a very nice copy; scarce. London; John Murray; 1902. ***Freeman 479. As with the three preceding issues, printed in larger type and on slightly larger paper than the preceding editions, taken from the setting for the two-volume ‘Library Edition’ of 1888 (repaginated, with minor adjustment at the end of Volume I in that edition, and with the Contents at start, and Index at end reset), but printed on thinner paper. This is the fourth issue of the ‘Popular Impression’ first issued in November 1900, and so identified on Page [vi]. #66456 A$175.00


33 Darwin, Charles. THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES By Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. By Charles Darwin, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S. Odhams Press Limited, Long Acre, London, W.C.2. Cr. 8vo; pp. 528(last 3 blank); portrait frontispiece, full-page diagram, list of additions and corrections to the Sixth Edition, historical sketch, glossary, index; original mottled brown cloth; a nice copy; scarce. London; Odhams Press Limited; N.D. [c. 1935]. ***Freeman 553. #45977 A$100.00


34 Darwin, Charles. ON THE STRUCTURE AND DISTRIBUTION OF CORAL REEFS. Also Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands and parts of South America visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. With portrait, maps, plates, and numerous illustrations and critical introductions by Prof. John W. Judd, F.R.S., Professor of Geology in the Normal College of Science, South Kensington. Cr. 8vo; pp. xx, 550(last blank), [6](adv. for Minerva Library, New Series); frontispiece (portrait of Darwin by Collier), 6 plates (3 folding, including 2 maps), over 40 text illustrations, 3 indices; original blue cloth, gilt; a very good copy; scarce. London; Ward, Lock & Co.; N.D. [c. 1900]. ***Freeman 294 (variant coloured cloth). #66831 A$175.00


35 Clarke, Peter. ON THE ICE. Demy 4to, First Edition; pp. 104; full-page map, 7 coloured plates; very numerous b/w. photos (including double & full-page), glossary, index; original blue-grey cloth, spine lettered in white; a very good copy in dustwrapper. New York, Chicago, San Francisco; A Burdette & Company Book, Distributed by Rand McNally & Company; (1966). ***Spence 302; Renard 347. #4116 A$45.00


36 Dantzig, Tobias. NUMBER. The Language of Science. A Critical Survey Written for the Cultured Non-Mathematician. First Edition; pp. xiv, 260, [2](blank); 11 plates, several full-page illustrations, index of names, index of subjects; original cloth (spine faded; a little foxing at start, otherwise a nice copy). New York; The Macmillan Company; 1930. ***The author was Professor of Mathematics at the University of Maryland. #35808 A$65.00


37 Clark, Kenneth. THE NUDE. A Study of Ideal Art. Book Club Edition; pp. xxiv, 408; 298 illustrations, references, notes, index; original quarter buckram, with patterned papered sides; a nice copy in worn dustwrapper. London; The Reprint Society; (1958). #22706 A$30.00


38 Punnett, Reginald Crundall; F.R.S. MENDELISM. Sixth Edition. Cr. 8vo; pp. xvi, 220(last blank), [4](adv.); frontispiece portrait of Gregor Mendel, 6 coloured & 1 b/w. plates, 52 text illustrations, appendix, index; original cloth; a very nice copy; scarce. London; Macmillan and Co., Limited; 1922. ***First published in 1905, revised in 1907, entirely rewritten and much enlarged for the third edition, revised again for the fourth edition, and here further revised and rewritten. #66790 A$125.00


39 Melbourne: MELBOURNE, PORT PHILLIP. One leaf, folio; pp. 621-622; extracted from the Illustrated London News for Nov. 24, 1855; 3 illustrations relating to early Melbourne and another of a native of the Warrialda Tribe (New South Wales); top margin a little frayed with short tears repaired, but in very good condition. London; Illustrated London News; 1855. ***An interesting resume of the then current state of the city, founded only nineteen years before with fine engravings of the city, the Town Hall and a copy of the map drawn by Robert Russell in 1837. #67543 A$45.00


