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Cambridge University Press, 1956. Ex-Library. Very Good. Hardcover. The first volumes of the epic work by Joseph Needham. Volume IV is in two parts for a total of 5 books. All are First Editions excepting Vol. I which is a second printing. Publication dates range from 1956 to 1965. Replete with historical drawings, graphs and diagrams and maps, with many foldouts. Handsome pictorial covers. All are well-kept library reference copies in jackets with sturdy mylar wrappers, excepting IV:1 which has had its wrapper removed. Library pockets, labels & stamps. All clean and unmarked except Vol III has an unattractive dark brown stain (coffee?) on two facing pages, which has leaked onto the surrounding dozen or so pages, and lightly to the bottom ends. Heavy hardbound set. Please note international shipping will be expensive. .

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1965. Pictorial cloth and black cloth back. Ex-libary, else clean tight copies: VG/no djs. Small 4to. Profusely illustrated in black and white. 3rd printing

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1959 to 1984 (six first editions, one second impression, and one third impression). Small quarto, with numerous illustrations plus plates throughout. Quarter cloth and contrasting pictorial cloth; a near -fine set with the excellent dustwrappers (mild signs of age and use, including light sunning, some price-clipped flaps, occasional short tears or small chips, with some long tears - now stabilised - to the one on Volume 3). Joseph Needham and Wang Ling are the joint-authors unless otherwise noted. Volume 1: Introductory Orientations (1965, third impression/ 1954). Volume 2: History of Scientific Thought (1962/ second impression/ 1956). Volume 3: Mathematics and the Sciences of the Heavens and the Earth (1959, first edition). Volume 4, Part I: Physics and Physical Technology ('with the special co-operation of Kenneth Girdwood Robinson'; 1962, first edition). Volume 4, Part II:… Read More

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1954-1980. Hardcover. Octavos, Nine volumes. Very Good, with Good to Very Good minus dust jackets. All volumes in matching dust jackets with off-white spines and black lettering. All shelf-worn, lightly marked, and lightly age-toned with prices clipped, several with tears to edges. Bindings lightly shelf-worn. Text blocks lightly age-toned. CONTENTS: Vol. I. "Introductory Orientations" (xxxviii, 318 pages + 2 folding maps) - Vol. II. "History of Scientific Thought" (xxii, [2], 696 pages) - Vol. III. "Mathematics and the Sciences of the Heavens and the Earth" (xlvii, 877 pages) - Vol. IV, Part I. "Physics and Physical Technology: Physics" (xxxiv, 434 pages) - Vol. IV, Part II. "Physics and Physical Technology: Mechanical Engineering" (lv, 759 pages) - Vol. IV, Part III. "Physics and Physical Technology: Civil Engineering and Nautics" (lvii, 931 pages plus 3 folding maps) - Vol. V, Part II. "Chemistry and Chemical Technology: Spagyrical Discovery and Invention:… Read More

University Press, Cambridge, 1954 . Hardcover. Very Good. [The Most Authoritative Survey of the History of Chinese Science and Technological Advances] 14 volumes. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Dust jackets in protective mylar covers. Contents: V. 1. Introductory orientations; V. 2. History of scientific thought; V. 3. Mathematics and the science of the heavens and the earth; V. 4. Physics and physical technology. Pt.1. Physics; Pt.2. Mechanical engineering; Pt.3. Civil engineering and nautics; V. 5. Chemistry and chemical technology. Pt.1. Paper and printing; Pt.2. Spagyrical discovery and invention : magisteries of gold and immortality; Pt.3. Spagyrical discovery and invention : historical survey from cinnabar elixirs to synthetic insulin; Pt.4. Spagyrical discovery and invention : apparatus, theories and gifts; Pt.5. Spagyrical discovery and invention : physiological alchemy; Pt.6. Military technology : missiles and sieges; Pt.7. Military… Read More

Taipei, Taiwan: Newmoon Book Co., Ltd., 1956 - 1965. Reprint. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY OF FIRST 5 VOLUMES OF JOSEPH NEEDHAM'S MONUMENTAL HISTORY OF SCIENCE IN CHINA: HONG KONG, TAIWAN CONNECTIONSFive hardcover volumes, 9 3/4 inches tall small quarto, beige cloth boards, spine lettering in red, endpapers discolored, otherwise very good in very good dust jackets. VOL. I. Introductory Orientations. Joseph Needham, with the research assistance of Wang Ling (reprinted 1961; Cambridge 1954). xxxviii, 318 pp, tables, bibliographies, figures, 2 large folding maps. Inscribed and signed on title page, "for Franklin Woo and Marcus Woo/Hongkong Mar 74/Joseph Needham" with author's signature in English and Chinese. Also handstamped date, 1 May 1974, lower right corner of title page. Same date stamp right upper corner of rear endpaper, with address to left of date: "Bishop's House/Hong Kong/May 1, 1974". Rear endpaper, flyleaf and paste-down filled with notes in blue and red ink, presumably by Woo; VOL. II. History… Read More

Cambridge University Press, 1954. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Cambridge University Press, 1954 - 2008. 26 of a projected 28 volumes, complete as of February 2024. All volumes near fine in near fine/fine dust jackets. Several volumes carry stamps of distinguished but not associated academics. Bindings are tight, sturdy, and square; boards and text also very good throughout all volumes. Light damp-spotting to spine panel of one jacket, else dust jackets in near fine condition as well, and arrive wrapped in protective mylar. A seminal set, Needham and his collaborators reset the discourse, disrupting the prevailing Eurocentric historiography by revealing and widening the multicultural roots of scientific development into the modern era. The project is still continuing under the guidance of the Publications Board of the Needham Research Institute. Two of the 28 volumes, Volume V, Part VIII and Volume V, Part X, are still works in progress and not currently available. The set is otherwise complete to… Read More