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BUILDING FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE: CONSTRUCTION WITHOUT DEPLETION
No author listed.
Stock no. 2113525
Published by The Institution Of Structural Engineers. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Institution of Structural Engineers November 1999. Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos and diagrams. 96 pages. ISBN: 1874266506. Some slight creasing and rubbing to covers.

ADHESIVES IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
Written by G.C. Mays; A.R. Hutchinson.
Stock no. 2113396
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1992. Very good condition.

A complete and clear introduction to the use of adhesives to form load-bearing joints in bridges, civil engineering and building structures. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w diagrams and tables. 333 pages (including index). ISBN: 052132677X. Spine is bumped and faded. Corners are bumped. Contents are excellent.

THE SCIENTIFIC ANGLER
Written by David Foster. Illustrated by David Foster.
Stock no. 2112291
Published by Bemrose & Sons Limited. 11th Almost very good condition.

11th edition. Being a General and Instructive Work on Artistic Angling. With illustrations and steel engravings of the author. Red cloth with gilt titles. Spine is browned with large black ink 'splash' mark to it; chipping to top. Front cover is bowed. Joints are a bit cracked; showing webbing and weak. Name in ink to front endpaper. A little chipping to some pages. Page browning. Rear free endpaper detached.

ELEMENTARY APPLIED AERODYNAMICS
Written by Paul E. Hemke.
Stock no. 1808159
Published by Constable and Company Ltd.. 1st 1946. Very good condition.

Written to meet at he requirements of a first course in technical applied aerodynamics. Red cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w charts & graphs. viii and 231 pages including index. Gilt title to spine faded. Name & date in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. Slight musty odour present.

ELEMENTS OF PROBABILITY THEORY
Written by L.Z. Rumshiskii; D.M.G. Wishart.
Stock no. 1709332
Published by Pergamon Press. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Wrapper grubby. A little foxing. Name in ink to first page.

INTRODUCTION TO THE THEORY OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS
Written by James D. Patterson.
Stock no. 1709328
Published by Addison-Wesley. 1st 1971. Very good condition.

The primary aim of this book is to present the fundamental aspects of solid state physics in a somewhat more than superficial way. More emphasis is placed on phonons and electrons and their interactions than on the properties of specific solids. Grey cloth boards, black title block with gilt title to spine. x and 388 pages including index. Spine & corners of boards lightly rubbed. Text block lightly browned. Light creasing to front endpaper. Else contents are clean.

ASTRONOMY: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE
Written by A.E. Roy; D. Clarke.
Stock no. 1709324
Published by Adam Hilger Ltd.. 3rd 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Third edition, updated and expanded. This book introduces the concepts and historical development of astronomy, presents a course on positional measurement and celestial mechanics, and describes the techniques and instrumentation of astronomical observation and measurement. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w diagrams. xv and 357 pages including index. ISBN: 0852743947. A nice, clean copy. Dustwrapper spine is faded and rear panel is a little grubby/scuffed.

FUNDAMENTALS OF MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS
Written by Matthew Hussey.
Stock no. 1808010
Published by Macmillan Press Ltd. 1st 1983. Very good condition.

An introduction to how mechanical vibrations are manifested in simple linear, coupled, continuum and non-linear systems. Black cardwraps with white titles. xvi and 296 pages including index. ISBN: 0333324374. Crese to spine, base of spine worn with slight loss of surface covering. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean.

X-RAY LASERS 2006: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 10TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, AUGUST 20-25, BERLIN, GERMANY
Written by P.V. Nickles; K.A. Janulewicz.
Stock no. 1808000
Published by Springer. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

Springer Proceedings in Physics 115. Edited by Nickles and Janulewicz. Blue glazed boards with white titles. xxx and 723 pages. ISBN: 9781402060175. Corners lightly bumped and worn. Boards lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF RADIOACTIVITY AND NUCLEAR RADIATIONS
Written by G.C. Lowenthal; P.L. Airey.
Stock no. 1709267
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

An Introductory text for Engineers, Scientists, Teachers and Students. A comprehensive yet concise treatment of radioactivity and its applications. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w diagrams and charts. xxvii and 337 pages including index. ISBN: 0521553059. Text block lightly browned. Minor crease to very top edge of page 227/228. Else contents clean. Blue dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

DENATURED OR INDUSTRIAL ALCOHOL
Written by Rufus Frost Herrick.
Stock no. 1709187
Published by Knowledge Publications. 2006. Slightly better than very good condition.

A reproduction of the 1907 edition which was published by John Wiley & Sons. A treatise on The History, Manufacturing, Composition, Uses and Possibilities of Industrial Alcohol. Including tables for the use of the engineer, chemist etc. Cardwraps. B/w illustrations. x and 516 pages plus publisher adverts to rear. ISBN: 9781603220026. Spine lightly faded. Contents clean.

THE LAMP OF LEARNING: TAYLOR & FRANCIS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE PUBLISHING
Written by W.H. Brock; A.J. Meadows.
Stock no. 1807864
Published by Taylor & Francis. 1st 1984. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

History of the publishing company, Taylor & Francis. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. xv and 240 pages including index. ISBN: 0850662532. Wrapper slightly unevenly faded and creased at edges.