A History of Technology (Complete in Five Volumes)

Singer, Charles (Ed) & Holmyard, E J (Ed) & Hall, A R (Ed) & Williams, Trevor I (Ed)

Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 1954

About this Item

Huge five volume set published between 1954 and 1958. A sixth volume was not published until the late 1970s. Vol.I - From Early Times to the Fall of Ancient Empires, Vol.II - The Mediterranean Civilizations and the Middle Ages c700BC to AD 1500 Vol.III - From the Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution c1500 to c1750. Vol.IV - The Industrial Revolution c1750 to c1850. Vol.V - The Late Nineteenth Century c1850 to 1900. Volumes contain well over a thousand figures and tables along with maps and over 200*b/w photographs and colour frontispieces. ccxxxii+4215pp. Uniformly bound in the original blue cloth with gilt lettering to spines. Very light shelf-wear to extremities of boards. Text-blocks are sound and pages in very good order. Spine cloth is sunned on each volume. Occasional small marks to boards. Vol.I - Vertical crease to the spine cloth. Vol.III - Has a stain to the fore-pages towards the end of the book, the stain does not penetrate through to the pages themselves. Books weigh a total of 12kg, additional postage fee will be necessary.

Seller Inventory # 5143

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A History of Technology (Complete in Five Volumes)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK
• Publication Date: 1954
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science & Technology