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Condition: Used - Good. 1959. First Edition. hardcover. Cloth. Octavo. 410 pp. Mild shelf wear and scuffing to boards. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Rear binding starting. Underlining and margin notes to text. Altogether a copy in Good condition. Good.

Paperback. Condition: Good. This book is in good condition only; study or reading copy only. The book has some shelfwear, edge wear, corner wear. Some underlined passages and margin notes, but not overwhelming. ; Second Edition; 7.5 X 1.69 X 9.25 inches; 854 pages.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Discover the rewarding world of do-it-yourself hydroponics with this comprehensive guide on building your own hydroponics growing system. Whether you have limited space or simply want to explore a more efficient and sustainable gardening method, this guide equips you with the knowledge and step-by-step instructions to create your own DIY hydroponics setup.Learn the fundamental principles of hydroponics and understand how plants thrive in nutrient-rich water solutions. From selecting the right components and materials to designing an efficient layout, you'll discover how to create a customized hydroponic system that suits your needs and available resources.Explore different types of hydroponic systems, such as deep water culture (DWC), nutrient film technique (NFT), and drip irrigation. Choose the system that aligns with your space, budget, and plant preferences, and follow the guide's instructions to assemble and set it up effectively.Learn the importance of nutrient solutions and pH balance in hydroponics. Discover how to mix your own nutrient solutions using readily available ingredients or opt for pre-made solutions. Gain insights into pH monitoring and adjustment to ensure optimal plant growth and health.Discover efficient lighting options for your hydroponics system, whether it's utilizing energy-efficient LED lights or repurposing existing lighting fixtures. Understand the lighting requirements of different plants and how to provide them with the ideal light spectrum for optimal growth.Embrace the benefits of hydroponics, such as water conservation, reduced need for pesticides and herbicides, and year-round gardening potential. Experience the joy of growing fresh, healthy, and pesticide-free produce right at home, regardless of the season."How to Build a DIY Hydroponics Growing System" empowers you to take control of your food production and explore a sustainable and efficient gardening method. With clear instructions, valuable tips, and a focus on cost-effective solutions, this guide enables you to build your own hydroponics system and cultivate thriving plants with ease and efficiency. Start your DIY hydroponics journey today and enjoy the rewards of homegrown goodness. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Full-Leather. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 2 plates; "And Administration of the Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the use of the Church of England, with the Companion to the Altar, also, the Psalter, or Psalms of David, printed as they are to be sung or said in churches"; Bound in at back: "A New Version of the Psalms of David" by Nicholas Brady and Nahum Tate, published by Dawson of Oxford, 1809; Leather Bound Hardback: full brown calf, spine in bands; Well-used copy, lacks top board, lacks lettering-piece, text foxed and dirtied, some evidence of old damp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Condition: Very good. First printings. Paper bound. Pictorial color covers. Very good condition. Some wear to covers and chips to bottom of two spines.

Full-Leather. Condition: Good. 8vo, 439pp, engraved frontis, 5 other engravings, includes the explanatory and practical notes, full contemporary leather, front board nearly detached, spine rubbed, and rear board bit edge rubbed, front board could be re set and binding used as is , frontis foxed,engravings little less foxed, and bit of foxing and browning throughout, for restoration/rebinding but well worth it , it is a scarce manchester printing.images can be sent. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Russell Sage Foundation/ George Allen & Unwin., London, 1959. First Edition. Cloth. Book Condition: Very Good. Stamped to fep, Dept of tropical medicine copy New Orleans. Very light foxing to fore edges. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Small chips top and bottom. Small chip to centre of back strip. Not price clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1810 Half-Leather (brown) over marbled paper boards with printed title label to spine.The book is in Very Good Condition for it's age with frontispiece,Title page,contents pages photocopied and bound in.The remainder of the text is original with some darkening to pages and general thumb marks and wear to page margins etc.Some sporadic internal foxing present.Tighly bound with fresh new endpapers,a few pencil annotations present wuith ticks to certain pages of text.generally a Very Good Early Edition of this work,8vo 495pp Early Edition Size: 8vo - over 6 ¾" - 9¾" Tall.

half leather. Rebound in brown leather with title to spine, blue boards, new endpapers.

Hard back binding in contemporary smooth green leather covers, twin red and gilt title lettering labels to the spine. 8vo. 8½'' x 5¼''. Contains 288 printed pages of text with 5 full-page monochrome plates including the frontispiece and additional title page. Rubbing to the boards, text block with age tanning to the page edges, hinges firm. Member of the P.B.F.A. NINETEENTH CENTURY.

