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COLOUR VISION IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. The Young-Helmholtz-Maxwell Theory. Foreword by W.D. Wright.

Sherman, Paul D. · 1981 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Adam Hilger Ltd., Bristol 1981. Tall Slim 8vo. [xiv] + 233pp. + [i]. Numerous figures. Good in d/w. faded to spine.

THE INVENTOR OF STEREO: The Life and Works of Alan Dower Blumlein. Foreword by Sir Bernard Lovell.

(Blumlein). Alexander, Robert Charles. · 1999 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Focal Press 1999. 1st Ed. [xxii] + 421pp. + [iii]. Port. frontis., numerous ills. Good in lightly rubbed d/w.

THE STORY OF THE LAMP.

General Electric Co. Ltd. · 1935 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

..., London N.d. c.[1935]. 1st Ed. Tall Slim 8vo. [iv] + 69pp. + [i]. Folding colour frontis., numerous b/w. ills. from photos. E.ps. lightly faded to edges, General Electric Co., Ltd. compliments slip loosely inserted, maroon boards with dec. gilt title to upper board, corner...

HOMEOPATHY IN PRACTICE. In an English Translation Revised and Edited by T. Miller Neatby.

Voorhoeve, Dr. · 1930 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Homeopathic Publishing Company N.d. c.[1930]. Revised English Translation. xxxii + 448pp. Port. frontis., 223 figures. E.ps. lightly spotted, original gilt lettered blue cloth, minor soiling, sl. bumped to head and tail of spine.

M.A.C. Morgan Automatic Computer. A Medium Sized Computer.

Watson, A.F. · 1956 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

Hepburn & Sons ... for The Morgan Crucible Co. Ltd. N.d. c.[1956]. 1st Ed. Large 8vo. With errata slip. vi + 129pp. + [i]. Many diagrams. Very light age toning, original grey boards, light wear and marking.

HEROES OF INVENTION. Technology, Liberalism and British Identity 1750-1914.

MacLeod, Christine. · 2007 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

CUP 2007. 1st Ed. xv + 458pp. Numerous ills. Very good in d/w.

ARIADNE’S CLUE. A Guide to the Symbols of Humankind.

Stevens, Anthony. · 1998 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£100.00 (€119.86 | $132.11 | ¥21,096)

Allen Lane Penguin Press 1998. 1st Ed. Large 8vo. xii + 465pp. + [iii]. From the library of Martin Bakes with his ink stamp, otherwise very good in d/w.

THE LIFE SCIENCES IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FRENCH THOUGHT. Edited by Keith R. Benson. Translated by Robert Ellrich.

Roger, Jacques. · 1997 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

Stanford University Press, California 1997. 1st Ed. Thick 8vo. xliv + 760pp. Port. frontis. From the library of Martin Bakes with his ink stamp, good in d/w. faded to spine.

EARTH Evolution of a Habitable World.

Lunine, Jonathan I. · 2013 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

CUP 2013. 2nd Ed. Sm. 4to. 318pp. Profusely ills. including some colour. Original laminated boards.

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF VOLCANOES. Foreword by Robert D. Ballard.

Sigurdsson, Haraldur. · 2000 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

Academic Press 2000. 1st Ed. Sm. 4to. xxiv + 1417pp. Profusely ills. including many colour. Lower leading corner of lower board bumped, sl. shaken, sl. rubbed d/w.

THE SINGULAR UNIVERSE AND THE REALITY OF TIME. A Proposal in Natural Philosophy.

Unger, Roberto Mangabeira and Smolin, Lee. · 2015 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

CUP 2015. [xxii] + 543pp. + [iii]. Very good in d/w.

THE CORRESPONDENCE. Volume VI [only]: 1713-1718. Edited by A. Rupert Hall & Laura Tilling.

Newton, Isaac. · 1976 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

CUP for the Royal Society 1976. 1st Ed. xxxviii + 499pp. + [iii]. 5 plates. From the library of Ann Savours Shirley, original gilt lettered cloth lightly waterstained to tail of spine and onto boards, in sl. soiled d/w.

THE CORRESPONDENCE. Volume IV [only]: 1694-1709. Edited by J.F. Scott.

Newton, Isaac. · 1967 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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CUP for the Royal Society 1967. 1st Ed. 4to. xxxii + 578pp. Tipped in colour frontis., 6 plates. Some sporadic light spotting, from the library of Ann Savours Shirley, good in lightly soiled and sl. rubbed price-clipped d/w.

THE CORRESPONDENCE. Volume VII [only]: 1718-1727. Edited by A. Rupert Hall and Laura Tilling.

Newton, Isaac. · 1977 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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CUP for the Royal Society 1977. 1st Ed. 4to. xlv + 522pp. Port. frontis., 2 plates. From the library of Ann Savours Shirley, good in lightly soiled and sl. spotted d/w.

A HISTORY OF ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION. Ancient Legends to Modern Practice. With a Foreword by Clyde F. Barker and Thomas E. Starzl.

Hamilton, David. · 2012 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Univ. of Pittsburgh Press 2012. 1st Ed. Royal 8vo. xx + 556pp. Many ills. Very good in d/w.

TAPEWORMS, LICE AND PRIONS. A compendium of unpleasant infections.

Grove, David I. · 2014 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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OUP 2014. 1st Ed. Large 8vo. viii + 602pp. 228 figures. Very good in d/w.

THE STORY OF THE MUSHETS. Preface by Sir Samuel Osborn.

(Mushet). Osborn, Fred M. · 1952 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd. 1952. 1st Ed. xii + 191pp. + [i]. 32 ills., 2 folding tables on 1 sheet at rear. Good in chipped d/w.

RADIOCRISTALLOGRAPHIE. Préface de Charles Mauguin.

Guinier, André. · 1945 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

Paris Dunod 1945. Large 8vo. ix + 294pp. + [ii]. 16 plates, numerous diagrams. Browning, ex.-lib. with bookplate, occasional textual ink stamps, pp.87-8 torn with loss affecting text, sl. chipped browned original wrapps. with stamps, spine damaged.

CYCLOPÆDIA OF PRACTICAL RECEIPTS And Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades Including Medicine, Pharmacy, Hygiene, and Domestic Economy. Designed as a Comprehensive Supplement to the Pharmacopoeia and General Book of Reference for the Manufacturer, Tradesman, Amateur, and Heads of Families. Revised and Greatly Enlarged by Richard V. Tuson.

Cooley’s · 1880 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

J & A Churchill 1880. 6th Ed. 2 vols. xi + 1796pp. Many ills. Light browning, contemporary half leather with marbled boards, some surface wear to boards, extremities rubbed, gilt ruling with gilt lettering to spines.

A TREATISE ON MINERAL WATERS. Vol. 1 [only of 2].

Monro, Donald. · 1770 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

Sold by D. Wilson and G. Nicol, in the Strand and T. Durham ... 1770. 1st Ed. xxiv + 475pp. Ex.-Birmingham Medical Institute with faint ink stamp to title page, light browning, in maroon institute lib. cloth, gilt lettered spine chipped with sl. loss. ESTC T58862 ‘ A variant ...