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London: Hutchinson, 1964 First edition. Hardcover book . Brown cloth, lettered in gilt to spine, and pictorial dustjacket by Charles Gorham, with photo of author to back. 751pp. With Foreword by SIr Cyril Burt. Koestler's theories about human creativity in art, comedy and science, and how this relates to the natural world. Very Good book in Fair jacket, now in clear removable sleeve. Clean, bright covers, fading to red tinted top page edges . Page faces clean and well-bound, a little of the red colour of the top edges has bled onto the edge of the endpapers. Jacket front good, but with heavy creases and small losses to margins, Small price-clipping. Pictures available.
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The Act of Creation.
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Aid Book to Engineering Enterprise
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London: E & F N Spon Ltd 1898 Hardcover book , third edition, revised. xii, 916pp, 3pp publisher's list. Dk blue buckram, gilt to front and spine. Some water marks to boards, minor bumping to ends, small tear to front spine fold (1cm). Previous owner's signature to ffep and to top margin of page 131. Small engravings to chapter heads and interesting drawings to margins throughout. A VG copy. Pictures available
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Algorithmic and Geometric Aspects of Robotics. Advances in Robotics Volume 1.
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New Jersey & London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1987 First edition, first impression. Hardcover book. Laminated boards. 305pp. With figures and diagrams in texts throughout. Seven sections by various authors, including : The Challenge of Robotics for Computer Science; Computational Geometry; Algorithmic Motion PLanning; Intersection and Proximity Problems and Voronoi Diagrams...This copy appears to have belonged to a UK company's technical library from the address stamp to flyleaf, and a pen number added to top front cover: otherwise very good condition, with light spotting/browning to closed page edges, light mark to back cover. Pictures available.
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Annals of the Postage Stamp. Historical Data connected with the Evolution of the Postage Stamps of the World.
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Dublin: RD Publications, 2000 First edition. Hardcover book . Cloth and dustjacket . 103p, large quarto, h: 31 cm. 8 colour plates of stamps, one b/w plate. Chronologies of the history of postage stamps from 1840 and their various uses, of stamp issuing countries, currencies and local issues of USA. Fine in Very Good protected jacket. Tiny tear to jacket spine end. Pictures available.
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London, Stobart & Son, 1979 Hardcover book , First Edition in dustjacket. 192 pages with many illustrations. A guide to the purchase,restoration, and use of old tools . A Very Good copy in a Very Good unclipped dustjacket. Gift inscription inside front cover. Pictures available.
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Antique Ironwork. Cluse Ltd.Catalogue No.30.
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London: Cluse Ltd., 1935 First edition. Paperback book : red paper wrappers with printed black titles and company information to front, stapled, and with punched hole to top corner with string loop for hanging up. 58pp. With b&w photographic illustrations throughout. Company catalogue with prices- handles, escutcheon plates, hinges, finger plates, window fasteners etc. Cluse were Manufacturers and Brass Founders of Tottenham Court Rd. A few marks to wrappers, staples rusty and section in middle detaching (though held at the hole punch). Pages largely clean, some rust marks, light handling marks, many top corners creased. Previous trade owner has annotated the title page in 1938 & 1941. A Good copy. Pictures available.
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Apologies for Christianity and the Bible (bound with) View of the Internal Evidence of the Christian Religion (bound with) Observations on the Conversion and Apostleship of St. Paul.
by Watson, Richard; Jenyns, Soame & Lyttelton, Lord (3 authors bound in one volume):
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Edinburgh: Printed for Fairbairn & Anderson et al, 1821 First edition thus. Hardcover book . Full leather, gilt title on red label to spine, gilt decorations to spine, and gilt border lines to main boards; tinted page edges. xv, 408pp. With frontispiece engraving of Richard Watson, and Memoir of him (two thirds of the book is taken up with Watson's Apology). A small but nicely produced volume, 13 x 8cm. Good+ condition. Well bound pages, some wear to the covers including loss of part of lower spine (backstrip), and to top corners of spine. Pages have general light browning and a few small spots. Tiny hole to a couple of pages over text, which is readable. Pictures available.
