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  • Our Book of Feathered Friends.

    HOYER, M.A.; WEEDON, L.L.; GASK, Lillian; BINGHAM, Clifton; COLLINS, Charles (illus.)
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    Lush bird illustrations. First edition of this charming, chromolithographic children's book of stories and poems about birds, from domestic poultry...

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  • Concerning Parrots. Bird Exhibits at the Peabody Museum.

    Emilio, S.G.
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    Rare parrots. A rare pamphlet describing the parrot specimens at the Peabody Museum, originally published as an article in the Salem Evening News. ...

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  • The Divine and the Decay.

    HOPKINS, Bill.
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    Presentation copy of the author's only novel. First edition of the author's first and only novel, lengthily inscribed to a fellow author on the dat...

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  • The City and the Pillar.

    VIDAL, Gore.
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    First edition of the author's third novel. A milestone in LGBT literature, The City and the Pillar is significant for its sympathetic portrayal of...

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  • Triumphant Pilgrimage.

    RUTTER, Owen.
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    Rutter, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, travelled extensively in Arabia visiting the Holy cities including Mecca.First edition. 8vo, 2...

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  • The Nervous System of the Human Body.

    BELL, Charles.
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    Bell's palsy & the anatomy of the nervous system. Second edition and a handsomely bound copy of Bell's collected papers about the nerves that w...

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  • Essay on the Theory of the Earth.

    CUVIER, Georges L.C., Baron; KERR, Robert (translator).
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    Biology as a newtonian science. First English language edition of Cuvier's important essay establishing the role of cyclical geological catastrophe...

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  • Bibliographia Geographica Palaestinae.

    TOBLER, Titus.
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    A bibliography of travels to the Holy Land, covering books in all languages totalling about 2,500 works on Palestine and the Near East, originally...

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  • "A Machine-Oriented Logic Based on the Resolution Principle"

    ROBINSON, J.A.
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    First publication of the standard algorithm for logical deduction in artificial intelligence. First edition of the first publication of the resolut...

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  • Inside Mr Enderby.

    [BURGESS, Anthony] KELL, Joseph (pseud).
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    Publisher's blank dummy. A literary oddity if ever there was one. Inside Mr Enderby is one of two books published under the pseudonym Joseph Kell, ...

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  • Memoirs of the Baron de Tott,

    TOTT, Baron de.
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    An important work. Baron de Tott (1733-1793) went to Constantinople in 1755 and stayed until 1763, at first with his father and then with de Verge...

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  • Emin Pasha

    MOUNTENEY-JEPHSON A[rthur] J[ermy].
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    Mounteney-Jephson accompanied Stanley on his expedition to rescue Emin Pasha, the German-born Eduard Schnitzer, who had succeeded Gordon as govern...

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  • Tibet Past & Present.

    BELL, Sir Charles.
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    Charles Bell entered Lhasa in 1920 as the first European diplomat. The book gives a history of Tibet from the fifteenth century, its land and peop...

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  • Mathematics and the Imagination.

    [MATHEMATICS]. KASNER, Edward & NEWMAN, James.
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    First popular appearance of the word 'googol' - handsomely bound. Tenth edition of this surprise hit, first published in 1940 and described by scie...

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  • China proper.

    [GEOGRAPHICAL HANDBOOK SERIES].
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    Scarce complete set of the secret reports on China compiled for Naval Intelligence.Comprises sections on physical geography, history, peoples, mod...

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  • Dark Shadow.

    GILBERT AND GEORGE.
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    Presentation copy. Presentation copy, inscribed: 'For Mario / Much love / Gilbert + George / x x'.This artists' book is divided into eight chapters...

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  • Reconnoitring Central Asia.

    MARVIN, Charles.
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    Marvin's popular account of some of the more famous explorers and explorations of Central Asia in the 1860s-1880s such as Vambery, Burnaby, MacGre...

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  • After Everest.

    TENZING, Norgay Sherpa; BARNES, Malcolm
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    Signed by Tenzing. This volume contains tales of Norgay Tenzing's various travels and climbs following his historic ascent of Everest with Sir Edmu...

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  • Arabian Oil Ventures.

    PHILBY, Harry St. John B.
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    Philby's scarce final book. A history of the oil industry in Arabia from the end of WWI, by the renowned Arabist.First edition, 8vo, 134pp., a por...

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  • A Polar reconnaissance.

    MARKHAM, Albert Hastings.
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    Markham's voyage to the Barents Sea during the navigable season in order to ascertain the best route for future Polar discovery. Markham's view th...

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  • The Loneliness of the Long-distance Runner.

    SILLITOE, Alan.
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    First edition of the author's renowned short story collection, featuring his award-winning title, 'The Loneliness of the Long-distance Runner'. Wi...

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  • A Standard of Behaviour.

    TREVOR, William.
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    First edition of the author's first book. First edition of the author's true first novel, which he subsequently disowned and refused to be reissued...

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  • A High-pitched Buzz.

    LONGRIGG, Roger.
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    First edition of the author's first novel. First edition of the author's first novel, based on his experiences working in an advertising agency.Fir...

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  • In Pursuit of the English.

    LESSING, Doris.
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    First edition of the author's account of a year she spent in a seedy London boarding house soon after her arrival in England. 'One of the most aut...

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