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Pyke, Magnus
The Science Century
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Price clipped dust jacket not marked or torn with crease to dust flap. 183pp. How a century made such a change to our scientific thought and our applied technologies.
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Cuny, Hilaire
Albert Einstein : The Man and His Theories
Ex-library book with usual marks and stamps. A clean very tight copy with tape-marked black cloth boards, missing front end paper and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slight rubbing to top of sunned spine. 167pp.
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The Editors
An Extraordinary Enterprise in Polymer Science : Vita - the First Fifty Years
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 155pp. Company history of the plastics business which began in Oldham and soon moved to Middleton, north Manchester. Very well illustrated.
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The Editors
Early British Steam : 1825-1925 : The First Hundred Years
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn and slight traces of storage. 94pp. Well illustrated.
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Course, Edwin
London's Railways: Then and Now
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Price clipped dust jacket not marked with small tear/crease to to of spine. 119pp. A study of the fascinating development of the London railways and underground lines from the late nineteenth century.
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Kyriakides, Robert
The Energy Age : A Guide to the Use and Abuse of Energy in the World Today
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor traces of storage. 320pp.
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Talbot, Fred A.
Electrical Wonders of the World : Complete 2 Volume Set
Previous owner's name inside both front boards. No other marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. Two very clean very tight copies with bright very faintly marked boards, slight sunning to spines and no bumping to corners. 760pp. Undated but ca 1920s.
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The Editor
The Air Almanac 1974 January-April (in slip case)
Appears unread and in mint condition apart from small bump to foot of spine. Slip case not marked or creased or torn with slightly rusty staples. 326pp. Extremely scarce.
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Cooper, Henry S. F., Jr.
Before Lift-off : The Making of a Space Shuttle Crew
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very slight traces of storage. 270pp. Scarce in the UK.
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Hargreaves, F. J.
The Size of the Universe
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked boards, slight browning to pages and no bumping to corners. 175pp.
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The Editor
Manchester Memoirs : Special Commemorative Dalton Edition : Vol 142 2003-2004
Book in mint unread condition. 155pp. Special edition of Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society Journal to commemorate the bicentenary of John Dalton's famous paper entitled 'New Theory of Chemical Philosophy' in which he described his table of Atomic Weights and revolutionised chemistry.
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Carr, Laurence H. A.
The History of the North-Western Centre of the Institution of Electrical Engineers
Light foxing to end papers and page edges. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn or creased with foxing to edges, slight marking to rear and nick to top of sunned spine.
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The Editor
The Water Mill and Museum of Rural Life, Calbourne, Isle of Wight
No marks or inscriptions. Tiny crease adjacent to spine. A very clean very tight booklet with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 16pp.
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Rimmer, Gary
Number Freaking : The Surreal Sums Behind Everyday Life
Book and jacket in new unread condition. 220pp. The surreal sums behind everyday life.
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Hudson, Kenneth
The Bowler Collection
Previous owner's initials to front cover. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright boards, minor damp effect to lower edge of rear cover, no effect on contents and no bumping to corners. 24pp. Photographs of the Corn Street, Bath premises of JB Bowler, brass founder, ironmonger and engineer.
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Schmidt, Dr Julius & Rule, H. Gordon
A Text-book of Organic Chemistry : English Edition
Minor foxing to end papers and page edges. No added marks or inscriptions. A clean very tight copy with bright unmarked green cloth boards, very clear gilt lettering to spine, dusty page edges and bumping to lower corners and spine ends. Tiny nicks to a few page edges. Dusty dust jacket not price clipped with very slight marking and with rubbing/small nicks to spine ends. 798pp. A complete text book on organic chemistry as it was understood in the 1920s.
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Millar, Ian; Millar, Margaret; Millar, David; Millar, John
The Cambridge Dictionary of Scientists
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 387pp. Authoritative reference guide to the world's leading scientists past and present. Biographical details and clear descriptions of scientific contributions. Explanations of named scientific laws, units and effects. Illustrated to enhance clarity of information.
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Hindle, B. P. (Hon Editor)
The Manchester Geographer 1884 - 1984 : The Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society Volume 5 1984
Book in unread mint condition. 124pp. An introduction followed by a series of articles reprinted from the Society Journal over 100 years.
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Kline, Paul
An Easy Guide to Factor Analysis
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 194pp. A simple, brief and non-frightening account of factor analysys for all students of psychology and the social sciences.
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Reader, W. J.
Imperial Chemical Industries : A History : Volume One - The Forerunners 1870-1926
No marks or inscriptions to contents. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor bump to top of spine, very minor marking to a few page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with very small tears to well-rubbed edges. 563pp. This volume starts with the revolutionary changes which came over the chemical industry - in explosives, in alkalis, and in dyestuffs during the 10 years or so centred on 1870 and goes on to give the story of the rise of the four groups of companies - Brunner, Mond & Co. Ltd, Nobel Industries Ltd, The United Alkali Co. Ltd and British Dyestuffs Corporation Ltd.
