Jack Morrell Arnold Thackray (14 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Series: Camden Fourth Series Vol 30 vii 382p hardback, gilt & black title panel to spine, index, excellent condition Language: English.

paperback. Condition: Acceptable. With internal markings in pencil Acceptable, Reading copy only, with writing/markings, bumps/creasing, and heavy wear. Standard-sized.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8.75 x 5.75 inches. vii, 382 pp. Tan cloth boards lettered in gilt with black spine label. Light wear to extremities, boards slightly soiled, no internal markings. Very Good.

First Edition. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Series; Camden Society. Publications : 4th series ; 30. Physical description; 382 p. ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Subjects; British Association for the Advancement of Science History ; Sources. British Association for the Advancement of Science ; Correspondence. 3 Kg.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Edition. Account of the role in society of the BAAS, for whose members the name 'scientist' was coined; and various questions, as addressed in the Victorian period, of the nature and scope of 'science'. Paperback reprint, first published in hardcover the previous year. Light wear, minor rubbing, one corner bumped. Text clean; xxi, [3], 592 pages; index, bibliography, appendices, a few portraits. Size: 6" by 9".

Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Oxford/Clarendon Press, 1981. Dustjacket rubbed/bumped, lightly sunned/soiled, outer corners quite rubbed, four 1/2-inch chips at spine ends, front leaf price-clipped/minor underlining on book description, otherwise intact; cover very lightly rubbed/bumped, front board slightly wrinkled (publisher's flaw); edges faintly rubbed/bumped/sunned/soiled, top edge faintly foxed; minor underlining/marginalia on 30 pages, 10 pages faintly soiled; binding tight; cover and interior intact and very clean, except where noted. hardcover. Good/Good.

First Paperback Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xxiii, 592 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. Contents: Knowledge in context -- Diary: the origins of the BAAS -- Creating a cultural resource -- Diary: the mechanics of a meeting -- Ideologies of science -- The politics of science -- The utilities of science -- Making knowledge -- Dramatis personae -- Appendices. Subjects: British Association for the Advancement of Science History; British Association for the Advancement of Science; Science History; Societies Great Britain History; Science Societies, etc.; Science clubs History. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Series; Camden Society. Publications : 4th series ; 30. Physical description; 382 p. ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Subjects; British Association for the Advancement of Science History ; Sources. British Association for the Advancement of Science ; Correspondence. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Camden Soc 4th Ser 30.

First Paperback Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xxiii, 592 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. Contents: Knowledge in context -- Diary: the origins of the BAAS -- Creating a cultural resource -- Diary: the mechanics of a meeting -- Ideologies of science -- The politics of science -- The utilities of science -- Making knowledge -- Dramatis personae -- Appendices. Subjects: British Association for the Advancement of Science History; British Association for the Advancement of Science; Science History; Societies Great Britain History; Science Societies, etc.; Science clubs History. 1 Kg.

Condition: Very good. First paper bound printing. Paper bound. Very good condition-as new.

592pp. 8vo Illustrated in black and white Trade paperback THIS IS NOT THE EARLY CORRESPONDENCE PUBLISHED IN 1984. Very light cover soil/rubbing: Very Near Fine 0-19-520396-8.

1st edition. Camden fourth series, vol 30. Fawn cloth boards, black spine with gilt lettering, no dw. 8.75ins x 5.75ins, half title, title, contents,acknowledgements, 382pp. VG .

Hard. Condition: Good. Light scuffing to boards, otherwise very good condition with pages clean and bright, binding firm. Size: 8vo.