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The Naming of the Telescope
by Rosen, Edward
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1947
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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CA$35.00
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New York: Henry Schuman, 1947. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 18mo. Tan paper boards. xvi, 110 pp. Spine tilted. Interior age toned. Dust jacket is age toned, chipped to extremities, a few short tears. Item Price
CA$35.00
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Radio Engineers' Handbook
by Terman, Frederick Emmons
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1943
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- Soft cover
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- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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CA$80.00
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New York and London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1943. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo. Orig. burgundy stiffened cloth. xi, 1019 pp. B&W illustration. Spine tilted, chafing to extremities, some creasing to spine, creasing to lower front corner. Ownership inscription to front pastedown. Item Price
CA$80.00
Anything a Horse Can Do: The Story of the Helicopter
by Gregory, Colonel H.F.
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1944
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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CA$75.00
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New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1944. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Orig. grey cloth, winged horse and helicopter devices to front board. Roughly cut edges. xi, 243 pp. B&W illustrations in text. Light bumping and rubbing to spine ends, light spotting to tail edge of boards. Bumping and creasing to… Read more about this item Item Price
CA$75.00
Counterblast
by McLuhan, Marshall
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1969
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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CA$40.00
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Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1969. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Full black cloth. 143 pp. Light soiling to head of rear board and edges of text block. Dust jacket is bumped to extremities, short tear to head of rear cover, rubbed to front cover, foxed to reverse. Item Price
CA$40.00
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Royal Canadian Navy Trade Manual: Radar Plotter
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1966
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- Soft cover
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- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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CA$60.00
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Ottawa: Canadian Forces, 1966. Soft cover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Blue card wrappers. iii, 276 pp. B&W illustrations. Creasing to joints and corners, wear to front cover, rubbing and edge wear. Item Price
CA$60.00
Building New York's Sewers: Developing Mechanisms of Urban Management
by Goldman, Joanne Abel
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1997
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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CA$60.00
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West Lafayette, Indiana: Purdue University Press, 1997. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Orig. burgundy cloth. 228 pp. B&W photos. Fine. Item Price
CA$60.00
Man-Made Disaster: The Story of St. Francis Dam, its place in Southern California's water system, its failure and the tragedy of March 12 and 13, 1928 in the Santa Clara River Valley
by Outland, Charles
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1963
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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CA$100.00
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Glendale, CA: The Arthur H. Clarke Company, 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Western Lands and Waters Series III. Orig. brown cloth. 249 pp. B&W photos in text, [1] fold-out map. Chafed to extremities, a few spots to boards. Dust jacket price clipped, a few short tears, lightly age toned. Item Price
CA$100.00
Aqueduct Empire: A Guide to Water in California: Its Turbulent History, Its Management Today
by Cooper, Erwin
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1968
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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CA$75.00
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Glendale, CA: The Arthur H. Clarke Company, 1968. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Western Lands and Waters Series VII. Orig. brown cloth. 439 pp. B&W photos in text. Chafed to extremities, a few spots to boards. Dust jacket rubbed to extremities, lightly age toned. Item Price
CA$75.00
The Development of Iron and Steel Technology in China
by Needham, Joseph
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Published
- 1964
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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CA$60.00
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London: Published for the Necomen Society by W. Heffer & Sons, 1964. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Second Biennial Dickinson Memorial Lecture to the Newcomen Society 1956. Quarter tan cloth, green cloth boards, gilt titles. xii, 76 pp., 31 numbered B&W plates. Spine tilted, some chafing and sunning to extremities, spine and rear joint sunned. Ink inscription to… Read more about this item Item Price
CA$60.00
The Genius of China: 3,000 Years of Science, Discovery, and Invention
by Temple, Robert
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- Used - Fine
- Published
- 2002
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- Soft cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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CA$45.00
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London: Prion, 2002. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo [super]. Soft cover. 248 pp., [8]. Illustrations in text throughout. Fine condition. Item Price
CA$45.00
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Handbook of Programming Languages [4 vols]
by Salus, Peter H. (editor-in-chief)
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1998
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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CA$275.00
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Indianapolis: Macmillan Technical Publishing, 1998. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Four volumes in custom slipcase. Quarter navy cloth, tan paper boards. xxxii, 944; xx, 444; xxxiv, 685; xxi, 250 pp. Slight cocking to rear joint of vol. I. Dust jackets sunned to spines. Some light soiling to top of slipcase, long slit to one top edge.… Read more about this item Item Price
CA$275.00
Bell and Baldwin: Their Development of Aerodromes and Hydrodromes at Baddeck, Nova Scotia
by Parkin, J.H.
