Gould, Stephen Jay.

The Lying Stones of Marrakech: Penultimate Reflections in Natural History.

First Edition. New York, Harmony Books, Crown Publishers Inc., 2000. 16cm x 24cm. 372 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition.

Williams, Michael / Harper, David.

The Making of Ireland. Landscapes in Geology.

First Edition. London, Immel Publishing, 1999. 25 x 18 cm. (2), 98 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original laminated boards. Hard cover. As new.

Ellison, Norman F.

The Mammals of Hilbre Islands.

Arbroath, T. Buncle & Co., [1955]. 21 x 14 cm. Eight page reprint of an article published in The North Western Naturalist Sep./Dec. 1955. Small pamphlet with brown paper covers with title on front cover. Very good condition. Slightly dust dulled. Staples corroded and rusty, causing stains around them. With inscription to Lord Alanbrook on front cover.

Lyons, Norbert.

The McCormick Reaper Legend. The True Story of a Great Invention.

First Edition. New York, Exposition Press, 1955. 20 x 14 cm. 217 pages. Illustrated. Original cloth hard cover, inside original dust jacket. Now inside clear archival jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Mild damp stain to frontispiece and lower edge. Internally clean.

Olmsted, Denison.

The Mechanism of the Heavens.

London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1859. 18 x 12 cm. xii, 400 pages. With colour and B&W Illustrations. Original embossed cloth. Hard cover. Gilt titles and decorations. Very good condition. Some shefwear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Small blind bookseller stamp on front free end paper. Occasional mild foxing / browning throughout.

Morris, Desmond.

The Naked Ape. A Zoologist’s Study of the Human Animal.

First Edition. London. Jonathan Cape, 1967. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. 252 pages. Original two-tone cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. A bright and clean copy. Dust jacket with some edge wear and a closed tear in the front. Now in archival jacket. See images.

Patterson, R. Hogarth.

The New Golden Age. And Influence of the Precious Metals upon the World.

First Edition. Two Volumes. Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1882. 22 x 14 cm. Vol.1: xi, (4), 487 pages / Vol.2: vi, (2), 542 pages. Original dark cloth. Hard covers. Gilt titles and decorations. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Small library stamps on fron free end paper and title pages. Internally clean. A very good copy.

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.

Anon.

The Nursing Mirror and Midwives’ Journal. Golden Jubilee Number. Commemorating Fifty Years of Service to Nursing. 1888 – 1938.

First Edition. Vol. LXVIII, No. 1753. London, The Nursing Mirror, 1938. 26 x 19 cm. xlii (Ads), Pages numbered 131 to 182, Pages numbered xliii – lxii. Illustrated throughout in B&W. Original paper warppers. Soft Cover. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. A little age darkened throughout, but otherwise clean.

Hull, Edward.

The Physical Geology & Geography of Ireland. With two coloured Maps and Twenty-Six Wood Engravings.

First Edition. London, Edward Stanford 1878. 19 x 13 cm. xvi, 291 pages plus publishers list. Original green cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title and blind decorations. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Occasional mild foxing. A nice copy.