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Cambridge University Press, 2012-12-13. Paperback. Good.

Gregg Publishing, 1969. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Publisher's hardback in very good condition: firm, square and tight with no snags or splits, just a trifle rubbed. Contents sound and clean; no pen-marks. Not from a library so no such stamps or labels. Thus a tidy book in presentable condition.

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Routledge, 1968-07-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1.0236 8.3465 5.7480.

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Paperback / softback. New. Charles Babbage (1791-1871), one of the most original thinkers of the nineteenth century, published this defence of his ideas at the time of the Great Exhibition in 1851. He analyses critically factors that affect scientific and technical progress, arguing that government should recognise and support scientific advances with conviction.

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Taylor & Francis, 2016. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 308 pages. 8.50x5.43x0.70 inches.

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New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Exposition of 1851: Or Views of the Industry, The Science and the Government of England.

Taylor & Francis, 2016. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 308 pages. 8.50x5.43x0.70 inches.

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Hard Cover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Exposition of 1851 : Or Views of the Industry, The Science and the Government of England.

Frank Cass & Co, 1968. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 290 pages. 8.35x5.75x1.02 inches.

Routledge. Hardcover. New. 8x5x1.

London: John Murray, 1851. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (221 x 140 mm). xvi, 231 [1]; [3], 376-391 [1]; [3], 2-11 [1] pp., including half title and appendix of two reprints bound in by publisher, 1. The Eleventh Chapter of the History of The Royal Society, by C.R. Weld (London: Richard Clay, 1849) and Mr. Babbage Calculating Machine, by De Morgan (from: The Athenaeum, London, October 14, 1848); four pages of adverts by Babbage at end (undated). Original publisher's blindtooled green cloth, front board and spine lettered in gilt (binding weak, spine sunned with upper joint partially split at head, head of spine frayed, corners bumped), original yello endpaper, all pages uncut, a few pages crudely opened. The appendix smaller in size. Text with light even age-toning, half-title and advert pages with faint foxing, a few pencil marking in text. Provenance: William Parsons, 3. Earl of Rosse, Birr Castle (presented to him by the author and inscribed on half-title "To the… Read More