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	HAMBLYN, RICHARD The Invention of Clouds : How an Amateur Meteorologist Forged the Language of the Skies London, Picador. 2001, First Edition. (ISBN: 0330391941) Hardcover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. biography -- Meteorology, 550 g; X, 294 pages, indexed, with chapter notes, and illustrated throughout the text with charts, and 26 photographs in black-and-white. Colour illustrated dust jacket. The dust jacket has a score Mark from approximately 3 inches from the bottom on the left-hand side of the front panel running diagonally towards the bottom right-hand corner of the front panel. Now protected. On the bottom edge of the text block there is a black marking pen mark, otherwise the book shows no sign of damage. In this book the author charts Luke Howard's life from obscurity to fame, when he changed the face of meteorology forever, by giving a language to something that had hitherto been nameless and imprecise -- the clouds --, and then his self sought-after obscurity. Remaindered/Very Good. AUD 22.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 20.2 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1738] Book number: 0226009 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	HAMBLYN, RICHARD The Invention of Clouds : How an Amateur Meteorologist Forged the Language of the Skies London, Picador. 2001, First Edition. (ISBN: 0330391941) Hardcover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. biography -- Meteorology, 550 g; X, 294 pages, indexed, with chapter notes, and illustrated throughout the text with charts, and 26 photographs in black-and-white. Colour illustrated dust jacket. The dust jacket has a score Mark from approximately 3 inches from the bottom on the left-hand side of the front panel running diagonally towards the bottom right-hand corner of the front panel. Now protected. On the bottom edge of the text block there is a black marking pen mark, otherwise the book shows no sign of damage. In this book the author charts Luke Howard's life from obscurity to fame, when he changed the face of meteorology forever, by giving a language to something that had hitherto been nameless and imprecise -- the clouds --, and then his self sought-after obscurity. Remaindered/Very Good. AUD 22.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 20.2 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1738] Book number: 0226009 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	LEVENSON, THOMAS Einstein in Berlin New York, Bantam Books. 2003, First Edition. (ISBN: 055310344 X) 1/4 Board and Boards, 8vo - up to 9 ¾" tall - Octavo. Ill.: Photographic. Biography, 835 g.; VIII, 486 pages, notes, bibliography, permissions, aknowledgements and index. The text is illustrated with two inserts of black-and-white photographs, one is 16 pages and one of 14 pages. 1/4 cream coloured backstrip with gilt titles. 3/4 brown coloured boards. Light shelf wear to the lower book edges. Scattering of marks to the top text block edge. Photographic dustwrapper, showing Albert Einstein against a sepia toned photographs of a railway station, with yellow and black titles to the front panel and backstrip. Rubbing and creasing to the dustwrapper edges and rubbing to the dustwrapper panels. The major damage is to the verso of the dustwrapper where there is a water sustain that runs the fall width of the lower dustwrapper edge, not including the fold over panels. Black-and-white photograph of the author to the rear fold over panel. A double biography of both Albert Einstein and of Berlin. Between March 1914 until December 1932, Albert Einstein lived and worked in Berlin. At that same period of time Berlin had an artistic explosion with music, theatre and literature. But with the eventual onset of the Depression and the rise of Hitler Berlin was no longer safe for Einstein as was the artistic explosion was severely curtailed with the rise of Hitler. Digital image available upon request to help assess condition. PLEASE NOTE: This book weighs more than 1 kg [ 2.2 lbs ] packed, and extra postage will be requested for delivery outside of Australia. Good/Reasonable. AUD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 US$ 18.36 \| £UK 11.25 \| JP¥ 1580] Book number: 0106995 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	LEVENSON, THOMAS Einstein in Berlin New York, Bantam Books. 2003, First Edition. (ISBN: 055310344 X) 1/4 Board and Boards, 8vo - up to 9 ¾" tall - Octavo. Ill.: Photographic. Biography, 835 g.; VIII, 486 pages, notes, bibliography, permissions, aknowledgements and index. The text is illustrated with two inserts of black-and-white photographs, one is 16 pages and one of 14 pages. 1/4 cream coloured backstrip with gilt titles. 3/4 brown coloured boards. Light shelf wear to the lower book edges. Scattering of marks to the top text block edge. Photographic dustwrapper, showing Albert Einstein against a sepia toned photographs of a railway station, with yellow and black titles to the front panel and backstrip. Rubbing and creasing to the dustwrapper edges and rubbing to the dustwrapper panels. The major damage is to the verso of the dustwrapper where there is a water sustain that runs the fall width of the lower dustwrapper edge, not including the fold over panels. Black-and-white photograph of the author to the rear fold over panel. A double biography of both Albert Einstein and of Berlin. Between March 1914 until December 1932, Albert Einstein lived and worked in Berlin. At that same period of time Berlin had an artistic explosion with music, theatre and literature. But with the eventual onset of the Depression and the rise of Hitler Berlin was no longer safe for Einstein as was the artistic explosion was severely curtailed with the rise of Hitler. Digital image available upon request to help assess condition. PLEASE NOTE: This book weighs more than 1 kg [ 2.2 lbs ] packed, and extra postage will be requested for delivery outside of Australia. Good/Reasonable. AUD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 US$ 18.36 \| £UK 11.25 \| JP¥ 1580] Book number: 0106995 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	MAYO, CHARLES W. Mayo; The Story of My Family and My Career Sydney, Hodder & Stoughton. 