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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.
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
4to, 91 pages, illustrations, diagrams and tables. eng
[Japan], Climax Molybdenum Development Japan ((& The Iron and Steel Institute of Japan & The Japan Institute of Metals) 1970, 364pp.ill., cart.cover, VG
in tedesco in 4° grande, mezza tela con titolo oro al dorso e disegno al piatto, segni di penna al piatto
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
208 pages. Bibliography and glossary. Sumptuously and profusely illustrated with colour photos and reproductions of archival maps and illustrations. Text in English. "Documents the tremendous impact the arrival of New World gold and silver had upon Europe and the world economy. Describes the routes followed by the galleons on their return to Spain, loaded with precious metals, and the techniques used for their extraction. Discusses how mining towns were established, and famous fairs held in Portobelo and Jalapa. From this we learn how several mints were founded." - from Prologue. Clean, bright, tight and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A suberb copy of this beautifully-presented work. Gift quality. Book
in 4° piccolo, tela edit. con titoli oro al piatto e al dorso e sovrac. ill., piccole rotture alla sovrac.
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
Approximately 100 pages. Features: The Nevill-Soanes Copper Process; Gold Prospects in Nigeria; The Premier Mine Aerial Ropeway; Metals during 1921; Mesopotamia - A Review of its Geology and Petroleum Resources; and much more. Above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. Many pages of fascinating illustrated contemporary advertisements. Book
Ex-library book with the usual stamps and markings. Interior pages clean and unmarked; tight binding. 307 pages, plus advertisements. Maroon textured cloth cover with gilt title and library stamps. 6"w x 8 7/8"h. Cover has rounded corners. A complete description of the machines and apparatus used in chemical and metallurgical processes for chemists, metallurgists, engineers, manufacturers, superintendents, and students. Wtih 292 black and white illustrations.
First edition, 4to, 52, 275pp., pencil notes to introduction, orig. green cloth.
Book shows very light scuffing to blue cloth covers; gilt lettering on covers and spine. Text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind, woodgrain endpapers, a great many b&w photos, eight fold-out pages, all in excellent condition. Covers are heavy, library-style dark blue cloth, very strong and solid, nearly new. Very clean book. 968 pages. Rare in this edition. First Edition / First Printing of facsimile reprint, limited to 500 copies.
82 pages. "Being a Text-book of Data collected from Investigations in the Research Laboratories and in the Works of Thos. Firth & Sons, LTD., Sheffield." - from title page. Chapters include: The Requisitioning of Stainless Steel; Stainless Steel and its Manufacture; The Working and Treatment of Stainless Steel; The Strength of Stainless Steel as Shewn by Mechanical Tests; The Mechanical Strength of Stainless Steel at High Temperatures; General Physical Properites; Resistance to Rust - Corrosion Resisting Properties; The Effect of Various Reagents upon Stainless Steel; Contact with Other Metals; Stainless Iron. Illustrated. Undated. Circa 1950s? Unmarked. Moderate wear. Bright gilt lettering to front board and spine. Spine leaning. Binding intact. Nice clean copy. Book
xviii, 540, [1], xxii - xlviii pp. Glossary of banking terms. Subject Index. Corrigenda. Reprint of the 1926 first edition. "Records in minute detail the history and background of metallic currencies in the Middle Kingdom - gold, silver and copper - and examines their relationships with each other and with the currencies of other lands. Delves into such fascinating areas as regional gold mining, the Chinese mints, efforts to introduce a true gold standard, and the use of foreign trade dollars in China." - Foreward to this reprint edition. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear to publisher's brown leatherette covered boards. An excellent copy. Gift quality. Book
328p. Illustrated. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. ART 4
pp. xxvii, 576. Foxed and age stained. LACKS PLATES. 8vo. 220 mm. Original full leather binding, worn. AI 6375 SCIENCE BOX 4
302 pages including index. A comprehensive guide to investment opportunities in gold, silver, platinum and palladium. A fact-filled sourcebook, complete with lists of dealers and other financial organizations that handle every kind of metals transaction. Book clean, bright and unmarked. Appears unread. Modest rubbing and light wear to dust jacket. Very nice copy. Buy now at the early stages of this bull market! :-) Book
Greenwich (Connecticut), Amax (Climax Molybdenum) 1970, 184pp.richly ill., cart.cover, VG
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.
testo latino a fronte nella seconda parte in 4°, tela edit. con immagine applicata al piatto ant. e titoli al dorso, sovrac. ill.
PLEASE NOTE: The actual title of this book is "Silversmithing and Art Metal: For Schools, Tradesmen and Craftsmen". For technical reasons, a different title pay appear above. 160 pages. Index. Black and white photos and diagrams. Printed upon glossy stock. "Explains contemporary methods of hand forming silver, copper, and related metals into useful and decorative objects." - from Preface. Contents include: Tools; The Metals; Metal Working and Forming Techniques; Plate and Tray Construction; Box Construction; Spoons, Picture Frames, Spouts; Decorative Processes; Silversmithing and Art Metal Projects. Unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. Moderate wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy. Book
156 pages. Features: Space-based ballistic-missile defense; Prions; Seismic tomography; Cartilage; Epsilon Aurigae; A Late Ice-Age Settlement in Southern Chile; The Continuous processing of metals in the U.S.S.R.; The Crystal Palace; and more. Nostalgic ads including several from the early days of the PC industry. Bit of writing atop front cover. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: Systems analysis of urban transportation; Neutrinos from the sun; Porphyria and King George III; Milk; Liquid Metals; Computer Analysis of Protein Evolution; High-Temperature Plastics; Urban Monkeys. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Magazine