Medicina e salute

SCIENCE AND CULTURE And Other Essays.

Huxley, Thomas Henry. · 1881 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Macmillan and Co. 1881. 1st Ed. [x] + 349pp. + [iii]. 1 illus. Ex-libris Jeremy C. Ahern and with his signature, ex.-W.H. Smith & Son’s Subscription Library, some spotting throughout, upper hinge sl. tender, lower hinge cracked and sl. shaken, gilt lettered red cloth, soiled, ...

THE WORKS. Edited by Charles Sayle.

Browne, Sir Thomas. · 1927 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Edinburgh: John Grant 1927. 3 vols., complete. Port. frontis., frontis., 2 plates. Partially unopened. Some light browning throught, ex.-libris Jeremy C. Ahern, e.ps. spotted to vol. 3, original brown cloth backed boards with gilt lettered title labels to sl. bumped spines, bo...

IMPOTENCE IN THE MALE. The Psychic Disorders of Sexual Function in the Male. Authorized English Version by Oswald H. Boltz.

Stekel, Wilhelm. · 1940 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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John Lane the Bodley Head 1940. 1st UK Ed. 2 vols. [x] + 329pp. + [i] + 12pp. publ. adverts. + [x] + 350pp. + 12pp. publ. adverts. Marginal browning, f.e.ps. browned, original gilt lettered dark blue cloth, some fading to cloth, in soiled and chipped d/ws., t.e.blue with fadin...

TURNING AND MECHANICAL MANIPULATION. Intended as a Work of General Reference and Practical Instruction, on the Lathe, and the various Mechanical Pursuits followed by amateurs. Vol. II [only of 6]: The Principles of Construction, Action, and Application, of Cutting Tools used by Hand; and Also of Machines derived from the Hand Tools.

Holtzapffel, John Jacob. · 1875 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Published by Holtzapffel & Co. 1875. [xiv] + ([457]- 1025)pp. + [xv] adverts. Nos. 316-1026 woodcuts by the author. E.ps. and occasionally text sl. spotted, p.824-5 browned, internal hinges tender in parts, original gilt lettered blind embossed black cloth, some very minor fad...

ROCKETS AND PEOPLE. Creating a Rocket Industry Hot Days of the Cold War; The Moon Race.

Chertok, Boris. · 200511 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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NASA Washington January 2005-11. 4 vols. Ills. Original pictorial wrapps. Translated from the original Russian, Chertok not only describes and reflects upon his experiences, but he also elicits and extracts profound insights from an epic story about a society’s quest to expl...

LIVES OF THE ENGINEERS. Introduced Asa Briggs. Edited by C.J. Shepherd.

Smiles, Samuel. · 2010 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Folio Society 2010. 6th Printing. Royal 8vo. xviii + 380pp. Numerous ills. mainly colour, many maps. Original gilt and black ills. brown cloth, in black slipcase.

LETTERS. Limitless The Autobiography.

Peake, Tim. · 2020 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Century 2020. 1st Ed. xviii + 477pp. Profusely ills. in colour. D/w. Signed by the Author to title page.

ON THE ORIGIN OF TIME. Stephen Hawking’s Final Theory.

Hertog, Thomas. · 2023 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Torva 2023. 1st Ed. xxiv + 313pp. + [iv]. 11 colour plates, numerous ills. Sl. creased d/w. Inscribed to half title ‘To Michael Thomas Hertog Cheltenham 10.6.’23.’

APOLLO Remastered.

Saunders, Andy. · 2022 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Particular Books 2022. 2nd Impression. 4to. [vi] + 444pp. Profusely ills. including many colour. D/w. With colour clipped signature of Author to title page and pastedown as issued.

APOLLO VII-XVII. Floris Heyne, Joel Meter, Simon Phillipson, Delano Steenmeijer. With a Special Foreword by Apollo 7 Astronaut Walt Cunningham.

Pearson, Neil (Editor). · 2021 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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TeNeues 2021. 4to. 320pp. Profusely ills. including many colour. Original pictorial boards.

50 1964-2014 THE ESA EFFECT. Serving European Cooperation and Innovation.

