Science from lobstabooks

Jonathan Cape London 1992 Vg (no dj, pictorial card covers, a very good clean tight bright copy,bottom corners very lightly rubbed and small dustmark underside of pages, ink signature title page, internally fine condition) octavo 390pp. First edition. With 8pp colour plates.

William Heinemann London 1948 Vg (no dj, green cloth with gilt titles on spine, small neat signature front fixed endpaper, scattered brown spotting outside page edges, pages clean and bright) 12mo 157pp. Third edition. The manipulation and possibilities of glass.

J M Dent Ltd London 1993 Fine/fine (dj price clipped else book and dj both no fault) octavo 208pp. The major new theory that unifies all sciences.

Normal Correspondence College Press London undated c1905 G (no dj, lightly marked red cloth with black lettering, copperplate signature front free endpaper, few light small pencil ticks else pages clean and bright with no foxing, front hinge cracked and early contents shaken, remainder of binding firm) 12mo 271pp including publisher's adverts. Normal Tutorial Series. New and revised edition… Read more about this item

London mcgraw hill 1965 VG/G DJ shows fading and edge wear consistent with age. one significant 4cm tear to top front with minor loss. Some slight creasing to top edge of dj. Prior owner's neat signature.The author charts the component types and characteristics with pertinent data on electro-mechanical devices. A technical volume illustrated in black and white with photographs and… Read more about this item

Jonathan Cape London 1997 Near fine/fine (fine unclipped dj, a near fine tight unopened copy, small indentation from erased pencil price pre-title page and small scuff/bump top edges of pages but not significant) 12mo 190pp. First edition first printing. Why do intervals of 1000 years matter to us so much? The rational and religious roots of human fascination with the… Read more about this item

David and Charles Newton Abbot 1986 Fine/near fine (few very light scratches to back cover of dj else book and dj both no fault) octavo 255pp. Detailed book describing the all-embacing character of the high-tech holocaust from nuclear waste to artificial sweeteners, and surveying the lengthening list of danger areas.

Phoenix House London 1960 Vg/Vg (intact pink dj lightly soiled, internally clean tight and bright without fault) 12mo 173pp. Revealing many mysteries connected with the gift of vision, ranging from the first light-sensitive microscopic undersea creatures at the beginning of time, through fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, insects and apes to man himself. Illustrated with drawings by A. Ravielli.

W B Clive University Tutorial Press London 1929 VG (no dj, brown cloth with gilt titles o spine, lightly rubbed top and base of spine and corners,clean black endpapers, pencil signature pre-title page, few isolated spots prelims and last pages else a sound clean copy with one or two small pencil annotations in margins, slightly shelf-cocked) 16mo 224pp. Second edition.… Read more about this item

Methuen and Co London 1938 G (no dj, yellow cloth with black titles, mark from library tape top of spine and lightly soiled round edges, ex school library copy with stamps and plate, front hinge cracked but contents clean and tight) 16mo 132pp. First edition. Methuen's Monographs on Biological Subjects series.

Ocford University Press 1993 VG (no dj, white card covers, a very clean bright crisp copy with no marks or inscriptions, pages and covers are little bowed, probably due to poor storage, small defect bottom edge one page not trimmed properly in production) octavo 318pp. First paperback edition, revised and updated.

Cambridge University Press 1998 Near fine (no dj, laminated boards, new unopened copy but top corner of front board bumped and light handling marks back board) octavo 293pp. First edition. Comprehensive and up-to-date review of the theory of black hole accretion disks for graduate students and researchers in astrophysics and theoretical physics.

The Scientific Book Club London 1971 Vg (no dj, clean brown cloth with one small mark on back cover and library tape on spine, ex library markings front endpaper else contents very clean bright and tight) octavo 274pp. Dealing with the peaceful uses of nuclear power, and the myth of safe nuclear power plants.

English Universities Press Edinburgh 1964 Vg/Vg (intact unclipped dj with light edgewear,touch of fading top edges of red cloth boards, a clean tight bright copy with signature front fixed endpaper, no other marks, faint speckling outside page edges) octavo 340pp.First edition. A textbook on the principles, methods and applications of nuclear physics. Figures in the text and some b/w plates.

Australian Academy of Science Canberra 1995 VG (no dj, original turquoise cloth with silver titles on spine and front board, all clean tight and bright) octavo 502pp. A narrative account of what the Academy has accomplished in its first forty years.

Longman Scientific and Technical London 1989 Fine/fine (book and dj both no fault) octavo 204pp. The story of high energy physics told around a sequence of International Rochester Conferences. Describing the physicists themselves, the particles they discussed, anecdotes, and ideas.

Longmans Green and Co London 1958 VG (no dj, brown cloth with few light stains fore-edge front board, signature front free endpaper, binding firm, pages very clean bright and tight, light pencil marks outside fore-edges) 12mo 457pp.

BHS, 1983 VG. no dj. glossy covers without fault save for very slight rubbs to ends of spine covering - shelf-life really. internally all pages present and tightly bound in, without inscriptions or marginalia. WW2 aircraft from both the Allies and the Axis powers. Illustrated with colour photographs, and full colour plans and front and side elevations of 72… Read more about this item

The Donnington Press St Albans/Gregg London undated Vg (no dj, clean tan cloth with bright gilt title on spine and ruled gilt borders top and bottom, bright gilt title and blind stamped borders front board, a very good bright tight copy with no marks or inscriptions, small Foyles sticker front fixed endpaper, faint age browning free endpapers only, two bottom… Read more about this item

Longmans Green and Co London 1955 G (no dj, clean blue cloth, front free endpaper has been removed, binding firm, pages clean and bright, shelf-cocked, good working copy) 12mo 347pp.