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1. Ahrons (E.L.) Locomotive and Train Working in … (£60 – £80) £40

2. Bigg's General Railway Acts. A Collection … (£100 – £150) £350

3. Biot, editor. Manuel du Constructeur de … (£60 – £80) £45

4. Bradshaw's Shareholders' Guide, Railway … (£150 – £200) £1700

5. Cole (William Henry) Light Railways at Home … (£60 – £80) £110

6. Guyonneau de Pambour (Comte François … (£80 – £120) £80

7. Guyonneau de Pambour (Comte François … (£40 – £60) £30

8. Dow , George Great Central, 3 vol., first … (£60 – £80) £55

9. Efficiency (The) of Railways as Affected by … (£40 – £60) £10

10. English Railways. Annual Report, 8 vol … (£250 – £350) £350

11. Exposition Universelle de 1889. Revue … (£150 – £200) £800

12. Gordon, W.J. Our Home Railways. How they … (£100 – £150) £450

13. Hughes, W. England and Wales, with Part of … (£40 – £60) £5

14. Irish Railways.- Patterson (Edward M.) The … (£80 – £120) £100

15. Maskelyne (J.N.) Locomotives I Have Known … (£100 – £150) £200

16. Midland Railway.- Diagram Sections, 3 vol … (£100 – £150) £200

17. Newhouse, L. Vorschlag zur Herstellung … (£80 – £120) unsold

18. Nock (O.S.) The Caledonian Railway, signed by … (£100 – £150) £280

19. Parry, Edward Railway Companion from … (£60 – £80) £100

20. Railway Magazine (The), vol. 1, 4-5, 12 … (£700 – £1000) £1100

21. Railway Returns for England and Wales … (£100 – £150) £200

22. Ransome-Wallis (P.) On Railways At Home and … (£100 – £150) £400

23. Rigg, Arthur A Practical Treatise on the … (£60 – £80) £55

24. Slaughter (Mihill, compiler) Railway … (£100 – £150) £160

25. Stanuell, Charles A. The General Tramway … (£30 – £40) £40

26. Templeton, William The Millwright and … (£100 – £150) unsold

27. Tuck, Henry The Railway Shareholder's Manual … (£40 – £60) £45

28. Vallance, H.A. The History of the Highland … (£60 – £80) £110

29. Bouttieaux (Commandant Victor Paul) La … (£30 – £50) £55

30. Brown (A.-G.), Boveri & Cie. BBC … (£75 – £100) unsold

31. Claxton, Christopher The Logs of the First … (£70 – £100) £280

32. French (Sir James Weir, edit.) Modern Power … (£40 – £60) £30

33. Ironmonger and Metal Trades Advertiser (The … (£70 – £90) unsold

34. Mandey (Venterus) & James Moxon … (£250 – £300) unsold

35. Mandey (Venterus) & James Moxon. Mechanic … (£220 – £280) £480

36. National Telephone Company (The). The … (£40 – £60) unsold

37. Oersted, Hans Christian Naturlærens … (£60 – £80) unsold

38. First [- Final] Report of the Royal … (£180 – £220) £1300

39. Shefik (El Lewa Ahmed, Pasha) Notes on a … (£60 – £80) £50

40. [St. Petersburg Sewers and Drainage … (£200 – £300) £150

41. Schöffler (Major Benedict) Die … (£150 – £200) £90

42. Accum, Frederick A Practical Treatise on … (£40 – £60) £40

43. Aston, F.W. Isotopes, first edition, plates … (£50 – £75) £50

44. Bainbridge, John Cl. v. Iohannis … (£300 – £400) £750

45. Huygens, Christian Kosmotheoros, [Greek] sive … (£300 – £400) £200

46. L' Hôpital (Guillaume François … (£100 – £150) £20

47. Peters (Christian H.F.) & Edward … (£30 – £50) £5

48. Sturm, Johannes Christoph Physicæ … (£120 – £180) £100

49. Atkinson, E. Elementary Treatise on Physics … (£40 – £60) unsold

