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The Oxford Mark Twain: Complete Set of 29 Hardback Volumes

The Oxford Mark Twain: Complete Set of 29 Hardback Volumes

Twain, Mark Complete set of 29 hardback volumes with dust jackets. Very good condition, almost like new.
British Empire Before the American Revolution. Complete Set of 15 Volumes

British Empire Before the American Revolution. Complete Set of 15 Volumes

Gipson, Lawrence Henry Fifteen hardback volumes complete, 13 with dust jackets. Volume 6 (1946) & 8 (1953) are first editions without dust wrappers. The other 13 volumes with dust wrappers are dated 1956-1970. The 15 volumes are: Provincial Characteristics and Sectional Tendencies in the Era Preceding the American Crisis: Vol 1: Great Britain and Ireland, 1748-1754. Vol II: The Southern Plantations, 1748-1754. Vol III: The Northern Plantations, 1748-1754. Zones of international friction: Vol IV: North America South of Great Lakes Region, 1748-1754. Vol V: The Great Lakes Frontier, Canada, the West Indies, India, 1748-1754, 1748-1754. The Great War for the Empire Vol VI: The Years of Defeat, 1754-1757. Vol VII: The Victorious Years, 1758-1760. Vol VIII: The Culmination, 1760-1763. The Triumphant Empire Vol IX: New Responsibilities, Within the Enlarged Empire, 1763-1766. Vol X: Thunderclouds Gather, 1763-1766. Vol XI: Rumblings of the Coming Storm, 1766-1776. Vol XII: Britain Sails into the Storm, 1770-1776. Vol XIII: Part 1.The Empire Beyond the Storm, 1770-1776. Part 2. Summary of the Series. Part3. Historiography Vol XIV: Bibliography. Vol XV: A Guide to Manuscripts, Relating to the History of the British Empire, 1748-1776. Gipson thesis was that the American Revolution was the result of changes that occurred in the British Empire after 1763, due to Britain's victory in the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War.
The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. 13 volumes complete with the atlas.

The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. 13 volumes complete with the atlas.

Lewis, Meriwether & Clark, William Clark. [Gary E. Moulton - Editor] 13 volumes complete. Volumes 2-13 are almost like new and in dust jackets. Volume I the folio atlas was issued without a dust jacket.
Elements Of Electro-Metallurgy. Second Edition

Elements Of Electro-Metallurgy. Second Edition, revised, corrected, considerably enlarged.

Smee, Alfred. 8vo. xxx, 338pp. With half-title, gilt electrotype frontispiece, and medal on title. Text woodcuts and electrotypes. Very good copy in original cloth, a little spotted, spine faded and worn with slight fraying at top. Included in this edition for the first time are five illustrations produced by electrotyping: three in the text in addition to the title vignette and the frontispiece, the Royal Coat of Arms relief electrotyped in gold.
Rays of Positive Electricity and their Application to Chemical Analysis

Rays of Positive Electricity and their Application to Chemical Analysis

Thomson, Sir J.J. First edition. vi, (2), 132pp. Very good clean copy in original publishers' cloth
The Interpretation of the Atom

The Interpretation of the Atom

Soddy, Frederick First edition. pp: xviii, 355. Plates and folding tables. Very good copy in original cloth, spine a little faded, no dust wrapper. Endpapers a little browned.
The Emission of Electricity from Hot Bodies. With diagrams.

The Emission of Electricity from Hot Bodies. With diagrams.

Richardson, O.W. 304pp. Very good in original cloth, no dust wrapper.
Papers on Mechanical and Physical Subjects: Volume III

Papers on Mechanical and Physical Subjects: Volume III, The Sub-Mechanics of the Universe.

Reynolds, Osborne. First Edition. 4to. pp: xvii, 254pp. Very good copy in original cloth.
Chemical Essays

Chemical Essays, principally relating to the Arts and Manufactures of the British Dominions. The Second Edition, greatly enlarged.

Parkes, Samuel. Two volumes, xxxv, 648; xiv, 718pp. 24 copper engraved plates, some folding. Good crisp copies in contemporary full calf with new spine labels. Bookplates of Frederick Perkins. A few plates are a little foxed.
Lectures On Popular And Scientific Subjects Delivered At Various Literary Institutions

Lectures On Popular And Scientific Subjects Delivered At Various Literary Institutions, and a few poetical remains by the late William Robinson Lowe of Wolverhampton. Edited by his sister. With a brief introductory memoir by the Rev. J.B. Owen.

Lowe, W.R. iv, 437pp. Original blind stamped cloth. Some pages unopened.
Radium and other Radio-Active Elements. A popular account treated experimentally

Radium and other Radio-Active Elements. A popular account treated experimentally

Levy, Leonard A. & Willis, Herbert G. First edition. Small octavo, 105pp. Good copy in original cloth. Presentation copy from Levy to Lord Reay. Formerly in the Wellcome Institute Library withtheir stamp on the verso of the title page but no external library markings.
Worlds beyond the Earth.

Worlds beyond the Earth.

Phillips, Montagu Lyon. Small 8vo, viii, 274pp. Frontispiece. Original cloth, worn, top of spine repaired, book block skewed. A scarce title.
Science Simplified. Light; Heat; Electricity; Magnetism; Pneumatics and Acoustics.

