MOORE Patrick

Survey of the Moon. NEAR FINE COPY WITH POSTCARD AND FDC SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

Eyre & Spottiswoode,, 1963. 8vo., First Edition, with plates and diagrams in the text; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper laminated to book. WITH T.PC.s MOUNTED ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. LOOSELY INSERTED IS A FINE COPY OF THE OFFICIAL FIRST DAY COVER FROM THE OLD ROYAL OBSERVATORY, GREENWICH, PUBLISHED ON 18 FEBRUARY 1986 AND SIGNED BY MOORE TO COMMEMORATE THE RETURN OF HALLEYS COMET. The postcard is printed for Moore's long-running (1957-2013) BBC TV series 'The Sky at Night'. THE ORIGINAL EDITION OF THIS EARLY WORK BY MOORE IS SCARCE.

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Book number: 48596

Catalogue: Science & Medicine0

Keywords: science, astronomy, moore, patrick moore, moon, lunar, bbc tv, sky at night,

MORGAN J. D.

Principles of Ignition. A Description of the main Facts and Theories relating to the Ignition of inflammable Gas Mixtures by Sparks, Flames, Incandescent Solids and other Sources. NEAR FINE COPY

Pitman,, 1944. 8vo., First Edition, with diagrams in the text, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 47449

Catalogue: Science & Medicine0

Keywords: science, technology, engineering, ignition

NORTHCOTT W. H.

The Theory and Action of the Steam Engine. (For Practical Men). BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN ORIGINAL CLOTH

Cassell Petter & Galpin,, [1876]. 8vo., First Edition, with several figures in the text and 3 folding charts (one repaired at fold), free endpapers lightly browned; original brown cloth, upper board framed in blind and lettered in gilt, gilt back, primrose endpapers, covers lightly age-soiled else a very good, bright copy. SCARCE.

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Book number: 31864

Catalogue: Science & Medicine0

Keywords: science, technology, engineering, steam, steam engine, steam engines

OBERG Erik

Iron and Steel. A Treatise on the Smelting, Refining and Mechanical Processes of the Iron and Steel Industry. Second Printing. NEAR FINE COPY

Industrial Press, New York NY,, 1920. 8vo., Second Impression, with photographs nin the text; black cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, chocolate endpapers, a near fine copy. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 43173

Catalogue: Science & Medicine0

Keywords: science, technology, industry. Iron, steel, erik oberg, franklin jones

PARE Ambroise

The Apologie and Treatise of Ambroise Pare, containing the Voyages made into divers Places with many of his Writings upon Surgery.. Edited and with an Introduction by Geoffrey Keynes. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Falcon Educational Books,, [1951]. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with portrait frontispiece, title-vignette and plates, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; brown cloth, gilt back, brown top, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 36189

Catalogue: Science & Medicine0

Keywords: science, medicine, pare, ambroise pare, keynes, geoffrey keynes