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A DISSERTATION ON THE UNIVERSE IN GENERAL AND ON THE PROCESSION OF THE ELEMENTS IN PARTICULAR
Written by Richard Saumarez.
Stock no. 1209002
Published by T. Egerton; C. Dilly, In The Poultry. Circa 1830. Very good condition.

The author was a surgeon and member of the Company of Surgeons. Includes Annual Oration to the council and fellows of the Medical Society of London dated 1813; and A Letter on the Evil Effects of Abesenteeism; being an answer to Hastings Elwin Esq dated 1829. A Dissertation on the Universe in General is dated 1795. Green leather spine and corners, gilt title to spine. Marbled paper sides and red speckled text block. Not illustrated. Edges of boards rubbed, leather spine & corners rubbed. Top half of marbled front board faded. Free endpapers heavily browned. One or two foxspots and some pencil annotation else remarkably clean for it's age. 'A Letter...' has top diagonal corner torn away from title page (not affecting text) and page behind the loss is browned in the same area.

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EVENINGS AT THE MICROSCOPE
Written by P.H. Gosse.
Stock no. 1209000
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1874. Very good condition.

Or, Researches Amond the Minuter Organs and Forms of Animal Life. A New Edition, Revised and Annotated. Green cloth boards, gilt titles and vignettes. B/w illustrations to text. xii and 422 pages including index plus 4 pages of publisher adverts to rear. Joints cracked and slightly pulled. Text block browned with a few minor foxspots. a few grubby marks to boards. Faint inscription in ink to top of black front endpaper. Name in ink to top of title page. A few scattered foxspots to contents.

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THE WORLD OF THE FUTURE: STAR TRAVEL
Written by Kenneth W. Gatland; David Jefferis. Illustrated by Gordon Davies; Terry Hadler; Brian Lewis; Michael Roffe.
Stock no. 1330635
Published by Usborne Publishing Ltd.. 1st 1979. Very good condition.

Transport and technology into the 21st century. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. 32 pages. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0860202429. Spine and corners bumped. Covers very slightly grubby. Barcode label stuck to rear cover. Contents clean.

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LIGHT MACHINES FOR WOODWORK
Written by Charles H. Hayward.
Stock no. 1830806
Published by Evans Brothers Limited. 1960. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Revised and enlarged edition. Saws: Planers: Spindles: Sanders: Powered Hand Tools: ETC. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. 207 pages including index. Minor mottling to boards. Text block browned. Tape marks to endpapers. Name stamped in ink to lower edge of half-title page else contents generally clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has initials in biro to lower front corner of flap, is lightly faded to spine, edge-worn and scuffed.

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A MANUAL OF CHEMISTRY: VOL. I. PHYSICAL AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Written by Henry Watts.
Stock no. 1208943
Published by J. & A. Churchill. 1st thus 1883. Very good condition.

13th Edition of "Fownes Chemistry". Full calf leather binding with 5 raised bands to spine and dark green title labels with gilt title. Front board has gilt crest of Royal Academical Institution of Belfast. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. B/w drawings to text. Fold-out colour frontis. xvi and 595 pages including index. Spine is faded and edge-worn, rubbed to top & tail. Boards are edge-rubbed and a little scuffed. Prize label to front pastedown dated 1885. Front joint cracked but firm. Some foxing present mainly to prelims and endpapers. Name & date in ink to front fly-leaf. Contents remarkably good for a book of this age!

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CELL WALL DEFICIENT FORMS: STEALTH PATHOGENS
Written by Lida H. Mattman.
Stock no. 1830491
Published by CRC Press. Circa 2001. Slightly better than very good condition.