No publisher or date, but latter 19th century. Cabinet size cards, edges gilt, with a "contents" card, in a faux leather folder, gilt lettered. This set has only 19 of the cards, and some listed in the contents are not present, replaced by others. The nineteen are Tennyson, Thomas Moore, Bayard Taylor, William Cullen Bryant, N.P. Willis (with a greenish tint), John Godfrey Saxe, William Shakespeare (some soiling), Charles Dickens, James Russell Lowell, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Oliver Goldsmith (greenish tint), Lord Byron, Thomas Hood, Edgar Allan Poe, Fitz Greene Halleck, Queen Victoria (greenish tint), John Greenleaf Whittier. The cards are mostly in Fine condition, the leather folder badly worn and in two pieces, in Poor condition.

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. Having lost the title page, page heads read "Young Woman's Companion; Or Frugal Housewife" spine title "Cookery", Established to be a book published by Russell and Allen 1811. Seeming to have been rebound into half leather with marbled board coverings now with much exterior wear and with cracks begining at the joints. With some ownership inscriptions, slight water marking to opening pages and occasional foxing but otherwise a clean, clear copy.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Three octavo volumes. The three titles were published 1959, 1960, and 1961. Each is as new in cloth boards, gilt. Yellow dust jackets show wear at extremities.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. - Bound in leather w/ decorations and title label to spine - Marbled endpapers - Covers heavily rubbed, stained and worn w/ numerous scuffs and marks - Sections missing to corners w/ boards exposed - Hole to front top joint near spine head - Spine ends, edges and corners rubbed - Title label chipped and faded - Edges of text block badly tanned w/ some foxing and shelf wear - Contemporary signature to final page - Two Previous owner's names in ink to blank preliminary page w/ that page also heavily marked w/ blue pencil - Content heavily toned and foxed w/ creasing and wear to edges - Nermous grubby marks to content and tears to edges of several leaves - Bookworm hole to top corner of preliminary pages - Book ow/ solid and clean - 566 pages. Large 8vo.

First Edition. Poor copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; wear and tear as with age. Text remains in fine condition and without blemish. Provenance; from the library of James Atikin with the owner's bookplate, dated August 28th, 1815. Physical description; 693 pages. Subjects; Geography. 19th century Geography. World Geography. 3 Kg.

Hardback. No Jacket. Including The Most Recent Discoveries Of The Latest Voyagers And Travellers The Whole Forming A Complete Guide To Geography Astronomy, the Use of the Globes, Maps, amp;c To Which Are Added A New And Copious Geographical Index With The Names And Places Alphabetically Arranged And A Genealogical Table Of All The Sovereigns Of The World. Bound in full leather, boards detached and wornnbsp;with loss of leather, piece missing to the top of the spine. Engraved frontispiece and illustrations throughout. There is the occasional foxing throughout however the contents are generally very clean. pp. xxiv 693 index. book.

First Edition. Poor copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; wear and tear as with age. Text remains in fine condition and without blemish. Provenance; from the library of James Atikin with the owner's bookplate, dated August 28th, 1815. Physical description; 693 pages. Subjects; Geography. 19th century Geography. World Geography. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 8vo. Pages xvi, 540, 16pp of Index. Recently rebound in half leather (dark brown). Raised bands to spine, gilt lines to bands. Gilt label to spine. New three-sheet endpapers. Silk page marker. Continuation of title on Title Page (in every conceivable font!) "Containing the most approved methods of PICKLING, PRESERVING, POTTING, COLLARING, CONFECTIONARY, Managing and Colouring Foreign Wines and Spirits, making English Wines, Compounds &c, &c ALSO THE ART OF COOKERY, Containing Directions for dressing all kinds Butcher's Meat, Poultry, Game, Fish &c, &c WITH THE COMPLETE ART OF CARVING, Illustrated and made plain by Engravings. LIKEWISE INSTRUCTIONS FOR MARKETING. WITH THE THEORY OF BREWING MALT LIQUOR. TO WHICH ARE ADDED DIRECTIONS FOR LETTER-WRITING, DRAWING, PAINTING &c AND SEVERAL VALUABLE MISCELLANEOUS PIECES.The Title Page is somewhat stained, the contents are clean with some pages showing light foxing. 5 plates.

