Science &Technology 2011 catalogue

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25164    A French Polisher    The French Polisher’s Manual    E & F N Spon  Charing Cross  London    1876    1st edition.     12mo.       31 + (1)pp.        Publisher’s beige printed paper wrappers, black lettering  including “ Price Sixpence “ + cartouche on front.       Publisher’s list inside covers & rear.          1cm mark on rear, faint small mark on front , slight browning around edges.   Contents : clean, tight & unfoxed.    Attractive copy.    VG.    145.00     25437    Abbot, C G    Solar Vortices And Magnetism In Sun Spots    The Smithsonian Institution Annual     Report 1908   [ 18 PAGE PAPER EXTRACTED FROM REPORT COMPLETE  ]     Government Printing Office  Washington    1909    1st edition.     Softback.    Small 4to.    14.5 x 22.5cm.    321 - 338pp.      5 plates.    White paper with black lettering.     Paper begins at top of page.   Binding marks on inside edge ( could be trimmed) else very clean.    VG.    75.00     25203    Ainsley, L Thomas    Magnetism And The Deviation Of The Compass In Ironships     3/6    Privately Published by The Author      Mill Dam   South Shields     circa 1860?    1st edition.     Narrow 4to.      139 + (1)pp including Publisher’s advert.      Single hand coloured plate + numerous diagrams in text.    Publisher’s red cloth covered card covers, gilt lettering + blind band around edges on front.      Original yellow eps.    Cover : loss of lower half of spine, edges rubbed, patchy slightly dark marks all over.       Contents :   bleeding from covers onto paste downs at edges else very clean & tight & unfoxed.     G/VG covers & contents.    250.00     25273    Aitken, John ( District Inspector )    Modern Train Signalling On British Railways    DEDICATED BY AUTHOR    S B Aitkin  Upland Road  Glasgow    circa 1940 ?    1st edition.       12mo.       xv  + (1) + 168pp including Publisher’s list at rear.            Fold out 4 section diagram + circa 32 single + 6 fold out plates. +  numerous diagrams in text.      Publisher’s blue plain cloth covers, black lettering on front.     Pale grey dw, black lettering + background small multiple lattice design in blue with black frame  + frame area witj “ 2/6 “ inside on front, not clipped.     Original white eps with adverts inside covers.       Neat deddication  “ With the Author’s compliments John Aitken 4th May 1940 “ + recipients name on fep.    Covers : faint rubs  top/bottom spine else bright.         Dw : 1cm loss top of spine .      Contents :  very clean & tight & unfoxed.      Bright attractive copy.      F-/VG.    175.00     25462    Allibone, T E ( D.Sc., A.M.I.E.E. )    The Spark Discharge     A Lecture Delivered February 21 1938    W Cochrane ( M.A., Ph.D. ) In The Chair        The Scientific Journal Of The Royal College Of Science  Vol VIII [ 4 PAGE PAPER EXTRACTED FROM JOURNAL COMPLETE, PUBLISHER’S FILE COPY 27736  ]     Edward Arnold & Co  London    1938    1st edition thus, extracted from annual journal, part reprinted from Nature.    Softback.    Small 4to.    14 x 21.8cm.   89 - 92pp.      White paper with black lettering.     Paper begins at top of page & ends at bottom.   Inside edge could be trimmed, light blind ring mark at top margin else very clean & unfoxed.    F-.    25.00     25383    anon    The Westinghouse Automatic Brake Instruction Booklet With Acetate Moveable Valve With Brass Rivit On P34    The Westinghouse & Saxby Signal Co Ltd  London    1934    1st edition.       Softback.     Large 16mo.  64 + (1)pp.      Numerous bw photos in text.      Publisher’s brown soft cloth covers, black lettering + line around edges on front, rounded edges.              Bright attractive copy.    F-.    75.00      25202    Anonymous    Admiralty Handbook Of Wireless telegraphy  Volume 1  Magnetism & Electricity     Volume 2  Wireless telegraphy Theory    2 Volumes In 2 Complete    BR229    His Majesty’s Stationery Office ( H.M.S.O. )    London    1939    Reprint of 1931 single volume edition.      Large 4to.      Obscure pagination but 6 pages of adverts at front both volumes.       Numerous diagrams in text.      Publisher’s green plain cloth covers, blind lettering + blind band around edges on front, gilt lettering on spine.    Pale green printed dw, black lettering, not price clipped Price 4s & 6s.     Original adverts as feps.        Vol 1 neat small signature + date ‘ October 1939 “  top corner fep.           Dws dated 1938.   Covers : slight bumps to corners else bright.    Dw : vol 2 closed 4cm jagged tear front edge, 2cm loss bottom of spine, wear top/bottom spine both volumes else bright.       Contents :   very clean & tight & unfoxed.       Bright attractive copies.      VG+/VG.    125.00     25205    Anonymous    Biographical Memoirs Of the Royal Society  Volume 6    The Royal Society  London    1960    1st edition.     Narrow 4to.      (8) +295 + (1)pp.       17 bw portrait photo plates.      Publisher’s plain blue cloth covers, gilt lettering on front & spine.      Light green printed dw, green lettering on front & spine, not price clipped 30/.        Original white eps.    Cover : faint 0.1cm shelf knocks top/bottom of spine else bright.     Dw : slight knock top of spine.        Contents :  very clean & tight & unfoxed.    Bright attractive copy.     F-/F-.    45.00     25195    Anonymous    Kennedy’s Catalogue Of Tools Limited Edition No 9541    Kennedy’s (  Bournemouth ) Ltd  Bournemouth    circa 1930?”    1st edition thus.        Small 12mo.       xii + 207 + (1)pp.      Numerous bw fold out plates + diagrams in text.      Publisher’s yellow pictorial cloth covered boards, black lettering on front & spine, 2 heavy red bands + tools between on front, rounded corners.       Original white eps.    tipped in 2 page errata slip + advert for  ‘ Tool Club “ + pink slip.   Pencil name & address on fep.      Covers : slight fading , faint grubbiness but now clean.    Contents : very clean & tight & unfoxed.         ***.      VG-.       45.00     25390    Anonymous    Pictorial Astronomy  [ An Authoritative Survey In Text And Photographs ]    Museum Press Ltd  London    circa 1946      1st edition.     12mo.      (8) + 312pp.      Numerous bw photos + bw illustrations.   Publisher’s plain blue cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine.     Blue dw, white star formation on front, white lettering, not  lcipped.     Original white eps.     Covers : slight browning to spine heavy foxing to spine, slight shelf rub bottom of spine else very clean.    Dw : slight browning to spine, rubs along front top/bottom edges + bottom of spine else clean & unchipped.      Contents : very clean & tight & unfoxed.   Clean tight  copy in unchipped dw.     VG/VG-.    75.00     25389    Anonymous    Science In The News  2/6     Penicillin Progress    Burke Publishing Co Ltd  London    circa 1946      1st edition.     Softback.    12mo.      130pp.      Numerous bw photos + bw illustrations.   White soft card covers, black lettering on spine, red lettering + bw photo collage of industrial processes on front.          Covers : slight browning to spine else very clean & unchipped.       Contents : slight browning to pages else very clean & tight & unfoxed.   Clean tight  attractive copy.     6 page lead article on Penicillin with 3 bw photos.     VG.    65.00     25274    Anonymous    Teleprinter Network    British Road Services    1957?    1st edition.       Small 8vo.       (16)pp.        Colour pages + numerous bw photos.       Publisher’s white colour pictorial soft card covers, wrap around blue/red/black network diagram + large red area with white lettering + black titles + bw logo on front.    2 metal staple hinges through.       Covers : faint rubs  top/bottom spine else bright.        Faint foxing to covers else very clean & tight & unfoxed.      Bright attractive copy.      VG+.    45.00     25075    anonymous    Automatic  Exchange  Ph 637  March 1936    General Post Office    G P O  London    circa 1936    1st edition.     Small 8vo.       11 bw photos + 1 diagram.     16pp.        Publisher’s white soft card covers, white shadow lettering + bw photo telephone dial with exchange workings in background on front.          Two staple hinges through.        Neat signature first page.     Covers : 1cm split top of spine slight rub top/bottom of spine.   Contents : clean, tight and unfoxed.    VG.    50.00     25076    anonymous    Automatic  Telephone Exchange.       REAL PHOTOGRAPH     14 Ladies Face on To Exchange Equipment ( 2 Looking At Camera - Who Are They? )  With Lady In Charge Standing Behind Facing camera - One Chair Has White lettering “ 1334 “.  Clock Says 11:55am.    The Grafton Reproduction Co  Clapham Junct. London S W 1    circa 1936    1st edition.     15.5 x 11cm.       Bw studio photo.    Stamped on rear “ The Grafton Reproduction Co Commercial Photographers  291 Lavender Hill Clapham Junct. London S W 17.  Further Photos May be had Price 3/6 for three.  Quote the white figure on the photograph “.   Very clean and sharp, deep tone, rear very faint browning.   VG.    50.00     25335    anonymous    Binoculars Field Glasses And Telescopes    [ Priced Catalogue ]    J A Davis & Son Ltd    Denmark Hill London    J A Davis & Son Ltd    Denmark Hill London    1955    1st edition.     Softback.     12mo.      16pp including covers.      Numerous bw photos.  Publisher’s colour pictorial paper covers, bw lettering colour spectators looking at horse racing on front.     2 metal staples.     Bright attractive copy.    F.      75.00     25208    anonymous    Blake’s Patent Direct Acting Steam Pomps  Single Duplex And Compound  Catalogue    Geo F Blake Manf’g Co    No 44 Washington Street       Boston    circa 1880?    1st edition?.        Large 4to.      48pp.      Publisher’s beige printed soft card covers, black decorative lettering with green arts & crafts freeze around on front.       Numerous bw illustrations in text.       Bright attractive copy.    Fine.    175.00     25150    anonymous    Castrol Achievements 1960    Castrol Ltd  Marylebone Road  London    [ 1961 ]    1st edition.      Oblong large 8vo.        Publisher’s colour pictorial wrappers, colour illustration red sports car in traffic with motor cycle policeman at side by Gordon Horner on front, group of motor cyclists racing through country on rear.    Two staple hinges through.    Colour illustrations racing car + aeroplane inside covers.      Covers : slight rub top of spine, slight bump bottom corner.    Contents : bump bottom corner, slight browning else else clean, tight & unfoxed.    VG.    25.00     25295    anonymous    Deltronic Smoke Alarm  Saves Minutes Saves Lives    User Guide  + 3 Year Guarantee    Deltronic   Wimbledon    circa 1980?    1st edition?.     Softback.    Square large 16mo.      8pp in concertina style.    Diagrams in text.    White paper with black lettering, bw photo plastic cased smoke detector + black lettering on front.  Bright attractive copy.    F.    15.00     25336    anonymous    Denhill Binoculars With The New De Luxe German Denhill Models     [ Priced Catalogue ]    J A Davis & Son Ltd    Denmark Hill London    J A Davis & Son Ltd    Denmark Hill London    1955    1st edition.     Softback.     Oblong small 12mo.      16pp including covers.      Numerous bw photos.     Publisher’s colour pictorial paper covers, yellow & red lettering +  bw portrait man holding binoculars over colour photo race horses at course on front.     2 metal staples.     Bright attractive copy.    F.      75.00     25296    anonymous    Dicon 300 Smoke Alarm  Owner’s Manual     Ionization Principle   Part 25020000-123B    Dicon Systems Inc  Toronto    circa 1980?    1st edition?.     Softback.     Square large 16mo.      8pp in concertina style.    Diagrams in text.    White paper with black lettering, bw photo plastic cased smoke detector + black lettering on front.  Bright attractive copy.    F.    15.00     25398    anonymous    Ericsson Intercommunication Telephones  Booklet No 4 G  [ ART DECO STYLE COVERS ]    Ericsson Telephones Ltd  Kingsway London    Circa 1920?    1st edition.    Large 4to.     (20)pp.    Publisher’s card covers, blue & pale green panels + green lettering on front.    2 metal staples through spine.       Covers : faint browning around edges, faintest shelf rubs corners else very clean & unbumped.    Contents : faint foxing to title page else very clean & tight.   Clean tight copy.    VG.     95.00     25137    anonymous    Fire Extinguishing In Aircraft Engine Installations  ARB Handbook No 5  Price Two Shillings And Sixpence    Air Registration Board  Strand  London    1945    1st edition March 1945.       Large 8vo.       32pp.       6 bw photo plates.        Publisher’s cream printed soft card covers, black lettering + cartouche on front.    Two staple hinges through.       Covers : very clean.      Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed.    VG+.    55.00     25250    anonymous    Francis The Greatest Name In Searchlights   Catalogue    Francis Searchlights  Bolton  Lancs    circa 1940?    1st edition.       Soft back       Large 8vo.     4pp.    Red & black lettering + multiple red lines on front.    Bw photos 18 different  search lights + stock code.    Bright.   F-.    35.00     25313    anonymous    International Radiotelegraph Convention And General Supplementary Regulations   Signed At Washington 25th November 1927    His Majesty’s Stationery Office  London    1928    1st edition.    Narrow 4to.    171 + (1)ppp.      Publisher’s blue plain cloth covers, gilt lettering + treble blind line around edges on front.     Original white eps.   Small attractive 3cm faint stamp on title page “ Research Department U.P.W. “ with ink number “ 0550 “.     Very slight light 0.2cm spot front leading edge else bright attractive copy.      F.      450.00     25209    anonymous    Knowl’s Patent Steam Pomps  The Standard    Catalogue    Geo F Blake Manf’g Co    No 44 Washington Street       Boston    1881    1st edition.       Large 4to.      28pp.      10 plates.        Publisher’s beige printed soft card covers, black lettering + frame around edges on front.       Numerous bw illustrations in text.       Bright attractive copy.    Fine.    240.00     25299    anonymous    List Of Members As At 1st March 1978      The Royal Aeronautical Society     Royal Aeronautical Society  London    1978    1st edition.    Softback.    Square 8vo.     xlii + 210pp including adverts at front.       Red cloth covers, black lettering on front & spine, black cartouche on front.    Original yellow bookmark with yellow scotton tie.     Bright attractive copy.   F.        25.00     25246    anonymous    Mazda Drawn Wire Electric Bulbs For Motor Cars Reduced Prices Catalogue    Mazda + T M Kingdom & Co Electrical Engineers  Basingstoke  Hampshire    1921    1st edition Feb 1st 1921.       12mo page folded twice to give 6 leaves.    Colour brochure, green/orange/black illustration car with headlights lighting up road aand signpost on front.    Small panel on front with printed “ T M Kingdom & Co “ details .    7 different light bulbs depicted in orange with details including price.      Bright attractive copy.   Fine.    45.00     25248    anonymous    Mechanical Foam      Price 1/-    Pyrene Co Ltd Brentford  Middlesex    circa 1940?    1st edition.       Soft back       8vo.     32pp.     Numerous illustrations & bw photosBeige soft card covers, black lettering on fromt.      2 staple hinges through.     Covers : 2cm light mark front cover, faint rub bottom corner, very small light marks rear.    Contents : few small light marks page 6 else else clean & tight & unfoxed.    VG.    65.00     25271    anonymous    Metric Pressure Measurement  + Pressure Units Cross Reference Chart     W 289 GB 90 10 81 VA    Wika Pressure Gauges ( Uk) Ltd    Coulsdon    1981    1st edition thus.      24mo.      2pp in plastic cover, rounded corners.    Black lettering on white + small logo both sides, yellow chart on front.        Attractive copy.        F.    15.00     25109    anonymous    Mitchell Bearings  Ltd  Manufacturers And sole Licensers Of Mitchell Thrust And Journal Bearings    Henry Frowde & Hodder & Stoughton  London    1923    1st edition.      large 4to.     60pp.      2 tipped in photos “ View of Works “ + numerous diagrams.         Publisher’s grey pictorial card covers, blue/black shadow lettering + illustration part bearing on front.       Covers : darkening to spine, slight knocks bottom of spine + bottom corner, very slight rub top of spine.  Contents : slight browning else very clean, tight & unfoxed.    VG.    65.00     25356    anonymous    Modern Factory Lighting    Including Special Wartime Requirements    British Electrical Development Association + The E.L.M.A. lighting Service Bureau    1940    1st edition.      Large 8vo.     139 + (1)pp.     Numerous bw photos ( unnumbered ).      Publisher’s pale green plain cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine.     Brown dw, orange area with black band around + black & white shadow lettering on front, not price clipped 8/6.       Original white eps.      Covers : very slight rubs bottom corners, very slight 0.1cm shelf knock bottom of spine, a few faint patch fade marks.     Dw : 4 very slight faint red marks front, some 2cm closed snags, browning but complete.       Contents : faint foxing to eps, slight dust to 2 pages at spine else very clean & tight & unfoxed.    Clean tight copy.   VG/VG-.     125.00     25249    anonymous    Morse Signal Characters Card Display Sheet    The Francis High - Intensity Mk Iv And Mk V Daylight Signalling Lanterns    Francis Searchlights  Bolton  Lancs    circa 1940?    1st edition.       Stiff card.       Large 8vo.     2pp printed topside only.    Red & black lettering + bw photo search light + company address details on front including “ Hang In Appropriate Place “.       2 ringlet preformed holes with original brass eyelets at+ original cotton tie at top.    Bright.   Faint knock bottom corner, faint foxing else very clean.    VG+.    35.00     25135    anonymous    Notes On The Regulations Governing The Air Worthiness Of Civil Aircraft Registered In Great Britain And Northern Ireland  ARB Handbook No 1  Price One Shilling And Sixpence    Air Registration Board  Strand  London    1943    1st edition May 1943.       Large 8vo.       47 + (1)pp.          Publisher’s cream printed soft card covers, black lettering + cartouche on front.    Two staple hinges through.       Covers ; hinges very slight rusting, slight dusty marks on front.      Contents : very slight browning else very clean, tight & unfoxed.    VG+.    55.00     25257    anonymous    Popular Progress Pamphlets Nos 1 to 25   [ Jewellery Equipment Catalogue A.G.THOMAS ( BRADFORD ) LTD,   50/52 HEATON RD. BRADFORD, YORKS ]    A G Thomas ( Bradford ) Ltd    Bradford    circa 1930?    1st edition thus.       Softback.      8vo.    (4) + 100pp including index at front but no title page or eps ( doubt if there were any ).    Numerouis bw illustrations + photos each page.           Publisher’s pale blue soft card covers,  red lettering + spade pip on front, large blue stamp at bottom “ Obtainable FROM : A.G.THOMAS ( BRADFORD ) LTD,   50/52 HEATON RD. BRADFORD, YORKS “.        2 hidden metal staples through.      Covers :  rubs to corners, 2cm markn rear, slight browning.    Contents : leaning, browning to pages else very clean & tight & unfoxed.         VG-.    95.00     25362    anonymous    Price List Current And An Appendix To Down Bros.’ 1935-6 Catalogue Of Surgical instruments And Appliances    July 21938      +          Price List Current Of General Catalogue Of Surgical Instruments And Appliances ( Subject To Market Fluctuations ) 1938    Down Bros  St Thomas Street London    1938    1st edition thus.        Narrow 4to.     (4) + 2001 to 2240 +  xv + (1) + 134pp.    About 3 bw diagrams per page.          Publisher’s blue cloth covers, gilt lettering on front & spine, g3 blind lines around edges on front.         Original white eps.      Neat small name inside front cover.      Covers :  very slight 0.1cm shelf knock top of spine, 2 tiny white spots front ( may remove ), slight fade to gilt lettering else attractive.      Contents : very clean and tight & unfoxed.      Bright attractive copy.   VG+.     500.00     25163    anonymous    Principles Of Development   Ship Drafting   Geometrical Drawing   Mechanical Drawing   Drawing From Memory   Materials Of Construction  Strength Of Materials  Testing Of Materials        I.C.S. Reference Library    International Correspondence Schools Ltd  London    1922    1st edition.     Narrow 4to.    Paginated by section        Publisher’s brown imitation half leather dimpled cloth covers, gilt lettering on  spine.   Numerous old out plates + photos + diagrams.  Brown wall paper pattern eps.    Neat ink signature on first blank.      Small 1 x 4cm reference number stamped faintly on title page “ 000761” ( limitation number ? ).      Covers : slight rubs top/ bottom of spine & corners.         Contents :  very clean, tight & unfoxed.       Bright attractive copy.   VG.    45.00     25211    anonymous    Recreative Science  A Record And remembrance Of Intellectual Observation       3 VOLUMES IN 3 COMPLETE       HALF LEATHER    Groombridge And Sons    London    1860 & 1861 & 1862    1st edition.       Small 4to.      (4)  + 367 + (3)pp & (4) +364 + (2)pp & (2) + 359 + (3)pp.     Numerous illustrations in text.     Contemporary burgundy half leather binding, raised gilt bands + lettering on spine, burgundy cloth covered boards.         Original grey eps with patchy fading.      Very slight occasional rubs to spine & corners.    Bright attractive copies.    Beautiful matched set.    VG+.    350.00     25138    anonymous    Report Of The British Association For The Advancement of Science   1918    John Murray  London    1919    1st edition.      xx + 172 + 4pp.     Brown dimpled cloth, blind stamped patterns to front and rear, titles gilt to spine.       Cream eps.       Covers : slight turning in front bottom corner.    Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed.       Bright  Attractive copy.       F-.    45.00     25066    anonymous    Soviet Man In Space  1/6 d  Soviet booklet No 78    London    1961    1st edition.     8vo.     xliv + 71 + (1)pp.        Numerous photos & illustrations in text.          Publisher’s white pictorial soft card covers, blue lettering with illustration cosmonaut with porthole behind and view of earth on front.    Two staple hinges through.          Covers : slight foxing to front.       Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed.          VG+.    25.00     25074    anonymous    The Automatic Telephone System In London  (233) Wt 2283 p4717  150m  10/36  W C & S Ltd Gp 389    General Post Office    G P O  London    circa 1936    1st edition?.     Small 8vo.       23 + (1)pp.     Several diagrams in text.         Publisher’s pale blue soft card covers, black lettering + diagram telephone dial on front.        Two staple hinges through.        Slight browning else clean, tight and unfoxed.   Attractive copy.    VG+.    55.00     25161    anonymous    The British Institution Of Radio Engineers      Journal   Volume I   1934 - 40    Mercury Press  Bedford    1940    1st edition.      8vo.     Double page engraved frontis + 1 other engraved plate + 2 page colour map as rear end paper.        xii + 128 + (8) + (12) + (4) including previous sets of examination papers at rear.       Publisher’s pale green printed cloth covers, black lettering on front & spine.      Original white eps.         Covers :  slight  shelf knock bottom of spine, very slight rubs corners, some light white marks on front.         Contents : foxing to eps else clean, tight & unfoxed.      VG-.    175.00     25136    anonymous    The Duties Of A Licensed Aircraft Engineer With Particulars Of The Examinations For The Issue Of licences  ARB Handbook No 2  Price One Shilling    Air Registration Board  Strand  London    1943    1st edition  [ January 1943 ]?.       Large 8vo.       47 + (1)pp.          Tipped in 2 printed letters from AIB referring to makes of aircraft restricted in this booklet dated January 1943.      Publisher’s cream printed soft card covers, black lettering + cartouche on front.    Two staple hinges through.       Covers : slight dusty marks on front.      Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed.    VG.    55.00     25048    anonymous    The Institution Building      The Institution Of Civil Engineers  Savoy Place  London    1945    1st edition.     Square 8vo.       20pp.       Publisher’s pictorial soft card covers, brown area with white lettering +  crest with bw photo of building above on front.    Two staple hinges through.      Covers : faint rubs along bottom.      Contents : very clean.    Attractive copy.    F-.    45.00     25210    anonymous    Thomas A Edison And Samuel F B Morse         The World’s Workers    Cassell & Co Ltd    1887    1st edition.       8vo.      128 + (16)pp including Publisher’s catalogue at rear.      Bw tissue guarded portrait frontis.     Publisher’s blue/green colour pictorial cloth covers, red scrolling pennant with black lettering + heavy treble red stripe on front & spine, gilt lettering on spine, Black lettering + burning flame in lamp cartouche on front.         Original white eps.    Very neat ink signature & date “ December 1890 “ on fep.       Covers : very slight rubs top/bottom of spine & corners, 3 small marks on rear    Contents : very slight foxing fep, feint browning to pages else very clean & tight & unfoxed.     Very tight  copy.    VG.    65.00     25312    anonymous    Torpedo Drill Book 1912    Corrected To April 1912    His Majesty’s Stationery Office  London    1912    1st edition thus.    Large 16mo.       iv + (1) + 527 + (1)ppp.     Numerous bw diagrams in text.     Publisher’s blue rippled cloth covered boards, gilt lettering+ anchor + blind band around edges on front.    Rounded corners.    Original white eps.    Covers : a few slight marks, very slight rubs top/bottom of spine.   Contents : eps slight browned else very clean & tight & unfoxed.    Very clean & tight copy.   VG.      95.00     25071    anonymous    University Of Bristol  Register  Of Graduates With Lists Of Former And Present Officers And Professors Of The University 1909 - 1959  ( In An Appendix Are Recorded The Names Of Officers And Professors Of The University College Bristol Founded In 1876 )    University Of Bristol  Bristol    1976    1st edition.     Large 8vo.        (6) + 235 + (1) pp.             Publisher’s maroon cloth covers, black label area with gilt lettering + gilt crest on front, gilt lettering + crest on spine.        White eps.       Covers : spine slight fade losing gilt definition in titles, 0.5cm snag & rub top of spine, very slight 0.2cm shelf knock bottom of spine, faint rubs corners.          Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed.     VG-.    45.00     25078    anonymous    Vickers Supermarine Swift  735.7 Miles Per Hour  Souvenir  Setting Up A World Speed Record  This Album Is A Momento Of The Successful Attempt By The Vickers Supermarine Swift F 4 Fighter ( Rolls Royce Avon Engine ) To Establish A New World Speed Air Record Near Tripoli In The Autumn Of 1953    Central press Photo Ltd  Fleet street  London    1953    1st edition.     Oblong large 8vo.        (10) + 17 black & white photos + (3) text pages between.     Several photos are stamped lightly on rear “ Central press Photo Ltd + address “.     White spiral bound as issued.       Publisher’s black card covers, gilt lettering + drawing aeroplane flying over desert with 3 palm trees on front.      Covers : two 1cm very light whitish marks on front, some similar marks along edge rear very slight 0.2cm knock top corners.       Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed.     VG.    240.00     25133    anonymous & Seyler, Clarence Arthur & Harris, Henry Albert & Joines Cadwaladar Bryner & Balswin, Stanley Earl Of Bewdley    University Of Wales           Congregation Of The University  To Be Held In The Brangwyn Hall Of The Guildhall Swansea  Saturday July 16 1938    University Of Wales  Swansea    1938    1st edition.       Large 8vo.       12pp.          Publisher’s pink printed paper covers.    Two staple hinges through.       Covers : slight handling, faint fold to front top corner, faint occasional marks.     Contents : clean, tight & unfoxed.     VG-.    55.00     25064    Anstead, D T ( Professor )    Surface Waters          Water And Water Supply Chiefly In Reference To The British Islands    William H Allen And Co  London    1878    1st edition.     Large 8vo.     xii + 580 + 47 + (1)pp.        Double page bw frontis + 5 other double page maps + numerous illustrations in text.          Publisher’s plain blue cloth covers, gilt lettering + bands on spine, blind bands across top/bottom on front.      White eps.       Covers : very slight lean, rubs top/bottom spine & corners, two very small spots rear, cloth very faint scuffs, string mark front edge.       Contents : light water stain along top leading edge of fep, slight browning throughout else clean, tight & unfoxed.          VG-.    175.00     25127    Appleyard, Rollo    A Tribute To Michael Faraday    Constable & Co Ltd  London    1931    1st edition.      8vo.     xiii + (1) + 203 + (1)pp.       Bw portrait frontis + 18 other bw illustrations ( mostly plates ).         Publisher’s blue flecked cloth covers, gilt  lettering on spine.      White eps.      Signature inside front  cover.       Covers : blackish stain bottom 1cm edge of spine, faint shelf knock top corner of spine.      Contents : slight foxing prelims/trails else clean & tight.        VG.    20.00     25046    Arago, M    Lecons D’Astronomie Professes A L’Observatoire Royal    Just Rouvier  Libraire  Paris    1840    Troisieme edition.      Large 16mo.       vii + (1) + 324.   5 bw fold out plates in 6 or 8 sections at rear.       Contemporary half brown leather with marbled paper covered boards, raised gilt bands + leather label with gilt lettering on spine.      Marbled edges to pages.      Original white eps.   Neat ink dedication with date “ Noel 1864 “ on rear front ep.       Covers : scuffs front corners, rubs top/bottom spine + rear corners.      Contents :  clean, tight & unfoxed.        Attractive copy.   VG.    75.00     25364    Arago, M ( Membre Du Bureau Des Longitudes )  +  Pontecoulant, G De +  Herschel, J F W ( Sir, K.G.H., F.R.A.S. )    Des CometrtesEn General Et En Particulier De Celles Qui Doivant Paraitre En 1832 Et 1835    18m0  Paris 1834   +  Notice Sur La Comite De Halley Et Son Retour En 1835   18mo  Paris 1835  +  Observations of Bielas’ Comet  1833       The Edinburgh Review or Critical Journal: for April 1835 ..... July 1835  VOL. LXI  [  47 PAGE ARTICLE EXTRACTED FROM REVIEW COMPLETE  ]    Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, London;  and Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh.    1835    1st edition.      Large octavo.    (6) + ii + 82 - 128 + (12) including title & contents pages at front + full index pages at rear + original marble end papers.      Article begins at top of page, finishes at bottom of page.   Foxing to prelims & trails else very clean & tight  & unfoxed artice ready for binding in card covers.     VG.      240.00     25357    Archer, W Harry ( B.S., M.A., DDS )  &  Irby, William B ( DDS, M.S. )   & Asbell, Milton B ( DDS )    The History And Development Of Anaesthesia Oral Surgery And Hospital Dental Service In The United States Of America    Reprinted From The 1971 Fourth Edition Of The Oral Surgery Directory Of The World          DEDICATED BY AUTHOR    Privately Published By The Authors    circa 1972    1st edition thus.      4to.     (1) + 384 to 435 + (3)pp.     Numerous bw photos in text.      Publisher’s plain black cloth covers, gilt lettering on front & spine.     Original white eps.     Printed table of contents stuck down on front ep.     Blue ink dedication of fep “ To Professor R A Cohen with my compliments W Harry Archer  Jan 31 1972 “.      Covers : slight shelf knocks front top corner + top/bottom of spine, faint surface scratch rear, faint shelf dust.     Contents : very clean & tight & unfoxed.    Clean tight copy.   VG.     125.00     25005    Argyll, The Duke Of ( K.T., D,C.L., F.R.S. )    Address Delivered At the Anniversary Meeting Of The Geological Society Of London On The 20th Of February 1874 Prefaced By The Award Of The Wollaston Medal The Proceeds Of The London Fund And The Murchison Medal For The Same Year    Dedicated To Rev J Adams    Taylor And Francis  London    1874    1st  edition.           Large 8vo.       42pp.        Publisher’s pale blue printed paper wrappers, black lettering.       Cotton ties through.         Single line neat ink dedication by ? Jones to Rev J Adams ( friend of Charles Darwin ) on front.            Covers : 0.5cm chip top of spine, 0.5cm crease rear top corner, small 0.5cm spot rear.        Contents : clean, tight & unfoxed.       VG+.     145.00     25432    Armagnat, Henri ( Consulting Engineer )    Phototelegraphy     The Smithsonian Institution Annual Report 1908   [ 28 PAGE PAPER EXTRACTED FROM REPORT COMPLETE  ]     Government Printing Office  Washington    1909    Translated from Revue Scientifique April 18 1908, 1st edition thus extracted from report.    Softback.    Small 4to.    14.5 x 22.5cm.    197- 207 + (1)pp including blank at rear.   9 illustrations.   