40 Hansler, Dr. Rolf. MASTER DRAWINGS. Edited and Selected by J. E. Schuler. Text by Dr. Rolf Hansler. Translated from the German by Gillian Brydone. Super roy. 4to, First Edition in English; pp. 236; 112 plates (7 mounted, many coloured); original cloth; a nice copy in dustwrapper. London; Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.; (1963). #22480 A$35.00


41 Ellis, Havelock. MAN AND WOMAN. A Study of Human Secondary Sexual Characters. Illustrated. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [ii](adv.), xiv, 410(last blank), [22](adv.); several figures, index of authors, index of subjects; original cloth, gilt (rubbed; some minor soiling); a very good copy; scarce. London; Walter Scott, Ltd.; 1894. ***The Contemporary Science Series, Edited by Havelock Ellis, Volume XXIV. #65846 A$65.00


42 Fleming, Ian. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 224(last 3 blank); patterned endpapers; (some minor soiling); a very good copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. London; Jonathan Cape; (1965). #55788 A$95.00


43 Bazin, Germain. THE LOOM OF ART. 146 colour plates, 273 black and white illustrations, 23 line drawings. (Translated by Jonathan Griffin). Super roy. 4to, First Edition in English; pp. 328; very numerous coloured & b/w. plates, notes, index; original buckram; a very good copy in worn dustwrapper. London; Thames and Hudson; (1962). #20690 A$65.00


44 Fitter, R. S. R. LONDON’S NATURAL HISTORY. Second Impression; pp. xii, 284(last blank); 11 maps, 52 coloured & 41 b/w. plates, 6 appendices, bibliography, index; original buckram; a very good copy in worn & slightly defective dustwrapper. London; Collins; (1946). ***New Naturalist No. 3. A most interesting and informative history and natural history of the great city, first published in the previous year. #813 A$30.00


45 Smiles, Samuel. LIVES OF THE ENGINEERS. A New and Revised Edition. 5 vols., cr. 8vo; [Vol. I] Early Engineering. Vermuyden—Myddelton—Perry—James Brindley. Pp. [ii], xxxiv, 320, 16(adv.); 2 steel-engraved portrait plates, 49 wood-engraved illusts., appendix, index. [Vol. II] Harbours—Lighthouses—Bridges. Smeaton and Rennie. Pp. [ii], xii, 390, 14(adv.); 2 steel-engraved portrait plates, 78 wood-engraved illusts., index; [Vol. III] History of Roads. Metcalfe: Telford. Pp. [ii], xii, 332(last blank), 16(adv.); steel-engraved portrait frontis., 8 wood-engraved plates, 60 wood-engraved illusts., index; [Vol. IV] The Steam Engine. Boulton and Watt. Pp. [ii], x, 416, 16(adv.); 2 steel-engraved portrait plates, 61 wood-engraved illustrations, index; [Vol. V] The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson. Pp. [ii], xliv, 388, 16(adv.); 2 steel-engraved portrait plates, 69 wood-engraved illustrations, index; original gilt-decorated cloth (a little flecked; spines faded); uncut; a nice set. London; John Murray; 1874-74-74-78-79. ***A complete set of this nicely produced work. #49040 A$175.00


46 da Vinci, Leonardo. National Gallery of Art: Kress Foundation Studies in the History of European Art [Number Five]. THE LITERARY WORKS OF LEONARDO DA VINCI. Compiled and Edited from the Original Manuscripts by Jean Paul Richter. Commentary by Carlo Pedretti. 2 vols., roy. 8vo, First U.S. Edition; Vol. I, pp. xxii, 402; 32 plates, very numerous text figures; Vol. II, pp. [vi], 442; 18 plates, very numerous text illustrations, notes, appendix, index; original cloth; a nice set in dustwrappers (that to Vol. II torn & repaired). Berkeley and Los Angeles; University of California Press; 1977. ***The first edition of Richter’s work was published in 1883; a second edition, revised by Richter (who passed away in his ninetieth year when the revision was almost complete) and Irma A. Richter was published in 1939; a third edition, unchanged from the second was issued in 1970. These volumes of commentary by Pedretti are a valuable addition to the work. #17213 A$175.00


