THE AGE OF WONDER: HOW THE ROMANTIC GENERATION DISCOVERED THE BEAUTY AND TERROR OF SCIENCE
Written by Richard Holmes.
Stock no. 1831186
Published by Harper Press. Circa 2008. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Brilliantly conceived as a 'relay race of scientific stories', this is a celebration of innovators of science before Darwin and their great scientific discoveries: from telescopic sight to the miner's lamp, and from the first balloon flight to African exploration. Dark blue paper boads, silver title to spine. B/w and colour illustrations. xxi and 554 pages including index. ISBN: 9780007149520. Base of spine lightly rubbed. Small knock to lower edge of front board. Corners bumped. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

SIR SAMUEL MORLAND: DIPLOMAT AND INVENTOR 1625-1695
Written by H.W. Dickinson.
Stock no. 1319272
Published by W. Heffer & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1970. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

The life and inventions of a public servant in England. Light green cloth spine with gilt title. Green cloth boards. B/w plates. xvi and 133 pages including index plus 12 plates to rear. ISBN: 085270061X.

EARLY SCIENCE IN OXFORD VOL XII
Written by R.T. Gunther.
Stock no. 2133146
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1939. Very good condition.

Dr. Plot and the Correspondence of the Philosophical Society of Oxford. Correspondence dating from 1680-1695 recapturing a Golden Age in British Science. Part of the Oxford Books on the History of Science series. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. 10 b/w plates. 434 pages includes index. All plates present. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Spine slightly faded. Small closed tear in cloth at edge of rear cover. Pages lightly browned with a few foxspots to edge of textblock. Contents clean.

SIR SAMUEL MORLAND: DIPLOMAT AND INVENTOR 1625-1695
Written by H.W. Dickinson.
Stock no. 1713586
Published by W. Heffer & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1970. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The life and inventions of a public servant in England. Light green cloth spine with gilt title. Green cloth boards. B/w plates. xvi and 133 pages including index plus 12 plates to rear. ISBN: 085270061X. Dustwrapper lightly scuffed else a lovely copy.

THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANAESTHETIC APPARATUS
Written by K. Bryn Thomas.
Stock no. 807451
Published by Blackwell Scientific Publications. 1980. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A history based on the Charles King collection of the Association of Anaesthetists. Large format. Red cloth. B/w photos and illustrations. 268 pages includes index. ISBN: 0632001771. White pictorial dustwrapper is faded at edges and spine, small closed edge-tear at top.

PHILOSOPHIE CHIMIQUE
Written by A.F. Fourcroy.
Stock no. 592165
1st 1792. Slightly better than good condition.

Verites Fondamentales De La Chimie Moderne Disposees Dans Un Nouvel Ordre. Published in Paris 1792. L'An IV De La Liberte Francoise. Small format. 6.5 x 4 inches. Blue paperboards, red title label to spine. 128 pages. Text in French. A few foxspots else contents in general very good. Spine split at base. Corners and edges rubbed.