White paper with black lettering.     Paper begins at top of page.   Binding marks on inside edge ( could be trimmed) else very clean.    VG.    75.00     25455    Armstrong, E F ( D.Sc., Ph.D., Ll.D., F.I.C., M.I.Chem.E., F.R.S. )    Some Aspects Of Chemical Synthesis In Plants    A Lecture Delivered March 31st 1933   Asst Prof A C Chibnall ( M.A., Sc.D., Ph.D.  ) In The Chair    The Scientific Journal Of The Royal College Of Science  Vol  III   [ 7 PAGE PAPER EXTRACTED FROM JOURNAL COMPLETE, PUBLISHER’S FILE COPY 27736  ]     Edward Arnold & Co  London    1933    1st edition thus, extracted from annual journal, part reprinted from Nature.    Softback.    Small 4to.    14 x 21.8cm.    46 - 52pp.       White paper with black lettering.     Paper begins at top of page & ends at bottom.   Inside edge could be trimmed else very clean & unfoxed.    F-.    25.00     25062    Arthur Thompson, J ( M.A.,LL.D. )    Science Old And New    Andrew Melrose Ltd  London & NY    1924    1st edition.     Large 8vo.     viii + 320pp.     Untrimmed edges to pages.      Numerous diagrams & illustrations i n text.     Publisher’s plain blue cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine, blind crest + blind bands around edges on front.      White eps.       Covers : near fine.         Contents : slight browning to eps else very clean, tight and unfoxed.          Attractive copy.     VG+.    45.00     25264    Atkinson, R J C    Field Archaeology    Methuen & Co Ltd  London    1946    1st edition.       Small 12mo.    238pp + 8 bw plates at rear.      4 section fold out bw diagram + numerous diagrams + photos in text.       Publisher’s blue cloth covers,  pale blue lettering on spine.     Very pale blue dw, green lettering, not price clipped 12s 6d net.             Original white eps.      Covers : slight  rubs top/bottom spine + corners.      Dw : 1cm loss top/bottom of spine, slight foxing all over.     Contents : foxing to eps else very clean & tight.      Tight clean copy.    VG-/VG.         45.00     25061    Austin Miller, A ( D.Sc. )    The Skin Of The Earth    Methuen & Co Ltd  London    1953    1st edition.     Large 8vo.     ix + (1) + 198pp.   Numerous diagrams & illustrations i n text.     Publisher’s plain black cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine.       Pale blue printed dw, blue lettering,  not price clipped 21s net.       White eps.       Neat signature & “ hove November 1953 “ on fep.             Covers : faint 1cm spot rear, faint shelf knock top of spine.     Dw : 2cm closed tear rear edge, 1cm closed tear top of spine.          Contents : very clean, tight and unfoxed.          Attractive copy.     VG+/VG+.    45.00     25168    Baird, John Logie & Baird, Malcolm ( introduction ) & Fox, Paul ( foreword )    Sermons, Soap And Television        Royal Television Society  Tavistock Square  London    1988    1st edition.     Paperback.      Small square 4to.    White with vertical red lines soft card laminated covers, black lettering on front & spine, bw portrait photo on front.    Faint rubs corners else very clean, tight & unfoxed.      Bright attractive copy.  VG+.    15.00     25290    Barnesm Nathan M & Hodgman, John S & Leclair, Robert A & Mullersman, Ferdinand H & Weinstock, Irwin B & Wentzel, Frank W    The Sealed Lead Battery Handbook    General Electric Co   Florida    1979    1st edition.     Softback.      8vo.   128pp.   Numerous bw diagrams, photos  & illustrations in text.     Publisher’s red  soft card covers, silver lettering + white drawing with 4 differnt batteries on top on front, red titles on white spine.       Faint knock bottom of spine else      bright attractive copy.      VG+.    45.00     25056    Barns, J H ( F.I.O.B. )    Estimating For Builders    The Builder Ltd  Catherine Street  London    circa 1950?    1st edition thus.     8vo.       vi + (2) + 166 + 92)pp.   Numerous price tables.       Publisher’s plain blue cloth covers, black lettering on front & spine.       White eps.        Covers : slight bump bottom of spine & corners., very slight rub top of spine, two 2cm light spots on front ( may remove ).         Contents : slight browning to eps, neat pencil price cost table written out on rear paste down ( will erase ) else clean, tight & unfoxed.        VG-.    45.00     25212    Beard, R B & Rotherham, A C    Space Flight And Satellite Vehicles    George Newnes Ltd     London    1957    1st edition.       Large 8vo.      (8) + 150 + (2)pp.     12 bw photo plates.     Publisher’s blue plain cloth covers,,silver lettering on spine.       Blue pictorial dw, white lettering, red satellite over dark blue earth on front, price clipped.       Original white eps.      Covers : slight rubs top/bottom of spine.     Dw : rubs along top & bottom edges.      Contents : very clean & tight & unfoxed.      VG+/VG.    20.00     25386    Beck, Conrad. and Andrews, Herbert    Photographic Lenses.  A Simple Treatise    SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR    London:  R. & J. Beck    nd circa 1920?    5th edition completely revised with index.  12mo.      320pp including 50 page catalogue of lenses and cameras at rear.  44 photos + numerous bw illustrations in text.    Red cloth, titles black to front and spine.    Cream eps.     Neat pencil signature on fep “ Conrad Beck “.     First chapter has extensive pencil ( and a few red ink ) corrections and adjustments, apparently in Conrad Beck’s own hand, presumably in preparation for a further revision.     Covers : rubs top/bottom of spine + corners, extensive patchy fading rear, a few slight marks.    Contents : book leaning, apart from the annotations to chapter 1, very clean & tight & unfoxed.     Clean tight copy with chapter revised by author.    VG-.    95.00     25414    Beddoes, Thomas ( M.D. )    Further Observations For Changing Cast Into Malleable Iron     The Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society  ABRIDGED  From 1791 To 1799    XII p237[  7 PAGE ARTICLE EXTRACTED FROM ABRIDGED JOURNAL PAPER COMPLETE  ]     C And R Baldwin   Blackfriars  London ( printers )    1791    1st edition extracted from  Abridged volume of papers.    Softback.    4to.    209 - 215pp.     White paper with black lettering.      Binding marks on inside edge ( could be trimmed), trail of previous paper at start, prelim of subsequent paper at end else very clean & unfoxed.     VG.      55.00     25368    Beeching, R ( A.R.C.S., B.Sc. ) & Thompson, G P ( F.R.S. , preface )    Electron Diffraction    Methuen’s Monographs On Chemical Subjects    Methuen & Co Ltd  London    1936    1st edition.      Small 12mo.    viii + 106 + (2)pp.     Bw frontis plate + numerous illustrations in text.      Publisher’s brown cloth covers, black lettering + freeze around edges on front & spine, Publisher’s square small cartouche on front.       Pink dw repeats cover design, not price clipped,  3/6 Net “ printed at foot of spine.      Name & address written on fep.     Bright attractive copy.     F/VG+.    175.00     25144    Bell, A  ( B.Sc. )    Dynamic Balancing     Session 1937-38    The Association Of Engineering And Shipping Draughtsmen  &  The Draughtsman Pub Co Ltd  London    1938    1st edition.       Large 8vo.       36 + (4)pp.      Numerous illustrations.        Publisher’s grey printed paper wrappers, black lettering on front.    Two staple hinges through.      Neat name top corner front cover.        Covers : two small slight marks, fade around edges.        Contents :  clean, tight & unfoxed.    VG.    25.00     25044    Bell, Charles ( Sir )    The Hand     Its Mechanism And Vital Endowments As Evincing Design        The Fourth Bridgewater Treatise On The power Wisdom And Goodness Of God As Manifested In The Creation    John Murray     London    1852    5th edition revised with woodcuts.      8vo.      xvi + 428 + (32) + (2)pp including Publisher’s book list.        Engraved frontis +numerous woodcuts in text.      Publisher’s brown blind stamped cloth, gilt lettering on spine.    Original plain orange eps.   Neat old ink 2 line dedication on half title page + initials /date “ Margate Aug 03 “ rear frontis.     Small attractive 2cm bookseller’s ticket inside front cover.       Covers : slight shelf knocks/rubs top/bottom corners & top/bottom spine, spine rippled in places.     Contents :  2 x 5 cm cut from top corner of title page ( text not affected ), slight occasional foxing, one gathering loosening but holding else clean, tight & unfoxed, front inner hinge cracked but possibly re-glued.      VG-.    95.00     25318    Bell, R L ( Professor )    Bridging Operations    An Inaugural Lecture    University Of Southampton  Hampshire    1968    1st edition.     Softback.      8vo.    17 + (3)pp.      4 bw plates.     Publisher’s pale green soft card covers, black lettering + small crest on front, “ THREE SHILLINGS “ printed on rear.     Cotton ties.         A few fox marks front else bright attractive copy.      VG+.      75.00     25393    Bell, Walter George    Trapping Planets    The Windsor Magazine Vol VI June 1897 To November 1897   [ 4 PAGE ARTICLE EXTRACTED FROM MAGAZINE COMPLETE  ]     Ward Lock & Co Ltd    London    1897    1st edition thus extracted from magazine but copyright Perry Mason & Co 1897.    Softback.    Small 4to.    16.5 x 23.3cm.    564 - 567pp.     3 bw illustrations + 1 photo.      White paper with brown & blue  lettering.      Binding marks on inside edge ( could be trimmed) else very clean & unfoxed.     VG.      20.00     25213    Bell, Walter George ( F.R.A.S. )    The Daily Telegraph Guide To The Eclipse       [ Solar Eclipse June 29 1927 ]       Price One Shilling    Ernest Benn  Ltd     London    1927    1st edition.       Softback.     Large 12mo.      63 + (1)pp.     2 bw photo plates + double page map of ellipse track over Britain.     Publisher’s pink soft card printed covers, black lettering + bw photo “ Solar corona Brazil 1919 “ on front.      Covers : 1 cm closed split top of spine, grubby shelf dust marks.      Contents : very clean & tight & unfoxed.      VG-.    75.00     25118    Bennett, J A & Hoskin, M A ( editor )    Calder Hall    United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority Risley  Lancs    1957    1st edition June 1957.      Large 8vo.      19 + (1)pp.     8 bw photos in 4 plates.       Maps inside covers.     Publisher’s orange printed soft card covers, black & white lettering, Including “ PRICE ONE SHILLING “ on front.      Two staple hinges through.         Hinges rusting else bright & attractive.     F-.    45.00     25329    Berl, Ernst ( Prof ) + Lander, C H ( Prof ) + Joad, C E M  + Moon, P B  + Ellis, C D ( Dr., F.R.S. ) + Hooker, S G ( B.Sc., D.I.C. )    Cellulose & Artificial Silk + Oil & Petrol From Coal + Physical Objects And Scientific Objects + The Thyratron + The Conservation Of Energy + The Aerodynamics Of Streamlining         The Journal Of The Royal College Of Science Vol  II       PUBLISHER’S FILE COPY    Edward Arnold & Co London    1932    1st edition.      Large 8vo.   x + 162 + (2)pp.         Numerous diagrams in text.       Publisher’s plain blue  cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine, small gilt crest on front.     Original white eps.     White label with “ FILE COPY “ stuck down on front ( part of label torn ), stamp with “ PUBLISHER’S FILE COPY No 27735 “ on title page.      Bright attractive copy.    F-.      95.00     25442    Berl, Ernst ( prof., dr. )    Cellulose And Artificial Silk   The Inaugural Lecture October 20th 1931  Prof J F Thorpe ( C.B.E., D.Sc., F.R.S. )  In The Chair    The Scientific Journal Of The Royal College Of Science  Vol  II   [ 10 PAGE PAPER EXTRACTED FROM JOURNAL COMPLETE, PUBLISHER’S FILE COPY 27735  ]     Edward Arnold & Co  London    1932    1st edition, extracted from annual journal.    Softback.    Small 4to.    14 x 21.8cm.    9 - 18pp.     1 table + 4 figures in text.            White paper with black lettering.     Paper begins at top of page & ends at bottom.   Inside edge could be trimmed else very clean & unfoxed.    F-.    30.00     25170    Bett, W R    Osler The Man And The Legend    William Heinemann Medical Books Ltd  London    1951    1st edition.     Small 8vo.      vi + (1) + 125 + (3)pp.          Plain grey cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine.    Light brown printed dw, blue lettering + cartouche + freeze around edges on front, price clipped.    White eps.     Neat ink dedication to “ Dr Stafford Clark “ from “ A Franklin “ “ Dec 29 ‘58 “ on fep.     Covers : slight bump rear bottom corner.      Dw : bright.      Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed.      Bright attractive copy.  VG+/F-.    45.00     25449    Blackett, P M S ( prof., M.A., F.R.S. )    The Positive Electron    A Lecture Delivered February 26th 1934    Prof G P Thomson ( M.A., F.R.S. ) In The Chair     The Scientific Journal Of The Royal College Of Science  Vol  IV   [ 9 PAGE PAPER EXTRACTED FROM JOURNAL COMPLETE, PUBLISHER’S FILE COPY 27737  ]     Edward Arnold & Co  London    1934    1st edition thus, extracted from annual journal, part reprinted from Nature.    Softback.    Small 4to.    14 x 21.8cm.    163 -171pp.      2 photos + 1  figures in text.      White paper with black lettering.     Paper begins at top of page & ends at bottom.   Inside edge could be trimmed else very clean & unfoxed.    F-.    65.00     25415    Blagden, Charles  ( M.D., S.R.S. ) + Gilpin, George ( Ch.R.S. )    Supplementary Report On The Best Method Of Proportioning The Excise On Spirituous Liquors  + Appendix To The Foregoing Report   The Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society  ABRIDGED  From 1791 To 1799    XXII p263   [  20 PAGE ARTICLE EXTRACTED FROM ABRIDGED JOURNAL PAPER COMPLETE  ]     C And R Baldwin   Blackfriars  London ( printers )    1791    1st edition extracted from  Abridged volume of papers.    Softback.    4to.    263 - 282pp.     White paper with black lettering.      Binding marks on inside edge ( could be trimmed), trail of previous paper at start, prelim of subsequent paper at end else very clean & unfoxed.     VG.      75.00     25397    Blaike, Walter R ( LL.D., the late )  +  Edney, D J R ( F.R.A.S.)    Star Maps 1937   24th Series    The Scottish Provident Institution  Edinburgh    1937    1st edition.    Large 4to.     (32)pp including 24 colour plates on card.    Publisher’s stiff dark card covers, black lettering, calandar on reverse.    Neat 1 line short note on one plate re moon eclipse.     Covers : few faint surface scratches, faintest shelf rubs corners else very clean & unbumped,    Contents : slight browning to eps else very clean & tight & unfoxed.   Bright attractive copy.    VG+.     45.00     25343    Bland, W     Hints On The Principles Which Should Regulate The Form Of Ships And Boats Derived From Original Experiments With Numerous Illustrations Of Models    John Weale  London    1856    2nd edition corrected.     12mo.      71pp + (1) + 24pp including Publisher’s catalogue at rear.      Publisher’s green blind stamped cloth covers, white printed label with black lettering on front including “ Price 1s “.       Original yellow eps.      Covers : slight fade to spine, rubs top/bottom of spine, slight rubs corners, 2 faint line marks rear      Contents : slight foxing marks top/leading edges else clean & tight & unfoxed.    Clean tight copy with unchipped label.    VG-.      165.00     25009    Blomefield, Leonard    The Selborne Society  From The Bath Chronicle  July 7 1887  Offprint        DEDICATED BY AUTHOR     The Bath Chronicle  Bath    1887    1st  edition.         8vo.       4pp equivalent  as a single newspaper column.       4 horizontal folds through.     Neat black ink dedication in fine hand on front top corner “ From the Author With Kind Regards “.            Brown throughout, heavy browning to edges, rubbing to some edges else clean.         Author was a boyhood friend of Charles Darwin.      G+ ( because of the browning ).     145.00     25350    Blomfield, J ( O.B.E., M.D. )    Anaesthetics In Practise And Theory    A text Book For Practitioners And Students    William Heinemann ( Medical Books ) Ltd    London    1922    1st edition.    Narrow 4to.     xii +424pp.    Several bw illustrations in text.              Publisher’s maroon plain cloth covers, blind lettering + treble line around edges on front, gilt lettering + Publisher’s cartouche on spine.       Plain brown printed dw, black lettering, not clipped.         Original black eps.      Covers : slight shelf bump rear bottom corner, 2cm fade top of spine, faint marks rear bottom edge.      Dw : 4cm loss top of spine, chips bottom of spine, heavy rubs/splits corners, 1cm chip middle of spine, faint small mark front but clean.   Contents : very clean & tight & unfoxed.    Clean tight copy.    VG/G+..        195.00     25218    Blomfield, Leonard ( Later Jenyns )    The Life Of The World To Come    Nicene Creed     SIGNED BY AUTHOR    Private Circulation    Bath    1892    Reprint with additions.       Softback.      12mo.       32pp.    Publisher’s plain pale cream printed wrappers with black lettering on front.     Author was a close friend of Charles Darwin, and a chapter on Charles Darwin is included.     Very neat ink dedication top of front cover “ From the Author “.         Covers : browned & foxed, 3 small chips from spine.      Contents :  slight browning to pages else very clean & tight.       VG-.    250.00     25240    Blundell, G ( M.Sc. )    Analysis Of The Auroreal Observations Halley Bay 1961 And 1962    Scientific Reports No 48    British Antarctic Survey  London    1966    1st edition.      4to.       (2) + 59 + (1) + (16) including 6 plates at rear.    Single 2 page fold out table.       Publisher’s white plain paper covered boards, blue cloth spine, black lettering + small crest on front.       Original white eps.       Covers : slight rubs top/bottom of spine, very faint 2 x 3cm stamp front top corner, slight 2cm line mark rear else bright.       Contents : very clean & tight & unfoxed .  Bright attractive copy.     VG+.    15.00     25029    Bonnet, G E    Electrical Experiments  A Manual Of Instructive Amusements    Whittaker & Co  London    1897    2nd edition.      Square 12mo.    xvi + 252 + (2)pp.     Publisher’s blue cloth covers, black lettering on front & spine, scrolling ironwork freeze around titles area on front.    Blue printed Publisher’s list as eps           Covers : slight patchy fade + slight grubbiness ( now cleaned ), 2 x 4cm light ink mark rear, slight 0.2cm shelf knocks top/bottom of spine.          Contents :  slight dustiness top edge of pages, very slight browning else clean, very tight & unfoxed.         VG-.    75.00     25033    Bragg, William Sir ( O.M., K.B.E., D.Sc., F.R.S.  )    Concerning The Nature Of Things  Six Lectures Delivered At The Royal Institution    G Bell & Sons Ltd    1944    Reprint.      Large 12mo.      xi + (1) + 231 + (1)pp.     32 bw plates.      Publisher’s pale orange cloth covers, green lettering + green flecking on spine.     Black/white pictorial dw, white area with black lettering + bw photo microscope on front, not price clipped 7s 6d net.    White eps.        Covers : very slight 0.2cm rub bottom of spine.      Dw : very slight rubs top/bottom spine, slight grubby shelf marks rear.    Contents :  very clean, tight & unfoxed.      Bright attractive copy.    VG+/VG+.    15.00     25314    Brent, Leslie ( Professor )    Some Thoughts On Individuality    An Inaugural Lecture    University Of Southampton  Hampshire    1968    1st edition.     Softback.      8vo.    18 + (2).      Publisher’s pale green soft card covers, black lettering + small crest on front, “ THREE SHILLINGS “ printed on rear.     Cotton ties.     Bright attractive copy.      F-.     75.00     25428    Brewster, Davis ( Sir, K.H., LL.D., F.R.S., V.P.R.S.Edin. )    Observations On The Lines Of The Solar Spectrum And On Those Produced By The Earth’s Atmosphere And By The Action Of Nitrous Acid Gas      Read 15th April 1933     The Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society Of Edinburgh    [   22 PAGE ARTICLE EXTRACTED FROM JOURNAL COMPLETE  ]     Charles Tait And Bell & Bradfute  +  T Cadell  London    1834    1st edition extracted from volume XII.    Abridged volume of papers.    Softback.    Large 4to.     (519 - 530pp.       White paper with black lettering.      Starts & ends on new pages.   Binding marks very innermost on inside edge else very clean & unmarked.     VG+.      175.00     25429    Brewster, Davis ( Sir, K.H., LL.D., F.R.S., V.P.R.S.Edin. )    On The Colours Of Natural Bodies      Read 22nd December 1933     The Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society Of Edinburgh    [   10 PAGE ARTICLE EXTRACTED FROM JOURNAL COMPLETE  ]     Charles Tait And Bell & Bradfute  +  T Cadell  London    1834    1st edition extracted from volume XII.    Abridged volume of papers.    Softback.    Large 4to.     538 - 545 + (1) + (2)pp  including colour plate at rear.       White paper with black lettering.      Starts & ends on new pages.   Binding marks very innermost on inside edge, very slight fox marks to plate else very clean & unmarked.     VG.      175.00     25103    Broad, C D Professor    Scientific Thought     International Library Of Psychological Philosophy And Scientific Method    Kegan, Paul Trench Trubner & Co Ltd  London    1927    2nd edition ( re-impression with some corrections ).     Large 8vo.       iv + 555 + (1) + 20pp ( book list ).      Publisher’s plain black cloth covers with gilt lettering + logo on spine.       White eps.      Neat signature “ Arnold Scneider October 1934  New College Oxford “ on fep.     Attractive 2cm small maroon bookseller’s ticket inside front cover.        Covers :  very slight 0.2cm shelf knocks top/bottom of spine + front top corner.       Contents : slight foxing to fep, gathering at centre fractionally higher than next ( almost certainly as issued ) else clean, tight & unfoxed.       Bright attractive copy.      VG+.    95.00     25440    Broca, Andre    The Work Of Henri Becquerel     The Smithsonian Institution Annual     Report 1908   [ 44 PAGE PAPER EXTRACTED FROM REPORT COMPLETE  ]     Government Printing Office  Washington    1909    Translated from Revue Generals Des Science October 20 1908, 1st edition thus     Softback.    Small 4to.    14.5 x 22.5cm.    (2) + 769 - 785 + (1)pp.      Photo portrait frontis.      White paper with black lettering.     Paper begins at top of page.   Binding marks on inside edge ( could be trimmed) else very clean.    VG.    75.00     25326    Bronowski, J ( Dr. )    Exhibition Of Science    South Kensington   A Guide To The Story It Tells     [ Catalogue Price 2/- ]    H M Stationery Office    London    1951    1st edition.      Softback.      Small 4to.    xiv + 56 + xv to xxviii pp.         Numerous diagrams in text + colour adverts at front & rear.  2 line mention of “ The Computer Machine Nimrod Computer Ferranti Ltd Manchester “.       Publisher’s pale green pictorial soft card covers, bw lettering + large head in old helmet supported by 3 points in blue/white/red with flags beneath all within 4 hatched points ( The Festival Of Britain logo ) on front.         2 metal staples.       Covers : very slight rubs corners + top/bottom of spine, some grubby marks rear but still overall clean.     Contents : very clean & tight & unfoxed.   Clean tight copy.      VG.      75.00     25372    Brown, John ( Rev. )    Halley’s Comet    Its History Etc    Price 1/-    Elliot Stock  London    1910    1st edition.     Softback.    12mo.     52pp.     3 bw illustrations.   Publisher’s cream soft card covers, blue lettering + blue illustration “ Halley’s comet 1835 “ & “ Donati’s comet 1856 “ on front.   Covers : split all along spine, chips bottom of spine, rubs corners, 0.5cm loss rear leading edge , slight browning but essentially clean & complete.     Contents : 1cm creases/fanning front bottom corner first 22 pages, very slight mark p 29 else very clean & tight & unfoxed.      Clean tight copy in worn card covers.    G+.    65.00      25340    Brown, Miles ( M.E. )    Chemistry Of Coal  A Handbook For The Use Of Students Managers And Purchasers Of Coal    The Science And Art Of Mining  Wigan    1910    1st edition.     8vo.      73 + (2) + (5)pp including Publisher’s list at rear.      Publisher’s plain green cloth covers, gilt lettering on front.    Original white eps.     Printed corrigenda slip tipped in.      Ink signature has been snopaked out from title page.       Covers : bumps top/bottom of spine +  corners. 2 small faint water spots front.    Contents : very clean & tight & unfoxed.    Clean tight copy.    VG-.      95.00     25011    Burniston Brown, G ( Reader )    Science  It’s Method And Its Philosophy    George Allen & Unwin Ltd    1950    1st  edition.    Large 8vo.    189 + (1)pp    Bw portrait frontis “ Isaac newton “ + 7 other bw plates.     Blue cloth with silver lettering on spine.    Plain green dw, white lettering double white band around edges, not price clipped 15/- net.       White eps.       Covers : faint shelf rubs top/bottom of spine.      Dw : 1cm tear top of spine, two 0.5 cm closed tears front, slight rubs at corners, very slight shelf marks rear, faint fade to spine.     Contest : clean, tight & unfoxed.       VG+/VG    .    45.00     25447    Callow, R K ( M.A., D.Phil., B.Sc. )    Vitamin D    A Lecture Delivered February 19th 1934  G A R Kon ( M.A., D.Sc., D.I.C. ) In The Chair     The Scientific Journal Of The Royal College Of Science  Vol  IV   [ 13 PAGE PAPER EXTRACTED FROM JOURNAL COMPLETE, PUBLISHER’S FILE COPY 27737  ]     Edward Arnold & Co  London    1934    1st edition, extracted from annual journal.    Softback.    Small 4to.    14 x 21.8cm.    41 - 53pp.      1 figure in text + table at rear.      White paper with black lettering.     Paper begins at top of page & ends at bottom.   Inside edge could be trimmed else very clean & unfoxed.    F-.    35.00     25247    Cameron,A M ( B.Sc., F.R.I.C., Hon.M.I.FireE ) & Orchard, P G F & Johnsstone, A H ( O.B.E., M.I.FireE )    Electricity Collected Papers Volume 1 Part IV Price One Shilling          Fire Hazards Due To The Development Of Static Electricity During The Storage And Use Of Inflamable Liquids + Test At Croydon Electricity Station On May 5th 1933 To Determine Risk To Firemen + Fire Protection And Extinquishing In Power Stations    The Institutiuon Of Fire Engineers  London    1944    1st edition.       Soft back       8vo.    32pp.      Green soft card covers, black lettering + cartouche on fromt.      2 staple hinges through.    Faint fold bottom corner, slight foxing to lower edge of front cover else very clean & tight.     VG+.    75.00     25085    Card, S F Instructor Captain ( B.A., R.N. )    Air Navigation Notes And Examples    Edward Arnold  London    1919    1st edition.     Large 8vo.        (8) + 140pp.      Two 6 section folded maps in pocket at rear.   Numerous diagrams in text.       Publisher’s pale blue cloth covers, gilt lettering + treble lines along top/bottom on spine, blind bands around edges on front.      White eps with compass + conversion table printed on front.      White label with “ FILE COPY “ stuck down on front cover.      Covers : faint shelf knocks top/bottom spine + rear bottom corner, light shelf mark front.      Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed.     Bright attractive copy.   VG+.    125.00     25093    Card, S F Naval Inspector ( B.A., R.N. )    Navigation Notes And Examples    Edward Arnold  London    1917    2nd edition.     Narrow 4to.       viii + (2) + 245 + (1)pp.       Numerous diagrams in text + labels at rear.      Map & table as fep. eps.      White label with “ FILE COPY second edition 1917 “ stuck down on front cover, another on spine.      Covers : string mark front edge.       Contents : browning to front ep else very clean, tight & unfoxed.     Bright attractive copy.   VG+.    125.00     25306    Carpenter, W Lant ( B.A., B.Sc., F.C.S. )    On Professor Graham Alexander Bell’s Articulating Telephone  ( 9 pages )    Proceedings Of The Bristol Naturalists’ Society   New Series Vol II 1877-1878-1879    NO LIBRARY MARKS    T Kerslake & Co  Bristol    1879    1st edition.     4to.     (10) + 410 + (2) +  xiv + (2) + xiv + (2) + x + (2) pp including list of members 1876 + 1877 + 1878 bound in at rear.   4 bw plates + 2 x 5 section fold out plates.   Contemporary plain green cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine.     Original white eps.         Attractive bookplate on fep, ink signature inside front cover.     NO LIBRARY MARKS AT ALL.    Covers : very slight 0.2cm shelf knocks top/bottom of spine, bumps top corners else clean.          Contents : browning to eps, faint browning to pages else very clean & tight & unfoxed.    Clean tight copy.    VG-.        1500.00     25379    Carr, T H ( M.I.C.E., M.UI.E.E., M.I.Mech.E. )    Mains Practice    Transmission And Distribution Of Electrical Energy    George Newnes Ltd  London    1956    1st edition.    Large 8vo.     vii + (1) + 352pp.       Numerous bw photos + diagrams.       Publisher’s plain green cloth covers, gilt lettering on front & spine.         Pale blue dw, horizontal blue bands with white lettering + outline blue power pylon on front , blue lettering on spine, not price clipped 35/- net.       Original white eps.    Covers : very slight rubs top/bottom of spine else bright & attractive.    Dw : rubs top/bottom of spine + corners, closed 1cm tear top of spine, slight shelf marks rear but clean & complete.      Contents : slight lean, faint browning to outside edges of pages else very clean & tight & unfoxed.   Clean tight copy.    VG+/VG.    165.00      25275    Chambers, W & R ( editors )    Hydrostatics  Hydrulics  And  Pneumatics      Natural Philosophy ( Third Book )     For Use In Schools And Private Instruction  Chambers Educational Course )    William & Robert Chambers    Edinburgh    1840    1st edition.       Small 12mo.       80 + (2)pp.        Numerous  diagrams in text.       Publisher’s green cloth  covers, gilt lettering on front & spine, blind freeze around edges on front, gilt  “ 10/6 “ printed on front.            Original plain white eps.           Covers : faint shelf knocks  corners else bright.        Contents : foxing to eps else very clean & tight.      Bright attractive copy.      VG.    75.00     25036    Chambers, W & R ( editors )    Introduction to The Sciences    For Use In Schools And For Private Instruction       Chambers’s Educational Course      William & Robert Chambers  Edinburgh        1838    1st  edition thus.      12mo.     124pp.           Numerous illustrations in text.         Publisher’s pale green blind stamped cloth covers, gilt lettering on front & spine Including “ 1/- “.     New yellow eps.    Heavy blue signature on title page.       Covers : light water stains down leading edge back & front, slight 0.2cm shelf knocks top/bottom spine & corners.              Contents : light stains along edges fep else clean, tight & unfoxed.        VG-.    75.00     25106    Chapman, Sydney & Pearse, R W & Elvey, C T & Bates, D B & Nicholet, M & Vasey, A & Bricard, J & Vegard, L & Kaplan, J & Hoyle, Fred     The Emission Spectre Of The Night Sky And Aurorae  Papers Read At An International Conference Held Under The Auspices Of the Gassiot Committee Of The Royal Society In London In July 1947    The Physical Society    1948    1st edition.    4to.       139 + (1)pp.      2 bw photo plates + 2 fold out diagrams + numerous diagrams.      Neat small 4cm name “ A W Beaumont “ stamped on front cover & title page.         Publisher’s pale blue/grey printed wrappers, black lettering on front & spine,  black crest on front.          Covers :  slight browning around edges.         Contents : faint browning else very clean, tight & unfoxed.       Bright attractive copy.      VG+.    175.00     25186    Chatterton, Alfred ( Professor )    Lift Irrigation     G A Natesan & Co  Esplanade  Madras    1935    1st edition.        8vo.       xi + (1) + 240pp.      Top edge gilt.        Contemporary dark burgundy full leather binding, gilt lettering on front & spine, double gilt band around edges on front, gilt freeze around inside edges.       Original black eps.       Covers : spine fading, rubs top/bottom of spine & corners.        Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed.      VG.       145.00     25214    Chevalier, W S ( clerk )    A Brief Description Of The Undertaking With Notes On The Works At Hampton Kempton Park Walton Stoke Newington And Deptford Station    Metropolitan Water Board    London    1953    1st edition.       Softback.     Large 8vo.      19 + (1)pp.     6 bw photo plates + 5 section fold out colour plate.      Publisher’s brown soft card printed covers, black lettering + cartouche on front.    Slight knock front bottom corner else bright attractive copy.    F-.    75.00     25266    Church, A H  ( M.A. )    Colour    Elementary Manual For Students    Blackie & Son Ltd    London Railway Gazette   London    circa 1930?    8th thousand.       Large 12mo.   viii + (4) +  192 + 16pp including Publisher’s list at rear.        Colour frontis + 5 other colour plates + numerous bw figures in text.      Publisher’s red cloth covers,  gilt lettering on front & spine.       Original brown eps.     Neat signature inside front cover.      Covers : rubs top/bottom spine + corners, slight grubby.      Contents :  slight  lean, very slight foxing eps, a few light pencil marks ( should erase ) else clean & tight.      