Thick Quarto. (title cont'd) Seamen, at Spithead and the Nore, Together with a Particular Narrative of the Rise, Progress and Various Events Accompanying the Rebellion in Ireland. xlviii, 844pp., (4)pp. index and (1)pp. directions to the binder, 16 full page engravings, 3 folding maps, lacks frontispiece. The long introduction introduces the reader to the contents of this uncommon work. "The first meeting of the Three Estates, The seizure of the King, at his palace of Versailles. The demolition of the Bastile. The attack and massacre of the Swiss Guards at the palace of the Thuilleries. The imprisonment of the Royal family, and massacre of prisoners on the 2nd of September, of which one of them was the accomplished and beautiful Princess Lamballe" . Among the thousands murdered during the French Revolution, one of the most notorious was that of the death of the Princess de Lamballe, friend of Queen Marie-Antoinette. Bound in full modern brown paneled leather, raised bands with panels decoratively paneled in blind, new endpapers, red leather label gilt, small edge tear with old repair, one map with closed edge tear, browning to some page edges. A very uncommon work locating only one copy of this 1811 edition in the reference library of the British Library.

RECENTLY REBOUND IN DARK BROWN CLOTH WITH SPINE IN LIGHT BROWN CLOTH. PAPER TITLE LABEL, NEW ENDPAPERS. CONTAINS THE FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD VOYAGES, WITH AN APPENDIX, AND DIRECTIONS TO THE BINDER. IN ALL, 566 PAGES. FOUR OF THE SIX PLATES ARE PRESENT. THE CONTENTS ARE IN GOOD CONDITION BUT SOME OF THE EARLY PAGES ARE BROWNED, AS WELL AS SOME OTHERS. A FEW PAGES HAVE MINOR LOSS, BUT NOT AFFECTING THE TEXT OR PLATES.

