Sommerville, D.M.Y.

Analytical Geometry of Three Dimensions.

First Edition. Cambridge, At the University Press, 1934. 22 x 14 cm. xvi, 416 pages. With line diagrams. Original dark green cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Very good condition.

Saul, J.W.

Navigation by Position Lines or Marcq St. Hilaire Method.

[First Edition]. London, Imray, Laurie, Norie & Wilson, [1920]. 18 x 12 cm. 17 pages. With a folding chart. Original dark cloth with gilt title on front board. Ex Libris on front free end paper. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Some stains on front board. Internally clean.

Wilson, Tony / Sheppard, Colin.

Theory and Practice of Scanning Optical Microscopy.

London, Academic Press (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers), 1984. 23 x 15 cm, ix, 213 pages. Illustrated throughout with B&W photographs and drawings, charts, etc. Illustrated hard cover. No Dust Jacket. Excellent condition. As new.

Hitchcock, Frank L. / McClelland, J.A. / Nolan, P.J. / Plummer, H.C. / Ryan, H. / A;gar, J. / Scharff, R.F. / Carpenter, G.H. / Armstrong, E.C.R / Macalister, R.A.S. / Westropp, M.S.D. / Power, Rev. Patrick et al.

Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Volume XXXIV. Section A: Mathematical, Astronomical, and Physical Science / Section B: Biological, Geological, and Chemical Science / Section C: Archaeology, Lingusitics, and Literature.

Dublin, Hodges, Figgis & Co. 1917-19. 27 x 18 cm. Proceedings individually paginated. With Illustrations, Maps etc. Contemporary quarter leather over cloth covered boards. Gilt title and Volume Number on Spine. Very good condition. Dust dulled and slanted.

Nolan, M.A. / McClelland, J.A / Fry, M.W.J. / Kew, H.W. / Ryan, H. / Algar, J. / Armstrong, E.C.R. / Lawlor, Rev. H.J / Macalister, R.A.S. / Westropp, T.J et al.

Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Volume XXXIII. Section A: Mathematical, Astronomical, and Physical Science / Section B: Biological, Geological, and Chemical Science / Section C: Archaeology, Lingusitics, and Literature.

Dublin, Hodges, Figgis & Co., 1916-17. 27 x 18 cm. Proceedings individually paginated. With Illustrations, Maps etc. Contemporary quarter leather over cloth covered boards. Gilt title and Volume Number on Spine. Very good condition. Dust dulled. A little slanted.

Hamilton Moore, John.

The New Practical Navigator; Being A Complete Epitome of Navigation: To which is added, all the Tables Requisite for Determining the Latitude and Longitude at Sea…

The Seventeenth Edition. Greatly Enlarged and Improved. London, Printed for Johnson, Richardson et al, 1807. 21 x 13 cm. xvi, 328 pages plus Tables. With a Frontispiece and ten Plates. New (2021) dark blue half cloth over matching marbled boards. New end papers. Gilt title and decorations. Internally age darkened and mildly foxed in places. Edges age darkened. Some of the plates with some paper losses to front edge, but not affecting actual images.

Emerson, W. [William].

A System of Astronomy. Containing the Investigation and Demonstration of the Elements of that Science.

London, Printed for J. Nourse, 1769. 20 x 12 cm. x, ii, 368 pages. With 15 out of 16 Plates, lacking Plate XII. Contemporary quarter calf over paper covered boards. Black spine label. Very good condition. Binding seriously rubbed and bumped. Some small losses to corners. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Small amount of worm damage. Some annotations. Name of previous owner on front paste down. Internally clean.

[Macfarquhar, Colin & Gleig, George – Chief Editors]

Encyclopaedia Britannica. Three Plates Volumes with 460 Plates. Volumes 1, 3 & 4 (including the Plates issued as a Supplement in 1801-03.

Third Edition & Supplement to 3rd Edition. Three volumes of four. [Edinburgh], [Privately published by Andrew Bell, Archibald Constable & Colin Macfarquhar], [1788 – 1803]. c. 26 x 20 cm. Vol.1: Plates 1 – 161 / Vol. 3: Plates 292 – 446 / Vol. 4: Plates 447 – 542 and 1 – 50. See comments below for noted ‘anomalies’. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Red spine labels with gilt title. Gilt decorations and volume numbers in gilt. Very good condition. Bindings rubbed and bumped with wear to spine and ends and corners (see images). Edges age darkened. Joints cracked, but bindings remain sound. Spine leather dried and cracked. Internally dust dulled, but generally clean. A few closed tears and some edge wear to some plates. Overall a very nice collection of more than 450 plates. See images.

Hawking, Stephen.

The Illustrated On the Shoulder of Giants. The Great Works of Physics and Astronomy.

First Edition, first Printing. Philadelphia & London, Running Press Book Publishers, 2004. 25 x 18 cm. 256 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour. Original black cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Fine in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket with mild edge wear and scratching. Now inside protective Brodart jacket. Thumb print of Stephen Hawking on title page, together with text by a secretarial hand.

Hawking, Stephen.

The Illustrated A Brief History of Time.

Updated and expanded Edition. London et al, Bantam Press, 1996. 25 x 19 cm. (4), 248 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour. Losely inserted postcard to the collector stating: “Here is the book duly signed…”. Pam Original black cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Inside original unclipped dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. Thumb print of Stephen Hawking on title page, together with quote and text by a secretarial hand.