50. Baker, Henry The Microscope Made Easy … (£150 – £200) £120

51. Beck, Richard A Treatise on the Construction … (£80 – £120) £220

52. Becquerel (Antoine César).- c.25 … (£180 – £220) £200

53. Bergman, Torbern Physisk Beskrifning … (£200 – £250) unsold

54. Bergman, Torbern Commentationes, spotting … (£150 – £200) unsold

55. Bergman (Torbern), Fredric Mallet, and … (£250 – £300) unsold

56. Crawford, A. Experiments and Observations … (£100 – £150) £200

57. Einstein, Albert Relativity, the Special … (£40 – £60) £30

58. Hales (Rev. Stephen) Philosophical … (£75 – £100) £240

59. Hammer, William J. Radium, first edition … (£60 – £80) £65

60. Haudicquer de Blancourt (François … (£200 – £250) unsold

61. [Hooke (Robert)] Philosophical Collections … (£60 – £80) £140

62. Buckland (Rev. William) Reliquiæ … (£250 – £350) unsold

63. Emanuel, Harry Diamonds and Precious … (£40 – £60) £30

64. Geological Survey of the United Kingdom … (£75 – £100) £60

65. Winckelman, Johann Joachim Critical Account … (£120 – £180) £220

66. Woodward, Henry A Monograph of the British … (£200 – £300) £150

67. Jones, William Physiological Disquisitions … (£120 – £180) unsold

68. Landen, John Mathematical Memoirs … (£250 – £300) £350

69. Lémery (Nicolas) An Appendix to a … (£30 – £50) unsold

70. Michell (John) City of Revelation: On the … (£30 – £40) unsold

71. Ruskin (John).- Turner (Edward) Elements of … (£70 – £90) £35

72. Russell, Bertrand The Principles of … (£150 – £200) £420

73. Russell, Bertrand The Principles of … (£120 – £160) unsold

74. Schröckius (Lucas) Historia Moschi, ad … (£200 – £250) £150

75. Sotheran and Co., Henry Bibliotheca … (£80 – £120) £80

76. Taylor, Michael A Sexagesimal Table … (£75 – £100) £55

77. Ainslie, Whitelaw Materia Indica; or, some … (£150 – £200) £420

78. Albinus, Bernard Siegfied Historia Musculorum … (£120 – £180) £380

79. Albinus, Bernard Siegfied Tables of the … (£2000 – £3000) £2200

80. Aristotle, pseud. Aristotle's Master-Piece … (£300 – £350) £200

81. Bateman, Thomas Delineations of Cutaneous … (£250 – £350) £300

82. Baylies, William Practical Reflections on the … (£80 – £120) £70

83. Bergeon (Dr.) Des Causes et du … (£60 – £80) £50

84. Berkeley (George, Bishop of Cloyne) Siris … (£100 – £150) £80

85. Bernard, Claude Introduction a l'Étude … (£60 – £80) £40

86. [Brerewood (Edward) Tractatus de Oculo], 2 … (£60 – £80) £55

87. Brigham, Amariah Remarks on the Influence … (£40 – £60) £45

88. Bruele, Gualterus Praxis Medicinae, or, The … (£80 – £120) £220

89. Bruyères (Hippolyte) La … (£100 – £150) £65

90. Camper, Petrus The Works...on...The Science … (£150 – £200) £120

91. Case, John Compendium Anatomicum Nova Methodo … (£220 – £280) £350

92. [Chadwick (Sir Edwin)] Report...from the Poor … (£750 – £1000) unsold

93. Cole, William Novæ Hypotheseos, ad … (£40 – £60) £40

94. Cramer, Antoine Physiologische Abhandlung … (£50 – £75) unsold

95. Deleuze, Joseph Phillippe Francois … (£100 – £150) unsold

96. Diemerbroeck, Isbrandi de Tractatus de Peste … (£80 – £120) £70

97. Donatus (Marcellus, of Mantua) De Medica … (£150 – £180) £260

98. Essays and Observations, Physical and … (£150 – £200) £100

