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

BROUGH Bennett H. · 1913 · Island Books

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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

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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 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

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 (€875.02 | $964.43 | ¥154,007)

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

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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 | ¥9,283)

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 | $55.49 | ¥8,861)

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 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

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

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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 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

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 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

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 | $55.49 | ¥8,861)

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...

The Wise Men of the Wires. The History of Faraday House. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

LIPSCOMB Commander F.W. · 0 · Island Books

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Hutchinson, [1973]. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates; grey cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, grey endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

The Apologie and Treatise of Ambroise Pare, containing the Voyages made into divers Places with many of his Writings upon Surgery.. Edited and with an Introduction by Geoffrey Keynes. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

PARE Ambroise · 0 · Island Books

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Falcon Educational Books, [1951]. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with portrait frontispiece, title-vignette and plates, , neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; brown cloth, gilt back, brown top, a near f...

The Selected Correspondence of Michael Faraday 1812-1866. Edited on behalf of the Royal Institution of Great Britain by L. Pearce Williams, R. Fitzgerald and O. Stallybrass. COMPLETE SET IN DUSTWRAPPERS

FARADAY Michael · 1971 · Island Books

£138.00 (€165.41 | $182.32 | ¥29,114)

Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1971. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with frontispieces; original blue cloth, gilt backs, blue tops, blue endpapers, a very good, bright, clean set in dustwrapper. Vol. I: 1812-1848; Vol. II: 1849-1866. Sold from an institution with neat ...

Soviet Space Exploration. The First Decade. Introduction by Cosmonaut Gherman Titov. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

SHELTON William · 0 · Island Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Arthur Barker, [1969]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; brown cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

Soviet Rocketry. The First Decade of Achievement. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION IN DUSTWRAPPER

STOIKO Michael · 0 · Island Books

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David & Charles, Newton Abbot, [1971]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with very numerous photographs throughout; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Published a year after the Russian edition.

The Little Genius. A Memoir of the First Lord Horder. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

HORDER Mervyn · 0 · Island Books

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Duckworth, [1966]. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with portrait frontispiece and plates, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Memoir of the eminent physician by his son.

George Parker Bidder. The Calculating Boy. With an Appreciation of his Calculating Ability by Joyce Linfoot. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY

CLARK E.F. · 0 · Island Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

KSL Publications, [Bedford], [1983]. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured portrait frontispiece, and very numerous plates, facsimiles and maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIP...