white, emil h chemical background for the biological sciences
Hardback Prentice Hall NJ 1st Edition 1964 152 All items in stock -posted First Class on day of order (if received before 4.00pm) - expect next day delivery in UK, or within 3-6 working days for all non-UK destinations Dustwrapper chipped & torn - Very Good (Book ref. 544109) £5.00
UNESCO. The Care of Paintings / Le Traitement Des Peintures
Unesco: n.d. (1951 Folio. The Weaver Report on the cleaning of pictures in the National Portrait Gallery. Parallel text in English and French. Lavishly illustrated with b&w plates. Library stamp and binding. * 164 p. 93 ill. Collection of articles on painting conservation and restoration originally published in Museum, Volume III, Nos. 2,3, 1950 and Volume IV, No. 1, 1951. Contents: Introduction and editorials by Theodore Rousseau; The Weaver Report on the Cleaning of Pictures in the National Gallery; Rene Huyghe, The Louvre Museum and the Problem of the Cleaning of Old Pictures; Cesare Brandi, The Restoration of the Pieta of Sebastiano del Piombo; A. Van Schendel, Some Comments on the Cleaning of The Night Watch; Paul Coremans, Cleaning and Restoration of Old Paintings, the Point of View of a Physical and Chemical Laboratory; Murray Pease, "The Failure of Museum Conservation"; National Gallery, The Cleaning of Pictures at the National Gallery; The ICOM Commission for the Care of Paintings and the Problems of Cleaning; Treatment of the Polyptych of the Adoration of the Lamb (Book ref. 115827) £30.00
Peter Atkins, Loretta Jones Chemical Principles: The Quest for Insight (ISBN: 0716739232 / 0-7167-3923-2)
W. H. Freeman, 2002, 2nd edition. Very thick 4to, pictorial laminated covers. as new (Book ref. 115478) £50.00
Badger & McCabe Elements of chemical engineering (chemical engineering series).
McGraw-Hill, 1936 680pp large 8vo. Sl. rubbed (Book ref. 115360) £30.00
Walker, William H, Warren K. Lewis, Et Al Principles of chemical engineering (chemical engineering series).
McGraw-Hill, 1927 760pp large 8vo. Sl. rubbed (Book ref. 115359) £30.00
Davies, Owen L ed. Statistical Methods in Research and Production with special reference to the chemical industry
Oliver & Boyd / Imperial Chemical Industries 3rd ed rev. 1957 VG book No dj hardback ISBN: (Book ref. 51459) £5.00
White, Emil H Chemical Background for the Biological Sciences [Foundations of Modern Biology series]
Prentice-Hall, NY USA 2nd ed 1970 VG book some faint highlighter paperback ISBN: 0131284398 (Book ref. 44510) £5.00
Buist, Robert Food Chemical Sensitivity. What it is and how to cope with it.
Prism Press, Bridport 1st ed 1st printg 1987 VG book cover creased paperback ISBN: 0907061990 (Book ref. 43781) £5.00
Fox, Brian A & Cameron, Allan G A Chemical Approach to Food and Nutrition
University of London Press repr 1966 VG book VG dj hardback ISBN: (Book ref. 37492) £5.00
unknown The Sex Hormones; a survey of their chemical constitution, biological properties and clinical applications with a classified scheme of dosage [CIBA Handbook No.4]
CIBA Laboratories, Horsham 4th ed 1950 VG book No dj hardback illus ISBN: (Book ref. 36853) £5.00
Clements, Richard Modern Chemical Discoveries
Routledge & Kegan Paul 2nd rev ed 1963 VG book VG dj ex-lib stamps hardback ISBN: (Book ref. 21085) £5.00
KNOX, J. H.: gAS cHROMATOGRAPHY. (Methuen's Monographs on Chemical Subjects).
London: Methuen; New York: John Wiley,1964. 2nd. Impression. Medium 8vo. (19cm. tall x 12cm.). pp. viii, 126. With numerous in text diagrams and graphs. A very good plus hardback copy in a very good unclipped wrapper. (Book ref. 6352) £7.00
Singer, Charles: THE EARLIEST CHEMICAL INDUSTRY. An Essay in the Historical Relations of Economics and Technology illustrated from the Alum Trade.
Folio Society, 1st edn, 1948., 4to (340x220mm), 337pp, numerous illustrations including three colour collotypes by Alinari and a colophon engraved by Stephen Gooden. Very Good. Published for Peter Spence & Sons Ltd., as a commissioned book this does not appear in the Society's bibliography. Ltd to 1100 copies, this is an un-numbered example of the cloth-bound version. Apart from its sumptuous presentation, the book is an excellent history of the very early chemical industry by one of the century's leading industrial historian. Peter Spence & Son of Widnes were one of the country's leading chemical manufacturers and became part of the Laporte Group. (Book ref. 18017) £170.00
Jones, Arthur: CELLULOSE LACQUERS, FINISHES AND CEMENTS.
Charles Griffin, 1937. 8vo, 418pp, index, illus, Some marks on covers, prelims and fore-edges slightly foxed, internally VG. Also included offprint by Arthur K Doolittle entitled Lacquer Solvents in Commercial Use. (Book ref. 8136) £20.00
Jennings, A Seymour: PAINTING BY IMMERSION AND BY COMPRESSED AIR.
The Trade Papers Publishing, 1925. 8vo, 272pp, index, illus. Covers badly marked, contents VG. (Book ref. 8276) £12.00
Falkus, Malcolm: ALWAYS UNDER PRESSURE. A History of North Thames Gas since 1949.
Macmillan, 1988., 8vo, 219pp, index, illus. Fine in fine dw. (Book ref. 16530) £15.00
Abady, Jacques: GAS ANALYST'S MANUAL.
Spon, 1902. 8vo, 561pp + publisher's catalogue, illus. G. One of the standard texts. Dozens of illustrations (some folding) of apparatus. (Book ref. 8270) £38.00
I.C.I.: Eliminate Fire Risk by using I.C.I. Non-Inflammable Solvents.
London: Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd., no date. 1930s? Fine book in Very Good dustwrapper. 28pp. Chemical details of non-inflammable solvents to be used for extracting oils, fats and waxes, and for dry-cleaning. Inludes 11 tables and a fold-out grah chart showing "Vapour Pressure Curves of [6] Non-Inflammable Chlorinated Solvents". (Book ref. 8976) £5.00
-----(I.C.I.): Sodium Carbonate for Metal Refining.
London: Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd., 1937. Hardback. 62pp. Fine book with illustrated boards in Good dustwrapper with some wear and tear to edges and marking to covers.45 illustrations, including many b/w photographs of workers doing dangerous jobs without any health and safety equipment, not even gloves, i.e . Raking thickened Sodium Carbonate slag from a ladle of molten Cast Iron. Also includes diagrams of equipment. (Book ref. 8980) £7.00
----- (I.C.I.): Metal Degreasing by the I.C.I. Degreasing Process.
London: Imperial Chemical Industrial Ltd., no date. 1930s? Hardback. 70pp. Near Very Good book with some fading to boards, in Very Good dustwrapper. 34 illustrations of machinery, mostly b/w photographs, some detailed drawings. Included free with this purchase are six related I.C.I degreasing booklets (3) and leaflets (3). (Book ref. 8975) £10.00