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London: Frederick Muller Limited, 1980. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Green cloth with gilt sp. lettering, top outer corners bumped otherwise fine. 176 pp., central 10 pp. block of illustrations ex-pagination; clean, tight and unmarked. Unclipped jacket in protective sleeve as acquired, fine. Chapters on Lloyds, Darbys Crosfields, Cadburys, Hubtley and Palmer, Rowntree and Allen & Hanbury. 16 cm x 24 cm

London: Duckworth, 1915. 1st ed. . Grey Cloth. VG-. 15 Cm x 22 Cm. xi+340+16 (pub.list); outer sides of endpapers browning, brown spotting to half-title and text-block edges, top edge of textblock dusty, otherwise internally clean, tight & unmarked, pub. flyer for Studies in Theology series slipped in; covers clean, sl.corner bumping a v.sl.sp.end rubbing, white lettering & border line on fr.sl. faint in places, gilt sp.lettering good. Remarkably scarce.

London: Thomas Ward and Co., 1836. 1st ed. . Blind-stamped brown Cloth. Good+. 12 Cms x 19.5 Cms. unf.frontispiece - a facs. of 1652 letter to George Fox from 6 followers+xxiv+484+(1, Errata); yellow endpapers much discoloured centrally, front endpaper inscribed 'To Robeert Wheeler Esqu. with the assuranceof the christian regard of his obliged sincered Friend the Author'; verso same has tipped in Obituary of author from the Aylesbury News, 1847, outer edge f t.p.a little worn and top corners to p.xxii a little rubbed, both end-gutters opening, will try to secure these when ordered, text-block firm; covers clean but though boards are excellent the spine is vertically ridged and wrinkled. An interesting copy of this scarce work in which the author explained his reasons for resigning from the Society of Friends. He subsequently became an Anglican minister.

Leipzig: Akademische Verlag., 1935. 2nd Ed. . Blue Cloth. VG-. 16 Cms x 23.5 Cms. xii+513+(3, pub.notices), 24 text figs, 35 text tables; innocuous small (15 mm) round stamp of Birmingham Assay Office Library bottom fr. endpaper, light marginal edge-tanning throughout, frequent eraseable marginal pencil lines, otherwise clean & tight with no further markings; covers clean and minimally worn, spine and top front edge region moderately faded, surface rubbing to back. Scarce.

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1891. 7th ed. . Black Cloth. Good (+). 12 Cms x 17.5 Cms. Issued in the Text-Books of Science Series. col.f/piece+xv+246+(2, series list), 57 text figs.; half-title has innocuous small (15 mm) round stamp of the Birmingham Assay Office Library bottom corner and early signature above central text, front gutter opening after half-title, though secure, rear end-gutter opening between end-paper and pastedown, top edge dust-darkened, otherwise internally clean and unmarked, covers clean but top spine rubbed and chipped above text-block level and incipient splitting to top halves of joints, otherwise clean and minimally worn.

Leipzig: Akademische Verlag., 1931. 1st ed. . Blue Cloth. Good-. 16 Cms x 23.5 Cms. xii+387, pub.list verso p.387, 12 text figs, 2 col.plates after p.370; innocuous small (15 mm) round stamp of Birmingham Assay Office Library bottom fr. endpaper, pp.197-206 bottom outer corners a little crumpled, some pp.147-177, have small marginal blue inkblots, otherwise internally clean, ight and unmakred; covers have extensive light surface rubbing, front has large circular stain, front joint split top to bottom exposing netting and top back joint also has 1.5 cm split, outer corners all rubbed with cloth breaks. Apparently very scarce but this clearly a reference/ working copy only. Rapidly outdated by greatly enlarged 1935 edition.

London: J.& A. Churchill, 1924. 12th Edition (1st-1891) . Black Cloth. Good+ for Age/No Jacket. xxiv+576+24 (1928 pub's Science List), 133 text figs; innocuous small (15 mm) round stamp of Birmingham Assay Office Librart bottom front endpaper, slight edge tanning to end-papers and pastedowns, and very faint hints of same throughout, incipient gutter opening between pp.384/5 but otherwise internally clean, tight and unmarked, covers clean, slight rubbing to top spine, corners andback joint.

