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Kircher, Athanasius Latium, id est, nova et parallela Latii tum veteris tum novi descriptio. Amsterdam: J. Janssonius, 1671.

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Lot 127

Kircher, Athanasius Latium, id est, nova et parallela Latii tum veteris tum novi descriptio. Amsterdam: J. Janssonius, 1671. Folio, additional engraved title, engraved portrait of Clement X, 27 engraved plates and maps [15 double page, 1 folding], engraved illustrations, nineteenth century half calf, rubbed, browning and spotting, small tear to A4, small tear to one plate Note: First edition of Kircher`s topographical description of Lazio, together with illustrations of the countryside, the remains of Roman villas and views of more modern country estates. Provenance: "Bib. Coll. Val. Gir. S.J.", library label of a Parisian Jesuit College on inside front cover.

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St. John, Charles Natural history & sport in Moray. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1882. 8vo, frontispiece, vignette title, 38

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Lot 128

St. John, Charles Natural history & sport in Moray. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1882. 8vo, frontispiece, vignette title, 38 plates, original green cloth gilt, some fading to backstrip, some light foxing to upper edge; [Idem] A tour in Sutherlandshire. London: John Murray, 1849. 8vo, 2 volumes, frontispieces, original cloth gilt, some fading to backstrip, foxing to early leaves, lacking front free endpapers, bookplates; Scrope, William The art of deer-stalking. London: John Murray, 1838. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, engraved title, 10 engraved plates, contemporary half morocco gilt, foxing to plates and title (4)

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Agriculture of Roxburgh -- Douglas, Robert General view of the agriculture of Roxburgh and Selkirk. Edinburgh: G. Nicoll, 179

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Lot 133

Agriculture of Roxburgh -- Douglas, Robert General view of the agriculture of Roxburgh and Selkirk. Edinburgh: G. Nicoll, 1798. First edition, 8vo, 2 hand-coloured folding maps, 2 engraved plates (1 folding), contemporary half calf, spine gilt, head of spine slightly rubbed

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Curling -- Kerr, John The history of curling. Edinburgh: D. Douglas, 1890. First edition, large 8vo, presentation copy from t

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Lot 147

Curling -- Kerr, John The history of curling. Edinburgh: D. Douglas, 1890. First edition, large 8vo, presentation copy from the author to Field Marshal Haig, pictorial title, 15 plates, illustrations, original red morocco backed pictorial boards, spine gilt, t.e.g., boards slightly soiled, corners lightly rubbed

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Gardening Planting and ornamental gardening. London: J. Dodsley, 1785. First edition, 8vo, half-title, erratum leaf, contempo

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Lot 155

Gardening Planting and ornamental gardening. London: J. Dodsley, 1785. First edition, 8vo, half-title, erratum leaf, contemporary calf; Miller, Philip The gardeners dictionary. London: C. Rivington, 1741. Second edition, 8vo, volume 1 only, engraved frontispiece and one plate, corner of U4 torn away with loss of two letters, contemporary calf, extremities worn (2)

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Scott, Walter Memorials of the Haliburtons. Edinburgh: J. Ballantyne & Co., 1820. First edition, 4to, presentation copy s

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Lot 180

Scott, Walter Memorials of the Haliburtons. Edinburgh: J. Ballantyne & Co., 1820. First edition, 4to, presentation copy signed by the author, engraved frontispiece, original pink cloth, paper label on upper cover, uncut, cloth faded, splitting to upper joint

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South Africa, Boer War -- Amery, L.S. The Times history of the war in South Africa 1899-1900. London: Sampson Low, Marston &a

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Lot 185

South Africa, Boer War -- Amery, L.S. The Times history of the war in South Africa 1899-1900. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., 1900-1909. First edition, 7 volumes, 8vo, plates, folding plans and maps including 5 folding maps in pockets, original red cloth gilt, a few spots, a few light marks to bindings

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Wilkins, John Mercury, or the secret and swift messenger. London: J. Maynard and T. Wilkins, 1641. First edition, 8vo, contem

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Lot 197

Wilkins, John Mercury, or the secret and swift messenger. London: J. Maynard and T. Wilkins, 1641. First edition, 8vo, contemporary calf, lacking blanks A1 and M7-8, A8 torn without loss, some spotting and soiling, text block broken, stitching weak, ink ownership inscription to title and endpaper, spine worn with loss

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Koran - Sale, George The Koran... London: for J. Wilcox, 1734. First edition of Sale`s translation, 4to, title in red and bla

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Lot 200

Koran - Sale, George The Koran... London: for J. Wilcox, 1734. First edition of Sale`s translation, 4to, title in red and black, folding map, 4 engraved plates [3 folding], later calf gilt, worn at edges, hinges splitting, water staining to circa 39 leaves, repairs to outer edges of first few leaves, bookplate Provenance: Wharncliffe Silkstone Club, bookplate.

