SPENCER, HERBERT

TEXT IN SPANISH, sm octavo, patterned brown leather boards, gilt lettering to red leather title plates on spine, raised bands & gilt decoration to spine also, marbled eps, 202pp + index to rear, VG (minor rubbing to spine & board edges, light staining/soiling & chafing to boards, moderate to heavy tanning & light soiling to page edges, moderate tanning & light foxing to pages throughout, occasional creasing/folding to page corners, minor cracking to central gutter)

PUBLISHER: MADRID, Imprenta, calle del Rollo, 7, bajo. 1887

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN SPANISH human history evolution creation Herbert Spencer science biology

CULPEPER, Nich.

FIRST EDITION, duodecimo, brown half leather bound boards, blind lettering & bands to spine- heavily rubbed, 461pp + unpaginated prelims & terminals, G- (boards detached but present, v heavy chipping & loss to board corners, heavy cracking & surface loss to spine- leather work v brittle, v heavy scuffing to boards, heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, heavy tanning & soiling throughout, prev. bookseller's label to front pastedown, sm pencil & ink annotation to pastedown- historic, rear ep partially detached & flapping, some page edges brittle & chipping)

PUBLISHER: London, Printed for N. Brock, at the Argel in Cornhill, 1659

KEYWORDS: antiquarian books 17th seventeenth century culpeper's science health medical historical

EINSTEIN, ALBERT & ADAMS, EDWIN PLIMPTON (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, ownership of Kenneth J Maidment, Vice Chancellor of Auckland Univesity, dated Merton College 1930, octavo, orange/brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering to front board, unpaginated prelims + 123pp, VG (light fading & soiling to spine, light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to prelims, occasional minro markings throughout, aforementioned prev. ownership signature to ffep, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1922

KEYWORDS: first editions science physics mathematics theory relativity lectures Albert Einstein

BERTRAM, GEOFF et al

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: BWB / Bridget Williams Books 2019

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Thomas Piketty criticism science climate economics

WELLS, MARTHA

FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey heavy boards, green gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 168pp, VG+ (light fading to board edges, light tanning to top page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Tordotcom / Tom Doherty Associates 2021

KEYWORDS: modern first editions scifi science fiction novels literature Martha Wells

DARWIN, CHARLES

Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, gilt lettering & blind stamp decoration to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, 389pp, illus, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & staining to spine, light scuffing to board edges & corners, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate soiling to eps, moderate to heavy foxing to prelims & terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to prelims, moderate chipping & creasing to edges of half title & frontis pages, sporadic light foxing throughout with minor cracking to guuters also)

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co 1901

KEYWORDS: Charles Darwin biology evolution natural selection early editions science

CHECKLAND, PETER

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 330pp, Near FINE (v sl soiling/foxing to top page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, minor vertical crease to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons 1998

KEYWORDS: systems theory science practice methodology research

STALIN, J

Super octavo, maroon buckram stiff boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, raised bands to spine, frontispiece, ix + (3) + 667pp, VG- (light tanning & moderate rubbing to spine, moderate cracking to front hinge, moderate bruising & tanning to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. ownership ink markings to ffep, moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Foreign Languages Publishing House 1943

KEYWORDS: social science Joseph Stalin V I Lenin leninism politics political economics

BISSETTE, STEPHEN R & DORMAN, DAVID (Illus)

Super octavo, olive green heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to black faux leather spine, illus prelims, 72pp, VG (sl scuffing to board corners, light foxing & soiling to page edges, light foxing to top edges of prelims, pgs 34-40 bound out of sequence, pgs 32-25-32 bound out of sequence plus upside down) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing/chipping to top edges, sl fading & rubbing to spine, light chafing, prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Dark Horse Comics 1992

KEYWORDS: graphic novels scifi science fiction Alien Aliens saga literature

DICK, PHILIP K & PARKER, TONY P (Adaptation de)

TEXT IN FRENCH, super octavo, illus heavy boards, white & red lettering to spine, illus eps, 108pp + (36), illus, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Heupe SARL / Emmanuel Proust Editions 2011

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH graphic novels Blade Runner Bladerunner series scifi science fiction literature Philip K Dick adaptations Tony Parker

NEEDHAM, JOSEPH & LING, WANG (Research Assist.)

2 VOL SET, imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, frontispieces, vol 1- xxxviii + 318pp, vol 2- xxii + (2) + 696pp, illus, folding maps to rear of vol 1, VG+ (sl bruising & & tanning to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep of vol 1, prev. owner's sm inscription in ink to ffep of vol 2, occasional light foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (vol 1 in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, corners of front flaps clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- some tidy tape repairs, light tanning to spines, minor chafing & soiling, light foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1954-62

KEYWORDS: China Chinese history geography science philosophy anthropology

ASIMOV, ISAAC

FIRST EDITION, 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: Hutchinson 1980

KEYWORDS: first editions Isaac Asimov global catastrophe climate change science threats

WILKINSON, RICHARD & PICKETT, KATE

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG+) soiling to boards; 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: Bloomsbury Press 2009

KEYWORDS: equality social science economics poverty social mobility classes

LUKACS, GEORG & LIVINGSTONE, RODNEY (Trans)

Octavo softcover (VG-) some pencil underlining & annotation; 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: The MIT Press 1985

KEYWORDS: political science economics politics Karl Marx marxist dialects

FEUER, LEWIS S

Super octavo, beige buckram boards, silver gilt lettering & gilt decoration to black buckram spine, top page edges stained grey, xii + 441pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, minor pencil annotation to ffep) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges- minor tape repairs, moderate tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Basic Books 1963

KEYWORDS: modern science philosophy history

POPPER, KARL R

SECOND PRINTING, LACKS D/W, super octavo, beige buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, 480pp, VG+ (sl rubbing/bruising to edges & extrems, sl tanning to spine, light tanning & soiling to page edges, minor creasing to base of prelims, occasional light pencil markings)

PUBLISHER: Basic Books 1961

KEYWORDS: Karl Popper logic philosophy theory science

GIERKE, OTTO & TROELTSCH, ERNST (Lecture) & BARKER, ERNEST (Trans & Intro)

VOL 1 & 2 COMPLETE IN ONE BOOK, octavo, cream light card wrappers, brown/black lettering to spine & covers, xci + 423pp, VG (moderate tanning/staining to spine & cover edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to inside front cover, prev. bookseller's price in ink to inside rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Beacon Press 1957

KEYWORDS: natural law philosophy humanities social science society Otto Gierke

CANNON, WALTER BRADFORD

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + 229pp, VG+ (light rubbing & bruising to extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, pg61/62 top corner folded) in d/w, VG- (light creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, top portion of spine missing, light tanning to spine, light chafing, light tanning to flaps, 3cm closed tear to bottom of front cover)

PUBLISHER: Hafner Publishing Company 1968

KEYWORDS: science research investigation Walter Bradford Cannon

PIPER, RAYMOND F & PIPER, LILA K & SWANN, INGO (Ed & Fore)

Quarto, black buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxii + 152pp, illus, VG (light rubbing to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Hawthorn Books 1975

KEYWORDS: cosmic art scifi science fiction spirituality

STICH, STEPHEN P

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1996

KEYWORDS: psychology philosophy cognitive science