Books on History of Science
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El Hospital de Santa Cruz y San Pablo. El Hospital de Barcelona.
248p oversized hardback, dustjacket present, small piece missing at back, many plates, excellent ...
£64.00
£20.00
The Development of Technical Education in France, 1500 - 1850.
x 274p hardback, maroon cloth with scarlet jacket, good condition, light wear to jacket edges and ...
£20.00
£36.00
L'Institution Médicale.
xiii 191p large format hardback, laminated brown cover, like new condition, no noticeable wear, ...
£36.00
£20.00
Arts and Sciences in China. Volume 1, Number 1. Jan - Mar 1963.
40p stapled booklet, white and red cover, very good condition, minimal wear, some marks to spine, ...
£20.00
£24.00
Medical Acts and Medical Facts. The Polish Tradition of Practice-grounded Reflections on Medicine and Science, from Tytus Chalubinski to Ludwik Fleck.
146p slim paperback, fresh clean copy with author inscription
£24.00
£58.00
From Maxwell to Microphysics: Aspects of Electromagnetic Theory in the Last Quarter of the Nineteenth Century.
xiii 339p large hardback, dustjacket, a clean and tight copy, without names or stamps, very well ...
£58.00
£20.00
Wissenschaft in der Maschinenstadt: Emil du Bois-Reymond und seine Laboratorien in Berlin.
303p paperback, a tight copy, with illustrations, initial pages with some ink underlining, a very ...
£20.00
£46.00
The Anatomy of Madness. Essays in the History of Psychiatry, Volume 3: The Asylum and Its Psychiatry
xii 353p hardback, fresh dustjacket, editor inscription signed "Roy", a fresh and clean copy, ...
£46.00
£42.00
Bodies of Evidence: Medicine and the Politics of the English Inquest, 1830 - 1926.
x 245p hardback, dustjacket, as new
£42.00
£20.00
Mind-Forg'd Manacles - A History of Madness in England from the Restoration to the Regency.
xii 411p hardback, fresh dustjacket, first edition, excellent copy, no names or stamps, almost as ...
£20.00
£64.00
Instruments, Travel and Science: Itineraries of Precision from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century.
xi 303p hardback, dark cover showing some sunning, no traces of use, excellent copy, no names or ...
£64.00
£140.00
Schädlinge: Geschichte eines wissenschaftlichen und politischen Konstrukts, 1840 - 1920.
434p large format paperback, red cover slightly sunned, with illustrations, an excellent copy with ...
£140.00
£16.00
Nimrod the Astronomer.
55p offprint, very good, with plates, a clean copy, excellent and hard to find
£16.00
£26.00
Transactions of the Newcomen Society for the Study of the History of Engineering and Technology. Volume 37 (1964 - 1965).
xvii 161p large format paperback, white card cover with arms to front, many plates in the back, ...
£26.00
£20.00
Transactions of the Newcomen Society for the Study of the History of Engineering and Technology. Volume 35 (1962 - 1963).
xvii 265p large format paperback, white card cover with arms to front, many plates in the back, ...
£20.00
£18.00
Transactions of the Newcomen Society for the Study of the History of Engineering and Technology. Volume 46 (1973 - 1974).
xvii 96p large format paperback, white card cover with arms to front, many illustrations, excellent ...
£18.00
£26.00
Transactions of the Newcomen Society for the Study of the History of Engineering and Technology. Volume 43 (1970 - 1971).
xvii 218p large format paperback, white card cover with arms to front, many plates in the back, ...
£26.00
£26.00
Transactions of the Newcomen Society for the Study of the History of Engineering and Technology. Volume 41 (1968 - 1969).
xvii 254p large format paperback, white card cover with arms to front, many plates in the back, ...
£26.00
£26.00
Transactions of the Newcomen Society for the Study of the History of Engineering and Technology. Volume 39 (1966 - 1967).
xvii 178p large format paperback, white card cover with arms to front, many plates in the back, ...
£26.00
£26.00
Transactions of the Newcomen Society for the Study of the History of Engineering and Technology. Volume 38 (1965 - 1966).
xvii 180p large format paperback, white card cover with arms to front, many plates in the back, ...
£26.00
£26.00
Transactions of the Newcomen Society for the Study of the History of Engineering and Technology. Volume 45 (1972 - 1973).
xvi 273p large format paperback, white card cover with arms to front, many plates in the back, ...
£26.00
£18.00
Transactions of the Newcomen Society for the Study of the History of Engineering and Technology. Volume 44 (1971 - 1972).
xvi 165p large format paperback, white card cover with arms to front, many plates in the back, ...
£18.00
£124.00
B K Anand: Easy to Admire, Difficult to Emulate.
x 115p hardback, purple jacket, many plates throughout, printed on art paper, author dedication to ...
£124.00
£16.00
The Library of the late Kenneth K Knight, Esq on the History of Science and Economics. Wednesday, October 31, 1979.
122p frontispiece, mauve card cover, 391 lots, ink notes indicating prices fetched to the margin on ...
£16.00
£14.00
Early Printed Books. Books on the History of Science, Economics, Literature and Theology, which will be Sold on Wednesday 1 April 1981.
64p large format paperback, old rose frame to cover, some illustrations, a few notes in ink, list ...
