Williams Trevor Editor (52 results)

Cloth. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Tan cloth binding. Clean pages with the normal library markings and attachments. The front hinge is cracked.

Hardcover. Condition: As New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Type: Ex-Library First Edition. Retried Library Hardcover and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. Clean, solid, tight volume, unmarked except for lib markings which, as a reference work, are minimal. Over 1,000 biographies of the life and work of eminent scientists and technologists. This is an historical work and includes no living scientist, ranging from early times to the present, though more highly selective in the early centuries, from Ptolemy and Pythagoras to Cockcroft and Hinshelwood. It covers principally the fields of agriculture, astronomy, biochemistry, botany, chemistry, geology, mathematics, medicine, physics, technology, and all branches of engineering. 592 pages. 9.8 x 6.5 inches. 1969, Wiley-Interscience/John Wiley and Sons, London, England.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good dust. First Edition. Book is in G condition with owner's ink stamp to FFE, light offsetting to end papers, adhesive stains to boards, light rubbing to edges, light bumping to spine ends else still bright and solid. Dust jacket is in G condition with light rubbing to edges, light bumping to spine ends, scuffing to covers, faded spine else still bright, intact and whole. ARN W.07; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Condition: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket (science, biography) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardcover. Condition: New.

Soft Cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Mint unread booklet. 94pp. This study sets the background of the First World War and of Private Edward Willams from Hull. It then gives transcripts of his letters home and comment on these over the period 1917-1918. A scarce book. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery. Size: 11.75 x 8.25 inches.…

28x21cm. Soft cover. English language edition. Single issue of journal issued to senior scientists, scientific institutions and libraries throughout the world. Editorial on the Jubilee of the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft / Sir Harrie Massey: Space Research / R. C. Nairn: Fluorescent Protein Tracing and the Fluorescent Antibody Method (with 6 colour illustrations) / G. Lewin: Ultra-high Vacuum / J. D. Pye: Echolocation by Bats (with monochrome illustrations) / F. G. A. Stone: Electron-deficient Compounds / E. P. Abraham & G. G. F. Newton: New Penicillins, Cephalosporin C, and Penicillinase / plus book reviews, etc. pp(2)59-116 with illustrations & figures. Blue card wrappers titled in black, front with vignette of Cook's ship Endeavour. VERY GOOD copy.…

28x21cm. Soft cover. English language edition. Single issue of journal issued to senior scientists, scientific institutions and libraries throughout the world. Editorial 'The Ocean Depths' / C. G. Butler: The Efficiency of a Honeybee Community (with 12 colour illustrations) / M. K. McQuillan & T. W. Farthing: Beryllium / A. L. Kursanov: The Transport of Organic Substances in Plants / G. C. Barker & G. W. C. Milner: Polarography / T. Goreau: Problems of Growth and Calcium Deposition in Reef Corals (with 5 colour illustrations) / The Beginnings of Phosphorus Manufacture / E. Glueckauf: Isotope Separation by Reversible Chemical Processes / plus book reviews, etc. 56pp with illustrations & figures. Blue card wrappers titled in black, front with vignette of Cook's ship Endeavour. Front wrapper lightly marked, with small library stamp and short related inscription at upper outer corner, with a little residue along inner edge from removed label, and with short & light crease at lower outer corner. Contents clean, tight and unmarked. GOOD copy. …

11¾"x8¼" (30x21cm). Soft covers, perfect bound. English language editions of scientific journal issued to senior scientists, scientific institutions and libraries throughout the world. Complete volume of three loose issues. Some 26 articles - including Herman Boerhaave, 1668-1738 (Editorial) / Mendeléeff and the Periodic Table of the Elements (Editorial) / N. A. F. Smith: Early Spanish Dams / Dennis Gabor & George W. Stroke: Holography and its Applications / W. O. James: Julius Sachs and the 19th Century Renaissance of Botany / L. Shanan, M. Evenari & N. H. Tadmor: Ancient Technology and Modern Science Applied to Desert Agriculture / G. W. Hurst: Meteorological Aspects of Insect Migrations / Andrew Packard & Geoffrey Sanders: What the Octopus Shows to the World / Allen I. Selverston & Donald Kennedy: Structure & Function of Identified Nerve Cells in the Crayfish / H. J. J. Winter: Some Features of the Mathematical Sciences in Islam / Carl Gans: Amphisbaenians, Reptiles Specialized for a Burrowing Existence - plus book reviews, etc. pp156+IV(index); with illustrations & figures, some in colour. Printed card wrappers. Condition VERY GOOD. …

