Scienza e natura

INSIDE THE STARGAZER'S PALACE The Transformation of Science in 16th-Century Northern Europe

MOLLER Violet · 2024 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Oneworld Publications, 2024. 9780861547524 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered dark blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. 291 (no inscriptions).

A DEVIL'S CHAPLAIN Selected Essays

DAWKINS Richard · 2003 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2003 1st edn 4th impression. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. vi + 264 (no inscriptions).

DARWINISM An Exposition of the Theory of Natural Selection with Some of Its Applications

WALLACE Alfred Russel · 1889 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Macmillan and Co., 1889 1st edn. 8vo (8 x 5½ ins). Original blind-ruled gilt lettered green cloth (worn at head and tail of spine and corners of boards - otherwise VG in protective cover). Pp. xvi + 494 + [2] publisher's catalogue, illus with b&w frontispiece with tissue-guard...

PRINCIPIA MATHEMATICA Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy [&] A GUIDE TO NEWTON'S PRINCIPIA MATHEMATICA

NEWTON Isaac, COHEN I. Bernard, WHITMAN Anne, NAUENBERG Michael, SMITH George E. · 2008 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Folio Society, 2008 1st printing. 2 vols boxed set. Tall 8vo (10 x 7 ins). Original silver decorated black buckram cloth (Fine), slipcase (lightly scuffed at edges - otherwise near Fine). Pp. xxx + 494 [&] xvii + 385, illus with coloured plates and b&w figures in text (previou...

ICL A Business and Technical History The Official History of Britain's Leading Information Systems Company

CAMPBELL-KELLY Martin · 1990 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Clarendon Press Oxford University Press, 1990. 9780198539186 1st edn 2nd printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover). Pp. xii + 409, illus with b&w plates and figures in text (no inscriptions).

THE MATHEMATICAL WORK OF CHARLES BABBAGE

DUBBEY J.M. · 1978 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Cambridge University Press, 1978 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (accession number at tail of spine - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. viii + 235, illus with b&w frontispiece (ex academic library with usual stamps and markings and previous owner's neat inscr...

LEIBNIZ AND DYNAMICS The Texts of 1692

COSTABEL Pierre · 1973 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Methuen [&] Cornell University Press, 1973. 9780416770001 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered brown cloth (near Fine), dustwrapper (ring mark on upper cover and light wear at edges - in protective wrapper, price clipped). Pp. 141 (previous owner's neat inscription on front en...

THE SCIENCE OF DESCRIBING Natural History in Renaissance Europe

OGILVIE Brian W. · 2008 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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University of Chicago Press, 2008. 9780226620886 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (VG). Pp. xvi + 385, illus with b&w photos (no inscriptions).

THE PHONE FIX How to Transform Your Smartphone Habits

BEGETI Faye · 2024 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Apollo Head of Zeus, 2024. 9781803285566 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original purple lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. 310, with b&w illus (no inscriptions).

SHIRLEY The Life of a Botanical Adventurer

SHERWOOD Shirley · 2024 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Unicorn, 2024. 9781911397892 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. 255, with coloured and b&w illus (no inscriptions).

THE RETURN OF THE GREY PARTRIDGE Restoring Nature on the South Downs

MORGAN-GRENVILLE Roger, NORFOLK Edward · 2024 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Profile Editions, 2024. 9781800819061 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered white cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG). Pp. xxvi + 195, with coloured and b&w illus (faint crease on title page; no inscriptions).

THE END OF EDEN Wild Nature in the Age of Climate Breakdown

WELZ Adam · 2023 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Bloomsbury Sigma, 2023. 9781399415873 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original pictorial cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. xvi + 271, illus with coloured plates and with b&w line drawings as chapter heading decorations (no inscriptions).

SPEED How it Explains the World

SMIL Vaclav · 2025 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Viking, 2025. 9780241754542 8vo. Original printed card covers (softback) (Fine). Pp. xvi + 345, illus with diagrams, graphs and b&w photos in text (no inscriptions).

THE NATURE OF PANDEMICS Why Protecting Biodiversity is Key to Human Survival

ROBINSON Jake M. · 2025 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Pelagic Publishing, 2025. 9781784275990 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original pictorial boards (Fine). Pp. x + 342, illus with b&w photos in text, drawings and diagrams (no inscriptions).

README A Bookish History of Computing from Electronic Brains to Everything Machines

McCRAY W. Patrick · 2025 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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MIT Press, 2025. 9780262553483 8vo. Original printed card covers (softback) (Fine). Pp. 376 (no inscriptions).

INFINITE ALPABET And the Laws of Knowledge

HIDALGO Cesar A. · 2025 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Allen Lane, 2025. 9780241655672 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original black lettered light yellow paper laid boards (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. xiv + 233, illus with b&w figures (no inscriptions).

THE DEADLY BALANCE Predators and People in a Crowded World

HART Adam · 2023 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Bloomsbury Sigma, 2023. 9781472985361 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original black and white lettered red and cream coloured cloth (Fine). Pp. 368 (no inscriptions).

INSIDE DATA SCIENCE Hackers and the Making of a New Profession

BRANDT Philipp · 2025 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Columbia University Press, 2025. 9780231214094 8vo. Original printed card covers (softback) (Fine). Pp. x + 357, illus with figures (no inscriptions).

THE GODS HAD WINGS Legends Folklore and Quaint Beliefs About Birds

BROWN W.J., FARLEIGH John [Illustrator] · 1936 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Constable and Co., 1936 1st edn. 8vo. Original black lettered olive green cloth (upper board a little bowed and page edges spotted - otherwse VG), dustwrapper (long diagonal tear on upper cover with sellotape repair on tear and edges of cover - in protective wrapper, price cli...

THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE With Observations on Various Parts of Nature and the Naturalist's Calendar

WHITE Gilbert, JARDINE Sir William, JESSE Edward · 1851 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Henry Bohn, 1851 8vo (7 x 4¾ ins). Rebound in contemporary gilt tooled maroon and blue calf with matching marbled edges and endpapers (light wear at joint of upper board - otherwise VG). Pp. xxiv + 416, illus with 40 engraved plates (prelims lightly marked; no inscriptions).