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"CLASSIC BOOK ON MEXICO - THE RARITY OF ACCOUNTS OF TEXAS IN THE 1820'S MAKES ITS INCLUSION WORTH WHILE" (STREETER, TEXAS, 110)Second and best edition. 8vo, 2 vols: xxiv, 525, [1], and 2 pages of publisher's ads; with large fold-out frontispiece, 4 leaves of full-page plates, one of which being fold-out, and large final folding map; vii, [1], 643, [1], and 4 pages of ads; with 4 large foldout plates including frontispiece, 4 leaves of full-page plates, one of which coloured, 4 woodcuts in the text, and large final folding map. Occasional uncut gatherings. Bound in the original olive-green cloth over boards, by Runting Binders (7 Goldsmiths' Row), blind-stamped borders on covers and spine; gilt-stamped lettering on spine, skilfully restored. Extraordinarily clean and fresh; very sporadic mild foxing to the margins of few plates, but way much better than usual, since most copies are heavily foxed. Small tears at some folds of the maps. Superb copy and binding.Second edition enlarged by the author of… Read More

EARLY ILLUSTRATED ACCOUNTS OF WHALE AND HERRING FISHERIES12mo, xii, 283, [5] pp., with 18 full-page engravings and two engraved fold-out plates. Bookplate of John Leith Ross of Arnage & Bourtie glued to upper pastedown, a newspaper cutting dated in pen "Septr 1828" reporting on the flight of the rare hoopoe bird over the estate of Callander, Scotland. Leith Ross's autograph, dated 1763, pencilled on recto of flyleaf. Light marginal browning throughout, short tears at folds of folding plates, one of which has been skilfully repaired. Bound in full English calf, gilt lettering on red morocco label to spine. A very good copy of this rare work, difficulty found complete of all the 20 plates. Second corrected and enlarged edition, immensely scarce in its complete form.The first edition appeared just the earlier year, in 1754, in small 8vo format and was illustrated with 18 plates. This book has 20 plates, showing four categories of animals: I. Birds, II. Beasts, III. Fishes, IV. Serpents. The two charming… Read More

FINE COPYFIRST EDITION, first issue (First Edition stated on the copyright page). 8vo, pp. [2], xvi, 226, with several illustrations. Gilt-stamped blue cloth. Fine in bright near fine price-clipped dust jacket.One of the most topical books of our time. Watson's account of his participation in unraveling the structure of DNA for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1962 with Francis Crick.