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History of Science
1565 books in list (last updated 19 September 2008)
Brönner, Manfred [Ed]: Science and Technology in 19th Century Germany. An Exhibition of the Deutsches Museum Munich and the Goethe-Institut London & Manchester 1982/83. London: Martin 1982. 72p white paperback, pages clean and unmarked, binding firm, many colour and b&w plates, VG, sehr gut erhaltenes Exemplar, Seiten sauber und unmarkiert, mit vielen farbigen und s/w Abbildungen PKM 119536 £10
Deutsches Museum : Grosse Forscher und Erfinder, Leben und Werk: Schätze im Deutschen Museum. Düsseldorf: VDI 1978. 162p cloth with yellow jacket, b/w plates, near fine condition, minor shelfwear PKM 119443 £13
Hübner, Paul Gustav : Deutsche Wissenschaft heute. München: List 1966. 144p white paperback, ex library with label on spine, barcode and lending form on ffep, pages clean and unmarked, binding firm, VG, Bibliotheksexemplar mit Marke auf Buchrücken, Strichcode und Ausleihformular auf Vorsatzpapier, Seiten sauber und ohne Einträge PKM 119376 £8
Munk, William : The Roll of the Royal College of Physicians of London; Comprising Biographical Sketches : Volume I, 1518-1700; Volume II, 1701-1800; Volume III, 1801-1825. London: Royal College of Physicians 1878. 520p 472p 443p green cloth, ex library, shelfwear to boards, firm binding, very good condition PKM 119357 £50
Sampson, Anthony : The Seven Sisters: Great Oil Companies and the World They Made. First Edition. London: Hodder 1975. 288p green cloth, ex library, some shelfwear, pages unmarked, binding weak, index, very good condition PKM 118843 £13
(No Author) : First Annual Supplement to the 1973 List of the Fellows and Members of the Royal College of Physicians of London. London: Royal College of Physicians 1974. 86p blue stapled booklet, ex library, pages unmarked, binding firm, index, very good condition PKM 118816 £9
Weimar, Peter : Die Renaissance der Wissenschaften im 12. Jahrhundert. Zürich: Artemis 1981. 300p orange paperback, pages clean and unmarked, binding firm, VG+, exzellent erhaltenes Exemplar mit sauberen, unmarkierten Seiten PKM 118712 £20
Grant, Edward : Das physikalische Weltbild des Mittelalters. Zürich: Artemis 1980. 214p cloth with brown dustjacket, pages clean and unmarked, binding firm, VG+, sehr gut erhaltenes und sauberes Exemplar, Seiten unmarkiert, erscheint ungelesen PKM 118599 £25
Barlex, David ; Carré, Clive : Visual Communicatio in Science: Learning Through Sharing Images. Cambridge University Press 1985. (Cambridge Science Education Series) 122p cream paperback, pages clean and unmarked, some pages dog-eared including front cover, binding firm, many b&w illustrations, index, very good condition PKM 118354 £11
Mellor, D H : Real Time. Cambridge University Press 1985. 216p green paperback, some shelfwear, pages unmarked, binding firm, very good condition PKM 118282 £18
Kennedy, George [Ed]: The Cambridge History of Literary Criticism. Volume 1: Classical Criticism. Cambridge University Press 1990. 396p cloth with green/white dustjacket, pages unmarked, binding firm, very good condition PKM 118279 £39
Lindbergh, Charles : Von Babylon bis Bestiarium: Die Anfänge des abendländischen Wissens. Stuttgart: Metzler 1994. 482p large hardback with blue dustjacket, pages clean and unmarked, binding firm, many b&w plates, VG+, Buch in ausgezeichnetem Zustand, keine Gebrauchsspuren, Seiten sauber und unmarkiert PKM 118272 £35
(No Author) : Year Book of the Royal Society 1997. London: Royal Society 1997. 118p red cloth, pages unmarked, binding firm, very good condition PKM 118249 £7
Head, John : The Personal Response to Science. Cambridge University Press 1985. (Cambridge Science Education Series) 104p white paperback, some shelfwear, pages unmarked, binding firm, very good condition PKM 118243 £7
Morris, R J [Ed]: History & Computing. Volume 1. Number 1. 1989. Anatomy of a Rupture. Miguelismo, Petty Aristocracy and Liberal Centralism in Portugal 1820-34. Oxford University Press 1989. 1-103p black paperback, near fine condition PKM 118181 £17
Morris, R J [Ed]: History & Computing. Volume 1. Number 2. 1989. Computer-Assisted Mapping of the Credit Fields of Nineteenth-Century Rural Tradesmen in Scotland. Graphical Data in Art History and the Humanities: Their Storage and Display. Oxford University Press 1989. 105-176p black paperback, near fine condition PKM 118171 £5
Smith, Roger : Inhibition: History and Meaning in the Sciences of Mind and Brain. London: Free Association 1992. 333p cloth with blue dustjacket, scribbled notes to endpapers, some marginal ink notes to 2 pages, binding firm, good condition PKM 117838 £13
Simek, Rudolf : Heaven and Earth in the Middle Ages. Woodbridge: Boydell 1992. 164p cloth with white dustjacket, minor shelfwear, binding firm, index, scribbling to front inner board, title page and half title page, otherwise good condition PKM 117747 £11
Back, George : Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition: To the Mouth of the Great Fish River, and Along the Shores of the Arctic Ocean, in the Years 1833, 1834, and 1835. Rutland: Tuttle 1970. 663p cloth with grey dustjacket, pages clean and unmarked, binding firm, many b&w illustrations, with large fold-out map of the expedition, very good condition PKM 117690 £50
Summers, Montague : History of Witchcraft. Mystic 1970. 353p cloth with black jacket, minor shelfwear, near fine condition PKM 117491 £6
Pfister, Silvia : Parodien astrologisch-prophetischen Schrifttums: 1470 - 1590, Textform - Entstehung - Vermittlung - Funktion. Baden-Baden: Koerner 1990. (Saecula Spiritalia) 648p large red paperback, sm tear to hinge of front cover, pages clean and unmarked, binding firm, b&w illustrations, index, VG+, sehr gut erhaltenes Exemplar, Deckel kaum sichtbar eingerissen PKM 117450 £120
Hanson, Norwood : Patterns of Discovery. An Inquiry into the Conceptual Foundations of Science. Cambridge University Press 1972. 241p white/green paperback, corners rubbed, spine sunned, pages unmarked, good condition PKM 117388 £5
Webster, Andrew : Science, Technology and Society: New Directions. London: Macmillan 1991. 181p black paperback, pages clean and unmarked, binding firm, index, very good condition PKM 117272 £9
Guillet, Léon ; Charpy, Georges et al: A la mémoire de Henry de Chatelier 1850 - 1936. (= Revue de Métallurgie, numéro spécial, Jan 1937) Paris: Revue de Métallurgie 1937. iii 160p large pb, covers dusty, frontis, b&w illustrations some w tissue guards, various contributors, pp 141 - 160 darkened due to extensive grease stains, otherwise pages clean, VG PKM 117180 £24
Rysen, Adam : Rechnung auff der Linien unnd Federn/ Auff allerley Handtierung. Hannover: Vincentz 1978. 144p sm cream cloth, fresh copy, hardly used, reprint of original from 1525, Frakturschrift, VG+ PKM 117120 £20
Hoefer, Ferdinand : Histoire de la physique et de la chimie depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours. Nouvelle Edition. Paris: Hachette 1892. (Histoire Universelle) 561p bound in brown imitation leather, gltl lettering on spine, firm binding, pages clean, illustrations, hardly used, very well preserved, VG PKM 117060 £26
Curtis, Adela : The New Mysticism. Six Lectures. Third Edition. London: School of Science 1913. 172p blue cloth, slightly soiled and scratched boards, sunned, ex library, unmarked, very good condition PKM 116924 £22
Fürstenberg, M : Die Krätzmilben der Menschen und Thiere. Mit 15 lithographirten Tafeln, 10 Umrissfiguren und 3 Holzschnitten. Leipzig: Engelmann 1861. 240p plus 15 b&w plates, large quarto 37cm x 27cm hardback, externally worn copy, corners rubbed and showing, boards detached but present, spine detached but laid in, boards buckled and showing some water damage, Molteno Institute and library bookplates on front inner board and ffep, first 20p with some water damage, text not affected, some foxing on a few pages, otherwise pages clean and fresh, clear printing, beautiful illustrations and plates, two hand-writen letters to Prof Nuttall from 1918 laid in, binding losening, a perfect candidate for rebinding, ex lib copy PKM 116894 £170
Keilin, David : Parasitic Autotomy of the Host as a Mode of Liberation of Coelomic Parasites from the Body of the Earthworm. Cambridge: Molteno Institute for Research in Parasitology 1925?. pp 170 - 172 stapled offprint, neat ink inscription on title page, clean pages, VG ex lib copy PKM 116885 £4
Maurois, André : Private Universe. First Edition. London: Cassell 1932. 309p black cloth with gilt lettering, corners bumped, fraying to head and foot of spine, pages unmarked, binding weak, very good condition PKM 116849 £13
Guirdham, Arthur : A Theory of Disease. First Edition. London: Unwin 1957. 204p navy cloth, some shelfwear, spine sunned, signature to front endpaper, pencil marks to pages, index, very good condition PKM 116813 £12
Pearson, Karl : The Grammar of Science: Part 1 Physical. London: A & C Black 1911. 394p maroon cloth, stain to boards, spine rubbed, pages unmarked, index, very good condition PKM 116812 £13
Lodge, Oliver : Ether and Reality. First Edition. London: Hodder 1925. 179p green cloth, spine rubbed, signature to front endpaper, marginal marks, very good condition PKM 116769 £16
IUPAC : Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry: Definite Rules for Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry. 1957 Report of the Commission on the Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry. London: Butterworths 1959. ix 93p plum cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine, 2 sm library stamps and sm ink number on ffep, firm binding, pages clean and fresh, hardly used, VG PKM 116656 £26
Sardar, Ziauddin [Ed]: Touch of Midas: Scientific Values and the Environment in Islam and the West. Manchester University Press 1984. 272p cloth with green dustjacket, spine sunned, pages unmarked, very good condition PKM 116492 £17
Keller, Evelyn Fox : Refiguring Life: Metaphors of Twentieth-century Biology. Columbia University Press 1995. (The Wellek Library Lectures) 134p cloth with black/white dustjacket, author inscription to front endpaper, pages unmarked, binding firm, very good condition PKM 116382 £17
Gray, John et al: On Science. (= Daedalus. Journal of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Fall 2003) Cambridge: Daedalus 2003. (Daedalus) 120p black/orange paperback, pages unmarked, very good condition PKM 116349 £10
Donoghue, Denis et al: On Beauty. (= Daedalus. Journal of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Fall 2002) Cambridge: Daedalus 2002. (Daedalus) 120p orange paperback, pages unmarked, very good condition PKM 116344 £10
Various : Configurations. A Journal of Literature, Science and Technology. Volume 3. Number 3. Fall 1995. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press 1995. 319p-448p white paperback, pages unmarked, very good condition PKM 116341 £5
Rylance, Rick [Ed]: Ideas and Production. A Journal in the History of Ideas. Issues 9 and 10. Culture and Experience in the Nineteen Fifties. Cambridge: College of Arts & Technology 1983. 205p white/green paperback, pages unmarked, b&w illustrations, near fine condition PKM 116291 £13