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Gentry, George
Hardening and Tempering Engineers' Tools
No marks or inscriptions to contents and no creasing to covers. Very clean pages in a very tight binding with dusty foxed covers, a little rubbing to parts of spine and no bumping to corners. 61pp. With sections on Case-hardening and on the Forging of Lathe Tools. The Model Engineer Series No 43. Illustrated. Undated but ca 1920s.
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Rose, Hilary; Rose, Steven P. R.
Love, Power and Knowledge : Towards a Feminist Transformation of the Sciences (Signed By Author)
Inscribed by the author to Peter (Townsend). No other marks or inscriptions. A few very faint creases to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 326pp. The book develops new terms for thinking about science and feminism and studies in detail the Human Genome programme. From the Personal Library of the late Emeritus Professor Peter Townsend of Bristol University and the London School of Economics, Founding Professor of the University of Essex and founder of the Child Poverty Action Group. We are also selling a large number of other books from Professor Townsend's Collection including many of his signed and authored works.
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Wood, Alexander
The Physics of Music
A few paragraphs side-highlighted in final chapter only. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, tiny mark to lower corner of page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn with a little soiling to rear, minor uneven sunning to front, sunned spine and slight rubbing to upper edge. 255pp. A study of the interesting border-line territory between physics and music designed primarily for those with a main interest on the musical side but with an appendix including some of the more mathematical material.
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Wilkinson, D. and Squire, N. (editors)
Water Engineer's Handbook 1961
Previous owner's name inside front board. No other marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers. A clean very tight copy with lightly marked boards, sunned spine and minor rubbing to corners. 79 pages adverts plus 439pp. Detailed statistics surrounding water supply including undertakings, works, water hardness, reservoirs and technical information.
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Dangerfield, B. J. (editor)
Journal of the Institution of Water Engineers and Scientists Vol 34 July 1980 No 4
Initials to upper corner of front cover. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked covers and no bumping to corners. 297-392pp. With various scientific papers including plumbosolvency, pH correction, drift deposits and hydrogeology, Manning's coefficient, sewage denitrification, cattle deaths and blue-green algae.
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Saddington, K. And Templeton, W. L.
Disposal of Radioactive Waste
Previous owner's name to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright shiny unmarked boards, lightly foxed/dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. Very slightly dusty dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with slight rubbing to upper edge. 102pp. A very early examination of the problem caused by the production of nuclear waste by staff from the Windscale (Sellafield) reprocessing plant using material obtained in the course of their duties. Now a scarce book.
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Robinson, W. Heath; Hunt, Cecil
How to Run a Communal Home
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slight foxing to top of page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with very slight creasing to upper edge and well-sunned spine and spine margins. 115pp. A lovely collection of ingenious inventions on a communal home concept.
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Yale, W. D.
Stockport and District Water Board : Annual Report of the Engineer and Manager 1971
No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with slightly dusty very slightly marked boards. Very large fold-out map of the supply area and resouces in excellent condition with sketch directions drawn on rear. 27pp. Details of water resources supplying Stockport, treatment and connections to the Borough. Scarce.
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The Editor
Renold & Coventry Chains and Accessories for Industrial Application : Price List
No marks or inscriptions. Small crease to upper corner of front covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight wavyness to lower page edges and no bumping to corners. 96pp. Complete stock list and prices. Very scarce.
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Ward, J. T.; Wilson, R. G.
Land and Industry : The Landed Estate and the Industrial Revolution: A Symposium
Previous owner's name/date inside front board. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, a little foxing to top of page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with tiny scratch to spine foot. 280pp. A study which describes the subtle and interesting relationships between private landowners and industry in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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Horgan, John
The Undiscovered Mind : How the Brain Defies Explanation
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and tiny bump to lower front corner. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor traces of storage. 325pp. A detailed survey of science's efforts to understand the human brain and mind.
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The Editor
Lead Abstracts : Volume 19 Number 3 : August 1979 Abstracts 1659-1948
Date on front cover. No other marks or inscriptions. Slight creasing to front cover. A very clean very tight booklet with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 99-154pp. Abstracts of scientific references to lead in chemical, environmental and industrial journals.
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The Editor
The Institute of Work Study Practitioners : Register of Members 1968
A few extra details. eg new address, post code etc added to a very small number of pages. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. Very clear gilt lettering to front and spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no rubbing to spine ends and corners. 344pp. Status, title and address of over 3,500 members of the Institute of Work Study Practitioners.