Modern Half Calf. Condition: Near Fine. Early Edition. Two works bound together, same imprint and date, 306 and 206 pp. respectively. Handsome modern binding, contents just lightly browned.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Collection of 21 early Massachusetts Sermons. Bound in contemporary leather backed marbled boards. Handwritten table of contents. Binding sound. Includes: 1. A sermon, delivered on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Boston female asylum. September 23, 1825. By F. W. P. Greenwood; Office of the Christian Register, Boston [Mass.], 1825; 2. Sermon : Isaiah LIV. 13. (54th Chapter, 13th verse), by F. W. P. Greenwood; 3. The characteristics of Christian preaching : a discourse delivered at Littleton, Massachusetts, at the ordination of Reverend William Hunt White, January 2, 1828, by Nathaniel Thayer, F. and J. Andrews, Lancaster [Mass.], 1828; 4. The glory of the latter house : a sermon on the dedication of the First Presbyterian Church in the city of Boston; by James Sabine, 1828; 5. A discourse, pronounced before His Excellency John Brooks, Esq., governor, His Honor William Phillips, Esq., lieutenant governor, the Honourable Council, and the two houses, composing the legislature of Massachusetts, on the anniversary election, May 28, 1823; by Nathaniel Thayer; Russell and Gardner, 1823; 6. A sermon delivered at the installation of the Rev. Andrew Bigelow to the pastoral care of the church in Medford, July 9, 1823, by Aaron Bancroft, Christian register Office, 1823; 7. The perpetuity and importance of Sabbath : a sermon delivered at a meeting of citizens from most of the towns in the county of Cumberland, and from several counties adjacent, held at Portland, November 10, 1814 : for purpose of taking measures to promote the due observance of the Lord's day, by Jesse Appleton, A. & J. Shirley, Portland [Me.], 1814; 8. A sermon preached at Boston, at the annual election, May 25, 1814 : before His Excellency Caleb Strong, esq., governor, His Honor William Phillips, esq., lieutenant governor, the honorable Council, and the legislature of Massachusetts, By Jesse Appleton, Russell, Cutler and Co., 1814; 9. Two discourses on the atonement By Moses Stuart, Associate Prof. of Sacred Literature in the Theol. Sem. at Andover, by Moses Stuart, Andover Theological Seminary; Flagg and Gould, Andover [Mass.], 1824; 10. Sermon on the death of Capt. Jacob Priest, who died of small pox; preached at Littleton, February 15, 1824, by Edmund Foster, Allen and Lamson, Concord, Mass., 1824; 11. Constitution and circular of the American Unitarian Association, American Unitarian Association, Christian Register, F.Y. Carlile, printer, Boston, 1825; 12. The faith once delivered to the saints : a sermon delivered at Worcester, Mass., Oct. 15, 1823, at the ordination of the Rev. Loammi Ives Hoadly, to the pastoral office over the Calvinistic Church and Society in that place, by Lyman Beecher, Crocker and Brewster, Boston, 1823; 13. A sermon, delivered January 1, 1822, at the ordination of the Rev. Joseph Bennet [Bennett], to the pastoral care of the Congregational Church and Society in Woburn, Mass. by Warren Fay, 1822; 14. A sermon delivered before His Excellency Levi Lincoln, esq., governor, His Honor Thomas L. Winthrop, lieutenant governor, the Hon. Council, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts : May 30, 1827, being the day of general election, by Moses Stuart, 1827; 15. Memorial. To the reverend and honourable the Overseers of Harvard University, at Cambridge, the respectful memorial of Henry Ware [and others], professors [and] tutors in the university." Dated on p.[19]: Cambridge, May 31, 1824, Harvard University, 1825; 16. A discourse on the proper character of religious institutions : delivered at the opening of the Independent Congregational Church, in Barton Square, Salem, Tuesday, 7 Dec. 1824, by Henry Colman, W. & S.B. Ives, Salem [Mass.], 1825; 17. The claims of Puritanism : a sermon preached at the annual election, May 31, 1826 : before His Excellency, Levi Lincoln, governor : the honorable Council, and the Legislature of Massachusetts, by Orville Dewey, True & Greene, Boston, 1826; 18. Means by which Unitarian Christians may refute misrepresentations of their faith : a discourse delivered at Townsend, Massachusetts, February 10, 1828, by Nathaniel Thayer, 1828; 19. A discourse delivered in Hollis Street Church, Boston, September 2, 1827, occasioned by the death of Horace Holley, LL. D., late president of Transylvania University, by John Pierpont, 1827; 20. Sermon delivered at Lunenburg, [Mass.] Dec. 2, 1827, at the close of his ministry in that town, by David Damon, 1828; 21. A discourse delivered at the installation of the Rev. Mellish Irving Motte, as pastor of the South Congregational Society in Boston, May 21, 1828, by William Ellery Channing, Bowles and Dearborn, 1828.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First of this edition. Scarce English dissenter's edition of the Holy Bible. Manchester: Russell & Allen, (1812)-1814. Folio, 11x17. In two parts: Genesis-Apocrypha (undated title page, some sources citing 1812), and the New Testament, with a separate title page dated 1814 (see below). The whole is unpaginated with printed binder's notations at bottom right corners, and book and chapter headings at the top. Originally bound as one volume. The whole is handsomely and professionally rebound in full black leather, circa mid 20th century, with a gilt decorated spine of the period and (faux) raised bands and new marbled endpapers. Professional repairs to frontispiece and title page. Full page engraved illustrations, 32 count (including frontispiece) with and engraved title page. The 18th century style engravings from various sources are distributed unevenly throughout the text, illustrating the more famous bible stories. Plates all have edge stain, some are evenly foxed; in two the stain affects the very edge of the engraving. Text is in very good condition, with occasional front edge stain. Though the margin is ample and even, it may have been cut down to eliminate most of the staining when rebound. It is possible that there is introductory or chapter information missing between the title page and first page of Genesis, but the binding is tight. This is a high quality professional restoration and rebinding. Explanatory notes and Reflections from the works of the commentators cites, footnoted at the bottom of each page. The title page for the second part, reveals the purposes and goals of this edition: "The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; Wherein The Sacred Text is at large recited, the sense explained, and the instructive example of the Blessed Jesus and his Holy Apostles, to our imitation recommended Illustrated with Valuable Notes and Annotations.the Objections of Deists and Infidels answered.an the whole of Divine Revelation.displayed in its original Purity.with Practical Reflections and Useful Admonitions at the end of each (bible) chapter from Poole, Henry, Doddridge, Brown, Coke etc. etc. The whole calculated to enlighten the Understanding, purify the Heart, and promote the Cause of Virtue and Piety, and thereby establish the Happiness and Peace of Christian Families in this World, and secure their eternal Salvation in the next". Doddridge (1702â_x0080__x0093_1751), like the other commentators whose comments illumine this 1814 bible, was a non-conformist English divine. A nonconformist was any English subject belonging to a non-Anglican church or, more broadly, any person who advocated religious liberty. The strict religious tests embodied in the laws of the Clarendon code and other penal laws excluded a substantial section of English society from public affairs and benefits, including certification of university degrees, for well more than a century and a half. Doddridge himself observed â_x0080__x0098_the number of dissenters is greatly increased.â_x0080__x0099_ He had an eye to the political importance of a united nonconformist body and made recommendations for a healing and unifying policy. Doddridge carried out his own ideal with great fidelity and with conspicuous success, doing more than any man in the 18th century to obliterate old party lines, and to unite nonconformists on a common religious ground (wiki). End resources include a "Chronological Index of the Years and Times From Adam Unto Christ", a "Geographical Index", a "Brief Chronological Catalogue of the Apostles and Their Successors.", a page with the names and titles ascribed to Jesus and the Church of God in scripture, "A Brief Table of the Interpretation of the Proper Names chiefly contained in the Old Testament", with a page of "testimonies in favor of the bible". Original front endpapers are missing. Original rear endpapers are present, with marked but stablized waterstain to lower extended corner. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Due to the size/weight of this offer extra charges to apply for international shipping.