Brannigan, Augustine : The Social Basis of Scientific Discoveries. Cambridge University Press 1981. 224p blue paperback, some shelfwear, corners rubbed, marginal marks, very good condition PKM 116286 £15
Dobson, Edward ; Searle, Alfred : A Rudimentary Treatise on the Manufacture of Bricks and Tiles. Twelth Edition Fully Revised, and Several New Chapters Added. With Numerous Illustrations. London: Crosby Lockwood 1911. (Weale's Scientific & Technical) 273p tan cloth with black lettering, publisher's catalogue at rear, stamp and pencil notes on front ep, cloth stained, binding beginning to give but holding, pages clean and unmarked PKM 116274 £60
Brewer, John [Ed]: History of the Human Science. Volume 20. Number 2. May 2007. Durham University 2007. 175p black/brown paperback, pages unmarked, binding firm, near fine condition PKM 116256 £5
Still, Arthur [Ed]: History of the Human Science. Volume 19. Number 2. May 2006. Durham University 2006. 103p black/green paperback, pages unmarked, binding firm, near fine condition PKM 116255 £5
Still, Arthur [Ed]: History of the Human Science. Volume 19. Number 1. February 2006. Durham University 2006. 118p black/green paperback, pages unmarked, binding firm, near fine condition PKM 116254 £5
Still, Arthur [Ed]: History of the Human Science. Volume 18. Number 2. May 2005. Durham University 2005. 334-480p black/red paperback, pages unmarked, binding firm, near fine condition PKM 116253 £5
Still, Arthur [Ed]: History of the Human Science. Volume 3. Number 3. Octobher 1990. Durham University 1990. 334-480p black/purple paperback, pages unmarked, binding firm, near fine condition PKM 116252 £8
Still, Arthur [Ed]: History of the Human Science. Volume 2. Number 2. June 1989. Durham University 1989. 136-282p black/green paperback, pages unmarked, binding firm, near fine condition PKM 116251 £8
Still, Arthur [Ed]: History of the Human Science. Volume 1. Number 1. May 1988. Durham University 1988. 144p black/red paperback, pages unmarked, binding firm, near fine condition PKM 116249 £15
Cohen, Robert [Ed]: Science in Context. Volume 2. Number 1. Spring 1988. Cambridge University Press 1988. 191p white/grey paperback, pages unmarked, binding firm, b&w plates, near fine condition PKM 116248 £10
Cohen, Robert [Ed]: Science in Context. Volume 1. Number 1. March 1987. Cambridge University Press 1987. 191p white/grey paperback, pages unmarked, binding firm, b&w plates, near fine condition PKM 116247 £10
Young, Robert [Ed]: Science as Culture. Number 14. Volume 3. Part 1. London: Free Association 1992. 160p yellow paperback, pages unmarked, binding firm, very good condition PKM 116226 £9
Young, Robert [Ed]: Science as Culture. Number 13. Volume 2. Part 4. London: Free Association 1991. 160p green paperback, pages unmarked, binding firm, very good condition PKM 116225 £9
Young, Robert [Ed]: Science as Culture. Number 6. London: Free Association 1989. 160p red paperback, pages unmarked, binding firm, very good condition PKM 116224 £9
Young, Robert [Ed]: Science as Culture. Number 3. London: Free Association 1988. 160p blue paperback, pages unmarked, binding firm, very good condition PKM 116223 £9
Young, Robert [Ed]: Science as Culture. Pilot Issue. London: Free Association 1987. 160p orange paperback, pages unmarked, binding firm, b&w plates, very good condition PKM 116217 £9
Maunder, E W : The Science of the Stars. London: Jack 1912?. (People's Books) 95p green cloth, bumped corners, very good condition, undated PKM 116094 £8
Williams, Peter : A New History of the Organ: From the Greeks to the Present Day. London: Faber 1980. 234p cloth with red dustjacket, ex library, pages unmarked, binding firm, very good condition PKM 115961 £26
McDonald, Donald : A History of Platinum from the Earliest Times to the Eighteen-Eighties. London: Johnson 1960. 254p cloth with blue dustjacket, some shelfwear, stain to boards, pages unmarked, binding firm, very good condition PKM 115911 £34
McKie, Douglas [Ed]: Notes from Doctor Black's Lectures on Chemistry 1767/8. London: Imperial Chemical Industries 1966. 190p cloth with black dustjacket, some shelfwear, corners rubbed, pages unmarked, binding firm, very good condition PKM 115910 £44
Jensen, Hans : Polarized Light: Its History and Contemporary Use in Coordination Chemistry. Lyngby: Technical University of Denmark 1981. 300p white paperback, some shelfwear, photocopy of typescript pages, pages unmarked, very good condition PKM 115908 £34
Masson, Irvine : Three Centuries of Chemistry. Phases in the Growth of a Science. First Edition. London: Benn 1925. 191p black cloth, ex library, corners rubbed, fraying to head and foot of spine, pages unmarked, binding firm, very good condition PKM 115905 £22
Watson, J S : A History of Salters' Company. Oxford University Press 1963. 172p white cloth, frontispiece with tissue guard, spine rubbed, pages unmarked, very good condition PKM 115902 £10
Soddy, Frederick ; Granston, John : Isotopy. Lectures by Soddy and Cranston. Westminster: New World 1923?. 36p yellow stapled booklet, pages unmarked, very good condition PKM 115900 £46
Levy, Stanley : The Alkali Industry. London: Murray 1935. (Modern Science Memoirs) 31p brown sew booklet, pages unmarked, cover browned and rubbed, very good condition PKM 115897 £24
Simon, William : Manual of Chemistry: A Guide to Lectures and Laboratory Work for Beginners in Chemistry. A Text-book Specially Adapted for Students of Pharmacy and Medicine. Fourth Revised Edition. Philadelphia: Lea Brothers 1893. 493p black cloth, ex library, pages unmarked, binding weak, colour plates, hinges cracked, spine repaired with white tape, acceptable condition PKM 115895 £68
Haber, L F : The Chemical Industry During the Nineteenth Century: A Study of the Economic Aspect of Applied Chemistry in Europe and North America. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1958. 304p cloth with green/blue dustjacket, pages unmarked, binding firm, jacket rubbed and chipped, very good condition PKM 115894 £36
Sharp, David : The Chemical Industry. London: Horwood 1981. 643p cloth with green dustjacket, spine rubbed, pages unmarked, binding firm, near fine condition PKM 115892 £44
Haber, L F : The Chemical Industry: 1900-1930: International Growth and Technological Change. Oxford University Press 1971. 448p cloth with maroon dustjacket, some shelfwear, pages unmarked, binding firm, near fine condition PKM 115891 £63
Smith, John : The Origins and Early Development of the Heavy Chemical Industry in France. Oxford University Press 1980. (Oxford Science Publications) 384p cloth with orange dustjacket, spine sunned, pages unmarked, binding firm, near fine condition PKM 115890 £34
Needham, Joseph et al: The Hall of Heavenly Records: Korean Astronomical Instruments and Clocks, 1380-1780. Cambridge University Press 1986. (Antiquarian Horological Society Monograph) 223p cloth with white/brown dustjacket, pages unmarked, binding firm, b&w illustrations, as new PKM 115840 £34
Rees, Martin : Our Final Century: A Scientist's Warning: How Terror, Error, and Environmental Disaster Threaten Humankind's Future in This Century. On Earth and Beyond. London: Heinemann 2003. 228p cloth with black dustjacket, pages unmarked, binding firm, near fine condition PKM 115744 £20
Royal Society : Notes and Records of the Royal Society. A Journal of the History of Science. Millennium Issue. Volume 55. Number 1. January 2001. London: Royal Society 2001. 181p white/black paperback, pages unmarked, binding firm, near fine condition PKM 115679 £20
Albano, Caterina ; Wallace, Marina : The Genius of Genetics: A Celebration of Gregor Mendel Through Science and Art. Exhibition Catalogue. No Imprint 2002. 63p black paperback, pages unmarked, binding firm, colour illustrations, near fine condition PKM 115674 £17
Torrance, Thomas : Theological Science. Oxford University Press 1969. 388p cloth with brown dustjacket, ex library, spine sunned, pages unmarked, binding firm, jacket faded near the extremities, near fine condition PKM 115630 £26
Gerhardt, Charles ; Grimaux, Edouard : Charles Gerhardt: Sa vie, Son Oeuvre, Sa Correspondance 1816 - 1856. Document d'Histoire de la Chimie. Paris: Masson 1900. 596p navy cloth with gilt lettering, frontispiece with tissue guard, corners slightly bumped, pages clean and unmarked, binding firm, very good condition PKM 115532 £160
Armstrong, E F : Chemistry in the Twentieth Century. An Account of the Achievement and the Present State of Knowledge in Chemical Science. London: Benn 1924. 281p green/white cloth, spine slightly rubbed, signature to front endpaper, some pages dog-eared, binding firm, index, very good condition PKM 115529 £13
Russell, Colin : Edward Frankland: Chemistry, Controversy and Conspiracy in Victorian England. Cambridge University Press 1996. 555p cloth with green/white dustjacket, minor shelfwear, binding firm, index, near fine condition PKM 115528 £44
Willstätter, Richard : Aus meinem Leben. Von Arbeit, Muße und Freunden. Weinheim: Verlag Chemie 1949. 453p maroon cloth, minor shelfwear, inscription to front endpaper, binding firm, index, near fine condition PKM 115527 £28
Lumet, Louis : Pasteur: Sa Vie, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Hachette 1922. 253p maroon cloth, yellowing to edges, binding firm, many b&w illustrations, index, near fine condition PKM 115526 £34
Shuck, H ; Sohlman, R : The Life of Alfred Nobel. First Edition. London: Heinemann 1929. 353p blue cloth with gilt lettering, ex library, corners slightly bumped, fraying to head and foot of spine, light foxing, many b&w illustrations, index, very good condition PKM 115521 £27
Pauli, Herta : Alfred Nobel. Dynamite King. Architect of Peace. London: Watson 1947. 323p black cloth with gilt lettering, minor shelfwear, yellowing to edges, binding firm, portrait, very good condition PKM 115518 £32
David, Florence : Games, Gods and Gambling. The Origins and History of Probability and Statistical Ideas from the Earliest Times to the Newtonian Era. First Edition. London: Griffin 1962. 291p maroon cloth, binding firm, near fine condition PKM 115467 £13
Royal Society : Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London. Volume 46 Number 1 January 1992. London: Royal Society 1992. 202p faint yellow paperback, some shelfwear to cover, ex lib, very good condition PKM 115438 £10
Royal Society : Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London. Volume 49 Number 1 January 1995. London: Royal Society 1995. 177p faint yellow paperback, some shelfwear to cover, ex lib, very good condition PKM 115437 £10
Pavalko, Ronald : Sociology of Occupations and Professions. Florida State University 1971. 234p maroon cloth, ex library, binding firm, very good condition PKM 115387 £18
DeGre, Gerard : Science as a Social Institution: An Introduction to the Sociology of Science. New York: Random House 1968. 48p purple/white hardback, ex library, very good condition PKM 115382 £9
Jackson, J A : Professions and Professionalization. Cambridge University Press 1971. 273p cloth with white/red dustjacket, ex library, minor shelfwear, very good condition PKM 115381 £10
