Madame Michelet.

Nature; or, the Poetry of Earth and Sea. With Two Hundred Designs by Giacomelli.

First Edition. London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1880. 24 x 16 cm. xxxi, 431 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original cloth. Hard cover. Illustrated binding. Bevelled boards. All edges gilt. Dark end papers. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges dust dulled. Ex Libris of previous owner on front paste down. Occasional very mild foxing. Internally clean.

Tytler, Sarah / Lord Ronald Gower (editor and introduction).

The Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty The Queen. Edited with and Introduction by Lord Ronal Gower.

Two Volumes bound in One. London, J.S. Virtue & Co., ND (c. 1880s). 30 x 24 cm. Vol.1: Engraved Title Page, Title Page, 236 pages / Vol.2: Engraved Title Page, Title Page, 234 pages. Illustrated. Contemporary half morocco. Hard cover. Gilt titles and decorations. Marbled end papers. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Some abrasions and material losses. Binding sound. Edges dust dulled. A few closed tears. Internally clean. Nicely illustrated.

Pouchet, F.A.

The Universe. Or the Infinitely Great and the Infinitely Little. Illustrated by 270 Engravings on Wood from Drawings by A. Faguet, Mesnal, amd Emily Bayard, and four coloured Plates.

Twelfth Edition. London, Blackie and Son, ND [c. 1880s]. 21 x 15 cm. xvi, 564 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original decorated cloth. Hard cover. Gilt and blind decorations. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Some shelf wear. Front free end paper cleanly removed. Name of previous owner on half title page. Internally bright and clean.

Hill, Berkeley / Cooper, Arthur.

Syphilis and Local Contagious Disorders. By Berkeley Hill, M.B. Lond., F.R.C.S. Professor of Clinical Surgery in University College, Surgeon to University College Hospital, and to the Lock Hospital.

Second Edition, Entirely Re-Written by Berkeley Hill and Arthur Cooper. London, H.K. Lewis, 1881. 23 x 15 cm. xxviii, 636 pages plus 32 pages publishers list. Original cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard cover. Professionally rebacked in 2020. New end papers. Very good condition. Rebacked. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges age darkened. Ex Library (Royal Army Medical College). Three stamps on title page, no further library markings. Title page and Preface mildly foxed. Internally bright and very clean.

Wharton, Captain W.J.L.

Hydrographical Surveying. A Description of the Means and Methods Employed in Constructing Marine Charts.

First Edition. London, John Murray, 1882. 22 x 14 cm. vii, 360 pages plus 32 pages publishers list. Illustrated with charts and graphs, some folding. Original dark blue cloth with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Professionally recased using the original boards and spine. Later end papers. Binding rubbed and bumped. Internally dust dulled, but clean.

Ashton, John.

Chap-Books of the Eighteenth Century with Facsimiles, Notes, and Introduction.

First Edition. London, Chatto and Windus, 1882. 18.5 x 12 cm. xvi, 486 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original cloth with gilt and black decorations and title on front board and spine. Appears to be recased, using new end papers. Very good condition. A little slant. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges age darkened. Ex Library with a few small stamps throughout.

Freeman, Edward A.

The Historical Geography of Europe. In two Volumes. Volume 1: Text & Volume 2: Maps.

Second Edition. London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1882. 21 x 14 cm. Vol.1: xlviii, 629 pages / Vol.2: viii, 65 coloured maps. Full contemporary calf. School Prize Binding (‘Schola Civitatis Londinensis’). Gilt titles and decorations. Marbled edges and end papers. Dentelles. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Small losses to spine labels of volume 2. Edges dust dulled. End papers age darkened. Name of previous owner neatly inscribed in ink in both volumes. Internally bright and clean. A very nice set.

The Rev. John Francis Shearman.

Loca Patriciana. An Identification of Localities, Chiefly in Leinster, visited by Saint Patrick and his Assistant Missionaries and of some contemporary Kings and Chieftains. With an Essay on the Three Patricks, Palladius, Sen Patrick, and Patrick Mac Calphurn. Apostles of Ireland in the fifth Century.

Dublin, M.H. Gill & Son, 1882. 25 x 15 cm. xiii, 495 pages. With a frontispiece. With folding Plates. Modern fine half morroco over marbled boards. Spine label with gilt title. Very good condition. Binding as new. New end papers. Edges dust dulled. First few pages mildly foxed and damp stained. Internally bright and clean. A very nice copy in a solid binding.

Walpole, Charles, George.

A Short History of the Kingdom of Ireland. From the earliest Times to the Union with Great Britain. With five Maps and Appendices.

First Edition. London, Kegan, Paul, Trench & Co., 1882. 20 x 14 cm. xxxv, 579 pages plus 32 pages publishers list. Complete with five coloured Maps, as listed. Original cloth. Hard cover. Gilt titles on front board and spine. Rebacked in 2024. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. New end papers. Tipped in paper with ‘the author’s best wishes’ dated 1882. Occasional mild foxing. A few closed tears to some of the maps.

Rooke, Charles.

The Handy Pocket-Guide to Health & Health-Restoring Places.

250th Thousand. Scarborough, C. Rooke, 1884. 13 x 10 cm. 86 pages plus two pages ads. Illustrated in B&W. Original blue cloth with gilt title and black decorations on front board. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Dust dulled. Internally clean.