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NO RESERVE Lindsay (Vachel) The Chinese Nightingale, early reprint, signed presentation inscription from the author dated Feb, 6, 1919 "in the chimney of your affections, let me be a brick" with 14-line autograph poem below dated ?December 12, 1923 to endpaper, original pictorial cloth, light toning to spine, New York, 1918 § M[orton] (J. B.) Gorgeous Poetry, Gorgeous Poetry, 1911-1920, first edition, scattered spotting, original boards, light bumping to spine ends and corners, 1920; and 4 others, poetry, 8vo (6)⁂ The first was inscribed at two separate meetings at Wellesley College, the poem appears to be unpublished. The second is an early collection of satires by the author who would write under the famous "Beachcomber" pen-name.

NO RESERVE Agriculture.- Baumé (Antoine) Memoire sur les Argilles, our Recherches et Experiences Chymiques et Physiques sur la nature des terres les plus propres à l'Agriculture, first edition, half-title, title with woodcut ornament, some spotting, signature E browned, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, stains to lower cover, rebacked, [Duveen 52], 8vo, Paris, Lacombe, 1770.⁂ On clay and how to fertilise it.

NO RESERVE Russell (Eric Frank) The Great Explosion, neat ink ownership inscription to endpaper, jacket with very light toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, some chipping to head and foot of upper panel, light rubbing to extremities, 1962; Sinister Barrier, light spotting to first and last few pp., covers and spine darkened at food, jacket spine ends and corners a little chipped, creasing to head, extremities rubbed, surface soiling, 1943, first editions, original cloth dust-jackets; and the first American edition of the second, 8vo (3)

NO RESERVE Sigal (Clancy) Going Away. A Report, a Memoir, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "Dear John - Tom Haydn says this novel "made a man" of him. Do I have to take responsibility for this?' before speculating that it 'wd make a great movie - directed by, um, Frankenheimer?" to endpaper, jacket price-clipped, spine ends and corners a little chipped, rubbed and creased, Boston, 1962 § Empson (William) Seven Types of Ambiguity, second edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to endpaper, jacket with browning, spine ends and corners chipped, 1947 § Neagoe (Peter, editor) Americans Abroad, first edition, half-title with marginal toning and erased ownership inscription, second issue cloth-backed boards, spine ends and corners bumped, fraying to spine ends, jacket spine ends and corners chipped with loss, toning to spine, chipping and fraying to head and foot, old tape repairs to verso, The Hague, 1932; and 2 others, American literature, 8vo (5)⁂ The last mentioned with contributions by Henry Miller, Djuna Barnes, Kay Boyle, Malcolm Cowley, Carese Crosby, Harry Crosby, John Dos Passos, e e cummings, James Farrell, Emma Goldman, Ernest Hemingway, Robert McAlmon, Ezra Pound, Laura Riding, Gertrude Stein, William Carlos Williams and others.

NO RESERVE Smith (Dodie) A Tale of Two Families, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Charlotte Hastings on endpaper, original boards, dust-jacket, spine sunned, tear to head and foot of upper joint with tape repair to verso, some creasing and surface wear to spine, 8vo, 1970.⁂ Charlotte Hastings (1909-2003), playwright and friend of Smith.

NO RESERVE Wells (H.G.) The War in the Air, and Particularly How Mr. Bert Smallways Fared While It Lasted, first edition, frontispiece and 15 plates by A.C. Michael, foxing, endpapers browned, upper hinge cracked but holding firm, original first issue cloth, light fading to spine, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light rubbing to extremities, 1908; La Guerre dan les Airs, Roman. Traduit par Henry-D. Davray et B. Kozakiewicz, first French edition, signed presentation inscription from the translators to half-title, light marginal toning, original wrappers, perforated blind-stamp to upper cover, light surface soiling, glacine dust-jacket, Paris, 1910, 8vo (2)

NO RESERVE Yeats (William Butler) Ideas of Good and Evil, first edition, half-title, title in red and black, scattered faint spotting, original cloth-backed boards, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and spine extremities, slight chipping to spine label, 8vo, 1903.

Botany & Ecology.- Hunter (John) Memoranda on Vegetation, first edition, David Bellamy's copy with his signed bookplate, original cloth, spine faded and slightly chipped, 1860 § Schimper (Dr. A.F.W.) Pflanzen-Geographie auf Physiologischer Grundlage, first edition, photographic plates and illustrations, 4 folding colour maps (lightly spotted), the botanist & ecologist A.G.Tansley's copy with his ink signature, contemporary half pigskin, rubbed, rebacked, Jena, 1898 § Schleiden (Dr J.M.) Principles of Scientific Botany, translated by E.Lankester, first edition in English, original blind-stamped cloth, rubbed and faded, 1849 § Warming (E.) & Martin Vahl. Oecology of Plants, first edition in English, original morocco-backed cloth, uncut, spine faded, Oxford, 1909; another edition, second impression, presentation copy to the ecologist Dr.H.Godwin of Clare College Cambridge with accompanying A.L.s. tipped in and his ink inscription, bookplate of David Bellamy, original cloth, 1925 § Godwin (H.) Plant Biology, third edition, the author's copy with his ink signature and pencil notes to endpapers, original cloth, Cambridge, 1939 § Bower (F.O.) Size and Form in Plants, first edition, with 2 A.Ls.s. from the author to A.G.Tansley prompting him for a promised review of the book and with Tansley's notes for such loosely inserted, bookplate of David Bellamy, original cloth, 1930, some plates and illustrations; and 8 others on ecology, 4to & 8vo (15)

NO RESERVE [Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)] "Lewis Carroll". Alices Äventyr I Sagolandet och Bakom Spegeln, first Högfeldt edition, deluxe issue, frontispiece, 9 colour plates and illustrations by Robert Högfeldt, original half morocco, spine gilt, spine ends and corners a little bumped, dust-jacket, light browning to spine and panels, some chipping and fraying to head but very good generally, 4to, Stockholm, 1945.⁂ The rare deluxe issue in the publisher's morocco binding.

