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Canterbury, Kent: University For The Creative Arts, 2014. Fine/Fine. First separate edition in acetate d/w. Illustrated. Originally published in 'Acta Anomalistica: Volume 8, Number 4, December 2013'. Text in English and French. 32pp. In the 1970s, using an array of detection instrumentation, Dr Norman Watanabe recorded a massive, transitory structure, levitated directly over the Folkestone ferry terminal at an elevation of approximately 20 metres above mean sea level. In his notes Watanabe repeatedly referred to the structure as the 'Centipede', and this seems to be the name by which his team referred to it. A fine copy, in a fine d/w, of a SCARCE publication.. First Separate Edition. Paperback With D/W. Fine/Fine.

Manchester: Emmott, 1954. VG/VG. First edition, first printing in d/w not price clipped. Illustrated with graphs and line-drawings. A well-researched and authoritative study of the friction coefficient for circular pipes at turbulent flow. An important reference for all engineers who are concerned with the conveyance of fluids by means of pipes. With Bibliography and Index. Some fading to bottom edges of covers; d/w has edge chipping with small losses to head and tail of spine and corners of the d/w; else a very good copy, in a very good d/w, of a SCARCE first edition, first printing. NO inscriptions, highlighting or underlining.. First Edition, First Printing. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good.

New York, U S A: Crown, 2012. NrF/NrF. First edition, first printing in d/w not price clipped. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, KRISTEN IVERSEN, without dedication or inscription on title-page. The autobiography of American writer and professor Kristen Iversen (born 1958). She grew up in a small Colorado town close to Rocky Flats, a secret weapon plant once designated "the most contaminated site in America". It's a book about the destructive power of secrets - both family and government. As Iversen grew older, she began to ask questions. She learned about the infamous 1969 Mother's Day fire, in which a few scraps of plutonium spontaneously ignited. As this memoir unfolds, it reveals itself as a brilliant work of investigative journalism - a detailed and shocking account of the government's sustained attempt to conceal the the effects of the toxic and radioactive waste released by Rocky Flats. With Timeline, Notes and Index. A near fine copy, in a near fine d/w, of a SCARCE first edition,… Leer más

London: Graham & Trotman, 1982. NrF/NrF. First edition, first printing in d/w. Profusely illustrated with maps and line-drawings. A well-researched and authoritative study of the geology of offshore Ireland and West Britain in the search for oil and gas. Each basin chapter describes the setting and contains sections on geophysics, geology and hydrocarbon potential. With Appendixes. Some spotting to edges; else a near fine copy, in a near fine d/w, of a first edition, first printing. NO inscriptions, underlining or highlighting. D/w now protected in a detachable, non-adhesive, clear sheaf.. First Edition, First Printing. Hardback. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Milton Keynes: AuthorHouse, 2009. VG+. First edition, first printing. Paperback. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, on title-page. Inscription reads, 'To -----/Thank you for all/your help & hard/work./Kind Regards/Tony'. xxvii,693pp. Illustrated with line-drawings. A fascinating treatise concerning the concept of reality and existence. Posing such questions as, Can we trust our senses? Can we trust the physical objects? What is the relationship between space, time, mind and matter? Do we have free will? With Appendixes and Index. A very good plus copy of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. No underlining or highlighting. HEAVY PLEASE CONTACT US ABOUT POSTAGE. MAY INCUR EXTRA COST.. Presentation Copy Signed By The Author. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Very Good Plus.

Bristol: Broadcast, 2007. NrF. First edition. Large paperback. SIGNED BY MONTY HALLS, without dedication or inscription on half-title page. 183pp. Profusely illustrated with photographs. The story of the filming of the television series 'Great Ocean Adventures' by Monty Halls and his team. They travelled a complete circumnavigation of the globe seeking out encounters with the giant species of the oceans: the team encountered killer whales, giant octopus, ferocious squid, sharks. With Appendices. A near fine copy of a SCARCE first edition SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Large Paperback. Near Fine.

