Copper Ages, First Edition (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. WITH 66 PAGES , WELL ILLUSTRATED , VERY SLIGHTLY MARKED COVERS O/W VERY GOOD - A HISTORY OF THE USES OF COPPER FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES ONWARD.

First edition, first printing. Very good in green boards with wear and a small split to the spine. No dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. With frontispiece and other illustrations. Ex-library book.

Hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st. First edition hardback, 1934, with no jacket. In overall good condition with only the usual signs of handling and storage - original green cloth boards tanned to spine and spine head frayed. Binding tight, no annotations or inscriptions; tanning to page-ends and prelims with a few light age-spots, text and plates clean and clear throughout. Private copy, not an old library book.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. VG, hardback, green cloth covers with gilt titles on tarnished spine, ex-Royal Aircraft Establishment Library, contents are clean and unmarked, small octavo 65pp. Weight 300g. Some intriguing b/w photos of early industrial equipment for copper working, including a frontispiece illustration of sifting and grading copper in 1556. Metal age; early processes; copper in British isles; development of industry; copper in electrical industry; architectural uses; in conclusion.

Original Wraps. Condition: Good. First Edition Thus. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Signed "with my compliments" above the author's printed name. "Missouri Historical Society" written at the top of the front cover. Incuded is a letter by F.W. Gottlieb which talks of the booklet. Also an additional photograph not found in the article. This article being a reprint from the Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science. Overall in GOOD condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback.

First Edition. 29 x 23 cm. vi, 73 pages. Three numbered Plates at the back of the book, and two folding drawings. See images. One Illustration in text (page 61). Contemporary paper covered boards. Quarter paper spine with printed paper spine label. Very good condition. Some rubbing and bumping to binding (see images). Name of previous owner on title page. Long neat annotation on page 70 relating to Egyptian Antiquities. A very nice copy. 'Choir Gaur' is one of the earliest astronomical analysis of Stonehenge, looking into the ancient structure's history and historical use.A fascinating work on the important prehistoric monument on the Salisbury Plains, one of the most famous landmarks of Britain.The work comprises abstracts taken from many historic accounts of the stones, followed by Smith's own analysis of the stones in present day (1771). There is also an explanation of the use of Stonehenge as a 'Tropical Temple&apos. The abstracts have been taken from the accounts of Jeffrey of Monmouth, Inigo Jones, Dr Charlton (Physician to King Charles), Camden's Brittannia, Dr Stukeley, Mr Wood (an architect at Bath) and a manuscript collected by Hearne and printed in Peter Langtoft"s chronicle. By Doctor John Smith, a prominent antiquary and Gaelic scholar.