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SURELY YOU'RE JOKING, MR FEYNMAN!
Adventures of a Curious Character.
London: The Folio Society, 2012. 8vo., pp.356, pictorial grey cloth, in slipcase; mint, in shrinkwrap. [This edition follows the text of the 1992 Vintage edition.]
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BOFFIN A Personal Story of the Early Days of Radar, Radio Astronomy and Quantum Optics. [First Edition]
Bristol: Adam Hilger, 1991. 8vo., pp. 184, black hardcover, gilt, b/w figures and illustrations; a very good indeed copy in a vg unclipped dust-jacket with some light surface scratches.
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LECTURES ON CONDITIONED REFLEXES. Twenty-five Years of Objective Study of the Higher Nervous Activity (Behaviour) of Animals
London: Martin Lawrence Limited, 1928. First edition, 8vo., pp.414, blue cloth, gilt, b/w frontispiece portrait with tissue guard; light foxing to prelims, light rubbing to extremities, a very good copy, in an edgeworn unclipped dust-jacket, which has 1cm loss at headband, chipping and closed tears to the edges, and staining/marking to the paper. Now in a protective cover.
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WISDOM, MADNESS AND FOLLY: The Philosophy of a Lunatic.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1951. First edition, 8vo., pp.254, terracotta cloth lettered in black; foxing to endpapers, toning to edges, light rubbing and slight sunning to edges of boards, else a very good copy, in an unclipped dust-jacket, which is toned to the spine and margins, with water staining to fore-margins, closed tears and light chipping to upper edge. Now in a protective cover.
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THE LIVING SYMBOL. A Case Study in the Process of Individuation.
London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1961. First edition, 8vo., pp.xii,463, navy cloth, copper gilt, colour frontispiece and plates; toning to edges, light tobacco odour, a very good copy, in a good price-clipped dust-jacket, which is partially toned, with light chipping and small closed tears to extremities.
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MEDICINE FROM THE BLACK DEATH TO THE FRENCH DISEASE.
Aldershot: Ashgate, 1998. 8vo., pp.vii,330, black hardcover, gilt; very good indeed, in very good unclipped dust-jacket.
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NAMES OF BODY PARTS IN ENGLISH, 1400-1550.
Tuusula: The Finnish Academy of Science and Letters, 1998. 8vo., pp.470, paperback; ownership bookplate to front wrapper verso, light shelfwear to wrappers, a very good copy.
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THE COMSOGRAPHIA OF BERNADUS SILVESTRIS.
New York: University of Columbia Press, 1973. 8vo., pp.ix,180, turquoise cloth, gilt; very minimal pen marking to rear paste-down endpaper, boards lightly toned, slight rubbing to extremities, a very good copy, in chipped glassine wrapper.
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INTRODUCTION TO GPS. The Global Positioning System.
Norwood: ARTECH HOUSE, INC, 2006. 8vo., pp.xiv,210, pictorial hardcover, b/w diagrams; just slight shelfwear, a very good copy indeed. No dust-jacket, as issued.
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BION AND GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY.
London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1985. First edition, 8vo., pp.xiv, red hardcover, gentle vertical crease to spine, light creasing to head/tailbands, else a very good copy, in a lightly toned unclipped dust-jacket.
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THE HARNESSING OF NIAGARA.
London: The Louis Cassier Co, 1899. Fifth edition, large 8vo., pp.(vi),162-384, green cloth, gilt, pictorial title, numerous b/w illustrations and figures; foxing and small tear to cloth at head and foot of spine, light rubbing to extremities, a very good copy.
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SIR CHARLES WHEATSTONE FRS 1802-1875.
History of Technology Series 29.
London: Institution of Electrical Engineers, 2001. 8vo.,pp. xvii,235, pictorial hardcover, b/w figures and tables; lightly rubbed to extremities, a very good copy. No dust-jacket.
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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S SCIENCE.
Cambridge, Mass./London: Yale University Press, 1990. 8vo., pp.xii,273, pale blue cloth, gilt; slight roll to spine, a very good, fresh copy, in very good unclipped dust-jacket, which is lightly sunned to spine.
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ELECTRONS, OR THE NATURE AND PROPERTIES OF NEGATIVE ELECTRICITY.
London: George Bell and Sons. Second, revised edition, published March 1907, 8vo., pp.xv,230,(ii), red cloth, gilt, b/w figures; foxing to fore-edges, toning to endpapers, extremities rubbed, with some rubbing and light scratches to boards, else very good. No dust-jacket.
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RELATIVITY. A Very Elementary Exposition.
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1926. First US edition, pocket 8vo., pp.45, turquoise cloth, navy lettering; light toning to endpapers, very light foxing to prelims and edges, not affecting margins, otherwise internally clean, a very good copy in clipped dust-jacket, which s worn to extremities, with closed tears, chipping, and small areas of loss - now in a protective cover.
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ON THE LOSS OF TEETH; And on the Best Means of Restoring Them.
London: Simpkin And Marshall, 1856. Small 8vo.,pp. 59, brown cloth, gilt lettering to front board, monochrome frontispiece; light toning to margins, soiling and scuff mark to front paste down endpaper, rubbed and toned to extremities, webbing becoming slightly visible to inner hinge, otherwise very good. No dust-jacket.
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CONSTANTINE THE AFRICAN AND ALI IBN AL-ABBAS AL-MAGUSI.
The Pategni and Related Texts.
Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1994. 8vo., pp.ix,364, red cloth, gilt; a fine copy, in a very good unclipped dust-jacket.
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CONFRONTING NATURE.
The Sociology of Solar-Neutrino Detection.
Dordrecht: D. Reidel Publishing Company (Kluwer), 1986. Reprint, 8vo., pp.xi,268, cloth, gilt; light rubbing to extremities, a very good copy. No dust-jacket, as issued.
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A MANUAL OF DOMESTIC MEDICINE, DESCRIBING THE SYMPTOMS, CAUSES, AND TREATMENT OF THE MOST COMMON MEDICAL AND SURGICAL AFFECTIONS; The Whole Intended as a Family Guide in all Cases of Accident and Emergency, and to give Directions as to the Proper Method of Proceeding in Those Cases Where the Surgeon’s Aid is Obtained After Difficulty and Much Delay.
London: Virtue and Co, 1867. Pocket 8vo., pp.viii,204,10 (publisher’s adverts), red cloth wrappers with unlettered spine and front cover stamped in gilt and blind; crosses marked to margins, corners have been folded, marking to wrappers, with light wear to edges, darkening to cloth, a good copy.
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TROPICAL DISEASES. A Manual of the Diseases of Warm Climates.
London: Cassell and Company Limited, 1909. 8vo., pp.xx,876, green cloth, gilt, colour frontispiece, colour plates, b/w figures; ink ownership autograph (twice) and blindstamp (thrice) to prelims, toning to front endpapers, light foxing to rear endpapers and fore-edges, paper cracking to rear inner hinge (joint remains firm), rubbing to extremities, a good+ copy.
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