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[x] 204 [4] pp; with frontispiece and 14 plates (tipped in) after illustrations by EDMUND J.SULLIVAN; bound in publ. buckram (title gilt); small split in head of spine & small mark at base, lower corners bumped, tiny inscription on front f.e.p., stitching showing by p1, otherwise the contents are very good. *With an introduction by H.G.Bell., and a glossary.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs throughout; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
First edition, 8vo, xvi, 641pp., some light foxing, orig. publishers brown cloth, rebacked with partial orig. spine laid-down, a good copy. Provenance: Presentation inscription to Capt. Gill of Calderwood Castle.
In 8°; (2), 25-88 pp. Senza brossura ma non slegato. Prima edizione della seconda lettera scritta dal grande scienziato, fisico, filosofo, medico, archeologo, poeta, letterato, avvocato, giornalista e politico originario di Vallerano (Viterbo), Orioli Francesco, diretto al grande medico cesenate Bufalini Maurizio. L'autore analizza le teorie supportate da Bufalini legate alle teorie browniane confrontandole con le atre teorie in voga all'inizio del XIX° secolo legate alla teoria del vitalismo. Orioli fi celebre medico anche se in giovane età la professione non lo attraeva molto: lo troviamo, infatti, professore di fisica e filosofia nei seminari e nei licei dell'Urbe. Da Roma si trasferì a Perugia, dove si laureò in medicina. Nel 1815 insegnò fisica all'Università di Bologna. Nel 1830 partecipò con gli allievi all'insurrezione delle Romagne; successivamente fu eletto membro del governo provvisorio di Bologna, che fu sciolto in seguito all'intervento militare dell'Austria. Tentando di mettersi in salvo, Orioli salpò da Ancona diretto in Francia con un altro centinaio di rivoluzionari; ma il brigantino Isotta sul quale viaggiava venne catturato dall'allora capitano di vascello della marina austriaca Francesco Bandiera (padre dei due famosi fratelli Attilio ed Emilio) e tutti i rivoluzionari furono arrestati. Orioli venne incarcerato a Venezia. Poco dopo venne liberato, forse per mancanza di risultanze gravi sul suo conto. Iniziò così l'errare di Francesco Orioli, costretto a fuggire da terra in terra, inneggiando sempre all'Italia unita. Nella capitale francese fu professore di archeologia alla Università parigina della Sorbona. A Bruxelles insegnò psicologia. Soggiornò anche a Corfù, dove tenne un corso di fisica nell'università della città. Quando il nuovo papa, Pio IX, nel 1846, concesse l'amnistia, l'Orioli poté tornare a Roma, dove tenne la cattedra di archeologia. Le sue attitudini per il giornalismo non attesero molto per farsi notare, e così fondò un periodico politico che ebbe però vita breve, La Bilancia. Nel 1849 fu eletto deputato al parlamento della Repubblica Romana. Quando il governo pontificio fu restaurato, in riconoscimenti dei suoi meriti, fu nominato Consigliere di Stato. Morì a Roma il 5 novembre 1856. Buono stato di conservazione.
London, Gowans & Gray, 1913. 8vo.; 64 láminas en negro. Cubiertas originales.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 98pp. The story of the Roman's endeavours to turn North Britain into a peaceful province of Rome during their occupation of Britain from AD80 to AD410 and how they failed in their task. Illustrated. .
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
408 p. + Frontis and Full Page Drawings of Edinburgh. Top edge gilt. XLib stamps. Shelf label of Gettysburg Theological Seminary on front paste down and donation label of Rev. Jeremiah Zimmerman (The Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Zimmerman, Lutheran minister and educator; and a well-known numismatist and Egyptologist). 8vo. 195mm. Original full red cloth binding decorated and lettered in gold. Spine faded with remnants of library call marks. ENGLAND BX 4
147 pages. Biography of John Cruickshank (1787 - 1875) who made a significant impact at Marischal College and University of Aberdeen, Scotland as an educator and administrator. Number 179 of only 250 copies printed. Seven b/w illustrations. Black bevelled boards with gilt lettering. Top edge gilt. Endpapers discoloured with age. Binding sound. Blind stamp atop front free endpaper. A quality copy. Book
222p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
12 pages. Nice art deco front cover illustration. Dozens of wonderful contemporary ads, in particular the two-colour Duncan's Chocolates ad on back cover. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound and charming vintage copy. Book
xvi + 301pp., 24cm., hardcover (cloth), dustwrapper, fine condition
First edition, 8vo (227 x 142mm), x, 288pp., ex-library, copy, small library stamp on title and in a few places in the text, library morocco-backed cloth, spine gilt. Covers the provision for the poor in Scotland from the middle ages through to the mid-nineteenth century. Sections include: Acts against beggars and vagrants, gypsies. Parochial chargeablity. Overseers of the poor, correction houses, treatment of the poor. Parish schools and the Unions. Amounts paid to the poor. Emigration is seen as the remedy.
