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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.
2000No marks or inscriptions. Faint crease to front cover, crease to part of spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 422pp. This book aims to integrate basic science with clinical practice, bridging the gap between laboratory science and the bedside.
1980No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very minor traces of storage and slight bumping to some corners. 200pp. A well-illustrated study of mathematics and numbers.
1970Ex-library book with usual (minimal) marks and stamps. A very clean very tight copy with bright slightly tape-marked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased but trimmed slightly to lower edge . 152pp. A careful examination of the effects of the destructive removal of organic materials from a sample prior to analysis of the 'non-organic' elements. Using radio-active methods, it has been shown that this step introduces more error than all the other steps in the procedure combined.
2011Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 280pp. A manifesto suggesting we need to use all our technological capability to save the planet from ourselves in areas such as climate change.
2010Appears to be in as new unread condition. 242pp. Derived from four decades of scientific research on human motivation, the author exposes the mismatch between what science knows and what business does - and how that affects every aspect of our lives.
1998No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight foxing to top of page edges and no bumping to corners. 224pp. Science from the Hubble Space Telescope with superb colour and black & white images captured by the telescope from the heavens. .
1988Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, tanned pages and no bumping to corners. 339pp. The sequel to Dragon's Egg and the Cheela on the neutron star.
1972Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, tanned, lightly foxed page edges and no bumping to corners. 189pp. Classic science fiction from Isaac Asimov about a Technician whose job it was to range through past and present centuries monitoring and even altering time - who then fell in love with a mortal.
1980No 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 with rubbing to upper and lower rear fore-edges and tiny nick to spine foot. 271pp. A wide-ranging study of astronomical discovery and the means to it. The three sections of the book are 'Ancient Cosmology' which includes Neolithic astronomy and early observations, the 'Era of Discovery' - Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler, Newton and Herschel and finally 'The Exploding Universe' which traces the acceleration of astronomical discovery since Einstein and Quantum Theory.
1993No 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. 184pp. A complete year-by-year history of the Star Trek universe including almost 500 photos and a comprehensive index.
2016No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and very tiny bump to lower front corner. 159pp. An expanded look at the USS Enterprise in the way only Haynes can do it. With many exploded diagrams and description of how Enterprise works plus a wealth of other images including many colour photos from the actual TV series.
1975No marks or inscriptions. Minor creasing to some corners, slightly arched spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, tanned page edges and no bumping to corners. 187pp. Novel about the sabotage of a nuclear power station in North Wales.
1972No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, name indent to front, tanned pages and no bumping to corners. 177pp. A call to arms from the 1970s for us all to work towards saving our planet. No one in power listened and nothing seems to have changed - except it is now much more urgent. But the arguments were there then.
1967Ex library book with usual (minimal) marks and stamps - to end papers and title page only. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, tiny bump to top of spine and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with sunning to rear and to spine. 573pp. Volume one of a text book on the chemistry of organometallic compounds covering the main group elements. Third Edition.
1968Ex library book with usual (minimal) marks and stamps - to end papers, lower page edges and title page only. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, tiny bump to spine foot and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with minor creasint to top of spine and sunning to spine. 376pp. Volume two of a text book on the chemistry of organometallic compounds covering the transition elements. Third Edition.
1968No 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. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked with small tears to lower edge and nicks and chips to corners. Index on 25 pages plus 844pp. The classic study of physical chemistry by Moore.
1978No 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 with minor traces of storage. 315pp. A comprehensive study of HPLC as a means of chemical analysis and separation with over thirty experiments described in detail.
1968No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn or creased with sunning to spine and upper edges . 260pp. Beginning with a section on muslin making at Anderton near Northwich, this study of industrializasion around the end of the 18th century mainly concentrates on the cotton industry at Stockport and nearby Marple. Originally published in 1924.
1976No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked rough cloth boards and no bumping to corners. 211pp. The history of the pharmaceuticals company Eli Lilly, based in Indianapolis, Indiana and its employees over 100 years from 1876. Tucked in is a printed compliments letter from Mr Eli Lilly, then the Hon Chairman of the Board.
2001No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards, minor tanning to page edges, tiny nick to top of spine and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with tiny nick to top of spine. 365pp. The second book in the author's Ender's Shadow Trilogy. First British Edition.
2017Appears 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. 250pp. Eighteen top scientists and experts explore what's in store for the human race. Entertaining, informative and filled with ground-breaking science.
2008Appears unread in mint condition.. 293pp. Described as the best introduction to essential science, this inspiring tour takes us from astronomy to biology and beyond.
1999No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards, minor tanning to pages and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or creased with tiny repair to front fore-edge and a small damp spot near rear spine foot. 379pp. The first book in the author's Ender's Shadow Trilogy. First British Edition.
