Biography - Engineering / Science from Godley Books

London: Michael Joseph, 1992. No marks or inscriptions. Minor creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 493pp. An in-depth study of the life and the work of Leonardo Da Vinci, artist and inventor in the 15th and 16th centuries.. Soft Cover. Very Good (+).… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Allen Lane, 2007. Neat inscription to title page. No other marks. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked maroon cloth boards, slight foxing to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn or creasedwith minor traces of storage. 602pp. Biography of Augustus Pugin, one… Saber más sobre este artículo

Horncastle, Lincolnshire: Mortons Media Group Ltd, 2006. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 130pp. Beginning with a lengthy article on his father Marc, this study of Isambard Kingdom Brunel (who was… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: BCA/Longman, 1972. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked blue cloth boards, slightly dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor traces of storage. 345pp. A well researched account of possibly the greatest engineer of… Saber más sobre este artículo

Chichester, Sussex: Phillimore, 1991. No marks or inscriptions. Minor creasing to lower part of rear edge, none to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slightly sunned spine and no bumping to corners. 76pp. A straightforward and accurate account of the role of the Darby family in the industrial history of… Saber más sobre este artículo

Arcturus Publishing Ltd, 2003. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 208pp. This study covers the spectrum of scientific endeavour, from Copernicus and Galieo, through Hippocrates and Galen to Newton and Einstein, covering physics, biology, chemistry… Saber más sobre este artículo

Milan, Italy: Giunti Editore, 2005. Appears to be in as new unread condition. 239pp. Secrets and inventions of the (Leonardo) Da Vinci Codices. Superb images and descriptions of Leonardo's scientific and engineering works.. Soft Cover with Self-Wraps. Fine. 10.5 x 8.75 inches.

London: Quartet Books, 1983. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards, very minor dustiness to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with light rubbing to upper and lower page edges and minor traces of storage. 456pp. … Saber más sobre este artículo

California: University Science Books,U.S., 1994. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean copy with bright unmarked boards, very slight bumping to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with single small nick to top of spine. 443pp. Fascinating autobiography of one of the most… Saber más sobre este artículo

Salisbury, Wiltshire: Hobnob Press, 2008. Book appears in unread fine condition. 90pp. A biographical account of the pioneer chemist Joseph Priestley who spent seven years of his life in the Wiltshire town of Calne. The book gives a full appreciation of an important 18th century figure in science, religion and politics who turns out to be as… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: The Bodley Head, 1958. Tape marks inside boards and to spine. (NB not a library book) No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, foxing to some page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Readers Union, 1956. No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, tiny bump to spine foot and no bumping to very sharp corners. Dusty dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with rubbing/nicks to upper edge. 278pp. A joint biography of Charles Darwin and Thomas Henry Huxley,… Saber más sobre este artículo

Sheffield: The Hallamshire Press, 1998. No marks or inscriptions. Minor creasing to some corners, none to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, faint creasing to upper corner of last few pages and no bumping to corners. 174pp. Autobiography of Bert Housley, partner in the family cutlery manufacturing firm of H… Saber más sobre este artículo

Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1996. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 387pp. Authoritative reference guide to the world's leading scientists past and present. Biographical details and clear descriptions of scientific contributions.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Manchester: Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, 2005. Book in mint unread condition. 155pp. Special edition of Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society Journal to commemorate the bicentenary of John Dalton's famous paper entitled 'New Theory of Chemical Philosophy' in which he described his table of Atomic Weights and revolutionised chemistry.. First Edition. Soft Cover. As New. 8.25 x 5.25 inches.

London: Souvenir Press, 1963. Ex-library book with usual marks and stamps. A clean very tight copy with tape-marked black cloth boards, missing front end paper and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slight rubbing to top of sunned spine. 167pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good (+)/Very Good (+). 8.75 x… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Twayne Publishers Inc, 1973. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright boards, slight rubbing to rear and minor bumping to one corner and lower edge. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with signs of storage. 235pp. The life of the great Polish astronomer Copernicus against the… Saber más sobre este artículo