99. Ferrier, David The Functions of the Brain … (£120 – £180) £160

100. Guibert, Philibert Medici Officiosi Opera … (£100 – £150) unsold

101. Guillié (Sebastien) Essai sur … (£200 – £250) £150

102. Hecker, J.F.C. The Epidemics of the Middle … (£40 – £60) £75

103. Hodges, Nathaniel Loimologia: or, an … (£100 – £150) £350

104. Hooper, Robert The Anatomist's Vade-mecum … (£40 – £60) £25

105. Howard, Thomas On the Loss of Teeth; and on … (£100 – £150) £130

106. Hunter, John A Treatise on the Venereal … (£180 – £220) £150

107. Hunter, John The Works, edited by James … (£600 – £800) £700

108. Hunter, John Essays and Observations on … (£100 – £150) £160

109. [Jenner (Edward)]. - Report from the … (£80 – £120) £400

110. Johnson (Rev. William Moore) & Thomas … (£75 – £100) unsold

111. Jones, Robert 14 offprints on orthopaedic … (£60 – £80) £20

112. Lavater, Johann Kaspar Physiognomy … (£60 – £80) £55

113. Le Cat, Claude Nicolas Traité des … (£75 – £100) £100

114. [MacMichael (William)] The Gold-Headed … (£60 – £80) £30

115. Medical Theses.- 26 French and German … (£40 – £60) £40

116. Medical Theses.- 26 items, some … (£40 – £60) £45

117. Nicander, Colophonius. Alexipharmaca … (£140 – £180) £150

118. Nightingale, Florence Notes on Nursing … (£120 – £180) £100

119. Phrenological Journal and Miscellany (The … (£80 – £120) £130

120. Primrose, James Popular Errours or the … (£200 – £250) £450

121. Freud, Sigmund Sammlung kleiner Schriften zur … (£180 – £220) £180

122. Freud, Sigmund Massenpsychologie und … (£60 – £80) £50

123. Freud, Sigmund Drei Abhandlungen zur … (£30 – £40) £30

124. Freud, Sigmund Massenpsychologie und … (£40 – £60) £55

125. Huarte (Juan de Dios) Prüfung der … (£30 – £50) £40

126. Sherton (Sir Charles) Selected Writings … (£60 – £80) £90

127. Short, Thomas Discourses on Tea, Sugar, Milk … (£300 – £400) £380

128. Soemmerring, Samuel Thomas Description … (£150 – £200) £160

129. Sydenham (Dr. Thomas) The Whole Works, "The … (£50 – £75) £90

130. Tissot, Samuel Auguste De la Santé des … (£80 – £120) unsold

131. Tolet, Francois Traité de la … (£120 – £180) £110

132. Willis (Thomas) The Anatomy of the Brain … (£80 – £120) £130

133. Alphéraky (Sergius) The Geese of … (£200 – £250) £260

134. Barton, Frank Townend Pheasants: In Covert … (£70 – £100) £90

135. Bewick, Thomas Figures of British Land … (£180 – £220) £160

136. Buffon (George Louis le Clerc, Comte de … (£200 – £250) £160

137. Comte, Achille Joseph The Book of Birds … (£80 – £120) £110

138. Daglish, Eric Fitch Birds of the British … (£80 – £120) £55

139. Gould, John An Introduction to the Birds of … (£40 – £60) £45

140. Grouse in Health and in Disease (The), 2 … (£70 – £100) £100

141. Hunt, Jonathan British Ornithology … (£800 – £1200) unsold

142. Jardine (Sir William) and Prideaux John … (£100 – £150) £130

143. Jardine (Sir William) The Naturalist's … (£600 – £800) £700

144. Lysaght, A.M. The Book of Birds: Five … (£60 – £80) £110

145. [Magasin de Zoologie: Oiseaux], 99 … (£150 – £200) £300

146. Martin, W.C.L. A General History of … (£80 – £120) £110

147. Meyer, Henry Leonard Coloured Illustrations … (£600 – £800) £700

148. Morris (Rev. Francis Orpen) A History of … (£500 – £700) £750