NO RESERVE [Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], "Lewis Carroll". Alices Äventyr I Sagolandet och Bakom Spegeln, first Högfeldt edition, frontispiece, 9 colour plates and illustrations by Robert Högfeldt, original cloth-backed boards, corners a little bumped, light rubbing, Stockholm, 1945; and the 1949 English-language edition with these illustrations, 8vo (2)

Dulac (Edmund).- Poe (Edgar Allan) The Bells and Other Poems, first trade edition, 28 colour plates illustrated by Dulac, of which one loose, tissue-guards, finger-soiling, original decorative cloth, gilt, a few small marks to upper cover, 4to, [1912].

NO RESERVE Juvenile.- Dorset (Catherine Ann) The Peacock "At Home:" a Sequel to the Butterfly's Ball, first edition, engraved frontispiece and 5 plates after William Mulready, some light spotting and staining, lightly browned throughout, original blue pictorial wrappers, some chipping, lightly soiled, Printed for J. Harris, Successor to E. Newbery, 1807; and 3 others, Chapbooks, v.s. (4)

Botany & Gardens.- Goode (Herbert) The Japanese Garden at Cottered, Herts. 1905-1937, typescript, folding plan, illustrations, stapled in original blue wrappers, rubbed and soiled, frayed at edges, [c.1937] § B[oyle] (E[leanor] V[ere]) Days and Hours in a Garden, first edition, large paper copy, decorative head- & tail-pieces by the author, bound in crushed olive green morocco with gilt floral corner-pieces, for Hatchards, t.e.g., others uncut, rather rubbed and faded, rebacked preserving old gilt-tooled spine, 1884 § Jekyll (Gertrude) Wood and Garden, second edition, plates, contemporary half morocco, by Mudie, spine gilt, preserved in slip-case, 1899 § Seboth (Joseph) Alpine Plants painted from nature, 4 vol., first edition in English, chromolithographed plates, some foxing, David Bellamy's copy with his bookplate, original roan-backed pictorial cloth, gilt, t.e.g., [Nissen BBI 1826], [1879-84] § Sitwell (Sacheverell) Old Fashioned Flowers, first edition, colour plates by John Farleigh, modern half morocco, slip-case, 1939, all but the last a little rubbed; and 16 others on gardens and flowers, v.s. (24)

Millais (John Everett) Millais's Illustrations. A Collection of Drawings on Wood, first edition, 80 wood engraved illustrations by Millais, additional pictorial title, A.L.s loosely inserted, occasional spotting and finger soiling, endpapers spotted, contemporary morocco, gilt, lightly scuffed, 4to, 1866.⁂ A single page autograph letter signed by Millais, on his headed notepaper, declining an invitation.

Rackham (Arthur).- Shakespeare (William) A Midsummer Night's Dream, first edition, 40 colour tipped-in plates by Rackham, captioned tissue guards, occasional scattered spots, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine ends bumped and frayed, otherwise a bright and crisp copy, 4to, 1908.

Rackham (Arthur).- Shakespeare (William) The Tempest, first edition, 20 colour tipped-in plates by Rackham, bookplate to pastedown, very light spotting to first few pages, otherwise a very clean and crisp copy, original pictorial cloth, gilt, t.e. stained yellow, others uncut, 8vo, 1926.

NO RESERVE Rutter (Owen) The Dragon of Kinabalu, first edition, inscribed by the author on front free endpaper and signed on title, tipped-in colour plates by Mary Penrose-Thackwell, occasional light spotting, original cloth-backed marbled boards, upper cover slightly warped, uncut, dust-jacket, 1923 § Beerbohm (Max) The Happy Hypocrite, pictorial title and colour plates by George Sheringham, spotting, original pictorial cloth, [1915] § Williams (Kit) Masquerade, limited edition signed by the author/artist, original cloth, illustration to upper cover, 1982 § Jones (Barbara) Follies & Grottoes, first edition, pictorial title and illustrations by the author, inscriptions to front free endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, a very good copy, 1953 § Causley (Charles) & Wallace Southam. Timothy Winters, musical notation, original pictorial wrappers by Ralph Steadman, 1970 § B.B.C. Household Talks 1928, illustrations, spotted, original pictorial wrappers by John Nash, 1929, plates and illustrations, the first two and last a little rubbed; and 3 others, illustrated, v.s. (9)

NO RESERVE Shell Guides.- Betjeman (John, editor) Cornwall Illustrated in a Series of Views, second edition, 1935 § Byron (Robert, editor) Shell Guide to Wiltshire, one leaf torn, 1935 § Nash (John, editor) Bucks, light water-staining, 1936 § Bone (Stephen, editor) The West Coast of Scotland, [1938], all but the first first editions, photographic illustrations, some by John Piper, original spiral-bound photographic wrappers, rubbed, some creases, upper wrapper of the third detached; and 15 others, Shell guides or similar, small 4to & 8vo (19)

Botany.- Luxford (George) A Flora of the Neighbourhood of Reigate, Surrey, only edition, 1838 § Davey (F.Hamilton) Flora of Cornwall, first edition, Penryn, 1909 § Lee (J.R.) The Flora of the Clyde Area, first edition, the ecologist A.G.Tansley's copy with his signature, 1933 § Watson (H.C.) Remarks on the Geographical Distribution of British Plants, inscribed by the neurologist C.S.Sherrington to A.G.Tansley on title with accompanying A.N.s. loosely inserted, old boards, uncut, rebacked, 1835 § Tansley (A.G.) The British Islands and their Vegetation, 2 vol., reprint, Cambridge, 1949, some maps, plates or illustrations, the first three with the bookplate of the botanist David Bellamy, all but the fourth original cloth, the last with dust-jackets, a little rubbed; and c.25 others on British flora, 8vo & 4to (c.30)

NO RESERVE Swarzenski (Georg) Europäisches Amerika, first edition, number 105 of an unspecified limitation (this printed for 'Paul Jacobi'), 11 woodcuts by Marie Swarzenski, all but the last on Japon paper, some light offsetting, original vellum-backed boards, slight soiling to spine, original slip-case (extremities rubbed), 4to, Frankfurt, Otto Henkell, 1927.⁂ A travelogue documenting the author's first trip to America, woodcut illustrations by his wife. Georg Swarzenski (1876-1957), art historian and museum curator who shaped much of the cultural life of Frankfurt am Main over three decades.

