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2018New shrink wrapped hardcover. LW New
2018New shrink wrapped hardcover. LW New
1972No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers, creasing to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 446pp. A study of Britain's 200 years of insustrialization and the evidence left for us. Illustrated with 44 photographic plates.
FIRST AND ONLY EDITION of the MOST IMPORTANT MONOGRAPH ON THE CANAL LINKING PARIS WITH THE SEA, one of the great engineering projects of its time. XI, 221 pp. plus 3 lithographed maps. The book is divided into two sections: Besons (near Paris) to Rouen, and Rouen to Le Havre. Each section is divided into numerous (and very detailed) subsections. Numerous tables throughout. At the end are three large folding lithographed maps, with the course of the Seine colored by hand in blue. Beautifully printed by Didot on fine wove paper, with large margins. From the library of noted engineer Rudolph Glossop (1902-1993), with his bookplate on pastedown. 4to. Attractively bound in half crimson morocco. FINE AND BRIGHT, with no defects. An outstanding copy of an important book.
2003A. GABBA - R. DEMARTINI L' Associazione Nazionale degli Ingenieri e degli Architetti (A.N.I.A.I) nel secolo XX (1919-1999). Como, Edizioni New Press 2003 italian, 105 ST1098I Brossura editoriale, volume come nuovo, copertina e interno in condizioni eccellenti, legatura salda 105 pagine circaCopertina come da foto Titolo completo: L' Associazione Nazionale degli Ingenieri e degli Architetti (A.N.I.A.I) nel secolo XX (1919-1999)
1976No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, traces of storage, some sunning and no bumping to corners. 144pp. Written by the Curator of the Kodak Museum, this study describes the history of photography in its early days. Very well illustrated.
1979No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight foxing to a few pages and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with small tear to lower rear corner, pen indenting, light creasing to upper edge and nicks to spine top. 96pp. A series of fantastic futuristic paintings of rockets, planets, worlds, weapons, explosions and destruction. The images are interspersed with very lengthy text, some being fantastic fiction and some relating to existing science fiction novels.
1959Date to upper corner of front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very minor dustiness/foxing to page edges and no bumping to corners. 182pp. How to garden scientifically and get good results.
1959No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with slightly marked rear board, dusty page edges, slight bumping to spine ends and no bumping to corners. 492pp. The physics and mathematics of every aspect of machines and their properties with a large number of worked examples of questions and answers.
1969Name to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked boards, dusty page edges, rubbing to upper rear edge, minor bump to spine foot and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped with small pieces missing from upper edge, well rubbed and with dusty rear. 377pp. This book covers concisely the manufacturing properties of materials to quality control.
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.
1959Neat name to title page. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to booklet covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Staples not rusted. 62pp. Physics and maths aspects to the engineering of pumps. Very scarce.
1958Neat name to title page. No other marks or inscriptions. Faint creasing to booklet covers adjacent to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright very slightly marked boards and no bumping to corners. Staples not rusted. 92pp. Physics and maths aspects to the engineering of drop forging manufacture. Scarce.
1958Neat name to title page. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to booklet covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 46pp. Physics and maths aspects to engineering jigs.
1955Neat name to title page. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to booklet covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. no rusting to staples. 50pp. Physics and maths aspects to engineering bearings.
2007No 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. 100pp. A story in the universe of John Scalzi's 'Old Man', told from the point of view of Lieutenant Jane Sagan, one of the series' most intriguing characters. Scarce in the UK.
1995Hardcover without dust jacket, in very good condition. Rear board exterior lightly scored, and name of previous owner penned to inner front board. The pages and text are clean and unmarked throughout, and there are no other notable flaws. Almost as new. LW Used
2002No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight tanning to page edges and bumping to lower corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slight indenting and creasing to some corners. 585pp. A novel from evolutionary scientist Stephen Baxter which turns the story of Darwinian evolution into a constant drama - from the time of the dinosaurs to life on a changing dying world.
1999No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean tight copy with unmarked covers and no bumping to corners. pp. 761-952 Pliensbachian ichthyosar from Dorset, brachiopod shells, Cambrian hyoliths, elasmosaurid pleiosaur plus much more. Click on the book image and then enlarge it to view the book contents. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery.
1930No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A clean very tight copy with unmarked gilt embossed boards, a little foxing and no bumping to corners. 16pp. Booklet on the science of numbers and how names translate into numbers. With an underlying religious theme. Undated ca 1920s - 30s. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery.
1979Grey cover with black lettering to spine and black lettering and line drawing to upper board and contents in almost new condition. Library stamp on front pastedown and catalogue page. Library sticker and correction fluid on FEP. Highly illustrated with charts and diagrams. Ex-Library
1996No 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.
1961This is a folded illustrated leaflet produced by official Soviet Union media. No marks or inscriptions. A little very faint creasing to upper/lower edges . A very clean bright unmarked leaflet and no bumping to corners. pp. An 11 x 8 inch leaflet opens up to 11 x 41 inches double sided. It is a celebration propaganda leaflet clearly from Soviet Union media (published unidentified). Describes the Soviet success in acheiving space flight with Sputnik and with particluar reference to the first manned space flight which was carried out by Yuri Gagarin. To quote 'It is not by chance that the Soviet Union - the first country of socialism - was first in the world to launch artificial satellites and the first to accomplish a manned flight in outer space.' A fascinating document for anyone interested in early space flight. Very scarce. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery.
2004No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and minor bumping to lower corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slight creasing to top of spine and very minor traces of storage. 272pp. This study shows not just the history of ideas that led to deciphering the human genome, but it also shows how the genome itself contains the scars and history of all the generations of life back to the very origins of life more than three billion years ago.
1974No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight foxing to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with rubbing and very slight creasing to upper and lower edges. 410pp. An account of discoveries and explorations in the psychic world - of experiments by scientists probing the unknown - in order to better understand the nature of human beings.