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Nicholson, William An almanac of twelve sports. London: W. Heinemann, 1898. First edition, 4to, 12 colour plates, original pi

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Lot 226

Nicholson, William An almanac of twelve sports. London: W. Heinemann, 1898. First edition, 4to, 12 colour plates, original pictorial boards, edges lightly rubbed

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Apperley, C.J. Memoirs of the life of the late John Mytton. London: R. Ackermann, 1851. Third edition, 8vo, additional hand-c

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Lot 244

Apperley, C.J. Memoirs of the life of the late John Mytton. London: R. Ackermann, 1851. Third edition, 8vo, additional hand-coloured title and 17 hand-coloured aquatint plates, first gathering loose, publisher`s pictorial cloth, chemise, morocco-backed cloth slipcase, slight dust-soiling, stitching weak; [Apperley, C.J.] The chace, the turf and the road. London: J. Murray, 1837. 8vo, 14 engraved plates, original pictorial cloth, title browned; Idem The chase, the road and the turf. 1908. 8vo, coloured plates, green half morocco, spine emblematically tooled, t.e.g.; St. John, C. Sketches of the wild sports & natural history. 1878. 8vo, illustrations, original cloth, slightly spotted; another copy. 1878. 8vo, original cloth, hinges repaired; Conway, James Forays among salmon and deer. 1861. 8vo, original cloth, slightly rubbed; Apperley, C.J. Nimrod`s hunting tours. London: Kegan Paul, 1903. Large 4to, number 35 of 50 copies, 18 plates, each in two states, coloured & uncoloured, original vellum-backed boards,. uncut, boards slightly discoloured & rubbed at extremities; Idem My life and times. Edinburgh, 1927. 4to, number 228 of 250 copies, plates, original red buckram, dust-jacket; Lamond, Henry The sea-trout. 1916. 4to, 9 coloured plates, other plates, original cloth, some spotting; Aflalo, F.G. British sea-water fishes. 1904. 4to, presentation copy from the author, 12 chromolithographed plates, original cloth, hinges slightly weak, endpapers slightly discoloured; and 3 others (12)

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Cordiner, Charles Antiquities & scenery of the north of Scotland in a series of letters to Thomas Pennant, Esq. London, 1

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Lot 252

Cordiner, Charles Antiquities & scenery of the north of Scotland in a series of letters to Thomas Pennant, Esq. London, 1780. First edition, 4to, engraved title with vignette & 21 engraved plates, original boards, uncut, covers detached, some offsetting onto text; Beattie, William Scotland illustrated. London: G. Virtue, 1838. 2 volumes, 4to, folding map and 118 engraved plates, contemporary green calf gilt, bound without engraved titles, map torn without loss, some spotting, rubbed (3)

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Scotland - Heron, Robert Scotland described. Edinburgh, 1799. New edition, 8vo, half title, folding map [linen backed], 19th

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Lot 263

Scotland - Heron, Robert Scotland described. Edinburgh, 1799. New edition, 8vo, half title, folding map [linen backed], 19th century half calf gilt, rubbed, title and half title trimmed at lower edge; [Tytler, William] Poetical remains of James the First. Edinburgh, 1783. 8vo, contemporary calf, rebacked; Cunningham, Allan Sir Marmaduke Maxwell. London, 1822. 8vo, original boards, label worn; Foulis An account of the preservation of King Charles II. Glasgow: Robert & Andrew Foulis, 1766. 8vo, contemporary calf, rebacked, bookplate; Shepherd, Thomas Modern Athens. London, 1829. 4to, engraved title, engraved views, contemporary half morocco gilt, some foxing; Beattie, William Caledonia Illustrated. London: George Virtue, c. 1840. 4to, 2 volumes, engraved plates [lacking plate of Burns opposite page 177], pencil marks throughout, some marginal damage to plates opposite 102 & 105, later half morocco gilt, rubbed, foxing; and 13 others (20)

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[?Martyn J., editor] A full view of all the diseases of children. London: A. Millar, 1742. First edition, 12mo, vi, 263, half

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Lot 266

[?Martyn J., editor] A full view of all the diseases of children. London: A. Millar, 1742. First edition, 12mo, vi, 263, half-title, contemporary calf, cover detached; Goulard, Thomas Remarks and practical observations on venereal complaints. London: P. Elmsly, 1772. 12mo, contemporary half calf, rubbed, upper cover detached; Fasciculus Dissertationum anatomico-medicarum. Amsterdam: J. Schreuder, 1764. 8vo, 4 folding engraved plates, contemporary calf, somewhat spotted, worn, covers detached (3)

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Babbage, Charles Reflections in the decline of science in England. London: B. Fellowes, 1830. First edition, 8vo, 4pp. advert

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Lot 279

Babbage, Charles Reflections in the decline of science in England. London: B. Fellowes, 1830. First edition, 8vo, 4pp. advertisements at end, original boards, library stamps to title, uncut, spotting, especially to title, spine worn with loss of part of label, extremities rubbed, upper board detached

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Beddevole, Dominique Essays of anatomy wherein the formation of the organs and their mechanical operations. London: printed f