Mackaye, James : Dynamic Universe. New York: Scribner's 1931. 308p green/white cloth, spine slightly worn and sunned, signature to front endpaper, pencil marks to pages, binding firm, very good condition PKM 115351 £15
Read, Carveth : The Origin of Man and His Superstitions. Second Edition. Cambridge University Press 1925. 278p red cloth, spine slightly sunned and rubbed, inscription to front endpaper, pencil marks to pages, very good condition PKM 115346 £15
Hornell, James : Water Transport. Origins and Early Evolution. Cambridge University Press 1946. 307p blue cloth, signature to front endpaper, binding firm, near fine condition PKM 115342 £50
Wipper, R : Ivan Grozny. Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House 1947. 253p cloth with yellow dustjacket, pages clean and unmarked, binding firm, jacket rubbed and chipped, very good condition PKM 115318 £17
Russell, Bertrand : The A B C of Relativity. Third Impression. London: Kegan Paul 1927. 230p white/blue cloth, spine slightly sunned, signature to front endpaper, index, very good condition PKM 115113 £24
Christie's : Scientific and Medical Instruments, Tools, Ornamental Turning and Other Apparatus. Auction Catalogue. London: Christie's 1993. 62p blue large paperback, cover slightly creased, very good condition PKM 115028 £11
Miall, Stephen : A History of the British Chemical Industry. London: Benn 1931. 273p black cloth with gilt lettering, ex library, minor shelfwear, fraying to head and foot of spine, binding firm, hinges cracked, binding good, index, very good condition PKM 115026 £18
Partington, J R : The Alkali Industry. Second Edition. London: Baillière 1925. 344p brown cloth, ex library, corners slightly bumped, binding firm, index, very good condition PKM 115025 £46
Kauffman, George [Ed]: Teaching the History of Chemistry: A Symposium; San Francisco, California, U.S.A., April 1968. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó 1971. 222p cloth with black/green dustjacket, binding firm, jacket rubbed and chipped, index, very good condition PKM 115020 £13
Imperial Chemical Industries : Ancestors of an Industry. London: Kynoch Press 1950. 165p cloth with black/white dustjacket, minor shelfwear, signature to front endpaper, binding firm, index, very good condition PKM 115018 £13
Donald, M B : Elizabethan Monopolies: The History of the Company of Mineral and Battery Works from 1565 to 1604. London: Oliver & Boyd 1961. 256p cloth with blue dustjacket, binding firm, index, very good condition PKM 115017 £10
Kingzett, Charles : The History, Products and Processes of the Alkali Trade. Including the Most Recent Improvements. London: Longman 1877. 247p brown cloth, minor shelfwear, ex lib, fraying to head and foot of spine, signature to front endpaper, hinges cracked, index, very good condition PKM 115010 £80
Miles, Frank : A History of Research in the Nobel Division of ICI. London: Imperial Chemical Industries 1955. 210p green cloth, minor shelfwear, ex lib, signature to front endpaper, index, very good condition PKM 115009 £20
Threlfall, Richard : The Story of 100 Years of Phosphorus Making, 1851-1951. Oldbury: Albright & Wilson 1951. 400p green cloth, minor shelfwear, ex lib, signature to front endpaper, pencil marks to pages, index, as new PKM 115007 £17
Haeckel, Ernst : Italienfahrt: Briefe an die Braut, 1859/ 1860. Leipzig: Koehler 1921. viii 184p brown cloth, frontisp, b&w plates, decorative chapter headings, boards sl warped, pages clean, VG PKM 114970 £18
Underwood, E A : Before and After Morton. A Historical Survey of Anaesthesia. A Reprint. London: British Medical Association 1946. 20p grey stapled booklet, rubbed cover, signature to cover, very good condition PKM 114851 £7
(No Author) : British Museum Magazine. The Journal of the British Museum Society. Year 1993. Number 13, 14, 15, 16. London: British Museum 1993. 4 volumes large black paperback, near fine condition PKM 114844 £13
Jonsson, Bo : Structure and Dynamics in Biological Systems. Cambridge University Press 1990. (Cambridge Studies in the History of Science) 230p cream hardback, binding firm, very good condition PKM 114820 £45
Vick, Edward : Quest: An Exploration of Some Problems in Science and Religion. London: Epworth 1975. 126p orange hardback, ex library, corners slightly rubbed, fraying to head and foot of spine, very good condition PKM 114751 £9
Dick, W F L : A Hundred Years of Alkali in Cheshire. London: Imperial Chemical Industries 1973. 123p cloth with purple/brown dustjacket, minor shelfwear, corners slightly rubbed, spine slightly sunned, appendix, very good condition PKM 114737 £20
Dick, W F L : A Hundred Years of Alkali in Cheshire. London: Imperial Chemical Industries 1973. 123p purple/brown paperback, minor shelfwear, corners slightly rubbed, spine slightly sunned, appendix, very good condition PKM 114736 £13
Hardie, D W F : A History Of The Chemical Industry In Widnes. London: Imperial Chemical Industries 1950. 250p cloth with brown dustjacket, minor shelfwear, corners slightly rubbed, fraying to head and foot of spine, binding firm, many b&w illustrations, index, very good condition PKM 114735 £44
Fennell, R W : History of Iupac, 1919-1987. Oxford: Blackwell 1994. 354p blue hardback, binding firm, very good condition PKM 114734 £39
(No Author) : Centenaire De La Societe Chimique De France (1857-1957); 100 Years of the Chemical Society of France. Paris: Masson 1957. 249p white paperback, ex library, minor shelfwear, corners slightly rubbed, very good condition PKM 114733 £28
Simpson, A D C [Ed]: Joseph Black, 1728-1799: A Commemorative Symposium. First Edition. Edinburgh: Royal Scottish Museum 1982. (Royal Scottish Museum Studies) 69p brown paperback, ex library, corners slightly bumped and rubbed, binding firm, very good condition PKM 114731 £12
Roscoe, H E ; Schorlemmer, Carl : A Treatise on Chemistry. 3 Volumes in 8 Books Complete Set. Volume 1: The Non-Metallic Elements. Volume 2: Metals. Volume 3. Organic Chemistry. First Edition. London: Macmillan 1886. 8 volumes in original brown cloth with gilt lettering, fraying to top/bottom of spine, some cloth on spine chipped, slightly rubbed corners, frontispiece, firm binding, unmarked and no foxing to pages, b/w illustrations, very good condition PKM 114730 £320
Anderson, J D : The Peoples of India. Cambridge University Press 1913. (Cambridge Manuals) 118p brown/pink cloth, spine slightly sunned, signature to front endpaper, pencil marks to pages, b/w illustrations, very good condition PKM 114726 £9
(No Author) : Pursuit and Promotion of Science: The Indian Experience. New Delhi: Indian National Science Academy 2001. 400p cloth with black dustjacket, corners heavily bumped, binding firm, near fine condition PKM 114676 £31
Martin, Walter ; Klann, Norman : The Christian Science Myth. Third Impression. Grand Rapids: Zondervan 1955. 205p black/white paperback, creased spine, cover worn and detached, ink underlining to most pages, good condition PKM 114645 £8
Lysenko, T D : Soviet Biology. A Report to the Lenin Academy of Agricultural Sciences Moscow, 1948. London: Birch 1948. 51p green/white paperback, spine slightly rubbed, very good condition PKM 114624 £24
Norris, W G : Chemical Service in Defence of the Realm. One Hundred Years of Chemical Inspection. The Story of the Chemical Inscpectorate. London: Ministry of Supply 1957. 91p blue paperback, spine slightly rubbed, very good condition PKM 114623 £12
Roberts, Gareth : The Royal College of Chemistry 1845-1853. A Social History of Chemistry in Early Victorian England. Reprint Facsimile Edition. Ann Arbor: University Microfilms International 1973. 480p black/white reprint facsimile edition, spine sunned, minor shelfwear, very good condition PKM 114622 £24
Frankel, Ernst : Jean-Baptiste Biot: The Career of a Physicist in Nineteenth Century Science. Reprint Facsimile Edition. Ann Arbor: University Microfilms International 1976. 400p black/white reprint facsimile edition, spine sunned, minor shelfwear, very good condition PKM 114620 £22
Bonner, John : Amedeo Avogadro: A Reassessment of His Research and its Place in Early Nineteenth-century Science. Reprint Facsimile Edition. Ann Arbor: University Microfilms International 1985. 350p black/white reprint facsimile edition, minor shelfwear, very good condition PKM 114619 £24
Mathieu, Jean-Paul : Les Theories Moleculaires du Pouvoir Rotatoire Naturel. Paris: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 1946. (Conferences Rapports sur les Recherches Recentes en Physique) 243p maroon cloth with gilt lettering, yellowing to edges, index, near fine condition PKM 114609 £36
Morris, Peter ; Russell, Colin : Archives of the British Chemical Industry, 1750-1914: A Handlist. Oxford: Society for the History of Science 1988. (BSHS monographs) 274p yellow paperback, yellowing to edges, index, near fine condition PKM 114608 £22
Gomme, A A : Patents of Invention. Origin and Growth of the Patent System in Britain. London: Longman 1946. (Science in Britain) 48p white/blue paperback, many b&w illustrations, very good condition PKM 114607 £8
Taylor, F S : A Century of British Chemistry. London: Longman 1947. (Science in Britain) 47p white/blue paperback, many b&w illustrations, very good condition PKM 114606 £5
Swan, Kenneth : Sir Joseph Swan and the Invention of the Incandescent Electric Lamp. London: Longman 1946. (Science in Britain) 50p white/blue paperback, minor shelfwear, many b&w illustrations, very good condition PKM 114605 £10
Randell, W L : S Z de Ferranti. His Influence upon Electrical Development. London: Longman 1946. (Science in Britain) 28p white/blue paperback, many b&w illustrations, very good condition PKM 114604 £7
Johnson, J H ; Randell, W L : Colonel Crompton and the Evolution of the Electrical Industry. London: Longman 1946. (Science in Britain) 27p white/blue paperback, many b&w illustrations, very good condition PKM 114603 £10
Jones, Harold : The Royal Observatory, Greenwich. London: Longman 1946. (Science in Britain) 44p white/blue paperback, many b&w illustrations, very good condition PKM 114601 £7
Dickinson, Henry ; Vowles, H P : James Watt and the Industrial Revolution. London: Longman 1948. (Science in Britain) 57p white/blue paperback, many b&w illustrations, very good condition PKM 114600 £8
Pendred, L L : British Engineering Societies. London: Longman 1947. (Science in Britain) 37p white/blue paperback, many b&w illustrations, very good condition PKM 114599 £6
Allen, G C : British Industry. London: Longman 1945. (British Life and Thought) 51p grey paperback, spine slightly worn, binding firm, some stain to last few apges, very good condition PKM 114598 £10
Clowes, G S : Sailing Ships: Their History and Development as Illustrated by the Collection of Ship-models in the Science Museum. Part 1: Historical Notes. London: HMSO 1932. 114p brown paperback, minor shelfwear, yellowing to edges, index, very good condition PKM 114597 £15
Westcott, G F : Pumping Machinery. Part 1: Historical Notes. London: HMSO 1947. 95p brown paperback, minor shelfwear, yellowing to edges, very good condition PKM 114595 £15
Ward, F A B : Handbooks of the Science Museum. Time Measurement. Part 1: Historical Review. London: HMSO 1937. 54p blue paperback, minor shelfwear, spine slightly sunned, yellowing to edges, index, very good condition PKM 114594 £14
