SATANS INVISIBLE WORLD DISCOVERED: Or, A choice Collection of modern Relations, proving evidently against the Atheists of this present Age. by SINCLAIR, George.: - 1789

London, J. Wilcox, 1721.. 2 WORKS BOUND TOGETHER, 1721. Title continued: By which is perform'd most propositions in Astronomy; as, the altitude, azimuth, right ascension and declination of the sun, &c. also his rising and setting and amplitude, together with the hour of the day or night, and other conclusions exemplified at large. To which is added THE USE OF NEPEIRS BONES 1685, In multiplication, division and extraction of roots; also the nocturnal, the ring-dyal, and Gunter's line... Collected and digested into this portable volume for the use of young practitioners. SECOND EDITIONS, 1721 (actually a reissue of the first edition of 1685 with a cancel title page). THE ART OF NUMBRING BY SPEAKING-RODS, Vulgarly termed NEPEIRS BONES, title page dated 1685, second edition. London, printed by T[homas]. B[raddyll]. for H[annah]. Sawbridge, at the Bible on Ludgate-Hill, first published 1667, 2 works bound together. Small book, 12mo, approximately 130 x 75 mm, 5¼ x 3 inches, a folding plate to each volume,… Read More

#Paris, Le Boucher, 1784.. Pour servir de Supplement a son Dictionnaire raisonne de Physique. Contenant: L'idée d'un Aérostat; Rapport fait à l'Académie des Sciences sur la MACHINE AEROSTATIQUE inventée par MM. DE MONGOLFIER; Moyens de diriger les Ballons. FIRST EDITION 1784. 4to, approximately 260 x 195 mm, 10 x 7½ inches, woodcut vignette to title page, large floral headpiece to first page, pages: [2], 1-34, rebound in quarter calf with gilt lettered label and gilt decoration to spine over paper boards, vellum tips to corners, new endpapers, edges stained red. Pale age-browning throughout, last page has brown stained corners (see attached image), occasional small brown spot. Very good copy with attractive spine. See: Gaston Tissandier, Bibliographie Aeronautique, page 15, listing the smaller 8vo edition only. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

NEW-YORK, published by E. Duyckinck, 102 Pearl-Street. Nicholas Van Riper, Print. 1814.. Title continued: By which the meanest may perform the whole without the help of a Teacher. Together with the use of all the instruments belonging thereto. TO WHICH IS NOW ADDED Abundance of New and Rare Inventions. Seventeenth Edition, 1814. LACKING FRONTISPIECE, facsimile pasted to inside front cover, 12mo, approximately 130 x 80 mm, 5¼ x 3¼ inches, facsimile frontispiece, woodcuts in the text, [1], 5-107 pages, full old calf. Binding worn and creased, leather soft and flexible, spine has stitching down the spine (see attached image), closed tear to first page of text repaired with small pieces of document repair tape, tip of lower corner repaired, 1 margin has small repair, tip of 1 corner missing, not affecting text, corners crease due turn down, a few chips to margins, pale browning and staining throughout, no loose pages, fair condition, well used copy of a scarce New York printing. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO… Read More

London, Kent & Co 1864-67.. Volumes VI-X, each with its own title page except for Volume X, bound in 1 volume, Volumes VI and X defective. 1864-67, 8vo, 245 x 170 mm, 9½ x 6½ inches. Volume VI 1864 is defective, pages: title page, 49-146, pages 101-104 duplicated, lacks first 48 pages. Volume VII, 1865, pages: title page 1-140 plus 1 page of index; Volume VIII, 1866, pages: title page followed by 1 page wrongly numbered 4, 3-141 plus 1 page index; Volume IX, 1867, pages: 1-142, pages 85-96 duplicated, nothing missing; Volume X defective having pages 1-48 only. 1 full page illustration, 1 double page and 2 folding plus many illustrations in the text. VOLUMES 7,8 and 9 COMPLETE. bound in quarter black leather with raised bands, gilt title, gilt date at foot of spine, gilt decoration to raised bands and small floral decoration between the raised bands, pebble cloth covers, marbled endpapers. Occasional brown spot, some creases to lower corners due to bad turning, pale age-browning to margins and… Read More