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Lot 288

Beddevole, Dominique Essays of anatomy wherein the formation of the organs and their mechanical operations. London: printed for Walter Kettilby, 1696. Second edition, 8vo, adverts to rear, library stamps, ink marginalia, worming to lower right corner from pp.121 onwards, contemporary calf, worn, lacking foot of backstrip; Bonham, Thomas The chyrurgians closet. London: Edward Brewster, [1630]. 8vo, library stamps, title and first few leaves trimmed at lower edge [some loss to text], ink marginalia, later half calf, worn, boards loose; Digby, Sir Kenelm A late discourse made in a solemne assembly of nobles and learned men.... London, 1660. Third edition in English, 12mo, library stamps, soiled, contemporary calf, rebacked, new endpapers (3) Note: Wing B1664; STC 3279; Wing D1437.

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Blaes, Gerard Anatome animalium. Amsterdam: J. a Someren, H & T. Boom, 1781. First edition, 4to, additional engraved titl

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Lot 296

Blaes, Gerard Anatome animalium. Amsterdam: J. a Someren, H & T. Boom, 1781. First edition, 4to, additional engraved title, 4to, viii, 496; 65 engraved plates, library stamp to printed title, contemporary calf, marginal tear to *4, worn, covers detached Note: Wellcome Online 14315977

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Borelli, Giovanni Alfonso De motu animalium.... Leiden: Petrum Vander, 1710. New edition, 4to, 2 volumes bound in one, first

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Lot 303

Borelli, Giovanni Alfonso De motu animalium.... Leiden: Petrum Vander, 1710. New edition, 4to, 2 volumes bound in one, first volume lacking [engraved?] title, engraved dedication, 19 engraved folding plates, 5 folding, contemporary calf, worn, lacking upper board, no library stamps

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Bromfield, William Chirurgical observations and cases. London: T. Cadell, 1772. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, 16 (of 18) fol

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Lot 309

Bromfield, William Chirurgical observations and cases. London: T. Cadell, 1772. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, 16 (of 18) folding engraved plates, half title in volume 1, contemporary calf, some spotting, rubbed, one board detached; [Idem] Syllabus anatomicus. London: H. Woodfall, 1743. 4to, ownership inscription of physician George Cleghorn, title detached, bound with Nicholls, F. Compendium anatomico-oeconomicum. London, 1746. 4to, 7 engraved plates, plate 4 defective, contemporary calf, slightly soiled, worn, cover detached; Cleghorn, George Observations on the epidemical diseases in Minorca. London, 1789. Fourth edition, 8vo, half title, joint splitting, rubbed, library stamp to titles (4)

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Cardano, Girolamo De utilitate ex aduersis capienda. Basel: Henricus Petri, 1561. First edition, 8vo, a-d8 e4 A-Z Aa-Zz Aaa-I

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Cardano, Girolamo De utilitate ex aduersis capienda. Basel: Henricus Petri, 1561. First edition, 8vo, a-d8 e4 A-Z Aa-Zz Aaa-Iii8 Kkk4 Lll8 aA-pP8 qQ10, printer`s device to colophon, library stamps, contemporary vellum, later labels Note: Adams C679. First edition of Cardano`s work on he work on the uses of adversity. It is divided into four books: the first discusses all kinds of adversity, and the preparation of the mind against imminent ills; the second refers to bodily adversity, such as deformity, disease, age, death; the third book refers to adversity in fortune, for example poverty, envy, exile, and prison; and the last book follows adversity through personal relationships.

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Daniel, Gabriel A voyage to the world of Cartesius. London: Thomas Bennet, 1692. First edition, 8vo, [xii], 298, [vi], illust

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Lot 322

Daniel, Gabriel A voyage to the world of Cartesius. London: Thomas Bennet, 1692. First edition, 8vo, [xii], 298, [vi], illustrations, library stamp to title, contemporary calf, slight loss of fore-margin title, somewhat spotted, worn, covers detached Note: Wing D201; often ascribed to Daniel Defoe.

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Du Verney, Guichard Joseph Tractatus de organo auditus. Nuremburgh: Johann Zieger, 1684. First Latin edition, 4to, [viii], 48

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Lot 329

Du Verney, Guichard Joseph Tractatus de organo auditus. Nuremburgh: Johann Zieger, 1684. First Latin edition, 4to, [viii], 48; 15 (of 16) folding engraved plates, library stamp to title, contemporary calf, browning and soiling, upper board detached, lacking plate 16 Note: First Latin edition of the first monograph on the structure, function and diseases of the ear. Wellcome Online 7160887

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Eighteenth century medicine -- Le Clerc, Daniel A natural and medicinal history of worms. London, 1721. First edition, 8vo, 2

