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SOFTCOVER. Sticker to spine and inside cover, stamp to page block. Text is clean, tight and bright Ex - Library
Mm 145x210 Brossura originale con copertina figurata a colori, xii-457 pagine con numerose figure in nero nel testo in lingua inglese - english text. Ottima copia, spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. No dust jacket, as issued. 452 pages.
Authors of previous edition included Ernest Theophron Chapman. Gilt coat of arms of The Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain on front cover. Previous owner had his name printed, in gilt with the year 1891, on front cover. Index, followed by eight pages of publisher's list. Small splits joints of spine. Wear to cover corners and top/tail of spine. Inscription on front free endpaper and pencilled signature and date at top of title page.
Twenty-fifth edition, 12mo, 64 + 8pp., of adverts, ownership signature of Frank Ledgwick, inner hinges loose, orig. cloth.
Previous owner's name to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight fading to spine foot, a little foxing to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or creased with small tears to lower edge. 224pp. Very detailed study of lead toxicology, extremely well referenced.
in portoghese, inglese e tedesco in 4°, tela edit. con sovrac. ill., piccole mancanze in sovrac.
Greenwich (Connecticut), Amax (Climax Molybdenum) 1970, 184pp.richly ill., cart.cover, VG
Topics include: Oil filtration, purification and reclamation; Service experience in controlling low temperature engine deposits; The Hydra-matic Transmission; Lubrication of the portable air compressor; Crawler track lubrication and maintenance; Metals grinding machinery lubrication; Inboard marine engines; Lubrication in forging operations; Lubrication of communication apparatus; Automotive hydraulic transmissions; Flow properties of lubricating greases - relationship of apparent viscosity. Prior owner's name on cover of first issue otherwise contents tight, clean and unmarked. Moderate wear to boards. A sound copy. Book
in 4°, tela edit. con titoli al piatto e al dorso e sovrac. ill. - prima edizione - a cura di Vanni Scheiwiller - riccamente illustrato a colori nel testo
The facts and principles of inorganic chemistry as they were in 1943. Includes 19 plates and Index. 826 pages. Some browning to pastedowns and a little darkening to page edges.
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Book has been cut slghtly off-square as publisher's error. Chapters include: The Greek cities, Asia, Egypt, Hellenism and the Jews, Trade and exploration, Literature and learning, Science and art, etc.
192 pages. Index. Bibliography. Many charts and graphs. Maps. Black and white reproductions of photos. "Beginning with detailed geological analysis of the platinum-group metals, Professor Sutton goes on to describe the technology involved in locating and mining these metals. Next, he carefully details current world supplies: in the Marxist countries, in the West, and in the United States. A careful study is presented of the fluctuations and relations of prices for metals in the platinum group as well as trading in the metals, economic projections and investment in strategic platinum.... A complete account of the strengths and weaknesses of platinum-group metals as investments, with the pitfalls and dangers, and possible rewards. A most authoritative guide for those interested in making a profit from inflation by investing in precious metals." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. An excellent copy. Book
238 pages including index. A definitive study of the past, present, and future of the metal that Keynesian economists and political schemers have denounced as a 'barbarous relic." The war on gold began several centuries ago, when politicians discovered they could print limitless amounts of paper currency for a small fraction of the cost of using gold as money. A particularly timely title as gold once again struggles to attain it's true market value. Author was a Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution for War, Revolution and Peace from 1968 to 1973. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Pages gently age-toned. Binding intact. A clean and sound copy. Book