London: Warner Oliver, 1910. VG. Revised ninth edition. Not dated (circa 1910). Paperback. viii,70pp. Profusely illustrated with line-drawings. Sub-titled on front cover 'How to keep it in health and treat it in disease'. A well-researched and authoritative historical treatment of hair by a 'Consultant in Diseases of the Hair'. A very good copy of the SCARCE revised ninth edition. NO inscriptions, underlining or highlighting.. Revised Ninth Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

London: Edward Arnold, 1983. VG. Revised fifth edition. Paperback. xii,305pp. Profusely illustrated. A well-researched and authoritative study of animal husbandry. This revised edition includes the physiological principles involved in livestock production - for fibre, meat and milk - and their practical application. Also included are control of breeding, artificial insemination with frozen semen, embryo transfer, feeding for optimum meat characters, objective carcase appraisal, performance recording and progeny testing. This new edition also takes account of the increasing importance in third world countries, thus sections on the buffalo and goat are now included along with those on horses, cattle, sheep, pigs and poultry. With Index. Previous owner signature on half-title page; else a very good copy of the SCARCE revised fifth edition.. Revised Fifth Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

London: The Ray Society, 1975. TWO BOOKS. 'The Historical Flora of Middlesex' (published 1975) TOGETHER WITH 'A Supplement' (published 2000). Both hardbacks in d/w, and housed in a slipcase. Both d/ws have light sunning on spines; else both books are in fine condition in near fine d/ws, in a fine slipcase. 'The Historical Flora' gives an account of the phanogams and vascular cryptogams found since 1548 in Middlesex, with additional chapters on the Characeae and the Bryophyta. With Index. 'A Supplement', although this is a supplement to the earlier work it stands in its own right. It covers the area which is now largely Greater London north of the Thames. Included is a complete summary of the plants, mosses, liverworts and charophytes. With Index. This two-volume work is well-researched and authoritative and covers over forty years of close association with the flora of Middlesex and London. HEAVY PLEASE CONTACT US ABOUT POSTAGE. WILL BE KEPT AT COST. NO inscriptions,… Leer más

London: Focal Press, 1984. NrF/NrF. First edition, first printing in d/w. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, ROGER HICKS, on front endpaper. Inscription reads, 'For -----/Roger Hicks'. Profusely illustrated with photographs and line-drawings. A well-researched and authoritative history of the 35mm camera from 1912 to 1967: including camera controls and layout, construction, lenses and other details.a Glossary of major manufacturers; Bibliography, General Index and Lens Index. A near fine copy, in a near fine d/w, of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. D/w now protected in a detachable, non-adhesive, clear sheaf.. Presentation Copy Inscribed And Signed. First edition, First Printing. Hardback. Near Fine/Near Fine.

London: Whittaker, 1865. VG. First edition. PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR, inscribed on title-page. Inscription reads, 'Presented to Dr Hechscher/as a last remembrance of the Author'. Bound in deep red cloth; lettered blind stamped on front cover, gilt on spine. The object of the book is to give a description of the preparation and properties of the elementary bodies, and their principal compounds. With Appendix and Index. Some dusting to top-edge; some age tanning to edges of pages; fading around spine and edges of covers; some wear and minor loss of cloth to head and tail of cloth on spine, and corners of covers; else a very good copy of a SCARCE first edition PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR.. Presentation Copy From The Author. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good.

London: Butterworth, 1965. VG. First edition. NO d/w. Illustrated with photographs, line-drawings and diagrams. Plenary lectures given at the International Symposium on Michrochemical Techiques 1965. Bruising to corners, and head and tail of spine; no inscriptions, underlining or highlighting; else a very good copy of a SCARCE first edition.. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good.

Potter's Bar, Hertfordshire, England: Claregate College, 1978. VG. First edition, first printing. Paperback. SIGNED BY DOUGLAS BROWN, without dedication on front endpaper. Signing reads, 'Best Wishes/Douglas Brown'. 106pp. Profusely illustrated with line-drawings. Dr Douglas Baker, (1922-2011), was an English teacher, healer, scientist and pioneer in the esoteric field. Some light age-tanning and dusting to covers; else a very good plus copy of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY DR DOUGLAS BROWN. . Signed by Author. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Very Good Plus.

