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ILLUSTRATIONS OF SOME EXPLOSIONS AND BREAKDOWNS OF STEAM AND POWER PLANTS. Compiled by ...

Vulcan Boiler and General Insurance Co. Ltd. · 1924 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Manchester: Vulcan Boiler and General Insurance Co. Ltd. 1924. Sm. Slim 4to. 128pp. Profusely illus. throughout with b/w. photos., several figures and diagrams. Lower leading corner of last few leaves sl. waterstained, f.e.ps. browned and with Co-operative Insurance ink stamp ...

LA BASSE - NORMANDIE. Esquisse géologique et morphologique.

Bigot, A. · 1942 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Librairie Générale du Calvados, R. Bigot, ... Caen ... 1942. Tall Slim 8vo. 124pp. Vignette title page, 45 b/w. plates of photos. and 3 maps at rear, several figures and maps to text. French text. Light browning, original beige limp card wrapps. lettered and illus. in black to...

SPECIAL LIST OF DOMESTIC AND SURGICAL APPLIANCES. 50, Leicester Square, WC. Goods and Lists supplied to Adults only.

S. Seymour. · 1930 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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For Private Circulation N.d. c.[1930]. Sm. Slim Landscape 12mo. Pamphlet. 24pp. Several ills. Original lightly soiled cream stapled limp card wrapps. lettered in black to upper wrapp., the whole thing folded and creased vertically down the middle.

THE ANCIENT WORKERS AND ARTIFICERS IN METAL, From References in the Old Testament, and other Ancient Writings.

Napier, James. · 1856 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Simpkin, Marshall, and Co./Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh ... 1856. 1st Ed. Sm. 8vo. viii + 176pp. Title page rebacked in linen and with lib. ink stamp to verso, light browning throughout with some occasional soiling, fore edge of p. v sl chipped, new e.ps., rebound in modern navy...

SEX VARIANTS. A Study of Homosexual Patterns. With Sections Contributed by Specialists in Particular Fields. Sponsored by Committee for the Study of Sex Variants, Inc.

Henry, George W. · 1948 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Paul B. Hoeber, Inc./Medical Book Department of Harper & Brothers 1948. One-volume Ed. Thick 8vo. xxii + 1130pp. Numerous drawings and diagrams. Light marginal age toning, good in original turquoise lettered black cloth. 80 case histories.

THE DYNAMICS OF CREATION.

Storr, Anthony. · 1972 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Secker & Warburg 1972. 1st Ed. [xiv] + 248pp. From the library of Jerrold Northrop Moore with some marginal pencil annotations and notes loosely inserted, sporadic spotting, edges of leaves spotted, good in lightly rubbed and sl. chipped d/w. very lightly browned to spine. A...

PERVERSIONS OF THE SEX INSTINCT. A Study of Sexual Inversion. Based on Clinical Data and Official Documents

Moll, Doctor Albert. · 1931 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Newark Julian Press 1931. 1st Ed. 237pp. Age toning, original brown cloth, spine sl. bumped and frayed.

MAFIC DYKE SWARMS. A collection of papers based on the Proceedings of an International Conference held at Erindale College, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June 4 to 7, 1985.

Halls, Henry D. and Fahrig, Walter F. (Editor). · 1987 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Geological Survey of Canada 1987. 1st Ed. 4to. [vi] + 503pp. Many figures and maps, large folding map in wrapps. to rear. With the signature of J.W. Sheraton, rubbed d/w. GAC Special Paper 34.With the pen signature of J.W. Sheraton, prominent Australian geologist and researc...

CUMBRIAN MINING.

Tyler, Ian. · 2001 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Blue Rock Publications, Keswick 2001. 1st Ed. 4to. 232pp. Profusely illus. throughout in b/w. mainly from photos. Very good in white lettered black laminated pictorial boards. Signed and dated by the Author to title page - ‘Ian Tyler 25th May 2003.’

SCIENCE IN STORY. Sammy Tubbs, The Boy Doctor and “Sponsie,” The Troublesome Monkey.

