Books - "science"
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Escape from Predicament: Neo-Confucianism and China's Evolving Political Culture
Ex-library. Super 8vo hardcover (VG) in d/w (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 costs
PUBLISHER: Columbia University Press 1977
KEYWORDS: China Chinese politics government history political science civilisation civilization
Government and Politics in Islam
Ex-library. 8vo hardcover (VG) in d/w (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 costs
PUBLISHER: Frances Pinter 1985
KEYWORDS: Islam politics political science government Jacqueline S Tareq Y Ismael
Wish You Were Here: The Official Biography of Douglas Adams
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Headline 2003
KEYWORDS: scifi science fiction literature literary biography biographies memoir Douglas Adams Hitchhiker's Guide
Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors: A Bibliography of First Printings of Their Fiction and Selected Nonfiction
Ex-library. Super 8vo, pp. xxxii + 571; orange buckram boards, spine & front board lettered in black & gilt; VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; library markings to eps).
PUBLISHER: G. K. Hall & Co. 1979
KEYWORDS: L W Currey science fiction sci fi sc-fi fantasy authors bibliography bibliographical
Alchemy: The Secret Art
Imp. 8vo, pp. 128; green heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt; photos, illus.; VG- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping; light to moderate tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Bounty Books 1973
KEYWORDS: Stanislas Klossowski de Rola alchemy science philosophy nature history
Essays on Islamic Philosophy and Science
Very tidy ex-library, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 261pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: State University of New York Press 1975
KEYWORDS: essays prose literature Islam Islamic philosophy theology theosophy science
Scientific Correpsondence of Sir Joseph Banks 1765-1820 (6 Vol Set)
6 VOL SET, LACKS D/W, super ocatvo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, mixed pagination, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name (David Galloway) in pencil to some ffeps, occasional ink markings to margins)
PUBLISHER: Pickering & Chatto 2007
KEYWORDS: Sir Joseph Banks history historical letters correspondence naturalists science scientists
Images of Science: A History of Scientific Illustration
Quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, viii + 208pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to page edges, prev, owner's name (David Galloway) in pencil to half title page, binding sl sloppy) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: The British Library 1992
KEYWORDS: history science discoveries anthropology animals humans botany plants
Occult Science
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt occult symbol to front board, 271pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. booksellers' labels to front eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges, sl fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Philosophical Publishing Company 1954
KEYWORDS: occult science occultism esoteric first editions L H Anderson Dr Gerard Encausse arcane teachings
Looking for Answers: Conversations on Art and Science
Super octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 191pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl fading to board edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minor staining to top corner of ffep, occasional lght ink markings to margins, moderate annotation in ink to rear eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light tanning & soiling to covers, prev. bookseller's label to front, 4cm closed tear to top spine edge)
PUBLISHER: Harry N Abrams 1993
KEYWORDS: Sir Ernst Gombrich Didier Eribon art science philosophy
Nietzsche and Modern Times: A Study of Bacon, Descartes, and Nietzsche
Super octavo, maroon glossy light card covers, white & lettering to spine & covers, xii + 475pp, VG+ (sl creasing & curling to cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1993
KEYWORDS: philosophy literature criticism Laurence Lampert Friedrich Nietzsche metaphysics Rene Descartes Francis Bacon science
Face Value: The Irresistible Influence of First Impressions
Super 8vo, pp. [6] + 327; grey heavy card boards, cl spine lettered in gilt; photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning , foxing& soiling to pg edges; sl soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in blue ink to ffep); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 2017
KEYWORDS: Alexander Todorov first impressions character judgement faces psychology cognitive science
Imperial Nature: Joseph Hooker and the Practices of Victorian Science
Signed by author. Super 8vo, pp. xii + 429; illus. light card covers; photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; sl soiling to prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription to front cover verso).
PUBLISHER: The University of Chicago Press 2008
KEYWORDS: Joseph Dalton Hooker 19th century science botany botanists life lives biography
Andromeda: A Space-Age Tale
Octavo softcover (Near 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Fredonia Books 2004
KEYWORDS: scifi science fiction literature novels Ivan Yefremov
A Bibliography of the Writings of Dr William Harvey 1578-1657 (Third Edition)
Very tidy ex-library- possibly unread, super octavo hardcover (VG+) in slipcase (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: St Paul's Bibliographies 1989
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues literature literary Dr William Harvey science
Homo Hierarchicus: The Caste System and its Implications
Ex-library, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1970
KEYWORDS: anthropology social science caste systems sociology
Warlord of Mars Attacks
FIRST EDITION, imperial 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Dynamite N/D
KEYWORDS: modern first editions scifi science fiction comics comic books graphic novels Jeff Parker
The Sociology of Pierre Joseph Proudhon 1809-1865
Tidy ex-library, octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Philosophical Library 1971
KEYWORDS: social science sociology Pierre Joseph Proudhon theory 19th nineteenth century history
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky: His Life and Work
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: University Press of the Pacific 2000
KEYWORDS: Russia Russian Konstantin Tsiolkovsky biography biographies science scientists
Environment, Subsistence and System: The Ecology of Small-Scale Social Formations
Very tidy ex-library, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 324pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, light discolouration to spine & board edges, light tanning to eps) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, light creasing to edges, sl tanning to rear & flaps, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1982
KEYWORDS: human ecology environment theory social science sociology anthropology anthropo-geography