Wigan, Great Britain: Owl Books, 1994. NrF. First edition. Paperback. SIGNED BY BOTH THE AUTHOR, TOM STOKES, AND HIS WIFE, MARJORIE, without dedication or inscription on title-page.Illustrated with photographs and maps. Tom Stokes (1913-2004) was born in the small village of Brilley, Herefordshire. He experienced war service with the B.E.F. in the 7th Btn King's Own Regiment, and later with the 6th Btn King's Shropshire Light Infantry. He saw action in France both at Dunkirk in 1940 and at the battle for Europe in 1944. After the war he studied as an Optometrist, and was at the forefront and a pioneer in the development of contact lens. With Glossary. A near fine copy of a SCARCE first edition SIGNED BY BOTH TOM AND MARJORIES STOKES. . Signed by Author, Tom Stokes. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine.

Westerham, Kent: Froglets, 1989. NrF/NrF. First Edition, First Printing in d/w nor price clipped. SIGNED BY AUTHOR, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER, BOB OGLEY, without dedication. SIGNING READS, 'Best wishes/Bob Ogley/(publisher)'. Profusely illustrated with colour, black-and-whte photographs, and maps. A photographic record of the 1987 London hurricane which prompted TV weatherman Michael Fish, the previous day that there would not be a hurricane! Light bruising to head and tail of spine; else a near fine copy, in a near d/w, of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY AUTHOR, BOB OGLEY. . Signed by Publisher, Bob Ogley. First edition, First Printing. Hardback. Near Fine/Near Fine.

London: Thames Methuen, 1982. Fine/Fine. First edition in d/w not price clipped. Illustrated with photographs, line-drawings and maps. A well-researched and authoritative history of London's continual battle against flooding, from Roman times to the present. With Bibliography and Index. A fine copy, in a fine d/w, of the UNCOMMON first edition. NO inscriptions.. First Edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine.

Coleford, Gloucestershire: Albion House, 1997. NrF. First edition, first printing. Paperback. 216pp. Profusely illustrated with photographs, line-drawings and maps. In the nineteenth century in the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, lived two of Britain's most outstanding metallurgists, David Mushet and his son Robert. David (1772-1847) spent most of his life examining the problems of making good, cheap iron and building up consistent theories of production. Robert (1811-1891) was born in the age of iron and died in the age of steel. A well-researched and authoritative biography of the lives of David and Robert Mushet. With Appendixes, Bibliography and Index. Some sunning to spine, with tiny chip to head of spine; else a near fine copy of a first edition, first printing. NO inscriptions, highlighting ot underlining. . First edition, First Printing. Paperback. Near Fine.

Sandy, Bedfordshire: Authors OnLine, 2013. VG. First edition, first printing. Large format paperback. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, TIM WANDER, without dedication on half-title page. Signing reads, 'Best wishes/Tim Wander'. xxvii,205pp. Profusely illustrated with photographs, line-drawings and maps.. The science and art of wireless communication was born on the Isle of Wight. This is the story of a young Italian engineer, whose small experiments on a small island grew to produce our modern world of instant global communication, radio broadcasting, mobile phones, television, satellite communication and even the internet. Marconi on the Isle of Wight changed the world forever. With Appendixes, Glossary, Bibliography and Index. Some spotting to edges; else a very good copy of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.. Signed by Author. First Edition, First Printing. Large Format Paperback. Very Good.

London: Cassell, 1995. Fine. Revised and updated second edition. Large format paperback. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY PATRICK MOORE, on half-title page. Inscription reads, 'To -------- - all best wishes/Patrick Moore'. Size of covers 27.8 by 22.1 cms. Profusely illustrated with photographs and line-drawings. A well-researched and authoritative account of the manned and unmanned space missions that have set out to explore our solar system. With Appendices and Index. A fine copy of a SCARCE revised and updated second edition SIGNED BY PATRICK MOORE. . Presentation Copy Inscribed And Signed. Revised And Updated Second Edition. Large Format Paperback. Fine.

Landisville, Pennsylvania, USA: Coachwhip, 2010. Fine. First Edition, First Printing. Large paperback. 269pp. Illustrated with photographs, line-drawings and maps. An investigation into modern dinosaurs, 'terrible lizards', living in some remote corner of the world. With Appendces and Bibliography. A fine copy of a SCARCE first edition, first printing. NO inscriptions, underlining or highlighting. . First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Fine.