Bolles Lee, A. The Microtomist’s Vade Mecum. A Handbook of the Methods of Microscopic Anatomy.
2nd. Ed. Pub. J. & A. Churchill. 1890 pp.xiv, 413. 8vo. Ex-Lib. Bookplate to front paste down. Author’s compliment slip attached to ffep. Contents fine. Original cloth boards good to vg.
£9.50 [ref: 68484]
Bowker, R.M. and Bligh, Lt. W. Mutiny!! Aboard H.M. Armed Transport ‘Bounty’ in 1789.
1st. Ed. Pub. Bowker and Bertram. 1978 pp.387 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. with a little sunning to spine.
Lt. William Bligh’s log of the Bounty’s fateful voyage.
£10.00 [ref: 66867]
Boxer, Professor C.R. 1. Text of the Talk by Professor C.R. Boxer, F.B.A. on ‘The Tragic History of the Sea, 1550-1650’. 2. Annual Report and Statement of Acounts for 1978.
1st. Ed. Pub. The Hakluyt Society. 1979 pp.20. 8vo. Fine softback.
£10.00 [ref: 66886]
Boyd, J.M. & Boyd, I.L. The Hebrides.
1st. Ed. Pub. Birlinn. 1996 Three volume set with b/w. photos., and maps. 8vos. Bookplate of naturalist Brian Sage to inside front cover of each volume. Fine softbacks.
The three volumes are ‘A Habitable Land’, ‘A Natural Tapestry’ and ‘A Mosaic of Islands’. Highly recommended.
£18.00 [ref: 70899]
Bracegirdle, B. & Miles, P.H. An Atlas of Chordate Structure.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Heinemann Educational Books. 1979 pp.vii, 119 with b/w. photos. and illus. throughout. Small 4to. Bookplate. Fine hardback.
Intended for use at the laboratory bench to guide students in the interpretation of their own specimens.
£10.00 [ref: 59553]
Bradney, Sir Joseph. A History of Monmouthshire. From the coming of the Normans into Wales down to the present time. Vols. 1 to 4.
1st. Ed. thus Pub. Academy Books. 1991-1994 Four volumes bound in nine with illustrations - a complete set. 4to. Some spotting to fore-edges of text blocks o/w. fine hardbacks in fine dws. A very uncommon complete set.
Academy Books reprint of the original work which was published between 1904 & 1933 and covered the areas of Skenfrith, Abergavenny, Raglan, Trelech, Usk and Caldicot. This edition benefits with having indexes incorporated into the volumes to which they belong.
£325.00 [ref: 71778]
Brady, J. Biological Clocks.
1st. Ed. Pub. Edward Arnold. 1979 pp.59 with b/w. figs. 8vo. Owner’s signature to title page. Thor. vg. softback.
The Institute of Biology’s Studies in Biology no. 104.
£5.00 [ref: 67370]
Brennan, M.G. English Civil War Travellers and the Origins of the Western European Grand Tour. The Hakluyt Society Annual Lecture 2001.
1st. Ed. Pub. The Hakluyt Society. 2002 pp.32 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Fine softback.
£5.00 [ref: 66877]
Bridges, Dr. R.C. 1. Text of the Talk by Dr. R.C. Bridges on ‘The Documentation of David Livingstone: Some New Materials’. 2. Annual Report and Statement of Acounts for 1977.
1st. Ed. Pub. The Hakluyt Society. 1978 pp.20 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Fine softback.
£3.00 [ref: 66887]
Bristow, C.R. (et al). Geology of the country around Shaftesbury. Memoir for 1:50.000 geological sheet 313 (England and Wales).
1st. Ed. HMSO. 1995 pp.xi, 182 with colour and b/w. photos and figs. 4to. Nr. fine softback.
The Geological Survey of Great Britain (now renamed the British Geological Survey) began making a geological map of the country in the nineteenth century and publishes an annual catalogue of maps. The geological sequence of this area ranges from the upper part of the lower Jurassic to the Upper Cretaceous Chalk.
£16.00 [ref: 63395]