11¾"x8¼" (30x21cm). Soft covers, staple bound. English language editions of scientific journal issued to senior scientists, scientific institutions and libraries throughout the world. Complete volume of three loose issues. Some 20 articles - including A. J. Bruce: Coral Reef Shrimps and their Colour Patterns / D. H. Rouvray: The Pioneers of Isomer Enumeration / John Herivel: Ampère, Pioneer of Electrodynamics / B. Kullenberg & G. Bergström: Chemical Communication between Living Organisms / A. R. Michaelis: The Numismatics of Science / J. Robert Sealy: William Roxburgh's Collection of Paintings of Indian Plants / D. J. Bradley: High-intensity Lasers / James A. Dunne: The Mariner 10 Venus Encounter, a Review / W. S. Bristowe: A Family of Living Fossil Spiders - plus editorials, book reviews, etc. 148pp with illustrations & figures, some of which in colour, and index. Printed card wrappers. Condition VERY GOOD.…

11¾"x8¼" (30x21cm). Soft covers, perfect bound. English language editions of scientific journal issued to senior scientists, scientific institutions and libraries throughout the world. Complete volume of three loose issues. Some 24 articles - including John Herivel: Thomas Young (1773-1829) / P. N. Dilly: The Enigma of Colouration and Light Emission in deep-sea Animals / G. E. Hunt & J. T. Bartlett: The Lower Venus Atmosphere / Kai Siegbahn: Electron Spectroscopy, a new Way of Looking into Matter / J. R. Ravetz: Copernicus and his Long Revolution / Carl Gans: Uropeltid Snakes, Survivors in a Changing World / Sir Harrie Massie: Neutrinos / David Samuel & Zehava Gottesfeld: Lithium, Manic-Depression, and the Chemistry of the Brain / H. J. J. Winter: Mediaeval Transmissions in Science / C. H. Bornman & C. E. J. Botha: The Role of Aphids in Phloem Research / Frank McCapra: The Chemistry of Bioluminescence - plus editorials, book reviews, etc. 152pp with illustrations & figures, some of which in colour, and index. Printed card wrappers. Condition VERY GOOD. …

11¾"x8¼" (30x21cm). Soft covers, perfect bound. English language editions of scientific journal issued to senior scientists, scientific institutions and libraries throughout the world. Complete volume of three loose issues. Some 25 articles - including Michael Faraday, 1791-1867 (Editorial) / Sir Robert Cockburn: Rocket Propulsion and Space Research / Geoffrey Burbidge: Neutrino Astronomy / P. T. Matthews: Particle Symmetry / C. G. Bernhard: Structural and Functional Adaptation in a Visual System / D. W. Waters: The Restoration of the Royal Observatory Greenwich / José M. R. Delgado: Brain Research and Behavioural Activity - plus book reviews, etc. pp164+IV(index); with illustrations & figures, some in colour. Printed card wrappers. Condition VERY GOOD.…

11¾"x8¼" (30x21cm). Soft covers, perfect bound. English language editions of scientific journal issued to senior scientists, scientific institutions and libraries throughout the world. Complete volume of three loose issues. Some 25 articles - including Susan V. Bryant: Regeneration in Amphibians and Reptiles / Sir Francis C. McLean: EVR / L. W. Mapson: Biosynthesis of Ethylene and the Ripening of Fruit / D. P. McKenzie: Plate Tectonics and Continental Drift / Frank Greenaway: Johann Rudolph Glauber and the Beginnings of Industrial Chemistry / M. James Lighthill: How do Fishes Swim? / S. Tolansky: Glass Spherules in the Lunar Dust / F. C. Steward: Totipotency, Variation and Clonal Development of Cultured Cells / Albert V. Carozzi: De Maillet's 'Telliamed' (1748), the Theory of the Diminution of the Sea - plus editorials, book reviews, etc. pp160+IV(index); with illustrations & figures, some in colour. Printed card wrappers. Condition VERY GOOD.…

Condition: Used - Very Good. VG paperback. 1971 review of the progress of science with numerous colour and B&W illustrations; spine and cover uncreased, apart from front top corner - small crease, along with a few subsequent pages; light wear to edges and corners; otherwise, a clean, tidy copy.

