Books for sale in our Feb 2020 fundraiser

To assist our 2020 fundraising book sale we have been gifted thousands of volumes.

All are for sale between 11.00 and 17.00 hrs on Saturday 8 February.

Amongst the sale goods are several interesting book 'collections', courtesy of academics. We would like sell these intact rather than as individual publications, the detail relating to each collection is set out below (To secure one of these collections, please send your offer as a tweet or email (nick@rth.org.uk) before 11.00 am on Saturday 8 Feb 2020, many thanks): 

Topic - Einstein, Physics, Quantum and Astro
Book list
Six Easy Pieces, by R Feynman
The First Three Minutes, by S Weinberg
Einstein his Life and Universes, by W Isaacson
Why does E=mc2?, by B Cox and J Forshaw 
Measuring the Universe, by K Ferguson
21 books in total

Value of books new, in excess of £160
Offered as a collection for bids in excess of £40

 

Topic - The brain, Neuroscience and Psychology

Book list
1) Minds behind the Brain, a history of the pioneers and their discoveries, by S Finger
2) Explorations in Cognitive Neuropsychology, by A J Parkin
3) The Tell-Tale Brain, by VS Ramachanandran
4) The Cognitive Neuroscience of Vision, by M J Farah
And more...  55 volumes in total

Value of books new, in excess of £360
Offered as a collection for bids in excess of £90

 

Topic - Scott and the Antarctic

Book list
Captain Oates, by S Limb and P Cordingley
Race for the South Pole, by R Huntford,
The Longest Winter, by M Hooper
South with Scott, by adm. Lord Mount Evans
Scott of the Antarctic, by Seaver
Birdie Bowers Captain Scott’s Marvel, by A Strathie
Edward Wilson of the Antarctic, by G Seaver
Captain Scott’s Antarctic Expedition 1010-1913, by H Ponting

Value of books new, in excess of £60
Offered as a collection for bids in excess of £15

 

Topic - Cricket

Book list
The MCC Cricket Coaching Book
Summer Days, by Meyer
The Cricket Match, by De Selincourt
The Best Loved Game, by G Moorhouse
A Century of Cricketers, by  A G Moyes
The Slow Men, by D Frith
Fred, by J Arlot
The Meaning of Cricket, by J Hotten
Full Score, by N Cardus
Arlott, Swanson and the Soul of English Cricket, by S Fay and D Kynaston
The Ashes 77, by G Chappell and D Frith
Sherlock Holmes and the Birth of The Ashes, by A Sengupta.

Value of books new, in excess of £60
Offered as a collection for bids in excess of £15

 

To secure one of these collections, please send your offer as a tweet or email (nick@rth.org.uk) before 11.00 am on Saturday 8 Feb 2020, many thanks.