Science
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# 40453
DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882)
The origin of species (1889)
by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. London : John Murray, 1889. Sixth edition, with additions and corrections to 1872 (thirty-seventh thousand). Octavo, original publisher’s gilt-lettered green cloth (edges and corners rubbed, slightly bruised with short tear at head and foot of spine) original endpapers (lightly …
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# 46820
BESLEY, Richard Bradfield (1912-1990)
Photograph album documenting experiences at a hydroelectric plant on the Swat River in Malakand District, Northwest Frontier Province, India, 1937-38.
Small oblong quarto album (200 x 270 mm), original brown cloth over boards with string ties, containing 116 b/w photographs in corner mounts, 113 being in 60 x 60 mm format, with 3 in larger 115 x 160 mm format; the majority are captioned in ink below the image; very good condition throughout. This album …
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# 46750
THE LONDON STEREOSCOPIC & PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPANY
Studio portrait of Robert Moffatt, LMS missionary in Southern Africa. London, late 1860s.
Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 102 x 63 mm (mount); recto of mount with printed signature of Robert Moffatt to lower margin; verso with the back mark of the London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company; both the print and the mount are in excellent condition. ‘Robert Moffatt (Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland, December 21, 1795-Leigh, …
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# 46582
Antonio de Ulloa y de la Torre Giral, 1716-1795; Antonio de and Jorge Juan y Santacilla, 1713-1773
Observaciones astronómicas, y phisicas hechas de orden de S. Mag. en los reynos del Perù
Por D. Jorge Juan … y D. Antonio de Ulloa … de las quales se deduce la figura, y magnitud de la tierra, y se aplica a la navegacion. En Madrid : Impresso de orden del rey nuestro señor, por Juan de Zuñiga, Año M.D.CC.XL.VIII. [1748]. First edition. Folio, contemporary full speckled calf with ornamental …
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![[BIOLOGICAL RACISM] Betrachtungen über die Fruchtbarkeit, oder Unfruchtbarkeit, über den vormahligen und gegenwärtigen Zustand der vornehmsten Länder in Asien,](https://douglasstewart.com.au/app/uploads/2025/02/2025_DSFB_0756-300x300.jpg)
# 46347
MEINERS, C. (Christoph) (1747-1810)
[BIOLOGICAL RACISM] Betrachtungen über die Fruchtbarkeit, oder Unfruchtbarkeit, über den vormahligen und gegenwärtigen Zustand der vornehmsten Länder in Asien,
von C. Meiners…. [=Observations on fertility and sterility in the ancient and present states of the main regions of Asia]. Lübeck und Leipzig : im Verlage bey Bohn und Compagnie, 1795-96. Two volumes, octavo (195 x 125 mm), matching contemporary bindings of marbled papered boards (lightly rubbed, first volume with small paper loss, otherwise very …
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# 46130
[Photographer unknown] A. PUMPHREY (publisher)
A Peep down the Melbourne Telescope.
[Title from printed caption in negative]. Circa 1870. Stereoscopic silver albumen print photographs, each individual image 68 x 72 mm, on yellow board mount 83 x 166 mm, with the publisher’s serial number and caption in the negative at far right edge ‘685. A Peep down the Melbourne Telescope’, along with the publisher’s imprint ‘A. Pumphrey, …
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# 40452
DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882)
The origin of species (1880)
by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. London : John Murray, 1880. Sixth edition, with additions and corrections to 1872 (twenty-second thousand). Octavo, original publisher’s gilt-lettered green cloth (corners a little rubbed, slightly bruised with short tear at head and foot of spine) original endpapers (lightly …
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# 46469
DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882)
On the origin of species (First ‘Australian’ edition)
by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. With a new preface by Charles G. Darwin. Illustrated with wood engravings by Paul Landcare. [New York] : Limited Editions Club, 1963. Printed for The Limited Editions Club at The Griffin Press, Adelaide, South Australia. Quarto, quarter wallaby over …
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# 46544
DARWIN, Charles
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life (fourth edition)
London : printed by W. Closes and Sons for John Murray, 1866. Fourth edition, second state (eighth thousand). Octavo, original green cloth, boards blocked in blind, spine gilt (light bumping to corners, very minor stains), green endpapers (previous owner’s name to front pastedown), pp. xxi; [blank], 593; [blank], folding lithographic plate by William West after …
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# 44309
DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882)
Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage round the world of H.M.S. ‘Beagle’ under the command of Captain Fitz Roy, R.N.