Barclay, A : Chemistry: A Brief Outline of Its History and Development. Part 1: Historical Review. London: HMSO 1946. 74p brown paperback, minor shelfwear, yellowing to edges, index, very good condition PKM 114593 £10
Mumford, Lewis : Technics and Civilization. London: Routledge 1934. 508p blue cloth with gilt lettering, corners slightly bumped, spine slightly sunned, fraying to head and foot of spine, signature to front endpaper, very good condition PKM 114568 £30
Symons, Leslie : Russian Transport: An Historical and Geographical Survey. London: Bell 1975. (Bell's Advanced Economic Geographies) 192p navy paperback, minor shelfwear, binding firm, near fine condition PKM 114539 £13
Corner, Mark : Signs of God: Miracles and Their Interpretation. Aldershot: Ashgate 2005. 219p purple paperback, corners slightly bumped, near fine condition PKM 114435 £12
Ritter, J [Ed]: Kalender für Heizungs-, Lüftungs- und Badetechniker. Erstes kurzgefasstes Nachschlagebuch für Gesundheitstechniker. 46. Jahrgang 1942. Halle: Marhold 1942. 474p 110p sm hardback, spine absent, 110p of contemp advertisements, index and diary, sl foxing throughout, charts, diagrams, illustrations, good copy PKM 114379 £16
Hulse, David : The Early Development of the Steam Engine. Leamington Spa: Tee 1999. 160p purple paperback yellow lettering, binding firm, many b&w illustrations, very good condition PKM 114321 £9
Hills, Richard : Power from Steam: A History of the Stationary Steam Engine. Cambridge University Press 1993. 354p black/white paperback, minor shelfwear, corners slightly rubbed, binding firm, many b&w illustrations, very good condition PKM 114315 £18
Royal Society : Science Matters. A Speech by the Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Tony Blair MP. Delivered at the Royal Society on 23 May 2002. London: Royal Society 2002. (Excellence in Science) 16p blue stapled booklet, near fine condition PKM 114179 £5
Wolpert, Lewis : Is Science Dangerous? London: W H Smith 1990?. (W H Smith Contemporary Papers) 21p blue paperback, top right corners bumped, very good condition PKM 114178 £5
McKee, Alexander : Into the Blue: Great Mysteries of Aviation. London: BCA 1982. 296p cloth with blue dustjacket, signature to front endpaper, pages clean and unmarked, binding firm, index, very good condition PKM 113959 £11
Clark, James ; Halbouty, Michel : Spindletop: The True Story of the Oil Discovery That Changed the World. First Edition Signed. New York: Random House 1952. 306p cloth with black jacket, slightly rubbed and dull jacket, signed by both authors, inscription to title page, firm, very good condition PKM 113716 £20
Baroja, Pio : El Arbol De La Ciencia. Madrid: Alianza 1987. 250p black/white paperback, ex library, as new PKM 113688 £6
Knapper, Christopher : Evaluating Instructional Technology. New York: Wiley 1980. 164p black cloth, ex library, corners slightly rubbed, pages clean and unmarked, binding firm, very good condition PKM 113629 £10
(No Author) : Archeologia Industriale. Rivista Quadrimestrale. Anno 1 Numero 1 Giugno 1983. Bresica: Archeologia Industriale 1983. 98p white/black paperback, minor shelfwear, corners slightly rubbed, pages clean and unmarked, many b&w illustrations, very good condition PKM 113510 £15
Hall, Cyril : Conquests of Engineering. London: Blackie 1912. (Triumphs of Enterprise) 288p blue cloth illustrative boards, sunned spine, fraying to head/foot of spine, book price label to back of board, foxing to pages, b/w plates, good condition, some pages may be slightly lose PKM 113247 £18
(anon?) : New Communication Order. No. 9. Historical Background of the Mass Media Declaration. Paris: UNESCO 1985. (New Communication Order) 280p green paperback, ex library, spine slightly sunned, pages clean and unmarked, very good condition PKM 113169 £40
O'Brien, Rita et al: Communication Indicators. Part 1: Communication Indicators and Indicators of Socio-Economic Development. Paris: UNESCO 1979. (Communication and Society) 96p orange paperback, ex library with reference numbere taped to spine, spine slightly sunned, otherwise near fine condition PKM 113152 £22
Sotheby's [Ed]: Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts, Science and Medicine. London, Tue 20th Nov 1990. London: Sotheby's 1990. 303p A4 sized pb, many b&w and colour illustrations, hardly used, fresh, clean pages, VG+ PKM 113115 £22
Cary-Elwes, Columba : The Sheepfold and the Shepherd. First Edition. London: Longmans, Green & Co 1956. 259p cloth with black/orange dustjacket, pages clean and unmarked, light foxing to pages, name sticker to inner front board, some rubbing of the dustjacket, binding firm, index, very good condition PKM 112649 £40
Fauvel, John : Oxford Figures: 800 Years of the Mathematical Sciences. Oxford University Press 1999. 304p cloth with purple jacket, some scratches to jacket, pages bright and crisp with many b/w illustrations, near fine condition PKM 112191 £31
Haldane, J B S : Possible Worlds and Other Essays. London: Chatto & Windus 1937. (The Phoenix Library) 312p blue cloth with gilt lettering, slight shelfwear, publishers catalogue at rear, pages clean and unmarked, slight scratching on back board, binding firm, very good condition PKM 112091 £20
Nottingham Festival : It's Like This: 500 Years of Pictures for Science. Nottingham Castle 1974. 87p white paperback, pages clean and unmarked, binding firm, many b&w illustrations, near fine condition PKM 112021 £12
Herber, Elmer [Ed]: Correspondence between Spencer Fullerton Baird and Louis Agassiz: Two Pioneer American Naturalists. First Edition. Washington: Smithsonian 1963. 237p blue cloth with gilt lettering, corners slightly bumped, pages clean and unmarked, binding firm, index, very good condition PKM 112010 £18
Marti, Hans Rudolf : Normale und anomale menschliche Hämoglobine. Mit 74 Abbildungen. (= Pathologie und Klinik in Einzeldarstellungen, Vol 13) Berlin: Springer 1963. viii 197p blue cloth with fresh gilt lettering and beige dustjacket, dj sl scuffed and with sm library shelf label taped to head of spine, index, bibliography, photogr plates, firm binding, clean pages, review note laid in, very well preserved ex lib copy PKM 111880 £44
Gibbs-Smith, C H : The Great Exhibition of 1851. London: Her Majesty's Stationary Office 1981. 96p cream paperback, a little shelfwear, binding firm, many b&w photographs, very good condition PKM 111785 £10
Haldane, J B S : Possible Worlds. London: Chatto 1937. 312p black cloth with gilt lettering, pages clean and unmarked, binding firm, index, very good condition PKM 111686 £11
Multhauf, R P : The Origins of Chemistry. London: Watts 1967. 412p grey cloth, ex library, minor shelfwear, spine slightly sunned, pages clean and unmarked, binding firm, reference number taped to spine, index, very good condition PKM 111156 £22
Penrose, Roger : 'Nature and the Greeks' and 'Science and Humanism'. Cambridge University Press 1996. (Canto Original) 182p white paperback, near fine condition, owner signature to front free end paper, some pages hightlighted PKM 110652 £11
Chapman-Huston, Desmond : Through a City Archway: The story of Allen and Hanburys, 1715-1954. London: Murray 1954. 326p cloth, illustrated dj a bit torn, 1st edition, many photogr plates, frontisp, clean pages, well preserved copy PKM 110453 £30
Thomson, J A : The Great Biologists. First Edition. London: Methuen 1932. 176p navy cloth with gilt lettering, corners dented, ex lib, minor shelfwear to spine, very good condition PKM 110137 £18
Lebaron, Frédéric : La croyance économique: Les économistes entre science et politique. Paris: Seuil 2000. (Collection libre) 260p pink pb, inscription on half title, almost as new, VG+ PKM 110085 £18
Gunther, R T : Early Science in Oxford. Volume 11: Oxford Colleges and Their Men of Science. Oxford University Press 1937. 429p blue cloth with gilt lettering, almost as new PKM 109419 £44
Wiesner, Jerome : Where Science and Politics Meet. New York: McGraw-Hill 1965. 302p brown cloth, ex lib but as new condition PKM 109301 £10
Lloyd, W E B : A Hundred Years of Medicine. London: Duckworth 1971. 352p green/white paperback, minor shelfwear to the extremities, corners slightly bumped, pages clean and unmarked, very good condition PKM 108922 £20
Brock, Arthur : Galen on the Natural Faculties: With an English translation by Arthur John Brock. London: Heinemann 1916. 339p green cloth, ex lib, slightly worn boards, otherwise near fine condition, in greek and english, indexed PKM 108784 £24
Reyner, J H : Age of Miracles. London: Neville Spearman 1976. 200p cloth with red jacket, sunned spine, ex lib, some pencil underlined pages, binding good, very good condition PKM 108726 £10
Adams, Mary [Ed]; Russell, Bertrand et al: Science In The Changing World. First Edition. London: Allen & Unwin 1933. (Broadcast Talks Published in Book Form) 286p green cloth, bookseller label on endpaper, VG+ PKM 108370 £10
Stewart, Balfour : An Elementary Treatise on Heat. First Edition. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1866. 392p maroon cloth with gilt lettering, boards worn and detached, pages clean but binding sl slightly lose, ex lib, index, good condition only, but text well preserved, very important study PKM 108035 £240
Gleichen, Alexander : The Theory of Modern Optical Instruments: A Reference Book for Physicists, Manufacturers of Optical Instruments, and for Officers in the Army and Navy. London: HMSO 1918. 365p green cloth, sunned, ex lib, corners dented, worn spine, pages clean with diagrams throughout, very good condition PKM 107943 £68
Airy, George : On the Undulatory Theory of Optics: Designed for the Use of Students in the University. London: Macmillan 1877. 159p green cloth, corners dented, pages slightly browned but unmarked, very good condition PKM 107912 £86
Parkinson, S : A Treatise on Optics. Second Edition. London: Macmillan 1866. 328p green cloth, spine missing, boards detached, binding slightly weak, ex lib, pages clean and unmarked, ideal for rebinding, good condition PKM 107910 £28
Bochner, Salomon : Eclosion and Synthesis: Perspectives on the History of Knowledge. New York: Benjamin 1969. 264p grey cloth, ex lib, slight shelfwear to top/bottom of spine, corners slightly dented, pages bright and crisp, very good condition PKM 107686 £34
Bowler, Peter : Fontana History of the Environmental Sciences. London: Fontana 1992. (Fontana History of Science) 800p white paperback, excellent cover, spine slightly creased, pages slightly browned but unmarked, tight binding, very good condition PKM 107212 £10
Jolly, William : Ever Reaping Something New. A Scientific Centenary. Sydney University Press 1985. 256p black hardback, very good condition, scuffed cover, inscription on front endpaper, pages as new, many photographs PKM 107139 £18
Hudson, John : The History of Chemistry. London: Macmillan 1992. 296p blue paperback, top right corner of front cover is slightly bumped, otherwise near fine condition, pages clean and crisp with many diagrams throughout PKM 107062 £13
