A history of the Marconi Marine communication company and of wireless communication at sea in general. With b/w images. Blue faux leather cloth. Fading to spine. rubbing to top of spine. Mild tanning to page edges but contents clean and tight. Very good [more...]
Second edition. With 15 diagrams. Some bumping and small tears to edges of DJ. Very mild tanning to page edges. Contents clean and tight, Good/very good. [more...]
Foxing to fore-edge. Previous owner's name to ffep. Contents crisp and clean. Very good. *Due to size and weight extra shipping fees may apply to overseas orders* [more...]
Reprint, with b/w images and fold out map and frontispiece. DJ has toning to spine and rubbing to edges, with small tears to top of spine. Contents clean and tight. Very good. [more...]
Half leather. With 74 illustrations. Detailed account of plants and animals and their biological functions. Possibly author's copy, with his signature and quatrain from Burns to half title. Peter Chalmers Mitchell was Secretary of the Zoological Society of [more...]
Original red cloth. With dozens of b/w sketches and colour plates. Speckled design to page edge. Rubbing to edges. Tanning to page edges, contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Containing Pheasants (continued), Megapodes, Currosows, Hoatzins, Bustard-Quaills. Original red cloth. With dozens of b/w sketches and colour plates. Speckled design to page edge. Rubbing to edges. Tanning to page edges, contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Somewhat poetic account of trains, their history, use and the science behind them, intended for younger readers. With colour illustrations throughout. DJ has some spotting and small closed tears to edges. Light foxing to page edges. Contents clean and soun [more...]
Curious volume of literary essays that seeks to describe books and authors that are well known but seldom read. Subjects include Nostradamus, George Psalmanazar, Paracelsus, Quevedo and others. Publisher's decorative cloth. Tissue guarded frontisportrait of [more...]
Impressive decorative leather binding of the collected National Geographic Magazines from January 1955 to June 1955. Features hundreds of articles and photographs in both full colour and b/w on a variety of topics including exploration, science, wildlife and [more...]
Impressive decorative leather binding of the collected National Geographic Magazines from January 1956 to June 1956. Features hundreds of articles and photographs in both full colour and b/w on a variety of topics including exploration, science, wildlife and [more...]
Seventh edition with 547 illustrations, 10 in colour. Some light making to covers. Tape residue to end-papers from a DJ. Contents clean and tight and bright. Good+ *Due to size and weight, extra shipping fees apply to overseas orders* [more...]
Collection of Lewis' essays on literature and his own writing, plus three short stories and part of his unfinished novel. Dust jacket has some toning to spine and mild shelf-wear. Contents clean and tight. Very good. [more...]