11"x8¼" (28x21cm). Soft covers, perfect bound. English language editions of scientific journal issued to senior scientists, scientific institutions and libraries throughout the world. Complete volume of four loose issues. Some 25 articles - including Svante Arrhenius, 1859-1927 (Editorial) / E. N. da C. Andrade: Doppler and the Doppler Effect / N. P. Opdyke & S. K. Runcorn: Palaeomagnetism and Ancient Wind Directions / H. C. King: The Planetarium / D. J. Malan: Lightning / W. A. Smeaton: Fourcroy and the Anti-phlogistic Theory / J. A. Steers: Salt Marshes / F. C. Fraser: Hearing in Whales / H. C. van de Hulst: Galactic Structure and the 21cm Microwave Line / James W. Atz & Grace E. Pickford: The Use of Pituitary Hormone in Fish Culture / C. R. Austin & E. C. Amoroso: The Mammalian Egg / Douglas McKie: The Phlogiston Theory / A. Raistrick: The Darbys of Coalbrookdale / H. B. D. Kettlewell: Brazilian Insect Adaptations - plus book reviews, etc. 224pp with illustrations & figures, some in colour; loosely inserted 4-page volume index. Blue card wrappers titled etc in black, fronts with vignette of Cook's ship Endeavour. Condition VERY GOOD+. …

[7136-0924-9] 1969, 1st edition. (hardcover) Near fine in very good dust jacket. xi, [1], 592pp. Tall 8vo. Green cloth boards, lettering in gold to spine. Dust jacket price clipped, mylar protected. Tight, bright, and clean. Printed by W. & J. MacKay & Co. Ltd, Chatham. Edited By Trevor I. Williams. Preface by Trevor I. Williams. …

Hardcover. 346 p. Good condition. Reading pages are clean and without marks. Retired library exemplar, with the usual marking. Book shows slight signs of storage and usage. Still good copy. 0852800517 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1000.

Hardcover. 234 p. Good condition. Reading pages are clean and without marks. Retired library exemplar, with the usual marking. Book shows slight signs of storage and usage. Still good copy. 0852804709 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1000.

Hardcover. 297 p. Good condition. Reading pages are clean and without marks. Retired library exemplar, with the usual marking. Book shows slight signs of storage and usage. Still good copy. 0852800614 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1000.

Hardcover. 294 p. Good condition. Reading pages are clean and without marks. Retired library exemplar, with the usual marking. Book shows slight signs of storage and usage. Still good copy. 0852800312 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1000.

Hardcover. 360 p. Good condition. Reading pages are clean and without marks. Retired library exemplar, with the usual marking. Book shows slight signs of storage and usage. Still good copy. 0852804407 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1000.

Hardcover. 214 p. Good condition. Reading pages are clean and without marks. Retired library exemplar, with the usual marking. Book shows slight signs of storage and usage. Still good copy. 0852804806 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1000.

Hardcover. 215 p. Good condition. Reading pages are clean and without marks. Retired library exemplar, with the usual marking. Book shows slight signs of storage and usage. Still good copy. 0852800118 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1000.

Hardcover. 331 p. Good condition. Reading pages are clean and without marks. Retired library exemplar, with the usual marking. Book shows slight signs of storage and usage. Still good copy. 0852800819 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1000.

Hardcover. 328 p. Good condition. Reading pages are clean and without marks. Retired library exemplar, with the usual marking. Book shows slight signs of storage and usage. Still good copy. 0852803907 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1000.

Hardcover. 243 - 453 p. Good condition. Reading pages are clean and without marks. Retired library exemplar, with the usual marking. Book shows slight signs of storage and usage. Still good copy. 0852801017 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1000.

Hardcover. 244 p. Good condition. Reading pages are clean and without marks. Retired library exemplar, with the usual marking. Book shows slight signs of storage and usage. Still good copy. 0852804504 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1000.

Hardcover. 160 p. Good condition. Reading pages are clean and without marks. Retired library exemplar, with the usual marking. Book shows slight signs of storage and usage. Still good copy. 0852804202 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1000.

Hardcover. 289 p. Good condition. Reading pages are clean and without marks. Retired library exemplar, with the usual marking. Book shows slight signs of storage and usage. Still good copy. 0852800215 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1000.