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1930ref. 19596London: Watts & Co 1930. Softcover. fair. 12mo. 80pp. Stiff wrappers. Age wear creasing and sunning to wraps. One inch of backstrip on tail of spine missing. Hinges starting. Conway Memorial Lecture on "Science Religion and Human Nature" delivered at Conway Hall on October 1 1930 by Julian S. Huxley. Wraps in fair interior in good condition. Watts & Co unknown books
1930ref. 10537London: Watts & Co 1930. Second impression. Softcover. vg. 12mo. 80 pp. Original wrappers. Light discoloration to spine and edges. Light pencil underlining to first and last page. Conway Memorial Lecture delivered at Conway Hall on October 1 1930. Conway Hall Humanistic Center was established in 1929 by the South Place Ethical Society; today it is a landmark of London's intellectual political and cultural life. Minor discoloration to edges of pages. Else a tight copy in very good condition. Watts & Co unknown books
1956ref. 050956New York: Scientific American Inc. 1956. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Photographs And Drawings. 156 Pp. Light Wear. Scientific American, Inc. paperback
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ref. 1020859725.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1934ref. 054759London Gb: Watts & Co. 1934. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Plates. Xvi 287 Pp. Blue Cloth Spine Lettered In Gilt. First Printing Indicated. Gilt Bright Near Fine. Scarce Outline Of Practical Applications Of Science To Social Concerns An Issue Still Hazy To Most Political Minds Ninety Years Later Who Must Rely Upon Highly Partial Consultants For Any Ideas Whatsoever. Armorial Bookplate And Ownership Signature Of Alexander Balmain Bruce Valentine. Per Wikipedia Sir Alexander Alec Balmain Bruce Valentine Ostj Ma 1899 - 1977 Was Chairman Of The London Transport Executive From 1959 To 1963 And Chairman Of The London Transport Board From 1963 To 1965. Valentine Was Educated At Highgate School And Worcester College Oxford Before Working In The Gas Industry Until 1927. In 1928 He Moved To The Underground Group Where He Worked As Assistant To Its Managing Director Frank Pick. After The Underground Group Was Absorbed Into The London Passenger Transport Board Lptb In 1933 He Remained With Pick Who Became The Lptb's Vice-Chairman Until 1936. Valentine Then Held A Series Of Senior Management Positions Within The Lptb Including Chief Commercial Officer And Operating Manager Railways. When The Lptb Was Nationalised In 1948 Valentine Was Made A Member Of The Board Of The London Transport Executive Lte The Lptb's Replacement. As Part Of The Board Valentine Argued For The Abandonment Of Trams In London Seeing Them As A Major Cause Of Road Congestion Which Would Be Relieved By The Introduction Of Buses With The Aesthetic Benefit Of Doing Away With Overhead Wires And The Noisy Operation Of Trams. He Was Also A Member Of The London Plan Working Party Between 1946 And 1948 Which Led Planning For New Transport Routes In The Capital Including The Victoria Line Built In The 1960S And 1970S. He Served On The Lte Board Until 1954 When He Moved To The Board Of The Lte's Parent The British Transport Commission Btc. In 1959 While Remaining A Member Of The Btc Board He Returned To The Lte As Its Chairman And Remained In That Position Until The Lte Was Abolished And Replaced With The London Transport Board Of Which He Was Also Chairman Until He Retired In 1965. Valentine Was A Member Of The Channel Tunnel Study Group From 1957 To 1962 And A Director Of The Channel Tunnel Company From 1956 To 1969. He Was A Fellow Of The Chartered Institute Of Transport And Served As Its President In 1951-1952 And Was President Of The Design And Industries Association In 1963-1964. Watts & Co. hardcover
ref. 113898146X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
ref. ria9781138981461_inpPaperback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; First published in 1936 this volume contains six of the Halley Stewart Lectures by some of the greatest of English scientists of the mid-20th century each a leading authority in his respective field: cosmology physics meteorology m paperback
1987ref. 2092902140303512Iwanamishoten 1987. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Iwanamishoten paperback
1978ref. 194608New York: Atheneum 1978. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Bookplate remnants on front pastedown. Atheneum hardcover
1978ref. Q-0689108613Atheneum 1978-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Atheneum hardcover
ref. 0330258613.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1990ref. Q-0803272480University of Nebraska Press 1990-02-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! University of Nebraska Press paperback
1979ref. G0330258613I3N00Pan 1979. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks our motto is: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Pan paperback
ref. GOR004352853Hardback. Very Good. hardcover
ref. 64036Smith Elder. London. 1913. First edition. 2 volumes. pp. xxvi 633 i blank ii Advertisements; xiv ii 534. 2 frontispieces 6 photogravures 18 coloured plates 260 illustrations from photographs by HERBERT PONTING and others panoramas and 8 maps. Original cloth top edge gilt uncut spine ends bruised joints intact and contents clean a very good copy. Smith, Elder. London. 1913. First edition. 2 volumes. hardcover
1913ref. 015581London: Smith Elder & Co. 1913. Second Edition . Cloth Bound Boards. Very Good. With Photogravure Frontispiece 6 Original Sketches in Photogravure By Dr. E. A. Wilson 18 Coloured Plates 16 from Drawings By Dr. Wilson 260 Full-page and Smaller Illustrations from Photographs Taken By Herbert G. Ponting and Other Members of the. 1913 The second edition. Complete in Two volumes. Size quarto 633 and 534 pages. Bound in the publisher's original blue cloth with gilt titles to the front cover and spine top edge gilt other edges unevenly trimmed marbled paste-downs and end-papers. Condition very good corners spine ends and hinges a bit rubbed cloth a little chipped at the head and tail of spine on volume I front hinges a bit loose on volume I contents are very clean throughout. With Photogravure Frontispiece 6 Original Sketches in Photogravure By Dr. E. A. Wilson 18 Coloured Plates 16 from Drawings By Dr. Wilson 260 Full-page and Smaller Illustrations from Photographs Taken By Herbert G. Ponting and Other Members of the Expedition; Panoramas and Maps. Size: 4to - over 9" - 12" tall Smith, Elder & Co. hardcover