1970, First Australian Edition. (ISBN: 034012587 X) Black Cloth, Octavo- over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Ill.: Photographic. Biography -- Medicine, 296 pages. 35 illustrations in black-and-white. "This gently-told, unboastful chronicle of an outstanding family of medical men.". Good/Good -- Price Clipped. AUD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 US$ 18.36 \| £UK 11.25 \| JP¥ 1580] Book number: 0209710 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	MAYO, CHARLES W. Mayo; The Story of My Family and My Career Sydney, Hodder & Stoughton. 1970, First Australian Edition. (ISBN: 034012587 X) Black Cloth, Octavo- over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Ill.: Photographic. Biography -- Medicine, 296 pages. 35 illustrations in black-and-white. "This gently-told, unboastful chronicle of an outstanding family of medical men.". Good/Good -- Price Clipped. AUD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 US$ 18.36 \| £UK 11.25 \| JP¥ 1580] Book number: 0209710 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	SOBEL, DAVA Longitude : The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time London, 4th Estate. 1996, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 1857025024) Hardcover, small 8vo. Biography -- Science, 350 g; VIII, 184 pages, with list of sources, (bibliography) and index. Colour illustrated dustjacket. No damage obvious. This book is the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest, and of John Harrison's 40 year obsession with building his perfect timekeeper, known today as the chronometer. Very Good/Very Good. AUD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 US$ 16.52 \| £UK 10 \| JP¥ 1422] Book number: 0230110 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	WHITE, MICHAEL & GRIBBIN, JOHN R. Stephen Hawking: A Life in Science London, Viking. 1992, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 0670840130) Hardcover, 8 vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Biography -- Science, 700 g; XII, 304 pages with chapter references, and index. Photographic illustrated dustjacket. The only damage to the book is the placement of a previous owner's bookplates on the front paste down, where it is almost hidden by the fold over flap. In this book, the 1st biography of Hawking, journalist Michael White and acclaimed science writer John Gribbin tell the story of Hawking's life and work, his childhood and early scientific promise at school, his days at Oxford, his marriage and the early signs of disease, through to his professorship at Cambridge and the success of A Brief History of Time. -- Front fold over blurb. Very Good/Very Good. AUD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 US$ 16.52 \| £UK 10 \| JP¥ 1422] Book number: 0230058 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.

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	HAMBLYN, RICHARD The Invention of Clouds : How an Amateur Meteorologist Forged the Language of the Skies London, Picador. 2001, First Edition. (ISBN: 0330391941) Hardcover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. biography -- Meteorology, 550 g; X, 294 pages, indexed, with chapter notes, and illustrated throughout the text with charts, and 26 photographs in black-and-white. Colour illustrated dust jacket. The dust jacket has a score Mark from approximately 3 inches from the bottom on the left-hand side of the front panel running diagonally towards the bottom right-hand corner of the front panel. Now protected. On the bottom edge of the text block there is a black marking pen mark, otherwise the book shows no sign of damage. In this book the author charts Luke Howard's life from obscurity to fame, when he changed the face of meteorology forever, by giving a language to something that had hitherto been nameless and imprecise -- the clouds --, and then his self sought-after obscurity. Remaindered/Very Good. AUD 22.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 20.2 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1738] Book number: 0226009 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	HAMBLYN, RICHARD The Invention of Clouds : How an Amateur Meteorologist Forged the Language of the Skies London, Picador. 2001, First Edition. (ISBN: 0330391941) Hardcover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. biography -- Meteorology, 550 g; X, 294 pages, indexed, with chapter notes, and illustrated throughout the text with charts, and 26 photographs in black-and-white. Colour illustrated dust jacket. The dust jacket has a score Mark from approximately 3 inches from the bottom on the left-hand side of the front panel running diagonally towards the bottom right-hand corner of the front panel. Now protected. On the bottom edge of the text block there is a black marking pen mark, otherwise the book shows no sign of damage. In this book the author charts Luke Howard's life from obscurity to fame, when he changed the face of meteorology forever, by giving a language to something that had hitherto been nameless and imprecise -- the clouds --, and then his self sought-after obscurity. Remaindered/Very Good. AUD 22.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 20.2 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1738] Book number: 0226009 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	LEVENSON, THOMAS Einstein in Berlin New York, Bantam Books. 2003, First Edition. (ISBN: 055310344 X) 1/4 Board and Boards, 8vo - up to 9 ¾" tall - Octavo. Ill.: Photographic. Biography, 835 g.; VIII, 486 pages, notes, bibliography, permissions, aknowledgements and index. The text is illustrated with two inserts of black-and-white photographs, one is 16 pages and one of 14 pages. 1/4 cream coloured backstrip with gilt titles. 