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THYRISTOR DESIGN AND REALIZATION
Written by Paul D. Taylor.
Stock no. 1206432
Published by John Wiley & Sons. 1st 1987. Nearly fine condition.

Glazed boards. 219 pages. B/w photos. B/w diagrams. ISBN: 047191178X.

THE WEATHER
Written by Francis Wilson. Illustrated by Philip Jacobs.
Stock no. 1806514
Published by Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.; Purnell. 1st 1987. Very good condition.

BBC Weatherman Francis Wilson explains the mysteries of the world's weather and reveals the secrets of forecasting in this colourful action pop-up book. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. A unique 3-d pop-up book. Paper Engineering by Paul Wilgress. ISBN: 0361075162. Corners bumped. Some tabs stiff. All pop-ups in excellent working order.

DYNAMO CONSTRUCTION: A PRACTICAL HANDBOOK FOR THE USE OF ENGINEER-CONSTRUCTORS AND ELECTRICIANS-IN-CHARGE
Written by John W. Urquhart.
Stock no. 2107929
Published by Crosby Lockwood and Son. 2nd 1895. Very good condition.

Second edition, revised and enlarged. Includes a new chapter on the Multiphase Dynamo, and several other additions. Embracing Framework building, field magnet and armature winding and grouping, compounding, etc., with examples of leading English, American, and continental dynamos and motors. B/w illustrations and diagrams. xvi and 368 pages incluing index plus publisher adverts to rear. Front cover is a bit bowed. Corners and spine are lightly rubbed. Some scuff marks to covers. Text block browned. A few foxspots and margin marks. Some hinges pulled but binding is tight.

HOPPUS'S PRACTICAL MEASURER
Written by E. Hoppus.
Stock no. 1805945
Published by Oliver and Boyd; Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1890. Almost very good condition.

Or, Measuring Made Easy to the Meanest Capacity, by a New Set of Tables. The contents given in Feet, Inches, Quarters, and Twelfth Parts of an Inch. Tall, narrow format. Full black leather binding with gilt title to front. Covers scuffed, ring mark from a mug to front board. Slight loss to top corner of free front endpaper. Folding diagram creased. Contents generally clean.

INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
Written by Alexander Findlay.
Stock no. 1805692
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 2nd 1944. Almost very good condition.

Second Edition revised and enlarged. An introduction to the study of physical chemistry. Blue cloth boards, black title to spine. 142 figures in the text. vii and 582 pages including index. Boards a little marked, corners bumped, spine cocked. Numerous names and addresses neatly crossed out to front endpapers. Front hinge pulled between title page and facing page. A few lower corner creases. Contents clean. A good working copy.

PLANT DEMOGRAPHY IN VEGETATION SUCCESSION
Written by Krystyna Falinska.
Stock no. 1705763
Published by Kluwer Academic Publishers. 1st 1991. Very good condition.

B/w diagrams. 210 pages. ISBN: 0792310608. Spine faded.

KRAFTFAHR TECHNISCHES TASCHENBUCH
No author listed.
Stock no. 1603088
Published by Bosch. 1966. Almost very good condition.

(Motor Vehicle Technical Pocketbook). Text in German. Small format, limp cardwraps. B/w diagrams. 508 pages. Text block lightly browned. Front joint cock-eyed. Dampstaining and crinkling to contents caused by same.

WORLD MANGROVE ATLAS
Written by Mark Spalding; Francois Blasco; Colin Field.
Stock no. 1602990
Published by The International Society For Mangrove Ecosystems. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An attempt to provide an overview of the distribution of mangroves worldwide. Large format. Colour and b/w photos & maps. edited by Spalding, Blasco & Field. 178 pages including index. ISBN: 4906584039. Heavy bumps to edge of boards by spine. Slight wrinkling to endpapers / prelims but contents are otherwise near fine. Wrapper is a little edge creased.

VEGETATION, SOILS AND WILDLIFE
Written by J.G. Nelson; M.J. Chambers.
Stock no. 1602945
Published by Methuen. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Process and Method in Canadian Geography series. Selected readings edited by Nelson & Chambers. 372 pages. ISBN: 0458902608. Corners bumped. Pen mark to front endpaper. Page browning. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, scuffed, and lightly faded to spine.

FLOODS: A GEOGRAPHICAL PERSPECTIVE (FOCAL PROBLEMS IN GEOGRAPHY)
Written by Roy Ward.
Stock no. 1602944
Published by The Macmillan Press Ltd.. 1st 1978. Very good condition.

This study of major flood problems ranges from the hydrological causes of floods, and their prediction and routing, to a survey of man's response to the flood situation. International in scope, it is addressed to students of Hydrology, Geography, Environmental Studies and Civil Engineering (water systems and water engineering). Blue cardwraps. B/w mapsand diagrams, and a few b/w photos. xii and 244 pages including index. ISBN: 0333230841. Light creasing to spine. Text block browned. Pen mark to title page. Else contents clean.

MATHEMATICAL MODELS IN ECOLOGY
Written by J.N.R. Jeffers.
Stock no. 1602941
Published by Blackwell Scientific Publications. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

12th Symposium of The British Ecological Society, Grange-over-Sands, Lancashire 23-26 March 1971. 398 pages. ISBN: 0632087404. Corners rubbed. Pen mark to title page.

MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS IN VEGETATION RESEARCH
Written by Laszlo Orloci.
Stock no. 1602937
Published by Dr. W. Junk. 1st 1975. Very good condition.

Card wraps. 276 pages. ISBN: 9061931789. Spine faded. Page edge browning.