"Lida Mattman writes beautifully and with great humor about cell wall deficient forms (CWD) i.e., stealth pathogen. Understanding CWD forms and their role in emerging global infections has a great impact on our survival." Third Edition. After perusing this volume, you should know: 1. What organism should be added to the childhood vaccine, especially for boys? 2. What bacterium in its pleomorphic state is found in direct smears of synovial fluid of rheumatoid arthritis cases? 3. In what chronic disease is an acid-fast organism routinely found in smears of 72-h blood cultures in any routine medium? 4. Which "bacterium" has a life cycle in the human erythrocyte as complex as that of Plasmodium malaria? 5. The L form, of which common pathogen can permanently damage mammaliam myocardium. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour plates and b/w illustrations416 pages including index. ISBN: 0849387671. 2nd printing of the third edition. Boards lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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SECRETS OF ART & NATURE
Written by John Wecker; R. Read.
Stock no. 1830487
Slightly better than very good condition.

Facsimile of the 1660 edition. Undated. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine reads 'Secrets of Art and Science'. Facsimile title page reads: 'Eighteen Books of the Secrets of Art & Nature, being The Summe and Sbstance of Naturall Philofophy, Methodically Digefted'. A physical copy of a print on demand book. A nice copy.

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CELL SIGNALLING
Written by John T. Hancock.
Stock no. 1830481
Published by Oxford University Press. 2010. Slightly better than very good condition.

Third Edition. Starting with an overview of cell signalling and highlighting its importance in many biological systems, the book goes on to explore the key components of extracellular and intracellular signalling mechanisms, before examining how these components came together to create signalling pathways, which are so crucial to the survival of living organisms. Pictorial cardwraps. Diagrams. xxii and 341 pages including index. ISBN: 9780199232109. Reprint. Mark to lower edge of rear cover (label now missing). Contents clean.

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THE FOUNDATION OF THE CHRONIC MIASMS IN THE PRACTICE OF HOMEOPATHY
Written by Henny Heudens-Mast; M. Teresa Bland.
Stock no. 1830422
Published by Similia Press. Circa 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

For all homeopaths who wish to follow in the footsteps of the old masters, to further develop their understanding of the chronic miasms, and to all homeopaths who experience the joy of working with the healing possibilities of the human organism. This book is drawn from the author's own experience in practice. Edited by M. Teresa Bland. Cardwraps. xv and 256 pages. ISBN: 0977305716. Third printing. Corners of covers ligthly creased. Minor spot to top edge of text block. Contents clean.

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FORMATIVE FORCES IN CRYSTALLIZATION
Written by Ehrenfried Pfeiffer.
Stock no. 1830407
Published by Rudolf Steiner Publishing Co.; Anthroposophic Press. 1st UK 1936. Almost very good condition.

English Edition. A condensed and revised translation of the Author's works, Kirstalle and Studium von Formkraften an Kristallisationen. Green cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. xxi and 63 pages plus 93 illustrations to rear. Boars grubby and stained. Illustration pages to rear affected by damp crinkling to lower half of pages (not stained). Blank label to front endpaper with name & date in ink to front pastedown (covering older inscription). Some light foxing, mainly to prelims.

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RELATIVITY: THE SPECIAL AND THE GENERAL THEORY
Written by Albert Einstein; Robert W. Lawson; Roger Penrose.
Stock no. 1830340
Published by Folio Society. 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

Authorised translation by Lawson, introduced by Penrose. Matt, grey patterned boards, silver title to spine. xxii and 201 pages including index. Second printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS IN THE DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS
Written by Charles R. Hicks; Kenneth V. Turner.
Stock no. 1830332
Published by Oxford University Press. 5th 1999. Very good condition.

Fifth edition, thoroughly revised and updated, includes sixty new problems. A comprehensive coverage of the key elements of experimental design used by applied researchers to colve problems in the field. Wide-ranging and accessible, it shows students how to use applied statistics for planning, running, and analyzing experiments. This edition focuses more on computer use than previous editions. Blue glazed boards. x and 565 pages including index. ISBN: 0195122739. Boards scuffed and a little grubby. Top & tail of spine and corners lightly worn. Text block is very slightly grubby. Name in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean.

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