London: J. & A. Churchill, 1876. 7th from German 6th . Black Blind-Stamped Cloth. Good)-). 15 Cm x 22 Cm. Vol. I.: xii+524+xvi (pub's.April 1891 Science Catalogue), 106 text figs; fr.pastedown has lib.label of 'The Guardians of the Standardf Wrought Plate in Birmingham, fr. gutter incipiently opening, innocuous small (15 mm) round stamp of the Birmingham Assay Office Libaray to bottom half-title, top edge dusty, otehrwise internally generally clean, tight and unmarked, covers clean but top front joint cracked for c. 14 cms exposing netting and sl. loosening of front board, top 3 cms back joint also open, top sp. slightly chipped across top edge; See also my listing for the 1887 edition which has no Volume number but is bound uniformly with this and has identical pub. catalogue, though is in worse condition.

London: J. & A. Churchill, 1930. 2nd Eng. from 3rd German ed. . Red Cloth. VG-Fine/No Jacket (none Issued?). 16 Cms x 25.5 Cms. xiv+237+24 (publisher's science list), 51 text ills, bound in publisher's place-marker headed 'Essential for the Chemist's Library and listing a selection of books); innocuous small (15 mm) round stamp of Birmingham Assay Office Library to bottom front endpaper otherwise internally clean, tight and unmarked, covers clean and minimally worn but hint of spine end rubbing, odd patches of surface sheen loss and small patch of slight fading to front beside top spine, gilt lettering to front and spine.

London: J. & A. Churchill, 1887. 10th ed. from German 15tth ed. . Black Blind-Stamped Cloth. Fair. 15 Cm x 22 Cm. unf. col.spectroscopy chart f/piece +xv+481+xvi )pub's April 1891 science cataglogue), 46 text figs fr.pastedown has lib.label of 'The Guardians of the Standardf Wrought Plate in Birmingham, fr. gutter opening after end-paper, innoc ous small (15 mm) round stamp of the Birmingham Assay Office Libaray to bottom half-title, top edge dusty, otehewise internally generally clean, and unmarked, but slightly shaken, covers clean but lacking spine and boards quite shaky, top outer corners rubbed. Uncommon. Appears to have been issued as a 2nd vol. to the 1876 edition (also in my listing, with uniform binding) which t.p. has as Volume I, this though has now Volume number, the pub.catalogues are identical but the order of contents appears to be very similar.

London etc.: Rider, 1985. 1st ed. . Black Cloth. VG+/Good+. 14.5 Cm x 22 Cm. xv+268, text figs. numbered by chapter; internally clean, tight and unmarked in clean unworn covers, just a hint of rubbing to bottom spine and slight bump bottom front outer corner; unclipped jacket clean but small chip top front cover beside top spine and a couple of minor edge nicks., also a very thin white line to front caused by lamination crease, v.small patch of transparent tear-repair tape visible bottom front corner but will be fainter once protective sleeve is added (when ordered). This UK Rider edition apparently extremely scarce and no UK copies of any edition listed on at time of cataloguing. . Note: quoted shipping rates are calculated for 500-700 gram net weight, cost will be modified up or down as appropriate outside this range.

London: Butterworths Scientific Publications, 1957. 2nd Ed, (1st-1954) . Dark Green Cloth. VG/VG-. 16 Cms x 25 Cms. x+267, 13 text figs; sig. top front endpaper of D.Newton (the late David Newton, Emeritus Professor of Physics at Lancaster University), his sometimes extensive spencilled annotations intermittently throughout, plus a note top end pastedown (eraseable but add to importance of copy so advise keeping in situ) , 5 pages (of various sizes, mostly small) of ms. mathematical notes slipped in, otherwise internally clean and tight, covers clean and virtually unworn, unclipped jacket clean but some rubbing, nicking to top edge, some of this internally closed by previous owner, will add protective sleeve when ordered. Differs from 1st ed. in having additional coverage of partical wave analysis and new chapter on the Dirac equation.

London etc.: Academic Press, 1981. 1st ed. . grey printed issue wrapper. VG. 16.5 Cms x 24 Cms. Issued as Vol.33A Part 4 pp.325-524+(2, ads, notices); v.sm.name stamp (David Legge) to fr. , sl.crease to front top corner, otherwise clean, tight and unmarked.