Plates unfoxed.     G+/VG covers & contents.    55.00     25396    Clark, James ( Sir, M.D., F.R.S. )    Sir James Clark On Climate    The Senative Influence Of climate  With An Account Of The Best Places Of Resort For Invalids   Third Edition And Notes Of Madame D’Arblay  Five Vols  8vo  1842   The Edinburgh Review or Critical Journal October 1842 - January 1843  VOL LXXV      [   23 PAGE ARTICLE EXTRACTED FROM REVIEW ]     Longman Rees Orme Brown and Green  London + Adam Black Edinburgh    1843    1st edition.    Large 8vo.     420 - 442pp.    Article begins top of page, finishes bottom of page.     Light browning around page edges, very clean & tight & ready for binding in card covers.    VG.     45.00     25091    Clark, Ronald W    Edison  The Man Who Made The Future     Macdonald And Janes  London    1977    1st edition.     Narrow 4to.        256pp.          Numerous bw illustrations.      Publisher’s brown cloth covers, gilt  lettering on spine.       light brown pictorial dw, brown lettering, tinted brown photo man looking into glass bulb on front, not price clipped £6.95 net.       Cream eps.            Covers : very slight  0.2cm shelf knock bottom of spine.       Dw : faint fade to spine, two slight light marks rear ( may remove ).    Contents :  very clean, tight & unfoxed.     Bright attractive copy.   F-/VG+.    15.00     25342    Clarke, S H ( C.B.E., M.Sc. ) & Hadow, H J ( B.Sc. ) & Stewart, A & Bolton, J & Lowndes, J ( A.I.M., A.C.T. ) & Whelan, MJ & Horne, R W & Ottewell, R H ( Dr. )  & Needham, J C ( B.Sc. ) & Angels, H T ( Dr. ) & Dearnley, D J & Parker, T W ( Ph.D., F.R.I.C. ) & Coppen, Helen E ( B.Sc. )    Cine Camera And Industrial Research    Report Of Conference Held On April 17th And 18th 1958 At L’Institut Francais Du Royaume Uni london S.W.7       Department Of Scientific And Industrial Research    1958    1st edition.        Softback.      Narrow tall 4to.    (6) + 65 + (1)pp.       1 bw plate.    Publisher’s printed blue wrappers, black lettering + royal crest on front.         2 metal staples.         Slight browning around cover edges, faint browning to pages else very clean & tight & unfoxed.    Clean tight copy.    VG.        240.00     25006    Clifton, R B ( F.R.S.  Professor Of Experimental Philosophy )    On The Difference Of Potential Produced By The Contact Of Different Substances  From Proceedings Of The Royal Society No 182  1877     DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR    The Royal Society  London    1877    1st  edition thus.      299 - 314pp.      Several figures in text.      Publisher’s orange paper wrappers.   Cotton ties through.    Neat ink dedication in a fine hand top corner of front cover “ J A Dale Esq With the Author’s Kind regards “.        Covers : slight dustiness and light fading, slight 1cm fold front top corner.     Contents : clean, tight & unfoxed.    attractive copy.  VG.    240.00     25303    Clodd, Edward    Pioneers Of Evolution  With An Intermediate Chapter On The Causes Of The Arrest Of The Movement    Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd  London    1902    1st edition.      Softback.          Large 8vo.      128pp.       Publisher’s soft green printed paper covers, brown lettering in front & spine, double brown line around edges on front, “ PRICE SIXPENCE “ printed on front.      Covers : slight fan at corners, very slight bump top corner else bright.    Contents : very clean & tight & unfoxed.      Bright attractive copy.      VG.      35.00     25460    Cochrane, W  ( M.A., Ph.D. )    Electron Diffraction And Surface Form     A Lecture Delivered October 25 1937    G L J Bailey ( A.R.C.S., B.Sc. ) In The Chair        The Scientific Journal Of The Royal College Of Science  Vol VIII [ 8 PAGE PAPER EXTRACTED FROM JOURNAL COMPLETE, PUBLISHER’S FILE COPY 27736  ]     Edward Arnold & Co  London    1938    1st edition thus, extracted from annual journal, part reprinted from Nature.    Softback.    Small 4to.    14 x 21.8cm.   73 - 80pp.      6 bw photos +  1 figure in text.     White paper with black lettering.     Paper begins at top of page & ends at bottom.   Inside edge could be trimmed else very clean & unfoxed.    F-.    25.00     25003    Cole, T W    Scratch - Dials And Medieval Church Sundials  History And Relation To Scientific Sundials    Privately published by the author.   Starford St Andrew  Saxmundham  Suffolk    1936    1st  edition, September 1936.      Large 8vo.       8pp.     2 bw photos.      Publisher’s blue printed paper wrappers, black lettering + 2 diagrams of dials on front.          Two newspaper cuttings  tipped in.      Covers : faint browning, hinges slight rusting.           Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed.       VG+.    75.00     25145    Collins, R W    Road Vehicle Performance    Session 1935-36    The Association Of Engineering And Shipping Draughtsmen  &  The Draughtsman Pub Co Ltd  London    1936    1st edition.       Large 8vo.       36 + (4)pp.      Numerous illustrations.        Publisher’s grey printed paper wrappers, black lettering on front.    Two staple hinges through.      Neat name top corner front cover.        Covers : slight browning around edges, slight rusting to hinges.        Contents :  clean, tight & unfoxed.    VG+.    65.00     25059    Colodny, Robert ( editor ) & Hempel, Carl G & Sellars, Wilfred &  Scriven, Michael & Caspari, Ernst & Grunbaum,Adolf & Feyerbend, P K    Frontiers Of Science And Philosophy    George Allen & Unwin Ltd  London    1964    1st edition.     Large 8vo.     (8) + 288pp.   A few bw diagrams in text.      Publisher’s maroon flecked cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine.       Green dw, white band across bottom of front, white & green lettering, white mathematical formulae on front, not price clipped 28/- net.               White eps.        Contents : fine.       Dw : slight foxing on front edge of spine.            Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed.        Attractive copy.     F/F-.    45.00     25278    Commins, Daniel E ( editor ) & Lilley, G M ( prof ) & Olson, Henry F ( Dr. ) & Powell, Alan & Pohlman, R & Herbertz, J    5th Congres International D’acoustique     Rapports Reports Berichte   Liege - Belgium 1965  II  [ second part only ]    5th Congres International D’acoustique     Rapports Reports Berichte   Liege - Belgium 1965  II  [ second part only ]    1965    1st edition.   Narrow 4to.        xiv + (2) + 425 + (3)pp.        Publisher’s blue cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine.      Brown pictorial dw, bw lettering + white/blue “ C.I.A. “ logo on front & spine, white band along bottom with black + brown lettering, not clipped.    Original white eps.    Covers : faint 0.1cm shelf rub top of spine else bright.    Dw : slight fade to spine, 1cm snag top edge of spine.    Contents :  very clean & tight & unfoxed.     Bright attractive copy.    F-/VG.     95.00     25234    Conn, G K T (M.A., Ph.D. )    The Wave Nature Of The Electron    Blackie’s Tracts On Recent Physics    Blackie & Son Ltd   London    1938    1st edition.      12mo.      vi + (4) + 78pp.      3 bw photo plates.       Publisher’s plain green cloth covers, black lettering on front & spine.       Plain cream printed dw, black lettering on front & spine, not price clipped 3s 6d net printed on front.      Original white eps.    Small bloe 3cm attractive bookseller’s ticket inside front cover.        Covers : slight 0.1cm shelf knock bottom of spine else bright.       Dw : rub/bump top of spine, smll 0.3cm chip bottom corner of spine, closed 1cm tear front edge, a few finger marks.         Contents very clean & tight & unfoxed.      F-/VG-.    180.00     25198    Cooke, Arthur O    A Visit To A Cotton Mill    The World At Work    Henry Frowde    London    circa 1910    1st edition.       12mo.    (2) + 87 + (1)pp.      5 colour + 5 bw plates + numerous photos in text ( 5 fascinating photo plates of weaving/spinning machines ).     Publisher’s brown/cream wallpaper pattern cogs & gears paper covered boards, colour illustration lady at machine with man in suit looking on stuck down on front, black lettering on front & spine.     Brown pictorial original eps.           Covers : book slight leaning, slight rubs top/bottom of spine + corners else bright.      Contents : foxing to title & frontis else very clean & tight & unfoxed.          VG.    15.00     25119    Corbusier, Le    Precisions Sur Un Etat Present De L’Architecture Et De L’Urbanisme  Collection De “ L’Espit Nouveau “    Les Editions  G Cres Et Cie  Paris    1930    1st edition September 1930.      Large 8vo.      (8) + 268 + (4)pp including “ Table des Materes “ at rear with final line “ Les Imprimarie LAINE ET TANTET Chartre 12.8.1930 “.    Prologue dated “ 10th December 1929 “.      Numerous bw photos & diagrams.        Publisher’s pale blue pictorial soft card covers, black & white lettering + white band around edges + black square with 5 tint building on horizon on front, black lettering on white spine.        Covers : 3cm loss top + bottom of spine, 2cm chip front edge by spine, crests front bottom + rear top + rear bottom corners ( no loss ), shelf grubby marks rear,slight browning.   Text complete on spine, but paper beginning to chip.     Content : foxing to eps, leading outside edges slightly darkened else very clean, tight & unfoxed.         G+/VG cover & contents.    250.00     25392    Cordova, Rudolph De    The White Magician  A Faithful Portrayal Of Thomas Alva Edison  The Greatest Inventor In The World        Pearson’s Magazine Vol V January To June 1898    [   ARTICLE EXTRACTED FROM MAGAZINE COMPLETE  ]     C Arthur Pearson Ltd    Pearson’s Magazine  London    1898    1st edition extracted from magazine.    Softback.    Small 4to.     (1) + 520 - 525pp.      9 bw photos.       White paper with black lettering.      Binding marks on inside edge ( could be trimmed) else very clean & unfoxed.     VG.      20.00     25018    Cotgreave, A ( F.R.Hist.S. )    A Contents - Subject Index To General And Periodical Literature    Elliot Stock Paternoster Row  E.C. &  Public Libraries West Ham  E. London    1900    1st  edition.       Large 8vo.    (8) + xii + (2) + 743 + (1) + (8)pp.     Bw photo portrait frontis + 20 pages of adverts at font & rear.         Publisher’s rust brown cloth covers, gilt lettering + crest on front, gilt lettering + cartouche on sine.   Yellow pictorial eps.       Neat old small ink initials on title page.    Covers : shelf knock top of spine, two shelf knocks front edge, corners slight turning in & slight rubs, book 1cm lean.    Contest : slight browning to eps else very clean, tight & unfoxed.    Bright attractive copy.   VG+.    75.00     25077    Cottle, Basil & Sherborne, J W    The Life Of A University    University Of Bristol  & J W Arrowsmith Ltd   Bristol    1959    2nd edition.     8vo.        (8) + 147 + (1) pp.       Publisher’s maroon cloth covers, gilt lettering +crest on front, gilt lettering on spine.        White printed dw, maroon lettering + crest, not price clipped 12/6 net.     White eps.       Faint signature fep.   Covers : knock & rub bottom of spine, slight rub top of spine, very slight knock front bottom corner.      Dw : rub & wear top/bottom spine, rubs corners.           Contents : book 0.5cm lean else clean, tight & unfoxed.     VG-/VG.    15.00     25300    Coulthard, W H ( M.Sc., A.M.I.Mexh., F.R.P.S. )    Aircraft Instrument Design    Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd  London    1952    1st edition.     Large 8vo.     xlii + 309 + (1) + (2)pp including list of books at rear.     6 section + 3 section fold out diagrams + + numerous bw photos & diagrams.    Publisher’s plain green cloth covers, small silver cartouche on front, silver lettering on spine.    Original white eps.     Neat name inside front cover, matching signature fep.         Covers : slight rubs top/bottom of spine + corners.    Comtents : very clean & tight & unfoxed.   Clean tight copy.   VG-.      18.00     25301    Coulthard, W H ( M.Sc., A.M.I.Mexh., F.R.P.S. )    Aircraft Instrument Design    Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd  London    1952    1st edition.     Large 8vo.     xlii + 309 + (1) + (2)pp including list of books at rear.     6 section + 3 section fold out diagrams + numerous bw photos & diagrams.    Publisher’s plain green cloth covers, small silver cartouche on front, silver lettering on spine.    Original white eps.     Neat name inside front cover, matching signature fep.         Covers : slight rubs top/bottom of spine + corners.    Contents : very clean & tight & unfoxed.   Clean tight copy.   VG-.     25.00     25143    Cowburn Durney, W  ( A.M.I.A.E. )    Centrifugal Governors  Session 1937-38    The Association Of Engineering And Shipping Draughtsmen  &  The Draughtsman Pub Co Ltd  London    1938    1st edition.       Large 8vo.       43 + (1) n+ (4)pp.      Numerous illustrations.        Publisher’s grey printed paper wrappers, black lettering on front.    Two staple hinges through.      Neat name + date  “1938 “ top corner title page.        Covers : hinges rusting with offsetting.        Contents : old light 3 x 2 cm oil or water stain rear top corner affecting rear cover + about 5 pages else clean, tight & unfoxed.    VG-.    45.00     25027    Cowley, W L    Aerodynamics Of The Aeroplane    Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd  London    1943    1st  edition.      8vo.    210 + (1)pp.     Numerous diagrams in text.         Publisher’s blue cloth covers, gilt lettering on front & spine, gilt winged lion rampant cartouche on front.       Blue printed dw, blue lettering + winged lion figure on front, not price clipped 5/- net.       White eps.     Covers : slight 0.2cm rubs top/bottom spine, very slight shelf knocks corners.       Dw : spine slight darkened, 2 x 4cm light water stain bottom corner, slight rub top of spine.      Contents :  fep vertical fold plus a few thumb marks else very clean, tight & unfoxed.      Bright copy.    VG/VG.    45.00     25279    Cremier, L ( editor )    Proceedings Of The Third International Congress On Acoustics  Stuttgart 1959         2 VOLUMES IN 2 COMPLETE    Elsevier Pub Co  Amsterdam London New York Princeton Liege Belgium    1959    1st edition.     Narrow 4to.        xxvi + (2) + 604 + (2)pp &  (4) + 607 - 1320 + (2)pp.         Publisher’s black cloth covers, gilt lettering + logo + 2 horizontal bands on spine.      White pictorial dw, blue & white lettering, horizontal wide blue band + wide vertical brown band + pale blue band, not clipped.       Original white eps.    Covers : bump front top corner + very slight 0.2cm shelf knock top of spine + another rear top edge part I, bump top of spine part II else bright volumes.      Dw : slight shelf rubs top of spine + top corners., 1cm closed tear bottom of spine.    Contents : Very clean & tight & unfoxed.     Clean tight copy. VG/VG.    45.00     25112    Critchell, Peter L    Joints And Cracks In Concrete  The Concrete Library    Contractors record Ltd  London    1958    1st edition.      Narrow 4to.    232pp.     Numerous photos & diagrams.     Publisher’s red & grey pictorial dw, white lettering on red central band, wraparound bw photo concrete wall with cracks, not price clipped 40s.       White eps.   Covers : bump front top corner, slight 0.2cm shelf knocks rear top corner + top/bottom of spine,very light patchy stains front bottom edge.          Dw : 1cm chip front top corner, 4cm closed tear top of spine, crease along rear top edge.     Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed.    VG/VG-.    45.00     25067    Crowther, J G    An Outline Of The Universe    Kegan Paul Trench Trubner & Co Ltd  London    1931    1st edition.     Large 8vo.     xvii + (1) + 376pp.        Bw photo frontis + 31 other bw photo illustrations.          Publisher’s green plain cloth covers,gilt lettering on spine.     White eps.         Covers : faint fade to spine.       Contents : slight foxing to outside front edges of pages else very clean, tight & unfoxed.          VG+.    35.00     25409    Cruickshank, William ( Esq. )    Experiments On Nerves Particularly On Their Reproduction And On The Spinal Marrow Of Living Animals      The Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society  ABRIDGED  From 1791 To 1799    IV  p73   [  15 PAGE ARTICLE EXTRACTED FROM ABRIDGED JOURNAL PAPER COMPLETE  ]     C And R Baldwin   Blackfriars  London ( printers )    1791    1st edition extracted from  Abridged volume of papers.    Softback.    4to.    512 - 525pp.     White paper with black lettering.      Binding marks on inside edge ( could be trimmed), slight light stain bottom edge , trail of previous paper at start, prelim of subsequent paper at end else very clean & unfoxed.     VG.      45.00     25405    Currie, James ( M.D. )     Account Of The Remarkable Effects On The Mariner  With Experiments And Observations On The Influence Of Immersion In Fresh And Salt Water  Hot And Cold  On The Powers Of The Living Body   X  p199     The Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society  ABRIDGED  Vol XVII  From 1791 To 1799    IX   [  6 PAGE ARTICLE EXTRACTED FROM ABRIDGED JOURNAL PAPER COMPLETE  ]     C And R Baldwin   Blackfriars  London ( printers )    1791    1st edition extracted from  Abridged volume of papers.    Softback.    4to.    193 - 207pp.     White paper with black lettering.      Binding marks on inside edge ( could be trimmed) , trail of previous paper at start, prelim of subsequent paper at end else very clean & unfoxed.     VG.      75.00     25363    Daguerre, L J M ( inventor )  &  Memes, J S ( LL.D., translator  )  + Fox Talbot, Henry ( F.R.S. )  +  Netto, F A ( Dr. )  +   Moser, Ludwig Von     History And Practice Of Photogenic Drawing  + Some Account Of the Art Of Photogenic Drawing + Die Caalotypische Portraitikunst + Uber Der Process Des Sehens Und Die Wirking Des Lichts Auf Alle Korper         The Edinburgh Review or Critical Journal October 1842 - January 1843  VOL. LXXV [  58 PAGE ARTICLE EXTRACTED FROM REVIEW WITH ALL PRELIMS & TRAILS COMPLETE  INCLUDES SINGLE PAGE CORRECTION NOTE FROM SUBSEQUENT ISSUE  ]    Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, London;  and Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh    1843    1st edition.      Large octavo.    (6) + ii + 612 + (2) including blanks at front & rear.      Black lettering on white paper, tight bound article complete, begins at top of front page, finishes at bottom of rear page.   Includes Review end papers + first blank + title + 2 contents pages + full index at rear + correction page from next issue regarding Henry Collen.    Ready for re - binding in modern covers      Slight browning around page edges else very clean & unfoxed.    VG.    950.00     25321    Dainton, Frederick ( Sir, C.B.E., D.Sc., F.R.S. )     Science : Salvation Or Damnation      The Seventeenth Fawley Foundation Lecture    University Of Southampton  Hampshire    1971    1st edition.     Softback.      8vo.    28pp.     2 bw diagrams.    Publisher’s pale green soft card covers, black lettering + small crest on front, “ Fifteen Pence “ printed on rear.      2 staple metal hinges.      Bright attractive copy.      F.      75.00     25092    Dalby, W E ( F.R.S. )    Steam Power    Edward Arnold  London    1915    1st edition.     Narrow 4to.       xvi + (2) +  + 456 + (8)pp.       10 multi section bw fold out plates + 2 multi section diagrams in pocket at rear.        White eps.     White label with “ FILE COPY “ stuck down on front cover.      Covers : scuff top corner of spine, slight shelf knock top of spine + front top corner.       Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed.     Bright attractive copy.   VG+.    95.00     25184    Dampier, William Cecil ( Sir )    A History Of Science And Its Relations With Philosophy And Religion    Cambridge University Press      London    1948    4th edition revised & enlarged.        Large 8vo.       xxvii + (1) + 527 + (1)pp.        Publisher’s burgundy plain cloth covers, gilt lettering + cartouche on spine.         Pale green printed dw, black lettering, not price clipped 25s net.         White eps.       Covers : faint shelf knock bottom  of spine else bright.      Dw : 2cm rub/split front bottom edge at fold, 1cm closed tear top edge of spine, rub bottom of spine, slight browning. along edges.         Contents : crimp in first 4 pages as issued else very clean, tight & unfoxed.      Bright attractive copy.      F-/VG.       25.00     25344    Dark, Richard & Derrick, Thomas ( illustrator )    The Hilarious Universe    Basil Blackwell Oxford    1932    1st edition.     8vo.      (8) + 130 + (2)pp.    Numerous humorous charicatures in text.             Publisher’s green cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine, small gilt cartoon on front.      Cream pictorial dw, black sky with Einstein’s face looking down on beauty at telescope + red & white lettering + red line around edges on front, black lettering on cream spine, price clipped.      Original white eps.         Slight rub to bottom edge of dw else bright attractive copy.    F-/F-.        85.00     25188    Darwin, G H    The Tides And Kindred Phenomena In The Solar System    John Murray  London    1898    1st edition.        8vo.       (2) + 342 + (2)pp including Publisher’s list.     Publisher’s blue cloth covers, gilt lettering on front & spine, numerous gilt wavy lines on spine.        Original brown floral wallpaper pattern eps.      Covers : small 0.2cm shelf knocks top/bottom of spine, very slight lean else bright.    Contents : foxing to top edge of pages else very clean & tight & unfoxed.       Bright attractive copy.     VG+.       250.00     25189    Davies, Henry    How To Become A Colliery Manager Together With An Appendix Containing Twenty Years’ Examination Questions In Mining    Thos Wall & Sons Ltd    Wigan    1906    1st edition.        8vo.       (6) + 266 + (6)pp including numerous adverts.     Publisher’s brown cloth covers, gilt lettering on front & spine.        Original yellow adverts as eps.    Covers : very slight 0.2cm shelf knocks top/bottom of spine & corners, very faint line mark on front.        Contents : slight browning to eps else clean & tight & unfoxed.     VG.      75.00     25037    Davies, Paul    The Edge Of Infinity      Beyond the Black Hole  Naked Singularities And The Destruction Of Space Time    Oxford University Press  Oxford & New York      1983    1st  pb edition.      8vo.     194 + (4)pp.           Numerous diagrams in text.         Publisher’s colour pictorial soft card covers, white lettering + illustration red circular object in reddish background on front, red & black lettering on white spine.   Fine.    25.00     25302    Davison, Charles ( Sc.D., F.G.S. )    A Study Of Recent Earthquakes      The Contemporary Science Series    The Walter Scott Pub Ltd  London & Newcastle - On - Tyne    1905    1st edition.       Large 12mo.       vi + (2) + 355 + (1) +  20pp including catalogue at rear.        Numerous  diagrams in text.       Publisher’s burgundy cloth  covers, gilt lettering on front & spine, blind cartouche on front.     Off grey plain dw, black lettering on spine, not clipped.       Original white eps.      Covers : 0.5cm fade mark along top of spine else bright.     Dw : 1cm loss top of spine, spine darkened, slight dusty shelf marks.    Contents : very slight foxing fep + leading outside edge of pages else very clean & tight & unfoxed.      Tight attractive copy.      VG+/VG-.      350.00     25401    De Luc, J A     A Second Paper On Hygrometry     The Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society  ABRIDGED  Vol XVII  From 1791 To 1799    I  p1   [  5 PAGE ARTICLE EXTRACTED FROM ABRIDGED JOURNAL PAPER COMPLETE  ]     C And R Baldwin   Blackfriars  London ( printers )    1791    1st edition extracted from  Abridged volume of papers.    Softback.    4to.     1 - 5pp.      White paper with black lettering.      Binding marks on inside edge ( could be trimmed). slight turnover of bottom corners, faint horizontal crimp, faint browning , trail of previous paper at start, prelim of subsequent paper at end else very clean & unfoxed.     VG.      45.00     25113    De Mare, Eric    New Ways Of Building    The Architectural Press    1948    1st edition.      Narrow 4to.    235 + (1)pp.     Numerous photos & diagrams.     Publisher’s cream plain cloth covers, red lettering on spine.   Cream pictorial dw, black & white lettering, stylised building elevation + red area with white chapter heading within on front, not price clipped thirty shillings net.       White eps.     Covers : slight 0.2cm shelf knock top of spine.          Dw : 3cm chip front top corner, 1cm loss top of spine, a few 1cm closed tears rear top edge, very light scuff marks to surface.   Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed.    F-/VG-.    65.00     25190    Dingle, Herbert ( D.Sc. ) & Wilson, W & Syng, J L  & Flint, H T & Partington, J R & Sheppard, P A & Spencer Jones, Harold & Ford, E B     A Century Of Science  1851 - 1951    Hutchinson’s Scientific & Technical Publications  London    1951    1st edition.        Large 8vo.       338pp.     4 bw photos in 2 plates.         Publisher’s blue cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine.        Beige & white dw, black lettering, cartouche if the 1951 Exhibition on front, not price clipped 15/- net.        Original white eps.      Covers : very slight 0.2cm shelf knock bottom of spine.        Dw : 6 x 0.5cm loss along rear bottom edge due to mouse nibbling, rub bottom of spine else bright.    Contents : clean & tight & unfoxed.    F-/VG-.       45.00     25162    Douglas - Young, John    The Complete Guide To Reading Schematic Diagrams          DEDICATED BY AUTHOR TO HIS SISTER    Parker Pub Co Inc  West  Nyack  New York    1972    1st edition.      Large 8vo.     Numerous diagrams.    264 + (4)pp.       Publisher’s colour pictorial card covers, white plastic spiral bound, red & black half areas on front, red & white lettering, circuit diagram on top half of front.    White eps.        Neat dedication from the author to his sister “ A poor thing, but mine ??? “ on half title page.     Slightly browned from tobacco smoke else clean, tight & unfoxed.    VG.    95.00     25298    Duke Of Edinburgh ( introduction )     Journal Of The Royal Aeronautical Society Centenary Journal      Vol 70 No 661  January 1966    Royal Aeronautical Society  London    1966    1st edition.    Softback.    4to.     48 + 299  + (3) + 49 - 66pp including adverts at front & rerar.        Cream soft card pictorial covers, black lettering + gilt band along top/bottom edges + gilt flying eagle on front.       Faint shelf dust else bright attractive copy.   VG+.        20.00     25121    Eddington, Arthur Sir    Stars And Atoms    Oxford At The Clarendon Press    1938    Reprint.      Tall 8vo.      131 + (1)pp.     11 bw illustrations mostly photos.        Publisher’s blue plain cloth covers, gilt lettering + Pub cartouche on spine.       Beige printed dw, black lettering + cartouche on cover, not price clipped 7s 6d net.       White eps.            Neat ink dedication on fep with date “ Aldwych 13 5 39 “.        Covers : book very slight lean.        Dw : slight rubs top/bottom of spine, light fold rear top edge due to overlap, browned along top edge & spine.         Content : foxing to trails, slight occasional light foxing throughout else clean & tight.        VG+/VG.    25.00     25141    Edwards, C    Power Pumps  Session 1940-41    The Association Of Engineering And Shipping Draughtsmen  &  The Draughtsman Pub Co Ltd  London    1941    1st edition.       Large 8vo.       39 + (1) + (4)pp.      Numerous illustrations.        Publisher’s grey printed paper wrappers, black lettering on front.    Two staple hinges through.      Neat name + date  “OCT 1940 “ top corner title page.        Covers : hinges rusting with offsetting, 2 fox marks on front, slight bump rear bottom corner.        Contents : clean, tight & unfoxed.    VG.    20.00     25158    Eigenmann, Carl H Professor    Cave Vertebrates Of America  A Study In Degenerative Evolution    Carnegie Institution Of Washington  Washington D C    1909    1st edition July 1909.      Large 4to.       ix + (2) + 241 + (1)pp.      Bw photo frontis + 1 colour + 20 bw plates on card.     Publisher’s blue cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine, blind band around edges on front.     Green floral eps.        Covers : slight bumps top/bottom of spine, & corners.     Contents : pages slight browning, internal hinges at end papers cracked else very clean, tight & unfoxed.    An attractive clean copy.   VG.    350.00     25444    Ellis, C D ( Dr., F.R.S. )    The Conservation Of Energy    A lecture Delivered December 14th 1931  Prof G P Thompson ( F.R.S. ) In The Chair     The Scientific Journal Of The Royal College Of Science  Vol  II   [ 7 PAGE PAPER EXTRACTED FROM JOURNAL COMPLETE, PUBLISHER’S FILE COPY 27735  ]     Edward Arnold & Co  London    1932    1st edition, extracted from annual journal.    Softback.    Small 4to.    14 x 21.8cm.    138 - 144pp.      3 figures in text.            White paper with black lettering.     Paper begins at top of page & ends at bottom.   Inside edge could be trimmed else very clean & unfoxed.    F-.    25.00     25367    Ellis, O C De C M.Sc., Ph.D., F.I.C., F.R.P.S., A.M.I.Mn.E. ) & Kirby, W A ( M.Sc., Ph.D., F.I.C. )    Flame    Methuen’s Monographs On Chemical Subjects    Methuen & Co Ltd  London    1936    1st edition.      Small 12mo.    vi + 106 + 8pp including Publisher’s catalogue at rear.     1 bw plate + numerous illustrations in text.      Publisher’s cream cloth covers, black lettering + freeze around edges on front & spine, Publisher’s square small cartouche on front.       Pink dw repeats cover design, not price clipped, white printed label stuck down on spine “ 3/6 NET “.    Name & address written on fep.    Bright attractive copy.     F-/VG.    175.00     25235    Ewart Williams, W ( M.Sc. ) & Richrdson, G W ( F.R.S.,  introduction )    Applications Of Interferometry         Methuen’s Monogrphs On Physical Subjects    Methuen & Co Ltd   London    [ 1930 ]    1st edition.      12mo.      viii + 104  + (8)pp including Poblisher’s list at rear.      Publisher’s blue cloth covers, black lettering on front & spine, blck cartouuce + lines round edges on front.        Orange plain dw reflects cover design, not price clipped 2s 6d net printed on spine.      Original white eps.    Slight fade to dw spine and along dw front edge else bright attrctive copy.    F/VG+.    95.00     25146    Feigenbaum, Edward A & Feldman, Julian & Turing, A & Newell, Allen & Samuel, A L    Computers And Thought     Chess Playing Programs And The Problem Of Complexity  p39 - p70   +  Some Studies In Machine Learning Using The Game Of Checkers p71 - p108    McGraw Hill Book Co  New York    1963    1st edition later print ( control starts at 6 ).       Narrow 4to.       xiv + 535 + (1)pp.      Numerous illustrations.        Publisher’s grey plain cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine.    Red printed dw, black lettering, not clipped.    White eps.   Neat name & address stamp with date “ Apr 19 1967 “ on fep.        Neat name top corner front cover.        Covers : faint shelf knock top of spine.     Dw : taint scuff top of spine.     Contents :  very clean, tight & unfoxed.    VG+/VG+.    45.00     25111    Feigenbaum, Edward A & McCorduck, Pamela     The Fifth Generation        Artificial Intelligence And Japan’s Computer Challenge    Michael Joseph  London    1984    1st edition.      Narrow 4to.    (12) +  274 + (2)pp  ( including eps ).      54 bw photo plates + numerous diagrams in text.     Publisher’s black cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine.      Red colour pictorial dw, tan & white lettering, magnetic flux radiating from central sphere on front, not price clipped £9.95 net.        White eps.     Covers : slight shelf knock top of spine.        Dw : very slight shelf knock top of spine.     Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed.    Bright attractive copy.    F-/F-.    24.00     25114    Fiedhaus, Franz M    Leonardo Der Techniker Und Erfinder    Eugene Diederichs  Jena    1913    1st edition.      4to.    (6) + 166 + (2)pp.     Bw photo portrait frontis + 8 bw photo plates + numerous technical drawings in text.     Publisher’s blue marble paper covered boards, brown cloth spine,Green titles area + heavy gilt scrolling decoration on spine.    White eps.      Silk page marker.     Green outside page edges.     Rounded original cloth protection on corners.       Covers : bright.         Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed.    Bright attractive copy.     F-.    145.00     25220    Fina, Nicholas J & Wakeham, Helmet ( introduction ) & Seaborg, Glen & Todd, Lord ( F.R.S. ) &  Kerker, Milton & Miller, Neal L & Keete, Edward  & Kirkland, J J     Proceedings Of The First Philip Morris Science Symposium  Richmond Virginia  April 26 1973     WITH COMPLIMENTS SLIP SIGNED BY HELMET WAKEHAM    Philip Morris Inc  New York    1973    1st edition.       Large 8vo.       134 + (2)pp.    Publishers tan pictorial cloth covers, bw lettering + publisher’s logo on front & spine, red+ black + white jagged concentric shape on front.       Original brown eps.    Small tan printed compliments slip signed by Helmet Wakeham Vice president.         