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Clarendon Press/Oxford University Press, 1957. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Oxford University Press. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. Good dust jacket. Former Library book. Reprint. Vol. 3. In protective mylar cover. Text unmarked, binding sound. (technology, history) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

New York and London: Oxford University Press, 1957. 766+pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding lightly soiled; spine ends a bit bumped. Edges of leaves lightly age toned. DJ lightly soiled; spine and edges darkened. Spine has small, faint dampstains, and approx. 2" long chip near top. Illust. w/ b/w plates and drawings.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Oxford University Press. 1958. Library of Science Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Light bumping on front panel bottom corner. Light foxing on front and rear panel and spine. .

New York and London: Oxford University Press, 1957. Volume 3 only. Frontispiece is colour illustration. B/w illustrations within text. 32 plates at back of book. 766 pages. Blue cloth cover with gold gilted titles on spine. Corners are lightly bumped. Edges of spine are bumped. Spine is slightly sunned. Cover has faint marks. Front cover is slighlty loose. Inside pages are clean. VG/--. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

New York: Oxford University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1957-1959. Reprint. Hardcover. Blue cloth with gilt lettering, light wear at spine ends. Dust jackets all have some tiny or small chipping at spine ends. Vol. 2 jacket has a 1/4" and 1/3" chip upper spine end. Vol. 1 jacket has a o1" tear upper spine edge and a 3" vertical tear along rear spine edge which goes 1" across spine. Will require extra shipping charges for 5 volumes, as the price quoted is shipping for one book, please email to enquire about cost. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall .

Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1957. First Edition. Cloth. Ex Academic Library. Very Good/Very Good. Large Quarto.

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