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Lot 331

Eighteenth century medicine -- Le Clerc, Daniel A natural and medicinal history of worms. London, 1721. First edition, 8vo, 2 (of 3) folding plates, wormhole through lower margin, upper board detached, Quincy, John Medicina statica. 1728. 8vo, engraved title & 1 folding plan, upper cover detached, slight wear to frontispiece; Keill, James The anatomy of the human body abridged. London, 1771. 12mo, upper cover detached; Idem Essays on several parts of the animal oeconomy. London, 1738. Fourth edition, 8vo, some soiling, upper board detached; Sydenham, Thomas The entire works. London, 1749. Second edition, 8vo, neatly rebacked, corners repaired, title soiled & small hole without loss; Smith, S.S. An essay on the causes of the variety of complexion and figure in the human species. Edinburgh reprinted, 1788. 8vo, contemporary calf, worn; Jenty, C.N. A course of anatomico-physiological lectures on the human structure and animal oeconomy. London, 1757-58. volumes 2-3 only, 8vo, calf, 2 boards detached, one lacking; Pitcairn, A. The philosophical and mathematical elements of physick. London, 1718. 8vo, browning and spotting, upper cover detached; Idem The works. London, 1715. 8vo, dampstaining and discolouration, worn; Martine, George Essays and observations on the construction and graduation of thermometers. Edinburgh, 1787. 12mo, folding table, split without loss, contemporary sheep, worn, upper board loose; Gooch, Benjamin Medical and chirurgical observations. London, [c.1773]. 8vo, engraved title, 4 folding engraved plates, upper board detached, textblock split, somewhat spotted and stained, all contemporary calf, most worn (12)

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Fracastoro, Girolamo Opera. Venice: Giunta, 1574. First collected edition, 4to, *6 A-Z4 AA-ZZ4 AAA-ZZZ4 &&&6 a-h4

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Fracastoro, Girolamo Opera. Venice: Giunta, 1574. First collected edition, 4to, *6 A-Z4 AA-ZZ4 AAA-ZZZ4 &&&6 a-h4, blank &&&6, printer`s device to title, woodcuts in text, library stamps, large stain to title causing various small holes [no text loss], light waterstaining towards rear, later speckled calf gilt, lower hinge splitting at head of backstrip, lacking free endpapers Note: Adams F817, Wellcome I 2396. First collected edition of Fracastoro`s works, a landmark in the development of our knowledge of infectious disease. Fracastoro was the first to state the germ theory of infection, recognised typhus and suggested the contagiousness of tuberculosis.

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Grant, Charles, Viscount de Vaux The history of Mauritius or the Isle of France. London: for the author, 1801. First edition,

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Grant, Charles, Viscount de Vaux The history of Mauritius or the Isle of France. London: for the author, 1801. First edition, 4to, xxi, 571, 3 folding maps and plans, modern cloth, some spotting and slight browning

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Gregory, John Lectures on the duties and qualifications of a physician. 1772. 8vo, errata slip, contemporary calf, covers det

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Lot 356

Gregory, John Lectures on the duties and qualifications of a physician. 1772. 8vo, errata slip, contemporary calf, covers detached; Woodward, John The state of physick, and of diseases. London, 1718. 8vo, later half calf; Dover, Thomas The ancient physician`s legacy to his country. London, 1723. Fourth edition, 8vo, professional conservation to first and last leaves, neatly rebacked; Grant, William An essay on the pestilential fever of Sydenham. London, 1775; Idem Observations on the nature and cure of fevers. 1772. Second edition, 2 volumes, volume 2 bound after "An essay on the pestilential fever...", cloth, title of volume 1 somewhat spotted; Fordyce, George A dissertation on simple fever. London, 1794; A second dissertation on fever, 1795. 2 works bound in one volume, calf-backed boards; Currie, James Medical reports on the effects of water, cold and warm, as a remedy in fever. Liverpool, 1797. 8vo, cloth, page 5-6 with small hole affecting a few letters, a few leaves dust-soiled, most with library stamps (8)

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Grew, Nehemiah The anatomy of vegetables begun. London: Spencer Hickman, 1672. First edition, 12mo, [32], 198 [i.e. 186], [22

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Lot 358

Grew, Nehemiah The anatomy of vegetables begun. London: Spencer Hickman, 1672. First edition, 12mo, [32], 198 [i.e. 186], [22 including 2 blank leaves]; 3 folding engraved plates, contemporary calf, some dust-soiling of preliminary leaves, some light dampstaining, neatly rebacked Note: Wing G1946

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Hewson, William Experimental inquiries: part the Second. Containing a description of the lymphatic system in the human subjec

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Lot 368

Hewson, William Experimental inquiries: part the Second. Containing a description of the lymphatic system in the human subject. London: J. Johnson, 1774. First edition, 8vo, xvi, 239; 6 engraved plates, 5 folding, rebound retaining original calf sides, half-title, slightly spotted; [Idem] The works. London: Sydenham Society, 1846. 8vo, engraved frontispiece, original cloth, inscribed on title "Dr. Jacob, from the editor" (2)

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Hurlock, Joseph A practical treatise upon dentition. London: for the author, 1742. First edition, 8vo, xxiv, 285, [6], contem

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Lot 375

Hurlock, Joseph A practical treatise upon dentition. London: for the author, 1742. First edition, 8vo, xxiv, 285, [6], contemporary calf, somewhat spotted, lacking upper board Note: Wellcome Online 14306647.

