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Accum (Friedrich Christian . A Practical Treatise on Gas-Light, 1st edition, London: For R. Ackermann, 1815, pp. [2] iii [1] v [1] 186, 7 hand-coloured aquatint plates (2 folding), offsetting, occasional pencilled marginalia, section excised from text-leaf I4 to loss of several letters either side, contemporary tan half calf, wear to headcap and tips, 8vo (23.4 x 14 cm), together with: Francis (Grant). The Smelting of Copper in the Swansea District, from the Time of Elizabeth to the Present Day. Not published, 1st edition, Swansea: at the Cambrian Office, 1867, pp. [2] viii 126, half-title, oval albumen print frontispiece, some spotting, contemporary half roan, worn, 8vo (21.8 x 13.4 cm), one of 50 copies only, Straith (Hector). A Treatise on Fortification, 2 volumes (text and atlas), 1st edition, Croydon: William Annan, 1833, 20 double-page lithographic plates to atlas volume (collation unknown; spotted, a few marginal nicks repaired verso), text-volume with bookplate of Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge (1785-1856) dated 1853, contemporary non-uniform half calf, worn, 8vo (21.5 x 13.2 cm), and 4to (33 x 24.4 cm), and 1 other (Qty: 5)