(Medicine, Anti-Slavery, 19th Century etc.) John Millar: 'Ob...

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(Medicine, Anti-Slavery, 19th Century etc.) John Millar: 'Observations on the Prevailing Diseases in Great Britain Together With A Review Of The History Of The History Of Those Of Former Periods And In Other Countries', London, Cadell, 1770, 1st edition, title page supplied in facsimile, vi,385,[1]pp., 21 x 27cm, rebound quarter calf gilt, marbled paper covered boards; together with WOOD, Edward J. Giants and Dwarfs. Richard Bentley, 1868. 1st Edition. 212 x 135 mm. Bevelled blue cloth boards with blind stamped borders front and back and gilt stamped titles to the spine. Brown endpapers, xii, 472pp, with a leather bookplate for Gerald Lester ‘Wood Teratologist Par Excellence’ on the front free endpaper; KIRBY, R S. Kirby's Wonderful and Eccentric Museum. 1820. 1st Edition. 143 x 230mm, a rebound volume in modern green cloth with green title label to the spine, new endpapers, title page possibly suplied in facsimile? uncut edges, 428pp, 4 index with 18 illustrations as called for; plus Mrs G. Linnaeus Banks [Isabella Banks]: 'The Manchester Man', 1896, signed by the author on title page, ills. by Charles Green & Hedley Fitton, original decorative cloth gilt, top edge gilt; George H. Hurst: 'Colour. A Handbook of the Theory of Colour', L, Scott, Greenwood, 1916, 2nd edition, 11 colour plates as called for, orig. cloth gilt; [Thomas Young]: 'Elementary illustrations of the celestial mechanics of Laplace.', L, John Murray, 1821, 1st edition, orig. quarter cloth; Bound collection of assorted publications 1820-1836, including 'Anti-Slavery Monthly Reporter', No.49, June 1829, p.1-16; No.50, July 1829, p.17-32; No.55, Dec. 1829, p.148-156; No.61, June 1830, p.229-268; No.65, August 1830, p.349-372; No.66, Spet. 1830, p.373-388, all printed Bagster & Thomas, content includes Hudson Gurney (1775-1864), Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton (1786-1845), etc, bound together with various other items including Missionary Notices, Jewish Intelligence, Sermon etc, contemporary half calf gilt; plus 1 other (8)

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