Needham, Joseph; Ling, Wang (117 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Uncredited Cover Art (illustrator). First Edition. ------------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) hardcover, a Near Fine exmaple, ink name, in a Very Good price clipped dustjacket (UK and US prices are both clipped), some light edge wear and rubbing, a bit of sunning to the spine, 470 pages, b&w photos and illustrations, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)--- Size: 7.5w x 10h Inches. Not Signed. Price Clipped Jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. . . . . 4to, hardcover. No dj. Vg+ condition. NOT ex-library. Spine sun-faded, title still legible; covers unworn, contents clean, no marking or writing. Binding square and tight. 470 pp., illus.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Cambridge: At the University Press, 1970. First Edition. 9 ¾ x 7 ½ in. xix,470 pages, Index, Bibliography. Folding Chart, 104 illustrations including 43 on glossy stock. Maroon cloth, tiny nick in edge, rest in near fine condition, owner's name stamped on lower edge of text block, on front pastedown, and on two lower margins. Dustjacket has small break on fold, price clipped. Lectures and Addresses on the History of Science and Technology, based largely on collaborative work with Wang Ling, Lu Gwei-Djen, and Ho Ping-Yu, and are "by-products" of a larger, multi-volume work, Science and Civilization in China. ; 104 illustrations; 9 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches; 489 pages.

4°, originally cloth binding. 1st. ed. With XL plates, 469 p. Owner `s dedication on preliminally page, otherwise fine copy. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 0.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 2.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 25.5cm x 20cm in size. xxxiv, 434pp, Illustrated, Tables. Cloth [black spines with pictorial boards, minor sellotape markings to endpapers] / Hardbacks with Dust Jackets [protected by clear covering] both in Used Like - New condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. 1st Edition. First edition, hardcover, has a mild skew to the binding, very slight sunning to the spine with faint toning to the edges of the covers and pages, small spots of soiling to the edges of the text block that do not bleed to the pages, and some rubbing to the covers, otherwise a solid VG copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. xxxv, 479 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, facsimiles ; 26 cm. Summary:The fifth volume of Dr Needham's immense undertaking, like the fourth, is subdivided into parts for ease of presentation and assimilation, each part bound and published separately. The volume as a whole covers the subjects of alchemy, early chemistry, and chemical technology.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. xxii, 696 pages. 1962 reprint of the 1956 edition. Publisher's binding sturdy, light wear to extremities; a few small splash marks to bottom edge of textblock; bookplate removed from front pastedown, contents fine. 1680 grams.

Hard cover. Condition: Good. No jacket. The cover is worn and is smudged on the front and back cover, but not affecting any legibility. The spine is tanned and smudged, but not affecting legibility. The spine is cracked, but binding is secure. Pages are tanned, otherwise they are clean and unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 254 pages, 71 figs., 1st edition, 1960. Chinese water-driven clocks with a form of mechanical escapement pre-date the first mechanical clocks in the West by 600 years. A detailed scholarly book, with an appendix on Chinese horary systems. A very good copy, with very good dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Very light yellowing to dust jacket and edges, former owner's stamp (in Hebrew) on the fly leaf.

4to. pp xix, 470. 99 illustrations. Not an ex-library copy as is usually found. Very good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. lvii 990p huge hardback, half-cloth with gilt lettering and b&w illustration, tan paper jacket with blue artwork, very good condition, light wear to jacket edges and surfaces, light foxing to exteriors, pages clean and bright like new, photographs and diagrams throughout, fold-out colour maps in like-new condition, an excellent copy of third part of volume IV Language: English Weight (g): 2310.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Quarter binding of black cloth and illustrated paper, gilt lettering on spine, corners sharp, lightly age-toned pages, no owner's mark or annotations, binding tight. Dust jacket missing. Please note that this is a heavy item and may require extra postage for international shipping. ; 8 X 2.75 X 10.25 inches; 990 pages.

Hardcover. Reprint. No publisher indicated so probably a pirated edition. Volume 4 Physics and Physical Technology Part I- Physics (1970), 434 pages, DJ in mylar sleeve. This large book may require extra shipping; please inquire.; Volume 4 Part I Only; 7 x 9 3/4 " Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good in Fair dust jacket. Reprint. No publisher indicated so probably a pirated edition. Volume V Physics and Physical Technology Part I- Physics (1970), 434 pages. DJ paper age-darkened, two 1" chips at top front edge (in mylar sleeve). This large book may require extra shipping; please inquire.; Volume 4 Part I Only; 7 x 9 3/4 ".

