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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.

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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.

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THE FORCE OF KNOWLEDGE: THE SCIENTIFIC DIMENSION OF SOCIETY
Written by John Ziman.
Stock no. 1808009
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Painting a broad picture of modern science, and of its relations to the world in general. Brown boards, red title block with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ix and 374 pages including index. ISBN: 0521206499. Spine slightly cocked. Ink stamp for the Institute of Physics to half-title page. Page edge browning. Contents otherwise clean. Price-cut pictorial wrapper is faded to top front edge and spine and is edge-worn.

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THE HISTORY OF CLASSICAL PHYSICS: A SELECTED, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Written by Roderick Weir Home.
Stock no. 1808004
Published by Garland Publishing Inc.. 1st 1984. Slightly better than very good condition.

A bibliography designed to guide the reader into the history of Science and technology. This bibliography embraces the period between approximately 1700 and 1900. Green cloth boards, gilt titles. xix and 324 pages including index. ISBN: 0824090675. A nice, clean copy.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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LOWER CARBONIFEROUS FORAMINIFERAL FAUNAS OF THE BORING ORSLEV No. 1, ISLAND OF FALSTER, DENMARK
Written by Olaf Michelsen.
Stock no. 1807792
Published by C.A. Reitzels. 1st 1971. Slightly better than very good condition.

Geological Survey of Denmark II Series No. 98. Text in English and Danish. Green boards. 86 pages + 22 b/w plates. ISBN: 8742106176. SIGNED by author. Corners bumped. Contents fine.

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A DICTIONARY OF SCIENTIFIC TERMS
Written by I.F. Henderson; W.D. Henderson.
Stock no. 1708889
Published by Oliver and Boyd. 1920. Very good condition.

Pronunciation, Derivation, and definitions of terms in biology, botany, zoology, anatomy, cytology, embryology, physiology. Dark green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. viii and 354 pages. Corners and top & tail of spine lightly worn. Endpapers and text block browned. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some hinges pulled but binding is tight.

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QUATERNARY GEOLOGY: A STRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK FOR MULTIDISCIPLINARY WORK
Written by D.Q. Bowen.
Stock no. 1605251
Published by Pergamon Press. 1st 1978. Very good condition.

The discoveries of recent years have revolutionized the study of the Quarternary Period. To the student these merely compound an already bewildering situation. The volume of often seemingly contradictory literature continues to grow, and its terminology to multiply. This book attempts to clarify the issues. The basis of existing classsical models is critically examined. The data on which the new stratigraphic framework relies is considered. The subject is placed in perspective overview, with the stratigraphic framework extended by selective correlation. Green cardwraps. B/w charts. xi and 221 pages including index. ISBN: 0080204090. Light creasing to front cover. Slight page browning.

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THE SCIENTIFIC PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL DUBLIN SOCIETY VOLUME 24 (1945-48)
No author listed.
Stock no. 1605208
Published by Royal Dublin Society. c. 1948. Very good condition.

New Series. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. iv and 358 pages including index. Spine bumped. Ink stamp to front pastedown and title page. Note in ink to front endpaper explains that jump in pagination from p.229 to 291 is due to a printers' error.

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