London: 'Printed for private circulation only by Alexander Moring Ltd.'. Presume first and only edition . Vellum. Good-VG. 15 Cm x 17.5 Cm. iii (Index)+375; Text consists of a verse/poem on l.h. facing 2 days of the calendar with a short list of saints and famous women (birth or death dates presumably), or occasionally events (June 16th & 17th strangely empty !). A previous owner has added occ.further names (about 5 I think - one dated 1888). Bound in vellum wrapped round card but firmly affixed. The title is on red on front and t.p. No indication of author or date of publication but, at a guess, 1901-1914 as Queen Victoria's funeral in 1901 is included.. Vellum cover is quite dusty but this responds fairly well to rubbing with an ordinary pencil eraser. Clearly Catholic in inspiration (The Queen being the Virgin Mary) and the verses are not ascribed to anyone so presumably are the author's. Having said that many of the entries, such as that just cited, are unconnected with… Read More

London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1973. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Black cloth with giltsp. lettering, pristine. Differently illustrated end-papers. Verso fr. end-paper-recto f/piece ill. across full opening, f/piece + 125, copiu0sly ill. throughout with full page and full opening plates, some tinted brown or blue, also smaller text ills; top recto f/piece has 'too Sasha, my son R.L.' otherwise no obvious faults. Unclipped jacket clean with no obvious faults, will add protective sleeve when ordered. 19 cm x 25 cm

Paris: Rignoux et Cie, 1838. 1st Edition . Blue paper wrapper. Very Good. 22 cms x 26 Cms. 27 pp., contents tight (despite being three gatherings held by a single stitch) & clean, although as edges are uncut there is some sl.dustiness and rubbing to these; the blue paper wrap is sl.smaller in area than text, clean but creased w. some chipping at sp.ends, unrpinted but inscribed in ink by author to a M. Fougeur. Discusses causes of white or grey hair and how this may be chemically prevented, spina bifida, whether scirrhus is genuinely a form of cancer, and inflammation of the tendons.

London: Edward Arnold, 1912. 1st Edition . Red Cloth. VG-. 15.5 Cms x 22.5 Cms. xi+284, occ.unopened; dated sig.of eminent historian of science R.M.Young top fr.free endpaper + another earlier sig. dated 9/1/20 on fr.pastedown, half-title a little foxed and occ.flecks elsehwere, clean, tight & otherwise unmarked. Covers clean with only sl.corner bumping but 2 nicks top sp. inhibit me from an unqualified VG rating. Coverage of: 'The Reform in Psychology', the 'hypothesis of the subconscious', genius, 'growth of public opinion psychologically considered', pragmatism, recidivism, pessimism, ethics and 'the cult of Nietzsche'. Author was Lecturer in philosophy at Queen's University Belfast.

Barcelona: Llibres a l'Abast, 1987. 1st ed. . Paperback. Fine. 12 Cms x 18 Cms. 249+(4, 'Sumari'), 2 errata (@Errades') slips inserted, one printed, the other, more lengthy duplicated; pristine copy.

New York and London 'The Knickerbocker Press': G.P.Putnam's Sons, 1892. 1st ed. . Brown Cloth. VG for age. 14cms X 19.5 Cms. Extended subtitle reads: Comprising a brief summary of legislation in the United States, together with a practical analysis of the present situation, and of the arguments of the advocates on unlimited silver coinage. Issued in the 'Questions of the Day' series with series list on pastedowns and outer sides of endpaper. 115 pp.+(2, pub.list of economics titles); innocuous small (15 mm) round stamp of Birmingham Assay Office Library bottom front end-paper otherwise internally clean, tight and unmarked; covers clean, small dent centre frotn fore-edge, slight corner rubbing, otherwise unworn though a tad dull perhaps.

Edinburgh and London: E. & S. Livingstone, 1958. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Black cloth cover with gilt sp. lettering, pristine. f/piece + (9, unpaginated prelims) + 284; 1965 dated short inscription and sig. to fr. end-paper, small Foyles sticker bottom outer corner fr. paste-down, otherwise virtually pristine. price-clipped jacket in protective sleeve as acquired otherwise clean, bright and unworn. A very nice copy of this fascinating anthology. 112.5 cm x 18 cm