Covers : fading to spine and very outside edges, very slight 0.1cm shelf knocks top/bottom of spine + bottom corners.         Contents : very clean & tight.       VG.    25.00     25285    Firth, J G & Cullis, C F    Detection & Measurement Of Hazardous Gases    Heinemann  London    1981    1st edition.     Large 8vo.         ix + (1) + 226 + (2)pp.   Numerous bw diagrams  & illustrations in text.     Publisher’s orange laminated boards, black & white lettering on front & spine, Publisher’s logo in spine.        Original white eps.   Neat signature + small 3cm address sticker inside front cover.     Covers : slight bump rear bottom corner, very slight 0.1cm shelf knock bottom of spine, spine slight fading.    Contents : very clean & tight + unfoxed.        Tight clean copy.    VG+.    45.00     25453    Fortescue, C L ( prof., O.B.E., M.A., M.I.E.E., F.Inst.P. )    Surface Integrals And Fluxes  With Special Reference To The Electric And magnetic Fields     A Lecture Delivered March 4th 1935   The Scientific Journal Of The Royal College Of Science  Vol  V   [ 9 PAGE PAPER EXTRACTED FROM JOURNAL COMPLETE, PUBLISHER’S FILE COPY 27738  ]     Edward Arnold & Co  London    1935    1st edition thus, extracted from annual journal, part reprinted from Nature.    Softback.    Small 4to.    14 x 21.8cm.    135 - 137pp.       White paper with black lettering.     Paper begins at top of page & ends at bottom.   Inside edge could be trimmed else very clean & unfoxed.    F-.    25.00     25032    France, Henry De & Bell, A H ( translator 0    The Elements Of Dowsing    G Bell & Sons Ltd    1948    1st  edition.      Large 12mo.      xi + (1) + 83 + (1)pp.     Several bw  illustrations.      Publisher’s green cloth covers, black lettering on spine.     Yellow pictorial dw, 3 white stripes with black lettering within, 3 bw drawings hand holding stick 7 string on front, not price clipped 6s net.    White eps.      White eps.         Covers : very slight bow, faint rubs bottom corners.      Dw : very small chip + wear top of spine, slight grubbiness.       Contents :  very clean, tight & unfoxed.      VG+/VG.    55.00     25160    Francis, Frank & Morrison, Stanley & Carter, John +  Wilson, R A ( principal keeper )    Printing And The Mind Of Man  Catalogue Of The Exhibition At The British Museum And At Earl’s Court 16 - 27 July 1963      +  An Exhibition Of Fine Printing At The King’s Library Of The British Museum  July - September 1963    F W Bridges & Sons Ltd & The Association Of British Manufacturers Of Printers’  Machinery ( Proprietary ) Ltd    Copies Obtainable from The British Museum    1963    1st edition.      Narrow 4to.       125 + (3) + 32 ( plates ) +  61 + (1) + (2)pp + xvi ( plates ).      Publisher’s cream pictorial paper wrappers, red lettering on front & spine, white titles within red cartouche + light old type background all over on front.     White eps.        Covers : very faint knock top corner.     Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed.    An attractive clean copy.   F-.    24.00     25035    Frankland, F J ( C.E. )    Mines Surveys    Colliery Guardian Co Ltd    London    1892    1st  edition.      Large 12mo.      (4) + 63 + (3)pp.           11 bw plates ( many 3 section fold out ) + 2 other diagrams + advert + 2pp of Publisher’s book list.         Publisher’s maroon dimpled cloth covered boards, gilt lettering on front.      Book list as final ep.       Covers : slight rubbing along spine and corners, slight bow at front bottom edge.              Contents : 3cm split front inner hinge at bottom, foxing to eps, slight foxing to titles, crack at hinge at page 42 not causing any page disjointness ( i.e. not apparent when book is closed ) else  clean &  tight.        VG.    125.00     25324    Fraser, James ( Sir, Bt., B.A., Ch.M., F.R.C.S. )    The Surgical Heritage    An Inaugural Lecture    University Of Southampton  Hampshire    1970    1st edition.     Softback.      8vo.    16pp.          Publisher’s pale green soft card covers, black lettering + small crest on front, “ 20p “ printed on rear.      2 staple metal hinges.      Bright attractive copy.      F.      75.00     25304    Fraser, Ronald & Calder, Nigel ( editor )    Planet Earth    Progress Of Science Series    Phoenix House  London    1902    1st edition.     Large 8vo.      72pp.     Bw frontis + 8 other photo plates.      Publisher’s  plain blue cloth covers, sliver lettering on spine.          Red dw,  pictorial laminated boards, yellow area with black lettering + bw photo clouds in sky + curvilinear double yellow frames around on front, black lettering + red logo on white spine, price clipped but price sticker “ 12/6 “ inside flap.      Original white eps.        Covers : faint browning along edge else bright.    Dw : faint rubs corners.    Contents : very clean & tight & unfoxed.      Bright attractive copy.      F-/VG.      65.00     25047    Fresenius, C Remigius    Precis Analyse Chimique Qualitative Ou Traits des Opersations Chimique, Des ReactifsEt De Leur Action Sur Les Corps Des Plui Repandus Suivi D’un Procedure Systematique D’analyse Appliques Au Corps Le Plus Frequemmont Employes En Pharmacle Dans Les Arts    Fortin Masson Et Cie  Paris    1845    1st edition, Edition Francois.     12mo.       xii + 345 + (1)pp.       Contemporary half brown leather with marbled paper covered boards, raised gilt bands + black leather label with gilt lettering on spine.         Original white eps.       Covers : scuffs rear corners + slight scuffs along part spine front board with leather join, very slight rubs top/bottom spine.      Contents :  6 x 6cm area of light water stain affecting prelims + about 50 pages midway + about 50 pages at rear, eps foxed  else clean, tight & unfoxed.        But for the water stain, an attractive copy.   VG-.    250.00     25441    Fressenden, R A    Wireless Telegraphy     The Smithsonian Institution Annual Report 1908   [ 36 PAGE PAPER EXTRACTED FROM REPORT COMPLETE  ]     Government Printing Office  Washington    1909    Reprinted from Proceedings Of The American Institute Of Electrical Engineers  July 1907, extracted from report.    Softback.    Small 4to.    14.5 x 22.5cm.    161 - 195 + (1)pp including blank at rear.            White paper with black lettering.     Paper begins at top of page.   Binding marks on inside edge ( could be trimmed) else very clean.    VG.    95.00     25322    Gabor, Dennis ( C.B.E., D.Sc., F.R.S. )     The Proper Priorities Of Science And Technology     The Eighteenth Fawley Foundation Lecture    University Of Southampton  Hampshire    1972    1st edition.     Softback.      8vo.    16pp.          Publisher’s pale green soft card covers, black lettering + small crest on front, “ 20p “ printed on rear.      2 staple metal hinges.      Bright attractive copy.      F.      75.00     25134    Gabor, Dennis Professor ( C.B.E., D.Sc., F.R.S., Nobel Laureate In 1971 )    The Proper Priorities Of Science And Technology    The Eighteenth Fawley Foundation Lecture      University Of Southampton    1972    1st edition.       Large 8vo.       16pp.          Publisher’s green printed soft card covers, black lettering + cartouche on front.    Two staple hinges through.       List of previous Fawley lectures inside rear cover.      Clean, tight & unfoxed.      Bright attractive copy.    F.    75.00     25316    Gambling, W A ( D.Sc., Ph.D., F.I.E.R.E., F.I.E.E., F.R.S.A., Professor )    Electronics In Transition    An Inaugural Lecture    University Of Southampton  Hampshire    1968    1st edition.     Softback.      8vo.    14 + (2)pp.      Publisher’s pale green soft card covers, black lettering + small crest on front, “ THREE SHILLINGS “ printed on rear.     Cotton ties.     Tipped in compliments slip.      A few fox marks rear else bright attractive copy.      VG+.      75.00     25038    Gamow, George    Atomic Energy In Cosmic & Human Life    Cambridge At The University Press    1947    1st edition.      8vo.     (14) + 159 + (5)pp.           4 bw photo plates + numerous diagrams in text.         Publisher’s plain red cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine.   Colour pictorial dw, pink & white lettering, colour illustration pink flower in blossom on front, not price clipped 7/6 net.     White eps.      Small bookseller’s ticket inside front cover.     Covers : slight 0.1cm fade along bottom edge of spine, very slight knock top of spine, slightly dull.     Dw : top/bottom spine & corners slightly rubbed.    Contents : clean, tight & unfoxed.     VG/VG.    15.00     25348    Gardner, W M    Journal Of The Society Of Dyers And Colourists Vol XLIV - 1928   [ Neolan Colours    Chemical Industry Basle ]     GREEN HALF LEATHER BINDING        Chorley & Pickersgill Ltd ( printers ) Leeds    1930    1st edition.     4to.     xliii + (1) + 424pp.    3 plates with colour patches stuck down + numerous diagrams.     Contemporary half green leather binding, green cloth covered boards, gilt lettering + bands on spine.       Original green marble eps.     Very small stamp on fep “ The Textile Institute Manchester ”.    No library marks on covers or contents.    Attractive 3cm small bookbinder’s ticker inside rear cover.      Covers : slight shelf knocks corners, bump front bottom corner else clean.       Contents : slight fold first 4 pages, faint browning to pages else very clean & tight & unfoxed.    Clean tight copy.    VG.        125.00     25347    Gardner, W M    Journal Of The Society Of Dyers And Colourists Vol XLVI - 1930    [ Neolan Colours    Chemical Industry Basle ]     GREEN HALF LEATHER BINDING        Chorley & Pickersgill Ltd ( printers ) Leeds    1930    1st edition.     4to.     xliii + (1) + 424pp.    1 plate with colour patches stuck down + numerous diagrams.     Contemporary half green leather binding, green cloth covered boards, gilt lettering + bands on spine.       Original green eps.      Very small stamp on fep “ The Textile Institute Manchester ”.    No library marks on covers or contents.    Attractive 3cm small bookbinder’s ticker inside rear cover.      Covers : very slight shelf knocks corners else clean.       Contents : faint browning to pages else very clean & tight & unfoxed.    Clean tight copy.    VG.        125.00     25451    Garner, W E ( prof., D.Sc., M.Sc. )    Solid Reactions And Detonation     A Lecture Delivered January 15th 1935     Prof J C Philip ( O.B.E., D.Sc., F.R.S. )  In The Chair     The Scientific Journal Of The Royal College Of Science  Vol  V   [ 12 PAGE PAPER EXTRACTED FROM JOURNAL COMPLETE, PUBLISHER’S FILE COPY 27738  ]     Edward Arnold & Co  London    1935    1st edition thus, extracted from annual journal, part reprinted from Nature.    Softback.    Small 4to.    14 x 21.8cm.    33 - 44pp.     4 figures + 2 tables in text.      White paper with black lettering.     Paper begins at top of page & ends at bottom.   Inside edge could be trimmed else very clean & unfoxed.    F-.    25.00     25142    Gibbon, H  ( A.M.I.P.E. )    Electro Hydaulic Applications  Session 1939-40    The Association Of Engineering And Shipping Draughtsmen  &  The Draughtsman Pub Co Ltd  London    1940    1st edition.       Large 8vo.       33 + (3)pp.      Numerous bw photos & illustrations.        Publisher’s grey printed paper wrappers, black lettering on front.    Two staple hinges through.      Neat name + date  “APR. 1940 “ top corner front cover.        Covers : hinges slight rusting, two 2cm rust line marks on leading edge of front and affecting next 3 pages.        Contents : rust marks above else clean, tight & unfoxed.    VG.    15.00     25452    Gibson, C S ( prof., O.B.E., M.A., Sc.D., F.R.S. )    Recent Investigations In The Chemistry Of Gold   A Lecture Delivered February 26th 1935  G A R Kon ( M.A., D.Sc. )  In The Chair     The Scientific Journal Of The Royal College Of Science  Vol  V   [ 9 PAGE PAPER EXTRACTED FROM JOURNAL COMPLETE, PUBLISHER’S FILE COPY 27738  ]     Edward Arnold & Co  London    1935    1st edition thus, extracted from annual journal, part reprinted from Nature.    Softback.    Small 4to.    14 x 21.8cm.    54 - 62pp.       White paper with black lettering.     Paper begins at top of page & ends at bottom.   Inside edge could be trimmed else very clean & unfoxed.    F-.    55.00     25283    Gibson, Charles E ( F.R.S.E. )    The Romance Of Modern Electricity    Describing In Non- Technical Language What Is Known About Electricity And Many Of Its Interesting Applications    Seeley Service & Co Ltd  London    1913    Revised edition.    8vo.     (4) + 344 + (1) + (1) + (6)pp.      Frontis + 23 other bw photo plates.    Publisher’s blue cloth clovers, large gilt blocked rocket train + red shadow lettering+ arts & crafts red/green/silver device at bottom + green line around edges on front, repeated on spine with gilt lettering.     Original white eps.     Slight closed nick to spine, slight foxing to outside edges of pages else very clean & tight & unfoxed.   Bright attractive copy.     VG+.    35.00     25252    Gilbert Whyatt, H     Streets Roads And Pavements         A Treatiser On The Materials Equipment And Methods Employed In The Construction And Maintenance Of Roads And Footways      With Notes On Dust Prevention   Road Wear    Street Cleansing    Arterial Road Planning  etc    Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd    London    1928    2nd edition.      12mo.     28 + xii + 144 + (8) + 209to 52pp.    Publisher’s brown cloth covers, blacvk lettering on front + spine, black drawing road gang at work on front.        Original adverts as eps.       Neat signature + sma;ll attractive 2cm bookseller’s ticket inside front cover.        Covers : faint rubs to corners, faint darkening to spine else bright.      Contents : very clean & tight & unfoxed.         VG.    24.00     25132    Gillet, E W    Voice Frequency Telegraphy System  No 29 D            Ref : (168) wt 12563 - p2576   11000   8/36  Gp 389    The Post Office  & HMSO   London    1936    1st edition August 1936.       4to.       23 + (1)pp.       8 bw photo plates.       Publisher’s cream soft card wrappers, green lettering + green illustration outline of UK within white circle + “ No 29 D “ on front.    Two staple hinges through.         Pencil signature front top corner.       Covers : hinges slight rusting with slight offsetting, faint dusty marks to front.       Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed.     VG.    75.00     25407    Gilpin, George ( Clerk to The R S )    Tables For Reducing The Quantities By Weight In Any Mixture Of Pure Spirit And Water To Those Measures And For determining The Proportion By Measure Of Each Of The Two Substances In Such Mixtures  XX p275   The Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society  ABRIDGED  Vol XVII  From 1791 To 1799    IX   [  3 PAGE ARTICLE EXTRACTED FROM ABRIDGED JOURNAL PAPER COMPLETE  ]     C And R Baldwin   Blackfriars  London ( printers )    1791    1st edition extracted from  Abridged volume of papers.    Softback.    4to.    426 - 428pp.     White paper with black lettering.      Binding marks on inside edge ( could be trimmed) , trail of previous paper at start, prelim of subsequent paper at end else very clean & unfoxed.     VG.      45.00     25337    Glendenning, Raymond ( foreword )    How To Choose A Binocular  Sixpence    J A Davis & Son Ltd    Denmark Hill London    1955    1st edition.     Softback.     Oblong small 12mo.      27 + (1)pp.      Numerous bw photos.     Publisher’s blue soft card covers, bw portrait man in suit over outline white binoculars + black area with white lettering on front.     2 metal staples.     Covers : slight shelf dust + small 2cm crease front top corner on front, slight crimps at staples.   Contents : shelf dust along top edge of title page else very clean & tight & unfoxed.    Clean tight copy.    VG-.      25.00     25013    Glendinning, James ( O.B.E., B.Sc., A.M.I.C.E. )     Principles Of Surveying    Blackie & Son  London    1950    1st edition.     Small 4to.       viii + 295 + (1)pp.     One large folding plate + numerous diagrams in text.        Publisher’s rust brown cloth with black lettering on front & spine.    Plain grey printed dw black lettering, not clipped.      Neat name & date “ 1954 “ on fep.     Covers : slight shelf knocks top/bottom spine.     Dw : slight knock top of spine but very attractive.    Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed.    Bright attractive copy.    VG+/F-.    125.00     25058    Goldberg, Leo & Aller, Lawrence H    Atoms Stars And Nebulae  The Harvard Books On Astronomy    J & A Churchill Ltd  Portman Square  London  London    1946    1st edition.     Square large 8vo.     (6) + 323 + (3)pp.   Numerous bw photos & diagrams.   Publisher’s maroon mottled cloth covers, gilt lettering within double gilt rectangles on front & spine.       Blue & white pictorial dw, white lettering, diagram star with galaxy in background on front, not clipped.         White eps.        Covers : very slight 0.2cm shelf knocks top/bottom spine.       Dw : slight rubs top spine & corners.       Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed.        Attractive copy.     F-/VG+.    45.00     25181    Goldstone    Goldstone Students Morse Tapper And Sounder    Ward & Goldstone Ltd  Pendleton  Manchester    circa 1938    1st edition?.       16mo.     2pp.     Small printed card, black lettering both sides.     Logo at top + 3 small figures + company address at bottom on front.    International Code chart on rear.    Presumably an advertisement card, or a give-away.      Clean copy.     VG.    30.00     25333    Goodeve, C F + Marshall, J + Cochrane, W ( M.A., Ph.D. ) + Pankhurst, R C ( A.R.C.S.) + Allibone, T E ( D.Sc., A.M.I.E.E. )    Photochemistry Vision + Dendrochronology + Electron Diffraction + Physics & The Organ + The Spark Discharge       The Journal Of The Royal College Of Science Vol  VIII       PUBLISHER’S FILE COPY    Edward Arnold & Co London    1938    1st edition.      Large 8vo.   92 + (4)pp.         Numerous diagrams in text.       Publisher’s plain blue  cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine, small gilt crest on front.     Original white eps.     White label with “ FILE COPY “ stuck down on front, stamp with “ PUBLISHER’S FILE COPY No 27741 “ on title page.      Bright attractive copy.    F-.      95.00     25323    Goodrich, G J ( B.Sc., C.Eng., F.R.I.N.A. )     A Quiet Revolution    An Inaugural Lecture    University Of Southampton  Hampshire    1974    1st edition.     Softback.      8vo.    18 + (2)pp.          Publisher’s pale green soft card covers, black lettering + small crest on front, “ 20p “ printed on rear.      2 staple metal hinges.      Bright attractive copy.      F.      75.00     25287    Gowar, R G ( editor )    Developments In Fire Protection Of Offshore Platforms - 1    Applied Science Publishers Ltd  Barking    1978    1st edition.     Large 8vo.         x + 233 + (1)pp.   Numerous bw diagrams, photos  & illustrations in text.     Publisher’s black plain cloth covers, gilt lettering + Publisher’s cartouche on spine.       Red dw, black lettering, yellow band along top + balong bottom, not clipped.     Original white eps.    Ink dedication + signature on fep.    Matching neat signature on front top corner of dw.    Covers : slight bump front bottom corner else bright.   Dw : faintest fade to spine else bright.     Contents : very clean & tight + unfoxed.        Bright attractive copy.    F-/F-.    75.00     25355    Graber, Ellis    The “Graber “ Patent Exposing Type - Printing Cutting And Developing And Drying Machines[ Catalogue ]    Ellis Graber  Tunbridge Wells    1912    1st edition thus.    Softback.      Narrow 4to.     56pp.     Numerous photo illustrations in text.      Publisher’s green soft card covers, blue & brown lettering on front.     2 metal staples.        Covers : very slight rubs corners, slight rust to hinges else bright.    Contents : very clean & tight & unfoxed.    Bright attractive copy.   VG+.     125.00     25193    Gravel, Charles ( general editor )    100 Facts On Astronomy    Smatter Books 12    The Naldrett Press  London    circa 1950?    1st edition.        Small 12mo.       32pp.       6 bw plates.      Publisher’s yellow soft card covers, bw lettering on front including bee in small circle & “ 6d “.        Two staple hinges through.                    Covers : very slight grubby handling marks, spine chipping away.         Contents : hinges rusting else clean & tight & unfoxed.     VG-.       45.00     25270    Gregory, Edwin ( B.Sc., A.Met., F.I.C. ) & Desch, Cecil H ( introduction, professor )    Metallurgy    Blackie & Son Ltd  London    1932    1st edition.       Narrow 4to.       xv  + (1) + 284 + (2)pp including Publisher’s list at rear.            Fold out 4 section diagram + circa 32 single + 6 fold out plates. +  numerous diagrams in text.      Publisher’s brown plain cloth covers, gilt lettering + treble gilt lines along top/bottom edges on spine.     Original grey eps.       Neat signature + date “ 24 Feb 36 “ on front ep.     Covers : faint rubs  top/bottom spine else bright.         Contents :  slight foxing eps else very clean & tight & unfoxed.      Bright attractive copy.      VG+.    95.00     25351    Griffin, John I ( Ph.D. )    Statistics Essential For Police Efficiency    Charles C Thomas  Illinois    1958    1st edition.    Narrow 4to.     xv + (1) + 229 + (10)pp.      2 colour plates + numerous bw photos & diagrams in text.              Publisher’s lime green rippled plain cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine.      Pale blue graph paper dw, large black box + 4 small boxes each with pale blue lettering + Publisher’s logo on front, black lettering on spine, not clipped.    Original white eps.      Covers : slight bump bottom corners else bright.      Dw : slight bump rear bottom corner, slight fade around edges else clean.     Contents : very clean & tight & unfoxed.    Clean tight copy.    VG+/VG+.        65.00     25178    Grocott, John ( F.R.C.S. )    Burns : A Possible Simplification Of Treatment   Reprint From The British Journal Of Plastic Surgery Vol XV No 3 July 1962    British Journal Of Plastic Surgery     1962    1st edition.       narrow 4to.      277 - 285 + (1)pp.        5 bw photo plates.       Publisher’s beige wrappers, brown lettering on front.    Two staple hinges through.burgundy plain cloth covers, gilt lettering  on front & spine.      Covers : very slight  bump bottom corner, faint rub top of spine, faint crease top corner.     Contents : clean, tight & unfoxed.    VG.    125.00     25361    Guillett, Don W ( D.D.S., F.A.C.D. )    A History Of Canadian Dentistry        Golden Jubilee June 1952 Vol 18 No 6    The Journal Of The Canadian Dental Association     American Dental Society Of London + Gale & Polden Ltd ( printer )    1952    1st edition.       Softback.     Large 8vo.     6 + 303 to 398 + (2) + 7 to 82pp.    Numerous bw photos + adverts.          Publisher’s blue soft card covers, green lettering on front & spine, green logo + 3 vertical lines on front.            Covers :  rubs top/bottom spine + corners, 1cm closed split top of spine, slight handling crimps.      Contents : slight browning to pages else very clean and tight & unfoxed.      Clean tight copy.   VG-.     75.00     25315    Guthrie, Douglas( M.D., F.R.C.S., lecturer )      Health And History    Reprinted From The Health Bulletin Issued By The Chief Medical Officer Of The Department Of Health For Scotland 1946    University Of Southampton  Hampshire    1946?    1st edition thus.     Softback.      12mo.    11 + (1)pp.      Publisher’s grey soft card covers, black lettering including “ Price Sixpence “ on front.      Red signature on front.     2 metal staple hinges.      Clean tight copy.      VG+.      75.00     25438    Guttemann, Oscar    Twenty Years Progress In Explosives    The Smithsonian Institution Annual     Report 1908   [ 44 PAGE PAPER EXTRACTED FROM REPORT COMPLETE  ]     Government Printing Office  Washington    1909    Reprinted from Journal Of The Society Of Arts 1908 & 1909.      Softback.    Small 4to.    14.5 x 22.5cm.    (1) + 263 - 300pp.      9 plates.     White paper with black lettering.     Paper begins at top of page.   Binding marks on inside edge ( could be trimmed) else very clean.    VG.    75.00     25224    Haeckel, Ernst    The Evolution Of Man  A Popular Exposition Of The Principal Points Of Human Ontogeny And Phylogeny  Translated From The German          Volume 1 ( Of 2 Volumes ) Only    Kegan Paul Trench & Co    London    1883    3rd English edition?.       Large 8vo.     xxxviii + 457 + (1)pp.    5 section fold out frontis + 10 other colour & bw plates on stiff card.         Publisher’s plain brown cloth covers, gilt lettering + double bands of black lines on front + spine.       Original white eps.        Covers : slight 0.2cm shelf knocks top/bottom  of spin, bumps bottom corners.    Contents : very clean & tight.          Clean tight attractive copy.    VG.    65.00     25305    Hall, A Rupert    From Galileo To Newton 1630 - 1720    The Rise Of Modern Science : III    Collins  London    1963    1st edition.     Large 8vo.      (8) + 379 + (1) + (4)pp.    16 bw plates.    Publisher’s red cloth covers, gilt lettering + cartouche on spine.      Green/yellow/blue/grey  colour patch dw, bw lettering, planets going round sun diagram top corner, not price clipped 30s net.      Old building view as eps.    Neat signature on half title page.        Covers : slight 0.2cm shelf knock bottom corner edge of spine, faintest knock rear top corner else bright.    Dw : closed 1cm tear bottom edge, crease + rub rear bottom corner, slight rub top of spine` slight shelf dust rear.     Contents : very clean & tight & unfoxed.    Clean tight copy.    VG+/VG.      65.00     25286    Hall, James    Intrinsic Safety In British Coal Mines    Marylebone Press Ltd  London  For The Institue Of Mining  Elecrical & Moining Mechanical Engineers  Manchester    1985    1st edition.     Large 8vo.         ix + (1) + 453 + (1)pp.   Numerous bw diagrams, photos  & illustrations in text.     Publisher’s blue plain cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine.       White dw, blue & white lettering + bw drawing man’s head on fr4ont, black lettering on spine, not clipped.      Original white eps.   Tipped in presentation letter from the Publisher’s.     Covers : slight 0.1cm shelf knocks top/bottom of spine + top corners.   Dw : bright.     Contents : very clean & tight + unfoxed.        Bright attractive copy.    VG+/F-.    75.00     25408    Hamilton, W ( Sir, K.B., F.R.S. )    An Account Of The Late Eruption Of Mount Vesuvius     Dated Aug 23 1794         The Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society  ABRIDGED  From 1791 To 1799    IV  p73   [  15 PAGE ARTICLE EXTRACTED FROM ABRIDGED JOURNAL PAPER COMPLETE  ]     C And R Baldwin   Blackfriars  London ( printers )    1791    1st edition extracted from  Abridged volume of papers.    Softback.    4to.    492 - 506pp.     White paper with black lettering.      Binding marks on inside edge ( could be trimmed), slight light stain bottom edge , trail of previous paper at start, prelim of subsequent paper at end else very clean & unfoxed.     VG.      175.00     25191    Hardman, H Cole, E J    Paper Making Practice    Manchester University Press    1960    1st edition.        Large 8vo.       334pp.     Numerous diagrams in text.         Publisher’s light blue cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine.        Pale blue dw, red lettering, treble lines around edges, not price clipped 45s net.      Original white eps.      Signature on fep.        Covers : slight bumps bottom & top corners, very slight shelf rub bottom of spine.        Dw : slight browning to spine.     Contents : clean & tight & unfoxed.    Bright attractive copy.    VG/VG.       45.00     25284    Hardy, A C    Sky - Ships  The Story Of Sky Ways And Sky Trade Past Present And Future  1/3    Nicholson & Watson  London    1943    1st edition.     Softback.      Small 12mo.         160pp.   Numerous bw diagrams  & illustrations in text.     Publisher’s white pictorial soft paper covers, white & red lettering including “ 1/3 “ + blue/white tug boat by side of giant 3 decker sea plane on front, blue lettering on white spine.      Covers : 2cm scuff bottom edge of spine, small 1cm crease front corner, slight shelf dust.    Contents : very clean & tight + unfoxed.          VG-.    20.00     25022    Harrison, R G ( M.A., D.M. )    A TextBook Of Human Embryology  DEDICATION COPY    Blackwell Scientific Publications  Oxford    1959    1st  edition.    4to.    ix + (3) + 244pp.      Numerous bw photos & diagrams.   Publisher’s blue cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine.     Cream printed dw, red lettering, diagram on front, not price clipped 45s net.    White eps.     Neat single line dedication by author on fep.     Covers : faint 0.1cm shelf knocks top/bottom spine.    Dw : 1cm closed tear front top corner, rub top of spine, faint overlap rear top edge.     Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed.     Bright attractive copy.    F-/VG+ .    125.00     25107    Heath, Thomas ( B.A. )    The Twentieth Century Atlas Of Popular Astronomy  Comprising In Sixteen Plates A Series Of Illustrations Of The Heavenly Bodies    W & A K Johnston Ltd  Edinburgh & London    1922    3rd edition.    Large 4to.       (8) + 134 + (2)pp.      16 double page colour maps on central supporting cloth hinges.          Publisher’s blue plain cloth covers, black lettering on front & spine.  White eps.         Covers :  slight 0.2cm shelf knocks top/bottom spine + front top corner, faint fade part of rear else .       Contents : slight foxing to eps else very clean, tight & unfoxed.       Bright attractive copy.     VG+.    75.00     25238    Herschel, J F W ( M.A. )    A Preliminary Discourse On The Study Of Natural Philosophy      The Cabinet Cyclopaedia    Longman Rees Orme Brown & Green   London    1831    1st edition.      12mo.      vii + (1) + 372 + (2) + (12)pp incloding hlf title pge, spare title page + publisher’s list at rear.      Frontis engrved title page with portrait bust.       Publisher’s dull purple plain cloth covers, originl white pper lbel with black lettering stuck down on spine.       Old signature inside front cover, 2 small matcing stamped signatures on half title + another inside rear cover,  ( cautious owner! ), name and date on top corner title page crossed out.        Covers : heavy rubs top/bottom of spine, corners turning in, scuffs to label, faint mark on spine, fading around edges, slightly grubby.    Contents : slight browning to prelims/trils else very clean & tight & unfoxed.     G+/VG cover & contents.    175.00     25419    Herschel, William  ( LL.D., F.R.S. )    On The Ring Of Saturn And The Rotation Of The Fifth Satellite On Its Axis       The Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society  ABRIDGED  From 1791 To 1799      I p1  [  10 PAGE ARTICLE WITH 1 PLATE EXTRACTED FROM ABRIDGED JOURNAL PAPER COMPLETE  ]     C And R Baldwin   Blackfriars  London ( printers )    1791    1st edition extracted from  Abridged volume of papers.    Softback.   4to.    117 - 126 plate + 1 plate.     White paper with black lettering.      Binding marks on inside edge ( could be trimmed), trail of previous paper at start, prelim of subsequent paper at end, slight rub bottom corners of pages else very clean & unfoxed.     VG.      75.00     25423    Herschel, William ( LL.D., F.R.S. )    Description Of A Forty - Feet Reflecting Telescope  The Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society  ABRIDGED  From 1791 To 1799    XVIII p347  [  68 PAGE PAPER WITH LARGE FOLDING PLATE, ARTICLE EXTRACTED FROM ABRIDGED JOURNAL PAPER COMPLETE  ]     C And R Baldwin   Blackfriars  London ( printers )    1791    1st edition extracted from Abridged volume of papers.    Softback.   4to.    593 - 660pp including 1 folding plate.    White paper with black lettering.      Binding marks on inside edge ( could be trimmed), trail of previous paper at start, prelim of subsequent paper at end else very clean & unfoxed.     VG.      450.00     25418    Herschel, William ( LL.D., F.R.S. )    On Nebulous Stars Properly So Called   The Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society  ABRIDGED  From 1791 To 1799    IV p71  [  10 PAGE ARTICLE EXTRACTED FROM ABRIDGED JOURNAL PAPER COMPLETE  ]     C And R Baldwin   Blackfriars  London ( printers )    1791    1st edition extracted from  Abridged volume of papers.    Softback.   4to.    18 - 27 plate.     White paper with black lettering.      Binding marks on inside edge ( could be trimmed), trail of previous paper at start, prelim of subsequent paper at end, browning marks margins of 2 pages else very clean & unfoxed.     VG.      75.00     25425    Herschel, William ( LL.D., F.R.S. )     On The Method Of Observing The Changes That Happen To The Fixed Stars  With Some Remarks On The Stability Of The Light Of Our Sun    To Which Is Added A Catalogue Of Comparative Brightness For Ascertaining The permanency Of The Lustre Of Stars      The Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society  ABRIDGED  From 1791 To 1799    IX p166  [  14 PAGE PAPER WITH LARGE FOLDING PLATE, ARTICLE EXTRACTED FROM ABRIDGED JOURNAL PAPER COMPLETE  ]     C And R Baldwin   Blackfriars  London ( printers )    1791    1st edition extracted from Abridged volume of papers.    Softback.   4to.    712 - 725pp including 1 table.    White paper with black lettering.      