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ACCUMULATOR CHARGING MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR
Written by W.S. Ibbetson.
Stock no. 2139067
Published by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd.. 1926. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue boards with gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Intended for the use of all interested in the charging and upkeep of accumulators for wireless work, motor-car lighting and starting equipment, and country house lighting plant. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some marks to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is torn and chipped, with 1-2" loss to top of spine; tears and browning; some grubby marks.

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WIRELESS TRANSMISSION
Written by F.J. Camm.
Stock no. 2139065
Published by George Newnes Limited. 6th 1941. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with red titles to spine and front cover. B/w diagrams. Some marks to covers, with bumping to corners. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some marks to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with browning and some foxing; small nick along bottom edge of front panel.

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THE INSTITUTION OF HEATING AND VENTILATING ENGINEERS: A GUIDE TO CURRENT PRACTICE 1959
Written by J.R. Kell; et al.
Stock no. 2139064
1959. Almost very good condition.

Larger format. Red cloth with gilt titles. 2nd edition, revised. B/w diagrams and tables; pocket to rear contains charts and nomograms. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some scuffing to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Grubby marks to endpapers and outer page edges.

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THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH: ELEMENTARY, PHYSICAL AND ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
Written by Herbert Pickles.
Stock no. 2139062
Published by Cambridge University Press. Circa 1915. Good condition.

Red cloth with black titles and picture to front. B/w illustrations. Covers are unevenly faded and marked. Corners and spine are bumped. Ink stamp to front endpaper. Some damp marking along edge of front pastedown. Page edge browning, but contents are still generally very good.

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TIME BASES
Written by O.S. Puckle.
Stock no. 2138851
Published by Chapman & Hall Ltd. 1945. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Scanning Generators. Their Design and Development with Notes on the Cathode Ray Tube. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few marks to covers. Browning and foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is torn and chipped, with loss; most of spine missing.

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AFTER GEOENGINEERING: CLIMATE TRAGEDY, REPAIR, AND RESTORATION
Written by Holly Jean Buck.
Stock no. 2137788
Published by Verso. 1st 2019. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Yellow boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 9781788730365. A few small pin hole marks to top of spine (also to corresponding place on wrapper). Small nicks to wrapper.

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BEYOND THE ZONULES OF ZINN: A FANTASTIC JOURNEY THROUGH YOUR BRAIN
Written by David Bainbridge.
Stock no. 2137787
Published by Harvard University Press. Circa 2008. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black cloth spine with silver title; red boards. American edition. ISBN: 9780674026100. Foxing and marks to outer page edges. Some light browning and edge-creasing to wrapper.

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ARCHAEOASTRONOMY AND THE MAYA
Written by Gerardo Aldana Y Villalobos; Edwin L. Barnhart.
Stock no. 1823574
Published by Oxbow Books. 1st 2014. Fine condition.

This book illustrates archaeoastronomical approaches to ancient Mayan cultural production. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and diagrams and a few colour. ISBN: 9781782976431.

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A HISTORY OF ENGINEERING METROLOGY
Written by Kenneth J. Hume.
Stock no. 2137373
Published by Mechanical Engineering Publications Limited. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Yellow cloth with purple title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0852984480. Light browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased and unevenly faded; especially faded to spine and edges.

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BEHAVIORAL ADDICTIONS: CRITERIA, EVIDENCE AND TREATMENT
Written by Kenneth Paul Rosenberg; Laura Curtiss Feder.
Stock no. 2137271
Published by Academic Press. 1st 2014. Slightly better than very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Behavioral addictions was a term recently introduced by the DMS-5. There is ongoing debate over when a behavior represents an addition and which types of behaviours might fall into this category. ISBN: 9780124077249.

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THE ORIGIN OF HUMAN SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Written by W.G. Runciman.
Stock no. 1322648
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

These papers bring an interdisciplinary approach to bear on what is arguable the central question in the study of human social evolution. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. 259 pages. B/w diagrams. Published for The British Adademy, this is Proceedings of the British Academy 110. ISBN: 0197262503.

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THE PREHISTORY OF METALLURGY IN THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by R.F. Tylecote.
Stock no. 1823436
Published by The Institute Of Metals. 1st 1986. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A completely revised edition of the author's 'Metallurgy in Archaeology' (published 1962). Incorporating the results of work done since 1960, this revised text covers native metals, copper and copper-based alloys, tin, lead, antimony, and the fabrication of non-ferrous metals. The Iron Age is divided into various periods appropriate to Britain, ending with the introduction of the blast furnace. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations & photos. ISBN: 0904357724. Top & tail of spine & corners lightly rubbed. Previous owner's white address label to front endpaper. Contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is heavily faded at edges and spine, closed tear to top edge of rear panel (no loss) and top of spine.

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