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London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1943. Good-. Grey clothbound hardback, no dustjacket. 200 pp. 9 x 5½ inches. Diagrams. Foxing to endpapers. Boards bumped at corners and ends of spine, and faded. Well used, but tight and complete.

London: Bailliere, Tindall and Cox, 1942. Hardback. Good. Sixth edition, revised by H.W. Scott-Wilson. Dark red cloth 6½ x 4 inches, 300pp. Pencil annotation to some pages and to rear endpapers. Boards slightly marked. A good copy.

London: George C. Harrap & Co., 1962. 1st Edition . Hardback. VG+/VG. Red cloth. Unclipped dustwrapper. 8½ x 5½ inches. Illustrated with b&w photographs and diagrams. Dustwrapper slightly bumped at edges, very slightly browned.

London: The Religious Tract Society (R.T.S.). Hardback. Good. Green and gilt pictorial cloth boards, 4 x 6½ inches. 223 pp, numerous black and white engravings within the text. Contains chapters on Salt and Salts; Metals; Coals and Combustibles; Clay and Slate; Flint and Sand; Gravel; Chalk, Coal, Magnesia and Asbestos; Lime, Marble, and Granite; Volcanic Productions; Gems; and Fossils. Boards bumped and rubbed at corners, light wear to top and base of spine, Gift inscription to front endpaper, small ink mark to ffep, damaged patch to back endpapers. Some slight grubbiness to boards and endpapers. A good tight copy.

London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1957. Very Good/Good+. Black boards with dustwrapper, 207 pp. Study of cicadas, grasshoppers, praying mantis, bees, ants and scorpions by the BBC Radio presenter. Stylish b&w illustrations by Rosamund Seymour. Dustwrapper a little bumped at edges with a couple of tiny nicks at top of spine; slightly sunned in places but not price-clipped. Book itself is very good.

Dublin: J Christie, 1812. 1st Edition. . Hardback. Good/No Jacket. 8 vols. bound as 4 vols. Tan, leather-covered boards with gilt titles and decoration to spine. Each volume illustrated with fascinating engravings. Vols 1 and 2 (297pp. + 247pp.): Endpapers loose, otherwise text block in excellent condition. Frontispiece and single plate to first volume. 4 plates to second. Vols 3 and 4 (295pp. + 280pp.): leather to boards worn in places, particularly at base of spine but again, all still secure and attractive. Some of numerous plates are loose (but all still present), otherwise text block in good condition. 22 plates to third vol. and 37 plates to fourth. Vols 5 and 6 (278pp. and 284pp.): leather to boards worn at edges, particularly head of spine, otherwise rather good. Text block in very good condition. 16 plates to fifth vol. 11 plates to sixth. Vols 7 and 8 (282pp. + 174pp. + index): leather to boards worn and cracked in places, small section has come away at top of spine. Still nice volume to… Read More

Cambridge: Woodhead-Faulkner, 1987. 2nd Edition. . Hardback. VG. Dark boards with gilt lettering to spine and unclipped dust jacket. Old bookshop sticker to back cover of jacket. Size: 7 x 5 Inches

Philadelphia: Peace Literature Service, 1961. Soft cover. Good. Black and white 10 page pamphlet. Introduction by Warren Weaver. Originally an address delivered to the American Association for the Advancement of Science December 27 1960 New York City.

London: The Royal Society, 1990. 1st Thus. . VG/VG. Maroon boards with dustwrapper, 12 x 9 inches approx. 445 pp. Proceedings of a Royal Society discussion meeting held 25 August 1989, first published in 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London' series B, vol. 327 (no.1240) pp 223-445. Microfiche included in pocket inside rear board. Dustwrapper a little bumped and creased along top edge but otherwise very good.

London: Science for Peace, 1955. Paper Cover. Good. Paper pamphlet, 20pp. Rusty staples but good tight clean and otherwise unmarked copy.

London: Science for Peace, 1956. Paper Covers. Good. Paper pamphlet, 19pp. Incl. Burhop on The Economics of Nuclear Power, Furth on A Hippocratic Oath for Scientists, Hall on Science in Education, The Dangers of Nuclear Explosions by Humphrey etc. Riusty staples but good clean tight copy.

London, 1953. Paper Covers. Good+. Paper pamphlet, 13pp. December 1953. Incl. A Visit to the USSR by A.H.Gordon, article on export of drugs to China etc. Externally a little browned at edges, staples beginning to rust but clean tight copy.