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A Journey through Every Stage of Life, Described in a Variety of Interesting Scenes, Drawn from Real Characters. By a Person of Quality.
'A Person of Quality' [Sarah Scott:]
London: for A. Miller, 1754. First edition. Very Good+, in Fine bindings. viii, 274; iv, 264. Pages slightly toned, with soiling to a few openings of Vol II. Vol I early ownership.. more
Price: £2,750.00
From the Earth to the Moon Direct, in 97 Hours 20 Minutes: and a Trip Round It.
Jules Verne:
London: Sampson, Low, Marston, Low, and Searle, 1873. First English edition. Very Good. viii, 323pp: with numerous illustrations, including the guarded frontis. Some recent professional restoration to hinges. The usual black endpapers replaced.. more
Price: £750.00
The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy. To which are added: Newton's System of the World; A Short Comment on, and Defence of, the Principia, by W. Emerson: with The Laws of the Moon's Motion according to Gravity, by John Machin. [Vols II & III only]
Sir Isaac Newton, translated by Andrew Motte; with additional sections by W. Emerson and John Machin: revised and corrected by W. Davis:
London: H.D. Symonds, 1803. New Edition (stated) - and the First English edn of Book III. Very Good+. Vol II: [ii], 321, (i), [10] index: with 19 numbered fold-out diagrams and 2 folding tables; Vol III: vi, 231,.. more
Price: £1,450.00
Puck Annual 1937. A Book of Pictures and Stories for Boys and Girls.
London: Fleetway House / The Amalgamated Press Ltd, 1936. Very Good+. 144pp, richly illustrated, mostly in monochrome, frontis and a few other pages in colour. Pages mostly rather card-like and browning.. more
Price: £40.00