Science Since 1500 by H. T. Pledge - 1946

Harper Torchbacks. Good with no dust jacket. 1959. Paperback. Ex-Lib .

Harper Torchbooks/Harper & B. 1959. Paperback. UsedVeryGood. Softcover; light fading, light shelf wear to exterior; remainder mark on lo wer outside page edge; in very good condition with clean text, firm binding . .

Her Majestys Stationery Office, 1946. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1946. Reprint. 356 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages remain attached. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall.

H.M. Stationery off. [printed by W. Clowes & sons, ltd.], 1939. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. [From the library of Benjamin B. King.] Bound in blue cloth. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Scattered markings by King. <br> "Benjamin B. King was an intelligence officer for the British Royal Air Force during World War II. After World War 2 broke out in Europe in September 1939, he joined the British Royal Air Force as a 'penguin' who could not fly because of eyesight problems. He was assigned to Coastal Command at the airbase in Wick in the very north of Scotland, which provided defense for Britain in the North Sea, engaging the Germany Navy and Air Force. After his stint at Wick, Ben was transferred to the vital but vulnerable British base at Gibraltar off the coast of Spain, where the British monitored German and Italian military operations in the Western Mediterranean. While in Gibraltar, one of his tasks was to listen to Luftwaffe radio communications… Read More

His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1939. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1939. No Edition Remarks. 357 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Minor pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends with small splits and fraying to cloth. Scuffing and stained marking overall. Mild tanning to spine and edges.

His Majesty's Stationary Office, 1939. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN:

His Majesty's Stationary Office, 1939. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,950grams, ISBN:

London: The Science Museum, 1947. 357 pp. Original red cloth covers w/ gilt title on binding. Corners bumped. Wear to spine ends. Marginal pencil notes on diff. pp. through chapter five. Previous owner's name stamp on ffep. DJ has wear and tear to edges. Lightly soiled. Illust. w/ b/w plates.. Hard Cover. Very Good-/Fair.

New York: Harper Torchbooks/Science Library/Harper & Brothers, Publishers, Inc., 1959. 1st Harper Torchbooks Edition: 1959 . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): 7¾" x 9¾" tall. Charles Gottlieb (Cover Design). 357 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text.

His Majesty's Stationary Office, London, 1946. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Illustrated, Photographic and Maps. Preface by author, acknowledgements, list of illustrations, scheme of graphs, bibliographical note, subject index and name index. Black and white illustrated frontispiece – that of a self-reported by Leonardo da Vinci. The text is illustrated with black-and-white line drawings, maps, and reproductions of illustrations. Blue coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Title says it all. Softening and rubbing of the back strip edges with fading and staining also present. Bumping, rubbing and fraying of the book corners; with rubbing of the book edges and panels. Rubs marks and stains to the book panels – rear panel worse than front panel. Age toning of the text block edges and pages with offset tanning and very nasty foxing of the end pages. Previous owners details to the top… Read More