£14.00
Printed Books and Maps. Important Historical Autographs, Natural History and Early Printed Books. 5 November 2008.
137p large format paperback with Baxter print to front 745 items, illustrated in colour throughout, ...
£20.00
£32.00
Copernicus und seine Welt. Biographie.
510p grey cloth fresh, corners sharp, clean copy, neat initials to endpaper, early or first edition ...
£32.00
£46.00
Professor Aleksandr Chaianov, 1888 - 1937. (Professor Alexander Chayanov)
304p hardback grey boards with black lettering to front, with many plates, very well preserved, ...
£46.00
Coast Survey. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, Submitting a Report in Reply to a Resolution of the Senate of December 17, 1848, Relating to the Expenditures and Results of the United States Coast Survey.
111p removed from binding, original print, binding tight, spine holding well, without cover, this ...
£140.00
£46.00
Exploring Expedition: Memorial of the Officers of the Exploring Expedition Relative to Personal Accusations against Said Officers, Jan. 11, 1847: Read and Referred to the Committee on the Library.
We have here 29th Congress, 2nd Session, House of Representatives, Document No 32, removed from ...
£46.00
£46.00
Petition of John H Sargent, of Charleston, South Carolina, in Relation to the Patent Laws, January 11, 1843.
single sheet (2 pages) petition by John H Sargent outlining a patent system where the United States ...
£46.00
£46.00
Explosion of Steam Boilers. Memorial of Thomas S. Easton, in Relation to Explosions of Steam Boilers. January 13, 1843.
11p removed from binding, disbound, this item could easily be housed in a new cover, (= 27th ...
£46.00
£140.00
Patent Office. Report from the Commissioner of Patents showing the Operations of the Patent Office during the Year 1842. 27th Congress, 3rd Session, House of Representatives. Document No 109. February 1, 1843.
This is the original Document No 109 from US House, 27th Congress, 3rd Session, removed from ...
£140.00
£160.00
Annual Report of the Commissioner of Patents: Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the Year 1846. 29th Congress, 2nd Session, House of Representatives. Document No 52. January 23, 1847.
This is the original Document No 52 from US House, 29th Congress, 2nd Session, removed from ...
£160.00
£20.00
Harvesting the Air. Windmill Pioneers in Twelfth-Century England.
xiii 307p hardback, turquoise cloth with jacket, very good condition, little to no wear, binding ...
£20.00
£20.00
Some Account of the Pennsylvania Hospital.
xxx 40p hardback, large format, dustjacket present, a clean and tight copy, reprint of the 1754 ...
£20.00
£32.00
Artisans and Politics in Early Nineteenth-Century London. John Gast and his Times.
xi 418p hardback, fresh red dustjacket, excellent copy, as new, no names or stamps, no traces of use
£32.00
£24.00
Science and the Human Condition in India and Pakistan.
xxii 229p large format hardback, cloth spine, many plates, very well preserved, no names or stamps
£24.00
£8.00
Greek Science.
v 163p paperback, turquoise and yellow cover, very good condition, binding tight, minimal wear, ...
£8.00
£20.00
Newton Tercentenary Celebrations. 15 - 19th July 1946.
92p hardback, scarlet cloth with crest and gilt lettering, very good condition, minimal wear, some ...
£20.00
£20.00
Cradle of Life. The Discovery of Earth's Earliest Fossils.
xiv 367p large format paperback, grey-brown cover, very good condition, minimal wear, front cover ...
£20.00
£64.00
The Cambridge History of Science: Volume 5: The Modern Physical and Mathematical Sciences.
xxvii 678p thick hardback, fresh green cloth with black title panel, green dustjacket excellent, a ...
£64.00
£32.00
Inventing Chemistry. Herman Boerhaave and the Reform of the Chemical Arts.
viii 260p hardback, fresh dustjacket, as new, never used, not names or stamps, no signs of use
£32.00
£18.00
The Production and Distribution of Knowledge in the United States.
xix 416p large format paperback, yellow card cover, a fresh and clean copy, first paperback edition
£18.00
£20.00
Hearth and Home: History of Material Culture.
437p large paperback, illustrated throughout, excellent clean and tight copy, never used, no names ...
£20.00
£48.00
The Body and the French Revolution: Sex, Class, and Political Culture.
ix 197p hardback, fresh dustjacket, illustrated throughout, excellent clean and tight copy, no name ...
£48.00
£48.00
Operation Orca. Springer, Luna and the Struggle to Save West Coast Killer Whales.
280p hardback with excellent dustjacket, very well preserved first edition copy.
£48.00
£16.00
Health, 'Race' and Empire: Popular-Scientific Spectacles and National Identity in Imperial Germany 1871 - 1914
x 294p second hand copy of blue paperback cheaply produced by Amazon, reprint of dissertation with ...
£16.00
£28.00
Evolution Made to Order: Plant Breeding and Technological Innovation in Twentieth-Century America.
viii 285p hardback, fresh dustjacket, excellent clean copy, no names or stamps
£28.00
£46.00
Vital Accounts: Quantifying Health and Population in Eighteenth-Century England and France.
xvi 249p hardback, dustjacket, excellent copy
£46.00