Botany & Medicine.- Hales (Stephen) Statical Essays: Containing Vegetable Staticks; Or, an Account of some Statical Experiments on the Sap in Vegetables...[&] Haemastatics..., 2 vol., vol.1 third edition, vol.2 second edition, 19 engraved plates, vol.2 with initial announcement leaf, a few stains to vol.1, light browning to vol.2, the botanist & ecologist David Bellamy's copy with his bookplate, modern calf, spines tooled in blind with red morocco labels, [Henrey 779; cf.PMM 189, first editions], 8vo, for W.Innys and R.Manby, 1738-1740.⁂ Combination of two important works: vol.1 is a significant contribution to plant physiology and nutrition, while vol.2 comprises Haemastatics which includes Hales's pioneering measurement of blood pressure. This is the greatest single contribution to our knowledge of the vascular system after Harvey and lead to the development of the blood-pressure measuring instruments used today.

Mountaineering.- Hunt (John) The Ascent of Everest, first edition, signed by author, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, cracked upper hinge, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, sunned spine, bumping to corners and extremities, 1953 § Dufferin (Lord) Letters from High Latitudes ... to Iceland, Jan Mayen, & Spitzbergen, frontispiece, plates, 3 maps, of which 2 folding, folding table at end, illustrations, spotting, later half-morocco, sunned spine, 1857 § Wilson (Bingham Thoburn) Ye Mountaineer, signed and inscribed by author to front free endpaper and frontispiece, plates, scattered faint spotting, original pictorial cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, New York, 1901; and 7 others, mountaineering or polar, 8vo (10).

Botany.- Moore (Thomas) The Octavo Nature-Printed British Ferns, 2 vol., first 8vo edition, 122 nature-printed colour plates, tissue guards, occasional spotting, ex-library copy with numbers to verso of titles, contemporary cloth, rebacked and recornered in calf, spines slightly faded, [Nissen BBI 1401], 1859 § Sinclair (George) Hortus Gramineus Woburnensis, second edition, half-title, 60 hand-coloured lithographed plates, half-title and final leaf browned, light spotting, the naturalist & ecologist David Bellamy's copy with his bookplate, also stamp of the botanist C.E.Hubbard, modern buckram, spine faded, [Nissen BBI 1850], 1825; and 3 others on mosses, 8vo (6)⁂ The first contains many more plates than the folio edition of 1855.

Kent.- Speed (John) Kent with Her Cities and Earles Described Observed, county map with inset maps of Rochester and Canterbury, engraving with early hand-colouring, platemark 380 x 510 mm (15 x 20 in), sheet 405 x 520 mm (16 x 20 1/2 in), English text verso with first edition woodcut initial verso but with variant intertwined border, central vertical fold with minor parallel creasing, marginal nicks and surface dirt, spotting and handling creases, unframed, [Sudbury and Humble, 1611-1623]; together with William Kip's 'Cantium quod. nunc Kent', Bowen's 'An Accurate map of the County of Kent...', and a Saxton/Kip map of Somerset, various sizes, all unframed, 17th and 18th century (4)

Norwich.- The History of the City and Country of Norwich. From the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time, first edition, 2 parts in 1, 8 engraved plates, 7 of which folding, some repaired with tape verso, contemporary and early 20th century ink ownership inscriptions to front endpaper and title, newspaper clippings laid down to front endpaper, browning and spotting, heavier to plates, bookplate to rear endpaper, modern half calf, black morocco spine label, a little scuffed and rubbed, 8vo, Norwich, by John Crouse and sold by M. Booth, 1768.

Botany.- Smith (James Edward) A Grammar of Botany, first American edition, 21 hand-coloured lithographed plates, contemporary ink signature of Dr. Seb.Van Rensselaer to head of title (and upper cover), front free endapaper loose, bookplate of the botanist/ecologist David Bellamy, original boards, uncut, rebacked, [Sabin 82788], New York, James V.Seaman, 1822 § Linnaeus (Carl) A Generic and Specific Description of British Plants..., edited by James Jenkinson, first edition in English, 5 engraved plates, slight worming to inner margin, later half morocco, Kendal, T.Caslon...J.Ashburner..., 1775 § Stoever (D.H.) The Life of Sir Charles Linnaeus, translated by Joseph Trapp, first edition in English, engraved portrait (foxed), bookplate of G.S.Foljambe of Osberton, contemporary calf, 1794 § Withering (W.) An Arrangement of British Plants, 4 vol., sixth edition, engraved plates, some shaved at fore-edge, bookplate of David Bellamy, contemporary half calf, 1818, all a little rubbed; and 2 others, 8vo & 4to (9)⁂ The first contains what is regarded as the best summary of the system of Linnaeus, and of the natural classification of Jussieu. The plates are early examples of American lithography.