47 HoltWhite, Rashleigh. THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF GILBERT WHITE OF SELBORNE. Written and Edited by his Great-Grand-Nephew Rashleigh Holt-White. With pedigree, portraits, and illustrations. In two volumes. 2 vols., demy 8vo, First Edition; Vol. I, pp. xvi, 332(last blank); 5 very fine engraved portraits, 10 other plates, 2 illustrations; Vol. II, pp. [ii], x, 300; 5 very fine engraved portraits, 9 other plates including folding facsimile of last page of the Naturalist’s Journal, 4 illustrations, large folding genealogical table, index; original decorated cloth (spines a little darkened & slightly marked), top edges gilt, others uncut; (some occasional slight browning & a couple of very small marginal stains); a very good set; scarce. London; John Murray; 1901. #38438 A$165.00


48 Abraham, James Johnston. LETTSOM: His Life, Times, Friends and Descendants. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. xx, 498; 145 illustrations, including many full-page plates, folding pedigree, etc., 2 appendices, index; original buckram; a nice copy in rare dustwrapper (taped & slightly defective). London; William Heinemann Medical Books Ltd; 1933. ***John Coakley Lettsom, 1746-1815, was one of the leading physicians of the Eighteenth century and was at the forefront of many of the medical advances of the day. The dustwrapper (seldom found) is the second issue one stating “Cheap Edition” issued to stimulate sales, but the book is the first edition, identical in all respects. From the library of Ralph Pilkington, with his bookplate. #19550 A$95.00


49 Arasse, Daniel. LEONARDO DA VINCI. The Rhythm of the World. Translated from the French by Rosetta Translations. Med. 4to, First Edition in English; pp. 546(last blank); 330 figures (mostly coloured, 1 folding), 2 appendices, notes, bibliography, index of proper names, index of works; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Old Saybrook); Konecky & Konecky; (1998). #66236 A$85.00


50 [Goldscheider, Ludwig]. LEONARDO DA VINCI. Impl. 4to, Fifth Edition; pp. 44(last blank), [4]; mounted tinted frontispiece, 2 mounted coloured plates, 108 plates with 148 illustrations (some mounted 7 coloured), 77 figures (2 mounted), index of collections, bibliography with index; original canvas; a very good copy in slightly torn & worn dustwrapper. London; Phaidon Press Ltd; (1954). #66234 A$40.00


51 Freud, Sigmund; M.D., LL.D. LEONARDO DA VINCI. A Psychosexual Study of an Infantile Reminiscence. Translated by A. A. Brill, Ph.B., M.D. Reprint of the American Edition with a Preface By Ernest Jones, M.D., M.R.C.P. Lond. and four plates. Cr. 8vo, First U.K. Edition; pp. [x], 130, [4](blank); 4 plates; original cloth; a nice copy with remains of dustwrapper; scarce. London; Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd; 1948. #66220 A$95.00


52 Emboden, William A. LEONARDO DA VINCI ON PLANTS AND GARDENS. Foreword by Carlo Pedretti. 4to, First Edition; pp. [vi], 234; 8 coloured plates, 100 figures, 5 appendices, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Portland, Oregon); Dioscorides Press in cooperation with The Armand Hammer Center for Leonardo Studies at UCLA; (1987). ***Historical, Ethno- & Economic Botany Series, Volume 1 — Theodore R. Dudley, Ph.D., General Editor. #66230 A$85.00


53 Guernsey, Lisa. INTO THE MINDS OF BABES. How Screen Time Affects Children from Birth to Age Five. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 288(last blank); 4 illustrations, 3 appendices, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. New York; Basic Books, A Member of the Perseus Books Group; (2007). #37313 A$30.00


54 Darwin, Charles. INSECTIVOROUS PLANTS. By Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S., etc. Second Edition, revised by Francis Darwin. Sixth Thousand. Cr. 8vo, Second Issue of Second Edition; pp. xiv, 378, 16(adv., dated January 1894); list of chief additions to the Second Edition, 30 text illustrations, index; a fine, clean and fresh copy in the original green cloth, gilt; entirely uncut and unopened; scarce. London; John Murray; 1893. ***Freeman 1227. With the armorial bookplate of Arthur Wood. This edition which includes material from Francis Darwin’s own experiments was first issued in 1888. #23608 A$500.00


