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Savage of King's Lynn. Inventor of Machines and Merry-Go-Rounds. NEAR FINE COPY

BRAITHWAITE David · 0 · Island Books

£88.00 (€105.48 | $116.26 | ¥18,565)

Patrick Stephens, Cambridge, [1978]. 4to., First Paperback Edition, with numerous photographs and illustrations in the text, and pictorial endpapers; original wrappers, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Includes detailed engine register and bibliography. SCARCE I...

A Dissertation on Fevers and Inflammatory Distempers. Wherein an expeditious Method is proposed of curing those dangerous Disorders. The Second Edition. BRIGHT COPY IN MODERN BOARDS

JAMES Robert · 1749 · Island Books

£260.00 (€311.65 | $343.50 | ¥54,852)

Printed for J. Newbery at the Bible and Sun, 1749. 8vo., Second Edition, WANTING LEAF C2 (pp.13/14); newly bound in boards, upper board with printed paper label, a clean, crisp copy. EXTREMELY SCARCE.

Westmorland Clocks and Clockmakers. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

LOOMES Brian · 0 · Island Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

David & Charles, Newton Abbot, [1974]. Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly sunned at backstrip.

Carriage Clocks. Their History and Development. Illustrated by Peter Bonnert. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

ALLIX Charles · 0 · Island Books

£124.00 (€148.63 | $163.82 | ¥26,160)

Antique Collectors' Club, [Woodbridge], [1974]. Roy. 4to., First Edition, with many hundreds of photographs and illustrations in the text; blue buckram, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, buff endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Near fine...

Skeleton Clocks Britain 1800-1914. [Second Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

ROBERTS Derek · 0 · Island Books

£100.00 (€119.87 | $132.11 | ¥21,097)

Antique Collectors' Club, [Woodbridge], [1996]. 4to., Second Edition, with coloured frontispiece, coloured title-vignette, many hundreds of coloured and monochrome photographs (a number full-page) throughout, and photographic endpapers; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip ...

The Strutts and the Arkwrights 1758-1830. A Study of the Early Factory System. [Second Impression]. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

FITTON R.S. · 0 · Island Books

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

Manchester University Press, Manchester, [1964]. 8vo., Second Impression, with portrait frontispiece, plates and diagrams in the text, small neat signature on front free endpaper; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with c...

The Journal of Industrial Archaeology. Volumes 1-3. [later] Industrial Archaeology. The Journal of the History of Industry and Technology. THE FIRST THREE VOLUMES

JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY. · 1964 · Island Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Lambarde Press [later] David & Charles in association with The Newcomen Society, 1964-66. 3 vols., in 2, 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous plates and illustrations throughout; strongly bound in navy buckram, gilt backs, a fine run.

The Note-Book of Edward Jenner in the Possession of the Royal College of Physicians of London. With an Introduction on Jenner's Work as a Naturalist. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

DREWETT F.D. · 1931 · Island Books

£64.00 (€76.71 | $84.55 | ¥13,502)

Oxford University Press, 1931. 4to., First Edition, on laid paper, with a fine portrait frontispiece in photogravure (original tissue guard present), neat signature on front free endpaper; grey boards, blue cloth back, gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy. UNCOMMON.

Hermann von Helmholtz. Erster Band [with] Zweiter Band. THESE TWO VOLUMES ONLY [OF 3]. FIRST TWO VOLUMES IN FINE STATE

KOENIGSBERGER Leo · 1902 · Island Books

£168.00 (€201.37 | $221.95 | ¥35,443)

Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn, Braunschweig, 1902-1903. 2 vols. [of 3], First Edition, on laid paper, with portrait frontispieces in photogravure and 3 plates (all original captioned tissue guards present); handsomely bound in half leather, marbled boards, backstrips tooled and l...

De Melancholia ex Mente. Dissertatio inauguralis medica quam consensu illustris medicorum ordinis pro obtinendis summis in Medicina et Chirurgica honoribus. REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CRISP COPY OF RARE TRACT ON MELANCHOLY

LANDIS Casparus · 1788 · Island Books

£338.00 (€405.15 | $446.55 | ¥71,308)

H.M. Grape, Goettingen, 1788. 8vo., text in Latin; newly bound in modern boards, upper board with printed paper label, a very good, remarkably crisp copy. EXTREMELY SCARCE.