Darwin (Charles) The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom, second edition, 32pp. publisher's catalogue at end, one leaf browned from loosely-inserted newspaper cutting, 1878; The Power of Movement of Plants, second thousand, 32pp. catalogue at end, 1880; The Formation of Vegetable Mould, through the Action of Worms, seventh thousand (corrected), 1882; The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, first American edition, 7 heliotype plates, 3 folding, 14pp. advertisements at end, New York, 1873; Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries visited during the Voyage of H.M.S.'Beagle' Round the World, reprint of second edition, engraved portrait, advertisement leaf at end, 1889, some illustrations, occasional spotting, the first two and last from the library of the naturalist David Bellamy with his bookplate, all original cloth, most green, the last pictorial gilt, slightly rubbed, the fourth with spine ends worn; and 8 others by or on Darwin and evolution, 8vo & 4to (13)

Elephants.- Evans (Veterinary-Capt. G.H.) A Treatise on Elephants. Their Treatment in Health and Disease, third edition, 4 photogravure plates and 17 lithographed plates of tack & equipment, anatomy, parasites, timber carts etc., tables, with author's tipped-in printed note on grey paper, first leaf of Preface browned at lower edge, ex-library copy with a few stamps, modern cloth with illustration mounted on upper cover, large 8vo, Rangoon, 1901.⁂ Originally intended as a revision of M.J.Slymm's work on elephants of 1878 but completely rewritten. It includes information on drugs and remedies for treatment, and a list of diseases in English, Hindi and Burmese.

Fishes.- Couch (Jonathan) A History of the Fishes of the British Islands, 4 vol., first edition, 250 hand-coloured plates only (of 252, lacking plates 57 and 96), tissue-guards, contemporary ink gift inscriptions to front free endpapers, plate 120 and one gathering in vol. 4 working loose, the very occasional spot, a few hinges cracked but covers holding firm, original decorative cloth, gilt, lightly rubbed at joints and extremities, a few small spots of discolouration but bright copies overall, 8vo, 1862-5.

NO RESERVE Gibson (William) The Farrier's New Guide, third edition, lacking frontispiece, 4 plates only (of 7), first folding plate defective and missing half along fold line, M1 torn and repaired, damp-staining and foxing, modern half calf, endpapers renewed, 8vo, 1722.

Mammals.- [Rayson (Charles) & others.] The Book of the Rabbit, edited by Leonard U.Gill, first Gill edition,10 chromolithographed plates (one with short tear and repaired), wood-engraved plates and illustrations, 32pp. publishers' catalogue at end, original pictorial cloth, gilt, a good copy, [cf.Nissen ZBI 3313, 1889 edition], 1881 § Vasey (George) Delineations of the Ox Tribe; or, the Natural History of Bulls, Bisons, and Buffaloes..., first edition, half-title, a few leaves slightly frayed at fore-edge (half-title and frontispiece reinforced), modern half morocco, [Nissen ZBI 4234; Not in Sabin], 1851 § Hamilton (Robert) The Natural History of the Ordinary Cetacea or Whales, first edition, second issue, engraved frontispiece, additional title with hand-coloured vignette, 30 engraved plates, 28 hand-coloured, 1837; The Natural History of the Amphibious Carnivora...Walrus and Seals...Herbivorous Cetacea, engraved frontispiece, additional vignette title and 31 plates, 27 hand-coloured, 1839, together 2 vol., uniform original cloth, rubbed and faded, [Nissen BI 1812 & 1811], Edinburgh; and 4 others, 8vo & 4to (8)⁂ The first is scarce with only 4 copies listed on Library Hub (BL, Cambridge, Oxford, and National Library of Scotland); the second is a comprehensive monograph on cattle and includes songs and music of alpine cowherds; the third & fourth comprise vol.XVI & XXIII of Jardine's 'Naturalists's Library' (vol.VI & VIII of Mammalia).

Marine Life.- Goüan (Antoine) Historia Piscium...; Histoire des Poissons..., only edition, text in Latin & French, 4 folding engraved plates, French title trimmed at head, modern cloth, Strasbourg, Amand König, 1770 § Gatty (M.) British Sea-Weeds, 2 vol., second printing, 80 plates printed in colours, old typed note concerning the work from Richard Elmhurst Director of Scottish Marine Biological Association dated 1946 tipped in, the naturalist David Bellamy's copy with his signed bookplate, original cloth, 1872 § Forbes (E.) A History of British Starfishes, 1841 bound with Bell (Thomas) A History of British Reptiles, 1839, together 2 works in 1 vol., first editions, wood-engraved illustrations, contemporary green morocco, gilt, spine gilt, g.e. § Philpots (J.R.) Oysters, and all about them, 2 vol., only edition, ex-Fisheries and Wildlife Department Library copy with stamps, original pictorial cloth, London & Leicester, 1890 § Mawe (J.) The Voyager's Companion, or Shell Collector's Pilot, fourth edition, 2 hand-coloured engraved plates, old cloth-backed boards, 1825 § Brooks (W.K.) & F.H.Herrick. The Embryology and Metamorphosis of the Macroura, first edition, signed presentation copy from Herrick inscribed at head of title, 57 chromolithographed plates of lobsters and shrimps, original limp cloth, rebacked, Washington, D.C., 1891, slightly rubbed; and 12 others on marine and shore life, v.s. (20)

Agriculture.- Ewart (John) A Treatise on the Arrangement and Construction of Agricultural Buildings, only edition, half-title, 19 lithographed plates and plans, one with flaps to show different options, list of subscribers at end, foxing to first few leaves, ex-Royal Agricultural Society of England copy with stamp to title and bookplate, original cloth, glazed paper label to upper cover, upper corners bumped, rebacked, London, Edinburgh & Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1851 § Aiton (William) A Treatise on the Origin, Qualities, and Cultivation of Moss-Earth, with directions for converting it into Manure, second edition, half-title, bookplate of the naturalist David Bellamy, contemporary half calf, Air, 1811 § Gyllenborg (G.A.)A Natural and Chymical Treatise of Agriculture, edited by W.Pilkinton, second edition, original boards, uncut, stained, rebacked, Romsey, 1822 § Johnson (C.W.) On Fertilizers, first edition, half-title, 16pp. publisher's catalogue at end, original boards, uncut, soiled, rebacked, 1839, all a little rubbed; and 4 others, agriculture, v.s. (8)⁂ Library Hub locates only 6 UK copies of the first.