55 Cornwall, Peter Bruce. IN SEARCH OF ARABIA’S PAST [and] SAUDI ARABIA, OIL KINGDOM, by Maynard Owen Williams. Super roy. 8vo; pp. 493-522; 2 maps, numerous coloured & b/w. illustrations; contained in the complete issue of the National Geographic Magazine, April, 1948; original wrappers (spine a little worn). Washington; National Geographic Society; 1948. #18203 A$25.00


56 Crabb, Richard. THE HYBRIDCORN MAKERS. Prophets of Plenty. First Edition; pp. [ii], xxvi, 332(last blank); 16 plates, index; original cloth; a nice copy in worn dustwrapper. New Brunswick; Rutgers University Press; 1947. ***Inscribed and signed by the Author and with three stickers of Funk’s Hybrid affixed. #36444 A$50.00


57 Desmond, Adrian. HUXLEY: THE DEVIL’S DISCIPLE. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xviii, 478(last 3 blank); 38 illustrations on 24 plates, notes, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. London; Michael Joseph; (1994). #14486 A$75.00


58 Desmond, Adrian. HUXLEY: EVOLUTION’S HIGH PRIEST. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xiv, 370; 20 illustrations on 16 plates, notes, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; Michael Joseph; (1997). #19863 A$75.00


59 [McGlyn, Hilary; Editorial Director]. THE HUTCHINSON ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MODERN POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. [x], 534(last 7 blank); several illustrations, several appendices, chronological index, index by country; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Oxford); Helicon; (1999). #36015 A$45.00


60 Gould, John. HUMMING BIRDS. Eulampis Jugularis. A full size facsimile print of this bird (two specimens shown) being Plate 82 from Volume II of the Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Humming-Birds. A fine, colourful and attractive print, 370 by 540 mm. (image 310 by 380 approx. plus captions). Melbourne; Hill House; 1993. ***The colours are very faithful to the original. #58678 A$45.00


61 Briggs, John. HISTORY OF THE RISE OF THE MAHOMEDAN POWER IN INDIA till the year A.D. 1612. Translated from the Original Persian of Mahomed Kasim Ferishta by John Briggs, M.R.A.S., Lieutenant-Colonel in the Madras Army. To which is added, An Account of the Conquest by the Kings of Hydrabad of those Parts of the Madras Provinces denominated the Ceded Districts and Northern Circars. With Copious Notes. 4 vols., 8vo; Vol. I, pp. lxiv, 360; several genealogical tables (2 folding), chronology; Vol. II, pp. xvi, 352; 3 genealogical tables (2 folding), chronology; Vol. III, pp. xx, 332(last 4 blank); 3 genealogical tables (1 folding), chronology; Vol. IV, pp. xxiv, 424(last blank); 8 genealogical tables (6 folding), chronology, alphabetical lists; original cloth; a very good set in dustwrappers. New Delhi; Oriental Books Reprint Corporation; (1981). #15725 A$65.00


62 Clair, Colin. A HISTORY OF PRINTING IN BRITAIN. First Edition; pp. [xii], 314, [2](blank); 36 plates, notes, index; original cloth; a nice copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. London; Cassell; (1965). #33413 A$75.00


63 Macaulay, Thomas Babington. THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND. From the Accession of James II. 5 vols., Volume I, Third Edition, pp. xii, 670, 20(Index to the First, Second and Third Editions of Vol. I); Volume II, Third Edition, pp. xii, 670, 16(Index to the First, Second and Third Editions of Vol. II); Volume III, First Edition, pp. xii, 764; index; Volume IV, First Edition; pp. xii, 836; index; Volume V, Edited by His Sister, Lady Trevelyan, First Edition; pp. viii, 398; index; finely bound in full near-contemporary crimson calf, gilt, for H. Sotheran, Piccadilly [by Riviere]; top edges gilt; (headcap of Volume III slightly worn; spines slightly discoloured); a fine, most attractive set. London; Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans [Vol. V, Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts]; 1849-49-55-55-61. #67534 A$450.00