Science Simplified. Light; Heat; Electricity; Magnetism; Pneumatics and Acoustics.

Pepper, Professor. Five separate books. Small 4to. pp. 126; 88; 146; 87. Very good copies in original cloth, corners slightly rubbed.
Natural Sources of Power.

Natural Sources of Power.

Ball, Robert S. First edition. 348pp. Illustrations. Slightly worn on ends of spine & corners, otherwise near very good hardback.
Three Lectures on Atomic Physics. Translated by Dr. Henry L. Brose.

Three Lectures on Atomic Physics. Translated by Dr. Henry L. Brose.

Sommerfeld, Arnold. Small octavo. (4), 70, (8 catalogue)pp. Very good copy in original publisher's cloth. Ownership inscription on endpaper.
Facsimile Copy of Minute Book 1771-1792. [titled] An. 1771 Society of Civil Engineers.

Facsimile Copy of Minute Book 1771-1792. [titled] An. 1771 Society of Civil Engineers.

Society of Civil Engineers. 4to 75 leaves. Three mounted photographic illustrations. Original vellum binding.
Air and Rain: the Beginnings of a Chemical Climatology.

Air and Rain: the Beginnings of a Chemical Climatology.

Smith, Angus. First edition. 8vo xiii, (2), 600pp. 8 plates and some text illustrations. Original cloth, spine profesionally repaired with original spine laid down, although this is faded. Ex-library with mark on spine and stamp on title page. Archibald Geikie's copy with his signature on the half-title.nScarce work by a pioneer environmentalist. Smith discovered acid rain and showed the relationship between it and atmospheric pollution. He was appointed the first Chief Inspector of the Alkali Inspectorate, a post he held until his death in 1884. He was thus the prototype of the scientific civil servant.
Experiments and Observations relating to Various Branches of Natural Philosophy

Experiments and Observations relating to Various Branches of Natural Philosophy, with a Continuation of the Observations on Air.

Priestley, Joseph. First edition. Octavo: xxiv, [11 contents], xxv-xxxii, 490, [4 errata & adverts] pp. Folding plate. Very good crisp copy in full calf. Front hinge cracked but secure. Two subsequent volumes were issued in 1781 & 1786.
Contributions to Molecular Physics in the Domain of Radiant Heat.

Contributions to Molecular Physics in the Domain of Radiant Heat.

Tyndall, John. First edition. xiv, 446, [24]pp. Folding frontispiece plus 1 folding plate. Ex library, usual markings, inner hinges cracked, repair to outer front edge of spine. A fair copy.
Chemical Equilibrium the Result of the Dissipation of Energy.

Chemical Equilibrium the Result of the Dissipation of Energy.

Liveing, G.D. Small 8vo. pp. viii, 97. Two plates, one double page lithographic plate, the other a mounted photograph of a spectrum.
An Introduction to the Use of the Blowpipe. For Chemists

An Introduction to the Use of the Blowpipe. For Chemists, Mineralogists, Metallurgists, and Workers in Metals. A revised reprint from the Annals of Pharmacy and Practical Chemistry.

Scheere, Dr.Theodore. 44pp. 9 Illustrations (Woodcuts). Covers slightly marked and faded. Mark on title-page.
The World of Comets. Translated and edited by James Glaisher. Numerous woodcuts and chromolithographs.

The World of Comets. Translated and edited by James Glaisher. Numerous woodcuts and chromolithographs.

Guillemin, Amedee & Glaisher, James. Large 8vo. xxxviii, 548pp. 10 plates. Many text illustrations. Good copy in original cloth, but spine is quite worn and darkened with ends slightly frayed. Inner front hinge just cracked.
High-Speed Computing Devices. By the staff of Engineering Research Associates. Supervised by C.B. Tompkins and J.H. Wakelin. Edited by W.W. Stifler

High-Speed Computing Devices. By the staff of Engineering Research Associates. Supervised by C.B. Tompkins and J.H. Wakelin. Edited by W.W. Stifler, Jr.

Engineering Research Associates. First edition, first impression. Dust jacket is price clipped and has damage at ends of spine that have been neatky repaired. 451pp. Figures, tables.
Elements of Dynamic. An introduction to the study of Motion and Rest in Solid and Fluid Bodies. Part 1. Kinematic

Elements of Dynamic. An introduction to the study of Motion and Rest in Solid and Fluid Bodies. Part 1. Kinematic

Clifford, W.K. Small octavo. viii, 211pp. Very good copy in original publisher's cloth. A second part was published in 1887.
An Explanatory Dictionary of the Apparatus and Instruments Employed in the Various Operations of Philosophical and Experimental Chemistry: With Seventeen Quarto Copper-Plates.

An Explanatory Dictionary of the Apparatus and Instruments Employed in the Various Operations of Philosophical and Experimental Chemistry: With Seventeen Quarto Copper-Plates.

Accum, Friedrich Christian] Octavo. vii, (1), 295, (1 advert)pp. 17 double page plates with one as folding frontispiece. Bookplate of Matthew Paul Moyle, Cornish meteorologist and surgeon (1788-1880). Original paper boards rebacked with cloth. There is a water stain that affects the inner top corner throughout the book including the plates. Apart from the frontispiece and title page the stain only just reaches the text, but it does reach the engraved area on the plates. The frontispiece and tile page are more affected. Apart from this staining a good copy of a very scarce book.