149. Naumann, Johann Andreas Naturgeschichte der … (£100 – £150) unsold

150. Seebohm, Henry The Birds of Siberia … (£60 – £80) £50

151. Shelley, George Ernest A Handbook of the … (£150 – £250) £180

152. Smith (Mrs Charlotte) A Natural History of … (£100 – £150) £60

153. Swaysland, Walter Familiar Wild Birds, 4 vol … (£70 – £100) unsold

154. Thomson, A. Landsborough Britain's Birds … (£30 – £40) unsold

155. Thorburn, Archibald British Birds, 4 vol … (£300 – £500) £320

156. Witherby (H.F.) and others. The Handbook of … (£60 – £80) £10

157. Amateur Gardening for Town and Country … (£70 – £90) £65

158. Atlas der natuurlijke geschiedenis van het … (£180 – £220) £220

159. Bacon (Sir Francis) Sylva sylvarum, sive … (£60 – £80) £70

160. Beach (Spencer Ambrose) and others. The … (£100 – £150) £75

161. Beadle, D.W. Canadian Fruit, Flower, and … (£75 – £100) £60

162. Bradley, Richard New Improvements of Planting … (£50 – £75) £75

163. Cooke, Theodore The Flora of the Presidency … (£70 – £100) £60

164. Culpeper, Nicholas Pharmacopoeia Londinensis … (£40 – £60) £160

165. Culpeper (Nicholas) Culpeper's English … (£60 – £80) £200

166. Curtis, William The Botanical Magazine; or … (£300 – £400) £480

167. Curtis, William Lectures on Botany, 3 vol. in … (£400 – £600) £450

168. Darwin, Charles Die Bewegungen und … (£60 – £80) £60

169. Darwin, Charles The Effects of Cross and Self … (£120 – £180) £110

170. Dunthorne (Gordon) Flower and Fruit Prints of … (£120 – £180) £80

171. Fairbridge, Dorothea Gardens of South Africa … (£50 – £75) £45

172. [Fuchs (Leonhart) De Historia Stirpium … (£100 – £150) £400

173. [Garden (The)] A Bound Collection of Plates … (£100 – £150) £350

174. Gerard (John) Gerard's Herball: The Essence … (£80 – £120) £60

175. Gilpin, William Remarks on Forest Scenery … (£100 – £150) £80

176. Gramberg, Eugen Pilze der Heimat, 2 vol., 116 … (£100 – £150) £75

177. Hoffmann, Carl Lehrbuch der Praktischen … (£150 – £200) unsold

178. Hughes (Rev. Griffith) The Natural History of … (£300 – £400) £1200

179. Johnstone (William Grosart) and Alexander … (£150 – £250) £160

180. Lempriere, William Popular Lectures … (£60 – £80) unsold

181. Loudon (Jane Webb) British Wild Flowers, 60 … (£600 – £800) £850

182. Lowe (Edward Joseph) & W. Howard … (£100 – £150) £130

183. Lowe, Edward Joseph A Natural History of … (£60 – £80) £55

184. Marloth, Rudolf The Flora of South Africa … (£250 – £350) unsold

185. Martyn, Thomas Thirty-eight Plates,...to … (£80 – £120) £60

186. Maund, Benjamin The Botanic Garden, vol. 1-11 … (£1800 – £2200) £2800

187. Maund, Benjamin The Botanic Garden, vol.1-9 … (£1000 – £1500) £1700

188. Maund (Benjamin) & J.S. Henslow, editors … (£800 – £1200) £900

189. Maund (Benjamin) and J.S.Henslow, editors … (£800 – £1200) £1000

190. Mcintosh, Charles The Greenhouse, Hot House … (£80 – £120) £130

191. Phillips (Henry) Sylva Florifera: The … (£150 – £250) unsold

192. Porter, George Richardson The Nature and … (£100 – £150) £60

193. Pratt, Anne The Flowering Plants, Grasses … (£120 – £180) £90

194. Revue Horticole, Fourth Series, 8 vol. (not a … (£800 – £1200) £1600

195. Robinson (William, ed.) Flora and Sylva. A … (£150 – £250) £100