64 Green, Roger Lancelyn. HEROES OF GREECE AND TROY. Retold from the Ancient Authors by Roger Lancelyn Green. With drawings by Heather Copley and Christopher Chamberlain. Reprint Edition; pp. [3]-346; 2 double-page maps, numerous illustrations, index; original papered boards; a very good copy in dustwrapper. London; The Bodley Head; (1975). ***First published by Penguin in two separate volumes in 1958, in this revised edition 1960, reissued with index in 1973, and here reprinted. #66111 A$30.00


65 Doncaster, L. HEREDITY in the Light of Recent Research. Small 8vo, First Edition; pp. [ii], x, 140; 12 figures, a few diagrams, 2 appendices, bibliography, glossary, index; original cloth (spine a little faded); a nice copy. Cambridge; at the University Press; 1910. ***The Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature. #66781 A$35.00


66 Clarke, Peter. HELL AND PARADISE. Square 4to (250 x 240mm.), First Edition; pp. 190; endpaper, 2 double-page, 3 full-page & several text maps & very numerous double-page, full-page & other illustrations, mostly in colour, appendices, bibliography, index; original cloth; a nice copy in dustwrapper. [Ringwood]; Viking [Penguin Books Australia Ltd; 1986]. ***Including Norfolk and Pitcairn Islands. #16115 A$75.00


67 Foli, Professor. HANDWRITING AS AN INDEX TO CHARACTER. Third Edition. Cr. 8vo, Third Edition; pp. 112(including pastedowns, with 5 pp. adverts. at front and 3 at rear; several illustrations, index; original printed cloth (a little rubbed); a very good copy. London; C. Arthur Pearson Ltd.; N.D. [c. 1900]. #66089 A$30.00


68 Hoflehner, Josef. FROZEN HISTORY. The Legacy of Scott and Shackleton. Photographs by Josef & Katharina Hoflehner. Med. 4to, First Edition; pp. 288; endpaper schematic map, numerous superb illustrations from photographs, notes & sources, bibliography; original quarter cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Wels - Austria; Josef Hoflehner; 2003). #19325 A$95.00


69 Darwin, Charles. THE FORMATION OF VEGETABLE MOULD through the Action of Worms, with Observations on their Habits. By Charles Darwin, LL.D., F.R.S. With illustrations. Third Thousand. Cr. 8vo, First Edition, Third Thousand; pp. [ii], viii, 326, [2](adv.); 15 text illustrations, Errata slip, index; original cloth; uncut; a very nice, clean & fresh copy; very scarce. London; John Murray; 1881. ***Freeman 1359. Issued in the same year as the first. #7694 A$600.00


70 Darwin, Charles. THE FORMATION OF VEGETABLE MOULD through the Action of Worms, with Observations on their Habits. By Charles Darwin, LL.D., F.R.S. Thirteenth Thousand. With illustrations. Cr. 8vo; pp. viii, 298, [2](adv., verso blank); 15 illustrations on 10 plates, index; original cloth (slightly marked; some foxing); spine and front board lettered in black; a nice copy in slightly defective dustwrapper. London; John Murray; 1904. ***Freeman 1389. The reference on title-page to Thirteenth Thousand is clearly incorrect unless the earlier issue of 1897 was of fewer than 1000 copies. This edition is entirely reset, with the text figures transferred to separate plates and was issued in at least two binding styles, one with spine lettered in gilt, the other in black, as here. The dustwrapper is very rarely seen. #66849 A$150.00


71 Young, Sir George. FACSIMILE OF A PROPOSAL FOR A SETTLEMENT ON THE COAST OF NEW SOUTH WALES, by Sir George Young, 1785. From a Copy in the possession of the Publishers. Folio, Facsimile Edition; pp. [4](last blank); original stiff wrappers; (some foxing, but a very good copy); scarce. Sydney; Angus & Robertson; 1888. ***This was one of the first publications of Angus and Robertson, published in their first year of operation as a publisher (prior to this they had sold secondhand books only). Ferguson 18988. #67540 A$150.00


