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Erwin Schrodinger and the Quantum Revolution

Bantam Press, London
Large 8vo in black faux cloth, grey lettering to spine. 323pp, plates, bibliography, index etc
NEW copy in NEW Dust Jacket (very slight bump to bottom corner tip of front cover from poor handling)
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Cognitive Neuroscience of Emotion

Oxford University Pres, Oxford
Heavy, large 8vo. in black faux cloth, gilt lettering to spine. 431pp, colour plates, illustrations in text, index etc
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Chasing Venus - The Race to Measure the Heavens

William Heinemann, London
Large 8vo in navy faux cloth, gilt lettering to spine. 304pp, plates, index etc
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Machines in the Office

British Library, London
4to in colour printed stiff glossy card covers, 64pp, illustrations in text, bibliography, index etc
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Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac - Reminiscences About A Great Physicist

Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
8vo in photo illustrated stiff glossy card covers, 297pp, plates, index etc
An extremely well preserved almost AS NEW copy (faint hint of creasing to covers, page-block edges faintly dusty)
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Proceedings of the Royal Society - Series A Vol 115 / Volume CXV (complete) - Being June, July and August 1927 - Includes W O Kermack and A G McKendrick - A Contribution to the Mathematical Theory of Epidemics I

Harrison and Sons / Royal Society, London
Thick 4to bound in contemporary marbled boards with red leather spine and corner pieces, gilt lettering and line to spine, marbled end-papers, red deckle page-block edges, 726pp
A well preserved clean and tight VERY GOOD+ copy (thin sliver of slight wear to spine ends and cover corner tips, mild shelf rub to spine and cover edges, mild surface scratch to spine, contents fine and still very clean and tight)
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Thornton's Temple of Flora (Signed by George Rainbird)

Collins, London
Large 4to. in bright red cloth, gilt lettering to spine, 66pp, plates in colour and b/w, etc. Published to mark the 21st anniversary of the first book produced by the Rainbird company - The edition of Temple of Flora designed by Rainbird and Ruari Mclean in 1951. Rainbird has signed this copy below his foreword and inscribed it to the historian A J P Taylor from whose collection it came
An extremely well preserved almost AS NEW copy (end-papers and page-block edges a little tanned) in a slightly edge-nicked VERY GOOD Dust Jacket (looks very presentable in its protector)
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The Country Life Book of Orchids

Country Life, London
Large Folio in red cloth, gilt lettering to spine, 128pp, 30 full page colour plates by Grierson plus colour repros of antique flower prints, illustrations in text, index etc
An extremely well preserved AS NEW copy in an almost AS NEW slip-case (slightly tanned)
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Artful Science - Enlightenment, Entertainment and the Eclipse of Visual Education

MIT Press, Cambridge
Heavy 4to. in black cloth, gilt lettering to spine, 350pp, plates and numerous illustrations in text, index etc
NEW in a NEW price-clipped Dust Jacket
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Energy and the Unexpected

Oxford University Press, Oxford
Large 8vo in black faux cloth, gilt lettering to spine, 146pp, illustrations in text, bibliography, index etc
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Illustrations of the British Flora

L Reeve & Co, Ashford
8vo in blind embossed green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, 338pp, mainly plates, index etc
A well preserved FINE clean and tight copy (name on fly-leaf and front paste-down end-paper, page-block edges slightly tanned) in a very slightly edge-nicked and slightly tanned VERY GOOD+ Dust Jacket (looks fine in its protector)
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The Nobel Scientists - A Biographical Encyclopedia

Prometheus Books, Amherst New York
8vo in ornately gilt embossed red faux leather, gilt lettering to spine and front cover, 420pp
NEW unread copy
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The Brain and Emotion

Oxford University Press, Oxford
Extra large 8vo in blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, 367pp, index etc
NEW unread copy in NEW Dust Jacket
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Proceedings of the Royal Institution - Vol / Volume 46 1973

Applied Science Publishers, Barking
Heavy 8vo. in black cloth, gilt lettering to spine, 303pp, plates in colour and b/w, illustrations in text, etc
A well preserved FINE copy (page-block edges slightly tanned) in a FINE Dust Jacket (faintly tanned on rear panel)
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The Naturalist's Guide to the British Coastline

David & Charles, Newton Abbot
Large 8vo in blue faux cloth, gilt lettering to spine. 208pp, numerous illustrations in text, index etc
An extremely well preserved almost AS NEW copy (thin sliver of very slight creasing to bottom edge of spine, page-block edges faintly tanned) in a faintly tanned but otherwise AS NEW Dust Jacket. An excellent copy
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The Ultra Secret

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London
8vo in brown faux cloth, gilt lettering to spine, 199pp, index
VERY GOOD, a well preserved clean and tight copy (name on fly-leaf, page-block edges slightly tanned) in a GOOD only Dust Jacket (repaired tears to rear panel and head of spine panel, two small chips to top edge of front panel, looks very presentable in its protector)
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Heron Lake - A Norfolk Year (SIGNED COPY)

