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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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ON GROWTH AND FORM
Written by D'Arcy Thompson; John Tyler Bonner.
Stock no. 1830664
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st thus 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Abridged edition, edited by J.T. Bonner. A book about the way things grow, and the shapes they take. A great man of science, who was also a poet, and wise, tells of the shape of horns, of teeth, of tusks; of jumping fleas and slipper limpets; of buds and seeds, bees' cells and drops of rain; of the potter's thumb and the spider's web; of cylinders and unduloids; of a film of soap and a bubble bath; of the splash of a pebble in a pond. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xiv and 345 pages including index. Base of spine lightly shelf-worn. Top edge of text block a little dusty. Light margin crease to page 165-174. Contents clean. Orange pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby and lightly edge-worn.

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THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
Written by H.E. Wimperis.
Stock no. 1830526
Published by Constable & Co. Ltd.. 2nd 2015. Almost very good condition.

Second Edition, new and revised. A Text-Book for the Use of Students and Engineers. Dark Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine, blind title to front board. B/w diagrams. xvi and 319 pages including index. Top & tail of spine and board corners lightly worn. A few minor scuff marks to boards. Front spine edge has a couple of tiny holes in cloth. Text block and endpapers lightly browned. Small name & date in faded green ink to front pastedown. Front joint split. Hinges pulled else binding tight.

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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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DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY IN STATISTICAL INFERENCE
Written by Shun-Ichi Amari; O.E. Barndorff-Nielsen; R.E. Kass; S.L. Lauritzen; C.R. Rao.
Stock no. 1830331
Published by Institute Of Mathematical Statistics. 1st 1987. Very good condition.

Institute of Mathematical Statistics Lecture Notes-Monograph Series, volume 10. Blue and white cardwraps. 240 pages. ISBN: 0940600129. Covers a little scuffed, rubbed at edges, and a tiny nick to lower edge of front cover. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean.

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TIME SERIES ANALYSIS
Written by Jonathan D. Cryer.
Stock no. 1830328
Published by PWS Publishers. 1st 1986. Very good condition.

Theory and application of time series analysis using Minitab statistical system. Grey glazed boards, pink titles. xi and 286 pages including index. ISBN: 0871509636. Boards scuffed, pink title spine faded to off-white. Distribution label to rear board. Foxing to top edge of text block. Name in ink to top of free endpaper. Contents clean.

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