1st edition. VG pbk. 20347. eng
pp. xciv [Introduction in English], (1), 162 [Latin Text of De Arte Logistica] + Engraved frontispiece portrait of Napier; and a full page mezzotint style engraving of the old Castle Merchiston. Large 4to. 300 mm. Original cloth backed boards binding; joints cracked. Hardbound. Very good. First Edition. John Napier, 8th Laird of Merchiston, (1550-1617), was a Scottish mathematician - the Inventor of Logarithms. His 'Mirifici Logarithmorum Canonis Descriptio' (1614) contained the first logarithmic table and the first use of the word logarithm. His Rabdologiae (1617) gave various methods for abbreviating arithmetical calculations. One method of multiplication uses a system of numbered rods called Napier's rods, or Napier's bones; this was a major improvement on the ancient system of counters then in use. Napier also introduced the decimal point in writing numbers. The material here, dealing mainly with arithmetic and algebra, survived in manuscript form and was transcribed, after Napier's death, by his son Robert for the benefit of Henry Briggs, who further edited it. Sponsored by a descendant, Mark Napier, this is its first publication. From this work, it appears that Napier had investigated imaginary roots of equations, a subject he refers to as a great algebraic secret. SCARCE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! OVERSIZE BX 4
190 pages including glossary, bibliography and index. An authentic account of the history of curling and the conditions under which it has been played from its origins to the present day. Nicely illustrated endpapers. Black and white illustrations throughout. Small ink stamp upon title page else clean, bright and unmarked. Nice copy. Book
8vo, 24cm. Pp. lviii,785, 2 fold. col. maps of Scotland (one geological, one geo-orographical), 15 pls. of photos and drawings, few figs. in text, bibl., index of genera and species, general index. Orig. brown half leather (pigskin), cloth covers, backstrip with raised bands, gilt lettering on backstrip and front cover. Very light foxing on fore-edge, fine otherwise. - First volume of the series of six, complete in itself. The other five volumes consist of maps and plans and numerical results of dredgings and soundings. The present volume is the most important one, it consists of 12 papers on several physical and biological aspects of the lakes (surface oscillations, temperatures, chemistry, botany, sediments, plankton, etc.) and some general limnological issues, and a very large bibliography of limnological literature of about 2,700 references covering pages 659 through 752. This volume is considered as a classic contribution to the study of limnology, a reprint edition appeared in 1977 (New York: Arno Press).
Edinburgh, Printed by George Ramsay and Company, and Hurst, Robinson and Co. in London, 1823. Dos volúmenes en 4to.; CXXVII-468 pp. + V-508 pp. Excelente ejemplar. Encuadernación de la época, en tafilete verde claro, con doble filete en los planos, cantos y contracantos con ruedas doradas y lomera plana, a la inglesa, finamente decorada con nervios y casetones dorados.
First edition, small 4to, 416pp., 48 coloured plates, orig. publisers red cloth, decorated in gilt and blind, some minor wear.
New York, MacMillan, 1937, in-8, tela edit., pp. XVI, 461. Con un ritratto, cronologia e bibliografia.
Well illustrated in colour.
Slight wear to DJ ; Illustrated look at the Scottish clans from antiquity to the present day, as well as tartan patterns ; Color Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 128 pages
Features: Cover photo of Ian St. John (Liverpool and Scotland); Bobby Moore writes - 'Burnley - the best soccer school in Britain'; b/w photo of John Ritchie (Stoke City); Ron Davies - the Saint with a head for goals; Colour photos of Pat Crerant (Manchester United) and Terry Venables (Q.P.R.); Leeds - top of the record charts; They've put the 'New' in Newcastle United - the team who surprised all soccer; Nice colour centerfold photo of Derby County - First Division New Boys; b/w photo of Wilf Smith (Sheffield Wednesday) vs. Francis Lee (Manchester City); New Boys on top form; Shoot Readers score at Arsenal; Joe Payne, emergency centre-forward of Luton Town, scored 10 (TEN!) GOALS in one match on Easter Monday, April 13, 1936 vs. Bristol Rovers; Colour photos of Steve Kember (Crystal Palace) and Barry Lyons (Nottingham Forest); Focus on Willie Carr (Coventry City); Gordon Banks; great action b/w photo of Ralph Coates (Burnley) and Bob McNab (Arsenal); A soccer tale of two cities - Merseyside v. Milan!; Colour photo of David Powell (Sheffield United) on back cover; and more. Unmarked. Modest wear. A quality copy. Book
266 pages. Features: Hotels Around the World - The Roxburghe in Scotland, The Ritz-Carlton in Sarasota, Hotel Royal in Evian-les-Bains, France, Kersefontein Guest Farm in South Africa, Maison Place Royal in Montreal, Udaivilas in India; Penthouse in Key Biscayne; Charles Gwathmey - complex volumes in Bel Air; Faith Popcorn's weekend cabin on Georgica Pond, Long Island; Complex environment in a Chicago high-rise; English country style in the midwest; Chilly minimalist rooms thaw out by the East River; Japanese Fusion - east and west meet in an Okayama compound; Photographer Ellen Graham goes Anglo-Indian in Palm Beach. Light wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Magazine
35 pages. The 21 songs include: Weel May the Keel Row; Coming Thro' the rye; Annie Laurie; The Campbells are Comin'; Within a Mile of Edinborotown; Bonnie Dundee; A Highland Lad My Love was Born; The Yellow Hair'd Laddie; O' Charlie is My Darling; Jean McNeil; Scotland Forever Lancers; Caledonian; Petronella; Highland Scotch No. 1 and Virginia Reels; Highland ScotchNo. 2 and Virginia Reels; The Bonnie Brier Bush; Within a Mile of Edinburghtown; Annie Laurie; The Blue Bells of Scotland; Comin' Through the Rye; Auld Lang Syne. Above-average wear. Book
