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$750.00
ak5/2/21

Scientific Correpsondence of Sir Joseph Banks 1765-1820 (6 Vol Set)


BANKS, Sir JOSEPH & CHAMBERS, NEIL (Ed)

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

$62.50
ak5/3/21

Images of Science: A History of Scientific Illustration


FORD, BRIAN J

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

$130.00
ak5/4/6

Occult Science


CLYMER, R SWINBURNE

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

$40.00
ak5/5/3

Looking for Answers: Conversations on Art and Science


GOMBRICH, ERNST & ERIBON, DIDIER

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

$45.00
ak5/5/17

Nietzsche and Modern Times: A Study of Bacon, Descartes, and Nietzsche


LAMPERT, LAURENCE

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

$40.00
2b42a/12

Face Value: The Irresistible Influence of First Impressions


TODOROV, ALEXANDER

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

$50.00
2f51f/55

Imperial Nature: Joseph Hooker and the Practices of Victorian Science


ENDERSBY, JIM

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

$27.50
xx69pol212375

Andromeda: A Space-Age Tale


YEFREMOV, IVAN

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

$20.00
xx69pol212377

A Bibliography of the Writings of Dr William Harvey 1578-1657 (Third Edition)


KEYNES, GEOFFREY & WHITTERIDGE, GWENETH (Revised by) & ENGLISH, CHRISTINE (Revised by)

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

$30.00
xx71pol212400

The World for World is Forest


LE GUIN, URSULA K

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

$22.50
xx185pol212531

Homo Hierarchicus: The Caste System and its Implications


DUMONT, LOUIS & SAINSBURY, MARK (Trans)

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

$30.00
xx81pol212541

Warlord of Mars Attacks


PARKER, JEFF & KOTZ, DEAN (Artist)

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

$25.00
xx81pol212560

The Sociology of Pierre Joseph Proudhon 1809-1865


HALL, CONSTANCE MARGARET

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

$25.00
xx84pol212598

Konstantin Tsiolkovsky: His Life and Work


KOSMODEMYANSKY, Prof & DANKO, X (Trans)

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

$50.00
ak5/6/38

Environment, Subsistence and System: The Ecology of Small-Scale Social Formations


ELLEN, ROY

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

$40.00
2s2c/20

The British Species of Angiocarpous Lichens, Elucidated by Their Sporida


LEIGHTON, Rev W A

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

$40.00
2s2c/21

A Monograph of Lichens Found in Britain: Being a Descriptive Catalogue of the Species in the Herbarium of the British Museum Part I


CROMBIE, Rev JAMES M

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

$37.50
xx87pol212642

Where There's a Will, There's a Way! or, Science in the Cottage; An Account of the Labours of Naturalists in Humble Life


CASH, JAMES

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

$35.00
xx88pol212650

Magic, Reason and Experience: Studies in the Origin and Development of Greek Science


LLOYD, G E R

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

$33.50
xx90pol212682

Natural Science Books in English 1600-1900


KNIGHT, DAVID M

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

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