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No marks or inscriptions. Creasing to front cover and to spine. A clean very tight copy with very faintly marked boards, well tanned pages and no bumping to corners. 237pp. The author discusses the short and long-term effects of some of the least understood materials released into the environment in waste streams or as a result of accidents - the toxic heavy metals, mercury, lead, cadmium, selenium, chromium and others In the case of lead the releases even came from all car exhausts back in the 1970s and beyond.
No marks or inscriptions to contents. Faint crease to front cover, none to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright boards, name to front and no bumping to corners. 304pp. One of the important early books of the environmental movement, itself focusing on the UN Conference on the Human Environment in 1972.
Name/date to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 367pp. A complete manual to the computer language Ada, developed by the US Dept of Defense. .
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with faint creasing to upper edge. 224pp. This volume, illustrated with photographs taken as experiments to recreate the methods used by ancient peoples to build their worlds took place, dramatically reveals the skill and ingenuity of ancient minds and hands, as well as introducing us to many wonders of vanished covilizations.
Prize label inside front board. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with slightly dusty unmarked red cloth boards, slightly dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. 272pp. For anyone wanting to learn about wireless, radio and early television. Illustrated.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 280pp. Science fiction novel set in 2031, in a decaying world.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 234pp. The story of the search for a distant planet like our own.
Ex-library book with usual marks and stamps. A clean very tight copy with tape-marked black cloth boards, missing front end paper and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slight rubbing to top of sunned spine. 167pp.
Initials to upper corner of front cover. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked covers and no bumping to corners. 297-392pp. With various scientific papers including plumbosolvency, pH correction, drift deposits and hydrogeology, Manning's coefficient, sewage denitrification, cattle deaths and blue-green algae.
No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers. Very clean very tight pages with bright slightly marked boards and no bumping to corners. 54pp. A booklet of proposals on how to encourage, set up and manage home insulation schemes and advice with a description of the situation in the mid-1970s. Extremely scarce.
Penguin image stamp to bottom of page edges. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 316pp. An in-depth discussion of time by Professor of Natural Philosophy Paul Davies, setting out a fascinating theme of why Einstein's can't be the last word on the subject.
Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, small bump to top of spine and no bumping to corners. 162pp. This book covers the many current theories about how the universe may come to an end. Or is it possible that the universe never will end, that the 'last three minutes' will never come.
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Price clipped dust jacket not marked or torn with very minor creasing to edges. 115pp. This book tells the fascinating and exciting story of the calculating machine, from the counting frame to the computer. Fully illustrated with diagrams and photographs.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 101pp. Revision guidance, examiner advice, sample questions and answers for biology - communication, homeostasis and energy.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 283pp. Teacher's/student's handbook useful to chemistry and the GCSE examination.
Previous owner's initials to front cover. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright boards, minor damp effect to lower edge of rear cover, no effect on contents and no bumping to corners. 24pp. Photographs of the Corn Street, Bath premises of JB Bowler, brass founder, ironmonger and engineer.
Name/date to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 294pp. With over 125 carefully structured routines ranging from macros to UNIX utilities.
No marks or inscriptions. Minor creasing to some corners, slightly arched spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, tanned page edges and no bumping to corners. 187pp. Novel about the sabotage of a nuclear power station in North Wales.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with half-inch nick to upper rear edge and slight creasing/rubbing. 223pp. Biography of the canal historian, born in South Africa who helped to keep many of Britain's historic waterways open.
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor traces of storage. 320pp.
Name to front cover. No other marks or inscriptions and no creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright covers, scuff to spine foot and no bumping to corners. 67-144pp. Articles on polyurethane and polypropylene, breathable fabrics, industrial uses, polymers for the nonwovens industry.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight rub to rear and minor indent to front and no bumping to corners. 168pp. with over 400 episode and film descriptions of all the Star Trek series. Very well illustrated.
xvi, 331 pages plus publisher's catalogue at rear, illustrated, sections, appendices, index, page edges browned. eng
Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. Minor crease to lower corner of rear cover, none to front or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 392pp. 'The supposed disappearance happened on 23 August 1994. Rumour has it they would not appear for another twenty-three years.' A novel about peace and the end of the internet.
Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 154pp. In this expanded version of the 2010 Reith Lecture by Astronmer Royal Martin Rees, he describes how science has progressed very rapidly over the 21st century and he puts forward the proposal that science should be part of everyone's culture - it being humankind's greatest collective achievement.