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Latin editions -- Eustachius, Bartholomaeus Opuscula anatomica. Delphis: A. Beman, 1726. 8vo, 10 folding engraved plates, con

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Lot 384

Latin editions -- Eustachius, Bartholomaeus Opuscula anatomica. Delphis: A. Beman, 1726. 8vo, 10 folding engraved plates, contemporary quarter calf, slight discolouration, worn; Baglivius, Georgius De fibra motrice et morbosa. London: T. Leigh & D. Midwinter, 1703. 12mo, illustrations, contemporary calf, some soiling and marginal dampstaining, worn; Rudolphi, C.A. Entozoorum synopsis. Berlin, 1819. 8vo, quarter cloth, uncut, title spotted; Atthalin, C.F. Institutiones anatomicae. Drucker: C.J. Daclin, 1753. 8vo, contemporary calf, worn; Berkenhout, J. Pharmacopoeia medici. London, 1788. 8vo, calf, worn, covers detached; Boerhaave, H. Institutiones medicae in usus annuae exercitationis domesticos. Edinburgh, 1773. 12mo, spine weak, cover detached; Idem Aphorismi de cognoscendis et curandis morbis. Leiden, 1737. 12mo, calf, hinges weak, slight dampstaining; Idem Consultationes medicae. The Hague, 1743. 12mo, worn, cover detached; Idem Praelectiones academicae. Leiden, 1758. 6 volumes in 7, 12mo, titles printed in red and black, contemporary quarter calf, uncut, rubbed; Blancard, Stephen Anatomia reformata. Leiden, 1688. 8vo, additional engraved title, 50 engraved plates, contemporary calf, rubbed, upper cover detached; Douglas, James Bibliographiae anatomicae specimen sive catalogus. Leiden, 1734. Second edition, 8vo, engraved title-vignette, later half calf, slight browning; Gagliard, Dominici Anatome ossium. Leiden, 1723. 8vo, contemporary half calf, somewhat spotted, rubbed, upper cover detached; Heister, Lorenz Compendium anatomicum. Amsterdam, 1748. 2 volumes in one, 8vo, 9 folding engraved plates, contemporary calf, textblock split, covers detached; Gaub, David Institutiones apthologiae medicinalis. Leipzig, 1771. 8vo, contemporary half calf, worn; Idem Libellus de methodo concinnandi formulas medicamentorum. Leiden: C. Wishoff, 1739. First edition, 12mo, contemporary calf, some spotting, worn, covers detached; and 9 others (29)

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Lister, Martin Conchyliorum bivalvium utriusque aquae exercitation anatomica tertia. London: sumptibus authoris, 1696. First

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Lot 391

Lister, Martin Conchyliorum bivalvium utriusque aquae exercitation anatomica tertia. London: sumptibus authoris, 1696. First edition, 4to, 2 parts in one volume, xliii, 173, 51; 10 engraved plates, 4 folding, library stamp to title only, contemporary vellum, stamp on title, vellum soiled; [Idem] Historiae animalium angliae tres tractatus. London: J. Martyn, 1678. 4to, vi, 250, 2; 9 folding plates, nineteenth century half calf, title torn in two and loose, some spotting, some corners renewed, library stamps (2) Note: Wing L2516 Provenance: Robert Robinson, M.D., bookplate; RCSI library stamp

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Lower, Richard Tractatus de corde. London: J. Allestry, 1669. First edition, 2nd issue, 8vo [16], 220, [20], 6 (of 7) folding

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Lot 392

Lower, Richard Tractatus de corde. London: J. Allestry, 1669. First edition, 2nd issue, 8vo [16], 220, [20], 6 (of 7) folding plates, lacking plate 7, with initial blank A1, modern calf, some spotting and discolouration, library stamps to title Note: The first important work on cardiac physiology to appear after the work of Harvey. Wing L3310; Printing and the Mind of Man 149.

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Lyon, Captain G.F. A narrative of travels in Northern Africa, in the years 1818, 19 and 20. London: John Murray, 1821. First

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Lot 394

Lyon, Captain G.F. A narrative of travels in Northern Africa, in the years 1818, 19 and 20. London: John Murray, 1821. First edition, 4to, folding map and 16 (of 17) hand-coloured lithographed plates, original cloth-backed boards, slight loss to frontispiece margin, title slightly dusty and with library stamp, worn, joint split

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Mandeville, Bernard de A treatise of the hypochondriack and hysterick passons. London, 1711. First edition, 8vo, contemporary