Priesner, Claus ; Figala, Karin [Eds]: Alchemie: Lexikon einer hermetischen Wissenschaft. München: Beck 1998. 412p cloth illustrated dj, illustrations, hardly used, VG+ PKM 106913 £32
Sarton, George : The Study of The History of Mathematics. And The Study of The History of Science. Two Volumes Bound as One. New York: Dover 1957. 187p white paperback, ex lib copy with stamps, cover is lightly darkened, spine fading, pages untouched, as new condition PKM 106801 £15
Harman, P M : Wranglers and Physicists: Studies on Cambridge Mathematical Physics in the Nineteenth Century. Manchester University Press 1985. 272p cloth, ex lib with stamps, dust jacket has one minor tear at the back and reference number written on the spine, as new condition PKM 106791 £100
Tyndall, John : Faraday as a Discoverer. London: Longmans, Green & Co 1884. 199p sm puple hb, very good state, spine severly faded, boards stiff, some light foxing, majority of pages uncut, crisp interior, VG+ PKM 106557 £20
Roller, Duane et al: The Voice of America. Forum Lectures. History of Science Series. 11 Issues. Voice of America. approx 150p brown hb, 11 issues in one volume, ex lib, cover boards in poor condition, extensively stained, internally clean and crisp, near fine PKM 106556 £30
Her Majesty's Inspectors : Ministry of Education Pamphlet. No 38. Science in Secondary Schools. London: Her Majesty's Stationary Office 1960. 164p blue paperback, simple cover design, ex lib, one stamp, very good state, illustrated PKM 106552 £10
Walker, M E M : Pioneers of Public Health. The Story of Some Benefactors of the Human Race. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd 1930. 270p hb with tatty white illustrated dj, otherwise very good condition, rough cut pages clean and crisp, frontis and other illustraions, VG+ PKM 106551 £26
Buckley, A B : A Short History of Natural Science and of the Progress of Discovery from the Time of the Greeks to the Present Day. For the Use of Schools and Young Persons. London: Stanford 1883. 507p blue hb, decorative gilt lettering and design on boards, good state, a little worn, pages endpapers coming loose, crisp pages, some illustrations, gilt page ends PKM 106550 £26
Craik, George : The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties. Illustrated by Anecdotes. 2 Volumes. London: Knight 1834. (The Library of Entertaining Knowledge) two brown hardbacks, approx 400p each, very good condition, a little bumped on extremities, prev owner on front endpaper, internally clean, tight binding, little evidence of prev use, neat, tight set PKM 106547 £46
Crombie, A C : Augustine to Galileo: The History of Science. A.D.400-1650. London: Falcon 1952. 436p black cloth, no dj, good state, ex lib, spine worn, usual lib marks to cover and endpapers, internally clean and unmarked, binding a little loose, some illustrations PKM 106545 £12
Sarton, George : The Life of Science. Essays in the History of Civilisation. New York: Henry Schuman 1948. 197p red cloth, very good ex lib, usual markings to cover and endpapers, otherwise a neat crisp copy PKM 106543 £10
Larsen, Egon : The Cavendish Laboratory. Nursery of Genius. London: Ward 1962. 95p hb with purple illustrated dj, good state, dj a bit tatty, inscription front endpaper, interior clean and tight, some photographs PKM 106537 £8
Forbes, R J ; Dijksterhuis, E J : A History of Science and Technology. Volume 1. Ancient Times to the Seventeenth Century. London: Penguin 1963. 294p blue paperback, very good ex lib, few lib markings, 8p illustrated section PKM 106535 £6
Wehr, M Russell ; Richards, James : Physics of the Atom. Reading: Addison Wesley 1972. (World Student Series) 482p paperback, good state, cover worn on corners, prev owners name on frontendpaper, otherwise pages clean, tight and unmarked PKM 106489 £8
Alleau, René : History of Occult Sciences. Leisure Arts 1966. (Discovery of Science) 112p hardback, poor dj, good condition, loose pages, tall format PKM 106485 £10
Delaunay, Albert : History of Biology. Leisure Arts 1966. (Discovery of Science) 111p hardback, vg, dj, illustrations, tall format PKM 106484 £8
Cardwell, D S L : The Organization of Science in England. London: Heinemann 1972. 268p hardback, red dj, spine faded, internally as new PKM 106483 £8
Sarton, George : The Study of The History of Mathematics. And The Study of The History of Science. Two Volumes Bound as One. New York: Dover 1957?. approx 200p white paperback, very good state, cover dirty and scuffed, but internally excellent PKM 106477 £10
O'Hear, Anthony : The Element of Fire. Science, Art and the Human World. London: Routledge 1988. 178p hardback, black dj, near fine, dj a little marked, otherwise as new PKM 106475 £10
Harré, Rom : Physical Sciences Since Antiquity. London: Croom Helm 1986. 140p hardback with brown and white illustrated dj, near fine state, sticker remnant on front of dj, otherwise as new PKM 106474 £10
Meyer, Ernst von ; McGowan, George [Transl]: A History of Chemistry From the Earliest Times to the Present Day Being Also An Introduction to the Study of Science. London: Macmillan 1906. 691p green hardback, very good condition, cover boards a little grubby and bumped, inscription on inside front cover, otherwise interior clean, tightly bound, little evidience of previous use, VG+ PKM 106473 £36
Howarth, Oliver : The British Association for the Advancement of Science. London: British Association for the Advancement of Science 1931. 330p sm brown cloth, no dj, gilt lettering, very good state, boards a little worn, interior a little browned, but unmarked and tightly bound, frontispiece, PKM 106467 £8
Mallet, J W ; Thorpe, T E et al: Memorial Lectures Delivered Before The Chemical Society 1893- 1900. London: Gurney & Jackson 1901. 1294p navy hardback, excellent ex lib, few stamps restricted to front and back endpapers, boards very good, one sticker, internally excellent PKM 106458 £26
Crosland, Maurice : Gay-Lussac. Scientist and Bourgeois. Cambridge University Press 1978. 333p hb with red illustrated dj, excellent condition, dj very slightly worn, fine interior, frontispiece PKM 106456 £20
Hofbauer, Klaus : Formation of the German Chemical Community. 1720 - 1795. California University Press 1982. 312p brown cloth, no dj, near fine, one bumped corner, internally as new PKM 106455 £30
Brock, W H : From Protyle to Proton. William Prout and the Nature of Matter. 1785-1985. London: Hilger 1985. 252p hardback with brown dj, excellent condition, dj faded along spine, internally fine, as new, illustrions throughout PKM 106453 £18
Cripps, Ernest : Plough Court. The Story of a Notable Pharmacy. 1715-1927. London: Allen 1927. 227p green hb, no dj, gilt lettering to cover and spine, very good, boards a little faded, internally crisp, near new, some light foxing, mostly to page ends, beautiful illustrations throughout PKM 106452 £12
Threlfall, Richard : The Story of 100 Years of Phosphorus Making. Oldbury: Albright & Wilson 1951. 400p green cloth, very good state, boards stiff, unmarked, only a little bumper on corners, internally extensive markings in rear, some scattered throughout, illustrations, pages crisp and tightly bound PKM 106451 £24
Cook, Harold : Decline of the Old Medical Regime in Stuart London. Cornell University Press 1986. 310p hb with blue illustrated dj, near fine state, dj a little scuffed otherwise as new PKM 106449 £20
Dunmore, John : Anthology of French Scientific Prose. London: Hutchinson 1973. 144p pink and black illustrated paperback, excellent condition, cover a little faded along spine, internally fine, as new PKM 106448 £8
Imperial Chemical Industries : Elements of an Industry. London: Imperial Chemical Industries 1955?. approx 30p large blue paperback, good state, cover a little faded, written on, internally excellent, clean, unmarked, beautiful illustrations and information about various elements and where they are mined PKM 106438 £17
Cantor, Geoffrey et al: Science in the Nineteenth-Century Periodical. Reading the Magazine of Nature. Cambridge University Press 2004. (Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-century Literature & Culture) 346p hardback, grey illustrated dj, near fine state, slight fading to top of dj, otherwise as new, some illustrations, bibliography, index PKM 106274 £36
Hsiao, Kung-Chuan : K'ang Yu-Wei's Excursion into Science: Lectures on the Heavens. Arizona University Press 1967. 30p offprint, VG+ PKM 106193 £14
Taper, Mark [Ed]: The Nature of Scientific Evidence: Statistical, Philosophical and Empirical Considerations. Chicago University Press 2004. thick paperrback with white illus cover, VG PKM 106173 £14
Boyer, Carl : A History of Mathematics. New York: Wiley 1968. xv 717p gry cloth, index, clean unmarked pages, VG+ ex lib PKM 106147 £14
Renan, Ernest : L'Avenir de la Science. Pensées de 1848. Second Edition. Paris: Calmann Lévy 1890. 541p original buckram binding repaired with tape, bookplate and donation bookplate, library markings on title page, ex lib, early edition with minor signs of use, still VG, a volume in the edition of the collected works of Renan PKM 106100 £16
Nagel, Ernest ; Suppes, Patrick [Eds]: Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science. Proceedings of the 1960 International Congress. Stanford University Press 1965. large thick volume in red brown cloth, ex lib, VG+, nice copy very little used PKM 106060 £30
Wilder, Raymond : Introduction to the Foundations of Mathematics. New York: Wiley 1952. 305p hb with black dj and clear plastic jacket, good condition, dj scuffed, torn and faded, stamps on front and rear endpapers, text itself in excellent condition, some slight browning, problems, index PKM 105801 £20
Sears, Francis : An Introduction to Thermodynamics, The Kinetic Theory of Gases and Statistical Thermodynamics. Reading: Addison Wesley 1972. 374p purple and green paperback, good condition, cover creased and scuffed, faded on spine, internally some slight browing, otherwise excellent, a perfectly servicable copy PKM 105800 £8
University of Cambridge : Examination Papers for Scholarships and Exhibitions in the Colleges of the University of Cambridge, 1948 - 1949. Cambridge University Press 1948 - 9. Pagination varies, various sections (Natural and Moral Sciences, Classics, Mathematics and Mechanical Sciences, Modern Languages, Law, Economics and Histoy) thick volume in full library cloth in nice condition, ex library, on spine numbered 223 - 234 nice PKM 105715 £68
University of Cambridge : Examination Papers for Scholarships and Exhibitions in the Colleges of the University of Cambridge, 1942 - 1944. Cambridge: At the University Press 1942 - 1944. Pagination varies, various sections (Natural and Moral Sciences, Classics, Mathematics and Mechanical Sciences, Modern Languages, Law, Economics and Histoy) thick volume in full library cloth in nice condition, ex library, on spine numbered 186 - 204 nice PKM 105714 £68
University of Cambridge : Examination Papers for Scholarships and Exhibitions in the Colleges of the University of Cambridge, 1939 - 1941. Cambridge: At the University Press 1939 - 41. Pagination varies, various sections (Natural and Moral Sciences, Classics, Mathematics and Mechanical Sciences, Modern Languages, Law, Economics and Histoy) thick volume in full library cloth in nice condition, ex library, on spine numbered 174 - 185 nice PKM 105713 £68