Perrault (Claude) Memoir's for a Natural History of Animals..., translated by Alexander Pitfeild, 2 parts in 1, first edition in English, additional engraved title, title in red & black, 35 engraved plates, a few contemporary ink corrections to text, light water-staining and crinkling (mostly to second part), some light soiling, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, corners worn, lower cover impressed from cord where previously tied, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, new red morocco label, [Nissen ZBI 3125; Wing P1582A], folio, by Joseph Streater...to be sold by T.Basset, 1688.⁂ Important work on comparative anatomy with 30 engravings of various animals. The second part, entitled 'The Measure of the Earth' and with a separate title-page, is Richard Waller's translation of Perrault's attempt to remeasure an arc of meridian for measuring the earth's radius, with 5 engravings of scientific instruments and diagrams.

NO RESERVE Primates.- Kohts (Nadezhda Nikolaevna Ladygina) Adaptive Motor Habits of the Macacus Rhesus under experimental conditions, first edition, signed presentation copy from the author to Prof. Dr. Arthur Keith inscribed at head of title (slightly cropped), title in Russian & English, text in Russian, plates, tables, ex-library copy with stamps, library buckram, Moscow, Museum Darwinianum, [1928] § Murie (J.)& St.George Mivart. On the Anatomy of the Lemuroidea, 'Transactions of the Zoological Society', vol.VII part I, drop-head title, 6 lithographed plates, one double-page, illustrations, bookplate and stamp of the primatologist W.C.Osman Hill, later cloth, 1866 § Tyson (Edward) Orang-Outang, sive Homo Sylvestris: or, the Anatomy of a Pygmie, facsimile reprint of 1699 edition, folding plates, original cloth, 1966; and another on primates, 8vo & 4to (4)⁂ Nadia Kohts (1890-1963) was a pioneer in the study of animal cognition. She was the wife of Alexander Fiordorovich Kohts, founding director of the Museum Darwinianum in Moscow.Sir Arthur Keith (1866-1955), anatomist and anthropologist who did much research into apes and monkeys.

Reeve (Henry) An Essay on the Torpidity of Animals, first edition, half-title, presentation copy from the author's great nieces to the Royal College of Surgeons with withdrawn stamp, foxed, original boards, uncut, rubbed, rebacked in cloth, 1809 § Paxton (James) Illustrations of Paley's Natural Theology, first edition, 36 lithographed plates, 10 hand-coloured or partly so, title browned, modern calf-backed boards, [Wellcome IV, 320], Oxford, 1826 § Zimmermann (E.A.G.) Zoologie Géographique. Premiere Article l'Homme, first edition in French, old ink library stamp on title, contemporary sheep-backed boards, Cassel, 1784 § Josse (F.) De la Chaleur Animale, et de ses divers rapports, only edition, half-title, engraved plate, light marginal staining, bookplate of the nutritionist John Yudkin, modern cloth, uncut, Paris, An IX - 1801, 8vo (4)⁂ The first concerns animal hibernation, and the last is a supplementary work to Lavoisier's theories on animal heat and respiration.

Veterinary & Farriery.- White (James) A Treatise on Veterinary Medicine, 2 vol., mixed edition, vol.1 tenth edition, vol.1 with 14 stipple-engraved plates (4 hand- coloured) and vol.2 with 3, lightly browned, contemporary tree calf, spines gilt, 1812-11 § [Apperley (C.J.)], "Nimrod". Remarks on the Condition of Hunters..., second edition, later half calf, 1834 § Robertson (W.) A Text-book of the Practice of Equine Medicine, first edition, presentation copy from the author to the Birmingham Medical Institute inscribed on title and with faint stamp, modern cloth, [c.1883], the first two a little rubbed, 8vo (4)

[Bancroft (Edward)] An Essay on the Natural History of Guiana in South America, first edition, engraved frontispiece of double-headed snake, with 4pp. advertisements at end, a little browned, later half calf, spine faded, [Sabin 3106; Wellcome II, 94], for T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt, 1769 § Wallace (Alfred Russel) The Malay Archipelago, seventh edition, 1880 § Bates (H.W.) The Naturalist on the River Amazons, reprint, [Sabin 3932], 1892 § Sibree (James) A Naturalist in Madagascar, first edition, 1915 § Godman (F. de Cane) Natural History of the Azores, or Western Islands, first edition, 1870 § Hudson (W.H.) The Naturalist in La Plata, third edition, 1895, plates and illustrations, occasional spotting, the last four all from the library of the naturalist David Bellamy with his bookplate, all but the first original cloth, most pictorial, all a little rubbed, 8vo (6)⁂ The first is an early work on the flora and fauna of Guiana and includes an account of the nature and use of the wourali plant from which curare poison is obtained.

Aeronautics.- [Pocock (George)] A Treatise on the Aeropleustic Art, or Navigation in the Air, by means of Kites, or Buoyant Sails; with a description of the Charvolant, or Kite Carriage, folding engraved aquatint frontispiece of the charvolant, 6 lithographed plates by Rose Gilbert after David Cox, Jun., bound without advertisement leaf at end, contemporary manuscript note to p.37, some spotting to plates, modern dark blue morocco, gilt, spine gilt, upper cover slightly splayed, 8vo, 1851.⁂ Intriguing work, first published in 1827 as The Aeropleustic Art, or, Navigation in the Air, by the use of Kites or Buoyant Sails. The delightful illustrations show use at sea and the charvolant on land. The author was the grandfather of W.G.Grace; fortunately for cricket his daughter Martha was unharmed during any of the experiments with his kites in which she and other family members partook. Library Hub lists 7 copies of this second edition.

Borelli (Giovanni Alfonso) De VI percussionis...De motu animalium, 2 parts in 1, first collected edition, engraved additional pictorial title, title with engraved device, 20 folding engraved plates, one torn and repaired, browned, ex-library copy with ink stamps to title, modern half morocco, rubbed, spine faded, [Bibl. Mechanica, p.41; Wellcome II, 204], 4to, Leiden, P. vander Aa, 1686.

