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QuickviewA Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Non-Fiction, ScienceA Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes By Stephen Hawking First UK edition, first impression, published by Bantam Press in 1988. Among the most famous modern works of popular science. Original blue cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Minor compression to spine tips and a small knock to one corner, else near fine and internally clean and bright. The original and unclipped dust jacket has some moderate wear to top edge and a little, extremely faint spotting to the bottom portion of verso, else near fine.£600.00 -
QuickviewBooks Do Furnish a Life: Reading and Writing Science
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Non-Fiction, Science, Signed First EditionsBooks Do Furnish a Life: Reading and Writing Science By Richard Dawkins First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. A fine book in a fine dust jacket without flaws. A pristine example.£70.00 -
QuickviewLife on Earth
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Non-Fiction, Science, Signed First EditionsLife on Earth By David Attenborough First edition, first impression. Signed and dedicated by the author to the title page. Original tan cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with a fairly faint band of thin purple lines running across the jacket and a little wear to bottom edge, otherwise beautifully bright and without any of the usual fading to the spine panel.£500.00 -
QuickviewThe Body: A Guide for Occupants
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Non-Fiction, Science, Signed First EditionsThe Body: A Guide for Occupants By Bill Bryson First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. A fine book in a near fine dust jacket with just a hint of mild wear to top edge.£60.00 -
QuickviewThe Double Helix
First Edition, Non-Fiction, ScienceThe Double Helix By James D. Watson First UK edition, first impression (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1968). A very good copy with a previous owner's name to front endpaper and isolated instances of very faint spotting to preliminaries and rear paste-down; crease to top corner of page 68. The original and unclipped dust jacket has some rubbing to extremities and a few tiny chips to spine ends. Closed tear to bottom of lower panel fore-edge and to top edge of upper panel with some lifting to laminate on lower panel hinge.£100.00 -
QuickviewThe Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, First Edition, Modern First Editions, ScienceThe Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy By Douglas Adams First illustrated edition, first impression, published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson in 1994. Original pictorial boards. Moderate bumping to top corners, else near fine in the original and unclipped dust jacket showing a little edge wear, primarily to the top.£150.00