1913ref. 981Y14London: Smith Elder and Co. 1913. Cloth. Good. 9.5" by 7". Not Stated . An early edition of this profusely illustrated work on Captain Robert Falcon Scott's last expedition. The second edition published the same year as the first.Complete in two volumes. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Volume I comprises Scott's journals and Volume II comprises the reports and scientific work undertaken by Dr. E. A. Wilson and the expedition's surviving members. Arranged by Leonard Huxley with a preface by Sir Clements R. Markham. Captain Robert Falcon Scott was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two major expeditions to the Antarctic regions known as the Discovery expedition of 1901-04 and the Terra Nova expedition of 1910-13 the latter of which this work covers. Copiously illustrated throughout including photogravure frontispieces eighteen colour plates three double-page plates six further photogravure plates and eight folding maps.Collated complete. In the original cloth binding. Externally with rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Backstrip to Vol I has a tear running down the tail of the spine. Marks to the cloth more so to Vol I. Slight fading to the spines. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright with scattered spotting of varying degrees throughout. Offsetting to the endpapers. Good Smith, Elder and Co. hardcover
1913ref. 2091202133211750Smith Elder & Co. 1913. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 2 books in total Smith Elder & Co. paperback
1947ref. mon0003435150John Murray 1947. Hardcover. Good. . 2 vols. Spines a little faded. Minor shelf/age wear. Pages/boards clean. John Murray hardcover
1913ref. 1091Smith Elder & Co London 1913. Second Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 2nd Edition; Vol 2 xii 534 pages illustrated 84 b/w plates 7 folding maps 8 sketches in text. Original covers no dust jacket. Shelf wear contents clean. This is undoubtedly the most widely known of all Antarctic expeditions and publications. Volume 2 contains a host of first-hand accounts deserving of more weight today: Cherry-Garrard's account of the Winter Journey Victor Campbell's narrative of the Northern Party Griffith Taylor on the Western Journeys Raymond Priestley on the ascent of Erebus preliminary scientific reports from Edward Wilson's staff and throughout the unrivalled photography of Herbert Ponting. Rosove 290.A2; Spence 1056. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1091. . This book is extra heavy and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries. Smith, Elder & Co hardcover
1913ref. B13772 vols. Third edition. With photogravure frontispieces 6 original sketches in photogravure by Dr. E.A. Wilson 18 coloured plates 16 from drawings by Dr. Wilson 260 full-page and smaller illustrations from photographs taken by Herbert G. Ponting and other members of the expedition; panoramas and maps. 4to blue cloth and gilt lettering spine edges rubbed light scattered foxing else very good. The harrowing tale Captain Scott and his team enduring the harsh conditions of the antarctic to reach the South Pole in 1912 only tofind a Norgwegian flag planted by Amundsen 34 days prior. Scott's tragic return to base camp in which he and his party of 5 explorers perished some 11 miles from One Ton Depot. Their bodies along with personal journals were found eight months later. His last journal entry was recorded as "For God's sake look after our people" Smith, Elder & Co hardcover
1913ref. 6303London UK: Smith Elder& Co 1913. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Wilson E A. Complete in two volumes. Includes photogravure frontis. to each volume protected by glassine 6sketches in photogravure 18coloured plates 260photographs and 7maps some folded. Vol.I-xxvi 634pp; Vol.II-xvi 534pp. Both volumes bound in original blue cloth with gilt lettering to upper board and spines and gilt to upper page edges. Both volumes have rubbing to extremities and sunning to spines. Endpapers and pastedowns are toned to both volumes. Text-blocks are heavy and this has caused a little sagging on the spine and tender hinges but does not yet appear to be serious. Pages are text-blocks generally in good order with very occasional light signs of foxing. Vol.I has a vertical crease down its centre. Books weigh 3.5kg additional postage fee may be required. Smith, Elder& Co hardcover
ref. 50229John Murray. London. 1947 Cheaper Edition Reprint. 8vo XX and XVI 497pp and 431pp. Both vols hardcover in publisher's blue cloth with sound firm spines and titles in gold on spine only showing very little shelfwear o/t edge flecking on Vol.2 with beige coloured non price clipped d/w's bearing titles and details of publication in brown both in excellent condition devoid of markings damage or edge wear. Both volumes protected in removable clear plastic covering with white d/w reinforcement too internally both are in very good condition or better with the eight illustrations and fold-out maps still present in excellent order. A famous detailed description of arguably the bravest and most tragic episodes of polar exploration with Vol I being Scott's journals and Vol II being the reports of the journeys and the scientific work undertaken by Dr. E.Wilson and the surviving expedition members. This is the smaller 'cheap edition' for 21 shillings originallynot the small 4to First Edition but it is still a handsome compact set in overall excellent condition. John Murray. London. 1947 (Cheaper Edition Reprint) hardcover
