DOWSING FOR WATER: THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL GUIDE
Written by Peter Golding.
Stock no. 1830182
Published by Quicksilver Publications. 2019. Very good condition.

How to dowse and how to make the enormous transition from enthusiastic amateur dowser to accomplished water diviner. Large format. Cardwraps. Colour photos and b/w diagrams. xiii and 140 pages. ISBN: 9780993287206. Reprint. Front hinge pulled between free front endpaper title page, binding still tight. Otherwise, a nice, clean copy.

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THE WORLD AEROSPACE INDUSTRY: COLLABORATION AND COMPETITION
Written by Keith Hayward.
Stock no. 1830147
Published by Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Aerospace is one of the most important of the world's high technology industries, and on e of the most politically significant - a vital element in national security and world transport. This book is the first comprehensively to analyse the world aerospace industry - its structure, market, trends and relations with the state - since the end of the Cold War and the changes that this entailed. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. x and 225 pages including index. ISBN: 0715626027. Red pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and lightly scuffed. A lovely copy.

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RDF 1: THE LOCATION OF AIRCRAFT BY RADIO METHODS 1935-1945
Written by Michael Bragg.
Stock no. 1830048
Published by Hawkhead Publishing. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

There is no doubt that the Battle of Britain was one of the turning points of the twentieth century. If the battle had been lost then an invasion, only the second in nearly a thousand years of English history, would have been attempted by Germany with every chance of success. Radar alone could not shoot down planes but enabled Fighter Command to conserve aircraft and rest pilots until the enemy were known to be approaching the coast. The building of the stations was an engineering project of the most formidable kind and has never received the recognition it deserves. This book tells the story... Navy cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 400 pages including index. ISBN: 0953154408. Text block just slightly grubby and lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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THE ERA OF THE NOCTURNAL BLIP
Written by Norman Cordingly.
Stock no. 1829927
Published by Merlin Books Ltd.. 1st 1994. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of the RAF nightfighters' radar battle against the bomber. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. x and 90 pages. ISBN: 0863036694. A very nice copy, looks unread. Black dustwrapper is a little scuffed.

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THE DEVELOPMENT OF RADAR EQUIPMENTS FOR THE ROYAL NAVY, 1935-45
Written by F.A. Kingsley.
Stock no. 1829897
Published by Macmillan Press Ltd. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition.

This book contains a series of technical monographs dealing with various aspects of British Naval radar from its inception in 1935 until the end of World War 2. Red pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and drawings. xl and 476 pages including index. A physical print on demand copy, printed by Lightning Source UK Ltd. ISBN: 9781349134595. A lovely copy, appears unread!

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INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS: THE STRUGGLE FOR RADAR SUPREMACY
Written by Alfred Price.
Stock no. 1329428
Published by William Kimber & Co. Limited. 1st 1967. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The history of electronic warfare. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 254 pages. Minimal bumping to spine. Some slight rubbing to wrapper edges.

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THE WORLD BEFORE US: HOW SCIENCE IS REVEALING A NEW STORY OF OUR HUMAN ORIGINS
Written by Tom Higham.
Stock no. 1829405
Published by Viking. 1st 2021. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Following the scientific and technological advancements - in radiocarbon dating and ancient DNA, for example - that enabled us to better predict not just how long ago other human species lived (Neanderthals, Denisovans, 'Hobbits' and Homo luzonensis), but how they lived. Could they make art, recall their dreams, or joke? Did they play music, or use medicine? What might Homo sapiens have learned from them? Yellow cloth boards, black title to spine. B/w photos and charts, a few colour photos. xiv and 296 pages including index. ISBN: 9780241440674. A lovely copy. Black dustwrapper is scuffed.

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A DICTIONARY OF BIOLOGICAL TERMS
Written by I.F. Henderson; W.D. Henderson; J.H. Kenneth.
Stock no. 1828935
Published by Oliver and Boyd. 8th 1963. Very good condition.

Pronounciation, derivation, and definition of terms in Biology, Botany, Zoology, Anatomy, Cytology, Genetics, Embryology, Physiology. Eighth edition by J.H. Kenneth. Previously published under the title A Dictionary of Scientific Terms. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xvi and 640 pages. Top & tail of spine and corners lightly worn. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean.

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THE WONDER BOOK OF SCIENCE
No author listed.
Stock no. 1328023
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Cloth spine. Pictorial front board showing solar prominences. Endpapers by Beard. 8 colour plates and nearly 300 illustrations. Spine bumped and browned at top and tail. Covers edge rubbed. Small tear to margin of one page. Sligth foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and slightly grubby, loss to top of spine.

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MANUAL OF PSITTACINE BIRDS
Written by Peter H. Beynon; Neil A. Forbes; Martin P.C. Lawton; et al.
Stock no. 1327966
Published by British Small Animal Veterinary Association. 1st 1996. Very good condition.

An easily accessible source of information on the clinical aspects of psittacine medicine. Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos and diagrams and some colour photos as well. ISBN: 0905214307. Covers edge worn. Name in ink to title-page else contents clean.

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TIMBER DRYING AND THE BEHAVIOUR OF SEASONED TIMBER IN USE
Written by R.G. Bateson.
Stock no. 1327708
Published by Crosby Lockwood And Son Ltd. 1st 1938. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The principles of timber drying and methods of seasoning. Burgundy cloth, gilt title to spine. 138 pages. B/w plates and line drawings. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly faded. Booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Some foxing. Cream dustwrapper is edge worn with tape repair to verso of spine and slightly grubby.

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LEICA MANUAL (THIRD EDITION)
Written by Willard D. Morgan; Henry M. Lester; et al.
Stock no. 1327703
Published by Morgan & Lester Publishers. 1938. Almost very good condition.

A manual for the amateur and professional covering the field of miniature camera photography. Blue cloth, red titles to spine and front cover. B/w photos throughout. 578 pages including index and advertisements to rear. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Spine slightly faded & browned. Text block browned. Light foxing to endpapers and some foxing to contents. Lower corners of contents lightly creased. Contents are otherwise clean.

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