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THROWING FIRE PROJECTILE TECHNOLOGY THROUGH HISTORY
Written by Alfred W. Crosby.
Stock no. 2125837
Published by Cambridge University Press; Press Syndicate Of The University Of Cambridge. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Historian Crosby looks at hard, accurate throwing and the manipulation of fire as unique human capabilities. ISBN: 0521791588. Wrapper is edge-creased.

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THE NAVAL CHRONICLE VOLUME 15: JANUARY-JUNE 1806
Written by James Stanier Clarke; John McArthur.
Stock no. 1816079
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st thus 2010. Slightly better than very good condition.

Cambridge Library Collection. The Naval Chronicle, originally published in 40 volumes between 1799 and 1818, is a key source for British maritime and military history. This is volume 15 only, originally published in 1806, and contains addenda to the biography of Lord Nelson published in volume 14, including an account of his last months and details of his funeral. Biographies of William Dannett and Cuthbert, Lord Collingwood are included. Cream and blue pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 9781108018548. Slight indentation to top edge of front cover also following through to top edge of first few pages (minor).

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1922 LITERATURE, CULTURE, POLITICS
Written by Jean-Michel Rabate.
Stock no. 2124823
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 2015. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This book examines key aspects of culture and history in 1922, a year made famous by the publication of several modernist masterpieces, such as T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land and James Joyce's Ulysses. ISBN: 9781107040540. Wrapper is edge-creased with a couple of closed tears to top edge of front panel.

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EXPLORERS OF THE SOUTHERN SKY A HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN ASTRONOMY
Written by Raymond Haynes; Roslynn Haynes; David Malin; Richard McGee.
Stock no. 2124723
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Black boards, yellow title to spine. B/w photos. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0521365759. Tape glue outline marks to endpapers, else contents are fine. Wrapper is edge-creased with orange spot sticker to base of spine.

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GENTLEMEN AND POACHERS: THE ENGLISH GAME LAWS 1671-1831
Written by P.B. Munsche.
Stock no. 1815869
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This book touches on many subjects including man traps, transportation to Australia, the Industrial Revolution and fox-hunting, to name but a few, it is essentially about values: how the gentry tried to impose theirs on England and how these, in turn, were undermined by new values, more compatible with the emerging capitalism of the nineteenth century. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ix and 255 pages including index. ISBN: 0521232848. Top of spine bumped. Upside down 'J' rubber ink stamp in blue to title page. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is browned, has a small chip to top of rear panel spine edge, and is fading to spine.

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THE BEAGLE RECORD SELECTIONS FROM THE ORIGINAL PICTORIAL RECORDS AND WRITTEN ACCOUNTS OF THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. BEAGLE
Written by R.D. Keynes.
Stock no. 2123683
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st thus 2011. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w illustrations. Paperback reissue of the 1979 volume that gathered together an account of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the world in 1831-36, taken from the letter of Darwin and Fitzroy, Darwin's diary, and the books about the voyage published by Darwin and Fitzroy in 1839. ISBN: 9780521338554.

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GRAPHS, CODES AND DESIGNS
Written by P.J. Cameron; J.H. Van Lint.
Stock no. 1608199
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1980. Very good condition.

Card wraps. London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series 43. ISBN: 0521231418. Light browning and scvuffing to covers, with original price sticker to rear.

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ALGEBRAIC GRAPH THEORY
Written by Norman Biggs.
Stock no. 1812493
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1996. Fine condition.

Second Edtion. Substantially enlarged, the main text thoroughly revised and with many additional results. Blue cardwraps. ISBN: 0521458978. A fine copy.

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THE PETERSEN GRAPH
Written by D.A. Holton; J. Sheehan.
Stock no. 1608110
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1993. Fine condition.

Card wraps. Australian Mathematical Society Lecture Series No. 7. ISBN: 0521435943.

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VISUAL MOTION OF CURVES AND SURFACES
Written by Roberto Cipolla; Peter Giblin.
Stock no. 2121091
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial covers. In this book, the authors describe recent research aimed at recovering the three-dimensional shape of surfaces from image sequences of their 'outlines'. ISBN: 052163251X. Light bumping to top and tail of spine.

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PRIMES AND PROGRAMMING
Written by Peter Giblin.
Stock no. 2121083
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition.

An introduction to number theory with computing. Pictorial card wraps. ISBN: 0521409888. SIGNED by author, with dedication to a previous owner to half-title page. Light creasing to a couple of corners.

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