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Lot 397

Mandeville, Bernard de A treatise of the hypochondriack and hysterick passons. London, 1711. First edition, 8vo, contemporary panelled calf, some dampstaining and browning, worn, covers detached; Marten, Benjamin A new theory of consumptions. London, 1720. 8vo, contemporary calf, upper blank margin of title excised, some spotting, neatly rebacked; Manning, Henry Modern improvements in the practice of surgery. London, 1780. 8vo, half calf, covers detached; Boerhaave, Herman A treatise on the powers of medicines. London, 1740. 8vo, contemporary calf, title soiled, rubbed; May, William Essay on pulmonary consumptions. Pymouth, 1792. 8vo, contemporary boards, uncut; Martin, George De similibus animalibus. London, 1740. 8vo, slightly dampstained, covers detached; Martine, George Essays medical and philosophical. London, 1740. 8vo, folding table, contemporary calf, rubbed, upper cover detached;Idem In Bartholomaei Eustachii tabulas anatomicas commentaria. Edinburgh, 1755. 8vo, contemporary calf, lacking last leaf, covers detached; Medical Extracts on the nature of health. London, 1796. 2 volumes, 8vo, folding plates, worn, two covers detached (10)

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Moffett, Thomas Insectorum sive minimorum animalium theatrum... London: Thomas Cotes for G. Hope, 1634. Folio, woodcut title,

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Lot 408

Moffett, Thomas Insectorum sive minimorum animalium theatrum... London: Thomas Cotes for G. Hope, 1634. Folio, woodcut title, woodcuts in text, 4pp. of woodcuts of insects at end, library stamp to title, contemporary calf, hinges splitting, lower board loose, last two leaves loose, foxing Note: ESTC 17993a, Haskell F. Norman Library 1998, lot 133. An early edition of the first entomological book published in England. Moffett completed the work in 1589, however, due to difficulties at the publishers it was not produced until 1634 [three issues were produced in this year].

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Morton, Richard Phthisiologia, or a treatise of consumptions. London: Sam. Smith, 1694. 8vo, [4] 360 [12], library stamps, mo

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Lot 411

Morton, Richard Phthisiologia, or a treatise of consumptions. London: Sam. Smith, 1694. 8vo, [4] 360 [12], library stamps, modern half calf gilt, professionally conserved and washed, 18th century ink inscription to title, bookplate, reverse of Aa6 ink stained; [Idem] Phthisiologia, seu exercitationes... London: Samuel Smith, 1689. First edition, 8vo, library stamps, contemporary calf, worn, boards loose, lacking backstrip, heavily stained throughout, leaves loose; [Idem] Pyretologias, pars altera... London: Sam. Smith & Benj. Walford, 1694. 8vo, portrait frontispiece, [48] 511 [16], library stamps, contemporary calf, rebacked, replacement endpapers, later ink inscription to title (3) Note: Wing M2830; M2833.

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Nineteenth century medicine -- Fyfe, Andrew A compendium of anatomy. Edinburgh, 1819. 4 volumes, 8vo, engraved plates, origin

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Lot 414

Nineteenth century medicine -- Fyfe, Andrew A compendium of anatomy. Edinburgh, 1819. 4 volumes, 8vo, engraved plates, original boards, spotted, worn, one board detached; Blumenbach, J.F. A manual of comparative anatomy. London, 1827. Second edition, 8vo, engraved plates, original boards, slightly spotted, upper cover detached; Beaupré, M. A treatise on the effects and properties of cold. Edinburgh, 1826. 8vo, original boards, worn; Baillie, Matthew Lectures and observations on medicine. London, 1825. 8vo, original boards, slightly spotted, upper board detached; Bacot, John A treatise on syphilis. London, 1829. First edition, 8vo, cloth-backed boards, upper hinge broken; Carmichael, R. An essay on the effects of carbonate... upon cancer. Dublin, 1809. Second edition, 8vo, original boards, slightly dampstained, rubbed; Mayo, H. Anatomical and physiological commentaries. London, 1822-23. Numbers 1-2 only, folding lithographed plates, original wrappers, one wrapper detached; Simon, J. A physiological essay on the thymus gland. London, 1845. 4to, original clothWright, Samuel Pathological researches on death from suffocation and from syncope. London, 1850. 4to, 3 lithographed plates, original cloth-backed boards, some spotting, slightly soiled; Abernethy, John Physiological lectures. 1825. 8vo, original boards, upper board detached; Brodie, B.C. Lectures illustrative of certain local nervous affections. 1837. 8vo, original cloth-backed boards, joints split; Hudson, A. Lectures on the study of fever. Dublin, 1867. 8vo, original cloth; Goodsir, J. Anatomical and pathological observations. Edinburgh, 1845. 8vo, presentation copy from the author, plates, original wrappers, wrappers detached; and 70 other 19th century English medical books, some rebound in cloth, some in poor condition (87)

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Paaw, Petrus Succenturiatus anatomicus... Leiden: J. a Colster, 1616. 4to, 2 parts in one volume, [24], 270; [2], 128, title

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Lot 418

Paaw, Petrus Succenturiatus anatomicus... Leiden: J. a Colster, 1616. 4to, 2 parts in one volume, [24], 270; [2], 128, title in red and black, portrait, 3 folding plates, engraved illustrations in text, library stamps, ink marginalia, contemporary vellum, later labels [removed], plate of anatomical theatre torn [no loss], contemporary ink inscription on front endpaper Note: Wellcome Library 14297065. First edition of Paaw`s commentary on the books of Hippocrates and Celsus on wounds of the head. The first folding plate, engraved by Andries Jacobsz Stock after Jacob de Gheyn, depicts Paaw giving an anatomy lesson in the anatomical theatre at Leiden.