Full Leather. Condition: Good Minus. Spine has been repaired due to hinges cracking. All 6 plates present. Spine leather cracked, corners bumped. Has beetroot article sewn in to top of p9. 1902 ink inscription to front pastedown, apart from the odd mark etc pp in good order, clean and bright. Size: 8vo.

Half Calf and Boards. Condition: Good. First Edition. [5], ii-xvi, [1], 2-540pp, [16], plates. Modern half calf and marbled paper over boards, raised bands, spine in six panels, leather title label to second panel. Spine slightly faded, lightly browned throughout, occasional light foxing, very occasionally heavier (ie. the final plate), occasional creasing, tear to top margin of Rr1, Tt2 and Tt3 loose but present. Slightly later ownership inscription of a Sarah Pope to head of title. With six engraved plates as called for. Mainly cookery, but also advice on reading, letter writing (with sample letters), drawing, painting, history and geography. Cagle 1074; Oxford, page 140; Wellcome V:515. Five locations in Library Hub Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. [A collection of 20 sermons from early 19th century Massachusetts.] Bound in contemporary leather backed, marbled boards. Good binding and cover. Manuscript table of contents page, written in an early and precise hand. Two are very scarce. Contents: [No.1] F.W.P. Greenwood, "A sermon, delivered on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Boston Female Asylum. September 23, 1825," Boston: Christian Register, 1825, 20 pp.; [No.2] Nathaniel Thayer; Isaac Allen, "The characteristics of Christian preaching. A discourse, delivered at Littleton, Massachusetts, at the ordination of Reverend William Hunt White, January 2, 1828." Lancaster [Mass.]: Ferdinand and Joseph Andrews; 1828, 24 pp.; [No.3] James Sabine, "The glory of the latter house: a sermon on the dedication of the First Presbyterian Church in the city of Boston," B.: The Congregation, 1828, 20 pp.; [No.4] Nathaniel Thayer, "A discourse, pronounced before His Excellency John Brooks, Esq., governor." B.: Legislature, 1823, 24 pp.; [No.5] Aaron Bancroft, "A sermon, delivered at the installation of the Rev. Andrew Bigelow," B.: Christian Register Office, 1823, 28 pp.; [No.6] Jesse Appleton, "The perpetuity and importance of Sabbath : a sermon delivered at a meeting of citizens from most of the towns in the county of Cumberland, and from several counties adjacent, held at Portland, November 10, 1814 : for purpose of taking measures to promote the due observance of the Lord's day," Portland [Me.] : A. & J. Shirley, 1814, 30 pp.; [No.7] Jesse Appleton, "A sermon preached at Boston, at the annual election, May 25, 1814 : before His Excellency Caleb Strong, Esq., Governour, His Honor William Phillips, Esq., Lieutenant Governour, the Honorable Council, and the Legislature of Massachusetts," B.: Printed by Russell, Cutler and Co., 1814, 29 pp.; [No.8] Moses Stuart, "Two discourses on the atonement," Andover, Mass.: Flagg and Gould, 1824, 54 pp.; [No.9] Edmund Foster, "A Sermon on the death of Capt. Jacob Priest, who died of small pox at the hospital in Lexington," Concord, Mass.: Allen & Lamson, 1824, 14 pp.; [No.10] American Unitarian Association, "Constitution and circular of the American Unitarian Association," B., Christian Register, F.Y. Carlile, 1825, 8 pp.; [No.11] Lyman Beecher, "The faith once delivered to the saints : a sermon delivered at Worcester, Mass., Oct. 15, 1823, at the ordination of the Rev. Loammi Ives Hoadly to the pastoral office over the Calvinist church and Society in that place," B.: Crocker and Brewster, 1824, 40 pp.; [No.12] Warren Fay, "A sermon, delivered January 1, 1822, at the ordination of the Rev. Joseph Bennet, to the pastoral care of the Congregational Church and Society in Woburn, Mass." B.: Crocker & Brewster, 1822, 39 pp.; [No.13] Moses Stuart, "A sermon delivered before His Excellency Levi Lincoln, esq., governor, His Honor Thomas L. Winthrop, lieutenant governor, the Hon. Council, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. being the day of general election," B.: True and Greene, 1827, 42 pp.; [No.14] Henry Ware, "To the reverend and honorable the Corporation of Harvard University," Signed on p. 30 by eleven professors and tutors of the university, Cambridge, 1824; [No.15] Henry Colman, "A discourse on the proper character of religious institutions : delivered at the opening of the Independent Congregational Church, in Barton Square, Salem, Tuesday, 7 Dec. 1824," Salem [Mass.] : W. & S.B. Ives, 1825, 48 pp.; [No.16] Orville Dewey, "The claims of Puritanism. A sermon preached at the annual election, May 31, 1826," B.: True & Greene, 1826, 32 pp.; [No.17] Nathaniel Thayer, "Means by which Unitarian Christians may refute misrepresentations of their faith," Lancaster: F. & J. Andrews, 1828; 15 pp.; [No.18] John Pierpont, "A discourse delivered in Hollis Street Church, Boston, September 2, 1827: : occasioned by the death of Horace Holley LL. D. late president of Transylvania University," B.: Christian Examiner, 1827, 31 pp.; [No.19] David Damon, "A sermon : delivered at Lunenburg, December 2, 1827," Lancaster [MA] : F. and J. Andrews, 1828, 22 pp.; [No.20] William Ellery Channing, "A Discourse delivered at the Installation of the Rev. Mellish Irving Motte, as Pastor of the South Congregational Society," B.: Bowles & Dearborn, 1828, 43 pp.

