John Davy Editor (9 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. Work Arising from the Life of Rudolf Steiner: Articles Published to Mark the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Death of Rudolf Steiner. John Davy, editor. Rudolf Steiner Press, London, 1975. 232p. hardcover with dust jacket, dust jacket lightly bumped/scuffed, boards clean/square, binding tight, text clean/unmarked, NOT xlib, gift inscription front fly, solid copy, fine condition--12.00.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. PB/pub.1975/Gd. condition/232 pages- From the life of Rudolf Steiner. (TK89327). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Full-color, pictorial boards. Dust Jacket Condition: No dust jacket. First Edition. London: Old Rope Books / John Brown Publishing Limited, 1993. 8.5" wide by 12" tall. Near Fine condition. Clean, square, tight, and unmarked. No remainder mark. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Pages, variously printed in black, green, and red, are fresh and crisp. Illustrated throughout with cartoons and photos. "NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN" and "First Printing September 1993" are so stated on the cover/title page, respectively. Includes some sexual/scatological humor and mild nudity/pornography, both drawn and photographic. From the Introduction: "Those of you old enough to remember the early nineties will no doubt smile with fond recollection at the mention of fold-away ironing boards, CD players, jug kettles, Jason Donovan and Kentucky Fried Chicken. Those of us fortunate enough to have been there during 1991 and 1992 will never forget those two most memorable years." Full title: Viz : The Porky Chopper, A meaty selection of prime, beefy, lean comic cuts from Viz issues 48 to 52. With stuffing. And sausages. Featuring material first published in Viz magazine between June 1991 and April 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Full-color, pictorial boards/No dust jacket. 125pp.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. PB/pub.1975/Gd. condition/232 pages - From the life of Rudolf Steiner. (TH63554z). Book.

Paperback. Condition: Acceptable. Ex-library book, usual markings. Hardback. Well read copy with some spine wear. Colouring of page edges due to age. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

Softcover. 145 pp., More contributors: Lawrence Mathews, Louis K. MacKendrick, Geoff Hancock. Red card wraps with b&w photo. Sunned spine, o/w fine.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 396 pages. Illustrated. Philip Henderson "London: A Study In Perspective The City seen by the Poets" / W Francis Aitken "The Pageant Of London London Characters in English fiction" / E Beresford Chancellor "Londinium Triumphans" / Francis Warson "John Locke: The Common-Sense Philosopher" / L Aas "Bjornstjerne Bjornson" / Muriel Kent "Kenneth Grahame: A Modern Magcian" / Winifred Holtby "Novels Of Thge Year 1932" / R S Forman "First Novels Of The Year 1932" / Edgar Holt "Translations Of The Year 1932" / Graham Sutton "Plays Of The Year 1932" / Charles Davy "Films Of The Year 1932" / Alfred Tresidder Sheppard "Historical Works Of The Year 1932" / Geoffrey Grigson "Poetry Of 1932" / Collin Brooks "Political Biography Of The Year 1932 / Frank Rutter "Art Books Of Thew Year 1932" / Hermon Ould "English Music Of The Year 1932" / Gilbert Armitage "Criticism Of The Year 1932" / Rev. R Birch Hoyle "Religious Books Of The Year 1932" (SL#273).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8 volume set (lacking v.8). Bound in red cloth. Gilt lettering. Hardcover. Good bindings and covers. Shelf wear. Clean, unmarked pages. Contents: v.1. Memoirs of his life; v.2. Early miscellaneous papers; v.3. Researches, chiefly concerning nitrous oxide; v.4. Elements of chemical philosophy; v.5. Bakerian lectures, and miscellaneous papers from 1806 to 1815; v.6. Miscellaneous papers and researches; v.7. Discourses delivered before the Royal Society, and Agricultural lectures, pt. 1; v.9. Salmonia, and Consolation in travel. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Sir Humphry Davy as an English chemist who discovered several chemical elements (including sodium and potassium) and compounds, invented the miner's safety lamp, and became one of the greatest exponents of the scientific method. From the library Dr. Owen Hannaway. Hannaway was director of the Center for the History and Philosophy of Science at Johns Hopkins University. He authored numerous books and served as an editor of academic magazines in the history of science. Partial list of publications: Chemists and the Word: The Didactic Origins of Chemistry (1975); Observation, Experiment, and Hypothesis in Modern Physical Science (1985); The Evolution of Technology (1989); Science and the Practice of Medicine in the Nineteenth Century (1994); and The Foundations of Modern Science in the Middle Ages: Their Religious, Institutional and Intellectual Contexts (1996).