72 Auden, W. H. and Kronenberger, Louis. THE FABER BOOK OF APHORISMS. A Personal Selection. First U.K. Edition, Third Impression; pp. x, 406(last blank); index of authors; original cloth; a nice copy in dustwrapper. London; Faber and Faber Limited; (mcmlxv [1965]). ***First published in the U.S. in 1962. #65972 A$30.00


73 Bell, Charles. ESSAYS ON THE ANATOMY OF EXPRESSION IN PAINTING. Roy. 4to, Facsimile Edition; pp. [ii], xii, 186, [2](Colophon, verso blank); 6 plates, several fine sketch illustrations in text; original full leather, gilt; gilt edges & marker ribbon; a fine copy. [Birmingham, Alabama; The Classics of Medicine Library; 1984]. ***Facsimile of the first edition, published London; Longman, Hurst Rees, and Orme; 1806. A most interesting work: a forerunner to Darwin’s “Expression of the Emotions [etc.]”, and referred to by Darwin in that work, although he disagreed with some of the conclusions. #45612 A$95.00


74 Burchfield, Robert. THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. First Edition; pp. xiv, 194; a few diagrams, notes, bibliography, index; original papered boards; (stamp of former owner on pastedown); a nice copy in dustwrapper. Oxford; Oxford University Press; 1985. #47642 A$25.00


75 Davies, Gordon L. THE EARTH IN DECAY. A History of British Geomorphology 1578-1878. Med. 8vo, First U.S. Edition; pp. xvi, 390, [2](blank); 8 plates, 4 text figures, glossary, bibliography, index; original buckram; a nice copy in worn dustwrapper. New York; American Elsevier Publishing Company, Inc.; (1969). ***History of Science Library. #3604 A$35.00


76 Atkins, Sir Hedley; KBE. DOWN. The Home of the Darwins. The Story of a House and the People who lived there. 4to, First Edition; pp. [viii], 132(last blank); 8 plates, 6 figures, 4 tables, references, index; original vinyl, gilt; a very good copy. London; Published under the auspices of The Royal College of Surgeons of England; (1974). ***Designed and printed at The Curwen Press. #65665 A$60.00


77 Fuller, Steve. DISSENT OVER DESCENT. Intelligent Design’s Challenge to Darwinism. First Edition; pp. vi, 272, [10](adv.); references, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Thriplow, Cambridgeshire); Icon Books; (2008). #52452 A$30.00


78 Darwin, Charles. THE DESCENT OF MAN, and Selection in Relation to Sex. By Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S. Second Edition, Revised and Augmented. Twenty-Seventh Thousand. With Illustrations. Cr. 8vo, Second Edition, Thirteenth Issue; pp. [ii](blank), xvi, 694(last blank); 78 text illustrations, Table of Additions & Corrections, Supplemental Note, extensive index; uncut in the original blind-stamped green cloth, spine gilt; (very slight foxing of edges only); a very nice, clean & bright copy; scarce. London; John Murray; 1890. ***Freeman 970. As Freeman notes: the word ‘evolution’ occurs, for the first time in any of Darwin’s works, on Page 2 of the first volume of the first edition, before its appearance in the sixth edition of the ‘Origin’ in the following year. This edition includes the Supplemental Note on Sexual Selection in Relation to Monkeys (Reprinted from Nature, November 2, 1876, p. 18). This first appeared in the 12th Thousand of 1877. #66521 A$375.00


79 (Hall, Tony; Editor). DDAY. Operation Overlord. From its planning to the Liberation of Paris. Foreword by Winston S. Churchill. Super roy. 4to, Book Club Edition; pp. 224; 2 endpaper maps, very numerous coloured & b/w. illustrations & maps, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; BCA; (1993). ***The foreword is by the grandson of his famous namesake. #19858 A$45.00


80 Freeman, R. B. DARWIN PEDIGREES. 4to, First Edition; pp. [iii]-viii(as issued), 84; 9 plates, 20 pedigrees; original cloth; a fine copy. London; Printed for the Author; 1984. ***Comprising a facsimile of the 1888 “Pedigree of the Family of Darwin,” compiled by H. Farnham Burke, and privately printed in an edition of only 60 copies, substantially augmented, updated, and with commentary by Freeman. #65674 A$65.00


