Halle, Germany: Johann Christian Hendel, 1782. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). [x], 148 pages of text, followed by one hand-colored fold-out copper engraving. Original dark brown paper covered boards with heavy rubbing to extremities. Spine is beginning to separate from boards, but remains attached and functional. Original stamped spine label..... More

Paris: Chez Jean-Thomas Herissant, 1760. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. xxiv, 399 pages of text. Original full mottled leather binding with minor shelfwear. Complete with 5 folding plates, views and maps. The text is clean and unmarked. 174mm x 98mm (6 3/4" x 3 7/8")..... More

Edinburgh and London: Printed for Archibald Constable & Co. and Hurst, Robinson, & Co., 1826. Early edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Three volume set. Vol. I: [ii] engraved title page, [ii] engraved dedication page, iv page preface, [v]-xii publisher's advertisement, 322 pages. Vol. II: [ii] engraved..... More

London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1834. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xii, 399 pages of text including an index. Full leather binding with minor shelfwear, and some wear and darkening along the hinges. Previous owner's bookplate on the inside front cover: H. Stanton Hill. Moderate foxing to..... More

London: Printed for W. Innys, at the West-End of St. Paul's, 1742. Tenth Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xvi, 444 pages of text, [x] index, and [ii] pages of publisher's advertisement. Original full leather binding with moderate shelfwear, including minor bumping to a corner, small spots of discoloration, and a small..... More

London: Printed for C. Jephson, in West-Smithfield, for Olive Payne at Horace's Head in Round-Court in the Strand, 1738. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 10 unnumbered pages, 170 pages, 10 unnumbered pages, pages 173-215, 5 unnumbered pages, 66 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates (at..... More

Boston, MA: Little Brown & Company, 1987. First edition, later printing. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). [x], 240 pages of text. Hardcover binding in almost new condition. Unclipped dustjacket with minimal shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Signed in blue marker by the author on the half-title page. No further personalization or inscription..... More

London: Printed by R. Norton, for Walter Kettilby, at the Bishops-Head in S. Paul's Church-Yard, 1684. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. All four books, with supplementary "Review", rarely offered as a complete text. First editions, published 1684-1690. 1) THEORY OF THE EARTH published 1684: [xvi]..... More

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). Two volume set, complete. Original green hardcover cloth binding with minor shelfwear including a few small bumps to corners. Complete with 383 illustrations and 7 folding maps in color. Vol. I: xxiv, 477 pages of text, followed by [ii]..... More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf Inc., 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 475 pages of text. Hardcover binding in almost new condition. The unclipped dustjacket has minor shelfwear, and a crease on the inner front flap; protected in archival mylar. Signed by John Le Carre on a tipped-in leaf preceding..... More

London: Moses Pits; S. Millers, 1677. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. [xii], 358 pages of text, followed by [xii] including the errata leaf and an index. Lacks the folding map of Oxfordshire. Otherwise complete with engraved title page and 16 full-page engraved plates by Michael..... More

Cambridge: Cambridge at the University Press, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xiv, 240 pages of text including an index. Original hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear and rubbing. No dustjacket. A few light pencil corrections to text; otherwise clean and unmarked. First edition. More

London: Printed for John Whiston in Fleetstreet, 1750. Early edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 18 pages of text. Bound in modern simple printed paper-covered boards with minor shelfwear and minimal soiling. The text is clean and unmarked. There were several different printings of this work in 1750; unknown priority. Measures 251mm..... More