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Pare, Ambroise The workes of that famous chirurgion... London: printed by Richard Cotes and William Dugard, 1649. Second Engl

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Lot 421

Pare, Ambroise The workes of that famous chirurgion... London: printed by Richard Cotes and William Dugard, 1649. Second English edition, folio, [22], 388, (389)-(398), 389-787, [13], 50, [2], pp.787 numbered 773, engraved title, 2 plates, woodcuts in text, extensive library stamps, contemporary calf, crudely rebacked, plates torn and trimmed, title and first signature loose, lacking front free endpaper, heavy foxing and soiling throughout, previous ink inscriptions to title Note: Wing P349, Wellcome IV p.349. Provenance: Dr. Robert Scott, bookplate.

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Peyer, Johann Konrad Merycologia sive de ruminantibus et ruminatione commentarius. Basel: J. L. Koenig & J. Brandmyller,

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Lot 428

Peyer, Johann Konrad Merycologia sive de ruminantibus et ruminatione commentarius. Basel: J. L. Koenig & J. Brandmyller, 1685. First edition, 4to, [8], 288 p., [18] l. (last blank), title printed in red and black, 6 folding engraved plates, library stamp to title only, contemporary calf, some spotting, title slightly dust-soiled, new calf retaining original calf sides Note: Wellcome Online 14302841

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Playfair, John Illustrations of the Huttonian theory of the earth. Edinburgh: Cadell and Davies, 1802. First edition, 8vo, xx

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Lot 433

Playfair, John Illustrations of the Huttonian theory of the earth. Edinburgh: Cadell and Davies, 1802. First edition, 8vo, xx, 528, contemporary half calf, two stamps and inscription to title, some spotting, worn, cover detached

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Ray, John Synopsis methodica stirpium Britannicarum. London, 1690. First edition, 8vo, xxiv, 317, 3; 2 engraved plates, later

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Lot 437

Ray, John Synopsis methodica stirpium Britannicarum. London, 1690. First edition, 8vo, xxiv, 317, 3; 2 engraved plates, later half calf, [Wing R406], marginal scoring, dampstained; [Idem] another copy. London: S. Smith & B. Walford, 1696. Second edition, 8vo, [Wing R407], title soiled and frayed with slight loss, lacking upper cover; [Idem] Travels through the low countries. London: J. Walthoe, 1738. Second edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, 3 engraved plates, contemporary calf, lacking covers, upper margin of titles excised and renewed; [Idem] Synopsis methodica avium & piscium. London, 1713. 8vo, contemporary calf, lacking the 4 plates, scorching to lower corner of first few leaves, covers detached; [Idem] Three physico-theological discourses. London: W. Innys, 1713. Third edition, 8vo, engraved frontispiece and 3 plates, contemporary calf, spotted, worn, covers detached (6)

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Santorini, Giovanni Domenico Observationes anatomicae. Venice: J.B . Recurti, 1724. First edition, 4to, half-title, 2 (of 3)

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Lot 443

Santorini, Giovanni Domenico Observationes anatomicae. Venice: J.B . Recurti, 1724. First edition, 4to, half-title, 2 (of 3) engraved plates, contemporary half roan, vellum corners, lacks plate 1, some spotting, rubbed, plate 2 just trimmed

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Schroeder, Johann Karl von Zoologia [Greek], or the history of animals as they are useful in physick and chirurgery. London:

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Lot 445

Schroeder, Johann Karl von Zoologia [Greek], or the history of animals as they are useful in physick and chirurgery. London: R. Royston, 1659. First English edition, translated by T. Bateson, 8vo, viii [including blank leaf A1-2], 159, 8; contemporary calf, some spotting, upper margin slightly dampstained Note: Wing S899

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Senac, Jean Baptiste Traité de la structure du coeur. Paris: Briasson, 1749. First edition, 2 volumes, 4to, 17 folding engrav

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Lot 446

Senac, Jean Baptiste Traité de la structure du coeur. Paris: Briasson, 1749. First edition, 2 volumes, 4to, 17 folding engraved plates, errata leaf in volume 2, contemporary calf, some spotting, lacking portrait, rubbed, library stamp to titles, plates clean Note: Wellcome Online 10980855.

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Sibbald, Sir Robert Scotia illustrata, sive prodromus historiae naturalis. Edinburgh: J. Kniblo, et al, 1684. First edition,

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Lot 447

Sibbald, Sir Robert Scotia illustrata, sive prodromus historiae naturalis. Edinburgh: J. Kniblo, et al, 1684. First edition, folio, 4 parts in one volume, armorial frontispiece, 22 plates, contemporary panelled calf, worn, boards loose, backstrip perished, dustmarking throughout Note: Wing S3727.