72 pages. Features: "Canada is Strong", one-page ad shows Canadian farmer tilling land; One-page Singer sewing machine ad features Mrs. S. Armstrong of Montreal; News Digest discusses Yugolsavia's 'purge', Slav vs. Teuton again, Washington News, and an 'inside job' for Hitler; Frigidaire ad; We Blockade the Continent - article with fascinating map explains wartime trade complications; Slave Labour Under the Nazi Scourge - Fascinating photo-illustrated article written by Oskar Lutze, a former trade-union official of Berlin; The Slide on Short Mountain (short story); War and Canada's Golden Age - article explains how Canada will benefit from WWII; The Designing Wench (short story); The Running Man (short story); Inside the Gestapo - conclusion of fascinating article about a strange and fatal bunch of documents, with photos of Franz von Papen and Countess Vera Fugger; Bluff by Holloway Horn (short story); The Woes of Wives; Longines watch ad includes photo of Sir Hubert Wilkins; Gay Garden Gadgets; Half-page Canadian Pacific ad for the Banff Springs Hotel; Hollywood news and photos; Photo of Norma Shearer in Woodbury cold cream ad; Nostalgic 1941 Chevrolet centrefold ad encourages readers to be "Feature-Wise", with illustrations of dozens of features available in their cars; Men and Their Wardrobes; Treasure in Strange Places; With Love from the Luftwaffe - article on German bombing of Britain; Birth of a Lipstick; Maple Leaf Fund - article with photo of Victor T. Goggin, President of the Fund; Department of National War Services half-page ad says "Save Scrap Metals, Rags, Paper and Bones"; Norway Fights On - one year after the Germans invaded; Watch Your Step; The Small Room (short story); Swimming and Health; Serve Them, They Serve You - cooking article with recipes; Fashion illustrations; Classy War Savings Certificates ad inside back cover shows mother with kids on hilltop and her 'pledge to them - and to Canada'; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy of this extraordinary wartime issue. Book
in italiano e inglese cartone edit. ill. con rotture e mancanze al dorso e lievi tracce d'uso in cop., all'interno fotocopia con prezzi d'asta in Lire e Sterline
Mm 220x295 Volume rilegato in tela con sovraccoperta, 176 pagine profusamente illustrate in nero e a colori. Testo in lingua inglese - English text. Copia in condizione di nuovo - brand new. Spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'rdine.
86 pages. Author is purported to have provided the spark which prompted the Hunt brothers to launch their attack on the silver market in the early 80s. Discusses: The Cause of Inflation; Runaway Inflation's Global Threat; Hyperinflation - The end and the beginning; Capital Survival Strategy; Capital Protection - the Right to Privacy; The E.R.C. Group of Companies. Includes useful charts. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. Sunning to exterior. A sound copy of this important work. Book
Halle a.S., Wilhelm Knapp 1909, 193pp. with 114 ills., spine repaired, text VG
in inglese tela edit. con impressioni oro, sovrac. ill. con piccole rotture
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 294 pages with a great many b&w photos, mechanical line drawings. Sections include: Waxes and sprues (spruing sculptures) Mold making (piece molds, flexible molds) Ceramic shell casting, Dewaxing, The melt and the pour Welding chasing, cleaning (chasing, sandblasting, welding) Polishing and patination, (patina effects) Patinas for metals (bronze, copper, brass, silver, preserving)
191 pages. Although written before the age of exchange-traded funds, this work provides a wealth of important fundamentaal information for the new precious metals investor. Covers the production, consumption, uses and prices of precious metals and explains in a non-technical way, the major factors influencing these complicated markets." - from back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
417 pages. Index. Appendices. Footnotes. List of sixty black and white illustrations. A rare surviving copy of this important reference, made all the more engaging by today's environment of competing fiat currency devaluations. "Hitherto Numismatists when stydying the Origines of Coinage had confined themselves to the materials presented to them in the earliest money of Lydia, Greece and Italy, and on the other hand the Metrologists had almost completely limited their range of observation to the systems of Babylon, Egypt, Greece and Rome. As the Comparative Method has yielded such excellent results in the study of other human institutions, I have endeavoured by its aid to get some new principles which may throw some fresh light on the first beginnings of monetary and weight systems." - from Preface. Attractive gilt decoration upon green front board. Legible gilt lettering upon backstrip. Average external soiling and wear. Several chips from and lengthy openings along backstrip which has become brittle with age. Narrow opening along most of front hinge. Back hinge open. Bookplate discretely removed inside front board. Unmarked. A tender but worthy copy. Book
64pp. 24 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
Ex library book with usual (minimal) marks and stamps. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slightly dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very slight rubbing to spine and front and tiny nick to top of spine. 538pp. A comprehensive and critical approach to materials science.