Search Results: Science from Alex Richardson

London: Third Millennium Publishing, 2013. 1st edition. Hardback. Quarto. 176 pages. Numerous colour and b&w photographs within the text. Foreword by Lord Broers. Very Good in Very Good jacket which has a slight crease on the bottom edge of its front and some creasing around the foot of its spine.

London: N. A. G. Press Ltd, 1976. Facsimile reprint of the 2nd edition of 1949. Hardback. Original black cloth with gold lettering to spine. Octavo. [xxiii prelims] 279 pages. Frontispiece and 7 other b&w plates within the text, along with numerous b&w line illustrations. Foreword by Sir Harold Spencer-Jones, Astronomer Royal. Good in Good jacket. Some tanning to the edges of the text, particularly along the top. Endpapers also tanned. Jacket is price-clipped and has a few marks and scratches on its faces.

London: Graham & Trotman, 1985. Hardback. Issued in pictorial boards without a jacket. Octavo. [xii prelims] 217 pages. Several b&w charts and line drawings within the text. Preface by Professor Bignot; Foreword by Professor F. T. Banner. First English edition of a work first published in Paris in 1982. Good. Boards a bit worn at the corners and rubbed on their faces. Text tanned and dull at the edges.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995. 1st edition. Hardback. Octavo. [xv prelims] 147 pages. Frontispiece a b&w photograph of the members of the Biochemistry Department, University of Cambridge, in 1930. Introduction by Dronamraju; Foreword by Joshua Lederberg; contributions by Elof Axel Carlson, Freeman Dyson, Yaron Ezrahi, Ernst Mayr, Avrion Mitchison, Max Perutz and David Weatherall. Good in Good jacket. Boards bumped in the bottom corner; spine ends a bit pushed in. Text tanned and dull at the edges, with a soiled patch on the top edge. Jacket has obvious wear and creasing to its edges and corners, particularly around the foot of its spine (which has a couple of chips) and to the bottom edge of its front (which has a creased closed tear). Both faces are rubbed and have picked up a few marks.

Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2020. 2nd edition. Paperback. Octavo. [xiii prelims] 292 pages. Numerous colour photographs throughout the text. Part of the 'Veterinary Self-Assessment Color Review' series. Very Good. Front cover has a couple of creases at its leading edge.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. 2nd edition. Hardback. Blue cloth with silver lettering to spine. Octavo. [xiv prelims] 221 pages. Numerous b&w figures within the text. Special topics in this second edition include Buckminsterfullerenes and organic non-linear optic materials. Very Good in Good jacket which has some wear and rubbing to its edges, spine folds and faces.

Burlington, ON: Apogee Books, 2003. Hardback. Original cream cloth with gold lettering to spine and front. Quarto. 324 pages. 32 pages of b&w photographs within the text. Foreword by Wernher Von Braun. Number 36 in the Apogee Space Books series. Attached to the inside of the rear board is a double-sided DVD "featuring nearly five hours of rare footage of the Rocket Team's extraordinary legacy". This includes colour film of V2 launches and a documentary on the Able-Baker space monkeys. Good in Good jacket. Page edges a bit tanned; a tiny spot on the top edge. Jacket has a little wear at the corners and rubbing on its faces.