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Smellie, William A sett of anatomical tables, with explanations, and an abridgment of the practice of midwifery. London, 1754

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Lot 448

Smellie, William A sett of anatomical tables, with explanations, and an abridgment of the practice of midwifery. London, 1754. First edition, large folio, 38 (of 39) engraved plates (lacking plate 4), each plate with accompanying leaf of text, 39th leaf laid down (not affecting text), contemporary calf, some light soiling and spotting, worn, cover detached, 7cm tear to one plate without loss Note: Wellcome Online 13526824.

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Lot 470

Turner, Capt. Samuel An account of an embassy to the court of the Teshoo Lama, in Tibet. London: W. Bulmer, 1800. First edition, 4to, 13 engraved plates, map trimmed to neatline and attached to inside of lower board, contemporary calf, some spotting and browning, worn, covers loose; Browne, W.G. Travels in Africa, Egypt and Syria, from the year 1792 to 1798. London: T. Cadell, 1799. 4to, frontispiece, 2 folding maps, and 1 plate, hole from erased inscription at head of title, some spotting, lacking boards; Forster, J.R. History of the voyages and discoveries made in the North. London, 1786. 4to, contemporary calf, worn, spotting, worn, boards detached, lacking the maps (3)

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Lot 472

Tyson, Edward Orang-outang, sive homo sylvestris, or the anatomy of a pygmie... London: for Thomas Bennet, 1699. First edition, 4to, 2 parts in one volume, [10] blank [4] 108; [2] 58, [bound with] The anatomy of a pygmy... London: for T. Osborne, 1751. Second edition, 4to, [2] 78, 16 folding plates [8 part of second edition, other 8 bound at rear], library stamps to title, later calf, rubbed at edges, later endpapers, foxing Note: First item, Wing T3598 First edition of the Tyson`s ground breaking work on comparative morphology. An anatomical study of the orang-outang (actually a young chimpanzee) was the first to demonstrate scientifically the structural relationships between man and anthropoid ape.

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Lot 479

Whytt, Robert The works of Robert Whytt, late physician to His Majesty, President of the Royal College of Physicians. Edinburgh: T. Becket & P.A. de Hondt, 1768. First edition, 4to, 1 engraved plate, contemporary calf, short tear and slight soiling to upper corner of first few leaves, some spotting, rubbed, joints splitting

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Lot 481

Wolff, Hans Kaspar Gynaeciorum, hoc est, de mulierum tum aliis, tum gravidarum... Basel: Thomas Guarinus, 1566. 4to, -4 2 a-z4 A-Z4 Aa-Ll4, printer`s device on title and end, library stamps, first three signatures loose; [bound with] Moschion De morbis mulieribus. Basel: Thomas Guarinus, 1566. 4to, *4 A-4, printer`s device on title, inner hinges weak, waterstaining to inner hinge and outer lower corners, later calf gilt, rubbed at edges Note: Adams W243; M1837. cf. Haskell F. Norman Lot 231. First edition of the "first encyclopedia of gynaecology, originally conceived by Conrad Gesner. Wolff expanded Gesner`s material and published it a year after his death. Bound with Moschion text on midwifery, the earliest text specifically for midwives, based on the teachings of his mentor Soranus (Haskell F. Norman, 1998)

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Baerlein, Henry, The March of the Seventy Thousand. First edition published by Leonard Parsons 1926.

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Baerlein, Henry, The March of the Seventy Thousand. First edition published by Leonard Parsons 1926.

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Sassoon, Siegfried, Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, illustrated by Barnett Freedman. First illustrated edition in fine bindin

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Sassoon, Siegfried, Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, illustrated by Barnett Freedman. First illustrated edition in fine binding.

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Wallace, Harrold, The Big Game of Central and Western China. First edition published London 1913.

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Wallace, Harrold, The Big Game of Central and Western China. First edition published London 1913.

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Hughes, Richard, A High Wind In Jamaica. First edition 1929 with dust jacket. Fine/fine.

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Hughes, Richard, A High Wind In Jamaica. First edition 1929 with dust jacket. Fine/fine.

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Bowes, James, The Sheep-Rot. First edition published London and Manchester 1880.

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Bowes, James, The Sheep-Rot. First edition published London and Manchester 1880.

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Lunn, Arnold, The Complete Ski-Runner. First edition 1930 with dust jacket.

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Lunn, Arnold, The Complete Ski-Runner. First edition 1930 with dust jacket.

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The Letters of T E Lawrence, first edition 1938.

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The Letters of T E Lawrence, first edition 1938.

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Churchill, Winston S, A History of the English Speaking Peoples, four volumes, published 1957. First edition in dust jacket.

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Lot 26

Churchill, Winston S, A History of the English Speaking Peoples, four volumes, published 1957. First edition in dust jacket.

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Ruttledge, Hugh, Everest 1933, first edition with dust jacket.

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Ruttledge, Hugh, Everest 1933, first edition with dust jacket.

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