European Space Agency. · 2014 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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European Space Agency 2014. 1st Ed. 4to. Profusely ills. in colour. Very good in d/w.

THE DOUBLE HELIX. A Personal Account of the Discovey of the Structure of DNA.

Watson, James D. · 1968 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1968. 1st UK Ed. xvi + 226pp. 19 half tone ills., 11 diagrams. With the signature of G. Worcell, purple boards with gilt tooling, chipped and sl. curled d/w.

HOME IS WHERE THE WIND BLOWS. Chapters From a Cosmologist’s Life.

Hoyle, Fred. · 1994 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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University Science Books, Mill Valley, California ... 1994. 1st US Ed. xi + 443pp. 4 maps, numerous plates. Original silver lettered red cloth, spine rubbed, dampstained d/w. Inscribed ‘Fred Hoyle June 1995.’

TREATMENT WITH PENICILLIN And other Antibiotics. An Introduction to Chemotherapy. With a Foreword by Sir Alexander Fleming.

Bate, J.G. · 1954 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Faber & Faber Limited 1954. 1st Ed. Sm. Slim 8vo. 100pp. Edges of leaves lightly spotted, spine very lightly faded, in lightly browned and chipped d/w.

[MEDICAL RECEIPTS in Manuscript].

(Medicine). · 1880 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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c.[1880’s]. 21pp. only many blank leaves. Bound in fawn cloth, some browning, lower board lightly creased, crude title labels to upper board, secured with working clasp. Recipes include ‘For Burns’, Tooth Ache, Croup mixture, for Sciatica, etc.

LAVOISIER 1743-1794 d’aprés sa Correspondance, ses Manuscits, ses Papiers de Famille et d’Autres Documents Inédits.

(Lavoisier). Grimaux, Édouard. · 1888 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Paris: Ancienne Librairie Germer Bailliére et Cie ... 1888. Large 8vo. [viii] + 398pp. + [i] table des gravures + [iii]. 10 plates. Marbled e.ps., hinges cracked but firm, dark green crushed morocco backed blind ruled textured green cloth with dulled and sl. rubbed gilt device...

BIBLIOTHECA THERAPEUTICA, Or Bibliography of Therapeutics, Chiefly in Reference to Articles of the Materia Medica, with numerous Critical, Historical, and Therapeutical Annotations and an Appendix containing the Bibliography of British Mineral Waters.

Waring, Edward John. · 2001 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Martino Publishing, Connecticut 2001. Facsimile Reprint of 1878-9 Ed. Thick 8vo. 2 vols. in 1. xx + 933pp. + [i]. Black lettered red cloth faded to spine. The New Sydenham Society, Vols. LXXVIII & LXXXII.

THE SELECTED CORRESPONDENCE. 1812-1866. Edited on behalf of the Royal Institution of Great Britain by L. Pearce Williams with the assistance of Rosemary FitzGerald & Oliver Stallybrass.

Faraday, Michael. · 1971 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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CUP 1971. 1st Ed. 2 vols. Royal 8vo. xii + 538pp. + [viii] + ([539]-1079)pp. + [iii]. Port. frontis., frontis., several figures. Lower leading corner of front f.e.p. in vol. 1 sl. creased, good in lightly soiled and very sl. chipped price clipped d/ws.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF PATENTEES OF INVENTIONS. With an Introduction and Appendix of additions and corrections compiled in the Patent Office Library.

Woodcroft, Bennet. · 1969 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Evelyn, Adams & Mackay 1969. Facsimile Reprint of 1854 Ed. Royal 8vo. [xvi] + [iv] + 647pp. + [iii]. Sl. shaken, original gilt lettered cloth with minor rubbing to extremities, in lightly soiled and sl. chipped d/w. From March 2, 1617 to October 1, 1852.

FIVE NATIONAL VALUABLE DISCOVERIES.

Watts, Mr Thomas. · 1882 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Leominster: Printed for the Author at the Orphans Printing Press ... N.d. c.[1882]. 1st Ed. Thin 8vo. 32pp. Hinges sprung between pp.30-31, original gilt lettered brown cloth, cloth wrinkled in part to upper board. Perpetual motion that will supersede steam power; Machine tha...