Search Results: Science and mathematics from Stephen Rench

Birmingham: Printed by Pearson and Rollason, 1778 Book. Good. Hardcover. iv, 140 pages. ESTC T113250 where just two locations are mentioned. In old paper covered boards and leather spine - now all very worn. Leather split down the edges and centre of the spine. Bookplate to the front free end paper of John L Marks of Earlswood. Pages soiled and lightly browned throughout.

London: Printed for W. Bristow in St Paul's Churchyard and T. Slack in Newcastle, 1764 Book. Good. Full leather. [viii], 13-262 pages + 2 pages of adverts at the rear. ESTC T203962 where the pagination matches - also another entry at N32423 which seems very similar. Staining to the margins throughout. Ink owner's name to the front free end paper and also the second page of text. Another name scribbled out in ink to the ffep. The outer tip of page 113/4 has been torn away and this affects a couple of lines of numbers. Light browning throughout, some spotting. Ink and pencil writing to the rear end papers. In old unlettered full leather which has some wear..

Paris: Librairie Scientifique, industrielle et agricole de Lacroix-Comon, 1856 Book. Good. Half leather. 32 pages + folding plate. Ink stamp - Prix Montyon, Academie des Sciences 1856 - to page 3 and also to the folding table. Half leather binding, some scuffs to the leather. A number of binder's blanks bound in. Some pages spotted. Bookplate to the front pastedown of the Institution of Naval Architects. Tears to the folds of the folding table at the rear..

London: John Murray, Albermarle Street, 1865 Book. Poor. Disbound. xvi, 794, [2] pages + 1 plate facing page 60. In the original green cloth, this is worn and the edges of the spine are very torn at the head. The binding is completely split internally before the title page - please see the attached images. Ink owners' names to the front end papers. Spotting throughout, heavily to the end papers and pages at start and finish. Small ink stains to pages xvi and 1. Binding splitting internally between pages 384 and 385. Spotting to the edges of the text block. Some page edges rough where they have been carelessly opened..

Paris: J.-G. Dentu, 1825 Book. Poor. Hardcover. [vi], 472 pages. In paper covered boards and leather spine. The paper on the boards is worn.Ex religious library with a paper label overstamped with an ink stamp to the title page. Paper label at the foot of the spine. Ink stamp foot of p205 +429. Pages are heavily browned and spotted throughout. Insect damage to the inner margins of pages from page 249 to the end. Some small insect holes to the spine also..

Paris: Chez Courcier, Imprimeur-Libraire pour les Mathematiques, Quai des Augustins, No 57, 1806 Book. Good. Full leather. [iii]-viii, 182, 48, [74] pages + 5 folding plates [the fifth includes plates 5 and 6]. Lacks presumably the half title page which would account for their only being 6 pages of preliminaries rather than 8. Front free end paper almost detached. Some pages browned. Staining to the inner margins of pages throughout the second half of the volume. Plates are creased. A few ink notes to margins. Worn full leather binding, tears to the leather at the corners and to the edge of the rear board. Inner hinges split..

London: Houlston and Stoneman - Wm. S. Orr and Co, 1856 Book. Good. Soft cover. iv, 289-556 pages. In the original blindstamped limp cloth - Titled in blind - Orr's circle of the sciences. Gilt title to front and spine. Binding with some wear. Splitting along the paper over the inner hinges. Bookplate of John Waterhouse, Halifax to the front pastedown. The entry for this title on COPAC states - A re-issue of W. S. Orr's "Circle of Sciences", vol.4: Geology, pp.289-556, 571-87, with title page, introductory note and list of contents. Here without the list of contents, but this copy matches the pagination for that held at the University of Oxford Museum of Natural History..

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1881 Book. Fair. Hardcover. [iv], v, [i], 90 pages + 209 plates and a photographic frontispiece. In the original green cloth, generally lightly worn but with a heavily worn section to the fore edge of the front board. Title page spotted. Small tear to the fore edge of pages 9/10. Half title page, frontispiece and title page all coming loose from the binding..

Paris: dentu - Germer Bailliere - L'Auteur, 1839 Book. Good. Soft cover. [iv], 316 pages. In the original printed paper covers which are browned and the spine is torn. Covers almost detached. Sewing coming loose and the contents detaching. Ink stamp - Froment-Delormel - to the front cover and to the half title page. Page edges untrimmed and now spotted and browned..

London: Printed at the Bedford Press, 1898 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 84 pages. In the original printed paper covers which are browned, soiled and a bit creased. Modern ink owner's name to the half title page. Numbered 43 of the 131 copies printed and presented to the Rhymer by the Magnetizer..

Coventry: Iliffe and Sons Ltd, 1914 Book. Good. Hardcover. 68 pages + plates. In the original green cloth which is stained and soiled. Undated publication, 1914 is suggested by the British Library..

London: Printed for J. Nourse, Bookseller to his Majesty, 1768 Book. Fair. Full leather. xviii, [ii], 456, [8] pages. ESTC T142340. Author not mentioned on title page - identified in the ESTC listing. Pages browned and spotted throughout, heavily in places. In old full leather binding, but the front board is now held by just one cord. Old browned paper label to the spine. Title page creased..

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1927 Book. Good. Hardcover. xi, [i], 310 pages. Hardback in the original cloth binding which is worn to the spine. Errata slip tipped in to page xi. Some pages have text underlined in pencil or ink. Some pages have spotting, also to the end papers. Ink owner's name to the front free end paper..