81 Massingberd, Hugh; Edited by. THE DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF OBITUARIES. A celebration of eccentric lives. First Edition, Fourth Impression; pp. xiv, 338; index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (London); Macmillan; (1995). ***Together with the Second [Heroes and Adventurers, pp. xii, 356(last 5 adv. & blank)], Third [Entertainers, pp. xii, 336, [4](blank)], Fourth [Rogues, pp. xiv, 418(last 3 blank)] and Fifth [Twentieth-Century Lives, pp. xx, 508(last 3 blank)] Daily Telegraph Book of Obituaries, each with index, these later volumes being the paperback issues, Pan Books, 1996-97-98-99. In all, five volumes, with a number of related newsclippings. #65956 A$35.00


82 Diamond Jubilee: DAILY MAIL. The Golden Extra. To commemorate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. No. CCCLVII. London, Wednesday, June 23, 1897. Sixpence. Broadsheet format; pp. 8; several illustrations including 2 full-page; unbound, as issued (spine neatly strengthened with gold tape; a few minor repairs to folds & edges); a very good copy. London; John Hood Lingard; 1897. ***Entirely printed in gold ink. #16551 A$25.00


83 Ewing, Juliana Horatia. DADDY DARWIN’S DOVECOT. A Country Tale by Juliana Horatia Ewing, author of Jackanapes &c. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott. F’cap 4to; First Edition; pp. 52; coloured frontispiece & numerous drawings by Caldecott; original illustrated papered boards (spine worn); a very good copy; scarce. London; Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; N.D. [1884]. ***The tale recaptures the Author’s Yorkshire childhood. #24897 A$75.00


84 Burchett, Wilfred and Purdy, Anthony. COSMONAUT YURI GAGARIN. First Man in Space. With 32 pages of half-tone Illustrations. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 188(last blank); 32 plates, index; original papered boards; (inscription on endpaper; a little foxing); a very good copy in worn dustwrapper. London; Anthony Gibbs & Phillips; (MCMLXI) [1961]. #64923 A$35.00


85 Bennett, D. C. T. THE COMPLETE AIR NAVIGATOR. Covering the Syllabus for the Flight Air Navigator’s Licence. Sixth Edition. Pp. xx, 444; coloured plate, 181 figures, several tables, 6 appendices, index; original cloth; a fine copy in worn dustwrapper. London; Sir Isaac Pitman & Son, Ltd.; (1954). #16055 A$45.00


86 Blunt, Wilfrid; with the assistance of William T. Stearn. THE COMPLEAT NATURALIST. A Life of Linnaeus. Cr 4to, First Edition; pp. 256; 32 coloured plates (3 double-page) & 170 b/w. illustrations (including a few sketch maps), bibliography, appendix, index; original cloth; a nice copy in worn dustwrapper. London; Collins; 1971. #8979 A$100.00


87 Bowler, Peter J. CHARLES DARWIN. The Man and His Influence. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xii, 250, [10](blank); endpaper map, 15 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Oxford); Basil Blackwell; (1990). ***Blackwell Science Biographies, General Editor: David Knight. #52473 A$60.00


88 de Beer, Gavin. CHARLES DARWIN. THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY. Autobiographies. Edited with an Introduction by Gavin de Beer. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xxvi, 126(last 3 blank); 12 plates, chronology of Darwin and of Huxley, bibliography, notes index; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; Oxford University Press; 1974. ***Freeman 1508. A volume in the series Oxford English Memoirs and Travels, General Editor: James Kinsley. #49208 A$35.00


89 Huxley, T. H.; Romanes, G. J.; Geikie, Archibald; and Dyer, W. T. Thiselton. Nature Series. CHARLES DARWIN. Memorial Notices reprinted from “Nature.”. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 82, [2](adv.); portrait frontispiece; original cloth, spine gilt; a nice copy; rare. London; Macmillan and Co.; 1881. ***Comprising Introductory Notice by Huxley; Life and Character, Work in Zoology, and Work in Psychology by Romanes; Work in Geology by Geikie; and Work in Botany by Dyer. #65664 A$350.00