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Irvine, William
Apes, Angels & Victorians
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, tiny bump to spine foot and no bumping to very sharp corners. Dusty dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with rubbing/nicks to upper edge. 278pp. A joint biography of Charles Darwin and Thomas Henry Huxley, the latter known as Darwin's Bulldog for his advocacy of Darwin's theory of evolution.
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Flood, Michael and Grove-White, Robin
Nuclear Prospects
No marks or inscriptions to contents and no creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with rubbed boards and no bumping to corners. 64pp. A comment on the individual, the state and nuclear power.
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Conroy, Czech
Rethink Electric
No marks or inscriptions to contents and no creasing to covers. A clean very tight copy with slightly tanned foxed covers and no bumping to corners. 10pp. Friends of the Earth Energy Paper No 2.
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Thomas, Christine
The Paper Chain
No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers, crease to spine. Very clean very tight pages with lightly marked rubbed boards and no bumping to corners. 104pp. A report on the production, use, reclamation and recycling of paper in the United Kingdom.
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Clarke, AJ & Lucas, DH & Ross,FF
Tall Stacks - How Effective are They ?
A little foxing. No other marks or inscriptions and no creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 32pp. The effects of tall chimneys from industrial processes on pollution levels. Very scarce.
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Bunyard, Peter and Morgan-Grenville, Gerard
Nuclear Power. What it Means to You.
No marks or inscriptions and no creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, tiny bump to upper corner and minor traces of storage. 65pp. Questions answered about the wisdom of nuclear energy. Very scarce.
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Montefiore, Hugh & Gosling, David
Nuclear Crisis: A Question of Breeding
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 165pp. A report taken from public hearings organised by the author for the World Council of Churches. Participants included the Secretary of State for Energy, Mr Tony Benn, the Deputy Director of British Nuclea Fuels and thirty other expert witnesses.
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Patterson, Walter C.
The Fissile Society : Energy, Electricity and the Nuclear Option
No marks or inscriptions. Minor creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, general traces of handling and no bumping to corners. 117pp. The positon of nuclear energy in society set out by Friends of the Earth in the 1970s.
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Yale, W. D.
Stockport and District Water Board : Annual Report of the Engineer and Manager 1972
No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with very slightly dusty boards. Very large fold-out map of the supply area and resouces in perfect condition. 28pp. Details of water resources supplying Stockport, treatment and connections to the Borough. Scarce.
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Bayliss, Derek A.
The Post Office Railway, London
Ex-library book with usual (minimal) marks and stamps. Otherwise book would be classed as 'fine'. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with lovely bright unmarked tape-free boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with a little rubbing to spine. 96pp. The story of London's Post Office Railway, one of the most fascinating, superbly efficient railways in the world which performed with speed and reliability, year in year out from 1927 to 2003 when a controversial political decision was taken to close it. Extremely scarce.
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Rice, A.L.
British Oceanographic Vessels, 1800-1950 (Ray Society) (Signed By Author)
Inscribed by author on front end paper. Otherwise, book is 'fine'. No other marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with very minor creasing to upper and lower front edges. 193pp. Very detailed study of the history of British Oceanographic vessels over 150 years, including a chronological list, extensive bibliography and an index of personnel who served on the ships over that period. Well illustrated.
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Howarth, Henry
The Story of Cotton
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to linen-backed covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. 95pp. Detailed work covering the history of the manufacture of cotton, ithe inventors of its technology and its processing. Illustrated with photographs. Undated ca 1910. Extremely scarce.
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The Editor
Living with Radiation
No marks or inscriptions and very tiny crease to upper corner of front cover. A very clean very tight booklet with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 13pp. Information on radiation and health.
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The Editor
Energy for the Future
No marks or inscriptions and no creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 117pp. Discussion paper from the National and Local Government Officers Association (a precursor of Unison) on energy policy for the UK. Scarce.
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McGuigan, Dermot
Small Scale Water Power
Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 113pp. A study of power generation from water - water wheels, turbines, dams etc. Well illustrated.
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Kempe, H. R. and Hanneford-Smith, W. Pendred, L (revised by)
Kempe's Engineer's Year Book 1946
No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers, very creased and well rubbed spine. Very clean tight pages with lightly marked boards and minor bumping to rounded corners. Front board half detached and rear board less than half detached. Eighty-seven pages of adverts plus 2897pp. With a vast amount of mathematical and scientific data for use by all engineering disciplines. A heavy book.
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The Editor
Calvert's Mechanics' Year Book 1941
A little foxing/staining to covers and page edges. No creasing to covers, spine strip missing. Rubbing to lower front corner. 159pp. Engineering and mechanical statistics and tables, techniques, advice on materials and processes,
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