196. Gravereaux (Jules) Roseraie de l'Haÿ … (£100 – £150) £80

197. Hogg (Thomas) A Concise and Practical … (£150 – £200) £100

198. McFarland, J. Horace Roses of the World in … (£100 – £150) £300

199. McFarland, J. Horace Roses of the World in … (£100 – £150) £70

200. Paul, William The Rose Garden, second … (£150 – £200) £100

201. Rose Annual (The). 60 vol., 1907-1966 … (£100 – £150) £80

202. Schleiden (Dr. J.M.) The Plant; a … (£40 – £60) unsold

203. Silberrad (Una) and Sophia Lyall. Dutch Bulbs … (£60 – £80) £70

204. Sowerby (James) and James Edward Smith … (£40 – £60) £30

205. Sowerby (John E.) and Charles Johnson. The … (£60 – £80) £85

206. Sowerby (John E.) & C. Pierpoint Johnson … (£120 – £180) £80

207. Stephenson (John) and James Morss … (£800 – £1200) £1100

209. Thornton, Robert John Temple of Flora … (£60 – £80) £120

210. Tournefort, Joseph Pitton de The Compleat … (£50 – £75) £280

211. Barbut (Jacques) Les Genres des Insectes de … (£250 – £350) £160

212. Barrett, Charles Golding The Lepidoptera of … (£150 – £250) £320

213. Blackwall, John A History of the Spiders of … (£150 – £250) £300

214. Brown (Capt. Thomas) The Book of Butterflies … (£80 – £120) £180

215. Curtis, John British Entomology … (£200 – £300) unsold

216. Denny (Henry) Monographia Anoplurorum … (£80 – £120) £50

217. Donovan, Edward The Natural History of … (£600 – £800) £800

218. Donovan, Edward [The Natural History of … (£150 – £200) £420

219. Duncan (James) The Natural History of British … (£80 – £120) £210

220. Fabre, Jean Henri Book of Insects, 12 … (£40 – £60) £20

221. Humphreys (Henry Noel) and John Obadiah … (£200 – £300) £300

222. Morris (Rev. Francis Orpen) A History of … (£50 – £70) £50

223. Allman, George James A Monograph of the … (£60 – £80) £65

224. Broussonet, Pierre Marie Auguste Ichthyologia … (£180 – £220) £150

225. Cooke, Mordecai Cubitt British Fresh-Water … (£50 – £70) £30

226. Couch, Jonathan A History of the Fishes of … (£300 – £500) £550

227. Day , Francis British and Irish Salmonidae … (£80 – £120) £80

228. Donovan, Edward The Natural History of … (£600 – £800) £1000

229. Fitzinger, Leopold Joseph Bilder-Atlas zur … (£400 – £500) £400

230. Gosse (Philip Henry) Actinologia … (£30 – £50) £75

231. Hamilton, Robert A History of British Fishes … (£40 – £60) £80

232. Michael, Albert D. British Oribatidae, 2 … (£120 – £180) £80

233. Scilla, Agostino De corporibus marinis … (£100 – £150) £190

234. Yarrell (William) A History of British … (£70 – £100) £80

235. Curtis (John) Farm Insects: Being the Natural … (£70 – £100) unsold

236. Davy (Sir Humphry) Elements of Agricultural … (£50 – £75) £35

237. Middleton, John View of the Agriculture of … (£120 – £180) unsold

238. Platt (Sir Hugh) The Jewell House of Art … (£100 – £150) £180

239. Varlo, Charles A New System of … (£200 – £300) £420

240. Bertuch, Friedrich Justin Bilderbuch zum … (£400 – £600) £400

241. Bingley (William) Memoirs of British … (£700 – £1000) £800

242. [Buffon (George Louis le Clerc, Comte de … (£150 – £200) £100

243. Buffon (George Louis le Clerc, Comte de … (£50 – £80) £35

244. Buffon (George Louis le Clerc, Comte de) A … (£100 – £150) £180

