Search Results: Science / General from Hall of Books

Diamond Books, 1994. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback edition, 1994, in overall very good used condition with only slight signs of age, handling and storage - covers a touch rubbed to edges. Binding tight and appears almost unread. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.

New York: The Free Press, 1987. 1st. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. First edition first printing hardback, 1987, with clipped jacket. Ex library book, only a couple of the usual stamps and markings, front endpaper removed; dust jacket and boards protected in clear vinyl wrapper. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; text bright and clear throughout.

Cassell, Petter & Galpin. Hardback. Very Good. Large undated hardback edition, two volumes bound as one, c.1870s, professionally rebound at some time with no jacket. In overall very good used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage - marbled cloth boards quarter bound in blue leather, the spine with five raised bands and maroon leather gilt title label, are clean and crisp. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; the original page-block is darkened to page-ends with the odd spot of foxing here and there but text, hand-coloured plates and engravings (500 in Volume I and 300 in Volume II) generally bright and clear throughout. This book is both large (l: 260mm, w: 195mm, d: 55mm; 376pp) and heavy (over 2kg packaged). Photographs available. Not an old library book.

New York: The Free Press, 1965. 1st. Hardback. Good. First edition hardback, 1965, with no jacket. Ex college library book, only a couple of the usual stamps and markings, no pages removed. In overall good used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage - black cloth boards slightly rubbed and faded to spine. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; toning to page-ends but text, charts, diagrams and equations bright and clear throughout.

William Heinemann Limited, 1953. Hardback. Very Good/Fair. First edition second impression hardback, 1953, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition in a fair dust jacket with some minor signs of age, handling and storage - dust jacket rubbed, chipped and faded to spine (now protected); black cloth boards clean and crisp. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions - owners name to front endpaper; toning to page-ends but text bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.

Allen Lane, 2005. 1st. Hardback. Fine/Near Fine. First edition first impression hardback, 2005, with unclipped jacket. In overall near fine condition - dj very slightly rubbed to edges. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears almost unread, no annotations or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book. Photograph available.

Aurum, 2005. 1st. Hardback. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition first printing hardback, 2005, with unclipped jacket. In overall near-fine used condition with only slight signs of age, handling and storage. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears almost unread; no annotation or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1876. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition hardback with no jacket. 5 x 8 inches, 339 pages plus 10 pages of period advertisements. In overall very good condition, dark green cloth boards with gilt titles to spine and front cover plus black crest, are rubbed to spine head and tail and corners rounded. Binding complete but gutter has cracked at ffep and mesh is visible. Ffep a little creased. No annotations or inscriptions, text and illustrations clean and clear throughout. Still retains folded plan of the museum.

The Folio Society, 2007. Hardback. Fine. Folio Society second printing hardback edition, 2007, in a slipcase with no jacket as issued. In overall fine, unread condition. Binding tight and appears almost unopened. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; text, plates and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.

Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1980. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Hardback edition, 1980, with price-clipped jacket. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - dust jacket a touch rubbed; boards clean and crisp. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions - ownership signature in pencil to front endpaper; text bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.

Arrow Books Ltd, 1960. Paperback. Good. First paperback edition in the Arrow Science series, 1960, with unclipped jacket. In overall good used condition with only minor signs of handling and storage - spine lightly tanned and short nick to spine tail. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; slight tanning to page-ends, text and illustrations clean and clear throughout. Not an old library book. Photograph available.

J & A Churchill, 1938. Hardback. Good/No Jacket. First edition hardback, 1938, with no jacket. In overall good condition, red cloth boards, with black titles to spine and front cover, are marked and corners rounded. Binding tight, no annotations or inscriptions - owner's name to ffep; a little age-spotting to page-ends but text and illustrations clean and clear throughout. Private copy, not ex-library.

Granta Books, 2002. 1st. Hardback. Fine/Near Fine. First edition first printing hardback, 2002, with unclipped jacket. In overall fine condition in a near-fine, slightly edge-rubbed dust jacket (now protected). Binding tight and appears almost unopened. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; text bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.

Edinburgh: Larousse, 1994. 1st. Hardback. Fine/Near Fine. First edition first printing hardback, 1994, with unclipped jacket. In fine, unread condition in a near-fine dust jacket, a touch rubbed to edges. Binding tight and appears almost unopened. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; text bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.

Little, Brown And Company, 2000. 1st. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. First edition hardback, 2000, with price-clipped jacket. In overall very good used condition with only slight signs of age, handling and storage. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotation or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.

J. & A. Churchill, 1901. Hardback. Very Good. Eighth edition hardback, 1901, with no jacket. Ex library book, only a couple of the usual stamps and markings, no pages removed. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - boards a touch rubbed. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions - previous owners name and address label to front pastedown; light spotting to page-ends but text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. This book is both large (215mm x 160mm, 1181pp plus publishers catalogue to rear) and heavy (2.5kg)

Chicago: Microscope Publications, 1985. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback edition, 1985, in overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.

Penguin Books, 1992. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback edition, 1992, in overall very good used condition with only slight signs of age, handling and storage. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotation or inscriptions; toning to page-ends but text bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.

Merrell, 2008. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback edition, 2008, in overall near-fine used condition with only slight signs of age, handling and storage - covers a touch rubbed. Binding tight and appears almost unread. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. This book is both large and heavy (1.5kg). Photographs available. Not an old library book.

London: The Polish Cultural Foundation, 1973. Paperback. Very Good. Second edition paperback with a foreword by Sir Arthur Eddington, 1973, in overall very good used condition with only slight signs of age, handling and storage - covers slightly rubbed. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscription - a press clipping from The Times 15/01/2000 on Copernicus loosely inserted; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.