London : John Murray; 1889. Octavo, gilt-decorated green cloth (canted, edges rubbed), with 3/6 on spine, patterned endpapers, engraved portrait frontispiece with tissue guard, pp. x; 520 (last blank), 4 (advertisements), text vignettes, internally clean, a very good copy. Freeman 49, but he makes no mention of the portrait (new to this edition?).
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# 46273
MACGILLIVRAY, P.H.
Inaugural address, delivered to the Bendigo School of Mines Science Society, June 20, 1881.
Sandhurst, [Vic.] : G. Young, [1881]. Octavo (210 mm), original printed green wrappers, stitched, 8 pp; includes rules and list of office bearers of the Bendigo School of Mines Science Society for 1881/82; a very good copy. Copies are recorded in six Australian collections (NLA; SLNSW; SLV; SLSA; Monash University Library; Royal Australasian College of …
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![[SPACE TRACKING / RADIO ASTRONOMY] Dedication of Tidbinbilla 64 metre antenna 13th April, 1973.](https://douglasstewart.com.au/app/uploads/2024/10/2024_DSFB_5712-300x300.jpg)
# 45531
[Compiler unknown]
[SPACE TRACKING / RADIO ASTRONOMY] Dedication of Tidbinbilla 64 metre antenna 13th April, 1973.
[s.l. : s.n., 1973]. Small oblong quarto photograph album (205 x 260 mm), spiral-bound navy blue pebbled cloth over boards, upper board lettered in gilt ‘Dedication of Tidbinbilla 64 metre antenna 13th April, 1973’; [12] b/w photographs and [1] colour photograph in uniform 150 x 170 mm format mounted recto only, with printed captions below …
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# 41593
DARWIN, Charles
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life (third edition)
London : printed by W. Clowes and Sons for John Murray, 1861. Third edition. Octavo, original green cloth, boards blocked in blind, spine gilt (corners rubbed, a few light marks, small splits to head and foot of spine), hinges unobtrusively strengthened, binding variant A, with full point (period) after “MURRAY” in spine imprint, tan endpapers …
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# 44321
DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882)
Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage round the world of H.M.S. ‘Beagle’ under the command of Captain Fitz Roy, R.N.
(From the Corrected and Enlarged Edition of 1845). With a Biographical Introduction. London, New York, and Melbourne : Ward, Lock and Co.; 1889. Fifth edition. The Minerva Library of Famous Books. Edited by G. T. Bettany, M.A., B.Sc. Octavo, lettered cloth, patterned endpapers (contemporary owner’s name to endpaper), pp. xx; 381; [blank], [2 – advertisements], …
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# 44311
DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882)
A Naturalist’s Voyage. Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage round the world of H.M.S. ‘Beagle’ under the command of Captain Fitz Roy, R.N.
London : John Murray; 1889. Twentieth thousand. Octavo, gilt-decorated green cloth (scuffed and flecked, edges worn, hinges cracked and reglued), patterned endpapers, engraved portrait frontispiece, pp. [ii], xii, [13] – 615; [blank]; text vignettes, a small defect to preliminary blank before frontispiece; name of original owner in ink on back of frontispiece), internally clean, some …
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# 45457
DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882)
The origin of species (1890)
by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. London : John Murray, 1890. Sixth edition, with additions and corrections to 1872 (thirty-ninth thousand). Octavo, gilt-lettered green cloth (light wear at head and foot of spine), pp xxi, [blank], 458, folding lithographed plate, light foxing to edges and …