London, Bernard Quaritch, Piccadilly. 1872.. THIRD EDITION OF THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION 1872, TRANSLATED BY EDWARD FITZGERALD. Small slim 4to, approxmately 225 x 160 mm, 8¾ x 6 inches, pages: xxiv, 1-36, (101 quatrains), quarter roan spine with gilt title, purple cloth boards, dark brown coated endpapers, engraved bookplate pasted to first pastedown (E-Libris, Roberti-Comiti-De-Crewe). Spine slightly rubbed, corners slightly worn, pale age-browning to title page, 2 margins in the notes section have a tiny neat repair, nowhere near text, otherwise a very good clean copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, printed for M. Jones, 1802-1803.. FIRST EDITIONS 2 volumes 1803 and 1802, by George Barrington Superintendent of the Convicts. To which is prefixed a Detail of His Life, Trials, Speeches, &c. &c. Enriched with beautiful Coloured Prints. AN ACCOUNT OF A VOYAGE TO NEW SOUTH WALES 1803. 8vo, approximately 210 x 125 mm, 8¼ x 5 inches, engraved frontispiece portrait of the author, engraved title page with hand coloured vignette of an aborigine fishing from a boat, a folding hand coloured map of NSW, 10 hand coloured plates including 4 views of Sidney, A Native Family, The Cape of Good Hope, The Peak of Teneriffe, Pinchgut Islands, Spotted Hyena and Camelopard, the last 2 on 1 plate, pages: (8), 1-467, (5 - index), lacking Directions to the Binder, not always included in this edition, bound in modern quarter burgundy morocco over marbled sides, raised bands, gilt rules and gilt ship motif in compartments, 2 dark brown gilt lettered labels. Pale age-browning to text, occasional pale foxing to a… Read More

London, Baynes and Son et al., 1825.. 2 volumes, 1825. Bound by Florence Paget(?) listed in Women Bookbinders, signed "F P 1906" on rear lower dentelle of Volume1. Small volumes with small print, approximately 120 x 65 mm, 5 x 2½ inches, engraved frontispiece and title page to each volume, coat of arms with motto "honi soit qui mal y pense" to each title page, pages: 1-443; 1-430, bound in full plain morocco, gilt titles to spines, blind decoration to the end of each raised band, double rules to dentelles, gilt rule to edges of covers, edges stained red. Spine of Volume 2 slighty faded, a few light stains to covers, pale browning to frontispiece and title page of Volume 1, strip of brown offset from dentelles to all first and last free endpapers, occasional pale spot, otherwise a very good clean tight set. Paget was a pupil of Douglas Cockerell, and exhibited at the Arts and Crafts Society in 1899. In 1902 she was chosen to bind the copy of the Form and Order of Service which King Edward VII used at… Read More

London, printed for J. Johnson, 1784, reprinted and published by Sanders Cones and Co., Mission Row Calcutta, 1848.. TITLE CONTINUED: General of ten thousand men in the army of the Mogul Empire, and formerly Commander-in Chief the artillery of Hyder Ali, and of a body of European troops in the service of that Prince. English edition translated from the French. 1848, first published in 1784. Tall 8vo, approximately 240 x 160 mm, 9¾ x 6½ inches, 3 hand coloured portraits and 1 black and white engraving of the Throne of the late Tippoo Sultaun, pages: vi, 1-388, 4 extra pages 253-256 marked with an asterisk, no duplication of text and 4 extra leaves in the Appendix, unnumbered between pages 376 & 377, making a total of 400 pages, bound in full Victorian morocco, gilt lettering and decoration to spine and gilt decoration to covers, marbled endpapers, narrow gilt dentelles, all edges gilt. Binding rubbed and rebacked using original spine, shelf wear to edges of covers, thin black stain to lower cover,… Read More

London, David Nutt, 1898.. PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION 1898, LIMITED TO 250 COPIES (THIS IS COPY 202) AND SIGNED BY THE FAMOUS NORFOLK PHOTOGRAPHER, P. H. EMERSON. Large 8vo, approximately 265 x 195 mm, 10¼ x 7½ inches, illustrated with 4 photogravures with tissue guards, 1 being a portrait of P.H. Emerson, nine line drawings and seventy-six illustrations from photographs, and including eighteen sheet pedigrees, pages: xiv, 1-168 plus large Appendix of Authorities numbered in roman numerals, i-cxxxv, bound in publisher's pale green cloth. Slight wear at head and tail of spine, cloth faded, spine darkened, corners slightly worn and 1 corner bumped, endpapers and half-title foxed, title page lightly foxed, otherwise a very good copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, John Murray, 1845.. FIRST EDITION 1845, Volume I ONLY of 2, DEFECTIVE COPY LACKING 3 LITHOGRAPHS NOW REPLACED WITH SLIGHTLY SMALLER FACSIMILES. 4to, approximately 305 x 230 mm, 12 x 9 inches, engraved Dedication leaf, addressed to Emperor Nicholas I, 12 monotinted lithographic plates of views including frontispiece, 3 in facsimile, 2 lithographed plates of fossils in the Appendix, 5 folding hand coloured engraved plates of sections and 2 large folded hand coloured engraved maps, the last large map of Russia and Ural Mountains approximately 780 x 620 mm, 31 x 24 inches, numerous drawings and diagrams in the text, pages: xxiv, (pages 1-8 wrongly inserted between pages xvi-xxiv), 40 leaves with facing pages with the same number, 41-700 including index, lacks half-title. Rebound in modern quarter morocco, 2 gilt lettered red labels to spine, blue cloth covers, all edges gilt, new cream endpapers. Frontispiece and Dedication page laid down on cream paper, both with pale staining, pale staining to… Read More