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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE HONOURABLE ROBERT BOYLE. Fellow of the Royal Society.
Oxford.John Johnson at The University Press. 1932. [i-iii], 4-171pp. plus original wrappers bound in to rear. Frontispiece plus 22 illustrations. Brown buckram, gilt. Quarto. First edition thus. Front and rear boards faded and a trifle stained. A very good copy.Reprinted from the Oxford Bibliographical Society Proceedings and Papers. Volume III Part I, pp. 1-172.
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A General Account of the Development of Methods of Using Atomic Energy for Military Purposes under the Auspices of the United States Government 1940-1945. Written at the request of Major General L. R. Groves United States Army. Publication authorized August 1940.
London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1945. Softcover. 144 pages. Original printed wrappers. First U.K. edition. Name and date on title [Oct. 27th 1945];Some light spotting on title; heavier on upper wrapper; staples rusting but solid; else very good. First published in the United Sates earlier that year.
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A GENERAL SYSTEM OF SURGERY. In Three Parts. Containing the Doctrine and Management I. Of Wounds, Fractures, Luxations, Tumors, and Ulcers, of all kinds. II. Of the several Operations performed on all Parts of the Body. III. Of the several Bandages applied in all Operations and Disorders. The Whole illustrated with Thirty-Eight Copper-Plates, exhibiting all the Operations, Instruments, Bandages, and Improvements, according to he Modern and most approved Practice. To which is prefixed an Introduction concerning the Nature, Origin, Progress, and Improvements of Surgery; with such other Preliminaries as are necessary to be known by the Younger Surgeons. Being a Work of Thirty Years Experience. Translated into English from the Latin of Dr, Laurence Heister… The Second Edition.
London: W. Innys, 1745. xvi, 476, 338, [10] pages. Illustrated with 38 folding engraved plates. Contemporary calf; red gilt label. 27 x 22 cm. Some light spotting; some occasional staining to top margin; one patch of light worming; couple of plates restored at folds; two with a small hole, and one with a blank corner lost; some plates frayed at blank outer margins and with occasional tears; binding expertly repaired. Altogether, a good solid complete copy that has seen some use.
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A HISTORY OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY, AND PHILOSOPHY IN THE 16TH & 17TH CENTURIES. With 316 illustrations.
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1950. [xxiv], xxvii, [xxviii], [1], 2-692pp. 316 black and white illustrations throughout including frontispiece. New edition prepared by Douglas McKie. Original cloth gilt. Octavo. Spine edges a trifle rubbed; endpapers lightly browned; ownership inscription and small booksellers label to front paste-down endpaper; else a very good copy.
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A SHORT ACCOUNT OF EXPLOSIVES. With 29 illustrations.
London: J. & A. Churchill, 1917. Hardcover. viii, 96 pages. Black & white illustrations throughout. Brown cloth-backed paper-covered boards. Measures approximately 25 x 19 cm. Some browning to endpapers; some light spotting to half-title; else a very good copy.
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A TREATISE ON ALGEBRA, In practice and theory, In two volumes, With notes and illustrations; Containing a Variety of Particulars Relating to the Discoveries and Improvements that have been made in this Branch of Analysis.
London: J. Johnson and Co.;, 1813. 2 Volumes. Volume I: [1-8], [i-v], vi-xxxvi, [1] 2-406pp plus 1pp advert to rear. Volume II; [i-iii], iv, [1], 2-428pp. Rebound into quarter cloth, grey boards, paper labels to spines. Octavo. First Edition. Volume one has 8pp of The Edinburgh Review of 1819, bound at the front. Edges very slightly browned with some light browning and spotting to interiors; else, an excellent and scarce set.
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AEQUANIMITAS with other addresses to medical students, nurses, and practitioners of medicine. With an introduction by H. A. F. Dudley.
London: The Keynes Press, 1984. Hardcover. No dust-wrapper as issued. xiv, 320 pages. Original quarter cloth over marbled boards; ribbon marker. Loosely laid in is a prospectus for the series. Number 67 of a limited edition of 300 numbered copies. A near fine copy.
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ALL SCIENTISTS NOW. The Royal Society in the nineteenth century.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984. Hardcover. Dust-wrapper. 261 pages. Illustrated. Original cloth. Original dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition. Inscription on endpaper; else a very good copy.
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ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF PATENTEES AND APPLICANTS FOR PATENTS OF INVENTION For the Year 1866.
London.George Edward Eyre & William Spottiswoode. 1867. [i-iii] 4 - 244pp. Original embossed boards gilt. Octavo. First Edition. Some slight soiling to front board. Some minor bumping to head and heel of spine. Else a very good copy.
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AN ESSAY ON THE ORGANIC DISEASES AND LESIONS OF THE HEART AND GREAT VESSELS. Together with, ON PERCUSSION OF THE CHEST By Leopold Auenbrugger.
Birmingham, Alabama. The Classics of Medicine Library, 1984. A limited editions facsimile, bound in full calf, gilt. All edges gilt. A near mint copy.
