Bray Francesca Needham Joseph (13 results)

Condition: Very Good. First Edition (US) First Printing. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A good copy of the first edition in a very good jacket (jacket unmarked, but book has light ex-library markings, light wear).

Hard cover. Condition: Very good. No jacket. Volume 6, part 2 only. Cover corners are bumped and worn. Spine is bumped, but binding is secure. Inside is clean and unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. VG cloth in a very worn DJ. xxvii, 724 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm. Summary:This second part of the sixth volume of Joseph Needham's great enterprise is an account of the technological history of agriculture, with major sections devoted to field systems, implements and techniques (sowing, harvesting, storing) and crop systems (what has grown and where and how crops rotated).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint of 1984. Very good hardback copy in very good dustjacket. xxvii, 724pp. Book.

Hardbound. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. This volume is the most comprehensive study of Chinese agriculture to be published in the West. From a huge mass of source material often confusing and obscure, and from first-hand study in China, Ms. Bray brings order and illumination to a crucial area of Chinese technological development. An essential reference. Cambridge UP appointed Caves Books as the authorized publisher of this series in Taiwan. Tape residue on endpapers; otherwise cover, dj and all internal pages in new, unread condition. xxvii, 724 pp., 271 b&w illust. Size: 25 x 18 cm.

hardcover. Condition: New. Next day dispatch (mon-fri). Please note orders sent to Netherlands or Sweden take slightly longer than the Amazon estimated delivery date. Same day/next day dispatch (mon-fri) all items checked before dispatch, Handled and sent out with care.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 768 pages. 10.25x7.75x2.00 inches. In Stock.

XXVII, 724 pp. Illustrated. Publisher's illustrated quarter cloth with just slightly worn dustjacket. A Very Good Copy. It is difficult to overstate the importance of Needham's massive achievement with the ''Science and Civilisation in China'' series. Recognised as one of the most remarkable works of scholarship in the twentieth century.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. 1985 Caves Books LTD. Taipei Taiwan. Hardcover with fine dust jacket. Book is in Excellent condition, pages are clean and tight.

1st edition / 1st printing 1/4 cloth Nice copy small quarto xxvii + 724pp., frontis., b/w plates, text ills., bibliogs., index, his second part of the sixth volume of Joseph Needham's great enterprise is the first to be written by a collaborator. Francesca Bray, working closely with Dr Needham, has produced the most comprehensive study of Chinese agriculture to be published in the West. Black cloth quarter binding over decorated boards with bright gilt spine titles.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. [The Most Authoritative Survey of the History of Chinese Science and Technological Advances] 14 volumes. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Dust jackets in protective mylar covers. Contents: V. 1. Introductory orientations; V. 2. History of scientific thought; V. 3. Mathematics and the science of the heavens and the earth; V. 4. Physics and physical technology. Pt.1. Physics; Pt.2. Mechanical engineering; Pt.3. Civil engineering and nautics; V. 5. Chemistry and chemical technology. Pt.1. Paper and printing; Pt.2. Spagyrical discovery and invention : magisteries of gold and immortality; Pt.3. Spagyrical discovery and invention : historical survey from cinnabar elixirs to synthetic insulin; Pt.4. Spagyrical discovery and invention : apparatus, theories and gifts; Pt.5. Spagyrical discovery and invention : physiological alchemy; Pt.6. Military technology : missiles and sieges; Pt.7. Military technology : the gunpowder epic; V.6. Biology and biological technology. Pt.1. Botany; Pt.2. Agriculture. Needham's work was significant because it brought attention to the superiority of Chinese science and technology to those of European, prior to the 16th century and examined the multi-cultural roots of science. One of the most significant questions Needham raises is why Chinese science stopped innovating after the 16th century. An seminal work in the history of China, science, and the development of the world.