First editions of the work which introduced atomic theory into chemistry, published over 19 years and consequently very scarce complete in three volumes as here. "Dalton's chemical atomic theory was the first to give significance to the relative weight of the ultimate particles of all known compounds, and to provide a quantitative explanation of the phenomena of chemical reaction. Dalton believed that all matter was composed of indestructible and indivisible atoms of various weights, each weight corresponding to one of the chemical elements, and that these atoms remained unchanged during chemical processes. Dalton's work with relative atomic weights prompted him to construct the first periodic table of elements, to formulate laws concerning their combination and to provide schematic representations of various possible combinations of atoms. His equation of the concepts 'atom' and 'chemical element' was of fundamental importance, as it provided the chemist with a new and enormously fruitful model of reality" (Norman). Provenance: from the library of English physicist Edward Andrade (1887-1971), with his bookplate to front pastedown of vol. I. Andrade, with Ernest Rutherford, first determined the wavelenth of a type of gamma radiation, and published a number of books on the history of science. He built a substantial collection of scientific books, acquiring both issues of the first edition of Newton's Principia, Boyle's Sceptical Chymist and Gilbert's De Magnete. He sold the library in 1956 to fund his pension. The third volume of the set has the earlier bookplate of British chemist Sir Henry Enfield Roscoe (1833-1915), noted for his early work on vanadian and for photochemical studies. Dibner, Heralds, 44; Norman 575; PMM 261. Three volumes, octavo (first two volumes: 209 x 120 mm; third volume: 222 x 134 mm). First two volumes: contemporary half calf, twin black labels, marbled sides, second volume rebacked with original spine laid down, first volume with more minor repairs; third volume: contemporary cloth, plainly rebacked. The third volume with two separately printed papers on Microcosmic Salt and Analysing Sugar bound at rear. With 8 plates. Third volume unopened, with duplicate disposal plate dated 1871 of Owen College, Manchester and with their unobtrusive embossed stamp on some leaves; light wear to tips. Sporadic very minor foxing or soiling, contents generally clean, minor damping at head of some leaves in third volume. A very good set.