Binding marks on inside edge ( could be trimmed), trail of previous paper at start, prelim of subsequent paper at end else very clean & unfoxed.     VG.      75.00     25422    Herschel, William ( LL.D., F.R.S. ) + Herschel, Caroline ( Miss )    Observations Of A Quintiple Belt On The Planet Saturn + Of Some Particulars Observed During The Late Eclipse Of the Sun    The Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society  ABRIDGED  From 1791 To 1799    IV p28  [  4.5 + 3.5 PAGE SUCCESSIVE PAPERS, ARTICLES EXTRACTED FROM ABRIDGED JOURNAL PAPER COMPLETE  ]     C And R Baldwin   Blackfriars  London ( printers )    1791    1st edition extracted from Abridged volume of papers.    Softback.   4to.    346 - 348pp + 351 - 353pp including 1 plate with illustrations for both papers.    White paper with black lettering.      Binding marks on inside edge ( could be trimmed), trail of previous paper at start, prelim of subsequent paper at end, 2 light browning stains to bottom margin of plate else very clean & unfoxed.     VG.      125.00     25420    Herschel, William ( LL.D., F.R.S. ) + Herschel, Caroline ( Miss )    Observations On The Planet Venus + The Discovery Of A Comet ( “ Last Night I Discovered A Comet, My Brother Has Just Now Determined Its Position ” )    The Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society  ABRIDGED  From 1791 To 1799    XVIII p201  [  6 PAGE PAPER BY WILLIAM + 1 PAGE PAPER BY CAROLINE, ARTICLES EXTRACTED FROM ABRIDGED JOURNAL PAPER COMPLETE  ]     C And R Baldwin   Blackfriars  London ( printers )    1791    1st edition extracted from  Abridged volume of papers.    Softback.   4to.    330 - 335pp including 1 table + page 333 ( 2 consecutive papers ).    White paper with black lettering.      Binding marks on inside edge ( could be trimmed), trail of previous paper at start, prelim of subsequent paper at end else very clean & unfoxed.     VG.      175.00     25421    Herschel, William ( LL.D., F.R.S. ) + Herschel, Caroline ( Miss )    On The Rotation Of The Planet Saturn On its Axis   The Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society  ABRIDGED  From 1791 To 1799    VIII p48  [  4 PAGE PAPER, ARTICLE EXTRACTED FROM ABRIDGED JOURNAL PAPER COMPLETE  ]     C And R Baldwin   Blackfriars  London ( printers )    1791    1st edition extracted from Abridged volume of papers.    Softback.   4to.    356 - 359pp including 1 table.    White paper with black lettering.      Binding marks on inside edge ( could be trimmed), trail of previous paper at start, prelim of subsequent paper at end else very clean & unfoxed.     VG.      75.00     25424    Herschel, William ( LL.D., F.R.S. ) + Herschel, Caroline ( Miss )    The Discovery Of A Comet + Observations On The Comet    The Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society  ABRIDGED  From 1791 To 1799    VI p131  +  P133  [  1 PAGE PAPER BY CAROLINE + 1 PAGE PAPER BY WILLIAM, ARTICLES EXTRACTED FROM ABRIDGED JOURNAL PAPER COMPLETE  ]     C And R Baldwin   Blackfriars  London ( printers )    1791    1st edition extracted from  Abridged volume of papers.    Softback.   4to.    698 - 699pp ( 2 consecutive papers ).    White paper with black lettering.      Binding marks on inside edge ( could be trimmed), trail of previous paper at start, prelim of subsequent paper at end else very clean & unfoxed.     VG.      145.00     25454    Hewitt, J T ( prof., M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S. )    The Structure Of Dyestuffs    A Lecture Delivered March 21st 1933   Prof J F Thorpe ( C.B.E., D.Sc., F.R.S. ) In The Chair    The Scientific Journal Of The Royal College Of Science  Vol  III   [ 13 PAGE PAPER EXTRACTED FROM JOURNAL COMPLETE, PUBLISHER’S FILE COPY 27736  ]     Edward Arnold & Co  London    1933    1st edition thus, extracted from annual journal, part reprinted from Nature.    Softback.    Small 4to.    14 x 21.8cm.    27 - 39pp.       White paper with black lettering.     Paper begins at top of page & ends at bottom.   Inside edge could be trimmed else very clean & unfoxed.    F-.    25.00     25269    Hiscox, W J    Factory Lay - Out Planning & Progress    Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd  London    1936    1st edition.       Large 8vo.       x  + (2) + 184 + 32pp including Publisher’s list at rear.            5 fold out charts + numerous diagrams.      Publisher’s  green plain cloth covers, gilt lettering on front & spine, blind band around edges on front.       Original white eps.       Neat signature front ep.     Covers : bumps top/bottom of spine, very slight shelf knocks corners but still bright.         Contents :  very clean & tight & unfoxed.      Bright attractive copy.      VG.    85.00     25410    Home, Everard ( Esq., F.R.S. )    Some Observations On The Mode Of Generation Of The Kangaroo With A Particular Description Of The Organs Themselves     The Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society  ABRIDGED  From 1791 To 1799    IX p221   [  10 PAGE ARTICLE EXTRACTED FROM ABRIDGED JOURNAL PAPER COMPLETE  ]     C And R Baldwin   Blackfriars  London ( printers )    1791    1st edition extracted from  Abridged volume of papers.    Softback.    4to.    535 - 544pp + 1 plate.     White paper with black lettering.      Binding marks on inside edge ( could be trimmed), slight light stain bottom edge , trail of previous paper at start, prelim of subsequent paper at end else very clean & unfoxed.     VG.      145.00     25172    Horne, Michael R    Plastic Theory Of Structures    Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd  London    1971    1st edition.       Paperback.      Narrow 4to.      173 + (3)pp.      Numerous diagrams in text.       Publisher’s light green colour pictorial soft card covers, red 7 green tent like structure + white & dark green lettering on front, printed price £2.95 on rear.        Covers : spine lightly rubbed and slight crimps,  slight knocks to corners.    Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed.     VG.    175.00     25244    Houghton, Cyril E    Your Future Weather    From Observations And Discoveries    Acme Printing Co Ltd ( printers )  Portsmouth    circa 1950?    1st edition.       Large 8vo.       13+ (1)pp.   Bw frontis + numerous bw plates & illustrations.      Publisher’s beige printed covers,  black lettering “ PRICE 6d “ + sun + clouds illustration on front.       Single staple hinge through.      Faint knock bottom corner + top of spine, faint browning  else very clean & tight & unfoxed .     VG.    45.00     25073    Hoyle, Fred    Galaxies Nuclei And Quasers    Heinemann  London    1966    1st edition.     Large 8vo.        vii + (1) + 160pp.             Publisher’s plain blue cloth covers, gilt logo on front, gilt lettering on spine.       White pictorial dw, blue & green lettering, bw diagram stars with two circular orbits overlaid on front, not price clipped 25s net.     White eps.       Covers : slight 0.2cm shelf knock top of s[pine.      Dw : slight rub top of spine.     Contents ; very clean, tight & unfoxed.     Bright attractive copy.    F-/VG+.    45.00     25069    Hoyle, Fred    The Nature Of The Universe  A Series Of Broadcast Lectures    Basil Blackwell  Oxford    1950    1st edition.     8vo.        v + (1) + 121 + (1)pp.        Appears to be 6 bw photo plates ( unindexed ).       Publisher’s plain red cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine.     Red pictorial dw, bw photo eclipse + white lettering on front, not price clipped 5/- net.    White eps.       Covers : slight lean, slight shelf knocks top/bottom of spine.      Dw : crumpling bottom 1cm of spine, slight overlap fold front top edge, slight rubs top of spine & top corners.    Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed.          Bright copy.     VG+/VG+.    65.00     25338    Hunboldt, Alexander Von & Otte, E C ( translator ) & Bohn, Henry G ( translator )    Views Of Nature Or Contemplations On The Sublime Phenomena Of creation With Scientific Illustrations    With A { BAXTER COLOUR ] Frontispiece From A Sketch By The Author     Henry G Bohn  London    1850    1st edition.     12mo.      xxx + 452 + 7 + (1) + 38pp including Publisher’s catalogue at rear.        Colour Baxter frontis with tissue guard “ Chimborazo “.         Publisher’s red blind stamped cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine.         Blue printed original eps.         Covers : slight chip top of spine, rubs top/bottom of spine very slight rubs corner else bright.     Contents : faint browning to pages else very clean & tight & unfoxed.    Clean tight copy.    VG.      180.00     25412    Hunter, John ( Esq., F.R.S. )    A New Suspension Of The Magnetic Needle Intended For The Discovery Of Minute Quantities Of Magnetic Attraction  Also An Air Vane Of Great Sensibility With New Experiments On Magnetism Of Iron Filings And Brass     The Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society  ABRIDGED  From 1791 To 1799    VIII p128   [  68 PAGE ARTICLE EXTRACTED FROM ABRIDGED JOURNAL PAPER COMPLETE  ]     C And R Baldwin   Blackfriars  London ( printers )    1791    1st edition extracted from  Abridged volume of papers.    Softback.    4to.    155 - 218pp.     White paper with black lettering.      Binding marks on inside edge ( could be trimmed), trail of previous paper at start, prelim of subsequent paper at end else very clean & unfoxed.     VG.      125.00     25311    Huxley, Thomas H    Science & Education  Essays   LIMITED EDITION NO 1 OF 1000   VOLUME III    D Appleton & Co  New York & London    1893    Authorized  edition.    Large 12mo.       ix + (1) + 451 + (3)ppp.      Tissue engraved portrait frontis.      Publisher’s burgundy cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine, blind line around edges on front.     Ink name & address with date “ Oct 4 1910 “ om fep.   2 other later names with addresses.       Covers : rubs. slight 0.2cm shelf knocks top/bottom of spine, slight rubs corners, faint marks.    Contents : first gathering tight but slightly proud, pages slightly browned, rear inner hinge cracked else very clean & tight.     Tight clean copy.      G+.      125.00     25101    Irving, John ( R.N. Retd. )    The Navigation Of Small Yachts    Edward Arnold  & Co  London    1934    1st edition.     Large 8vo.       viii + 296pp.       Numerous diagrams & illustrations in text .     White printed dw, blue lettering within freeze design on front, not price clipped 15/- net.        Yacht Deviation tables as eps.      White label with “ FILE COPY “ stuck down on front cover.    Ink note on dw flap “ Corr p.199 “ which has a neat single digit correction to a reference.        Covers : book very slight lean, slight 0.2cm shelf knock bottom of spine, faint dustiness.           Dw : 1cm chip rear edge, spine slight darkened, rub to top of spine, slight folding/rub along top edge, a few light finger marks.      Contents : slight browning to fep else very clean, tight & unfoxed.       VG/VG.    75.00     25236    Jackson, L G ( M.Sc., Doct.Wis.Nat. )     Low Temperture Physics         Methuen’s Monogrphs On Physical Subjects    Methuen & Co Ltd   London    1934    1st edition.      12mo.      vi + (2) + 122  + (2) + (8)pp including Poblisher’s list at rear.      Publisher’s blue cloth covers, black lettering on front & spine, blck cartouuce + lines round edges on front.        Orange plain dw reflects cover design, not price clipped 3/- net printed on spine.      Original white eps.    Small neat signature on fep.    Slight fade to dw spine, small 0.3cm ship bottom of spine else bright attrctive copy.    F/VG.    95.00     25233    Janossy, L ( Ph.D. ) & Lovell, bernrd ( editor )    Cosmic Rays And Nuclear Physics    Frontiers Of Science    The Pilot Press Ltd   London    1948    1st edition.      Square 8vo.      xiv + 186pp.      Publisher’s plain red cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine.       Red dw, bw lettering, verticl white line on front, not price clipped 9/6 net.      originl white eps.        Covers : slight 0.1cm shelf knock bottom of spine else bright.       Dw : 2cm loss + 4cm closed tear top of spine, rub + 1cm cosed tear bottom of spinespine slight fde, slight browned else still bright.       Contents very clean & tight & unfoxed.      F-/VG.    85.00     25055    Jeans, James Sir    Science And Music    Cambridge At The University Press    1937    1st edition.     Square 8vo.       x + (2) + 258 + (2)pp.         Frontis + 9 other bw photo plates + numerous diagrams in text.        Publisher’s brown cloth covers, gilt titles + crest  on spine.          Cream pictorial dw, 2 brown areas with sine waves depicted + green lettering within double green bands on front, not price clipped 8/6 net.      White eps.      Neat signature with date “ Oct 12th 1937 “ on fep.        Covers : bump rear bottom corner, very slight shelf knock top edge of spine.         Dw : slight rubs top/bottom spine & corners.  Contents : very  clean, tight & unfoxed.        Attractive copy.     VG+/VG.    55.00     25159    Jinks, John    Fifty Years Of Genetics  Proceedings Of A Symposium Held At The 927th Meeting Of The Genetical Society On The 50th Anniversary Of Its Foundation          Held On 9th, 10th, And 11th July 1969 In The University Of Reading    Oliver & Boyd  Edinburgh    1969    1st edition.      Narrow 4to.       (6) + 79 + (3)pp.      Publisher’s pink printed paper wrappers, black lettering on front & spine.     White eps.        Covers : slight bumps top/bottom of spine, & corners.     Contents : slight fade to spine, faint scratch on front.    Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed.    An attractive clean copy.   VG+.    20.00     25237    Jones, Brian Harris  ( M.A. )    Forces Of Balance & Imbalance       A Step Towards A Unified Field    SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR    Methuen & Co Ltd   London    1992    1st edition.      Softbck.       Large 8vo.      (4) + 146pp.      Publisher’s green soft cloth covers, white lettering on front & spine.        Tipped in originl unentered sales order form from the distributor.   Faint  shelf rubs top/bottom spine, slight crease front bottom corner else bright attractive copy, outline trace of 3 x 5cm price sticker on rear cover.    VG+.    45.00     25040    Jones, Franklin D ( editor )    Condensed Encyclopaedia Of Engineering  A Compact Work Of Reference Containing The Most Essential Facts About 4500 Subjects In Mechanics And Engineering Including Established Results And Data Of Importance To Designers And Builders Of Mechanical And Electrical Apparatus    The Industrial Press  New York    1943    1st edition.      12mo.     (6) + 1242pp.      All edges gilt.        Numerous bw diagrams & tables in text.         Publisher’s blue dimpled imitation leather cloth covers, gilt lettering on front & spine.       Brown eps.      Rounded edges.     Black inset finger index marks with gilt lettering.      Ink name & address inside front cover.        Covers : light vertical crack beginning along spine, edges of spine slight rubs.        Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed.     VG.    15.00     25026    Joyce, J ( Rev. )    Joyce’s Scientific Dialogues Intended For The Instruction & Entertainment Of Young People In Which First principles Of Natural & Experimental Philosophy Are Fully explained    Milner & Co  London    circa 1860?    New edition complete in one volume.      12mo.    328 + 8pp ( Publisher’s book list ).     Bw frontis “ Astronomy “ + numerous woodcut illustrations in text.         Publisher’s green dimpled cloth covers, double black lines + black lettering + large gilt panel with green lettering on front, gilt lettering + gilt arts & crafts design on spine.    White eps.     Covers : very slight 0.2cm shelf knocks top/bottom spine & corners, 4 x 1cm area cloth rippling on rear, 3 x 4cm slight patchy fade rear.         Contents :  brown/foxing to eps, slight browning to pages else  clean, tight & unfoxed.      Bright copy.    VG.    65.00     25436    Kapteyn, J C ( professor )    Recent Researches In The Structure Of The Universe      The Smithsonian Institution Annual     Report 1908   [ 9 PAGE PAPER EXTRACTED FROM REPORT COMPLETE  ]     Government Printing Office  Washington    1909    Reprinted from lecture given at The Royal Institution May 22 1908.     Softback.    Small 4to.    14.5 x 22.5cm.    301 - 319 + (1)pp.      5 illustrations.    White paper with black lettering.    White paper with black lettering.     Paper begins at top of page.   Binding marks on inside edge ( could be trimmed) else very clean.    VG.    55.00     25281    Kelsey, W E ( F.R.I.C.C., AI.O.B., A.I.Struct.E. )    Carpentry Joinery And Woodcutting Machinery    Macmillan & Co Ltd  London    1954    1st edition.     Large 8vo.      596pp.       Numerous illustrations in text.   Publisher’s plain green cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine.      Pale brown plain dw, brown  lettering + 2 horizontal freeze lines on front & spine, single star on spine, price clipped.    Original white eps.  Neat short dedication on fep with date “ Xmas 1963 “.        Slight browning to eps else bright attractive copy.  F-/F-.    65.00     25464    King, A J ( M.Sc., D.Sc., F.Inst.P., M.I.E.E. )    The Measurement Of Noise With Special Reference To Electrical Machines    Chapman & Hall London    1965    1st edition.  Large 8vo.   xviii + 180pp.    Publisher’s green cloth covers, black label area with gilt lettering on front & spine.  Green dw, white band along middle with black lettering, price 40s net inside cover.  white eps.  Covers : slight shelf knock front top corner else very clean and unrubbed.  Dw : faint rubs top/bottom of spine else very clean & unchipped.    Contents : very clean & tight & unfoxed.   Bright attractive copy.  VG+/VG+.     45.00     25427    Knox, Robert ( F.R.S. )    Observations On The Natural History Of The Salmon Herring And Vendue   Read 7th & 21st January 1833       The Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society Of Edinburgh    [  POSSIBLY SIGNED BY AUTHOR - BUYER TO CONFIRM.    56 PAGE ARTICLE EXTRACTED FROM JOURNAL COMPLETE  ]     Charles Tait And Bell & Bradfute  +  T Cadell  London    1834    1st edition extracted from volume XII.    Abridged volume of papers.    Softback.    Large 4to.     (8) + 462 - 518 + (2)pp  including  plate at rear + Journal half title + title pages + front end paper having Author’s surname in pencil ( SIGNATURE MAY BE AUTHENTIC, PURCHASER TO CONFIRM ).       White paper with black lettering.      Starts & ends on new pages.   Binding marks very innermost on inside edge, slight horizontal fold marks to prelims only else very clean & unmarked.     VG.      450.00     25082    Kosmodemiansky, A    Tsiolkovsky, Konsttantin  1857 - 1935    General Editorial Board For Foreign Publication    Nauka Publishers 1985    1985    1st edition.     Narrow 4to.        125 + (1) + (2)pp.       Several diagrams in text.       Publisher’s blue & white paper covered boards, blue cloth spine, bw photo smiling man with hand stroking beard + stylistic diagram space rocket soaring skywards + white lettering on front.      White eps.     Covers : slight 0.2cm shelf knock bottom of spine, patchy very slight scuffing of paper on front.        Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed.     Attractive bright copy.      VG.    50.00     25147    Kurtz, Fritz    Aufzahlung Der VonK Graf Von Waldburg - Zeil In JaHre 1876 In Westsibirien Gesmmelten Pflanzen    Botanische Inaugural - Dissertation Fur Relangung Der Philosophischen Doctorwurde AM 27 Marz 1879 Vormittags 12 UH [ RDEDICATED BY AUTHOR ]    Friederich Williams Universitat Zu Berlin    1879    1st edition.       Large 8vo.       ( 2) + 69 + (3)pp.         Publisher’s grey plain wrappers, black lettering on front.         Neat dedication in fine black ink on  top corner front cover “ Herr Conservator Winkler    ????  F Kurtz “.        Covers : Rear cover missing, front cover complete, spine chipping, very clean.      Contents :  very clean, tight & unfoxed.    VG.    240.00     25443    Lander, C H ( prof., c.b.e., d.sc., m.inst.c.e., m.i.mech.e. )    Oil And Petrol From Coal    A Lecture delivered November 24th 1931  Prof W A Bone ( D.Sc., Ph.D., F.R.S. ) In The Chair      The Scientific Journal Of The Royal College Of Science  Vol  II   [ 20 PAGE PAPER EXTRACTED FROM JOURNAL COMPLETE, PUBLISHER’S FILE COPY 27735  ]     Edward Arnold & Co  London    1932    1st edition, extracted from annual journal.    Softback.    Small 4to.    14 x 21.8cm.    27 - 46pp.      1 bw photo + 8 table + 6 figures in text.            White paper with black lettering.     Paper begins at top of page & ends at bottom.   Inside edge could be trimmed else very clean & unfoxed.    F-.    30.00     25289    Lander, G ( Prof , Dr. ) & Cloke, F R ( editor )    Sealed Nickel Cadmium Batteries     ISBN 3-18-41 9071-4    Varta Batteries AG     VDI Verlag GMBH    1982    1st edition.     Softback.      8vo.   262 + (4)pp.   Numerous bw diagrams, photos  & illustrations in text.     Publisher’s blue soft plastic covers, yellow lettering + Publisher’s cartouche on front & spine, rounded edges.    Tipped in 4 pp printed letter with date “ 16.2.83 “.      Bright attractive copy.      F.    75.00     25045    Lardner, Dionysis     The Microscope & Popular Physics     2 VOLUMES BOUND AS 1    Extracted From “ The Museum Of Science And Art “.    LEATHER BINDING    Walton & Maberly     London    1856    1st editions thus but 1st edition with these titles.      Small 8vo.       Tissue guarded frontis both volumes + numerous illustrations in text.       Printed note “ As this book is not paginated the figures etc “.       Contemporary half brown leather with maroon cloth covered boards, raised gilt bands + leather label with gilt lettering on spine.      Marbled edges to pages.      Original marble eps.   Neat ink dedication with date “ 1856 “ on rear front ep.  Another pencil address + dedication “ 1920 “ first blank.     Covers : slight scuffs top/bottom spine & corners.     Contents :  clean, tight & unfoxed.        Attractive copy.   VG.    175.00     25359    Leatherman, G H ( D.M.D., F.D.S.R.C.S. )  & [ Donaldson, J Archie ]    An Historical Record  ( 1908 - 1958 )       A Paper Rear At The Meeting Of The American Dental Society Of London On 214th October 1958 At The Royal College Of Surgeons London To Commemorate The Fiftieth Year Of The Society    The American Dental Society Of London + Gale & Polden Ltd ( printer )    1958    1st edition.     8vo.     35 + (5)pp including 5 bw plates with 30 portrait photos at rear.        Publisher’s plain blue cloth  covers, blue & brown lettering on front.       Small attractive bookplate “ J Archie Donaldson 1914 - 1993 “ inside front cover.          Covers : very slight rubs top/bottom spine + corners, 2 very slight small marks rear.     Contents : cotton tie slack else very clean and unfoxed.      Clean copy.   VG.     45.00     25199    Leslie, Desmond  &  Moore, Patrick    How Britain Won the Space Race    Michael Beazley    London    1972    1st edition.       Small 4to.    48pp.      4 colour.     Publisher’s green/black soft card colour pictorial covers, illuminated lettering with letters depicting triumphal columns, background illustration face of the moon, small yellow lettering, white lettering on spine.         Covers : 3 small round holes in rear bottom corner of cover obliterating printed price faint, very slight rubs to/bottom of spine.       Contents : very clean & tight & unfoxed.          VG.    25.00     25090    Lewis, Thomas Sir    Pain    The Macmillan Co  New York    1942    1st edition.     Narrow 4to.        xiii +  (3) + 102pp.              Publisher’s dimpled maroon cloth covers, gilt  lettering on spine, blind line around edges on front.       Beige printed dw, brown lettering, £3.00 printed on front bottom flap.     White eps.    Small book plate with ink signature stuck down inside front cover.          Covers : slight  fade along bottom 0.5cm of spine + small bit of underside of dw has stuck down to this part ( probably will remove ).      Dw : wear top/bottom spine, rubs at corners, slight shelf dust marks.   Contents :  very clean, tight & unfoxed.     bright attractive copy.   VG+/VG.    95.00     25223    Lodge, Oliver & Thomson, Joseph, & Bragg, William & Aston, F W & Rutherford, Ernest & Dyson, Franl & Eddington, A S & Glazebrook, Richard &  Fleming, J A & Fowler, A & Shaw, Napier & Tate Regan, C & Poulton, E B & Allen, E J & Smith Woodwood, Arthur & Stratling, E H etc     Phases Of Modern Science             Published In Connection With The Science Exhibit Arranged By A Committee Of The Royal Society In The Pavilion Of His Majesty’s Government  At  The British Empire Exhibition 1925    A & E Denny Ltd    Strand  London    1925    1st edition.       Large 8vo.     vii + (1) + 232pp.    5 section fold our frontis.         Publisher’s plain blue cloth covers, white printed label with blue lettering on front + spine.    Original white eps.        Covers : very slight 0.1cm shelf knocks top/bottom  of spin, faint rubs corners else bright.       Contents : very clean & tight.          Bright copy.    VG+.    75.00     25215    Lodge, Oliver ( F.R.S. )    Pioneers Of Science    Macmillan & Co Ltd    London    1904    Reprint.       8vo.      xv + (1) + 404pp.    All edges gilt.    Bw photo frontis “ Isaac Newton “ + numerous be illustrations in text.       Publisher’s pictorial red cloth covers, gilt lettering + gilt arts & crafts design on front & spine.      Original white eps.   Faint signature & address inside front cover ( almost faded away ).   Covers : spine fading, rubs top/bottom/edges of spine + corners.    Contents : clean & tight.   VG-.    25.00     25020    Lovick, Thomas & Roe, George & Cooper, Edmund & Donaldson, George & Grant, John    Reports On The Present state Of Pipe Sewers Made Pursuant To Resolution Of General Committee Of 9th January 1855  By The District Engineers  With Remarks By Mr Bazalgette Thereon; Observations By Mr J Grant  And A Communication From Mr Bazalgette    Metropolitan Commission Of Sewers      Printer : James Truscott Nelson Square  London    1855    1st  edition.    large 8vo.    90 + (4)pp.    26 three section fold out engraved plates.      Publisher’s brown printed paper covers, black lettering on front.     White eps.       Covers :Heavy chips top/bottom of spine but spine generally intact, roar top corner 1cm crease and worn.        Contents : slight browning else clean, tight & unfoxed.     Attractive copy.    VG-/VG covers & contents.    280.00     25259    Lowndes, Charles S    The Engineer’s Handbook    THOMAS CHATTERTON RAINHILL ASSOCIATION    J D Potter  London     1863    2nd edition.       8vo.    viii + 120pp.      Numerouis bw diagrams.       Publisher’s green cloth covers,  gilt lettering  + bdouble blind lines around edges on front.       Original brown eps.     Neat signature onhalf title.      Neat stamp “ Thomas Chatterton Smith Rainhill No “ stamped on preface.       Neat small 2cm blind oval stamp bookseller’s ticket on half title page.       Covers :  rubs to top/bottom of spine + corners.      Contents : front inner hinge cracked else  else very clean & tight & unfoxed.        VG.    175.00     25255    Lubbock, John ( Sir, M.P., F.R.S., D.C.I., LL.D. )    The Buds And Stipules     International Scientific Series LXXXVI    Henry S King & Co    London    1899    1st edition.     8vo.    (4) + xvi +  (12) + 339 + (1)pp.     Tissue guarded colour frontis + 3 other colour plates + numerous bw figures in text.            Publisher’s red cloth covers, blind laurel leaves + bands design + lettering on front, gilt lettering on spine.        Oriiginal black eps.       Covers : rubs top/bottom /edges of spine + corners, slight fade to spine.      Contents :  7 pencil underlings on pages 2 to 5 ( should erses ) else very clean & tight.     VG.    35.00     25309    Macbeth, Colin ( M.I.A.E., M.A.E., F.I.R.I. )    Rubber And Railways    British Rubber Publicity Association London    1939    2nd revised edition September 1939.    Softback.       8vo.       216pp.        Numerous diagrams in text.       Publisher’s brown soft card covers, black lettering on front.       Covers : faint 0.1cm shelf knocks top corners.   Contents : first few pages 0.5cm turnover at top corner, first page sticking slight at inner hinge else very clean & tight & unfoxed.      Tight clean copy.      VG+.      65.00     25110    Macmillan, D H  Lieutenant Commander ( R.N.R. )    Precision Echo Sounding And Surveying    Henry Hughes & Son Ltd  London    circa 1930??    1st edition.      large 4to.    (10) +  87 + (1)pp  ( including eps ).      54 bw photo plates + numerous diagrams in text.     Publisher’s green cloth covers, silver lettering on front & spine.      Covers : silver on spine rubbed off, slight fade along front by spine, very slight turning in of corners.        Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed.    VG.    45.00     25262    Macmorland, Arthur    Colour   Theory And & Practice For Schools & Colleges    Reeves & sons Ltd  London    1933    1st edition.       Large 8vo.    59 + (5)pp.    5 colour plates + numerous bw diagrams in text.       Publisher’s green cloth covers,  gilt lettering on front .      Original white eps.     Covers : bowed, crimp in cloth on front,  large white “ A16 “ bottom of spine, top/bottom spine + corners rubbed.      Contents : slight browning to eps  else very clean & tight.      Tight clean copy.    VG-.      45.00     25070    Macqueen, J G & Taylor, S W ( editors )    University And Community  Essays To Mark The Centenary Of The Founding Of University College Bristol    University Of Bristol  Bristol    1976    1st edition.     Large 8vo.        xvii + (1) + 252 pp.        Numerous bw photos.       Publisher’s plain cream soft card printed covers, red & black lettering + red cartouche on front,& spine.      White eps.       Covers : slight nick bottom of spine, very slight rub top of spine & front top corner.     Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed.          Bright attractive copy.     VG+.    25.00     25317    Maisonrougr, Jacques G    Technology And Social Change : The Challenge Of Complexity     The Twenty - Fourth Fawley Foundation Lecture    University Of Southampton  Hampshire    1978    1st edition.     Softback.      8vo.    20pp.      Publisher’s pale green soft card covers, black lettering + small crest on front.     2 metal staple hinges.    Small fox mark front else bright attractive copy.      F-.      75.00     25123    Malin, S R C & Bullard, Edward Sir ( F.R.S. )    The Direction Of The Earth’s Magnetic Field At London 1570 - 1975           Philosophical Transactions Of the Royal Society Of London       A  Mathematical And Physical Sciences       Volume 299  Pages 357 - 423  Number 1450    11 February 1981       WITH COMPLIMENTS SLIP SIGNED BY AUTHOR    Royal Society   London    1981    1st edition.      Large 4to.      357 to 423 + (1)pp + 5 section bw fold out plate ( at rear ).       Publisher’s grey wrappers, black lettering on front & spine.    National Maritime Museum Compliments Slip signed “ Stuart ( as promised.  See pullout 1 for D [ eclination ] in London “ stapled inside front cover.      Another extracted paper by same author date 1985 tipped in.        Covers : glue impression from remains small 3 x 5cm label removed from rear, slight furl front to-p corner, slight handling.         Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed.     This is Edward Bullard’s last paper. VG+.    95.00     25225    Mansfield, W K ( B.Sc. )    Elementary Nuclear Physics    Nuclear Engineering  Monographs    Temple Press Ltd   London    1958    1st edition.       Large 8vo.     viii + 60pp.    Numerous bw diagrams.         Publisher’s soft card plain blue covers, white lettering within double white vertical & horizontal lines  on front + spine.      Dw repeats cover design, not price clipped 10s 6d net.     Original white eps.        Covers : bright.    Dw : slight rubs top/bottom spine & along folds.        Contents : very clean & tight.          Clean tight attractive copy.    F/VG.    45.00     25288    Marco, A Gutievez ( editor ) & Symons, W R    I Simposium De Segurida En El Trabajo    Protection Contra Contactos Electricos Indirectos    Instalaciones Electricas En Emplazamientos Potencialmente Explosivos    Recipientes A Presion   Proteccion De Maquinas       AUTHOR’S COPY    Sevicios Tecnicos De Prevencion De MAPFRE  Trabajo    1980    1st edition.     Softback.       Large 8vo.         ix + (1) + 500 + (2)pp.   Numerous bw diagrams, photos  & illustrations in text.     Publisher’s brown soft card covers, white  lettering with wide yellow band around on front & spine.       Signature on fep “ W R Symons “.    Part of paper 5 + Paper 6 ( presented by W R Symons ) have been  extracted but could be restuck at spine.   Small white label stuck down on front “ See article page 219 “ ( paper 6 ).     Covers : slight rubs around edges.    Contents : very clean & unfoxed.            But for the extracted pages, VG.    25.00     25354    Marks, Edward C R     The Manufacture Of Iron & Steel Tubes    Marks And Clerk   London    1897    1st edition.     Large 12mo.     100pp.     Numerous illustrations in text.      Publisher’s green cloth covers, gilt lettering on front & spine, blind floral frame on front.      Original white eps.     Author’s dedication top corner of title page “ W J ? with the Author’s compliments “.   