Books - "science"
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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
The World for World is Forest
FIRST EDITION, 2ND IMP., 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: Victor Gollancz 1977
KEYWORDS: modern first editions second impressions scifi science fiction novels literature Ursula K le Guin
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
The British Species of Angiocarpous Lichens, Elucidated by Their Sporida
8vo, pp. [6] + 102 + xxx plates +18 + 3; green cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, arabesques in blind to boards bordering lettered wreath centrepiece in gilt (in blind to rear board); teg, publisher's tp vignette, plates; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; moderate to heavy bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in blue ink to ffep; binder's stamp to rear pastedown (Westleys & Co.); lg segment of cl to spine torn at rear joint, attatched only at front joint, some loss to lettering).
PUBLISHER: The Ray Society 1851
KEYWORDS: W A Leighton lichen botany botanical science biology plants plantlife 19th century natural history
A Monograph of Lichens Found in Britain: Being a Descriptive Catalogue of the Species in the Herbarium of the British Museum Part I
This volume only. 8vo, pp. viii + 520 + 18; green buckram boards, spine lettered in gilt; top edge stained dark; illus.; G+ (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; heavy bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with heavy chipping; lg segment of cl to upper half of spine torn at rear joint with heavy loss, cl remaining attached only to front joint; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; presentation plate to ffep; prev bookseller's sticker to front pastedown; prev ownership inscription in black ink to ht; moderate cracking to front & rear hinges; moderate cracking to central gutters).
PUBLISHER: British Museum (Natural History) 1894
KEYWORDS: James M Crombie lichen botany botanical science biology plants plantlife 19th century British Museum natural history reference catalogue catalog
Where There's a Will, There's a Way! or, Science in the Cottage; An Account of the Labours of Naturalists in Humble Life
Octavo softcover (VG+) minor pencil markings to margins; 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: Cambridge University Press 2011
KEYWORDS: British science scientists naturalists natural history James Cash
Magic, Reason and Experience: Studies in the Origin and Development of Greek Science
Super octavo softcover (VG) extensive underlining; 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: Cambridge University Press 1987
KEYWORDS: ancient Greece Greek science philosophy history historical research
Natural Science Books in English 1600-1900
Imperial 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: Portman Books 1989
KEYWORDS: history historical natural science academic books