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1964
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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CA$55.00
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Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1964. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Orig. brown cloth. B&W map endpapers. xvi, 555 pp. B&W plates, fold-out tables. Light chafing to extremities. Dust jacket rubbed and worn to extremities, scuffs to front cover, chip to head of rear joint, light soiling to rear cover. Item Price
CA$55.00
Industrial and Safety Problems of Nuclear Technology
by Shamos, Morris H. and Sidney G. Roth (editors)
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1950
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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CA$60.00
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1950. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Full blue cloth. 368 pp. B&W illustrations. Dust jacket is rubbed to extremities, sunned to spine, small chips to corners and spine ends, close tear to head of front cover, a few stains. Item Price
CA$60.00
Metamagical Themas: Questing for the Essence of Mind and Pattern
by Hofstadter, Douglas R.
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
- Published
- 1985
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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CA$50.00
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New York: Basic Books, 1985. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Full blue cloth. xxviii, 852 pp. B&W illustration. Some light bumping to spine ends, minor toning to flaps, else fine. In this scholarly, entertaining, and provocative book named after his recent column in Scientific American, Douglas Hofstadter has collected 33 essays and woven them together with elaborate postscripts. All "Metamagical… Read more about this item Item Price
CA$50.00
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Cours Elementaire de Mecanique, Theorique et Appliquee, a l'Usage Des Facultes, des Etablissements d'Enseignement Secondaire, des Ecoles Normales et des Ecoles Industrieles
by Delaunay, Charles
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Published
- 1857
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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CA$100.00
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Paris: Langlois & Leclercq and Victor Masson, 1857. 4th Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo. Bibliotheque Polytechnique. Quarter green leather, marbled paper boards. Marbled endpapers. viii, 708 pp. Engraved illustrations in text. Spine faded, rubbing to extremities, scuffing to boards. Foxing to edges and interior. Item Price
CA$100.00
Discoveries and Inventions of the Twentieth Century
by Cressy, Edward
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- Used - Near Fine
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- No Jacket
- Published
- 1923
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- Hardcover
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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CA$75.00
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London: George Routledge and Sons, 1923. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Orig. maroon cloth, gilt titles to spine, blind stamped vignette to front board. xxiii, 458 pp. With 342 illustrations (some plates, some in text). Light rubbing to extremities, bumping to spine ends. Ownership stamps to ffep. Lightly age toned to interior. Item Price
CA$75.00
Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader
by Schlender, Brent and Rick Tetzeli
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Published
- 2015
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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CA$40.00
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Toronto: Signal, 2015. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Full black paper boards. ix, 447 pp. [16] pp. colour photos. Fine. A brilliantly reported, compellingly written book that overturns the conventional view of Steve Jobs - the Jobs that is frozen forever as half genius, half jerk. Item Price
CA$40.00
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A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins. In Two Volumes
by Beckmann, John; Francis, William and J.W. Griffith (revised and enlarged by)
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Published
- 1846
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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CA$200.00
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London: Henry G. Bohn, 1846. 4th Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo. Original blind stamped black cloth. xxiii, 518; xii, 548. Frontis portrait to each volume. Slight bowing to boards, bumping to corners. Cloth is faded, spines sunned, some rubbing to extremities. Hinges cracked but holding firmly. Ownership inscription to head of title page of vol. I. Portraits… Read more about this item Item Price
CA$200.00
Inventors at Work, With Chapters on Discovery
by Iles, George
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- Used - Near Fine
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- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1906
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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CA$125.00
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New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1906. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. SIGNED with inscription to Frank Shepherd, M.D. to ffep. Orig. green cloth, train vignette to front board. xxii, 503 pp. Copiously illustrated. Light rubbing to extremities, spine titled, some white scuffs to boards. Bookplate of Francis J. Shepherd. Item Price
CA$125.00
The Philosophical Computer: Exploratory Essays in Philosophical Computer Modeling
by Grim, Patrick, Gary Mar, and Paul St. Denis
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1998
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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CA$75.00
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Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1998. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Full black cloth. viii, 321 pp. Includes CD-ROM. Fine. Item Price
CA$75.00