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The Architects', Surveyors' and Engineers' Compendium and Complete Catalogue..Sixth Annual Issue. 1892.
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London: The Compendium Publishing Company, 1892 Trade catalogue, the sixth annual issue of 1892. Hardcover book . A sumptuous volume in olive-green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine and with blind-stamped decorations to front and back covers. 653pp, large quarto. The frontispiece is a fold-out colour lithograph of ceramic mosaic pavements by J.C. Edwards of Ruabon, followed by a pictorial engraved title page, and there are 16 other plate pages, mostly colour lithographs, of marbles, tiles, and sanitary fittings - all as listed in contents. Other pages show advertisments, often pictorial, including wallpaper, hardware, ironmongery, carpentry, brick, and horticultural building manufacturers. There are also sections on architects with addresses and professional rules, building prices etc. A Very Good copy overall. The contents are well bound and clean though not surprisingly with a heavy book like this there are some cracks over internal hinges at endpapers. Browned endpapers and a few creased page…
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Bamfords' Food Preparing Machinery
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Bamford and Sons undated Bamford & Sons, Leighton Ironworks, Uttoxeter. Company catalogue, 18.5x14.5cms, soft cove book , 36pp plus covers. Light creasing to edges and very minor wear. A fascinating item in VG+ condition. Pictures available.
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Benham's Book of Quotations, Proverbs and Household Words.
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London: Ward, Lock and Co,1924 Revised and enlarged edition of book originally published in 1907. HB. Full blue leather binding by Bumpus, London, with gilt titles and border line to spine, and gilt border lines to front cover; all page edges gilt. 1224pp. With preface to this edition. Quotations from British and American authors, plus thousands of proverbs, familiar phrases and sayings from many sources and languages. With verbal and classified index. A Fine copy. Lovely binding with the blue leather of spine slightly sunned.. Photos available
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A Biblical and Theological Dictionary: Illustrative of the Old and New Testaments.
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London: Wesleyan Conference Office, 1872 Reprint of book first published in 1852. Hardcover book. Attractive binding in half leather: red morocco spine and corners over red cloth boards, with gilt title and decorations in compartments to spine, and gilt border lines to front and back; marbled endpapers and red tinted page edges. vii preface, 656pp. With coloured folding map of Palestine at start, and small b&w engraved illustrations in the text. Very Good copy. Gilt bright with very light rubbing to cover edges, a few marks including faded streak to front cover cloth. Binding sound, pages clean, occasional light foxing or browning, a bit heavier to early leaves. lovely copy .Pictures available
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Boat Mills in Europe from Early Medieval to Modern Times.
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Dresden: Landesamt fur Archaologie.., 2006 First English edition. Paperback book : laminated pictorial card wrappers. 368pp, large quarto. With b&w photos,illustrations and line drawings throughout. Coloured illustrations to wrapper fold-ins, with colour maps on inside of these. Includes an A-Z gazeteer. Mostly European boat mill sites, a few in UK. A Near Fine copy. Pictures available
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The Book of Tobit.
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Norwich: The Walpole Press, 1945 First edition thus. Limited edition of 410, copy no.9. Hardcover book . Purple paper-covered boards with printed title label to front, and cream dustjacket lettered in black with decorative border. 32pp. Octavo. With 4 tipped-in b&w reproductions of paintings of Tobit. Based on the authorised version of the Apocypha. Hand-set in Poliphilus and Blado italic by Martin Kinder, on laid paper. Good in Poor jacket. Page faces largely clean , with some light foxing to margins; heavier foxing spots to closed edges, endpapers browned. Covers have fading to margins, a few marks, and brown staining to spine. Jacket has unsightly large old liquid stain to front, spine and back corners, tears with small loss to front, other small losses to edges. Pictures available.
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Boot Making and Mending
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London: Cassell & Co 1923 Including repairing, lasting, and finishing. Small, slim softcover book , 11x17.5cm, 160pp,179 figures. Decorative pictorial cover . Some rubbing to edges, endpapers and foredge spotted. Still a VG copy. Pictures available.
