Pournelle, JerryMareMagnum
1981No marks or inscriptions. Minor crease to upper corner of front cover, none to rear or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, tanning to pages and no bumping to corners. 255pp. A tale of inter-planetary warfare in this stunningly imaginative space opera from Jerry Pournelle.
1980No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers, creasing to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, tanning to pages and no bumping to corners. 332pp. A tale of the impact of technology on cultures set in the galactic empire of the future from Jerry Pournelle.
1958Tape marks inside boards and to spine. (NB not a library book) No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, foxing to some page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with nicks to edges and light creasing and rubbing. 318pp. The founders of modern science come alive in this book - Copernicus, Tycho Brahe, Paracelsus, Leonardo and many more.
1991No marks or inscriptions. Minor creasing to lower part of rear edge, none to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slightly sunned spine and no bumping to corners. 76pp. A straightforward and accurate account of the role of the Darby family in the industrial history of Shropshire. Illustrated.
1986ref. 100056806La Découverte 1986 in12. 1986. Broché.
1950ref. 100114087Shell 1950 in8. 1950. Agrafé.
2003ref. 500245463DIXIT 2003 191 pages 15 6x1 2x23 8cm. 2003. Broché. 191 pages.
ref. 7380Dunod 1949 livre étude 24*16 253 pages
2002ref. 500195869Flammarion 2002 384 pages 12 954x3 048x13 97cm. 2002. Broché. 384 pages.
1992No marks or inscriptions. Minor creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 493pp. An in-depth study of the life and the work of Leonardo Da Vinci, artist and inventor in the 15th and 16th centuries.
1981No 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.
1973No inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Price clipped dust jacket not torn or creased with minor traces of handling. 97pp. The author describes the fascinating transition from the early inventors' development models and instrument makers' patent and exhibition models to the modern commercially produced ones. The book covers the art of model railway engines from 1797 with a large number of illustrations, many in colour from Europe, America and the Far East.
1959Neat name to title page. No other marks or inscriptions. Minor creasing to booklet adjacent to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Staples not rusted. 74pp. Physics and maths aspects to the engineering of pipework.
1967Name stamp inside front board. No other marks or inscriptions. Tiny crease to upper corner of front cover, none to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight;y tanned pages and no bumping to corners. 158pp. The truth about other worlds, other races, signals from space. Adam Cave cut himself off from family and society to discover it.
1997ref. 149950Couverture souple. Broché. 128 pages. Couverture plastifiée. Marques de bibliothèque.
1980Paperback. Ex-library. Marks, scores and library labels on covers. Leading corners, edges and spine are worn. Library stamps on page block and front inside cover. Binding is intact, contents are clear. AM Ex-Library
1980Paperback. Ex-library. Marks, scores and library labels on covers. Leading corners, edges and spine are worn. Rear leading corners are creased. Library stamps on page block, front inside cover and first page. Minor pen on inside covers. Binding is intact, contents are clear. AM Ex-Library
2012No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 341pp. An account of the hunt for the elusive Higgs particle.
1970No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A clean very tight copy with slightly sunned unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 137pp. A study of wastewater effluent control and treatment including the plant available to deal with them.
1975Trace of foxing to page edges. No inscriptions or marks. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Price clipped dust jacket not marked, torn or creased with very minor traces of handling. 183pp. In an entertaining yet authoritative manner, the author traces the evolution over 110 years of the royal train from the first enthusiastic sampling by Queen Victoria through all the advanced features which later made it onto our standard passenger stock. Includes some foreign examples.
2015Appears unread. 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. 277pp. The author discusses the issue of climate change and some of the innovative new solutions being developed around the world, which work with the earth's systems to combat climate change.
2015No 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. 474pp. Ben Goldacre has been exposing the purveyors of bad science for over a decade, with humour. This book features over a hundred of his funniest and most skilful take-downs.
1999Appears unread. 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. 216pp. Detailed account of how the age of the Universe was calculated.
1973No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked blue cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn with slight rubbing to upper edge and nick to upper rear corner. 106pp. The author describes the appeal of canals, what they offer over their 2,000 miles of cruising, from Bristol to Burnley, London to Ripon and King's Lynn to Llangollen.
2006Appears unread. 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. 428pp. The author's vision of the far future when the Earth becomes a cold dark wasteland but when we can escape to new worlds.