245. Darwin, Charles The Life and Letters … (£80 – £120) £150

246. Donovan, Edward The Naturalist's Repository … (£750 – £1000) £1400

247. Farmer (J. Bretland) The Book of Nature … (£200 – £300) £240

248. Garner, R.L. Apes and Monkeys, their Life and … (£30 – £50) £15

249. Goldsmith, Oliver A History of the Earth … (£80 – £120) £160

250. Hardwicke's Science-Gossip, An Illustrated … (£40 – £60) £55

251. Jockey's Guide (The), and Farrier's … (£400 – £600) £1300

252. Miles, William J. Modern Practical … (£60 – £80) unsold

253. Newcastle (William Cavendish, Duke of) A … (£200 – £300) £220

254. Houghton (Rev William) Country Walks of a … (£80 – £120) £55

255. Jardine (Sir William) The Natural History … (£80 – £120) £90

256. Lindner (F.W.) & Dr. Fr. H.A. Lachmann … (£200 – £300) unsold

257. Linnean Society.- Transactions of the Linnean … (£300 – £400) £420

258. Lloyd (Edward, publisher) Lloyd's Natural … (£120 – £180) £260

259. Seton, Ernest Thompson Studies in the Art … (£50 – £75) unsold

260. Wallace, Alfred Russel Darwinism, first … (£100 – £150) £180

261. White (Rev. Gilbert) The Works in Natural … (£75 – £100) £55

262. Andrásy (Count Manó) and … (£1500 – £2000) £1500

263. Andrásy (Count Manó) Hazai … (£3000 – £4000) £3000

264. Aflalo (F.G., editor) A Book of Fishing … (£70 – £100) £280

265. Armistead, J.J. An Angler's Paradise and … (£75 – £100) £250

266. Calderwood, William Leadbetter The Salmon … (£120 – £180) £220

267. Gedney, C.W. Angling Holidays. In Pursuit … (£40 – £60) £45

268. Grimble, Augustus More Leaves from My Game … (£60 – £80) £55

269. Hofland, Thomas C. The British Angler's … (£80 – £120) £170

270. [Apperley (Charles J.)], "Nimrod." Hunting … (£200 – £250) £200

271. Boxing News, World's Premier Fight Weekly … (£50 – £70) £10

272. Souvenir Napkin, printed "in Commemoration of … (£30 – £50) £10

273. Davidis, Henriette Praktisches Kochbuch … (£75 – £100) £80

274. Maciver, Susanna [Cookery and Pastry … (£40 – £60) £50

275. Rawstorne, Lawrence Gamonia: or, The Art of … (£50 – £75) £110

276. [Salmon (William)] The Family Dictionary … (£120 – £180) unsold

277. Thudichum (J.L.W.) & August Dupré … (£80 – £120) £130

278. Jardine (D.R.) Cricket, edited by Howard … (£60 – £80) unsold

279. Wisden, John Cricketers' Almanack, vol. 83 … (£30 – £40) £35

280. Wisden, John Cricketer's Almanack, edited … (£100 – £150) £70

281. Darwin, Bernard The Golf Courses of the … (£200 – £300) £300

282. Gilson, C.J.L. Golf, original pictorial … (£100 – £150) £100

283. Hawker (Lt.Col. Peter) Instructions to … (£100 – £150) £110

284. Leveson, H.A. Sport in Many Lands … (£80 – £120) £140

285. Lowe, C. Bruce Breeding Racehorses by the … (£50 – £75) £100

286. Maskelyne (Nevil) and David Devant. Our … (£50 – £70) £70

287. Millais, John Guille Game Birds and … (£60 – £80) £65

288. Peters, J.G. A Treatise on Equitation, or the … (£100 – £150) £60

289. Pollard (Hugh Bertie Campbell) Automatic … (£40 – £60) £55

290. Proctor, Richard A. Chance and Luck: A … (£40 – £60) £45

291. Richardson, S.T. Splutterings of a Sporting … (£40 – £60) £50

292. Ross (John) & Hugh Gunn, editors. The … (£100 – £150) £120

293. Stoddart, Thomas Tod The Angler's Companion … (£80 – £120) £160