Lodge, Oliver : Life and Matter. An Exposition of Part of the Philosophy of Science, with Special Reference to the Influence of Professor Haeckel. 2nd edition. London: Williams & Norgate 1911. 106p booklet, aged and a little foxed but in good condition, venerable edition of classix text PKM 105486 £10
Williams, Pearce : Michael Faraday. A Biography. London: Chapman & Hall 1965. grey cloth, thick volume, ex lib with slight wear and stressed inner hinges, stamps, text clean PKM 104834 £20
Tissot, Dr ; Wesley, John [Collected By]: The Family Physician: Or, Advice with Respect to Health Including Directions for the Prevention and Cure of Acute Diseases. London: Conference Office 1815. 204p hardcover, poor condition, boards completely detached from book body although still present, edges thumbed, pages browned with some foxing, nevertheless a rare copy, ninth edition corrected. PKM 104579 £26
Moyal, Ann : Bright and Savage Land. Scientists in Colonial Australia. Sydney: Collins 1986. 192p hardback with white, glossy, illustrated dj, excellent condition, dj slightly dirtied on rear, internally as new, beautiful illustrations PKM 104479 £9
Snow, C P : Science and Government. Harvard University Press 1961. 88p cloth, dj, VG, nice copy PKM 104037 £8
Taavitsainen, Irma ; Pahta, Paivi [Eds]: Medical and Scientific Writing in Late Medieval English. Cambridge University Press 2004. (Studies in English Language) 284p green hardcover, fine condition as new, includes illustrations PKM 103729 £30
Gross, Alan ; Harmon, Joseph : Communicating Science: The Scientific Article from the 17th Century to the Present. Oxford University Press 2002. 267p blue hardcover, fine condition as new PKM 103673 £25
Van't Hoff, J H ; Marsh, J E [Transl]: Chemistry in Space from J. H. van 't Hoff's 'Dix annees dans l'histoire d'une theorie'. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1891. (Clarendon Press Series) 128, (20)pp, red hardcover, front endpaper and spine torn and slightly worn, but otherwise a very good original. Some markings inside. PKM 103563 £54
Watkins, T ; Cackett, J ; Hall, R G : Chemical Warfare, Pyrotechnics and the Fireworks Industry. First Edition. Oxford: Pergamon 1968. 114p white black and red hardcover, superb condition, one stamp on title page but otherwise unmarked,first edition PKM 103552 £45
Stewart, Alfred : Stereochemistry. London: Longmans 1919. (Text-Books of Physical Chemistry) 277p brown hardback, very good condition, some insciptions in front and back, but otherwise unmarked PKM 103383 £10
Gal-Or, Benjamin : Cosmology, Physics and Philosophy. New York: Springer 1983. 522p white hardback with clear plastic dustjacket, excellent condition, cover slightly dirty, but internally clean PKM 103332 £13.5
Hall, Thomas : History of General Physiology 600 BC - AD 1900. Vol 2: From From the Enlightenment to the End of the Eighteenth Century. Chicago University Press 1975. 399p blue paperback, ex lib with usual stickers and stamps, hardly used, excellent condition, bibliog, clean fresh copy, index PKM 102780 £18
Toland, John : The Great Dirigibles: Their Triumphs and Disasters. New York: Dover 1972. 352p paperback, excellent condition, pages clean and crisp, excellent black and white photos, indexed PKM 102544 £8
Lay, Beirne : Earthbound Astronauts. The Builders of Apollo-Saturn. New York: Prentice-Hall 1971. 198p hardback with dustjacket, very good condition, dustjacket slighly worn, pages as new, black and white photo section, VG PKM 102543 £10
Margerison, Tom ; Wallace, Marjorie ; Hallenstein, Dalbert : The Superpoison. London: Macmillan 1981. 236p hardback with dustjacket, very good condition, slight wear on dustjacket, pages unmarked and crisp, VG PKM 102533 £8
Nuclear Energy Agency : Chernobyl and the Safety of Nuclear Reactors in O.E.C.D. Countries. Paris: OECD 1987. 96p paperback, very good condition, very slight cover wear, pages crisp and clean, contains glossary and excellent diagrams PKM 102532 £30
Toth, L M ; Malinauskas, A P ; Eidam, G R ; Burton, H M [Eds]: The Three Mile Island Accident. Diagnosis and Prognosis. Developed from a symposium sponsored by the Division of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology at the 189th Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Miami Beach, Florida, April 28-May 3, 1985. Washington: American Chemical Society 1986. (ACS Symposium Series) 301p hardback with dustjacket, excellent condition, printed from typescript, good diagrams, tables and photos., indexes, VG+ PKM 102496 £60
Boas, Marie : Robert Boyle and Seventeenth Century Chemistry. Cambridge University Press 1958. 240p cloth with dustjacket, ex lib, hardly used PKM 101990 £24
Whipple, Harold [Ed]: Second Conference on Problems of Cooley's Anemia = Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Volume 165. New York: Academy of Sciences 1969. 508p paperback, VG, contains papers from a conference on the topic held in 1969, we also have other volumes in stock from the same series of conferences PKM 101937 £20
Fink, Harold [Ed]: Evaluation and Mechanisms of Drug Toxicity = Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Volume 123. New York: Academy of Sciences 1965. 333p paperback large format, VG, contains papers from a conference on the topic held in 1965: selective toxicity; metabolic aspects of the toxicity of drugs; genetic factors in drug toxicity; drugs and mammalian embryo etc PKM 101930 £20
Shaplen, Robert : Toward the Well - Being of Mankind. Fifty Years of the Rockerfeller Foundation. Foreword by George Harrar, Edited by Arthur Bernon Tourtellot. Garden City: Doubleday 1964. 214p first edition large brown cloth with gilt lettering, jacket, present a clean and unmarked with b/w photographs, VG+ PKM 101898 £15
Newcomen Society : Transactions of the Newcomen Society for the Study of the History of Engineering and Technology. Vol 30 (1955) - Vol 46 (1974) Cambridge: Heffer & Sons 1955-1974. 17 single issues as issued in card cover, nice set, thickness varies, with many illus and plates PKM 101880 £320
Rochot, Bernard : Les travaux de Gassendi sur Epicure et sur l'atomisme 1619-1658. Paris: Vrin 1944. paperback, sl aged but original, very good PKM 101845 £22
Rossi, Paolo : Francis Bacon: From Magic to Science. Chicago University Press 1978. (Midway Reprint) 280p yellow paperback rebound as hardback, ex library, nice clean copy, VG+, hardly ever used PKM 101807 £38
Fontenelle : Choix d'Eloges. Ed. Paul Janet. Paris: Delagrave 1888. (Classiques Francais) 386p boards with cloth spine binding, VG, authentic PKM 101792 £10
Institution of Civil Engineers : Report of the Committee on Engineering Quantities. London: Clowes 1934. 45p green cloth, slim booklet with illustrations sheet inserted, VG, fresh copy PKM 101771 £14
Rodger, J Marshall : Engineering Drawings Specifications and Quantities. London: Benn 1934. 276p large format green cloth, nice bright unused copy PKM 101710 £22
Poyser, Arthur : Magnetism and Electricity. London: Longmans 1910. (Longman's Elementary Science Manuals) vi 269p orig red cloth worn and old, many illus, interesting bookplate: "1917 British Prisoners Interned Abroad, This book is a gift of…" PKM 101679 £20
Keane, Richard [Ed]: Modern Marvels of Science. London: Phoenix 1960. 48p hardback w/ pictorial jacket (rather worn), clean pages, full colour plates, VG PKM 101611 £12
Ingpen, Robert ; Wilkinson, Robert : Encyclopedia of Ideas That Changed the World. The Greatest Discoveries and Inventions of Human History. London: Parkgate Books 1997. 223p large hardback w/ jacket, as new, full page colour illustrations, bibliog, index PKM 101559 £16
Royal Society of London : The Year Book of the Royal Society of London 1954. London: Royal Society 1954. 311p cloth, cover very good, light scuffing, minor bumps to extremities, gilt crest to front, titles to spine, binding sound, light foxing to front and rear endpapers, otherwise pages clean, text clear, VG. PKM 101307 £12
Hodgkin, A et al: The Pursuit of Nature. Informal Essays on the History of Physiology. Cambridge University Press 1979. 180p paperback, first edition, cover in very good condition, slight fading to spine, light creasing, minor bumps to corners, binding tight, internally clean and bright, previous owner's name to front endpaper, VG PKM 100970 £8
Veyne, Paul ; Braudel, Fernand [Ed]: Annales. Économies Sociétés Civilisations, Vol 36, No 4, 1981. Paris: Armand Colin 1981. approx 220p, excellent copy, contains many essays, incl section on Societes Urbaines, and a paper by Ch Davis: La sociobiologie; P Redondi: Tensions actuelles etc PKM 100921 £15
Roberts, J M : The Mythology of the Secret Societies. London: Secker & Warburg 1972. 370p hardback, ex-lib, first edition, cover in very good condition, slight bumps to head/foot of spine, bright gilt titles, binding tight, internally clean and bright, no sign of previous use, VG. PKM 100909 £60
Hollinger, David : In the American Province. Studies in the History and Historiography of Ideas. Indiana University Press 1985. 222p hardback, first edition, all round excellent condition, dustjacket very good, lightly scuffed to edges, tight binding, pristine green cloth, only minor bumps to head/foot of spine, internally clean and bright, no sign of previous use, previous owner' PKM 100792 £20
Rey, Abel : La Jeunesse de la Science Grecque. Paris: Renaissance du Livre 1933. (L'Évolution de l'Humanité) 537p hardback, spine faded, first edition, ex lib, excellent condition, diagrams, bibliog, index, VG PKM 100694 £14
Smith, J : The Developement of Organic Chemistry at Oxford. Parts 1 & 2. Oxford: Private Printing 1975. 97p,157p large white paperbacks, covers and pages clean and unmarked, as new, VG+, privately published under the publisher nom de plum Johannes Carlos Faber (= Smith) PKM 100683 £40
Blackett, P M S [Introduction]: The Royal Society at Carlton House Terrace London. Ashford: Invicta Press 1967. 26p paperback, yellowing of the spine, pages clean and unmarked, several excellent photograhic plates, PKM 100679 £8
Costabel, Pierre : Leibniz and Dynamics. The Texts of 1692. London: Methuen 1973. 139p hardback, ex-lib, cover very good, minor bumps to extremities, vague remnance of library labels to spine, binding tight, internally clean and bright, no sign of previous use, VG. PKM 100359 £22
Berlin, Brent ; Kay, Paul : Basic Color Terms, Their Universality and Evolution. California University Press 1969. 178p ex-lib, hard cover, clean pages, slight corner bumps to cover, VG+ PKM 99687 £30
Nunberg, Herman ; Federn, Ernst : Minutes of the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society: Volume 1, 1906-1908. New York: International Universities Press 1962. 410p cloth with green dustjacket, heavy volume, well preserved hardly used, sl dusty, VG PKM 99335 £20
Papp, Adolf ; Thenius, E : Tertiär, erster Teil: Grundzüge regionaler Stratigraphie. Mit 89 Abbildungen und 63 Tabellen. Stuttgart: Enke 1959. (Handbuch der Stratigraphischen Geologie) xi 411p large green cloth with gild lettering, faded orange dustjacket with slightly torn corners, Vol 3 part 1 of series, includes tables, illustrations and fold-out charts, no markings, hardly used, VG PKM 99326 £46