3/4 brown coloured boards. Light shelf wear to the lower book edges. Scattering of marks to the top text block edge. Photographic dustwrapper, showing Albert Einstein against a sepia toned photographs of a railway station, with yellow and black titles to the front panel and backstrip. Rubbing and creasing to the dustwrapper edges and rubbing to the dustwrapper panels. The major damage is to the verso of the dustwrapper where there is a water sustain that runs the fall width of the lower dustwrapper edge, not including the fold over panels. Black-and-white photograph of the author to the rear fold over panel. A double biography of both Albert Einstein and of Berlin. Between March 1914 until December 1932, Albert Einstein lived and worked in Berlin. At that same period of time Berlin had an artistic explosion with music, theatre and literature. But with the eventual onset of the Depression and the rise of Hitler Berlin was no longer safe for Einstein as was the artistic explosion was severely curtailed with the rise of Hitler. Digital image available upon request to help assess condition. PLEASE NOTE: This book weighs more than 1 kg [ 2.2 lbs ] packed, and extra postage will be requested for delivery outside of Australia. Good/Reasonable. AUD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 US$ 18.36 \| £UK 11.25 \| JP¥ 1580] Book number: 0106995 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	LEVENSON, THOMAS Einstein in Berlin New York, Bantam Books. 2003, First Edition. (ISBN: 055310344 X) 1/4 Board and Boards, 8vo - up to 9 ¾" tall - Octavo. Ill.: Photographic. Biography, 835 g.; VIII, 486 pages, notes, bibliography, permissions, aknowledgements and index. The text is illustrated with two inserts of black-and-white photographs, one is 16 pages and one of 14 pages. 1/4 cream coloured backstrip with gilt titles. 3/4 brown coloured boards. Light shelf wear to the lower book edges. Scattering of marks to the top text block edge. Photographic dustwrapper, showing Albert Einstein against a sepia toned photographs of a railway station, with yellow and black titles to the front panel and backstrip. Rubbing and creasing to the dustwrapper edges and rubbing to the dustwrapper panels. The major damage is to the verso of the dustwrapper where there is a water sustain that runs the fall width of the lower dustwrapper edge, not including the fold over panels. Black-and-white photograph of the author to the rear fold over panel. A double biography of both Albert Einstein and of Berlin. Between March 1914 until December 1932, Albert Einstein lived and worked in Berlin. At that same period of time Berlin had an artistic explosion with music, theatre and literature. But with the eventual onset of the Depression and the rise of Hitler Berlin was no longer safe for Einstein as was the artistic explosion was severely curtailed with the rise of Hitler. Digital image available upon request to help assess condition. PLEASE NOTE: This book weighs more than 1 kg [ 2.2 lbs ] packed, and extra postage will be requested for delivery outside of Australia. Good/Reasonable. AUD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 US$ 18.36 \| £UK 11.25 \| JP¥ 1580] Book number: 0106995 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	MAYO, CHARLES W. Mayo; The Story of My Family and My Career Sydney, Hodder & Stoughton. 1970, First Australian Edition. (ISBN: 034012587 X) Black Cloth, Octavo- over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Ill.: Photographic. Biography -- Medicine, 296 pages. 35 illustrations in black-and-white. "This gently-told, unboastful chronicle of an outstanding family of medical men.". Good/Good -- Price Clipped. AUD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 US$ 18.36 \| £UK 11.25 \| JP¥ 1580] Book number: 0209710 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	MAYO, CHARLES W. Mayo; The Story of My Family and My Career Sydney, Hodder & Stoughton. 1970, First Australian Edition. (ISBN: 034012587 X) Black Cloth, Octavo- over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Ill.: Photographic. Biography -- Medicine, 296 pages. 35 illustrations in black-and-white. "This gently-told, unboastful chronicle of an outstanding family of medical men.". Good/Good -- Price Clipped. AUD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 US$ 18.36 \| £UK 11.25 \| JP¥ 1580] Book number: 0209710 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	SOBEL, DAVA Longitude : The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time London, 4th Estate. 1996, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 1857025024) Hardcover, small 8vo. Biography -- Science, 350 g; VIII, 184 pages, with list of sources, (bibliography) and index. Colour illustrated dustjacket. No damage obvious. This book is the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest, and of John Harrison's 40 year obsession with building his perfect timekeeper, known today as the chronometer. Very Good/Very Good. AUD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 US$ 16.52 \| £UK 10 \| JP¥ 1422] Book number: 0230110 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.
	WHITE, MICHAEL & GRIBBIN, JOHN R. Stephen Hawking: A Life in Science London, Viking. 1992, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 0670840130) Hardcover, 8 vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Biography -- Science, 700 g; XII, 304 pages with chapter references, and index. Photographic illustrated dustjacket. The only damage to the book is the placement of a previous owner's bookplates on the front paste down, where it is almost hidden by the fold over flap. In this book, the 1st biography of Hawking, journalist Michael White and acclaimed science writer John Gribbin tell the story of Hawking's life and work, his childhood and early scientific promise at school, his days at Oxford, his marriage and the early signs of disease, through to his professorship at Cambridge and the success of A Brief History of Time. -- Front fold over blurb. Very Good/Very Good. AUD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 US$ 16.52 \| £UK 10 \| JP¥ 1422] Book number: 0230058 Click here to order or inquire at Syber's Books.