James KakaliosMareMagnum
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2010No 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. 318pp. Using examples from comics and magazines from the 1950s, the author, a professor of physics, explains the real-life scientific breakthroughs that led to some of the incredible technologies prediced in the 1950s.
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.
1998No 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. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 190pp. An account of popular TV science fiction shows and movies being put against actual physical laws to see how they compare by theoretical physics author Lawrence M Krauss.
1998No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 189pp. Using up to date theories, the authors attempt to answer questions such as 'what effect on the body from being beamed up', 'why do Vulcans have pointed ears', 'could Kirk really have sex with females of other species' ?
1976Name/phone no stamp to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and very minor bumping to lower corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn or creased with slight damp effect to upper edge. 234pp. Sixteen of the best new short stories from science fiction writers in the 1970s.
1817Rebound hardcover, second edition, quarterbound in buckram with marbled paper sides. Includes 4 folding plates at rear of book, all in very good condition and with ink stamp from Glengarriff Eccles Hotel. Same stamp appears in margin of a few internal pages. Light foxing to pages and creases to some lower leading corners. Text clean and unmarked. AD Used
in-8°, V-365 pages, illustr. and fig. in-t., maps, diagr., index Hard Cover / No DW. Very good condition. [EN-4]
2002Paperback in very good condition. The cover is a little worn (most notably on the spine sides) and has a few faint scratches. A few light marks on the page block. Interior excellent with clean and sound pages. CM Used
1965423pp + 390pp + 374pp + 396pp + 382pp VG/none vols 1 and 4 with small patches of slight discoloration on boards, minimal remains of paper label from dealer on endpapers, small and discreet stamps on title and content pages, last two pages in vol.1 (table of content) slightly creased not affecting text. Overall a very nice set. A cumulative index for the 5 volumes is included in vol. 5. Thorough and comprehensive work on optics and optical engineering and instruments with chapters written by specialists in the field. Content includes filters, optical materials, electro-optical devices, television optics, infrared detectors, microscopes, photographic objectives, still cameras, high-speed photography, astronomical telescopes etc.
1963606pp + 15 folding plates VG/none 14th enlarged edition, original editorial black cloth, corners slightly worn as expected considering the size and weight of the volume, otherwise in very good conditions, complete with all of its 15 folding diagrams/tables kept in a pocket at the back. Comprehensive textbook / manual on designing heating and ventilation systems, in German. The book is heavy (>2kg). 14a edizione riveduta, copertina tutta tela nera editoriale, angoli leggermente consunti data la mole del volume, nel complesso in ottime condizioni, completo di tutte le sue 15 tavole ripiegate contenenti diagrammi/tabelle di progettazione e unite in una tasca alla fine. Classico e grosso manuale di progettazione di sistemi di riscaldamento e ventilazione, in tedesco. Il volume pesa piu'di 2kg.
1979Paperback in good condition. Crease to front cover and upper corner of half-title page. Light scores and edgewear to covers. 1cm tear to side edge of half-title page. Pages are clean and sound, contents are clear throughout. TA Used
1824Hardcover (rebound in contemporary cloth with endpapers by either MIT or the Smithsonian; gilt titles on spine). Second edition, improved, with nine plates (all present), and several wood cuts in text. xiv + 325pp. Ex-academic library - MIT Dept. of Civil Engineering stamp on title page, with Smithsonian stamp on reverse; serial stamped on final blank (unclear which draughty house of education was responsible for the binding). Two marks on spine.Taped repair to upper edge of p.iii (dedication page), with a small nick further down; chip an inch or two deep from upper edge of p.v (advertisement); two nicks at fore-edge of p. vii (preface) - all text remains clear. Pages in main body are in very good condition for age. Title continues: 'With Illustrations Experimental, Scientific, and Practical, to which are added, Remarks on the Nature of Heat and Light; and Various Tables Useful in the Application of Heat'. TS Used
1892Hardcover with gilt decorated front board and spine, no dust jacket. Spine is sunned and cocked; edges, corners and spine ends are rubbed and bumped; marks to rear board. Hinge break and signature to FEP, FEP is a little loose from binding. Foxing and tanning to page block, foxing to some internal pages. Text and illustrations are clean and unmarked throughout. AD Used
1930Hardcover without dust jacket. Boards are lightly marked, with one dark spot to rear board, edges are rubbed and spine is tanned. Light foxing to page block. Includes 78 illustrations, all bright and clear. Text is unmarked throughout. AD Used
1914Hardcover with printed boards, no dust jacket. Boards are edgeworn and lightly marked at covers. Spine ends are scuffed and leading corners are bumped. Page block is foxed as are end papers and some pages internally. Clean and unmarked throughout. AD Used
1917Hardcover with printed boards, no dust jacket. Bump to upper leading corner and creases to brown cloth at rear. Gift inscription penned to front pastedown and spine is a little cocked. Hinge break to the same. FEP and REP faintly marked and page block is a little grubby. Pages are clean throughout. AD Used
1922Hardcover with printed boards, no dust jacket. Boards are shelf and edgeworn with bumps to corners and tanning of spine. Illustration from page 128 is missing. Page block and page edges are foxed, endpapers tanned and surface tear to front pastedown. Creases to a couple of page corners. Pages unmarked throughout. AD Used
1911Hardcover with printed boards, no dust jacket. Slight lean to spine, boards faintly marked front and rear, light wear to edges. Faint marks to endpapers, foxing to page block and page edges. Mark to page 19. All other pages clean. AD Used
2012Ex library book with minimal (copyright page only) stamp. No other marks or inscriptions. Light creasing to covers, none to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight damage to half-title page and no bumping to corners. 220pp. Essays by participants in the Communia project who argue that the public domain, ie the informational works owned by all of us - literature, music, scientific research, educational material or public sector information - is fundamental to a healthy society.
1977No marks or inscriptions. Minor creasing to some corners, none to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, traces of storage, tanned pages and no bumping to corners. 231pp. A coherent approach to a non-nuclear energy policy, why it makes sense and how to implement it. A key study in the environment movement in the 1970s.
2006No marks or inscriptions. Very minor creasing to upper corners, none to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 424pp. A broad introduction to the properties of materials used in a wide range of engineering applications, providing a complete course in the subject for students with no previous background in this area. Third edition, revised, expanded and improved throughout.
2007No marks or inscriptions. Very minor creasing to some corners, none to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight rubbing to rear and no bumping to corners. 451pp. A detailed understanding of the fundamental properties of engineering materials, how they are controlled by processing, then formed, joined and finished, and how all of these factors influence the selection and design of materials in real-world engineering applications. Third edition, revised, expanded and improved throughout.
2002No 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. 264pp. A complete overview of this special type of sensor with extensive practical advice from the author's many years of experience. Covers the most important piezoelectric materials and their properties as welll as a consistent terminology for describing sensors. With description of sensors for force, strain, pressure, acceleration and acoustic emission.
1982Ex library book with usual marks and stamps but in virtually unread condition. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright boards, lightly marked rear and no bumping to corners. 525pp. This work presents the computer as the mathematician's laboratory.
2015Book and jacket in as new unread condition. 428pp. An account of the science of geo-engineering and the author's reasons why it is something we need to consider to solve some of the problems with our planet.