Covers : very slight 0,2cm shelf knocks top/bottom of spine + bottom corners else bright.    Contents : very clean & tight & unfoxed.   Clean tight attractive copy.   VG.     225.00     25459    Marshall, J     Dendronolgy      A Lecture Delivered February 18  1938        The Scientific Journal Of The Royal College Of Science  Vol VIII [ 11 PAGE PAPER EXTRACTED FROM JOURNAL COMPLETE, PUBLISHER’S FILE COPY 27736  ]     Edward Arnold & Co  London    1938    1st edition thus, extracted from annual journal, part reprinted from Nature.    Softback.    Small 4to.    14 x 21.8cm.   58 - 68pp.      2 bw photos +  3 figures in text.     White paper with black lettering.     Paper begins at top of page & ends at bottom.   Inside edge could be trimmed else very clean & unfoxed.    F-.    45.00     25352    Martin, Geoffrey ( D.Sc., D.Sc., Ph.D., F.C.S. ) & Foucar, J Louis ( Major, B.Sc. )    Sulphuric Acid & Sulphur Products    Manuals Of Chemical Technology V    Crosby Lockwood And Son  London    1916    1st edition.    Narrow tall 4to.    viii + 80pp.      1 double page fold out plate + numerous bw photos & diagrams in text.              Publisher’s plain blue cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine, blind line around edges + small blind central Publisher’s cartouche on front.       Advert eps.     Attractive small 3cm pink bookseller’s ticket inside rear cover.     Small light stamp “ Royal Institute ” on fep + 3cm small blind stamp on title page.   NO OTHER LIBRARY MARKS OR NUMBERS.       Covers : slight fade to spine, small scuff/0.5cm hole in cloth edge of spine, a few very slight small spots rear, slight bump front top corner, slight mark front.      Contents : very clean & tight & unfoxed.    Clean tight copy.    VG-.        95.00     25406    Maskelyne, Nevil ( Rev )     Observations Of The Comet Of 1793 Made By Rev Nevil Maskelyne ( D.D., F.R.S. )    VII p55     The Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society  ABRIDGED  Vol XVII  From 1791 To 1799    IX   [  1 PAGE ARTICLE EXTRACTED FROM ABRIDGED JOURNAL PAPER COMPLETE  ]     C And R Baldwin   Blackfriars  London ( printers )    1791    1st edition extracted from  Abridged volume of papers.    Softback.    4to.    Page 299.     White paper with black lettering.      Binding marks on inside edge ( could be trimmed), small light stain at bottom ( water, coffee? ) , trail of previous paper at start, prelim of subsequent paper at end else very clean & unfoxed.     VG.      25.00     25169    Massey, H S W & Burhop, E H S    Electronic And Ionic Impact Phenomena    Oxford At The Clarendon Press    1956    1st UK edition.     Narrow 4to.      xviii + 669 + (3) pp.          Plain blue cloth covers with gilt lettering & cartouche on spine.    Light blue printed dw, blue lettering on front, blue lettering +cartouche on spine, not price clipped 70s net.    White eps.      Covers : Very slight 0.2cm shelf knock bottom of spine else bright.       Dw : 2cm closed tear + crease front bottom edge, rub along top edge through overlapping.    Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed.      Bright attractive copy.  F-/VG+.    250.00     25043    Maunder, Stephen    The Scientific And Literary Treasury  A New And Popular Encyclopaedia Of The Belles Letters    Longman Green Brown & Longmans  London    1848    5th edition.      12mo.      (6) + v + 844 + (32)pp.        Engraved frontis + engraved title page.      Publisher’s green blind stamped cloth, gilt lettering + “ 10/- “ gilt lettering within laurel leaves design on front.    Original blue printed eps ( publisher’s book list ).       Neat old ink signature inside front cover.       Covers : slight shelf knocks top/bottom corners, light shelf rubs top/bottom spine.     Contents : foxing two plates else very clean, tight & unfoxed.       Attractive copy.     VG.    45.00     25339    Maxwell Scott, Michael    Stories Of Famous Scientists    The Scientific Book Club London    1867    1st edition.     8vo.      143 + (1)pp.        A few bw diagrams in text.     Publisher’s plain brown cloth covers, black lettering on spine.         White original eps.         Covers : slight bumps top of spine +  corners else bright.      Dw : few fox marks rear slight bump top of spine else bright.       Contents : very clean & tight & unfoxed.    Clean tight copy.    VG/VG+.      45.00     25157    McConnell, Primrose  ( B.Sc., F.G.S., F.H.A.S., M.R.A.S.E.  )    The Elements Of Agricultural Geology  A Scientific Aid To Practical Farming    Crosby Lockwood & Son      London    1902    1st edition.      Narrow 4to.       329 + (1) + 6pp including Publisher’s list.      6 section fold out colour frontis + 7 other bw photo plates.      Publisher’s green cloth covers, gilt lettering to front + spine, gilt Publisher’s cartouche on spine, 3 blind bands around edges on front, bevelled edges.       Black eps.   Small printed Publisher’s notice regarding advertised price tipped into front and stuck along one edge.        Covers : book slight lean, small snag top of spine ( no loss ), top/bottom spine & corners slight 0.2cm shelf knocks/rubs, light 1cm mark on front.           Contents : front inner hinge tender, slight foxing to title page else clean, tight & unfoxed.    VG.    75.00     25445    McDonald, D  ( B.Sc., F.I.C., M.I.Chem.E. )    Gold   A Lecture Delivered October 31st 1933  H J T Ellingham ( A.R.C.S., Ph.D. ) In The Chair     The Scientific Journal Of The Royal College Of Science  Vol  IV   [ 12 PAGE PAPER EXTRACTED FROM JOURNAL COMPLETE, PUBLISHER’S FILE COPY 27737  ]     Edward Arnold & Co  London    1934    1st edition, extracted from annual journal.    Softback.    Small 4to.    14 x 21.8cm.    7 - 18pp.      1 table at rear.      White paper with black lettering.     Paper begins at top of page & ends at bottom.   Inside edge could be trimmed else very clean & unfoxed.    F-.    55.00     25331    McDonald, D ( B.Sc., F.I.C., M.I.Chem.E. ) + Seligman, R ( Ph.Nat.D., F.I.M.) + Callow, R K ( Ph.D., D.Sc., F.R.S. ) + Kaye, G W C ( O.B.E., M.A., D.Sc. ) + Blackett, P M S ( M.A., F.R.S. )    Gold + Aluminium + Vitamin D + Chemistry Of Nitrogen + Noise - Its Measurement + The Positive Electron       The Journal Of The Royal College Of Science Vol  IV       PUBLISHER’S FILE COPY    Edward Arnold & Co London    1934    1st edition.      Large 8vo.   171 + (5)pp.         Numerous diagrams in text.       Publisher’s plain blue  cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine, small gilt crest on front.     Original white eps.     White label with “ FILE COPY “ stuck down on front, stamp with “ PUBLISHER’S FILE COPY No 27737 “ on title page.      Book slight leaning else bright attractive copy.    VG+.      95.00     25016    McDonnell, T ( Mayor )    British Association For The Advancement Of Science      Report of The Ninety - Third Meeting  Southampton August 26 - September 2   1925    Office Of The British Association  London     1926    1st  edition.       Large 8vo.    xxxii + (2) + 495 + (5)pp.    2 bw photo plates + numerous tables in text.      Publisher’s rust brown blind stamped cloth with gilt lettering + treble gilt bands on spine.    White eps.    Attractive book plate “ Darlington & Teesdale naturalists Club “ inside front cover.     Covers : slight shelf knocks corners.    contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed.    Very bright &  attractive copy.  F-.    95.00     25457    McLachlan, N W ( D.Sc., M.I.E.E. )    Vibrational Characteristics Of Loud Speaker Diaphragms     A Lecture Delivered December 5th 1932      The Scientific Journal Of The Royal College Of Science  Vol  III   [ 13 PAGE PAPER EXTRACTED FROM JOURNAL COMPLETE, PUBLISHER’S FILE COPY 27736  ]     Edward Arnold & Co  London    1933    1st edition thus, extracted from annual journal, part reprinted from Nature.    Softback.    Small 4to.    14 x 21.8cm.    81 - 93pp.      10 figures + 3 tables in text.     White paper with black lettering.     Paper begins at top of page & ends at bottom.   Inside edge could be trimmed else very clean & unfoxed.    F-.    55.00     25330    McLachlan, N W ( D.Sc., M.I.E.E. ) + Walton, E,T.S. ( Ph.D. ) + Quarrell, A G ( A.R.C.S., B.Sc., D.I.C. ) + Townsend, J S ( M.A., F.R.S. )    Vibrational Characteristics Of Loud - Speaker Diaphragms + The Disintegration Of Atoms By Fast Protons + High Speed Cathode Rays And Their Uses + Uniform Columns In Electric Discharges        The Journal Of The Royal College Of Science Vol  III       PUBLISHER’S FILE COPY    Edward Arnold & Co London    1933    1st edition.      Large 8vo.   x + 162 + (2)pp.         Numerous diagrams in text.       Publisher’s plain blue  cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine, small gilt crest on front.     Original white eps.     White label with “ FILE COPY “ stuck down on front, stamp with “ PUBLISHER’S FILE COPY No 27736 “ on title page.      Book slight leaning else bright attractive copy.    VG+.      95.00     25180    McMillan, James    Learning Morse  Approved Methods Of Mastering The International Code    Offices Of Wireless World & Iliffe & Sons Ltd  London    circa 1938    6th edition 105th thousand.       12mo.     16pp.     Several bw photos & illustrations in text.       Publisher’s cream pictorial soft card covers, blue & red lettering +blue tinted photo hand tapping out on ancient Morse equipment + printed “ SIXPENCE “  all with red lozenge band on front.     Two metal staple hinges through.      Covers : 1cm scuff mark on front, a few light small shelf marks.   Contents :hinges slight rust else clean, tight & unfoxed.     VG.    25.00     25179    McMillan, James    The Dunlop Story  The Life, Death And Re - Birth Of A Multi - National    Weidenfeld And Nicolson  London    1989    1st edition.       Narrow 4to.     vii + (1) +  215  + (1)pp.     16 bw photo plates.       Publisher’s blue cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine.      Blue colour pictorial dw, yellow & blue lettering, colour poster two cyclists on front, not price clipped £16.95 net.    White eps.     Covers : shelf knocks top/bottom of spine.   Dw : shelf knocks top/bottom of spine.   Contents : clean, tight & unfoxed.        Bright copy.     VG/VG.    15.00     25124    Meeky, O M & McKenzie, J F    The Propagation Of Atmospheric Rossby Gravity Waves In Latitudinally Sheared Zonal Flows           Philosophical Transactions Of the Royal Society Of London       A  Mathematical And Physical Sciences       Volume 287  Pages 115 - 143  Number 1340    20 September 1977    Royal Society   London    1977    1st edition.      Large 4to.      115 to 143 + (3)pp.       Publisher’s grey wrappers, black lettering on front & spine.       Covers : faint browning.         Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed.       F-.    55.00     25282    Milburn, H E ( M.I.Mech.E. )    The Motor Trade   A Guide To Selling Servicing And Management    The Motor Trader & The Trader Pub Co Ltd  London    1950    1st edition.     Large 8vo.     345 + (3)pp.       2 multi part fold out charts + numerous bw photos in text.      Publisher’s plain brown cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine, blind line around edges on front.        Brown dw, bw lettering on front & spine, outline drawing of motor showroom fascia on front, not price clipped 21s.    Original white eps.      Covers : faint 0.1cm shelf knocks top/bottom of spine else bright.     Dw : faint browning, very slight rub front bottom edge.      Contents : very clean & tight & unfoxed.   Clean tight copy.    F-/VG.        95.00     25226    Mitchell, George A ( F.R.I.B.A. , M.I.Struct.E. ) & Mitchell, A m 9 B.Sc., A.C.G.I., M.I.Struct.E. ) & Doughty, Charles F ( The Late )     Building Construction    A Textbook For The Methods And Details Of Modern Construction Fot The Use Of Students And Practical Men  Part I      Elementary Course    B T Batsford Ltd   London    1945    17th edition.       12mo.     (8) + 528 + (6)pp.    3 section fold out bw photo plate + numerous bw diagrams.         Publisher’s brown plain cloth covers, black lettering on front & spine.      Tan pictorial dw, green & purple lettering, outline compass, square + building on front, not price clipped 7s 6d net.       Original white eps.        Covers : slight turning in at top corners, slight rubs top/bottom of spine else bright.       Slight dustiness else bright.    Contents : book leaning else very clean & tight & unfoxed.          Bright attractive copy.    VG+/VG+.    25.00     25230    Mitchell, George A ( F.R.I.B.A. , M.I.Struct.E. ) & Mitchell, A m 9 B.Sc., A.C.G.I., M.I.Struct.E. ) & Doughty, Charles F ( The Late )     Building Regulations 1965 Practise Notes    B T Batsford Ltd   London    1965    1st edition thus.      Softback.     Small 4to.     186 + (6)pp.       Publisher’s light beige soft card covers, red lettering + crest on front, red cloth spine, price £1 printed inside front cover.     Covers : slight rub front top corner, slifgr crease rear bottom corner, slight fade to spine.       Contents : very clean & tight & unfoxed.          VG.    75.00     25174    Monck, W H S ( M.A., F.R.S. )    An Introduction To Stellar Astronomy    Hutchinson & Co   London    1899    1st  edition.      Large 12mo.       Unpaginated circa 32 pages.      Numerous brown/red & grey wood cut style illustrations.      Publisher’s pale brown cloth covers, white drawing man sitting in chair surrounded by scrolls on front, gilt lettering on spine.     Original glassine dw.     White eps.         Covers : faint fade to spine, very slight rubs edges of top of spine.    Dw : small chips top/bottom spine & front top corner.           Contents :  very clean, tight & unfoxed.      VG+/VG.    125.00     25031    Morris, Charles V ( introduction ) & White, Lewis F ( design ) & DePol, John ( illustrations )     B Franklin  Innovator  This Keepsake Is Published In Connection With the Celebration Of Printing Week In New York 1961    privately printed New York    1961    1st  edition.      Large 12mo.       Unpaginated circa 32 pages.      Numerous brown/red & grey wood cut style illustrations.      Publisher’s pale brown cloth covers, white drawing man sitting in chair surrounded by scrolls on front, gilt lettering on spine.     Original glassine dw.     White eps.         Covers : faint fade to spine, very slight rubs edges of top of spine.    Dw : small chips top/bottom spine & front top corner.        Contents :  very clean, tight & unfoxed.      VG+/VG.    75.00     25098    Morrow, John  ( M.Sc., D. Eng. )    Steam Turbine Design  With Especial Reference To The Reaction Type Including Chapters On Condensers And Propeller Design    Edward Arnold  London    1911    1st edition.     Narrow 4to.        xi + (2) + 471 + (1) + 8pp ( Publisher’s book list ).       Tissue guarded bw photo  frontis + 10 bw multi section fold out diagrams + large multi section diagram in pocket at rear.       Publisher’s green cloth covers, gilt lettering + double lines along top/bottom on spine, blind bands around edges on front.      White eps.      Light stamp “ Publisher’s File Copy “ on title pages, white label with “ FILE COPY “ stuck down on front cover.      Covers : a few small light surface scratches on front,  slight 0.2cm shelf knock top spine, slight rub front bottom corner, 2cm very light mark front edge.     Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed.     Bright attractive copy.   VG+.    95.00     25267    Mossop, C P    Railway Operating Statistics     The Railway Gazette   London    1911    1st edition.       8vo.   (6) +  121 + (1) + (2)pp.           3 fold out graphs  + K charts at rear on tissue paper.    Publisher’s brown cloth covers,  black lettering on front & spine.       Original green floral eps.     Neat 3 x 4 cm white label on fep “ G E Rlw C M E Dept 29/15/19 390 “ in fine ink hand.      Small attractive 3cm stamp on introduction page “ G E R Recd 29 MAY 19 CHIEF MECH ENG ‘.      Covers : very slight 0.2cm shelf knocks top/bottom spine, slight rubs top corners else bright.   Contents :  very clean & tight & unfoxed.      Bright attractive copy,    VG+.    145.00     25060    Muir, James Professor & Macaulay, James M ( editor )    John Anderson   Pioneer Of Technical Education    And The College He Founded    John Smith & Son ( Glasgow )    1950    1st edition.     Large 8vo.     xi + (1) + 162 + (2)pp.   Portrait photo frontis + 5 other photo plates.   Publisher’s maroon plain cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine, gilt crest on front.       White dw, maroon lettering, bw portrait photo on front, not price clipped 8/6 net.       White eps.        Ink dedication from Vice Chancellor University Of Strathclyde with date “ Dec 66 “ on fep.    Typed letter from Dr Curran Principal to recipient with neat signature dated Nov 1966.        Covers : faint patch fading, very slight rub top of spine.     Dw : slight rub top of spine.          Contents : slight browning to eps else clean, tight and unfoxed.          Attractive copy.     VG+/VG+.    45.00     25014    Muraszew, A ( Ph.D., Dip.Ing., A.M.I.Mech.E. )    The Atomisation Of Liquid Fuels    Chapman & Hall Ltd  London    1953    1st  edition.  Large 8vo.    viii + (2) + 246 + (2)pp.     Numerous unindexed bw photo plates + diagrams in text.      Publisher’s red linen cloth with gilt lettering on spine.    Gold printed dw, red lettering, not price clipped 36s net.    White eps.    Small 3cm bookseller’s ticket inside front cover.    Dw very slight crease rear top edge by corner else bright attractive copy.  F/F-.    145.00     25426    Necker, L A ( Honorary Professor Of Mineralogy And Geology In The Academy Of Geneva  )    On The Determination Of The Position Of Strata In Stratified Rocks    Read 6th February 1832     The Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society Of Edinburgh    [  16 PAGE ARTICLE EXTRACTED FROM JOURNAL COMPLETE  ]     Charles Tait And Bell & Bradfute  +  T Cadell  London    1834    1st edition extracted from volume XII.    Abridged volume of papers.    Softback.    Large 4to.     (1) + 364 - 378pp including 4 illustrations & 2 diagrams.      White paper with black lettering.      Binding marks very innermost on inside edge.  Starts & finish on new pages.      Faint horizontal fold else very clean & unmarked.     VG.      150.00     25041    Needham, Joseph ( editor ) & Davies, Jane Sykes Bernal, J D & Ruhemann, M & Walton, Arthur & Tyrrell, G W & Clarke, Ruscoe     Science In Soviet Russia By Seven British Scientists    Watts & Co  London    1942    1st edition.      Small 8vo paperback.     (6) + 65 + (1)pp.        Publisher’s orange & white printed soft card covers, orange lettering on white spine, “ 1/3 NET “ printed in orange in circle on front.       Covers : slight 0.5cm split top edge of spine, small 1cm crease rear top corner, faint 2cm crease rear bottom corner, large crease front top corner.        Contents : clean, tight & unfoxed.     VG.    15.00     25434    Nernst, W    Development Of General And Physical Chemistry During The Last Forty Years    The Smithsonian Institution Annual R    Report 1908   [ 10 PAGE PAPER EXTRACTED FROM REPORT COMPLETE  ]     Government Printing Office  Washington    1909    Translated from German Chemical Society November 11 1907, 1st edition thus.    Softback.    Small 4to.    14.5 x 22.5cm.    245 - 253 + (1)pp including blank at rear.     White paper with black lettering.     Paper begins at top of page.   Binding marks on inside edge ( could be trimmed), few slight fox spots else very White paper with black letter    25.00     25360    Pampiglione, G ( M.D.), M.R.C.P. )    Development Of Cerebral Function In The Dog    Butterworths  London    1963    1st edition.     8vo.      xi + (1) + 68pp.      Numerous bw photos + diagrams in text.     Publisher’s plain blue simulated leather cloth covers, silver lettering on spine.         Pale blue dw, 2 white bands with black lettering on front, black lettering on front & spine. Publishers logo bottom of spine, not price clipped 40s.      Original white eps.       Covers : very slight fade top edge else bright.    Dw : faint scratch front, slight rub bottom of spine.   Contents :L very clean & tight & unfoxed.      Bright attractive copy.      F-/F-.     75.00     25461    Pankhurst, R C ( A.R.C.S )    Physics And the Organ     A Lecture Delivered February 14 1938    P B Moon ( M.A., Ph.D. ) In The Chair        The Scientific Journal Of The Royal College Of Science  Vol VIII [ 8 PAGE PAPER EXTRACTED FROM JOURNAL COMPLETE, PUBLISHER’S FILE COPY 27736  ]     Edward Arnold & Co  London    1938    1st edition thus, extracted from annual journal, part reprinted from Nature.    Softback.    Small 4to.    14 x 21.8cm.   81 - 88pp.      2 figures in text.     White paper with black lettering.     Paper begins at top of page & ends at bottom.   Inside edge could be trimmed else very clean & unfoxed.    F-.    45.00     25197    Parsons, R H ( M.I.Mech.E. )    History Of The Institution Of Mechanical Engineers    1847 - 1947    Centenary Memorial Volume    Institution Of Mechanical Engineers    London    1947    1st edition.       Narrow 4to.    xi + (1) + 299 + (1)pp.      Numerous photo plates.     Publisher’s plain blue cloth, gilt lettering on front & spine.     Beige plain printed dw, black lettering, not clipped.        White original eps.           Covers : bumps to corners, slight fade along bottom edge.       Dw : rubs to edges of spine, scuffs to spine, rub along rear top edges, 1cm closed tear rear top corner.     Contents : very clean & tight & unfoxed.          VG/VG.    25.00     25341    Pavey, Rowland ( water-finder )    Water - Finding And The Sublimated Faculty  Their Science Practice & Uses    With A Full Reply To Professor Wertheimer’s Report On “ Experiments With Water-Finders “       The Author  Temperance Hotel  Cheddar  Somerset    1909    1st edition.     8vo.      104pp + 2 bw photo plates at front ( with blank rears ).      Publisher’s plain red cloth covers, gilt lettering on front.    Old clear glassine dw ( may not be original? ).     Original white eps.       Covers : fade to spine, extensive patchy fading front & rear, water stain rear.    Contents : faint browning marks eps else very clean & tight & unfoxed.    Clean tight copy.    G/VG+ covers & contents.      125.00     25095    Pavlov, Ivan Petrovitch ( For. Mem. R.S, ). ) & Anrep, G V ( M.D., D.Sc., translator )    An Investigation Of The Physiological Activity Of The Cerebral Cortex    Oxford University Press  Humphrey Milford    1927    1st edition.     Narrow 4to.       xv + (1) + 430pp.           White eps.          Covers : slight wear bottom corners of    Contents : browning to eps else clean, tight & unfoxed.     VG.    100.00     25094    Pavlov, Ivan Petrovitch ( M.D. ) & Horsley Gantt, W ( translator ) & Cannon, Walter B ( introduction )    Lectures On Conditioned Reflexes        Twenty Five Years Of Objective Study Of The Higher Nervous Activity ( Behaviour ) Of Animals    Martin Lawrence Ltd   London    1929    1st edition.     Narrow 4to.       viii + (2) +  + 245 + (1)pp.      Tissue guarded portrait frontis + 9 plates ( including 3 bw portrait photos ).       White eps.    Tipped in Publisher’s Note “ To avoid confusion it appears desirable to point out that two books have recently been published in English dealing with conditioned reflexes : giving details of this book + date “ 1929 “  and another by Oxford University Press with date “ 1927 “.        Covers : slight bump front edge, water stain along front edge, faint fade bottom half of spine, slight bowing, corners + top/bottom spine rubbed.       Contents : faint browning else clean, tight & unfoxed.     VG-.    45.00     25207    Pearson, Karl ( M.A., F.R.S. )    The Grammar Of Science    Adam & Charles Black  London    1900    2nd edition.     Narrow 4to.      xviii +548 + (8)pp including Publisher’s list.      Publisher’s plain burgundy cloth covers, gilt lettering  + bands on spine, blind lines along top/bottom edges on front.      Original white eps.        Attractive small bookplate “ C Eckford Luard “  + small attractive 3cm bookseller’s ticket inside front cover.    Covers : heavy rubs top/bottom of spine, rubs corners, book slight lean.           Contents :  front inner hinge tender, browning to eps, slight browning to pages.     VG-.    35.00     25353    Pick, W H ( B.Sc., F.C.P., F.Inst.P. )    A Short Course In Elementary Meteorology     Published By Authority Of The Meteorological Committee    M O 247    Price 2s 6d net    His Majesty’s Stationery Office   London    1950    5th edition revised.     Softback.     Narrow 4to.     128pp.     Bw plate + Several weather maps and charts in text.      Publisher’s plain blue paper covers, small cartouche + black lettering on front.      Neat name + date “ March 1953 “ on first page.      Covers : slight fan front bottom corner, slight bump top corner, slight rub top of spine else clean.      Contents : very clean & tight & unfoxed.   Clean tight copy.   VG.     25.00     25294    Pickering, J G ( welcome )    TIM 86     Technology In Mining Symposium  11 - 13 February 1986    Exhibition & Conference Centre Harrowgate  Programme    The Institue Of Mining  Elecrical & Moining Mechanical Engineers  Manchester    1985    1st edition.     Square 8vo with 2 vertical folds making (12) side.      Purple lettering on white card, white lettering on purple on front.   Unentered.        Bright attractive copy.    F.    15.00     25402    Picktet, Augustus ( Professor Of Philosophy In The Academy Of Geneva )    Considerations On The Convenience Of Measuring An Arch Of The Meridian And Of The Parallel Of Longitude Having The Observatory Of geneva For Their Common Intersection        The Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society  ABRIDGED  Vol XVII  From 1791 To 1799    VII p106   [  4 PAGE ARTICLE EXTRACTED FROM ABRIDGED JOURNAL PAPER COMPLETE  ]     C And R Baldwin   Blackfriars  London ( printers )    1791    1st edition extracted from  Abridged volume of papers.    Softback.    4to.     34 - 37pp.     White paper with black lettering.      Binding marks on inside edge ( could be trimmed), slight rubs bottom corners, faint browning , trail of previous paper at start, prelim of subsequent paper at end else very clean & unfoxed.     VG.      45.00     25373    Pinkerton, J B ( M.Cons.E., M.I.Mech.E., M.I.H.V.E., MN.Amer.S.H.V.E. )    The Heat Engine   Its Practical Application    WITH PUBLISHER%”S COMPLIMENTS NOTICE TIPPED IN    Princes Press Ltd  London    1949    1st edition.    Narrow 4to.     257 + (1)pp.     Numerous photos, illustrations + 1 2 page fold out chart.     Publisher’s plain green cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine.       Original white eps.    Tipped in printed  “ With Compliments “ notice from the Publishers.      Covers : bump bottom of spine else very clean.     Contents : foxing inside front cover + fep, + leading outside edges of pages else very clean & tight & unfoxed.     Clean tight attractive copy.    VG.    145.00      25015    Pirenne, M H ( Dr.Sc. ) & Dbye, P ( foreword )    The Diffraction Of X - Rays & Electrons By Free Molecules    The Cambridge Series Of Physical Chemistry    Cambridge University Press    1946    1st  edition.      Large 8vo.    xiii + (2) + 160pp.     Numerous unindexed bw photo plates + diagrams in text.      Publisher’s sky blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine, blind lettering + double bands around edges on front.    Tan printed dw, black lettering + crest, price clipped.    White eps.    Covers : very slight fade top/bottom edge of spine, very slight shelf knocks bottom corner of spine, + front bottom corner.    Dw : 0.5cm chip bottom of spine, 2cm closed tear top of spine, slight rubs front top + rear bottom corners.     Contents : light hand ink mark along top outside edges of pages “ APL LAB “ else very clean, very tight & unfoxed.   Bright attractive copy.    VG+/VG.    45.00     25277    Plomp, R    Experiments On Tone Perception    DEDICATED BY AUTHOR    Institute For Perception Rvo - Tno National Defence Research Association Tno Soesterberg  The Netherlands    1966    1st edition.     Softback.      Square 12mo.        (8) + 167 + (1)pp.        Publisher’s pale green printed soft card covers, black shadow lettering  on front, black lettering on spine.        Gramophone record in pocket inside rear cover.      Neat ink signature on half title “ with compliments Reinde Plomp “.     Covers : slight shelf knock/rub top of spine, faint knock rear top corner, image of paper on record slight offsetting on rear.       Contents : very clean & tight.   VG.     95.00     25307    Podmore, Frank ( M.A. )    Apparitions And Thought  - Transference      The Contemporary Science Series    The Walter Scott Pub Ltd  London & Newcastle - On - Tyne    1905    1st edition.       Large 12mo.       (4) + xiv+ (2) + 401 + (1) +  22pp ( including Publisher’s catalogue at front/rear.        Numerous  diagrams in text.       Publisher’s burgundy cloth  covers, gilt lettering on front & spine, blind cartouche on front.          Original white eps.    Covers : spine slight faded, gilt on spine faded, 0.2cm shelf knocks top/bottom of spine, slight rubs corners.      Contents : browning to eps else very clean & tight & unfoxed.      Tight attractive copy.      VG.      125.00     25308    Podmore, Frank ( M.A. )    Hallucinations & Illusions    A Study Of The Fallacies Of Perception  - Transference      The Contemporary Science Series    Walter Scott  Ltd  London    1894    1st edition.       Large 12mo.       (4) + xiv + (2) + 390  + 16pp ( including Publisher’s catalogue at front/rear.        Numerous  diagrams in text.       Publisher’s burgundy cloth  covers, gilt lettering on front & spine, blind cartouche on front.          Original white eps.    Covers : spine slight faded, gilt on spine faded, 0.2cm shelf knocks/rubs top/bottom of spine, slight rubs corners.      Contents : slight browning to eps else very clean & tight & unfoxed.      Tight clean copy.      VG-..      125.00     25327    Pollock, Waleter ( chairman )    Shipbuilding And Ships        Papers Read At The Worshipful Company Of Shipwrights Exhibition At The Two Halls Of The Royal Horticultural Society 28th January To 8th February 1947    Worshipful Company Of Shipwrights    London    1947    1st edition.      Large 8vo.   497 + (1)pp.         Numerous bw photos in text.       Publisher’s hatched blue cloth covers, gilt lettering on front & spine, small gilt crest on front.      Pale blue plain dw, blue lettering, small blue crest on front, not price clipped 12/6 nett.      Original white eps.     Covers : faint small bump rear edge else bright.    Dw : slight rubs edges, slight browning to spine else clean.    Contents : very clean & tight & unfoxed.   Clean tight copy.      F-/VG.      95.00     25463    Portal, Paul    The Compleat Practice Of Men And Women Midwives Or The True Manner Of Assisting A Woman In Child-Bearing     J Johnson  Mead’s Head  London    1763    1st edition thus, translated from the original.    8vo.    v + (1) + (10) + 267 + (5)pp including Publisher’s catalogue at rear.    Original full tan leather binding, raised bands to spine, gilt band around edges.   Original white eps.   Old signature & date on fep “ Feb 14 1764 “.    Covers : lacks label to spine, spine & edges rubbed, light finger marks else complete.    Contents : neat ink writing along top very outside edge “ CHILD, B “, occasional few fox spots, very slight browning else very clean & tight & complete.   Clean tight copy with writing outside edges of pages.  VG-.     450.00     25265    Portway, Donald & Birdwood, Lord ( Foreword )    Science & Mechanisation In Land Warfare    Heffer & Sons Ltd  Cambridge    1946    2nd edition?.       Small 12mo.      viii + (2) + 158pp.     Several bw diagrams  in text.       Publisher’s blue cloth covers,  gilt lettering on spine, blind line around edges on front.     Very pale blue dw, black lettering, blue diagonal band with black titles on front, not price clipped 6s net.         Original white eps.    Neat signature fep.         Covers : slight  rubs top/bottom spine, 2 long crimps in cloth rear.      Dw : 1cm loss top/bottom of spine, 1cm chip rear, rub bottom of spine else bright.     Contents : foxing to eps else very clean & tight.      Tight clean copy.    VG-/VG.    25.00     25104    Potter, H V ( introduction )    Plastics   Post - War Building Studies No 3    Ministry Of Works & His Majesty’s Stationary Office  London    1944    1st edition.     Narrow 4to.       47 + (1)pp.      12 bw photo plates.        Publisher’s pale blue wrappers, red lettering + crest on front.    2 Staple hinges through.        Covers :  slight browning around edges, faint knock bottom of spine.         Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed.       Attractive copy.      VG+.    95.00     25319    Priede, T ( D.Sc., Ph.D., Inz.Mech., C.Eng., F.I.Mech.E., M.S.A.E., Professor )    Explosion And Combustion - The Bases Of Road Transportation   An Inaugural Lecture    University Of Southampton  Hampshire    1972    1st edition.     Softback.      8vo.    32pp.      Numerous bw diagrams/charts in text.      Publisher’s pale green soft card covers, black lettering + small crest on front.     2 metal staple hinges.         Bright attractive copy.      F-.      