Matematica e fisica

Optics. Second Edition. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

FINCHAM W. H. A. · 1936 · Island Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

Hatton Press, 1936. 8vo., Second Edition, with plates, illustrations and diagrams throughout, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper, pencilled annotation on rear endpapers; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. VERY SCARCE.

The Heat-Treatment and Annealing of Aluminium and its Alloys. With a Foreword by D. Hanson. NEAR FINE COPY

BUDGEN N. F. · 1932 · Island Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

Chapman & Hall, 1932. 8vo., First Edition, with plates, illustrations and diagrams throughout, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; black cloth, upper board blocked in blind, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

Aluminium. The Metal and its Alloys. (A Critical Descriptive Treatise). Including Chapter on 'Structurography' prepared in collaboration with J.R. Vilella. NEAR FINE COPY

CORSON M. G. · 1926 · Island Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

Van Nostrand, New York, 1926. 8vo., First Edition, with plates, illustrations and diagrams throughout, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; maroon buckram, gilt back, a near fine copy. VERY SCARCE.

Aluminium Facts and Figures. Section I: Sheet Coiled Strip and Circles [with] Section II: Extrusions [with] Section III: Tubes [with] Section IV: Casting Alloys and Hardeners. [Complete set.] FINE SET IN PUBLISHER'S BINDNG

BRITISH ALUMINIUM COMPANY Ltd. · 1955555550 · Island Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

British Aluminium Company, Ltd., 1955-55-55-50. 4 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with diagrams and tables throughout; original blue cloth, upper boards and backstrips blocked and lettered in silver, a fine set. COMPLETE SETS ARE SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.

William Osler. A Life in Medicine. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

BLISS Michael · 1999 · Island Books

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,594)

Oxford University Press, [New York], 1999. 8vo., with portrait frontispiece and plates; pale green boards, grey cloth back lettered in red, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

Cosmic Rays and Mesotrons. IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

BRADDICK H. J. J. · 1939 · Island Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

University Press, Cambridge, 1939. 8vo., First Edition, with diagrams in the text; printed wrappers, covers lightly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy.

Chemical Manipulation. Being Instructions to Students in Chemistry on the Methods of performing Experiments of Demonstration, or of Research, with Accuracy and Success. [Second Edition.] REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CRISP COPY OF THE SECOND EDITION

FARADAY Michael · 1829 · Island Books

£440.00 (€527.40 | $581.27 | ¥92,821)

John Murray, 1829. 8vo., Second Edition, with small illustrations in the text, faint bookplate scar on front paste-down, [signature] erasure on front free endpaper leaving three-inch tear (but endpaper wholly sound); strongly bound in contemporary half calf, marbled boards, ba...

A Treatise on Mine-Surveying. Thirteenth Edition, Revised. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

BROUGH Bennett H. · 1913 · Island Books

£106.00 (€127.06 | $140.03 | ¥22,361)

Charles Griffin, 1913. 8vo., Thirteenth Edition, with numerous illustrations and diagrams throughout, contemporary name on front free endpaper verso; original red cloth, upper board lettered in gilt and blocked in blind, gilt back, chocolate endpapers, expertly rebacked with o...

Iron and Steel. A Treatise on the Smelting, Refining and Mechanical Processes of the Iron and Steel Industry. Second Printing. NEAR FINE COPY

OBERG Erik · 1920 · Island Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

Industrial Press, New York NY, 1920. 8vo., Second Impression, with photographs nin the text; black cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, chocolate endpapers, a near fine copy. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

The History of Roberts Radio. Foreword by Richard Roberts. [70th Anniverary Edition.] SIGNED BY RICHARD ROBERTS

GEDDES Keith · 0 · Island Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

Roberts Radio Co., [1987]. 8vo., with illustrated title, and numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; blue cloth, upper board framed blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, blue endpapers, small stain on upper front cover else a near fine copy. SIGNED BY ROBERTS ON...

Elemens d'Arithmetique [with] Elemens de Geometrie [with] Lettre sur l'Eqilibre de l'Europe [with] Seconde Lettre sur l'Eqilibre de l'Europe [with] Troisieme Lettre sur l'Eqilibre de l'Europe. THE MARQUIS DE MONTCALM-GOZON'S COPY

ROSSIGNOL Abbe Jean-Joseph · 1803 · Island Books

£730.00 (€875.01 | $964.37 | ¥153,999)

Ignace Sofietti, Turin, 1803. 8vo., text in French, with engraved title-vignettes (first and second works), woodcut tables and diagrams in the text (first work), and 4 fine folding engraved plates of geometrical figures (second work); attractively bound in nineteenth century t...

On Combined External and Internal Version. FIRST PUBLICATION IN BOOK FORM

HICKS John Braxton · 1864 · Island Books

£680.00 (€815.08 | $898.32 | ¥143,451)

Longman Green Longman Roberts & Green, 1864. 8vo., First Edition thus, half-title mildly browned; original dark green cloth, boards elaborately framed and blocked in blind, gilt back, backstrip very lightly rubbed else a near fine copy. FIRST PUBLICATION IN BOOK FORM. Hicks's ...

Darwiniana. Essays by Thomas H. Huxley. REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

HUXLEY Thomas Henry · 1894 · Island Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,282)

Macmillan, 1894. 8vo., Second Impression, free endpapers lightly browned; original burgundy cloth, gilt back, uncut, a remarkably bright, crisp, clean copy. With publisher's advertisement leaf at end. Collects eleven essays relating to evolution, the 'Origin' and the aftermath...

Engines and Enterprise. The Life and Work of Sir Harry Ricardo. Foreword by Sir Diarmuid Downs. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

REYNOLDS John · 0 · Island Books

£42.00 (€50.34 | $55.48 | ¥8,860)

Sutton, [Stroud], [1999]. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and numerous photographs in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Includes the pioneering engineer's time with Rolls-Royce, Vauxhall, Bentley, Bristol, Napier, Citroen an...

Thomas Telford. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

BURTON Anthony · 0 · Island Books

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Aurum, [1999]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates and illustrations in the text; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

Memorials of the Lineage, Early Life, Education, and Development of the Genius of James Watt.

WILLIAMSON G. · 1856 · Island Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.32 | ¥23,205)

Thomas Constable for the Watt Club, [Edinburgh], 1856. Roy. 4to., First Edition, with an engraved portrait frontispiece, 2 engraved portraits, 6 plates (1 double-page, 3 tinted and 2 folding), 7 facsimiles (3 double-page and 1 folding) and a large folding engraved map, neat co...

I owe my Life…. Compiled and edited by Pauline Samuelson. Foreword by HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

SAMUELSON, ed. Pauline · 0 · Island Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

Bloomsbury, [1995]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published to commemorate 125 years of the British Red Cross.

The Life of William Harvey. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

KEYNES Geoffrey · 1966 · Island Books

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.41 | ¥10,126)

Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1966. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, plates and maps in the text; maroon tweed cloth, gilt back, red top, primrose endpapers, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.

Early Medieval Medicine with Special Reference to France and Chartres. The Hideyo Noguchi Lectures. NEAR FINE COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION

MacKINNEY Loren C. · 1937 · Island Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.79 | ¥37,972)

John Hopkins Press, Baltimore, 1937. 8vo., FIrst Edition, with portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and 9 plates, top faintly spotted; maroon cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, uncut, a near fine copy. Publications of the Institute of the Hist...

A History of Platinum. From the Earliest Times to the Eighteen-Eighties. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

McDONALD Donald · 1960 · Island Books

£42.00 (€50.34 | $55.48 | ¥8,860)

Johnson Matthey & Co., 1960. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and illustrations in the text, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS COND...