First edition, first issue. THE ATOMIC THEORY OF MATTER (PMM 261). First edition, untouched in uniform original publisher's bindings with original printed spine labels, of Dalton's classic work on the atomic theory of matter. "Dalton reconstructed Newton's speculations on the structure of matter, and, applying them in a new form to chemistry, gave Lavoisier's reformation of that science a deeper significance" (PMM). "Dalton's chemical atomic theory was the first to give significance to the relative weights of the ultimate particles of all known compounds, and to provide a quantitative explanation of the phenomena of chemical reaction. Dalton believed that all matter was composed of indestructible and indivisible atoms of various weights, each weight corresponding to one of the chemical elements, and that these atoms remained unchanged during chemical processes. Dalton's work with relative atomic weights prompted him to construct the first periodic table of the elements (in Vol. I, pt. 1), to formulate laws concerning their combination and to provide schematic representations of various possible combinations of atoms. His equation of the concepts "atom" and "chemical element" was of fundamental importance, as it provided the chemist with a new and enormously fruitful model of reality" (Norman). "He developed a system of chemical symbols and a table [plate 4 in part 1] showing the relative weights of the atoms of a list of elements. From his principles he deduced the law of definite proportions and the law of multiple proportions" (Dibner). This, and pp. 546-548 along with the 4 plates in part 2, in effect describe the first periodic table, which Mendeleev was to refine later. "In 1808 John Dalton published A New System of Chemical Philosophy, which described principles such as the uniqueness of atoms of the same element, relative atomic masses, and the rules of chemical combination, which taken together comprise the tablets of modern chemistry. The adoption of molecular formulas based on the laws of definite and multiple proportions, and the assignment of relative atomic masses, placed the science on a new quantitative footing" (Grossman, p. 339). This set is complete with the two parts of Vol. I and Vol. II, Part I (no further parts were published). Only one complete copy in uniform publisher's bindings has appeared since Norman, but that copy was made up with varying provenances, one part being ex-library. The Norman copy itself was in non-uniform bindings without the printed paper spine labels. Dalton (1766-1844) was born of a Quaker family at Eaglesfield, a small village in the English Lake District. As a young boy, he worked in the fields with his older brother, and helped his father in the shop where they wove cloth. In 1776, when only ten years old, he entered the service of Elihu Robinson, a wealthy Quaker, who taught him mathematics. In 1781, after a brief period of teaching in the village school, he joined his brother who was a master at a school in Kendal. In 1793 he moved to Manchester and, in the same year, published Meteorological Observations in which he suggested that the processes of evaporation and condensation were not chemical changes of state but rather changes in the physical form of water. These ideas laid the foundations for his theory that all matter is composed of discrete 'atoms'. At first after he moved to Manchester he taught mathematics and natural philosophy at New College, and began observing the behavior of gases, but after six years he resigned. Thereafter he devoted his life to research, which he financed by giving private tuition. By 1800, Dalton had become the secretary of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society (LPS), and in 1805 he presented a series of papers to the society outlining key points about the behaviour of gases in his series of essays, "Experimental Essays on the Constitution of Mixed Gases". He proposed that particles of an elastic fluid or gas were in fact elastic only with particles of their own kind. This extended Boyle's law to mixtures of gases. Dalton's further essay "On the Expansion of Gases by Heat" proposed the law that all elastic fluids expand the same quantity at the same heat. Jacques Charles (1746-1823) and Joseph Louis de Guy-Lussac (1778-1850) arrived at the same notion almost simultaneously. It is in this work that we see interest in the particles of matter themselves, rather than their behaviour, begin to emerge in Dalton's thinking. Atomism itself was not a particularly new idea in the early 19th century. The ancient Greek philosopher, Democritus (460-370 B.C.E.), proposed as part of a materialist philosophy that matter was made of tiny, indivisible pieces. Democritus suggested that there were certain basic elements that could be neither created nor destroyed, but that could be arranged into myriad forms. These atoms possess simple properties only, specifically size, shape, and mass. Anything else that we perceive, such as colour, is merely the result of interaction between the particles. In the 17th century, Isaac Newton hypothesized that matter was made up of atoms-small, hard homogeneous spheres adhering to one another through the gravitational force they exerted. The notion that matter was composed of atoms, and that there existed pure substances made of only one kind of atom (elements), was fairly common during the later Enlightenment period and into the 19th century. As a member of the Manchester LPS, Dalton was certainly familiar with these ideas. Dalton came to the notion of atomic structure only gradually, at first as a physical concept forced on him by his study of the atmosphere, heat, and gases. Dalton's notebooks and papers were destroyed during the bombing of Manchester during World War II, so historians of science perforce rely on earlier generations for their reporting of Dalton's day-to-day investigations. In his 1802-1804 notebooks, Dalton records on September 6, 1803, a table of the relative weights of the atoms of.