Hardcover. Reprint. No publisher indicated so probably a pirated edition. Volume 4 Physics and Physical Technology Part II Mechanical Engineering, 759 pages This large book may require extra shipping; please inquire.; Volume 4 Part II Only; 7 x 9 3/4 " Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Quarter binding of black cloth and illustrated paper, gilt lettering on spine, lightly age-toned spine, corners lightly rubbed, age-toned around boards, lightly age-toned pages, no owner's mark or annotations, binding tight. Dust jacket missing. Please note that this is a heavy item and may require extra postage for international shipping.; 8.25 X 2.75 X 12 inches; 816 pages.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Volume 2. Small quarto, red cloth, 1972, 696 pages in Very Good book in a Very Good Dust Jacket. Minor soil to exterior; previous owners signature inside front cover, otherwise text clean / unmarked. Dust jacket now protected in mylar sleeve.

Hardcover. Fifth Printing. 25.5 x 19.5 cm. 696 pages. 13 plates, 12 tables. Black cloth spine with pictorial paper covered boards in price clipped dust jacket. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Some wrinkling and some tape reinforcement/repair to the jacket. Originally done in 1956, this printing done in 1975. Volume 2 only of the eventual 7 volume series published in 27 books. The series is a part of the Modern Library's 100 Best Nonfiction books of 20th century. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. 1st Edition. First edition, hardcover, has a mild lean to the binding which has some looseness but remains solid overall, small spots of light soiling to the head and fore edge of the text block that do not bleed onto the pages, faint bowing to the covers, slight bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, and some minor sunning to the cover edges, otherwise a solid, tight VG copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Xxxviii, 318 pp. Bibliographies, general index. 2 folding maps at rear, 36 b/w illustrations, 9 tables. Large octavo. Cream and blue dust jacket with ancient Chinese images. Some small stains on the cream spine, bit of wear to top and tail of spine DJ, flaps intact. Book itself is clean and nice, a very good copy. First edition was 1954, this is the 1979 Cambridge reprint. Red and black title page with facing Chinese with red "chop." The first in what would become a 7 volume series; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 318 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. text clean and unmarked. binding tight, buckram spine in very good condition. image decorated boards have light wear. edges of pages have toning and light wear. mylar-covered dust jacket is clipped, has toning, light chipping and a few stains to rear.

Hardcover. [Reprint?]. Octavo, lvii, 931 pages. In Good condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine is white with black print. Dust jacket in clear plastic sleeve. Light shelf wear. Price unclipped: "$55.00 in U.S.A. ;ï¿¡18 in U.K.". Boards in green cloth. Toning to spine, blemishes at bottom edge, light wear to spine caps and corners. Text block has tanning to endpapers. Illustrated: b&w drawings, photographs, maps. Facing title page: ä åç§'å æè¡"å / æç ç'è'. With publisher information in Chinese on title page verso, this may be Chinese reprint edition. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column L. 1382205. FP New Rockville Stock.

Hardcover. Octavo, xxxiv, 434 pages + 2 large folded maps (b&w). In Good condition with a Good minus dust jacket. Spine is white with black print. Dust jacket has mild edge wear, with short tears at top of spine, toning, light smudging/shelf wear. Price unclipped: "net 52s. 6d.". Boards quarter bound with black cloth to spine and illustrated cloth to boards. Light wear to spine caps and corners, slight blemish on front spine cloth, slightly cocked spine. Text block has name in pencil on front flyleaf. Illustrations include b&w plates. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Column. 1371223. FP New Rockville Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. xxxii, 510 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Hb. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Edition. Clean grey & b/w illustration of the Taoist Genii printed on the cover is part of a temple scroll, recent but traditional, given to Mr. Brian Harland in Szechuan province (1946). Black spine wrap & gilt titles. Edges: very light foxing , also to boards top and bottom edges. Small rubbings to boards four corner tips. Ffep head fore corner with small signature 1963. Clean contents. B/w illustrations. Binding is As New. 696p Dj: faint dusting of just a little soiling, yellowing and rubbings. Spine: head & foot with thin wear, splits and chips; foot with thin wear, chips and a 2 cm split to frontside edge. Head & foot of flaps spines with small wear & chips. Price-cut to head & foot of front flap. Heavy book: 1 kg.

Hb. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Clean grey & b/w illustration of the Taoist Genii printed on the cover is part of a temple scroll, recent but traditional, given to Mr. Brian Harland in Szechuan province (1946). Black spine wrap & gilt titles. Edges: moderate foxing , also to boards top and bottom edges. Small rubbings to boards four corner tips. Ffep head fore corner with small signature 1955. Clean contents. B/w illustrations. Refp fldg map of the Key Economic Area is clean and present. Binding is As New. 318p Dj: faint dusting of just a little soiling and rubbings. Spine: head & foot with thin wear, splits and chips; a 7cm open split to head of spines frontside edge; an 8 cm L-shaped tear to bottom of spine. Head & foot of flaps spines with small open wear sections missing, splits & chips. Price-cut to front flap foot. Top and bottom edges with a couple of tiny chips.