London: John C. Nimmo, 1891. Four Volumes. Third Edition. Complete with 132 plates.Containing nearly two thousand specimens all coloured by hand. Original dark green decorated buckram. Slight fading / rubbing to the gilt. Handling to top and base of spine. Bump / crease to the front of vol III (not as bad as it sounds!). Internally clean and tidy with slight foxing to the end papers. A Very nice copy.
xvi, 253., iv, 180., iv, 233., iv, 5-322. pp.
260 by 160mm (10¼ by 6¼ inches).

Peter Hill, Edinburgh & T Cadell and W. Davies, London, 1804. Original half leather with marbled boards. lacks end paper. A fascinating snapshot into how the health of women was viewed at the turn of the Eighteenth & nineteenth centuries. Hamilton was the professor of Midwifery at Edinburgh university. He previously wrote books intended for midwifes, but finding that these were used by ordinary families, he decided to write this work for the education of ordinary people. It is full of the prejudices of the age, with sections on sexual weakness and hysterical affections, as well as what would now be considered gynaecology. There is an appendix with examples of medicines and how to make them up to the rear. xii, 1-360 pp.

London: Sands: 1942. Pink card covers. Originally intended to have a dust wrapper, so no titles on the card covers at all. Gift inscription to the front end paper. Frontis photograph and 7 further photographic plates. (Lacks one photograph) An account of dogs that the author has known, and characters who have been involved with dogs. 102 pages.

New York: Random House, 1997. Signed by both authors to half title page. Reprint (3rd impression). A memoir of Iran before the revolution. 514 [iii]. pp
240 by 160 mm (9½ by 6¼ inches).

Mansfield CT: Maurizio Martino, 1995. Limited to 150 copies. Facsimile of the 1918-1920 Cambridge University Press edition. In original green cloth with gilt title to spine. No dust wrapper, as issued. 587 pp. 280 x 220 mm (11 x 8¾ inches).

Bristol: John Wright & Sons Ltd, 1930. First edition. In burgundy buckram, with debossed title to front board, and gilt stamped title to spine.
110 pp. with 92 illustrations / photographs. This is regarded as a seminal work on this subject. Brockman was a well respected Orthopaedic specialist, who worked at both St. Thomas' and Westminster Hospitals.

London: T. Bensley for J. Murray, 1812. Three volumes, complete. Anonymous but Richard Duppa. Original leather diced Russian boards with gilt decoration to the edges. New spine with gilt design / titles and 6 raised bands. This is an ex-library copy with the inevitable labels and stamps, including a small circular stamp to the verso of almost every plate. Complete with 125 engraved plates of which 122 are hand coloured. Although COPAC states that the third edition of this work was in 1810, each volume of this copy is stated third edition and dated 1812. (103, [51]p. of plates; 144, [8], 43, [65]p. of plates; 106, [29]p. of plates)

Haarlem: A. Loosjes: 1819. Blue paper wraps. "Thoughts on the changes of the weather, the impossible and useless for prediction thereof" Previously in the possession of the Royal Meteorological Society (Symons Bequest) and with their stamp to the front cover. 67 pages. 67 pages.

Montpellier: Jean Martel, 1816. Signed by the author (unfortunately part of the signature was cropped in re-binding). Mid 20th Century paper covered boards with leather title label to the spine. Very good clean condition. New end papers. Large folding chart of plants covered, and 20 folding engraved plates bound in to rear. 140 pages + plates.
250 by 200mm (9¾ by 7¾ inches).

Massachusetts: Horticultural Society, 1929. First edition. Original navy blue buckram with gilt title to front board and spine. ix, 553 pp. (including index). Frontispiece of Horticultural Hall, several portraits, details of exhibitions. 235 x 165 mm (9¼ x 6½ inches).

Paris: Galliena S.A, 1970. A record (vinyl) and chart in the Enquete epidemiologiue series. Very nice condition. Double album cover with information and charts. One record (as issued). Looks to be in unplayed perfect condition, but not tested. Cover is clean and tidy with a touch of bumping only. Health education in French. Of particular interest is the 'chain de contamination' - looking at the gender split shows a few prejudices of the time! 310 by 315mm (12¼ by 12½ inches).

San Fransisco: EJ Stevens Light, Color and Tone Research Laboratories, 1923. Original black and white faux crocodile skin cover soft covers with paper label to spine. Portrait of Stevens to front end paper. Owner's signature to the title page. Small stamp for EST Library to the title page. (These both for Ojai, Ca. A Theosophical Centre). Colour plate of the Nervous System. Many of the end pages of chapters have the small coloured paper sheet showing specific colours and quotations (often lacking). 190 by 130mm (7½ by 5 inches).

Paris: Chez Briasson, Dave & Le Breton: 1762. Recent black marbled boards, with cloth spine and paper label. No title. This is a collection of the abstracted plates dealing with 'manufacture de Glaces' from the 11 plate volumes of the Encyclopedie our dictionnaire raisonne des scienced, des arts et des metiers. 47 copper engravings - some double page. The Encyclopedie was published in 35 volumes between 1751 and 1777. The complete works comprised 17 volumes of text, 11 plate volumes, 4 supplementary volumes, 2 of index and an additional plate volume. Complete series (this edition had slightly fewer plates than the earlier edition). 47 plates.

London: Bell and Daldy, 1870. First edition. Original silk covered boards. black label to spine. With 54 chromolithographs (complete). Author's gift inscription to Ms Silver to the front end paper.
viii, 144 pp.
270 by 185mm (10¾ by 7¼ inches).

Mijdrecht: Roche Nederland B.V, 1993. Fascinating book, dealing with the symbols and representations associated with chemists / apothecaries. Full of colour photographs. 174 pages. 240 x 160 mm (9½ x 6¼ inches).

Cote d'Or: Chez l'Auteur, Beaun, 1879. Two volumes. 1st Edition. 70 Beautiful lithographed plates, of which many are hand coloured. 3/4 tan leather with brown mottled boards Gilt titles to spine. Brown marbled endpapers.
CICVI, [ii], 1-637, [ii], 1*-70*, 24 plates and descriptive page opposite each. / i-vi, 5-917, [iii], 1*-48*, 46 plates and descriptions.
240 by 170mm (9½ by 6¾ inches). An important standard work on the Hymenoptera. A complete set contains 11 volumes and was published from 1879-1913. Hymenoptera is a large order of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. Over 150,000 living species of Hymenoptera have been described. No wonder it is 11 volumes!