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Oxford University Press, 1954. hardcover. Good. . Dust jacket and edges shows wear. Pages are clean and intact.

Oxford University Press, 1954. hardcover. Good. . Dust jacket shows wear and tears. Edges shows minor shelf wear. Former owner's name inside front cover. Pages are clean and intact.

Oxford Univ. Press, 1954. Lower corners frayed, 1/4" pull tear at head of spine, thin red line on bottom page edges similar to remainder mark (used by someone to record books left on shelf), light soil splotch on side page edges, rear hinge slightly cracked between plates 34 and 35, stretched between plates 2 &3. 827 pages plus 36 plates. . The Library of Science Edition . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Large 8vo - 9 3/4" Tall.

Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. New York: Oxford University Press, (1957). Volume I: From Early Times to Fall of Ancient Empires. 827pp., 36 plates. Covers show light soiling, otherwise clean, Very Good in a slightly toned and chipped DJ. .

Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. New York and London: Oxford University Press, 1954. Volume I: From Early Times to Fall of Ancient Empires. 827pp., 36 plates, text is just lightly toned, hinges starting, front free endpaper has top right corner cut out, blue boards with gilt stamped spine show a slight soiling and scuffing, otherwise, about Very Good. .

London: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1956. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Gilt lettering on grey covers. 4to, 827pp plus 36 plates. Ex-college reference library book. VGH+.

Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1958. Hardcover. A very clean copy but museum ex-lib. copy with a few marks, including spine sticker. Binding lightly bumped.. Navy blue cloth/boards; gilt lettering. Palest green dj with turquoise decoration and red lettering. lv, 8 bw maps, 827 pp., 36 bw plates. Includes a color frontis with tissue guard and 570 bw illustrations. A bit heavy at 5 pounds and may require extra postage. Volume I of an eventual set of five. Entries by numerous contributors.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1956. 3rd Impression . Very Good Minus/Fair. 8 x 10 inches (20 x 26 cm). Dust jacket: Several long tears with archival tape repairs to reverse. Foxing and light marking. Price clipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Fair. Book: Blue buckram binding. Foxing to page edges and endpapers, A few marks to lower page edge. Good solid binding, occasiona pencilled margin markings. . Overall book condition is Very Good Minus. Please Note: This is a heavy item and international postage will be more than the standard rate. Actual Royal Mail postage costs are: Europe £18.85; USA £35.40; Oceania £37.55; Rest of World £30.85. A postage supplement will be requested after the order has been placed. Size: 8 x 10 inches (20 x 26 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xlvii, 827, 36

Oxford University Press. Used - Very Good. 1967. Cloth. 4to. lv & 827 pp & 36 plates. Illustrated. Some shelf wear and scuffing to boards. Altogether a copy in Very Good condition. (Subject: Ancient, Science.)

Clarendon Press, 1956. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Ex-Library.

Oxford, At the Clarendon Press, 1965. 8vo. Colour front,+ lv,+ (9),+ 827 pp.+ 36 plates. Illustrated. Publ. blue cloth. Owner’s signature on front fly-leaf. Reprint of the third impression.

1965. Oxford, Clarendon Press, (1965). 4to. Orig. full cloth wit dustjacket. Smal tears to jacket. Cold. frontispiece. LV,827 pp., 36 plates, 570 textillustr. a. 8 maps. A stamp to front free endpaper. Clean and fine.

Oxford:: Clarendon Press, (1958)., 1958. Reprinted lithographically from sheets of the third impression. 5 volumes. Thick 8vo. xlix, 827; liv, 802; xxxvii, 766; xxxiii, 728; xxxviii, 888 pp. Indices, maps, tables, illustrations, color frontispieces, 36; 44; 32; 48; 44 plates. Pastedowns and free end-leaves foxed, else text and plates clean. Navy blue cloth, gilt-stamped spines, dust-jackets; jackets torn and foxed. Vol. V with slip reading "Spare copy returned by Lord McGowan. With the Compliments of Imperial Chemical Industries Limited" laid-in. Very good in good jackets. Preferred issue (thicker paper stock). "By the 1950s, a new conflict was growing between capitalism and communism, which would be fought as much through technology and economics as through military might. Charles Singer, a prominent British historian of science and medicine, was commissioned to prepare A History of Technology for Oxford University Press (with the help of an endowment from Imperial Chemical Industries) in the late… Read More

Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, c. 1954-1958 [1957-1958]. Five vols. Tall thick 8vo. Approx. 4500 pp., plus over 250 plates. Colour frntsps. 1000s of text illusts., diagrams, head- & tail-pieces. Blue cloth, gilt lettrng (creasng & wear to first couple signatures in vol.III). still a VG set. First Library of Science edition of this famed history of technology and science from the ancient world to the end of the 19th century.

Oxford: Oxford University Press / Library Of Science, 1958. Reprint . Blue Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Five Volumes, Blue Cloth, Gilt, 1958 Library Of Science Edition. Vol. I Near Fine, No Dust Jacket; Volume Ii Near Fine, No Dust Jacket; Volumes Iii, Iv And V Near Fine In Near Fine Dust Jackets, Volume Iii Price Clipped, Owner's Information On Front Endpapers Of Volumes Iii An D Iv. No International Orders Due To Size And Weight.

Oxford University Press, 1954-1958. FIVE VOLUMES COMPLETE Hbks 4to 5 volume set illus in color and b+w maps dustjackets mildly shelfworn and toned now in protective sleeves prev owner's name on front pastedown but otherwise the set appears unused and is excellent clean tight unmarked