90 Darwin, Charles: CHARLES DARWIN’S NOTEBOOKS FROM THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE. Transcribed, edited and introduced by Gordon Chancellor and John van Wyhe. With the assistance of Kees Rookmaaker. Foreword by Richard Darwin Keynes. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xxxiv, 622(last 7 blank); numerous illustrations including several maps, chronological register, bibliography, index; original slick pictorial papered boards; a fine copy. (Cambridge); Cambridge University Press; (2009). #66355 A$150.00


91 Darwin, Charles. Edited by Sir Francis Darwin. CHARLES DARWIN’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY. With His Notes and Letters Depicting the Growth of the Origin of Species. And an Introductory Essay, “The Meaning of Darwin,” by George Gaylord Simpson. Cr. 8vo, First Edition (in this form); pp. 254, [2](blank); index; original stiff wrappers; a nice copy. New York, N.Y.; Collier Books; (1961). ***Freeman 1504. Men of Science Library, AS94. #65653 A$35.00


92 Bush, Barry. THE CAT CARE QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOK. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 240; several illustrations, 6 tables, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; Orbis Publishing; (1981). #45776 A$25.00


93 Gould, Lieut.-Commander R. T., R.N. (Retired). THE CASE FOR THE SEASERPENT. First Edition; pp. xii, 292(last blank); endpaper map, 8 plates, 29 figures, index; original cloth; (some foxing); a very good copy; scarce. (London); Philip Allan; 1930. ***Geoffrey Ingleton’s copy, with his bookplate. #65183 A$45.00


94 Hough, Richard. CAPTAIN BLIGH & MR CHRISTIAN. The Men and the Mutiny. Med. 8vo, First U.S. Edition; pp. 320; endpaper maps, 16 plates (1 double-page), 13 text illustrations & maps, chronology, sources, index; original cloth; a very good copy in dustwrapper. New York; E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.; 1973. #2115 A$35.00


95 Grodzinsky, Yosef [and] Amunts, Katrin; Edited by. BROCA’S REGION. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 424(last 5 blank); 16 coloured plates, numerous b/w. illustrations & figures, references, author index, subject index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (New York); Oxford University Press; 2006. ***A remarkable collection of papers from the Broca’s Region Workshop held in Julich and Aachen in 2005, together with a selection of seminal historical papers (starting with Broca himself ) on neuro-anatomy and linguistics. #62158 A$75.00


96 Batchelor, John Calvin. THE BIRTH OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF ANTARCTICA. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [xii], 404(last blank); full-page & 2 other maps; original cloth-backed boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. New York; The Dial Press; (1983). ***An adventure novel in the dystopian tradition of Orwell and Golding, set, in part, in Antarctica. #62675 A$30.00


97 Darwin, Charles. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF CHARLES DARWIN 18091882. With original omissions restored. Edited with Appendix and Notes by his grand-daughter Nora Barlow. First Edition; pp. [ii], 254(last blank); 4 plates, appendix, notes, index; original cloth; a nice copy in slightly worn dustwrapper; very scarce. London; Collins; 1958. ***Freeman 1497. #60736 A$140.00


98 Desmond, Adrian. ARCHETYPES AND ANCESTORS. Palaeontology in Victorian London 1850-1875. Med. 8vo, First U.S. Edition; pp. 288(last blank); several illustrations, notes, references, bibliography, index; original stiff wrappers; a very good copy. (Chicago); The University of Chicago Press; (1984). ***First published in 1982. #65573 A$30.00


99 Braxton, Dorothy. THE ABOMINABLE SNOWWOMEN. First Edition; pp. 204(last 3 blank); endpaper maps, 16 plates; original light blue cloth-grained papered boards, spine lettered in blue; a nice copy in dustwrapper with a fine coloured illustration of an elephant seal on front. Wellington; A. H. & A. W. Reed; (1969). ***Not in Spence; Renard 167. Antarctica as first seen and recorded by a woman. #8182 A$60.00

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