Foote. E.B. · 1874 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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New York: Murray Hill Publ. Co. 1874-6. 1st Ed. 5 vols. Crown 8vo. 33 plates, leaves with red ruled frame. Pp.213-4 of vol. 1 with closed tear, Ex.-Free Public Library of Hopewell New Jersey with bookplate and card pouch to front and rear e.ps and occasional ink stamps to text...

THE MATHEMATICAL PAPERS. Volume VII [only of 8]: 1691-1695. Edited by D.T. Whiteside with the assistance in publication of A. Prag.

Newton, Isaac. · 1976 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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CUP 1976. 1st Ed. 4to. [xlviii] + 706pp. Frontis., 4 plates, numerous figures. Shaken, original silver lettered teal cloth with green title patch to spine, head and tail of spine sl. bumped.

PRACTICAL ELECTRIC LIGHTING.

Holmes, A. Bromley. · 1887 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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London: E. & F.N. Spon 1887. 3rd Ed. 183pp. + [i]. Frontis., 87 figures. Hinges cracked and sl. shaken, light browning and occasional spotting throughout, faint ownership ink stamp to front pastedown, ownership inscription, original gilt lettered red cloth with black ruling to...

ELECTRICITY IN MINING.

Walker, Sydney F. · 1907 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Harper & Brothers, London and New York 1907. 1st Ed. xx + 385pp. + [i] + [vi] adverts. Frontis., 31 plates from photos., 163 figures. Ex.-Sheffield University lib. with label to front pastedown and sm. ink stamps to verso of plates and title page, ownership signature, some ver...

ELECTRIC LIGHT FITTING. Embodying Practical Notes on Installation Management.

Urquhart, John W. · 1890 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Crosby Lockwood and Son 1890. 1st Ed. [xvi] + 226pp. + vi + 40pp. + 16pp. adverts. 89 text ills. Prize bookplate, hinges cracking and sl. shaken, original gilt lettered dark green cloth with black marginal ruling and black monogram to upper board, cloth soiled, sl. wear to low...

HUMAN ROBOTS IN MYTH AND SCIENCE.

Cohen, John. · 1967 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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South Brunswich & New York: A.S. Barnes and Company 1967. 1st US Ed. 156pp. 16 ills. Lightly dampstained original cloth, in lightly soiled and rubbed d/w. From the Library of Glyn Tegai Hughes (1923–2017) Welsh scholar, writer and literary critic. He was a Liberal Party polit...

HOMAGE TO GAIA. The Life of an Independent Scientist.

Lovelock, James. · 2000 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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OUP 2000. 2nd Imp. [xx] + 396pp. 26 plates of photos., 1 figure. Very good in d/w. Author’s Presentation Copy, inscribed to title page - ‘To Angela James Lovelock 28/05/01.’

A ROUGH RIDE TO THE FUTURE.

Lovelock, James. · 2014 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Allen Lane 2014. 3rd Imp. xvi + 184pp. + [viii] blank. 7 ills. Very good in very sl. chipped d/w. Author’s Presentation Copy, inscribed to title page - ‘To Angela from James Lovelock.’

DIE RASSENSCHÖNHEIT DES WEIBES.

Stratz, Prof. Dr. C.H. · 1927 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

Verlag von Ferdinand Enke in Stuttgart 1927. Einunzwanzigste Auflage. xviii + 580pp. + [ii]. 426 figures mainly from photographs. German text. Hinges taped, gilt lettered cream cloth, light spotting and soiling. The racial beauty of women.

HEAT A Mode of Motion.

Tyndall, John. · 1870 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Longmans, Green and Co. 1870. 4th Ed. Thick 8vo. xxiii + 575pp. + 32pp. 110 figures, folding map. Light age toning, ex.-libris Jeremy C. Ahern, with the signature of ‘William Moore LLd ... 1879’, e.ps. faded, original gilt lettered blind embossed maroon cloth, spine faded and...

AN ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON SOUND; Being the Second Volume of a Course of Natural Philosophy, designed for the Use of High Schools and Colleges.

Peirce, Benjamin. (Compiler). · 1836 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Boston: James Munroe and Company 1836. 1st Ed. lvi + 220pp. 10 folding plates at rear. Spotted throughout, title page browned and spotted, ownership signature to lower f.e.p., contemporary green cloth, rubbed and sl. soiled, sl. wear to corners and head and tail of spine, lowe...