Batchworth Press, London
8vo in glazed green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, 216pp, signed by author on the half title leaf (no other inscription), tiny typed 'file copy' label to front cover (easily removeable)
A well preserved very clean and tight FINE unread or barely read copy pages slightly tanned) in a tanned, foxed and very lightly edge-worn but otherwise VERY GOOD Dust Jacket (looks very presentable in its protector)
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Old Garden Roses Part One - Painted by Charles Raymond

George Rainbird / Collins, London
Elephant Folio in green boards, gilt embossed pink label to front cover (as issued), 52pp, 8 full page colour plates by Charles Raymond. One of 2000 copies on Gelderland white cartridge paper
A very clean and tight FINE copy but for a small mild water stain to the top edge of front cover also slightly affecting the page-block edges, apart from a thin sliver to the top edge of the front and rear fly-leaves there is no bleed whatsoever to any of the page leaves and they all remain very clean. In an edge-worn soiled and dusty GOOD only Dust Jacket
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British Fungi - How to Identify Them

Epworth Press, London
Small 8vo. in green cloth, black lettering to spine and front cover with photo pasted to front cover (as issued), 62pp, illustrated
VERY GOOD+, a well preserved and very clean and tight copy in a dusty and torn GOOD only Dust Jacket but which looks very presentable in its protector
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The Practical Bee Guide

The Talbot Press, Dublin and Cork
8vo in stiff card covers, 305pp, numerous illustrations in text, index, ads at rear etc
VERY GOOD+, a well preserved clean and tight copy (covers and page-block edges slightly tanned, top corner of front blank fly-leaf clipped). A nice copy
Softcover
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The Facts on File Dictionary of Inorganic Chemistry

Facts on File, New York
Large 8vo in publishers' colour printed laminated boards, 248pp
NEW unread copy
1st editionHardcover
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Suns, Myths and Men (Completely Revised Edition 1968)

Frederick Mulller, London
8vo in orange cloth, black lettering to spine. 236pp, plates, index etc
An extremely well preserved almost AS NEW unread copy (hint of tanning to page-block edges, some very faint shelf-rub to cover bottom edges) in a FINE Dust Jacket (few spots of shelf rub to fold corner tips, minute chip to bottom edge of rear panel, looks almost as new in its protector) . An excellent copy
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Unity in Variety - As Deduced From the Vegetable Kingdom - Being an attempt at developing that oneness which is discoverable in the habits, mode of growth, and principle of construction of all plants

James S Virtue, London
8vo in red and gilt paper covered boards, red leather spine, gilt lettering to spine, decoratively printed end-papers, xv plus 162pp, 300 illustrations in text all by Dresser
Spine edge-worn and rubbed, slight wear to cover corner tips, few small bumps to cover edges, tiny closed tear to top edge of half title leaf, contents are FINE and still very clean and bright
1st editionHardcover
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Hurricane Force - The Story of the Storm of October 1987 (SIGNED COPY)

Collins, London
8vo in dark red faux cloth, silver lettering to spine. 224pp. This copy inscribed and signed by the author (as George) on the title-page
An extremely well preserved almost AS NEW unread copy (pages slightly tanned) in an AS NEW Dust Jacket
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Six Degrees - The Science of A Connected Age

William Heinemann, London
8vo in black faux cloth, gilt lettering to spine. 368pp, index etc
NEW unread copy in NEW Dust Jacket (hint of tanning to leaves)
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London's Natural History

Collins, London, 1946
8vo in green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, 282pp, plates in colour and b/w, index etc
A well preserved near FINE clean and tight copy (spine slightly sunned, scored out name on fly-leaf,)
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Dirty Medicine - Science, Big Business, and the Assault on Natural Health Care

Slingshot Publications, London
Thick, heavy 8vo. in colour printed stiff card covers, 729pp, index etc
VERY GOOD (covers lightly edge-rubbed and slightly creased, sliver of mild soil to page-block fore-edge, page leaves still very clean and tight)
1st editionSoftcover
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Engineering & Architecture (Architectural Design Profile 70)

Architectural Design, London
4to in colour printed stiff glossy card covers, 80pp, colour plates, illustrations in text, etc
A well preserved FINE clean and tight copy (faint flat crease to bottom corner tip of front cover)
1st editionSoftcover
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Collins Complete Guide to British Coastal Wildlife

Collins, London
Heavy 8vo in colour printed stiff glossy card covers, 384pp, illustrated in colour throughout etc
NEW unread copy
1st editionSoftcover
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The California Earthquake of April 18, 1906 - Report of the State Earthquake Investigation Commission (Two volumes bound as one)

Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington DC
Thick, very heavy 4to. in red cloth, gilt lettering to spine, 2 vols bound as one (as issued and complete) 451pp and 192pp, numerous illustrations in text, plates, diagrams (one folding) etc. The atlas volume was issued separately
A well preserved very clean and tight FINE unread or barely read copy (few tiny bumps to top edge of front cover and bottom cover corner tips)
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