75.00     25403    Priestley, Joseph ( LL.D., F.R.S. )    Further Experiments Relating To The Decomposition Of Dephlogisticated And Inflammable Air      The Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society  ABRIDGED  Vol XVII  From 1791 To 1799    IX   [  4 PAGE ARTICLE EXTRACTED FROM ABRIDGED JOURNAL PAPER COMPLETE  ]     C And R Baldwin   Blackfriars  London ( printers )    1791    1st edition extracted from  Abridged volume of papers.    Softback.    4to.     55 - 60pp.     White paper with black lettering.      Binding marks on inside edge ( could be trimmed) , trail of previous paper at start, prelim of subsequent paper at end else very clean & unfoxed.     VG.      75.00     25017    Pringle, Edwin A    The Synchronous Motor Electric Clock     An Elementary Explanation  Effects On The Retail Clock Trade     Reprinted From The Watch & Clockmaker  “ 15th December 1931 “    Ref 132 AP    Robert Pringle & Sons ( London ) Ltd  Lerkenwell Road  E C 1  London    1931    1st  edition thus.      Large 8vo.    8pp.    3 bw diagrams in text.       Publishers grey printed wrappers, black lettering + black line around edges on front.     Two staple hinges through.    Covers : slight browning around edges.     Contents : foxing throughout else clean & tight.    VG.    75.00     25028    Proctor, Richard A    Light Science For Leisure Hours  First Series    familiar essays On Scientific Subjects Natural Phenomena Etc    Longmans green & Co  London    1913    New impression.      12mo.    x + 314pp.     All edges gilt.        Publisher’s green grained leather binding, gilt lettering + small school crest on front, gilt lettering on spine.          Rounded corners.       Marble eps.    Small school prize label stuck down inside front cover “July 1922 “.     Covers : scuff top of spine, slight rubs bottom half of spine.          Contents :  slight browning to eps else clean, tight & unfoxed.      Bright copy.    VG.    25.00     25151    Proctor, Richard A    The Great Pyramid  Observatory, Tomb And temple    Chatto & Windus  London    1883    1st edition.      8vo.       323 + (1) + 32pp.   Publisher’s brown pictorial cloth covers, gilt lettering + Publisher’s device + gilt & black lines on spine, black lettering within black quadrilateral + numerous black lines + gilt pyramid on front.   Black eps.    Covers : slight shelf knock bottom of spine.       Contents : 2cm fox stain on title else clean, tight & unfoxed.    Bright attractive copy.    F-.    350.00     25156    Proctor, Richard A    The Orbs Around Us      [ HALF BLUE LEATHERR BINDING WITH GILT FILLETS & LETTERING & RAISED BANDS ]   A Series Of Familiar Essays On The Moon And The Planets, Meteors And Comets, The Sun And The Coloured Pairs Of Suns        HALF LEATHER BINDING     Longmans Green & Co    London    1902    New impression.      8vo.       323 + (1) + 32pp.   Tissue guarded frontis + 4 bw figures in text.      Contemporary black half leather binding, blue cloth covers, gilt bands between leather & cloth, raised gilt bands + gilt cartouches between + gilt lettering on spine.    Blue marble eps.    Top edge gilt.        Short 4 word dedication +  date “ Aug 1. 1911 “ on fep.      Covers : slight bump top edge by spine, slight tenderness of hinges.       Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed.    Bright attractive copy.    VG+.    65.00     25023    Ramsay Macdonal, J ( foreword )(    Century Of The Birth Of Andrew Carnegie     The British Trusts And Their Work With a chapter On The American Foundations    H & J Pillans & Wilson  Edinburgh ( printer )    1935    1st  edition.    4to.    x + 154 + (2)pp.      24 bw photos.     Publisher’s cream stiff card covers,gilt lettering on front & spine, wrap over edges.      Original glassine wedding cake pattern plain dw.       White eps.     Covers : very slight knocks top/bottom edge of spine, faint dustiness.       Dw : 6 x 12cm loss top of spine.    Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed.      VG+/G+ .    45.00     25084    Rastall, R H ( Sc.D., F.G.S. )    Physico - Chemical Geology    Edward Arnold  London    1927    1st edition.     Large 8vo.        vii + (1) + 248 + (8)pp.        Numerous diagrams in text.       Publisher’s blue cloth covers, gilt lettering + treble lines along top/bottom on spine, blind bands around edges on front.      White eps.      Light stamp “ Publisher’s File Copy with ink 28992 “ on title page, white label with “ FILE COPY “ stuck down on front cover.      Covers : faint shelf knock front top corner + bottom of spine, a few light shelf marks rear.      Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed.     Bright attractive copy.   VG+.    75.00     25332    Rawking, S O ( D.Sc, F.I.C., F.R.P.S. ) + Baker, A F + Tabor, D + Molne, E A ( prof,, M.A., F.R.S. ) + Fortescue, C L ( prof., O.B.E., M.A., M.I.E.E., F.Inst.P )    Chemical Themes In Photography + Chemistry Of Gold + Television + Expanding Universe  + Surface Integrals + Smell Olefaction      The Journal Of The Royal College Of Science Vol  V       PUBLISHER’S FILE COPY    Edward Arnold & Co London    1935    1st edition.      Large 8vo.  137 + (3)pp.         Numerous diagrams in text.       Publisher’s plain blue  cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine, small gilt crest on front.     Original white eps.     White label with “ FILE COPY “ stuck down on front, stamp with “ PUBLISHER’S FILE COPY No 27738 “ on title page.      Bright attractive copy.    F-.      95.00     25431    Reddie, Lovell N    The Gramophone And The Mechanical Recording And Reproduction  Of Musical Sounds      The Smithsonian Institution Annual Report 1908   [ 28 PAGE PAPER EXTRACTED FROM REPORT COMPLETE  ]     Government Printing Office  Washington    1909    Reprinted from Journal Of The Royal Society Of Arts May 8 1908.    Softback.    Small 4to.    14.5 x 22.5cm.    (1) + 210 - 231 + (1)pp including blank at rear.   2 plates + 26 illustrations.     White paper with black lettering.     Paper begins at top of page.   Binding marks on inside edge ( could be trimmed) else very clean.    VG.    75.00     25130    Richardson, E G ( B.A., Ph.D., D.Sc. )    Acoustics Of Telephony  No 25 D    Reproduced From The Post Office Electrical Engineers’ Journal April 1936 And Brought Upto date By The Author       Ref : (318)13809 wt 27828 - p6655   10,000   4/36    The Post Office  & HMSO   London    1936    1st edition thus.      4to.       17 + (1)pp.       4 bw photo plates.        Publisher’s cream soft card wrappers, green lettering + green illustration outline of UK within white circle + “ No 25 D “ on front.    Two staple hinges through.       “ Ripley Exchange “ in neat light ink on top edge.     Covers : slight furl rear bottom corner, faint dust marks+ 1cm light mark  rear.    Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed.     VG.    75.00     25102    Rignano, Eugenio Professor & MacBride, E W ( D.Sc., LL.D., F.R.S.,  translator & Introduction )    Biological Memory  International Library Of Psychological Philosophy And Scientific Method    Kegan, Paul Trench Trubner & Co Ltd  London    1926    1st edition.     Large 8vo.       vi + 253 + (3) + 10pp ( book list ).      Publisher’s plain black cloth covers with gilt lettering + logo on spine.       White eps.      Covers :  slight 0.2cm shelf knocks top/bottom of spine + bottom corners.       Contents : eps browned, slight browning throughout else clean, tight & unfoxed.       Bright attractive covers.      VG+.    25.00     25450    Riley, H L ( prof., d.sc., d.i.c., a.r.c.s. )    Selenium Dioxide  A New Oxidising Agent   A Lecture Delivered November 13th 1934    H F Harwood ( M.Sc., Ph.D., F.I.C. )  In The Chair     The Scientific Journal Of The Royal College Of Science  Vol  V   [ 10 PAGE PAPER EXTRACTED FROM JOURNAL COMPLETE, PUBLISHER’S FILE COPY 27738  ]     Edward Arnold & Co  London    1935    1st edition thus, extracted from annual journal, part reprinted from Nature.    Softback.    Small 4to.    14 x 21.8cm.    7 - 16pp.     4 tables in text.      White paper with black lettering.     Paper begins at top of page & ends at bottom.   Inside edge could be trimmed else very clean & unfoxed.    F-.    35.00     25105    Ritchie, P D Professor    Physics Of Plastics    Plastics Institute & Iliffe Books      1965    1st edition.    Narrow 4to.       447 + (1)pp.   9 papers.        6 bw photo plates numbered 2 -6 + 8.     The plates are extremely tight and none appear to be missing. The plates are not referenced.       Publisher’s pale green soft card printed covers, black lettering on front & spine,  black crest on front.          Small light 3cm stamp on front cover + fep  “ 27 SEP 1965 “.        Covers :  light 3cm dust marl front bottom edge, bump bottom corner of spine, foxing to spine.         Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed.       Bright copy.      VG.    20.00     25079    Robertson, P W ( M.A. & Ph.D. ) & Burleigh, D H ( A.R.C.S., D.I.C., B.Sc. )    Qualitative Analysis  Its Theory And Practise    Edward Arnold  London    1920    1st edition.     Narrow 4to.        62pp.        Publisher’s brown cloth covers, black lettering + treble lines along edges on front & spine.    White eps.      Light stamp “ Publisher’s File Copy with ink 28919 “ on title page, white label with “ FILE COPY “ stuck down on front cover.      Covers : faint rubs top/bottom of spine.      Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed.     VG+.    125.00     25187    Ross, F E ( ( A.M.Inst.C.E. )    A Pocket Dictionary Of Technical And Scientific Terms Popularly Explained    George Routledge & Sons Ltd  London    1935    1st edition.        16mo.       128pp.      Publisher’s pale blue printed cloth covers, large floral scrolling design + black lettering + numerous black vertical lines on front, black lettering on spine.     Original white eps.       Attractive small 2cm bookseller’s ticket inside front cover.   Bright attractive copy.      VG+.       95.00     25404    Roxburgh, William  ( M.D.  of Samulcotta )     Chemes Lacca    XV p228    The Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society  ABRIDGED  Vol XVII  From 1791 To 1799    IX   [  6 PAGE ARTICLE EXTRACTED FROM ABRIDGED JOURNAL PAPER COMPLETE  ]     C And R Baldwin   Blackfriars  London ( printers )    1791    1st edition extracted from  Abridged volume of papers.    Softback.    4to.     62 - 67pp + 1 plate .     White paper with black lettering.      Binding marks on inside edge ( could be trimmed) , trail of previous paper at start, prelim of subsequent paper at end else very clean & unfoxed.     VG.      75.00     25007    Rupert Jone, T  ( F.R.S. , F.G.S ) & Cooper King, C ( R.M.A., F.G.S. )    On Some Newly Exposed Sections Of The “ Woolwich And Reading Beds “ At Reading, Berks  From The Quarterly Journal Of The geological Society For August 1975  DEDICATED BY AUTHOR    The Geological Society  London    1875    1st  edition thus.        Large 8vo.       451 - 457 + (1)pp.       4 section bw engraved fold out diagram “ sections at Coley Hill Reading “.    Publisher’s pale orange plain paper wrappers.       Cotton ties through.           Neat ink dedication in hand top of front cover “ To the Rev J Adams DD With Kind regards from ( signature of T Rupert Jones ) “.      Covers : light vertical fold, slight dustiness.       Contents : clean, tight & unfoxed.       Attractive copy.    VG.    175.00     25183    Russell, Betrand    Human Knowledge  Its Scope And limits    George Allen & Unwin Ltd  London    1948    1st edition.        Large 8vo.       538 + (2)pp.   Publisher’s green plain cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine.            Pale green printed dw, black lettering, not price clipped 18s net.    White eps.       Covers : very slight shelf knock top of spine else bright.      Dw : very slight rub top of spine, faint crease rear top edge, faint browning.     Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed.      Bright attractive copy.    F-/VG+.       35.00     25080    Ruthven, J F  ( Master Mariner )    Moxly’s Theory Of The Tides    J D Potter  143 Minories  London    1908    1st edition thus.     Narrow 4to.        36pp.       Numerous diagrams in text.       Publisher’s beige printed paper wrappers, black lettering within double lines around edges + “ PRICE TWO SHILLINGS “ on front.   Cotton ties through.            Covers : 1cm chip bottom of spine, rubbing along edge of spine, crease rear bottom corner.         Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed.     VG-.    85.00     25251    Sabine, Edward & Farrer, T H & Babbington,T H & Dove, Professor    Correspondence Between The President And Council Of The Royal Society And The Board Of Trade On The Magnetism Of Shiups And The Metrological Department    From The Proceedings Of The Royal Society June 1 1865    Taylor And Francis London ( Printer )    1865    1st edition.       Soft back       8vo.     22pp.    Publisher’s grey printed wrappers, black lettering on front.    Internal original cotton ties.    Faint browning around edges of covers, fox nark on some pages else very clean & tight & unfoxed.     VG+.    145.00     25345    Santillano, George De    The Origins Of Scientific Thought    from Anaximander To Proclus - 600 B C To 800 A D    The History Of Scientific Thought Volume One    Weidenfeld & Nicholson  London    1963    1st edition.     Large 8vo.      (8) + 320pp.    16 bw plates.    Publisher’s plain burgundy cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine.      White pictorial dw, black lettering, burgundy area on front with mauve circle + red orbits, not price clipped 36s net.      Original white eps.    Neat signature on fep.        Covers : slight 0.2cm shelf knock bottom edge of spine, faintest knock front top corner else bright.    Dw : rub bottom of spine, slight rub top of spine else clean.     Contents : crease rear top corner, shelf dust rear.    Contents : very clean & tight & unfoxed.    Clean tight copy.    VG+/VG-.      30.00     25245    Sarton, George    A History Of Science     Volume 2    Hellenistic Science And Culture In The Last Three Centuries B C    Harvard University Press  Cambridge Massachusetts    1959    1st edition.       Small 4to.        xxvi + 554pp.    13+ (1)pp.     A few illustrations in text.      Publisher’s plain blue cloth covers, silver lettering on spine.         Green & beige dw, beige & green letteringon fornt & spine, not price clipped 63s net.      Covers : bump bottom corner of spine, slight rubs top/bottom of spine, faint rubs corners.     Dw : 3 x 1cm chip bottom of spine, heavy wear top of spine, rubs corners.     Contents : very clean & tight & unfoxed .     VG/VG-.    15.00     25430    Savile Clarke, H    St Andrews Marine Laboratory An Hour In A Scientific Laboratory On The scottish Coast        The English Illustrated Magazine 1888 - 1899     [ 11 PAGE ARTICLE EXTRACTED FROM MAGAZINE COMPLETE  ]     Macmillan & Co    London    1899    1st edition thus extracted from magazine.    Softback.    Small 4to.    16.3 x 24.4cm.    (1) + 748 - 757pp.     4 illustrations.     White paper with black lettering.      Binding marks on inside edge ( could be trimmed) else very clean.     VG.      35.00     25310    Scheele, Carl Wilhelm & Bertholet, C L &  De Morveau, Guyon & Gay - Lussac, J L & Thenard, L J     The Early History Of Chlorine    Alembic Club Reprints No 13    The Alembic Club  Edinburgh    1944    1st edition.    Softback.       Large 12mo.       48 + (2)ppp.       Publisher’s pale blue plain soft card covers, black lettering on front.       Faint knock top of spine, faint browning around cover edges else very clean & tight & unfoxed.      Tight clean copy.      VG+.      18.00     25261    Schindler, Mary & Merry, Eleanor Cacmorland, Arthur    Pure Colour   Part I Gothe’s Theory Of Colour Applied   Part II Painting And Imagination  Part III Extracts From Goethe’s Scientific Work    New Culture Publications   London    1946    1st edition thus.       Large 8vo.    117 + (5) + 66 + (2) + 86 + (4)pp including rear ep.    27 colour plates as issued ( tipped in publisher’s errata slip explaining plate XXIV Compassion could not be issued ).        Numerous bw diagrams.       Beige cloth covers,  gilt lettering on front & spine.       Grey pictorial dw, black lettering, rainbow in grey sky on front, price clipped.      Original printed eps.     Covers : slight bow top of spine, slight 0.2cm shelf knocks top/bottom of spine + top corners.     Dw : slight rubs top/bottom of spine, slight shelf dust rear.    Contents : foxing to leading outside edges of pages else very clean & tight.      Tight clean copy.    VG/VG.     45.00     25072    Self, Henry & Dingle, Professor & McKie, Professor & Dunsheath, Dr    The History And Philosophy Of Science & Technology  Eight Lectures    The Education And Training Department      The Electricity Council  London     Printed At The Curwin Press    1958    1st edition.     Large 8vo.        (8) + 139 + (1)pp.             Publisher’s pale pictorial soft card wrappers, red & black lettering + 3 part revolving wheels in cosmos motif on front , red lettering on spine.     White eps.       Bright attractive copy.    F.    65.00     25108    Shaw, Thomas R ( M.I.Mech.E. ) & Vernon, P V ( introduction )    The Mechanisms Of Machine Tools  Oxford Technical publications    Henry Frowde & Hodder & Stoughton  London    1923    1st edition.      large 4to.     xii + 351 + (1)pp.      All edges gilt.        Numerous bw photos, diagrams & tables.         Publisher’s dark green cloth covers, gilt lettering + bands on spine, blind lettering + blind band around edges on front.    White eps.       Covers : light rubs top/bottom spine, faint scratches rear.        Contents : slight browning else very clean, tight & unfoxed.     Attractive copy.    VG.    95.00     25204    Sherwood Taylor, F ( Ph.D., M.A., B.Sc. )    Science Past And Present    William Heinemann Ltd  London    1945    1st edition.     Narrow 4to.      (8) +275 + (1)pp.      Bw frontis + 22 bw photo plates.      Publisher’s plain blue cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine.      White pictorial dw, red & black lettering on front & spine, bw early map of the world on front, not price clipped 10s 6d net.        Original white eps.    Neat short 3 line dedication on fep with date “ 25.12.1945 “.     Cover : faint 0.1cm shelf knocks top/bottom of spine else bright.     Dw : browning, darkening to spine, small 0.4cm chip rear top corner, crease along rear top edge.          Contents :  very clean & tight & unfoxed.    F-/VG.    35.00     25416    Shuckburgh, George ( Sir, Bart, F.R.S. )     An Account Of The Equatorial Instrument        X p67    The Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society  ABRIDGED  Vol XVII  From 1791 To 1799    IX   [  7 PAGE ARTICLE EXTRACTED FROM ABRIDGED JOURNAL PAPER COMPLETE  ]     C And R Baldwin   Blackfriars  London ( printers )    1791    1st edition extracted from  Abridged volume of papers.    Softback.    4to.    299 - 305pp.     White paper with black lettering.      Binding marks on inside edge ( could be trimmed), small light stain at bottom ( water, coffee? ) , trail of previous paper at start, prelim of subsequent paper at end else very clean & unfoxed.     VG.      45.00     25446    Sidgwick, N V ( O.B.E., M.A., D.Sc. )    The Shapes Of Molecules    A Lecture Delivered November 23rd 1933  The Rector In The Chair     The Scientific Journal Of The Royal College Of Science  Vol  IV   [ 8 PAGE PAPER EXTRACTED FROM JOURNAL COMPLETE, PUBLISHER’S FILE COPY 27737  ]     Edward Arnold & Co  London    1934    1st edition, extracted from annual journal.    Softback.    Small 4to.    14 x 21.8cm.    19 - 26pp.      1 figure in text.      White paper with black lettering.     Paper begins at top of page & ends at bottom.   Inside edge could be trimmed else very clean & unfoxed.    F-.    25.00     25320    Sims, G D ( M.Sc., Ph.D., D.I.C., M.I.E.E., Professor )    The Electronic Revolution    An Inaugural Lecture    University Of Southampton  Hampshire    1965    1st edition.     Softback.      8vo.    26 + (2)pp.     2 bw plates & 3 page fold out plate.       Publisher’s pale green soft card covers, black lettering + small crest on front.      Cotton ties.         Bright attractive copy.      F.      75.00     25334    Smee, D K  ( M.A., Ph.D. )    Soil Mapping A Case Study At Haselbech Northamptonshire 1954 - 1974    3 VOLUMES IN 3 COMPLETE IN SLIPCASE    Compton Russell    Salisbury    1975    1st edition.     Narrow 4to.      Vol I : xiv +103  + (9) + (2)pp + 1 bw photo plate.      Vol II : (4) + (2) + (74)pp including 75 colour plates.      Vol III : 10 x 5 section fold out colour map in slip case matching size.     Publisher’s plain red cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine.     Matching red slip case for all 3 volumes.      Bright attractive copy.    F/F/F books & slipcase & map.      240.00     25042    Smiles, Samuel    James Brindley And The Early Engineers   Abridged From “ Lives Of The Engineers “   FULL TAN LEATHER BINDING    John Murray  London    1864    1st edition thus.      Large 12mo.     xiii + (3) + 320 + (2)pp.        Engraved portrait frontis + numerous engravings in text.      Contemporary tan leather bonding, double gilt bands with rose motifs along edges, raised gilt bands + gilt cartouches + black leather label; with gilt titles on spine.    Marble eps.      Neat ink dedication rear fep “ A Pumphrey July 26th 1876  Prize for French and German “.       Small attractive green 2cm bookseller’s ticket inside front cover.     Covers : slight shelf knocks top corners, light shelf marks front & rear.     Contents : very clan, tight & unfoxed.       Attractive copy.     VG.    65.00     25175    Soderman, Harry ( D.Sc. )& O’Connell, John J    Modern Criminal Investigation    G Bell & Sons Ltd     London    1938    7th edition.       Large 8vo.      xvi + 461 + (1)pp.      31 bw photo illustrations.           Publisher’s black plain cloth covers, silver lettering + bands on spine.       White eps.        Covers : slight rubs top/bottom of spine & corners.    Contents : very slight 0.2cm shelf knocks top/bottom spine & bottom corners.   Contents : foxing to a couple of pages, slight foxing to eps else very clean & tight.           VG.    20.00     25395    Somerville, Mrs    On The Connexion Of The Physical Sciences  12mo  London 1834    The Edinburgh Review or Critical Journal April - July 1834   [  18 PAGE ARTICLE EXTRACTED FROM REVIEW VOL LIX  ]     Longman Rees Orme Brown and Green  London + Adam Black Edinburgh    1834    1st edition.     Large 8vo.       154 - 171pp.    Article begins at mid - page, finishes at mid - page.     Light browning around pages, tightly bound, very clean & ready for binding in card covers.    VG.     125.00     25001    Spencer Jones, H ( Astronomer Royal )    The Earth As A Clock Being The Halley Lecture Delivered On 5 June 1939    Oxford At The Clarendon Press    1939    1st edition.     Large 8vo.      32pp.      2 bw plates.        Publisher’s light grey printed paper wrappers, green lettering on front.        Very scholarly long ink note in clear hand inside front cover + 2 references written inside rear cover.      Two old newspaper cuttings + Indian References To The Zodiac” tipped in.         Cover : faint smell, water stain front, light handling; light fold top corner.    Dw : title page has two rust marks where clippings were pinned and is slightly crumpled in part because of pins, another page has lines underlined in light pencil ( easily erased ) else clean & thight.    VG-.    75.00     25099    Spencer Jones, H ( M.A., B.Sc. )    General Astronomy    Edward Arnold  London    1922    1st edition.     Large 8vo.        viii + 392pp.       Bw photo frontis + 23 bw photo illustrations.       Publisher’s blue cloth covers, gilt lettering + double lines along top/bottom on spine, blind bands around edges on front.      White eps.      Light stamp “ Publisher’s File Copy No 24811“ on title pages, white label with “ FILE COPY “ stuck down on front cover.      Covers :  slight 0.2cm shelf knock bottom of spine, faint rubs corners. Contents : browning to eps else very clean, tight & unfoxed.     Bright attractive copy.   VG+.    95.00     25391    Spon, Ernest + HHaldane, Robert + Warnford Lock, C G     Workshop Receipts For The Use Of Manufacturers Machanics And Scientific Amateurs     5 VOLUMES IN 5 APPEARS COMPLETE    E & F Spon  London    1879 + 1883 + 1884 + 1896 + 1897    1st edition.     12mo.       iv + 450 + 16pp & viii + 485 + (1) + 15 + (1)pp  & xvi + 480 + 15 + (1)pp & + (1)pp  & vii + (1) + 443 + (1)pp  &  (8) + 460pp.   Few bw illustrations in text.    Publisher’s brown cloth covers, gilt & black embossed lettering + scrolling design on front, gilt lettering on spines.        Original plain black or yellow eps with adverts.    Neat ink signature “ James Shakespeare “ on each preface of first 3 volumes.    Covers : slight shelf rubs top/bottom of spines & some corers, slight occasional crimps to spines else very clean & attractive.       Contents : slight browning else clean & tight & unfoxed.   Clean attractive set.     VG..       450.00     25140    Spreadbury, F G ( A.M.Inst.B.E. )    An Introduction To The Cathode Ray Oscillograph  Session 1945-45    The Association Of Engineering And Shipping Draughtsmen  London    1945    1st edition.       Large 8vo.       49 + (3)pp.      1 bw photo + numerous circuit diagrams.        Publisher’s orange printed paper wrappers, black lettering on front.    Two staple hinges through.      Neat name front top corner.      Covers : fading along edges, 1cm closed tear rear, crease rear top corner, dusty.        Contents : 1cm closed tear final page else clean, tight & unfoxed.    VG.    35.00     25120    Stanley, William Ford ( F.R.A.S., F.G.S., F.R.Met.Soc., M.Phys.Soc. )    Notes On Nebular Theory  In Relation To Stellar Solar Planetary Cometary And Geological Phenomena     DEDICATED BY AUTHOR    Kegan Paul Trench Trubner & Co Ltd  London    1895    1st edition.      Square 8vo.      xv + (1) +  259 + (1)pp.        Blue tinted photo on card tissue guarded frontis + 2 other similar plates + numerous diagrams in text.        Publisher’s grey plain cloth covers, gilt lettering on front & spine, gilt titles area on spine, bevelled edges.          Yellow eps.    Yellow eps.        Covers : rubs top/bottom spine & corners, light fade/rub edges of spine, light 8cm scratch rear, very slight patchy fade.    Contents, : rear frontis browned, slight occasional fox spots else clean & very tight.   Attractive copy.  VG.    175.00     25222    Stephens, R W B ( Ph.D., A.R.C.S., D.I.C., F.Inst.P. ) & Bate, A.E. ( Ph.D., F.Inst.P. )    Wave Motion And Sound measurement, stereophines, reproduction    MacDonald & Evans Ltd London    1950    1st edition.       Large 8vo.     viii + 448+ (2)pp.    Bw photo frontis + numerous bw photos + diagrams.     Publisher’s plain blue cloth covers, gilt lettering + bands on spine.          Beige plain dw, black lettering, black thin freeze around edges + Publisher’s logo on front.           Original white eps.        Covers : faint spotting on covers else very bright.    Dw :  bright fine.      Contents : very clean & tight.          Bright attractive copy.    F-/F.    125.00     25126    Stern, Marc ( M.E. )    Die Casting Practice    McGraw - Hill Book Co Inc  New York    1930    1st edition fifth impression.      Large 4to.      ix + (1) + 270pp.       Numerous bw photos + diagrams in text.          Publisher’s blue cloth covers, gilt  lettering on spine, blind band around edges on front.      Cream eps.      Covers : very slight 0.2cm shelf knocks top/bottom of spine, faint fade around edges on front where another book has stood.         Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed.       VG.    25.00     25004    Stevens, Joseph ( Royal College Of Physicians )    Sarsens, Greywethers, Or Druid Stones  Printed from the transactions Of The Marlborough College Natural History Society  January 1874    The Marlborough College Natural History Society    1874    1st  edition.       Large 8vo.       11 + (1)pp.        Publisher’s pale blue printed paper wrappers, black lettering.       Cotton ties through.           Covers : browning to edges, rubbing along front bottom edge, very small 0.5cm chip front top corner, slight 1cm stain front.           Contents : clean, tight & unfoxed.       VG.     95.00     25394    Stevenson, Alan ( Mr. )    Report From The Select Committee On Lighthouses With The minutes Of Evidence   +   Note Respecting Mr Alan Stevenson’s Evidence Before The Parliamentary Committee On Lighthouses    The Edinburgh Review or Critical Journal: for April 1835 ..... July 1835  VOL. LXI  [  2 SEPARATE ARTICLES EXTRACTED FROM REVIEW, 22 PAGES + 6 PAGES COMPLETE  ]      Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, London;  and Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh.    1835    1st edition.      Large octavo.    (6) + ii + 82 - 128 + (12) including title & contents pages at front + full index pages at rear + original marble end papers.      Both articles begin at top of page, finish at bottom of page.   Slight browning around page edges else else very clean & tight & unfoxed ready for binding in card covers.     VG.      240.00     25378    Stones, H H ( Professor, M.D., M.D.S., F.D.S.R.C.S. )    Dental Health    The Dental Board Of The United Kingdom  London    1954    1st edition.    Large 8vo.     83 + (1)pp.       Numerous colour illustrations.    Publisher’s plain black cloth covers, gilt lettering on front & spine.         Beige dw, brown lettering front & spine, not price clipped.    Very slight bow, 2 closed very small tears in dw else bright attractive copy.    F-/VG+.      95.00      25377    Strain, R W M ( B.Sc., M.D., F.R.C.P.I. )    Introduction To Medicine For Dental Students    John Wright & Sons Ltd  Bristol    1954    1st edition.    12mo.     (2) + 234 + (2)pp.       1 bw diagram in text.       Publisher’s plain blue cloth covers, black lettering on front & spine, small logo on front.         Beige dw, blue lettering + small round Publisher’s logo on front & spine, not price clipped.    Slight browning to eps else bright attractive copy.    F/F.      95.00      25239    Sullivan, J W N    The Basis Of Modern Science       Pelican Books A42    Penguin Books Ltd   Middlesex       1938    1st edition.      Softback.      12mo.      213 + (1) + (10)pp incloding publisher’s list at rear.           Publisher’s light bloe soft cad covers, white area along middle, black lettering + bird cartouche on front & spine.       Dw repeats cover design, price clipped.     Signature on half title page.     Covers : faint rub bottom corner of spine else bright.    Dw : faint rub bottom of spine else bright.    Contents very clean & tight & unfoxed.   Bright attractive copy.     F-/F-.    45.00     25370    Sutherland, G B B M ( M.A., Ph.D. )    Dipole Moments     Their Measurement And Application In Chemistry       Methuen’s Monographs On Chemical Subjects    Methuen & Co Ltd  London    1938    1st edition.      Small 12mo.    xi + (1) + 112pp.     Numerous illustrations in text.      Publisher’s beige cloth covers, black lettering + freeze around edges on front & spine, Publisher’s square small cartouche on front.       Pink dw repeats cover design, not price clipped,  3/6 NET “ printed at foot of spine.      Name & address written on fep.      Faint shelf knock front bottom corner, very slight lean else bright.     Dw : rubs corners + Top/bottom of spine, slight fade to spine e;lse clean,    Contents : very clean & tight & unfoxed.      Bright attractive copy in clean dw.     VG+/VG-.     125.00     25369    Sutherland, G B B M ( M.A., Ph.D. )    Infra - Red And Raman Spectra    Methuen’s Monographs On Chemical Subjects    Methuen & Co Ltd  London    1935    1st edition.      Small 12mo.    xi + (1) + 112pp.     Numerous illustrations in text.      Publisher’s red cloth covers, black lettering + freeze around edges on front & spine, Publisher’s square small cartouche on front.       Pink dw repeats cover design, not price clipped,  3/6 NET “ printed at foot of spine.      Name & address written on fep.     Bright attractive copy.     F/VG+    175.00     25456    Tansley, A G ( prof., M.A., F.R.G.S., F.R.S. )    The Development And Classification Of Vegetation   A Lecture Delivered April 22nd 1932      The Scientific Journal Of The Royal College Of Science  Vol  III   [ 14 PAGE PAPER EXTRACTED FROM JOURNAL COMPLETE, PUBLISHER’S FILE COPY 27736  ]     Edward Arnold & Co  London    1933    1st edition thus, extracted from annual journal, part reprinted from Nature.    Softback.    Small 4to.    14 x 21.8cm.    57 - 70pp.       White paper with black lettering.     Paper begins at top of page & ends at bottom.   Inside edge could be trimmed else very clean & unfoxed.    F-.    25.00     25263    Taylor, E J    Colour  Sense Training And Colour Using    Blackie & Son Ltd    London    circa 1930?    Reprint edition?.       Small 12mo.    88pp.    17 colour plates .       Publisher’s green cloth covers,  gilt lettering on front .      Original brown eps.     Neat signature inside front cover.      Covers : slight 0.2cm shelf knocks/rubs top/bottom spine + corners.      Contents : browning to eps, some slight pencil marks to one page ( should erase )  else very clean & tight.      Tight clean copy.    VG.     15.00     25375    Temple, Ralph & Chandos    The Temple Anecdotes     Invention And Discovery    Groombridge & Sons  London    1866    1st edition.    