Chemistry.- Faraday (Michael) Histoire d'une Chandelle, first edition in French, illustrations, light spotting, original printed yellow wrappers, uncut, a little rubbed and soiled, split to upper joint, Paris, [1865]; On the Various Forces of Nature and their Relations to Each Other: A Course of Lectures delivered...at the Royal Institution, edited by William Crookes, 48pp. catalogue at end, corner of front free endpaper torn away and repaired, original pictorial cloth, gilt, slightly rubbed, [1874]; The Selected Correspondence, edited by L.Pearce Williams & others, 2 vol., original cloth, dust-jackets, Cambridge, 1971, plates and/or illustrations, the first two with light spotting; and 8 others, some on science for children, 8vo et infra (12)⁂ The first is one of the most famous scientific lectures ever given to children, first published in England in 1860 when it was delivered at the Royal Institution. Faraday initiated the Royal Institution Christmas lectures for children in 1825, delivering them a record 16 times.

Chemistry.- Macquer (Pierre Joseph) Dictionnaire de Chymie, 3 vol., half-title in vol.1, vol.1 & 3 with final blanks, a little water-stained, Yverdon, 1767; another edition, 3 vol., Paris, P.F.Didot, 1777; another edition, 4 vol., half-titles, Paris, Théophile Barrois, 1778, all contemporary mottled sheep, the first with wormed patch to lower cover of vol.3 and rebacked, the second and third with gilt spines, all rubbed, the first and last in modern cloth slip-cases, 8vo (10)⁂ Various editions of this popular first modern dictionary of chemistry, first published in 1766 and subject to several pirated printings. The first mentioned is a rare authorised Swiss reprinting of the first edition. The work includes substantial entries for glass and wine.

Chemistry.- Neumann (Caspar) The Chemical Works, edited by William Lewis, first edition in English, engraved bookplate of Matthew Lewis, contemporary speckled calf, rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired, for W.Johnston [& others], 1759 § Watson (Richard) Chemical Essays, 5 vol., mixed edition (as often: vol.1-3 fifth edition, vol.4 fourth edition, vol.5 unspecified), from the library of Matthew Boulton with small Christie's book-label to front pastedowns, contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed, vol.1 a little worn with upper cover detached, T.Evans, 1789-91-89 § Thomson (Thomas) The History of Chemistry, 2 vol., first edition, engraved portrait (foxed), advertisements at beginning, original cloth, uncut, rubbed and faded, 1830 § Colver (Capt. E. de W.S.) High Explosives: a Practical Treatise, first edition, plates and illustrations, folding table, ex-library copy with embossed stamp to title and plates, modern cloth, 1918; and 10 others on chemistry, v.s. (19)

Chemistry.- Scheele (Carl Wilhelm) Traité Chimique de l'Air et du Feu, 2 vol. in 1 including Supplement, first edition in French, folding engraved plate, lacking final blank, contemporary ink signatures to head of titles (slightly shaved), old ink library stamp to main title, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, rebacked with gilt spine, corners repaired, [Duveen 533; Ferguson II, 331], 8vo, Paris, 1781.⁂ Scheele's most important work, announcing his discovery of oxygen, made independently of Priestley.

Chemistry.- Ure (Andrew) A Dictionary of Chemistry, on the basis of Mr Nicholson's, first Ure edition, 15 engraved plates including 3 folding tables, contemporary ink inscription "Thomas Major Surgeon" to head of title and with his engraved bookplate, also bookplate of the rheumatologist William Sydney Charles Copeman (great-great grandson of Ure) with related material loosely inserted, contemporary half calf, spine ends worn, joints split, 1821; Dr. Andrew Ure...on Galvanism, contemporary ink inscription "Dr. Ure - 1778. Given by his daughter Katherine Mackinley to his grandaughter Lady Boord, & by her to his great grandson H.P.Boord, & by him to Dr.Ure's great-great grandson W.S.C.Copeman. 1924" to front free endpaper, mounted photographic portrait, original cloth, gilt, privately printed, n.d.; and others by or relating to Ure and his family, including later editions of the first, v.s. (9)

[Bennett (Edward, editor)] The Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society Delineated, 2 vol. (Quadrupeds & Birds), contemporary half red roan, spines gilt, [Nissen ZBI 314], 1835 § White (Rev. Gilbert) The Works, in Natural History, 2 vol., in 1, first collected edition, engraved frontispiece and 3 plates, 2 hand-coloured, one folding, bookplate of the naturalist David Bellamy, contemporary tree calf, rebacked, 1802 § Hunter (John) Memoranda on Vegetation, only edition, original cloth, spine faded and slightly chipped, 1860, illustrations, all a little rubbed; and c.25 others on natural history, v.s. (c.30)⁂ The first includes the first book appearance of an illustration by Edward Lear (vol.2 p.125, the Blue & Yellow Macaw).

Chemistry.- Wilson (Benjamin) A Series of Experiments on the subject of Phosphori, and their Prismatic Colours..., second edition, lacking final advertisement leaf, contemporary half calf, spine gilt with red roan label, rubbed, splits to joints, corners worn, John Nourse, 1776 § Huxham (John) Medical and Chemical Observations upon Antimony, first separate edition, half-title, advertisement leaf at end, a few spots, contemporary calf, gilt, rubbed, a few gouges, rebacked, [Duveen 304; Wellcome III, 323], J.Hinton, 1756 § Payen (Anselme) Mémoires sur les Développements des Végétaux, first edition in book form, presentation copy from the author to the chemist and colour-theorist Michel Chevreul inscribed on front free endpaper, half-title, 16 folding engraved plates, 11 hand-coloured, some foxing, light water-staining to lower margin affecting a few plates, bookplate of the nutritionist John Yudkin, original cloth-backed printed boards, rubbed, Paris, 1844; and 3 others, 8vo & 4to (6)