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ANTHROPOLOGY. Translated by Robert T.H. Bartley M.D. [The Library of Contemporary Science.]
London.Chapman and Hall Limited. 1878. i-xvi 1-548pp. 49 woodcuts within the text. Original green decorative cloth, gilt. Octavo. First edition. Errata slip present. Bookplate. Previous owner's note to front free endpaper. Booksellers stamp to half-title page. A very good bright copy.
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BIOLOGY. Translated by Maccall William. The Library of Contemporary Science.
London.Chapman and Hall. 1878. [i-v] vi-xii [1] 2-480pp. 83 black & white illustrations in text. Green decorative cloth, gilt. Octavo. First Edition. Book plate of Frederick Halfpenny. Some slight rubbing to cloth on spine edges. Light spotting to fore-edges. Else a very good copy.
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Board of Education Science Museum HENSON AND STRINGFELLOW Their work in aeronautics The history of a stage in the development of mechanical flight 1840 - 1868.
London.Her Majesty's Stationary Office. 1931. 115pp. Colour frontispiece, plus 24 black & white plates, 4 figures, and 6 foldout drawings to rear. Original publisher's cloth gilt. 25 x 15cms. First edition, presentation copy, inscribed to front free endpaper; "Presented to Air Chief Marshal Sir Christopher Courtney K.C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O. by the Mayor of Chard (Councillor H. Bishop) on the occasion of the opening of Chard & District Wings for Victory Week 1st May 1943". Loosely inserted programme for Wings for Victory Week. Very slight occasional spotting throughout, else a very good, bright copy.
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CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX OF PATENTS APPLIED FOR AND PATENTS GRANTED, For the Year 1865.
London.George Edward Eyre & William Spottiswoode. 1866. [i-iii] 4-230pp. Original Embossed cloth, gilt. Octavo. Some minor wear to extremities; else a very good copy.
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COMMENTAIRES sur la GEOMETRIE de M. DESCARTES. Pal le R. P. Claude Rabuel, de la Compagnie de Jesus.
Lyon: Marcel Duplain, 1730. [8], 590, [2] pages. Illustrated with 23 folding engraved plates. Contemporary full sheep, gilt. 4to. Fore-edges red. First edition. Two bookplates; corners a little worn; spine expertly repaired; binding a little worn & marked; else a very good copy.
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DIE KÜNSTLISCHE FRUHGEBERT ALS EIN WICHTIGES MITTEL IN DER ENTBINDUNGSKUNST UND VORZÜGLICH ALS BEYTRAG ZUR CHARATERISTIK DER ENGLISCHEN GEBURTSHÜLFE HISTORISCH UND KRITISCH DARGESTELLT.
Augsburg und Leipzig.Von Jenisch - und Stageschen Buchhandlung. 1820. xxiv, 360pp. 2 tables [one a large folding plate]; 1 folding engraved plate. First edition. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards; lacking label. Octavo. Front free endpaper missing; spine just starting to crack; some light foxing; else a very good copy.Reisinger became Professor of Obstetrics at Erlangen.
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ENDLESS AMUSEMENT; a collection of nearly 400 entertaining experiments in various Branches of Science; including Acoustics Arithmetic Chemistry Electricity Hydraulics Hydrostatics Magnetism Mechanics Optics wonders of the air pump, all the popular tricks and changes of the cards, &c &c. &c. to which is added, a Complete System of Pyrotechny; or the Art of Making Fireworks. The whole so clearly explained as to be within the reach of the most limited capacity. Third Edition. Price 2s. 6d.
London: Thomas Boys…, No date, [circa 1820, and inscribed on title 1822. 216 pages Illustrated with a folding engraved frontispiece. Original printed boards, recently re-backed. 152 x 99mm. Corner of binding a little worn; neat inscriptions on title; else a very good, clean copy. Toole Stott, A Bibliography of English Conjuring, Volume I, page 97, number 258. As well as the section on tricks with cards, there is a considerable amount on parlour magic. According to the British Library, this title was first published in 1818.
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HEART DISEASE.
Birmingham, Alabama. The Classics of Medicine Library, 1991. A limited edition facsimile, bound in full calf, gilt. All edges gilt. A near mint copy.
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JOURNAL OF ANATOMY. Originally the Journal of Anatomy and Physiology. Volume 82 April 1948-October 1948. (The James Peter Hill Volume).
Cambridge: At The University Press, 1948. vi, 275 pages. Illustrated. Bound in full morocco, gilt. All edges gilt. Matching leather bookplate to fixed front endpaper, with the inscription: 'Presented to Professor J.P. Hill November 1949.' Tiny nick to outer of lower board; else a fine copy.
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LIFE AND COLLECTED WORKS OF THOMAS BROWN. In eight volumes.
Bristol: Thoemmes Press, 2003. Original cloth. No dust-wrappers as issued. First volume removed from shrink-wrap for cataloguing, the remaining seven still in shrink-wrap. Like new.
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