First edition. EVANS 54 - THE ATOMIC THEORY OF MATTER. First edition, complete with all three parts inscribed by Dalton, and in original publisher's bindings with original printed spine labels, of his classic work on the atomic theory of matter. "Dalton reconstructed Newton's speculations on the structure of matter, and, applying them in a new form to chemistry, gave Lavoisier's reformation of that science a deeper significance" (PMM). "Dalton's chemical atomic theory was the first to give significance to the relative weights of the ultimate particles of all known compounds, and to provide a quantitative explanation of the phenomena of chemical reaction. Dalton believed that all matter was composed of indestructible and indivisible atoms of various weights, each weight corresponding toâ ¢one of the chemical elements, and that these atoms remained unchanged during chemical processes. Dalton's work with relative atomic weights prompted him to construct the first periodic table of the elements (in Vol. I, pt. 1), to formulate laws concerning their combination and to provide schematic representations of various possible combinations of atoms. His equation of the concepts "atom" and "chemical element" was of fundamental importance, as it provided the chemist with a new and enormously fruitful model of reality" (Norman). "He developed a system of chemical symbols and a table [plate 4 in part 1] showing the relative weights of the atoms of a list of elements. From his principles he deduced the law of definite proportions and the law of multiple proportions" (Dibner). This, and pp. 546-548 along with the 4 plates in part 2, in effect describe the first periodic table, which Mendeleev was to refine later. "In 1808 John Dalton published A New System of Chemical Philosophy, which described principles such as the uniqueness of atoms of the same element, relative atomic masses, and the rules of chemical combination, which taken together comprise the tablets of modern chemistry. The adoption of molecular formulas based on the laws of definite and multiple proportions, and the assignment of relative atomic masses, placed the science on a new quantitative footing" (Grossman, p. 339). This set is complete with the two parts of Vol. I and Vol. II, Part I (no further parts were published). ABPC/RBH list only two other presentation copies of the first edition: Sotheby's, 20 March 2003, lot 76, a copy of Vol. I, Part I only; and Bonham's, 8 March 2016, lot 442, comprising Vol. I, Part II and Vol. II, Part I only. We are not aware of any other presentation copy of all three parts having appeared in commerce. Provenance: Dr. Cleghorn (presentation inscriptions in Vol. I, Parts I & II, 'Dr. Cleghorn with respects from the Author'); New College, Edinburgh ('Bibliotheca Coll. Nov. Edinensis' stamp on title-page); The Manchester publishers Bradshaw & Blacklock (Vol. II inscribed 'To Bradshaw & Blacklock presented by John Dalton D.C.L., F.R.S. &' on front free endpaper). 'Dr. Cleghorn' is probably Robert Cleghorn (c. 1755-1821). He studied medicine at Edinburgh University, graduating MD in 1783, and was in general medical practice in Glasgow from 1785. He lectured at Glasgow University, from 1788 in medicine, and from 1791 in chemistry, and in 1818 he was awarded a professorship in chemistry and pharmacology at Glasgow, a role in which he continued until his death. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1790. He is the author of Dissertatio medica inauguralis, de somno (Edinburgh, 1783). By 1839, Bradshaw & Blacklock had moved premises to 27 Brown Street, from where they published their famous railway guides. Dalton and George Bradshaw attended the same Manchester Quaker's Meeting House. Dalton (1766-1844) was born of a Quaker family at Eaglesfield, a small village in the English Lake District. As a young boy, he worked in the fields with his older brother, and helped his father in the shop where they wove cloth. In 1776, when only ten years old, he entered the service of Elihu Robinson, a wealthy Quaker, who taught him mathematics. In 1781, after a brief period of teaching in the village school, he joined his brother who was a master at a school in Kendal. In 1793 he moved to Manchester and, in the same year, published Meteorological Observations in which he suggested that the processes of evaporation and condensation were not chemical changes of state but rather changes in the physical form of water. These ideas laid the foundations for his theory that all matter is composed of discrete 'atoms'. At first after he moved to Manchester he taught mathematics and natural philosophy at New College, and began observing the behavior of gases, but after six years he resigned. Thereafter he devoted his life to research, which he financed by giving private tuition. By 1800, Dalton had become the secretary of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society (LPS), and in 1805 he presented a series of papers to the society outlining key points about the behaviour of gases in his series of essays, "Experimental Essays on the Constitution of Mixed Gases". He proposed that particles of an elastic fluid or gas were in fact elastic only with particles of their own kind. This extended Boyle's law to mixtures of gases. Dalton's further essay "On the Expansion of Gases by Heat" proposed the law that all elastic fluids expand the same quantity at the same heat. Jacques Charles (1746-1823) and Joseph Louis de Guy-Lussac (1778-1850) arrived at the same notion almost simultaneously. It is in this work that we see interest in the particles of matter themselves, rather than their behaviour, begin to emerge in Dalton's thinking. Atomism itself was not a particularly new idea in the early 19th century. The ancient Greek philosopher, Democritus (460-370 B.C.E.), proposed as part of a materialist philosophy that matter was made of tiny, indivisible pieces. Democritus suggested that there were certain basic elements that could be neithe.