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The Boy's Book of Metals... (The Playbook of Metals)
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London: George Routledge and Sons, c.1870 Ninth edition. Undated, but circa 1870 from contents. Hardcover book. Mauve-grey cloth, with gilt images and decorations to spine, gilt title panel to front with black stamped dcorations. All edges gilt. 504pp, octavo. With 300 b& w engraved illustrations in text, including tissue-guraded frontispiece. The title on the covers in 'Playbook of metals' but Boy's Book on title page. This is a detailed and scientifically serious introduction to metals (and also coal and mineral mining) for young people. Good condition. Covers have rubbed edges and some scuff marks to back; gilt on spine is dulled, bright to front. Most pages clean, though there is regular foxing (mostly light) and a few dirt marks. Owner's ink name and address on second front endpaper, same name again on title page and on a couple of page margins. Front free endpaper (plain) has been removed. Pictures available.
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The Brewers' Almanack. 1953. The Official Handbook of The Brewers' Society.
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London: The Review Press, 1953 First edition. Hardcover book . Brown cloth lettered in black to spine front with black printed adverts to front and back covers. 880pp, plus 85 pages of trade adverts at front and back. With frontispiece photo of Colonel W.H. Whitbread, plus b&w photos of pub signs in plates, and more trade adverts in plates within the main text (some in colour). Subtitled: Containing full Parliamentary, Legal and General Information concerning the Wholesale and Retail Liquor Trade; Statistics; and Directories of the Trade. A Fair copy overall. The pages of the main text are very good, clean and firmly bound (especially for such a thick volume), with some cockling to advert pages at front . The covers are poor: intact but have extensive patchy fading and cloth discolouration to front and back from old water or damp staining. Pictures available.
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Brewing in North America
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Smethwick, Mitchells and Butlers Limited, 1947 Hardcover book, first edition bound in quarter leather with gilt titles to front cover and spine. A record of a visit to American and Canadian breweries in 1947. With numerous illustrations showing processes and machines together with five fold out diagrams of processes. A near fine copy with a presentation letter enclosed. Scarce item. Pictures available.
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Bruce Rogers and American Typography.
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New Yo Cambridge University Press , 1959 First edition limited to 300 copies Hardcover book with dustjacket 23 pages. A Keepsake from Cambridge University Press, A Paper read to the Double Crown Club and printed to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the foundation of the American branch of the Cambridge University Press, illustrated with examples of Title pages and typefaces used by the press. Comp slip laid in A fine copy with light foxing to endpapers in a Very Good jacket which has light handling marks , fraying to top of spine and a couple of small closed tears. Pictures available.
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Cassell's Engineers' Handbook
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London, Cassell and Co., Ltd. A comprehensive guide to early 20th Century engineering including sections on materials, moulding, thermodynamics, power transmission, steam boilers, water, gas and electricity. Hardcover book brown cloth covers, black decorative lines to front, spine and rear, gilt text to front and spine.576pp. Numerous tables throughout. Minor bumping and rubbing to spine ends and corners. Some light marks. Minor foxing to foredge. . Inscription of previous owner to FEP (rubbed out). Ink inscription of previous owner to half title. Minor pencil marks on a couple of other pages. Still a Very Good+ copy. Pictures available.
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The Circle of the Sciences: A Series of Treatises on the Principles of Science, with their Application to Practical Pursuits. Volume V: Navigation.
by Young, Professor; Breen, H.; Scoffern, Dr. & Lowe, E.J.:
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London & Glasgow: Richard Griffin & Co, 1860 First edition. Hardcover book . Library binding of red cloth with gilt title to spine. 598pp, octavo. With b&w engraved figures and illustrations in text throughout. With sections on nautical astronomy, practical astronomy and meteorology. Very Good. Library stamp to title page only (Engineer's Institution?). Clean covers with some patchy fading, some light marks and browning to prelims. Pictures available
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