Hacking, Ian : The Emergence of Probability. A Philosophical Study of Early Ideas About Probability, Induction and Statistical Inference. Cambridge University Press 1975. 209p hb w/ dj and protective plastic sleeve, ex lib, pages as new, front ep removed, interesting interdisciplinary work, bibliog, index PKM 99016 £18
Matthews, Michael [Ed]: Science & Education: Contributions from History, Philosophy and Sociology of Science and Mathematics, Vols 1, No 2. Dordrecht: Kluwer 1992. single issue, sticker to front, VG PKM 98119 £10
Köpsell, Regina : Das Institut für Geschichte der Medizin, 1973 - 1990. Berlin: Freie Universität 1990. 88p paperback, VG+ PKM 98115 £12
Hünemörder, Christian : Das Institut für Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Mathematik und Technik der Universität Hamburg, 1960 - 1985. Hamburg: Universität 1985. 181p white paperback, VG+ PKM 97991 £12
Philip Harris Ltd : Explanatory Catalogue of Physical Instruments. Birmingham: Harris 1950. 475p red cloth, a4 format, printed on art paper with photogr illus on every page, clean firm copy, minor mark to cover, VG PKM 97912 £88
Banks, R E ; Sharp, D W A ; Tatlow, J C [Eds]: Fluorine. The First Hundred Years: Celebration Volume to Commemorate the Centenary of the Isolation of Fluorine by Henri Moissan on 26th June, 1886. Lausanne: Elsevier 1986. 397p hardback w/ orange dj (spine sunned), excellent condition, photographs, author and subject indexes, articles inserted, clean pages PKM 97654 £150
Chambers, R W [Preface]: University of London, University College Centenary Addresses. Bound Together in One Volume. University of London Press 1927. 250p approx burgundy cloth, well preserved, rare title, several addresses on subjects from physics to the college's history over a century, VG+, inscribed by Gregory Foster PKM 97644 £75
Haber, Louis : Women Pioneers in Science. New York: Harcourt, Brace 1979. hardback with yellow dustjacket, VG ex lib, clean and useful PKM 97580 £8
Birke, Lynda ; Faulkner, Wendy : Alice Through the Microscope: Power of Science Over Women's Lives. London: Virago 1980. paperback with blue cover, VG+ PKM 97579 £7
Faruqui, A M ; Hassan, M H A ; Sandri, G : The Role of Women in the Development of Science and Technology in the Third World: Proceedings of the Conference Organized by the Canadian International Development Agency. Singapore: World Scientific 1991. very thick hardback with white dustjacket, excellent unused copy. VG+ PKM 97565 £62
: Joint Conference of the British Society for the History of Science and the History of Science Society. Program, Papers and Abstracts for the Joint Conference July 1988. Madison: Omnipress 1988. 529p white pb, large volume, printed from typescript, statistics, a few illustrations and diagrams, uncommon title, VG PKM 97266 £20
Green, J H S : Chemistry at London. Offprint 1971. short essay, with plates, on the history of chemistry @ London University, paper entitled: The Christopher Ingold Laboratories: Some Historical Background, published in the Journal of the Chemical and Physical Society PKM 97258 £8
Euclid : Euclidis Elementa Geometrica Novo Ordine ac Methodo fere Demonstrata. Una cum Nicolai Mercatoris in Geometriam Introductione Brevi etc. London: Martyn 1678. 168p small format (page size 135mm) full orig calf, engraved titlepage (with tine yellow colouring to one geometrical figure) followed by typographical tp, 12 folding plates are very fresh and clean and tightly folded, engr bookplate Earl of Bute, leather PKM 97179 £1300
Tilden, William : A Manual of Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical. London: Churchill 1897. 599p dark burgundy cloth, VG, many illus in the text, inner hinges cracked, but still a VG copy, very good condition, pink discolouration to front bourds size of a fingernail PKM 97147 £86
Bloxam, Charles : Chemistry Inorganic and Organic, with Experiments. From the 5th and Revised English Edition. Philadelphia: Lea Brothers 1883. 737p orig green cloth with wear and loss to spine, inner hinges weak, ex lib from The Chemist's Club Library New York (with bookplate) , also engr bookplate of C F Chandler, many illus in the text, sl ages copy PKM 97136 £18
Crookes, William : Select Methods in Chemical Analysis (Chiefly Inorganic). Second Edition, Rewritten and Greatly Enlarged. London: Longmans, Green & Co 1886. 725p rebound in plain green cloth for The Chemist's Club Library New York , name stamp of C F Chandler, nice clean fresh copy, well preserved, binding tight, without faults PKM 97135 £86
Morgan, Gilbert ; Pratt, David : British Chemical Industry: Its Rise and Development. London: Arnold 1946. large format green cloth, cover sl dusty, clean humble copy, with plates and without faults PKM 97133 £14
Kolbe, Hermann : Kurzes Lehrbuch der Chemie. Zweiter Theil: Organische Chemie. Braunschweig: Vieweg 1883. 864p rebound in plain cloth ex library (New York Chemists' Club), binding firm, paper shows signs of ageing, VG PKM 97128 £46
Dumas, Jean Baptiste : Lecons sur la Philosophie Chimique. Introd A Bruylants. Bruxelles: Culture et Civilisation 1972. (Episteme) xx 367p 88p black cloth, organge dustjacket, excellent copy PKM 97125 £68
Gaudin, Marc-Antoine : L'Architecture du Monde des Atomes. Paris: Gauthier-Villars 1873. (Actualités Scientifiques) 231p orig grey paper cover, plates and illus in the text, a superb copy, very well preserved, title in pencil on spine, VG+ PKM 97119 £124
Graham, Thomas : Chemical Reports and Memoirs, on Atomic Volume; Isomorphism, Endosmosis, The Simultaneous Contrast of Colours etc. London: Cavendish 1848. orig black cloth with Cavendish Arms to front board in gilt, spine / boards detaching with old tape repair, folding plates in the back, still a VG copy, letter from Jerusalem laid in PKM 97116 £18
Wheeler, T S ; Partington, J R : The Life and Works of William Higgins Chemist (1763-1825) New York: Pergamon 1960. viii 173p plus approx 200p of facs, red cloth, a nice and fresh and clean copy without fault PKM 97114 £38
Ramsey, William : Elements and Electrons. New York: Harper 1912. (Harper's Library of Living Thought) 172p orig red cloth, small volume, old library label in back, old booksellers receipt over 12 £ (1970ies), ex libris VG PKM 97110 £68
Foster, William : A Short History of the Worshipful Company of Coopers of London. Cambridge: Privately Published 1944. 146p red cloth frontisp, nice fresh copy, does not at all look like a war standard production PKM 97105 £16
Tilden, William : The Progress of Scientific Chemistry in Our Own Times, With Biographical Notices. Second Edition. London: Longmans, Green & Co 1913. 366p green cloth, nice clean copy in publishers binding, no faults PKM 97104 £36
Turner, Edward : Elements of Chemistry Including the Recent Discoveries and Doctrines of the Science. Fifth Edition. London: John Taylor 1834. 1065p rebound in plain green cloth with gilt lettering to spine "Turner's Chemistry" a few pages with old smudges, but still a crisp and clean copy PKM 97103 £54
Smiles, Samuel : The Relations Between Chemical Constitution and Some Physical Properties. London: Longmans, Green & Co 1910. (Text-Books of Physical Chemistry) 583p terracotta cloth with black lettering, nice firm copy, well preserved copy of the first ed, neat name in ink to front endpaper, spine bright gilt, no problems with folding plates, no fingering to pages or margins, VG+ PKM 97102 £88
Musson, A E : Enterprise in Soap and Chemicals. Joseph Crosfield & Sons, Limited, 1815-1965. Manchester University Press 1965. 395p red cloth with dustjacket present, a nice and clean and frim copy with frontisp and many illus PKM 97090 £36
Miles, Frank : A History of Research in the Nobel Division of ICI. London: Imperial Chemical Industries 1955. ix 210p hardback green cloth dustjacket present, nice clean copy with letter from publisher inserted, VG+ PKM 97088 £28
Kreps, Theodore : The Economics of the Sulfuric Acid Industry. Oxford University Press 1938. 284p orig red cloth, VG, first edition, nice fresh copy PKM 97084 £24
Elliot, Eric : Polymers and People. Philadelphia: Chemical Heritage Foundation 1986. 32p oblong stapled booklet, VG PKM 97061 £6
Smith, Watson [Ed]: The Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry. A Monthly Record. Vol 12, 1893. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1893. 1094p large A4 format, bound half calf with green spine well in order, textile colour samples as frontisp, extensive index at back, VG PKM 97034 £40
Walden, Paul : Geschichte der organischen Chemie seit 1880. Zweiter Band zu C. Graebe: Geschichte der organischen Chemie. (1941) Berlin: Springer 1972. 946p very thick cloth volume, grey cloth with black lettering, VG, mild discolouration to front board PKM 96983 £38
Van't Hoff, J H : Lectures on Theoretical and Physical Chemistry. 3 Vols. First Edition. London: Arnold 1899. 254p, 156p, 143p 3 vols in orig blue cloth, bookplates, a nice fresh set in a strong binding, excellent condition, VG+ PKM 96975 £240
Muspratt, S [Ed]: Chemistry, Theoretical, Practical, and Analytical, as Applied and Relating to the Arts and Manufactures. In Eight Vols. London: MacKenzie 1860. 8 vols in excellent original binding, a superb set without a blemish, many illus and engr plates, bindings firms without cracks or tears, endpapers nit stressed, paper not foxed, plates not spotted PKM 96916 £240
von der Weid, Denis ; Ruffino, Juan : Development, Democracy and Outer Space. Genève: United Nations 1992. 125p paperback, ex library, VG PKM 96885 £12
Hoffmeister, Gerhart [Ed]: The Renaissance and Reformation in Germany. An Introduction. New York: Ungar 1977. 230p cloth w/ white dustjacket, pages as new, chronology, index, VG+ PKM 96847 £10
Philippi, Henricus : Generalis Synopsis Sacrorum Temporum (1624); Quaestiones Chronologicae de Annis Domini, Iulianis et Nabonassari et vera mundi iudaica (1630); Quaestiones Chronologicae et annis Nati et Passi Salvatoris (1630); Tractatus de Olympiadibus (1637); etc. Coloniae Agrippinae: Kinckium 1624. 135p, 154p, 108p, 29p, multiple titles by the same author bound together in full old calf with old MS labeling to spine, titlepages with publisher's arms, contains also Introductio Chronologica (72p no title page); Introductio Chronologica sive opusculum PKM 96717 £720
Kuhn, Thomas : The Copernican Revolution: Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought. Harvard University Press 1981. 297p paperback, VG back cover sl creased PKM 96546 £8
Habiger-Tuczay, Christa : Magie und Magier im Mittelalter. Mit zahlreichen Abbildungen. München: Diederichs 1992. 370p hardback with black dj, as new, excellent copy PKM 96479 £14
Mazal, Otto : Die Sternenwelt des Mittelalters. Graz: Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt 1993. 168p tall cloth binding, boxed in illus case, as new, with many plates and illus PKM 96444 £22
Lindgren, Agi : Das Utrechter Arzneibuch (Ms.1355,16, Bibl.Rijksuniv. Utrecht) Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell 1977. (Acta Universitatis Stockholmiensis) large paperback with grey cover, VG, nice fresh copy, with illus PKM 96431 £15