Colour.- Field (George) Chromatics; or, the Analogy, Harmony, and Philosophy of Colours, New Edition, advertisement leaf, half-title, 11 plates, most engraved, 7 hand-coloured, illustrations, some hand-coloured, 1845 § Chevreul (M.) The Principles of Harmony and Contrast of Colours..., translated by Charles Martel, third edition, 15 chromolithographed plates, 4 folding or double-page plates, most engraved, one with volvelle (detached), folding table, advertisements to endpapers, 1860 § Ostwald (Wilhelm) Colour Science, 2 vol., 6 plates, 4 with colour wheels or charts, one folding, errata slip, Windsor & Newton, [1933]Meldola (R.) & others, editors. Jubilee of the Discovery of Mauve and of the Foundation of the Coal-Tar Industry by Sir W.H.Perkin, plates, folding table, [1906] § Maerz (A.) & M.Rea Paul. A Dictionary of Color, plates of colour charts, old ink library stamp to title, 1930, all original cloth, rubbed, the first recased, the fourth faded; and 13 others on colour, 8vo & 4to (19)

Computing.- Wilkes (Maurice V.), David J. Wheeler and Stanley Gill. The Preparation of Programs for an Electronic Digital Computer. With special reference to the EDSAC and the use of a library of subroutines, first edition, two photographic illustrations, ink ownership inscription to pastedown, UK distribution label to foot of title, very occasional correction and annotation in ink, light spotting to rear pastedown and fore-edge, original cloth, corners and spine ends lightly rubbed, 8vo, Cambridge, Mass., 1951.⁂ The first full-length book on computer programming to be published.

Davy (Sir Humphry).- Journal of Science and the Arts, Vol.I, 2 parts in 1, 12 engraved plates, 3 folding, some light spotting, contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed, lower joint split, 1816 § Paris (John Ayrton) The Life of Sir Humphry Davy, first edition, engraved portrait and folding facsimile letter, both foxed, portrait also water-stained, stamp removed from foot of title, engraved bookplate of Thomas Martin, original cloth, uncut, rubbed and faded, rebacked preserving original spine with paper label, 1831; and another by Davy, 8vo & 4to (3)⁂ The first includes the following papers by or relating to Davy: 'On the Wire-gauze Safe-lamps for preventing Explosions from Fire-Damp, and for giving Light in Explosive Atmospheres in Coal Mines', pp.1-5; 'On Aqua-regia, or Nitro-muratic Acid', pp.67-68; 'On the Analogies between the undecompounded Substances, and on the Constitution of Acids', pp.283-288; 'On the Prussic Basis and Acid', pp.288-289; 'A Letter on the Practical Application of the Wire-Gauze Safe-lamp, from John Buddle...', pp. 302-305; 'Observations on the preceding Letter', by Sir H.Davy, pp.305-307. It also includes 'Demonstrations of some of Dr.Matthew Stewart's General Theorems; to which is added, an Account of some new Properties of the Circle' by Charles Babbage.

Electricity.- Beccaria (Giambatista) Dell'Elettricismo Artificiale e Naturale Libri Due, first edition, half-title (misbound after title), woodcut device on title and ornaments & initials, rather browned, a few spots or marks, contemporary roan-backed boards, spine gilt, rubbed, Turin, Filippo Antonio Campana, 1753 § Becquerel (A.C. & Edmond) Résumé de l'Histoire de l'Électricité et du Magnétisme, first edition, half-title, occasional spotting, contemporary half cloth, spine faded, Paris, 1858, both rubbed, 4to & 8vo (2)⁂ Beccaria was the first to disseminate a clear knowledge of electricity in Italy.

Electricity.- Bertholon (Pierre) De l'Électricité du Corps Humain dans l'État de Santé et de Maladie, first edition, half-title, 3pp. privilege at end, tables, red ink ownership stamp to inner margin of title, contemporary half calf, Lyons, Bernuset, 1780; De l'Électricité des Végétaux, first edition, half-title, 3 folding engraved plates, folding table, privilege leaf at end, old prize presentation label to front pastedown, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, very slight worming to foot of spine, Lyons, Bernuset, 1783, rubbed, 12mo & 8vo (2)⁂ The first is an important work on the effects of electricity on the human body; the second is a companion volume on the application of electricity to plants in order to promote growth.

Electricity.- Nollet (Jean Antoine) Essai sur l'Electricité des Corps, first edition, second issue, 4 folding engraved plates, engrved bookplate of R.H.Alexan. Bennet, contemporary half calf, The Hague, Jean Neaulme, 1747; Lettres sur l'Électricité, 2 vol.., engraved frontispiece & 8 folding plates, contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt, Paris, H.LGuerin & L.F.Delatour, 1760, a little rubbed; and 3 others by the same, 8vo et infra (6)⁂ Nollet is considered the father of experimental physics in France. He was the first Frenchman to experiment using the Leyden jar, and one of the first to associate lightning with electricity. The frontispiece in the second work depicts his demonstration of the "electric boy", when a boy was suspended by silk cords and electrified, producing sparks and attracting objects.

Engineering.- Clark (D.Kinnear) Tramways: their Construction and Working, 2 vol., first edition, hinges weak, original cloth, preserved together in modern cloth slip-case, 1878; Railway Machinery, vol.1 only (of 2, lacking plate vol.), first edition, modern calf-backed cloth, Glasgow, 1855 § Clark (Edwin) The Britannia and Conway Tubular Bridges, 2 text vol. only (lacking Atlas), signed presentation copy from the author to F.H.Henshaw inscribed on half-titles, errata slip, some spotting, original morocco-backed cloth, 1850 § Lesseps (Ferdinand de) Percement de l'Isthme de Suez, first edition, 2 folding engraved maps (short tears at edges, one repaired), with 16pp. paper 'The "Edinburgh Review" and the Suez Canal' by Memnon reprinted from 'The Times' of 1876 bound in at end, some foxing, contemporary half calf, rubbed, [PMM 339], Paris, 1855, most with plates and/or illustrations, some folding, all but the second rubbed; and 12 others on engineering and transport, v.s. (18)⁂ The first mentioned is the first major monograph on tramways.

