Davy Sir H (9 results)

Condition: Very Good. 31 Pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 16 x 24 cms. Category: Edinburgh Review; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condition: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Medium brown cloth 8vo with blind borders on boards. Majority of backstrip missing. Bumped corners and some chipping and fraying. Red end papers. Front hinge split. Interior is secure, clean and clear save for some foxing and a couple of small pencil markings. Contains a plate. Trimmed. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, ISBN.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 96 pages. Richard Lowenthal "Our Peculiar Hell" / G F Hudson "The Wars of our Time" / John Davy "Monolith in the Melting Pot" / K W Gransden "Rebels and Timeservers" / John Wain "How it Strikes a Contemporary" / Jenny Nasmyth "The Crack-up" / Burms Singer "Open Letter to a Critic" /W W Robson "Mt Auden's Profession" / David Sylvester "What's Wrong with twentieth-century Art?" / T H Huxley "The Prince of Controversialists: Cyril Bibby" / Sir Charles Tennyson "The Idylls of the King". (SL#5).…

Unframed Print. Condition: Very Good. A single sheet print, image area approx. 18 x 28 cms. With another page containing some accompanying text. A commemorative structure honouring scientific achievement, blending landscape and public memory. The illustrations found in leading architectural journals of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, such as The Builder, Building News, and The Architect are masterpieces of visual craftsmanship. These illustrations capture the elegance, intricacy, and stylistic flair of the period's architecture. Rich in ornamental detail and atmospheric depth, they reflect not only the buildings themselves but the artistic sensibilities and design discourse of their age. THIS IS AN ORIGINAL PAGE FROM THE JOURNAL, PRINTED AT THE DATE SHOWN IN THE TITLE, NOT A REPRINT OR COPY. Category: Builder & Building News; PRINTS : Buildings & Places; Unframed Prints : Old. This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.…

Paper covers. Condition: V.g. No Jackets. 1st edition. Details on request. Weight: 1.0 Language: English.

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Large brown cloth 8vo with decorative blind design mirrored on boards. Gilt lettering on frayed backstrip. Bumped corners and a few pale stains on back board. Yellow end papers. Hinges split. Interior is secure, clean and clear. Trimmed. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN.…

4to. 3 and 27 pages + 7 engraved plates to the second work . disbound from a volume of the Philosophical Transactions, of the Royal Society of London. good clean condition. unopened at top edge. [Please see our storefront page for shipping information].

Hardcover. F. 4to. 1st Ed. 10 engraved plates. Ex library with usual stamps. Recent rebind in 1/4 marbled spine and paper-covered boards, some dampstaining rather obtrusive on the plates.

9 vols, cloth, 22 cm xiv, 475 pp, [1] folded leaf + xii, 466 + xvi, 343 + xx, 376, [4] pp, 12 pp of plates+ xv, 527 + xi, 364 pp, 10 pp of plates+ xiii, 391+ viii, 365 + viii, 365 pp. The introduction is a revised version of David Knight's article, 'Humphry Davy: science and social mobility', which originally appeared in Endeavour, Vol.24, no.4 (2000), p.165-169. Contents: Vol.1 : Memoirs of the life of Sir Humphry Davy.Vol.2 : Early miscellaneous papers, from 1799 to 1805 with an introductory lecture, and outlines of letures on chemistry, delivered in 1802, and 1804. Vol.3 : Chemical and philosophical, chiefly concerning nitrous oxide, or dephlogisticated nitrous air, and its respiration. Vol.4 : Elements of chemical philosophy : as regards the laws of chemical changes : undecompounded bodies and their primary combinations. Vol.5 :Bakerian lectures and miscellaneous papers from 1806 to 1815. Vol.6 :Miscellaneous papers and researches, especially on the safety lamp, and flame, and on the protection of the copper sheathing of ships, from 1815 to 1828. Vol.7 :Discourses delivered before the Royal Society; and agricultural lectures. Elements of agricultural chemistry, Part I. Vol.8 : Elements of agricultural chemistry, Part II. Miscellaneous lectures and other lectures. Vol.9 : Salmonia, or days of fly-fishing; in a series of conversations: with some account of the habits of fishes belonging to the genus salmo ; Consolation in travel, or the last days of a philosopher. As New.…