Burdon, M G [Ed]: 1984 Directory of British Biotechnology. London: Catermill 1984. 258p hardback with green jacket, as new PKM 96427 £34
Haraway, Donna : Primate Visions: Gender, Race and Nature in the World of Modern Science. London: Routledge 1989. 486p cloth binding, nice clean copy, VG PKM 96341 £20
Assion, Peter : Altdeutsche Fachliteratur. Berlin: Schmidt 1973. (Grundlagen der Germanistik) 235p blue paperback, VG+ PKM 96191 £20
Piltz, Anders : World of Medieval Learning. Oxford: Blackwell 1981. 299p mustard yellow large format paperback, unused copy with illustrations PKM 96156 £28
University of Cambridge : Examination Papers for Scholarships and Exhibitions in the Colleges of the University of Cambridge, 1936 -1938. Cambridge: At the University Press 1936 - 1938. Pagination varies, various sections (Natural and Moral Sciences, Classics, Mathematics and Mechanical Sciences, Modern Languages, Law, Economics and Histoy) thick volume in full library cloth in nice condition, ex library, on spine numbered 162 - 173 nice PKM 95576 £68
University of Cambridge : Examination Papers for Scholarships and Exhibitions in the Colleges of the University of Cambridge, 1933 -1935. Cambridge: At the University Press 1933 - 1935. Pagination varies, various sections (Natural and Moral Sciences, Classics, Mathematics and Mechanical Sciences, Modern Languages, Law, Economics and Histoy) thick volume in full library cloth in nice condition, ex library, on spine numbered 150 - 161, nic PKM 95575 £68
University of Cambridge : Examination Papers for Scholarships and Exhibitions in the Colleges of the University of Cambridge, 1930 -1932. Cambridge: At the University Press 1930 - 1932. Pagination varies, various sections (Natural and Moral Sciences, Classics, Mathematics and Mechanical Sciences, Modern Languages, Law, Economics and Histoy) thick volume in full library cloth in nice condition, ex library, on spine numbered 138 - 149, nic PKM 95574 £68
University of Cambridge : Examination Papers for Scholarships and Exhibitions in the Colleges of the University of Cambridge, 1927 -1930. Cambridge: At the University Press 1927 - 1930. Pagination varies, various sections (Natural and Moral Sciences, Classics, Mathematics and Mechanical Sciences, Modern Languages, Law, Economics and Histoy) thick volume in full library cloth in nice condition, ex library, on spine numbered 126 - 137, nic PKM 95573 £68
University of Cambridge : Examination Papers for Scholarships and Exhibitions in the Colleges of the University of Cambridge, 1924 -1926. Cambridge: At the University Press 1924 - 1926. Pagination varies, various sections (Natural and Moral Sciences, Classics, Mathematics and Mechanical Sciences, Modern Languages, Law, Economics and Histoy) thick volume in full library cloth in nice condition, ex library, on spine numbered 114 - 125, nic PKM 95572 £68
University of Cambridge : Examination Papers for Scholarships and Exhibitions in the Colleges of the University of Cambridge, 1920 -1924. Cambridge: At the University Press 1920 - 1924. Pagination varies, various sections (Natural and Moral Sciences, Classics, Mathematics and Mechanical Sciences, Modern Languages, Law, Economics and Histoy) thick volume in full library cloth in nice condition, ex library, on spine numbered 98 - 113, nice PKM 95571 £68
University of Cambridge : Examination Papers for Scholarships and Exhibitions in the Colleges of the University of Cambridge, 1917 -1920. Cambridge: At the University Press 1917 - 1920. Pagination varies, various sections (Natural and Moral Sciences, Classics, Mathematics and Mechanical Sciences, Modern Languages and Histoy) thick volume in full library cloth in nice condition, ex library, on spine numbered 86 - 97, nice fresh copy, beau PKM 95570 £68
University of Cambridge : Examination Papers for Entrance and Minor Scholarships and Exhibitions in the Colleges of the University of Cambridge, 1916 -1917. Cambridge: At the University Press 1916 - 1916. Pagination varies, various sections (Natural Science, Classics Mathematics) thick volume half calf in nice condition, ex library, on spine numbered 78 - 85, nice fresh copy, beautifully printed, VG+ PKM 95568 £68
University of Cambridge : Examination Papers for Entrance and Minor Scholarships and Exhibitions in the Colleges of the University of Cambridge, 1914 -1916. Cambridge: At the University Press 1914 - 1916. Pagination varies, various sections (Natural Science, Classics Mathematics) thick volume half calf in nice condition, ex library, on spine numbered 70 - 77, nice fresh copy, beautifully printed, VG+ PKM 95567 £68
University of Cambridge : Examination Papers for Entrance and Minor Scholarships and Exhibitions in the Colleges of the University of Cambridge, 1911 1913. Cambridge: At the University Press 1911 - 1913. Pagination varies, various sections (Natural Science, Classics Mathematics) thick volume half calf in nice condition, ex library, on spine numbered 61- 70, nice fresh copy, beautifully printed, VG+ PKM 95566 £68
University of Cambridge : Examination Papers for Entrance and Minor Scholarships and Exhibitions in the Colleges of the University of Cambridge, 1907 - 1910. Cambridge: At the University Press 1907 - 1910. Pagination varies, various sections (Natural Science, Classics Mathematics) thick volume half calf in nice condition, ex library, on spine numbered 51- 60, nice fresh copy, beautifully printed, VG+ PKM 95565 £68
University of Cambridge : Examination Papers for Entrance and Minor Scholarships and Exhibitions in the Colleges of the University of Cambridge, 1904 - 1906. Cambridge: At the University Press 1904 - 1906. Pagination varies, various sections (Natural Science, Classics Mathematics) thick volume half calf in nice condition, ex library, on spine numbered 41- 50, nice fresh copy, beautifully printed, VG+ PKM 95564 £68
University of Cambridge : Examination Papers for Entrance and Minor Scholarships and Exhibitions in the Colleges of the University of Cambridge, 1900 - 1904. Cambridge: At the University Press 1901 - 1904. Pagination varies, various sections (Natural Science, Classics Mathematics) thick volume half calf in nice condition, ex library, on spine numbered 31- 40, nice fresh copy, beautifully printed, VG+ PKM 95563 £68
University of Cambridge : Examination Papers for Entrance and Minor Scholarships and Exhibitions in the Colleges of the University of Cambridge, 1897 - 1900. Cambridge: At the University Press 1897 - 1900. Pagination varies, various sections (Natural Science, Classics Mathematics) thick volume half calf in nice condition, ex library, on spine numbered 21- 30, nice fresh copy, beautifully printed, VG+ PKM 95562 £68
Garrod, D A E : Environment, Tools and Man. An Inaugural Lecture. Cambridge University Press 1946. 40p booklet with wrapper, VG but sl dusty, clean copy, first edition PKM 95542 £12
Crombie, A C [Ed]: Scientific Change. Historical Studies in the Intellectual, Social and Technical Conditions for Scientific Discovery and Technical Invention Form Antiquity to the Present. London: Heinemann 1963. 896p bright buckram binding with gilt lettering, nice fresh copy PKM 95322 £24
[Einstein, Albert]; Holton, Gerald : The Advancement of Science and its Burdens. The Jefferson Lecture and other Essays. Cambridge University Press 1988. xi 351p cloth binding, index, VG+, focus on Einstein & 20C physics. PKM 95299 £22
Füssel, Stephan ; Knape, Joachim [Eds]: Poesis & Pictura. Festschrift für Dieter Wuttke. Baden-Baden: Koerner 1989. (Saecula Spiritalia) 381p black card cover, frontisp, as new, excellent unused copy PKM 95212 £36
Rötzer, Hans Gerd : Europäische Lehrdichtung. Festschrift für Walter Naumann zum 70. Geburtstag. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft 1981. 280p red cloth, frontisp, as new PKM 95204 £16
Ehlert, Trude [Ed]: Zeitkonzeptionen, Zeiterfahrung, Zeitmessung. Stationen ihres Wandels vom Mittelalter bis zur Moderne. Paderborn: Schöningh 1997. 336p grey paperback with illus cover, as new, never used, excellent copy PKM 95164 £42
Minis, Cola : Zur Vergegenwärtigung vergangener philologischer Nächte. Amsterdam: Rodopi 1981. (Amsterdamer Publikationen zur Sprache und Literatur) 397p thick paperback with owl to cover, VG+, unused copy PKM 94902 £24
Rausch, Hans-Henning : Methoden und Bedeutung naturkundlicher Rezeption und Kompilation im Jüngeren Titurel. Frankfurt: Peter Lang 1977. (Mikrokosmos) 334p yellow paperback, slight smudge to back cover, VG, printed from typescript PKM 94448 £16
Luff, Robert : Wissensvermittlung im europäischen Mittelalter. Imago mundi - Werke und ihre Prologe. Tübingen: Niemeyer 1999. (Texte und Textgeschichte) x 586p cloth, dustjacket, an excellent unused copy, no fault, as new PKM 94412 £48
Vögel, Herfried : Naturkundliches im 'Reinfried von Braunschweig'. Zur Funktion naturkundlicher Kenntnisse in deutscher Erzähldichtung des Mittelalters. Frankfurt: Peter Lang 1990. (Mikrokosmos) 186p yellow paperback, printed from typescript, VG+, clean unused copy, as new PKM 94402 £24
Keil, Gundolf ; Assion, Peter : Fachprosa-Studien. Beiträge zur mittelalterlichen Wissenschafts- und Geistesgeschichte. Berlin: Schmidt 1982. 734p cloth with white paper jacket, excellent copy, hardly used, fresh and without fault, includes illus & folding tables PKM 94394 £36
Müller, Jan Dirk [Ed]: Wissen für den Hof. Der spätmittelalterliche Verschriftungsprozess am Beispiel Heidelberg im 15. Jahrhundert. München: Fink 1994. (Münsterische Mittelalter-Schriften) 404p large volume in green cloth with black title panel to spine, unused, VG+ excellent copy PKM 94387 £54
Kline, Morris : Mathematics and Western Culture. Oxford University Press 1964. (Galaxy Books) 485p paperback sl worn, pages clean, VG with many plates PKM 94241 £8
Ball, W W Rouse : A Primer of the History of Mathematics. London: Macmillan 1930. 150p small format green cloth fresh, dustjacket present, name on endpaper, VG+ PKM 94192 £26
Pavlov, Ivan : Scientific Session on the Physiological Teachings of Academician I P Pavlov, June 28-July 4, 1950. Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House 1951. 174p red paperback, cover sl creased, VG PKM 94023 £14
Harms, Wolfgang ; Reinitzer, Heimo : Natura loquax: Naturkunde und allegorische Naturdeutung vom Mittelalter bis zur frühen Neuzeit. Frankfurt: Peter Lang 1981. (Mikrokosmos) 284p yellow paperback, as new never used PKM 93964 £46
Wagner, Grant : Judge Dredd Bad Science. London: Fleetway 1990. 63p paperback A4 format, comix PKM 93832 £12
Jevons, Frank Byron : Science Observed: Science as a Social and Intellectual Activity. London: Allen & Unwin 1973. purple paperback, VG PKM 93767 £7
Wagner, Claus : Materie im Mittelalter. Edition und Untersuchungen zur Summa (II,1) des Nikolaus von Strassburg OP. Freiburg: Universitätsverlag 1986. (Studia Friburgensia) 382p large paperback with white cover, VG+, never used, as new PKM 93726 £34
Eybl, Franz [Ed]: Enzyklopädien der Frühen Neuzeit. Beiträge zu ihrer Erforschung. Tübingen: Niemeyer 1995. 334p hardback with orange dustjacket, an excellent copy, as new, never used PKM 93689 £42
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