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MARSHALL, C. R.. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Vol. XLVII. - Part II. - (No. 13). The pharmacological action of tutu, the toot plant of new zealand. Edinburgh. Published by Robert Grant & Son, 1910. Quarto. 287-316pp. Original publisher's printed paper wraps. Very slight wear to extremities. Text-block detached from wrapper. Presentation copy, inscribed in ink to head of upper wrap; 'With the author's compliments'. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 11374

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[MATHEMATICS]. W. H. Theobold's Mid Nineteenth-century Mathematical Workbook. [s.n.] C.1851. Quarto. 53ff. Manuscript on paper. Victorian melange paper backed marbled boards. Rubbed, with some tearing and loss to base of spine. One leav detached, with two more nearly so but just holding. An immaculately presented early-Victorian mathematical workbook, throughout with solved problems under the two headings 'Mental Calculations' and 'Promiscuous Questions', with several problems mentioning the dates 1850/51. Examples include: 'What would a board 16 feet ... More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 9163

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GRAHAM, Thomas. XVII. On the Molecular Mobility of Gases [From the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society London, June 1863]. London. Dulau & Co., 1863. First offprint edition. Quarto. 385-405pp, [1]. With engraved illustrations in the text. Original publisher's tan paper wraps, title in pencil to upper cover. Some soiling to extremities, slight loss and chipping to wrap edges. Occasional spots of dust-soiling. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 13324

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GRAHAM, Thomas. XXXVIII. Supplementary Observations on the Diffusion of Liquids [From the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society London, June 1850]. [London]. [s.n.], [1850]. First offprint edition. Quarto. 805-836pp. Disbound. Light browning in places, occasional marginal chipping. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 13327

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LAMBERT, Johann Heinrich. Zusatze zu den Logarithmischen und Trigonometrischen Tabellen zur Erleichterung und Abkurzung der bey Anwendung der Mathematik vorfallenden Berechnungen. Berlin. Haude und Spener, 1770. First edition. 12mo. [4], 210pp. Printed in black letter. Modern buff paper boards, lettered in black to spine. Leaves browned and spotted. Book-label of Erwin Tomash to FEP More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 22503