Books - "science"
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The Scallop: Studies of a Shell and Its Influences on Humankind
Quarto hardcover (VG) illus; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Shell Transport and Trading 1957
KEYWORDS: specials Ian Cox art history science natural history
Glass Dragons
Super Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Tor 2004
KEYWORDS: specials Sean McMullen science fiction fantasy literature novel
The Quiet Earth
First edition thus (film tie-in), small octavo (paperback), illus light card covers, 232pp, VG- (moderate browning to page edgs, reading crease to front cover, v. slight bruising to spine base, owner' sname in ink to title page, v sporadic light foxing)
PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton / COronet 1986
KEYWORDS: first edition thus Craig Harrison New Zealand literature science fiction
150 Treasures
Limited numbered edition (153 of 200) in slipcase, folio, black cloth boards with silver lettering to spine & front board, illus mounted to front board, brown eps, 195pp, illus, nr fine, in slipcase, black cloth boards with silver lettering & mounted illus to board, VG+ (v slight rubbing to boards)
PUBLISHER: David Bateman 2001
KEYWORDS: Krzysztof Pfeiffer Auckland War Memorial Museum New Zealand artefacts treasures art collections science natural history craft
5th Australasian Asian Pacific Conference: Aluminiun Cast House Technology
Super octavo, black cloth boards with silver lettering to spine & front board, xi + 363pp, illus, VG (some soiling to page edges, slight foxing to eps & page edges)
PUBLISHER: GK Williams Cooperative Research Centre (?) 1996
KEYWORDS: Madhu Nilmani Peter Whiteley John Grandfield Australia Australian Australasian Asia Asian Pacific aluminium cast houses casthouse casthouses technology conference science engineering
Seventh Australian Asian Pacific Conference: Aluminium Cast House Technology
Super octavo, pale blue cloth boards with blue lettering to spine & front board, xii + 371pp, VG (moderate soiling to boards & upper page edges, light bruising to upper board corners & spine extrems)
PUBLISHER: The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) 2001
KEYWORDS: Peter R Whiteley extractive metallurgy science aluminium cast house technology smelter alloying furnace operations melting electromagnetic stirring casting refractories
Testing Metallic Coatings
Octavo, red cloth boards with black lettering to spine, xiii + 200pp + 5pp adverts, illus, VG (moderately heavy browning to page edges & peripheries, some soiling & tanning to prelims & terminals, bookseller's stamp to eps)
PUBLISHER: Robert Draper Ltd 1963
KEYWORDS: Artur Kutzelnigg science technology industry corrosion protection metallic coatings aluminium camium copper nickel silver zinc tin
Paleoethnobotany: A Handbook of Procedures
Imperial octavo hardcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Academic Press 1989
KEYWORDS: specials Deborah M Pearsall paleoethnobotany paleontology botany ethnobotany archaeology science
Salt: A World History
Octavo softcover (VG+) illus; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Vintage 2003
KEYWORDS: specials Mark Kurlansky history politics science discovery religion culinary
The Nemesis List
Octavo softcover (nr fine); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: TOR 2010
KEYWORDS: specials RJ Frith science fiction literature nocal
Icarus
Super octavo softcover (nr fine); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Golancz 2006
KEYWORDS: specials Roger Levy scifi science fiction literature novel
Lieutenant Colonel
Paperback (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Ace 2000
KEYWORDS: specials Rick Shelly scifi science fiction literature
Antarctica: The Ross Sea Region
First edition in slipcase, large quarto, grey boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 287pp, fine, in slipcase, nr fine
PUBLISHER: DSIR Publishing 1990
KEYWORDS: first edition Trevor Hatherton Antarctica Ross Sea South Pole history exploration geology science
Son of Heaven: Chung Kuo Book 1
Super octavo softcover (VG+): all our specials have minimal dewcription to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Corvus 2011
KEYWORDS: specials literature science fiction fantasy David wingrove
A Manual of the Spores of New Zealand Pteridophyta: A Discussion of Spore Morphology and Dispersal with Reference to the Identification of the Spores in Surface Samples and as Microfossils
Super octavo, green cloth boards ith gilt lettering to spine & gilt spore motif to front board, frontispiece, 186pp, illus, VG (slight staining to boards, v slight foxing to page edges, owner's name & date in ink to fep, some tanning to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: New Zealand DSIR 1955
KEYWORDS: WF Harris New Zealand pteridophyta spores spore morphology botany science
Mineral Waters and Spas of New Zealand
Octavo, purple cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, yellow eps, 155pp, illus, VG- (heavy fading to boards, heavy fading & tanning to spine, some soiling to boards & eps, light foxing & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: John Mackay, Government Printer 1914
KEYWORDS: Arthur S Wohlmann New Zealand mineral waters spas spa treatment medicine health resorts medical care science
A History of the British Zoophytes in Two Volumes
Second edition
Two-volume set, super octavo, dark green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 488pp (vol 1), vol 2 unpaginated plates, illus, VG (vol 1 lacks f.e.p, half-title page of vol 1 loose, light bruising & fraying to spine extrems, light fading to spines, slight staining to boards, some tanning to page edges, bookseller's label to front pastedowns, slight sporadic foxing)
PUBLISHER: John Van Voorst 1847
KEYWORDS: George Johnston British zoophytes zoology coral sea anenome sponge science
Pliocene Mollusca of Southern Florida (The Academy of Natural Science of Philaelphia Monographs - Number 8)
With Special Reference to Those from North Saint Petersburg. With Special Chapters on Turridae and Vitrinellidae and Fresh-Water Mollusks
Super octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, v + 457pp + 65 plates at rear, illus, VG (some rubbing to boards & spine, slight foxing to upper page edges, owner's name stamp to fep)
PUBLISHER: Robert E. Krieger Publishing Company 1979
KEYWORDS: Axel A Olsson Anne Harbison science molluscan fossils William G Fargo Charles R Locklin collections reference
Handbook of Human Symbolic Evolution
Quarto, light card covers with black lettering, xxix + 906pp, illus, nr fine (light creasing to rear cover upper corner)
PUBLISHER: Blackwell Publishers 1999
KEYWORDS: Andrew Lock Charles Peters science anthropology psychology linguistics biology primatology
The Journal of the Quekett Microscopical Club: Second Series Volume II
7 issues of this journal featuring Grove & Sturt's studies of Diatoms at Oamaru (Sept 1888) plus BW Priest, G Jennings Hinde, W Murton Holmes, A Grunow on similar topics of marine life at Oamaru, super octavo, half bound with shimmering maroon cloth boards and tan calf spine & board corners, gilt lettering in black & red decorative title panels to spine, page edges stained mottled red, pages numbered individually to each issue, illus + numerous plates, VG (slight tanning & foxing to page edges, bookseller's label to front pastedown, some soiling & creasing to first title page, some foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Williams & Norgate 1888
KEYWORDS: Quekett microscopical journal microscopes science marine biology diatoms valves fossils