12mo.     (4) + v + (1) + 442 + (8)pp including Publisher’s list at rear.     All edges gilt.      Tissue guarded engraved frontis + 13 other plates.       Publisher’s maroon blind stamped cloth covers, large gilt cartouche with maroon lettering on front + on spine, gilt floral decoration on spine. blind line around edges.          Original white eps.         Neat dedication on fep “ Christmas 1886 “.           Covers  rubs top/bottom of spine, slight rubs  some patchy fade marks else very clean.          Contents : slight foxing to prelims & trails else clean & tight.       Clean tight quite attractive copy .      VG-.          175.00      25384    Templeman, Peter ( Dr. )    Curious Remarks And Observations Extracted From The History And Memoirs Of The Royal Academy Of Sciences At Paris    Volume II  Which Concludes The General Physics        1 VOLUME OF 2 ONLY BUT COMPLETE IN ITSELF    C Davies  Holborn  + P Vaillant Strand  London    1754    1st edition.      8vo.     (8) + 405 + (1)pp including Publisher’s list at rear.      10 engraved fold out plates complete.      Contemporary full tan leather binding, raised bands + original burgundy leather label with gilt lettering on spine, gilt line around edges on front.    Original white eps.    Stamp “ Louis Koch & Son “ on rear ep.      Covers : small 0.5cm loss top of spine, heavy rub bottom of spine, scuffs to edges but clean.    Contents : front inner hinge very tender, browning to eps, slight foxing/browning to pages else clean & very tight.    Clean tight copy with crisp but slightly foxed plates.      G+/VG cover & contents.     380.00      25177    The Duke Of Edinburgh ( H.R.H. ) & Hartley, Harold ( foreword )    The British Contribution To Science And Technology In The Past Hundred Years And Other Addresses  LIMITED EDITION No 81 / 750    Privately Printed By Members Of The Study Conference & printed By Charles Batey At The University Press Oxford    1956    1st edition.       narrow 4to.      (viii) + 37 + (1)pp.        Publisher’s burgundy plain cloth covers, gilt lettering  on front & spine.       White eps.        Covers : slight fade to spine & front top edge, light 6cm scratch on front, small bump top edge of spine.    Contest : clan, tight & unfoxed.     VG.    20.00     25096    Thomas, W Norman ( M.Sc., B.Sc. )    Surveying    Edward Arnold  London    1920    1st edition.     Narrow 4to.        viii + 536pp.        Numerous illustrations & diagrams in text.       Publisher’s green cloth covers, gilt lettering + double lines along top/bottom on spine, blind bands around edges on front.      White eps.      Light stamp “ Publisher’s File Copy with ink 27784 “ on title page, white label with “ FILE COPY “ stuck down on front cover.      Covers : very slight 0.2cm shelf knocks top/bottom of spine + rear bottom corner, faint rubs top corners.     Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed.     Bright attractive copy.   VG+.    75.00     25192    Thomason, Edward    Sir Edward Thomason’s Memoirs During Half A Century    2 VOLUMES IN 2 COMPLETE WITH 2 PAGE LETTER BY AUTHOR  IN PRESENTATION BINDING + ORIGINAL PORTRAIT DRAWING FOR FRONTIS    Longman Brown Green & Longmans  London    1845    1st edition.        Large 8vo.       (2) + iii) + (1) + 481 + (3) & (4) + 364 + (2) + xv + (3)pp including front/rear blanks.       All edges gilt.     Bw engraved portrait frontis with tipped in original sketch for the frontis.     Numerous plates ( over 100 ) not paginated and possibly done for this edition only.  Mostly medals and medallions, but also the various patents taken out including slide rule, compasses etc.       Bound in at front 2 page neat ink letter from the author with date “ 9th May 1949 “.    Contemporary plush full red leather binding signed “ J Leighton Brewer St. “., raised bands + gilt embossed titles on spine.         Original matching eps.           Covers : very slight  rubs top/bottom /edges spine & corners else bright copy.   Contents : very clean & tight & unfoxed.    Bright attractive copy.       Not in The British Library.       VG.        1450.00     25025    Thompson, C J S ( M.B.E. )    The Lure And Romance Of Alchemy    George G Harrap & Co Ltd   London    1932    1st  edition.      Square 8vo.       (6) + 248 + (2)pp.      28 bw plates + numerous diagrams in text.    Publisher’s blue cloth covers, blind freeze around edges, gilt lettering + compass set square design on spine.        Brown eps.   Neat signature & date “ 1941 “ on fep.       Covers : very slight rub top of spine.        Contents :  fep browned, a few browning marks to title page, slight browning to pages else clean, tight & unfoxed.      Bright copy.    VG+.    45.00     25388    Thompson, D’Arcy Wentworth + Bonner, J T ( editor )    On Growth And Form    Cambridge At The University Press    1961      1st edition  thus, an abridged edition edited by John Tyler Bonner.         Large 8vo.      xiv + 346pp.      2 bw photo plates + bw illustrations in text.   Publisher’s green cloth covers, titles gilt to spine.      Orange dw, titles and decoration in white and black to front and spine, white band around edgesd  + 2 bw plaice fish being moephed on front, not price clipped 32s 6d net.    OPriginal white eps.     Covers : very slight rub top of spine else bright.   Dw : slight fade to spine, slight rub top of spine else bright.   Contents : very clean & tight & unfoxed.   Bright attractive copy.     F-/VG+.    145.00     25439    Thompson, Silvanus P ( D.Sc., F.R.S. )    The Kelvin Lecture  The Life And Work Of Lord Kelvin    The Smithsonian Institution Annual     Report 1908   [ 44 PAGE PAPER EXTRACTED FROM REPORT COMPLETE  ]     Government Printing Office  Washington    1909    Reprinted from Journal Of The Institute Of Electrical Engineers  1908.     Softback.    Small 4to.    14.5 x 22.5cm.    (2) + 745 - 768pp.      Photo portrait frontis.     White paper with black lettering.     Paper begins at top of page.   Binding marks on inside edge ( could be trimmed) else very clean.    VG.    55.00     25433    Thomson, J J ( D.Sc., F.R.S. )    On The Light Thrown By Recent Investigations On Electricity On The Relation Between Matter And Either       The Smithsonian Institution Annual Report 1908   [ 28 PAGE PAPER EXTRACTED FROM REPORT COMPL    Government Printing Office  Washington    1909    First printed as Manchester University Lectures No 8   November 4 1907.    Softback.    Small 4to.    14.5 x 22.5cm.    233- 244.   2 illustrations.     White paper with black lettering.     Paper begins at top of page.   Binding marks on inside edge ( could be trimmed) else very clean.    VG.    75.00     25376    Titherley, A W ( 2 x D.Sc.,  Ph.D., Fellow )    Origin Of The Solar System    Warren & Son Ltd  Winchester    1957    1st edition.    Small 4to.     vii + (3) + 100pp.       2 page fold out planet orbit at rear.       Publisher’s plain blue cloth covers, silver lettering on front & spine.         White dw, black lettering on front & spine, black line frame on front, not price clipped 21/- net.     Original white eps.       Covers : very slight shelf knocks top/bottom of spine + front bottom corner else very clean.     Dw : foxed, 2cm closed tear top, crimp along top edge where dw overlapped covers else clean.      Contents : very clean & tight & unfoxed.       Clean tight attractive copy in foxed dw.      VG+/VG-.          175.00      25087    Tomalin, Adolf & Howe,George W O ( translator )    A Text - Book Of Electrical Engineering  Translated From The German Of Dr Adolf Thomalin    Edward Arnold  London    1907    1st edition.     Narrow 4to.        viii + 456 + (8)pp.        Numerous photos & diagrams in text.       Publisher’s green cloth covers, gilt lettering + double lines along top/bottom on spine, blind bands around edges on front.      White eps.      Light stamp “ Publisher’s File Copy with ink 27758 “ on title page, white label with “ FILE COPY “ stuck down on front cover.      Covers : very slight 0.2cm shelf knocks top/bottom of spine.     Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed.     Bright attractive copy.   F-.    95.00     25380    Torr, Cecil ( M.A. )    Ancient Ships    Cambridge University Press    1894    1st edition.      Large 8vo.     xii + 139 + (1)pp.       8 bw multi section fold out plates at rear.      Publisher’s plain blue cloth covers, gilt  lettering on spine, small gilt cartouche + double blind line around edges on front.      Original black eps.        Covers : rubs top/bottom of spine + corners, slight knocks front corners else very clean.     Contents : very clean & tight & unfoxed.   Clean tight copy.    VG.    45.00      25458    Townsend, J S ( prof., M.A., F.R.S.  )    Uniform Columns In Electric Discharges  A Lecture Delivered March 13th 1933   G P Thomson ( M.A., F.R.S. ) In The Chair       The Scientific Journal Of The Royal College Of Science  Vol III  [ 12 PAGE PAPER EXTRACTED FROM JOURNAL COMPLETE, PUBLISHER’S FILE COPY 27736  ]     Edward Arnold & Co  London    1933    1st edition thus, extracted from annual journal, part reprinted from Nature.    Softback.    Small 4to.    14 x 21.8cm.   108 - 119pp.      4 figures + 3 tables in text.     White paper with black lettering.     Paper begins at top of page & ends at bottom.   Inside edge could be trimmed else very clean & unfoxed.    F-.    35.00     25128    Turner, Gerard L’E    Antique Scientific Instruments    Blandford Press  Poole Dorset    1980    1st edition.      square 8vo.     168pp.       69 colour illustrations.         Publisher’s light blue plain cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine.      Pale blue colour pictorial dw, black lettering, colour brass astrolobe on front,clipped but small 2cm “ Blandford Press “ price ticket stuck down inside front flap £4.95.          White eps.         Covers : faint rubs corners.      Dw : faint fade to spine.   Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed.        F-/F-.    20.00     25325    Tustin, A ( M.Sc., M.I.E.E. )    Direct Current Machines For Control Systems    E & F N Spon Ltd  London    1952    1st edition.      Large 8vo.    xii + (2) + 306pp.         Numerous diagrams in text.    Publisher’s plain blue cloth covers, silver lettering + horizontal in on front & spine, small silver helter-skelter  ? on front.     Red dw, white lettering, not price clipped 50s net,    Original white eps.     Covers : faint small shelf knock top of spine else bright.     Dw : small 0.5cm chip top corner of spine, rub front top corner  else bright.     Contents : very clean & tight & unfoxed.   Bright attractive copy.      F-/VG+.      75.00     25280    Twyman, F ( F.R.S. )    Metal Spectroscopy    Charles Griffin & Co Ltd  London    1961    1st edition.     Large 8vo.       vii + (3) + 569 + (1)pp.     Frontis + 4 bw portrait plates including Isaac Newton.       Publisher’s plain burgundy cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine.      Light brown printed dw, black lettering on front & spine, not price clipped “ 60s net “ erased and “ 50s “ printed over on inside flap.       Original white eps.   Attractive small 2cm bookseller’s ticket inside front cover.         Covers : bump bottom corners.     Dw : 2cm light mark on spine, 1cm scuff bottom corner, shelf dust ty all over, faint rub top of spine.      Contents : faint browning else very clean & tight & unfoxed   VG/VG.    95.00     25155    Tyndall, John ( D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S. )    Sound    Longmans Green And Co  London    1883    4th edition revised & augmented.     Large 8vo.     x + 57 + (3)pp.     Tissue guarded engraved frontis portrait engraved plate + numerous illustrations in text.    Contemporary full tan leather binding, School crest + double bands around edges + gilt embossed “ Harvey Memorial Prize “  on front.        Marble eps & outside edges of pages.        “ Alleyne’s Grammar School Uttoxeter “  prize label stuck down inside front cover  “ Mathematics Prize A E Nelson Mid 3rd 1889  “.        Covers : a few small light scratches on front, a few small marks on rear, faint rubs to corners.          Contents :  very clean, tight & unfoxed.     Bright attractive copy.    VG+.    65.00     25227    Tyndall, John ( LL.D., F.R.S. )    Fragments Of Science For Unscientific People    CONTEMPORARY LEATHER BINDING    Longmans Green & Co Ltd     London    1871    1st edition.       Large 8vo.     (10) + 449 + (3)pp incloding front/rear blanks + half title page.            Contemporary half tan leather binding, marble boards, raised gilt bands + original red leather label with gilt letteing on spine.       Original white eps.    Foxing to eps, very slight shelf knock front top edge else very clean, extremely tight & unfoxed.    Very bright and attractive copy.    VG+.    350.00     25021    Upton, Winslow ( A.M. )    Star Atlas Containing Stars Visible To The Naked Eye And Clusters, Nebulae And Double Stars Visible In Small Telescopes Together With Variable Stars, Red Stars, Characteristic Star Groups, Ancient Constellation Figures And An Explanatory Text    Ginn & Co  Boston     1896    1st  edition.    Narrow folio.    (4) + 29 + 34 + 6 double page bw maps on centre linen supports.       Publisher’s green cloth covers, gilt lettering on front.     White eps.       Covers : Slight bowing, slight rubs top/bottom spine & corners, a few light marks rear.       Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed.     Bright attractive copy.    VG+ .    145.00     25182    Usill, George M ( A.M.I.C.E., F.I.Inst. )    Practical Surveying  A Textbook For Students Preparing For Examinations Or For Survey Work In The Colonies    Crosby Lockwood & Son  London    1901    7th edition.       8vo.     330 + 48 + (2) + 16pp.     4 foldout plates + numerous bw diagrams.    Publisher’s green faint ribbed cloth, blind ship cartouche + band around edges on front, gilt lettering + publisher’s logo + gilt bands on spine.        Brown original eps.           Covers : very slight 0.2cm shelf knocks/rubs top/bottom of spine, faint bump top corners.    Contents : one gathering containing fold out diagram still firm but very slightly protruding, foxing to title page, slight occasional foxing else clean & tight.         Bright copy.    VG.    25.00     25371    Vale, C P ( M.A., F.R.I.C., A.P.I. ) & Taylor, W G K ( B.Sc., A.R.I.C. )    Aminoplastics    Plastics Institute + Iliffe Books Ltd  London    1964    Revised edition first pub 1946.  Softback.   8vo.    7 + (1) + 143 + (1)pp.       Bw portrait photo Hanns John frontis + 8 bw plates + numerous  diagrams in text.      Publisher’s green soft card covers, black lettering on front & spine, black 2cm round logo on front.    Original white eps.   Faint trace of price sticker removed from rear else bright attractive copy.    F-.    25.00     25293    Varley, Helen & Graham, Ian    The Personal Computer Handbook   The Foremost Guide To The New Home Technology    ISBN 330281089    Pan Books London    1983    1st edition?.     Softback.      8vo.   224pp.   Numerous colour photos & diagrams in text.     Publisher’s gilt plastci covered boards, red & white lettering on front, white lettering + logo on spine.      Bright attractive copy.      F.    45.00     25366    Venetz, M + Hugl, F J  +  Charpentier, M J De  +  Agassiz, L   +  Cheanoine, M De     +  Charpentier, Jean De   +  Necker, M L A    The Glacier Theory      The Edinburgh Review or Critical Journal: for April  ..... July 1842  VOL. LXXV    Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, London;  and Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh.    1842    1st edition.      Octavo.    (2) + ii + 49 -106 + (10)pp  including full journal title + contents at front & full journal index at rear.    New special purple marbled paper as covers, new cream eps, new white label stuck down on front.  .    This is the original article “ The Glacier Theory “ containing reviews of 8 contemporary works by the authors above, extracted from the journal and retaining all the journal’s prelims & trails.   Binding by professional bindery.      Browning mark to top edge of journal title page else very clean & tight & unfoxed.      Mint/VG cover & contents.    175.00     25131    Vernon, R J +  Mercer, C J ( O.B.E., M.I.E.E. )    Voice Frequency Telegraphy System  No 26 D  Two articles : a lecture given on January 21 1935 to The Post Office Telephone And Telegraph Society + paper reproduced From The Post Office Electrical Engineers’ Journal October 1933 with modifications       Ref : (122) wt 33739 - p803   12M   5/36  Gp 389    The Post Office  & HMSO   London    1936    1st edition + 1st edition thus ( two papers ).      4to.       34 + (2)pp.       Bw photo frontis + 8 other bw plates.       Publisher’s cream soft card wrappers, green lettering + green illustration outline of UK within white circle + “ No 26 D “ on front.    Two staple hinges through.           Covers : hinges rusting with slight offsetting, faint dusty marks to front.       Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed.     VG.    75.00     25256    Walker, M E M & Rolleston, Humphrey ( Bart, CV.C.V.O. )    Pioneers Of Public Health     The Story Of Some Benefactors Of The Human Race    Oliver & Boyd  Edinburgh    1930    1st edition.       Softback.       16mo.    xv + (2) + 270 + (2) pp.     Frontis building + 21 bw portrait plates + plate of buiding entrance.  Publisher’s plain brown cloth covers,  gilt lettering on spine, gilt lines along top/bottom edges of spine.   Original white eps.    Covers: Slight 0.2cm shelf knocks/heavy rubs top/bottom of spine + corners.    Contents : slight browning to eps else very clean & tight & unfoxed.         VG-.    30.00     25417    Walker, Richard    Observations On The Best Method Of Producing Artificial Gold      The Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society  ABRIDGED  From 1791 To 1799    XIII p270   [  10 PAGE ARTICLE EXTRACTED FROM ABRIDGED JOURNAL PAPER COMPLETE  ]     C And R Baldwin   Blackfriars  London ( printers )    1791    1st edition extracted from  Abridged volume of papers.    Softback.   4to.    560 - 569 + 1 plate.     White paper with black lettering.      Binding marks on inside edge ( could be trimmed), trail of previous paper at start, prelim of subsequent paper at end, light brown spotting top margin of last 4 pages, slight foxing to plate else very clean.     VG.      75.00     25012    Waters, W A ( Fellow )    The Chemistry Of Free Radicals    Oxford At The Clarendon Press    1946    1st  edition.       Narrow 4to.    viii + 295 + (1)pp.        Publisher’s black cloth with gilt lettering + cartouche on spine.       Beige printed dw, blue lettering, not clipped.       White eps.    Neat old ink signature fep.        Covers : very slight 0.2cm shelf knock bottom of spine.        Dw : area of rippling at centre of front ( possibly due to water stain ), folding along top of spine & top edge due to overlap of dw to board.     Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed.     Bright attractive copy.  F-/VG+.    145.00     25086    Webb, H W ( M.Sc., F.I.C. )    Absorption Of Nitrous Gases    Edward Arnold  London    1923    1st edition.     Large 8vo.        viii + 372 + (4) + 8pp.        Numerous photos & diagrams in text.       Publisher’s green cloth covers, gilt lettering + treble lines along top/bottom on spine, blind bands around edges on front.      White eps.      Light stamp “ Publisher’s File Copy with ink 27757 “ on title page, white label with “ FILE COPY “ stuck down on front cover.      Covers : faint shelf knock bottom spine, slight rubs corners.     Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed.     Bright attractive copy.   VG+.    125.00     25089    Webb, H W ( O.B.E., D.Sc., F.R.I.C., M.I.Chem.E. )    Cobalt Nickel And Selenium In Pottery    The Mond Nickel Co  Ltd  Curzon Street  London    circa 1948?    1st edition.     Narrow 4to.        27 + (1)pp.        3 colour plates + 30 colour pottery objects in 10 photos.       Publisher’s cream printed soft card wrappers, blue & black lettering within scrolling freeze rectangle on front.    Two staple hinges through.      Pencil signature on front.         Covers : slight foxing, faint knock top corner.    Contents :  very clean & tight.     Exquisite photos.   VG+.    145.00     25387    Weinstein, Michael    Precious And Semi - Precious Stones    Sir Isaac Pitman And Sons Ltd  London    1930    2nd edition.       Large 8vo.      x + 148 + (2) + 28pp including Publisher’s list at rear.      Colour frontis + 16 bw plates.    Publisher’s red cloth covers, gilt lettering on front and spine, blind line around edges on front.    Original cream eps.     Attractive small 2cm bookseller’s ticket inside front cover.      Covers : shelf rubs top/botttom of spine + corners, fade top outer edge of spine else very clean.    Contents : very clean & tight & unfoxed.     Clean tight copy.    VG.    25.00     25097    Weismann, August Dr Professor & Thompson, J Arthur & Margaret ( translator )     The Evolution Theory      2 VOLUMES IN 2 COMPLETE    Edward Arnold  London    1904    1st edition.     Narrow 4to.        xvi + 416pp & (8) +405 + (1) + 4 ( book list ).      3 tissue guarded colour plates of butterflies vol I + numerous illustrations & diagrams in text.       Publisher’s green cloth covers, gilt lettering + double lines along top/bottom on spine, blind bands around edges on front.      Black eps.      Light stamp “ Publisher’s File Copy with ink 27764 & 27765 “ on title pages, white label with “ FILE COPY “ stuck down on front cover.      Covers : slight 0.2cm shelf knock top spine Vol II,  faintest rubs corners.     Contents : very slight browning else very clean, tight & unfoxed.     Bright attractive copy.   VG+.    125.00     25413    Wells, William Charles ( M.D., F.R.S. )    Observations On Bees     The Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society  ABRIDGED  From 1791 To 1799    V p81   [  5 PAGE ARTICLE EXTRACTED FROM ABRIDGED JOURNAL PAPER COMPLETE  ]     C And R Baldwin   Blackfriars  London ( printers )    1791    1st edition extracted from  Abridged volume of papers.    Softback.    4to.    142 - 146pp.     White paper with black lettering.      Binding marks on inside edge ( could be trimmed), trail of previous paper at start, prelim of subsequent paper at end else very clean & unfoxed.     VG.      75.00     25411    Wells, William Charles ( M.D., F.R.S. )    Observations On The Influence Which Incites The Muscles Of Animals To Contract On Galvani’s Experiments     The Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society  ABRIDGED  From 1791 To 1799    IX p221   [  10 PAGE ARTICLE EXTRACTED FROM ABRIDGED JOURNAL PAPER COMPLETE  ]     C And R Baldwin   Blackfriars  London ( printers )    1791    1st edition extracted from  Abridged volume of papers.    Softback.    4to.    548 - 557pp.     White paper with black lettering.      Binding marks on inside edge ( could be trimmed), small mark 1 page, trail of previous paper at start, prelim of subsequent paper at end else very clean & unfoxed.     VG.      75.00     25081    Werner, A E A ( M.A., M.Sc., D.Phil., A.R.I.C. )    The Scientific Examination Of Paintings  Lectures, Monographs And Reports 1952 No 4    The Royal Institute Of Chemistry  Russell Square  London    1952    1st edition.     Narrow 4to.        15 + (1)pp.       6 bw photo plates.       Publisher’s orange printed paper wrappers, black lettering + cameo crest  on front.     Two staple hinges through.     Covers : small knock front bottom corner.          Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed.     Attractive bright copy.      VG+.    85.00     25139    Whetham, William Cecil Dampier    The Theory Of Experimental Electricity  Cambridge Physical Series    Cambridge At The University Press    1905    1st edition.      xi + (1)  + 334 + 4 + (2)pp.     Green dimpled cloth, blind mutiple horizontal lines on front, gilt lettering on front & spine, gilt Publisher’s crest on spine.       White eps.      Small 2cm book seller’s ticket inside front cover.   Covers : slight rubs along spine edges + corners, slight 0.2cm shelf knocks top/bottom + front top edge.        Contents : very slight browning else clean, tight & unfoxed.        VG.    25.00     25206    Whitehead, A N    Nature And Life    The Cambridge Miscellany XIII    Cambridge At The University Press    1934    1st edition.     Small 12mo.      (8) +95 + (1)pp.  Publisher’s plain burgundy cloth covers, gilt lettering + bands on spine.      Light green printed dw, blue lettering on front & spine, small blue woodcut on front old stone bridge with 3 arches, not price clipped 3s 6d net.        Original white eps.      Neat 3 line signature + date ‘ Sydney Sussex 1934 1st “  + “ Easter Term 1934 ‘ lower down on fep.      A few pages have light pencil marks which should erase if required.      Cover : faint rub rear /bottom corner else bright.     Dw : very small chips top of spine, darkening to spine else.            Contents :  very clean & tight & unfoxed.    Bright attractive copy.     F-/VG.    75.00     25200    Williamson, W C ( Prof., F.R.S. )    The Ice Age  A Lecture Delivered In The City Hall Glasgow On Thursday 11th January 1877  Under The Auspices Of the The Glasgow Science Lecture Association    Price Threepence    William Collins Sons & Co  Glasgow    1877    1st edition.       12mo.    31 + (1)pp.      Numerous bw illustrations in text.      Publisher’s printed wrappers, black lettering + double lines around edges on front.    Cotton ties through.          Covers : slight rubs along edges, patchy fading, crease front top corner, 2 2cm creases front edge.     Contents : large foxing/water stain on title page, faint browning else clean & tight.        ***.    G+.    195.00     25381    Wilson, Andrew    The Eagle Has Wings   The Story Of American Space Exploration 1945 - 1975    British Interplanetary Society    1982    1st edition.       Softback.     Tall 4to.     iv + 140pp.       Numerous bw photos.      Publisher’s colour pictorial soft card covers, plain white spine, yellow capitals + black lettering + 2 small Publisher’s logos over colour photo white rocket taking off on front.      Faint 1cm crease bottom corner, faintest browning around page edges else bright attractive copy.    VG+.    75.00      25374    Wilson, Beckles    The Story Of Rapid Transport    George Newnes Ltd  London    1903    1st edition.    16mo.     197 + (1) + (2)pp including Publisher’s list at rear.       Bw frontis photo “ Daimler Motor Car “ + numerous illustrations/photos in text.      Publisher’s blue cloth covers, black steam train within floral border with ship above + silver lettering on black signpost on front, gilt lettering on spine.       Covers : rubs top/bottom/edges of spine + corners, slight shelf marks rear.     Contents : browning to eps, slight fox marks prelims, very slight browning around page edges , extensive very light pencil lines in margins ( all should erase ok ) else clean & tight.       Clean tight copy with pencil marks in margins.      VG-.          85.00      25125    Winch, G T ( member ) & Midgley, A M ( associate member )    Electronic Musical Instruments And The development Of The Pipeless Organ          The Journal Of The Institution Of Electrical Engineers  Vol 86  No 522 June 1940    The Institution Of Electrical Engineers  London    1977    1st edition.      Large 4to.      26pp.       13 bw illustrations in 6 large plates.        Publisher’s grey wrappers, black lettering + cartouche on front.       Covers : faint browning, light stain from hinges coming through, cigarette but burn on front edge also singing first two pages.         Contents : bump top corner, 2 x 1cm tear + crease at bottom corner  one page ( but no loss ), 1cm very small tear affecting bottom edge of 3 pages ( no loss ) else clean, tight & unfoxed.       VG.    240.00     25435    Witt, G N    Development Of Technological Chemistry During The Last Forty Years   The Smithsonian Institution Annual Report 1908   [ 8 PAGE PAPER EXTRACTED FROM REPORT COMPLETE  ]     Government Printing Office  Washington    1909    Translated from German Chemical Society November 11 1907, 1st edition thus.    Softback.    Small 4to.    14.5 x 22.5cm.    255 - 262pp.    White paper with black lettering.     Paper begins at top of page.   Binding marks on inside edge ( could be trimmed) else very clean.    VG.    25.00     25050    Wood, Alexander    The Cavendish Laboratory    Cambridge At The University Press    1946    1st edition.     Narrow 12mo.       58 + (2)pp.      8 bw photo plates.         Publisher’s plain grey paper covered boards, black lettering within treble line square on front, black lettering on spine.       Grey printed dw, black lettering + crest on front, price clipped.    White eps.    Small 2cm attractive bookseller’s ticket inside front cover.   Covers : slight rub top of spine.    Dw : spine slight darkening, rub top of spine, a few dusty marks.    Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed.       F-/VG.    45.00     25088    Wood, Alexander ( M.A., D.Sc. )    Sound Waves And Their Uses  Six lectures Given Before A “ Juvenile Audience “ Under The Auspices Of The Royal Institution Christmas 1928    Blackie & Son Ltd  London    1930    1st edition.     Large 8vo.        x + 152 + (4)pp.        Numerous photos & diagrams in text.       Publisher’s grey cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine, treble blind bands around edges on front.      White eps.       Covers : very slight 0.2cm shelf knocks top/bottom of spine.     Contents : foxing to fep + half title, browning to rear ep, slight occasional foxing throughout else very clean & tight.     Bright.   VG+.    95.00     25100    Wright, E A ( A.R.S.M., M.I.M.M., M.I.& S.Inst., M.A.I.M.E. )    Assaying In Theory And practise    Edward Arnold  London    1914    1st edition.     Large 8vo.        viii + 323 + (1) + 8pp ( publisher’s book list ).      Numerous bw photos + diagrams in text.       Publisher’s green cloth covers, gilt lettering +  lines along top/bottom on spine, blind bands around edges on front.      White eps.      Light stamp “ Publisher’s File Copy No 28189 “ on title pages, white label with “ FILE COPY “ stuck down on front cover.      Covers :  slight 0.1cm shelf knock bottom of spine, faint rubs  corners.   Contents : slight browning to book list at rear  else very clean, tight & unfoxed.     Bright attractive copy.   VG+.    175.00     25219    Yonge, C M ( D.Sc. )    The ABC Of Biology   FULL LEATHER BINDING    Private Circulation    Bath    1934    1st edition.       Large 12mo.       ix + (1) + 252pp.    Contemporary full green leather  binding, gilt title + extensive decoration + raised bands to spine, gilt freeze around edges + small gilt school crest on front.           Marbled edges to pages.        Original marble eps.    School prize label inside front cover “ “ Rosalind Steel  St Michael’s Bognor Regis “.     Covers : slight fade to spine, very faint mark rear, some small indent marks front .      Contents :  slight browning to pages else very clean & tight.       Attractive copy.    VG to VG+.    65.00     25292    [ Gilmore, Alexander ]    Mallory Duracell  Guide For Designers    Leitfaden Fur Den Konstruckteur   Guide De Constructeur   Guide Per I Progettisoit    Mallory Batteries Ltd   Crawley    circa 1980?    1st edition?.     Softback.      8vo.   115 + (1)pp.   Numerous bw diagrams in text.     Publisher’s colour pictorial soft card covers, brown grid with 9 sample batteries on top + brown lwttering on front, white lettering on brown + gilt spine.     Neat signature on front.   Bright attractive copy.      F.    75.00     25291    [ Gilmore, Alexander ]    Mallory Organic Lithium / SO2 System    Mallory Duracell Europe    Crawley    circa 1978?    1st edition.     Softback.      8vo.   12pp.   Numerous bw diagrams in text.     Publisher’s white paper wrappers, black lettering + logo on front.    2 metal staple hinges through.    Faint knock front top corner else bright attractive copy.      VG+.    45.00     25242    [ Newton, Professor ]    Gilbert White Of Selbourne  Born 18 July 1720  Died 26 June 1793    Private Reprint      DEDICATED BY AUTHOR    Private Reprint    1900    1st edition thus May 1900.      Large 8vo.       34 + (2)pp.   Numerous colour plates.     Publisher’s blue rippled cloth covers, black lettering on front & spine.        Original white eps.       Neat dedication on half title page “ W B H fletcher Esq With the writer’s compliments May 1900 “.      Neat pecil on front “ By professor Newton of Magdalin College Cambridge “.        Covers : small fold front top corner, browning.     Contents : very clean & tight & unfoxed .     VG.    240.00     25002    [Blomefield, Leonard late Jenyns ]    Reminiscences Of Prideux John Selby And Twizzell House Also Brief Notes Of Other North Country Naturalists    Privately circulated  Bath    1885    1st  edition.      12mo.    40pp.        Publisher’s light printed paper wrappers, black lettering on front.        Single staple under wrappers.      Very neat ink dedication top of front cover “ Jamie Pearson From her affectionate friend The Author “.    A few neat ink corrections in text in author’s hand.        Covers : 4cm split top of spine, browning along spine and edges, small spot rear, slight browning all over.      Contents : hinge rusting  else clean, tight & unfoxed.       Very attractive copy.   VG-.    240.00

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