Scienza e natura

The Small Fruit Culturist

Fuller, Andrew S. · 1867 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$180.62 (€114.84 | $126.57 | £95.81 | ¥20,211)

New York Orange Judd First edition pp. 276. 8vo. Bound in a textured, dark burgundy cloth with faded gilt lettering to spine. Replete with engraved illustrations. Moderate scuffing to boards, edgewear to extremities, corners bumped, book plate to ffep, soiling to rfep, some fo...

Shadows of the Mind; A Search for the Missing Science of Consciousness

Penrose, Roger · 1994 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$21.72 (€13.81 | $15.22 | £11.52 | ¥2,430)

Oxford Oxford University Press pp. xvi, 457. 8vo. Light shelfwear, slight odour; very good in very good dustjacket, minor discolouration to flaps.

Nouveau Morceaux Choisis de Buffon; Avec des notes instructives, et une notice sur la vie at les ouvrages de l'auteur

Ventouillac, L. T. · 1824 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$108.39 (€68.92 | $75.95 | £57.49 | ¥12,129)

London Threuttel, Wurtz, Treuttel, Fils, & Richter pp. xviii, 174, 6. Slim 12mo. Bound in green leather. Raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. Gilt decoration to boards. Gilt page edges. Ribbon page marker. Black and white frontispiece, engraved title page with author's po...

This Bondage; A Study of the 'Migration' of Birds, Insects, and Aircraft, with some Reflections on 'Evolution' and Relativity

Acworth, Bernard · 1929 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$86.67 (€55.11 | $60.73 | £45.97 | ¥9,698)

London John Murray pp. xxiv, 229. 8vo. Bound in dark blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Light wear to board edges, bookplate to front pastedown, frequent pencil notations, age-toning to pages; very good- in good, discoloured dustjacket with large tears at folds and splot...

Wild Flowers of the Prairie Provinces

Flock, Elizabeth Burnett · 0 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$14.45 (€9.19 | $10.13 | £7.66 | ¥1,617)

Regina and Toronto School Aids & Text Publish pp. 112. 8vo,,Stapled card covers show moderate wear & light soiling, bookplate to inside cover; else good+, With drawings by J. H. Flock. An uncommon reference work intended for use in public schools. Extensively illustrated. phot...

The Insect World; Being a Popular Account of the Orders of Insects; Together With A Description of the Habits and Economy of Some of the Most Interesting Species

Figuier, Louis · 1869 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$108.39 (€68.92 | $75.95 | £57.49 | ¥12,129)

London Cassell, Petter and Galpin Second Edition pp. 519. Bound in russet cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Contains 576 illustrations. General scuffing, slant to spine, bookplate, blind stamp and some tape to ffep, light foxing throughout (though illustrations and text unaf...

Lord of Emperors

Kay, Guy Gavriel · 2000 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$43.34 (€27.56 | $30.37 | £22.99 | ¥4,850)

Toronto Viking First Edition pp. 531. 8vo. Light shelfwear. Dustjacket with some nicking and a short tear to edge, now protected in plastic brodart sleeve; very good+ in very good dustjacket.

Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences

Gaililei, Galileo; Henry Crew and Alfonso de Salvio [trans.]; Antionio Favaro [intro.] · 1963 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$13.05 (€8.30 | $9.14 | £6.92 | ¥1,460)

New York McGraw-Hill pp. xxi, 288. 8vo. Crease to spine, discolouration to rear cover and ink to front, frequent pencil underlining, good+.

Leviathan and the Air-Pump; Hobbes, Boyle, and the Experimental Life

Shapin, Steven and Simon Schaffer · 1989 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$14.45 (€9.19 | $10.13 | £7.66 | ¥1,617)

Princeton Princeton University Press pp. 440. 8vo. Light shelfwear, small tide line to lowewer edge, pencil underlining throughout; very good.

Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems; Ptolemaic & Copernican

Galilei, Galileo; Stillman Drake [trans.]; Albert Einstein [fwd.] · 1967 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$15.94 (€10.13 | $11.17 | £8.46 | ¥1,784)

Berkeley University of California Press pp. xxvii, 496. 8vo. Light shelfwear, sparse pencil underlining throughout; very good.

Rare Earth; Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe

Ward, Peter D.; Donald Brownlee · 2000 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$18.08 (€11.50 | $12.67 | £9.59 | ¥2,023)

New York Springer pp. xxviii, 333. 8vo. Light shelfwear, pencil annotations and underlining, small spots to foredge; very good- in very good dustjacket, minor discolouration to front panel, security tag stuck to rear flap.

London Fog; The Biography

Corton, Christine L. · 2015 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$18.08 (€11.50 | $12.67 | £9.59 | ¥2,023)

Cambridge Belknap Press pp. 391. 8vo. Dark gray cloth to spine. Light shelfwear; very good+ in very good+ dustjacket.

Four Wings and a Prayer; Caught in the Mystery of the Monarch Butterfly

Halpern, Sue · 2001 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$17.33 (€11.02 | $12.14 | £9.19 | ¥1,939)

New York Pantheon pp. 212. 8vo. Lightest shelfwear; near fine in near fine dustjacket.

Les Animaux Historiques

Fournier, Ortaire; Victor Adam (illus.) · 1845 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$122.84 (€78.10 | $86.08 | £65.16 | ¥13,746)

Paris Carrier, Libraire-Éditeur pp. 403. 8vo. Red leather binding and gilt lettering to spine, pebbled boards. Gilt page ends. Text in French. Contains 24 engraved plates. General scuffing, particularly to corners, bookplate to ffep, heavily foxed throughout, missing the engra...

The God Equation; A Quest for a Theory of Everything

Kaku, Michio · 2021 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$19.47 (€12.38 | $13.64 | £10.33 | ¥2,179)

New York Doubleday pp. ix, 225. 8vo. Light shelfwear; very good+ in very good dustjacket.

Trees, Flowers and Fruit for Manitoba

Brodrick, F.W. [Manitoba Farmer's Library] · 1918 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$36.17 (€23.00 | $25.35 | £19.19 | ¥4,047)

Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba Department of Agriculture and Immigration pp. 19. 8vo. Thumbing to edges; very good.

Report of the Year 1919

The Manitoba Horticultural and Forestry Association · 1919 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$25.25 (€16.05 | $17.69 | £13.39 | ¥2,825)

Winnipeg, Manitoba [Manitoba Horticultural and Forestry Association] pp. 96. 8vo. General shelfwear, some age toning and minor discolouration; very good. Volume VI of the Manitoba Horticulturalist for the year 1919.

Grande Prairie Weeds; A Provisional Review

Groh, Herbert · 1939 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$28.89 (€18.37 | $20.24 | £15.32 | ¥3,233)

Ottawa Minister of Agriculture pp. 12. 8vo. Dominion of Canada pamphlet. Age toned, some nicking to edges, ink inscription to cover; very good. Department of Agriculture Pamphlet No. 117.

The Book of Baby Birds

Detmold, E.J.; Florence E. Dugdale [Mrs. Thomas Hardy] · 1919 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$108.39 (€68.92 | $75.95 | £57.49 | ¥12,129)

London Humphrey Milford pp. 120. 4to. Circular illustrated plate to front board. Beautiful colour plates by E.J. Detmold throughout. Discolouration to boards, short tear to head of spine, light wear to edges, gift inscription to ffep, few spots to pages. Artwork clean and brig...

Common British Fungi; A Guide to the More Common Larger Basidomycetes of the British Isles

Wakefield, Elsie M.; R.W.G Dennis · 1981 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$25.25 (€16.05 | $17.69 | £13.39 | ¥2,825)

Surrey Saiga pp. viii, 212. 4to. Brown binding with gilt lettering to spine. Colour illustrations. Light shelfwear bookplate and address to ffep; very good in very good dustjacket. From the 'Know the Countryside' series.