Aristotle's Works: containing the Master-Piece, Directions for Midwives. and Counsel and Advice to Child-Bearing Women. With various useful Remedies. REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY.

'ARISTOTLE' [pseud]. · 1855 · Island Books

£174.00 (€208.57 | $229.88 | ¥36,709)

The Booksellers, [John Smith] n.d. [c.1855]. 16mo., with with coloured frontispiece, illustrated and printed titles, 6 pages of coloured plates and illustrations in the text; green cloth, boards framed and blocked in blind, gilt back, red edges, primrose endpapers, a remarkabl...

The Theory and Action of the Steam Engine. (For Practical Men). BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN ORIGINAL CLOTH

NORTHCOTT W. H. · 0 · Island Books

£46.00 (€55.14 | $60.77 | ¥9,705)

Cassell Petter & Galpin, [1876]. 8vo., First Edition, with several figures in the text and 3 folding charts (one repaired at fold), free endpapers lightly browned; original brown cloth, upper board framed in blind and lettered in gilt, gilt back, primrose endpapers, covers lig...

Selections from the Writings of Sir William Broadbent. Medical and Neurological. Edited by Walter Broadbent. BRIGHT CLEAN COPY

BROADBENT Sir William · 1908 · Island Books

£168.00 (€201.37 | $221.95 | ¥35,443)

Oxford University Press, 1908. 8vo., First Edition, endpapers lightly browned; original red cloth, upper board framed in blind and lettered in gilt and blind, gilt back, a very good bright, clean copy. Collects a large number of papers and articles, excluding those used as the...

The Graphical Determination of Expansion Thrusts and Stresses in Steam Pipes. Institution of Civil Engineers. Selected Engineering Papers No. 133. WITH MODIFICATIONS IN TYPESCRIPT

COCKS Edgar Basil · 1932 · Island Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Institution of Civil Engineers, 1932. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous diagrams; printed boards, backstrip worn (but binding entirely sound), a bright copy. 7PP of modifications in typescript are loosely inserted.

Technical Pamphlets for Workmen. D 20. Superposed Circuits. Transformers. Bridging Coils and Retardation Coils. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

POST OFFICE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT · 1919 · Island Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

HMSO, 1919. 8vo., with illustrations and diagrams in the text; original blue wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

Technical Pamphlets for Workmen. D 15. Telephone Testing Equipment. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

POST OFFICE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT · 1936 · Island Books

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,641)

HMSO, 1936. 8vo., with illustrations and diagrams in the text; original blue wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

Technical Pamphlets for Workmen. [Group C]. Wireless Transmission and Reception. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

POST OFFICE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT · 1935 · Island Books

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,641)

HMSO, 1935. 8vo., with illustrations and diagrams in the text; original blue wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

Technical Pamphlets for Workmen. [Group B]. [NEAR COMPLETE SET, WANTING ONE VOLUME]. BRIGHT COLLECTION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

POST OFFICE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT · 19191938 · Island Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

HMSO, 1919[-1938]. 7 vols., [of 8], 8vo., with illustrations and diagrams in the text; original blue wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean collection. The collection comprises B1: Elementary Principles of Telegraphy and Systems up to Mor...

Technical Pamphlets for Workmen. [Group E]. COMPLETE SET IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

POST OFFICE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT · 19281938 · Island Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

HMSO, 1928[-1938]. 3 vols., 8vo., with illustrations and diagrams in the text; original blue wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers lightly dust-soiled else a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean set. The set comprises E1: Automatic Telephony Step by Step Systems; E2: A...

Technical Pamphlets for Workmen. [Group H]. COMPLETE SET IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

POST OFFICE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT · 19211938 · Island Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

HMSO, 1921[-1938]. 10 vols., 8vo., with illustrations and diagrams in the text; original blue wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers lightly dust-soiled else a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean set. The set comprises H1: Open Line Construction Part 1; H2: Open Line C...