Engineering.- Faujas de Saint-Fond (Barthélemi) Recherches sur la Pouzzolane, sur la Théorie de la Chaux et sur la Cause de le Dureté du Mortier, only separate edition, half-title, ink signature to title, contemporary marbled wrappers, uncut, rubbed, rebacked, preserved in modern cloth portfolio, Grenoble & Paris, 1778 § Totten (J.G., translator) Essays on Hydraulic and Common Mortars and on Lime-Burning, first edition, half-title, 24pp. publishers' catalogue at end, light foxing, bookplate of the Earl of Lonsdale, original floral-embossed cloth, gilt, faded, New York, 1842 § Sganzin (Joseph Mathieu) Programmes ou Résumés des Leçons d'un Cours Construction, third edition, half-title, 10 engraved plates, most folding, [Bib.Mechanica 293/4], Paris, 1821 bound with Delaistre (J.R.) Encyclopédie de l'Ingénieur, ou Dictionnaire des Ponts et Chaussées...Collection de Planches, Atlas only (without the 3 text vol.), 57 engraved plates, mostly double-page and/or folding, Paris, 1812, together 2 works in 1 vol., contemporary half calf, rebacked, new corners; and another on the strength of materials, 4to & 8vo (4)⁂ The first item concerns the properties of pouzzolana, a mixture of volcanic ash used by the Romans to construct mortar and a type of cement.

Gases.- Strutt (John William, Lord Rayleigh) and William Ramsay. Argon, a New Constituent of the Atmosphere, first edition in book form, illustrations, tables, prospectus loosely inserted, modern cloth, original printed wrappers bound in (slightly marked), Washington, D.C., 1896 § Bunsen (Robert) Gasometrische Methoden, first edition, lacking half-title but with errata leaf at end, illustrations, light foxing, upper outer corner of title cut away not affecting text (repaired), Honeyman copy with small gilt-stamped book-label to front pastedown, contemporary half calf, rebacked, corners repaired, Braunschweig, 1857 § Cavendish (Henry) Three Papers, containing Experiments on Factitious Air, extract from 'Philosophical Transactions' vol.56, pp.141-184, first edition, folding engraved plate, modern boards, 1766 § Hunter (Francis) Dissertatio chemica inauguralis, de aetheribus..., only edition, presentation copy from the author to A.Solomon inscribed at head of errata leaf (slightly cropped), later cloth, rubbed, Edinburgh, 1808; and another on mine air, v.s. (5)⁂ The first is on the discovery of argon, for which Lord Rayleigh received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1904. Ramsay received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry the same year for the discovery of argon and other inert gases.

Gas-lighting.- Accum (Fredrick) A Practical Treatise on Gas-Light..., first edition, 7 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 2 folding, some shaving edge of image, contemporary ink signature to head of title, title browned, some light soiling or offsetting, final plate a little stained, modern calf-backed marbled boards, red morocco label, [Abbey, Life 436], 8vo, 1815.⁂ Iconic work on gas-light technology which did much towards London and other major cities installing it to light houses, streets etc. The fine plates depict machinery, apparatus, and light fittings & chandeliers.

Glass.- Holbach (Paul Henri Dietrich, Baron d', translator) Art de la Verrerie, de Neri, Merret et Kunckel, first edition, engraved frontispiece and 15 folding plates, contemporary ink initials "B.R.F." to head of title, several extensive pencil annotations/translations to text particularly sections with recipes and a couple of plates, occasional browning, final section 'Secret des Vraies Porcelaines de la Chine et de la Saxe' water-stained, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked, [Duveen 427; Ferguson II, 135], Paris, Durand & Pissot, 1752 § Delaval (Edward Hussey) Ricerche Sperimentali sopra le cause de'cambriamenti de'colori nelli Corpi Opachi, e Colorati..., first edition in Italian, with final imprimatur leaf, modern calf-backed marbled boards, Bologna, Tommaso d'Aquino, 1779; and another on glass-making, 4to & folio (3)⁂ The second work concerns the colours produced in glass by various metals.

Heat.- Leslie (John) A Short Account of Experiments and Instruments depending on the Relations of Air to Heat and Moisture, first edition, engraved plate with explanatory text leaf, modern cloth, Edinburgh, 1813 § Poincaré (H.) Théorie Analytique de la Propagation de la Chaleur, first edition, diagrams and calculations, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, rubbed, Paris, 1895 § Fourier (J.-B.-J.) Théorie Analytique de la Chaleur, reprint, 2 plates, modern cloth, Breslau, 1883, 8vo & 4to (3)⁂ The first contains a description of Leslie's experiments in artificially freezing water, the first recorded instance of artificial congelation, and a plate of his invention of the differential thermometer.

Heisenberg (Werner) Les Principes Physiques de la Théorie des Quanta, translated by B.Champion & E.Hochard, first edition in French, signed presentation copy to R.Deluchat from the translators inscribed on front free endpaper, browned, rather brittle and slightly chipped at corners, original wrappers, rubbed, frayed at edges, rebacked, preserved in modern cloth portfolio, Paris, 1932 § Ioffe (A.F.) Elementary Photoelectric Effect: Magnetic Pole of Cathode Rays], first edition, text in Russian, ink inscription to head of title, title with translation in pencil, folding plate, modern cloth with original upper wrapper mounted on upper cover, St.Petersburg, 1913 § Minkowski (H.) Diophantische Approximationen: Eine Einführung in die Zahlentheorie, first edition, diagrams, signature of F.Thiersch to front free endpaper, original cloth, Leipzig, 1907 § Holmgren (K.A.) Sur le Développement de l'Électricité au Contact de l'Air et de l'Eau, first separate edition, presentation copy from the author to Comte Charles Trolle-Bonde, original cloth, Lund, 1895, all with diagrams and calculations; and another of 3 bound papers by Holmgren, 8vo & 4to (5)⁂ The first is an important work in which Heisenberg reviews the fundamental principles of quantum theory. First published in German in 1930 it earned him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1932.