Scienza e natura

The History and Development of Steam Locomotion on Common Roads.

FLETCHER, William: · 1891 · Rochdale Book Company

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

Spon, 1891, pp. xii, [4], 307 with very many illustrations including eight folding plates. Original cloth, a little rubbed, but very sound.

The Theory of Relativity.

MOLLER, C: · 1952 · Rochdale Book Company

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1952, pp. xii, 386. Original cloth, with dent to back cover, but good, sound condition.

Elements of the Art of Assaying Metals. In two parts. The first containing the theory, the second the practice of the said art. The whole deduced from the true properties and nature of fossils. Translated from the Latin.

CRAMER, John Andrew: · 1741 · Rochdale Book Company

£700.00 (€839.05 | $924.74 | ¥147,670)

London, for Tho Woodward and C. Davis, 1741, first edition in Englsh, 8vo, pp. [12], 470, [8], with six folding plates. Contemporary calf with porobably later leather title label. Small blank torner torn from one leaf, short, clean split to one fold of plate 2, else very good,...

Explosives, their Manufacture, Properties, Tests and History.

MARSHALL, Arthur: · 1915 · Rochdale Book Company

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

J & A Churchill, London, 1915, 4to, pp. xvi, 624, illustrated. Original red cloth. Ink stamps of a Halifax chemical company on endpaper and title page. Please note that the back cover is marked with old damp stains, there is a tiny hole in the edge of the spine and a neat litt...

Electric Science; Its History, Phenomena and Applications.

BAKEWELL, F.C: · 1853 · Rochdale Book Company

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

Ingram, Cooke, London, 1853, pp. 200, illustrated. Original cloth, rubbed and dull, but sound. Marginal tear to frontispiece, early name and address written across title page ( Blas Rangel, a recorded Victorian photographer), lightly used, stitching a little weak, but a reason...

The Technology of Industrial Fire and Explosion Hazards,

SMART, R. Cecil: · 1947 · Rochdale Book Company

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Chapman and Hall, 1947, two volumes complete, pp.202 and 184.Original cloth ibn dust jackets. Please note that the jackets are rubbed and dusty, otherwise this is a good, sound set.

The Botany of Worcestershire, or the Distribution of the Indigenous & Naturalized Plants of That County.

LEES, Edwin: · 1867 · Rochdale Book Company

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

Worcester, 1867, pp. xci, 148, 48, (3), illustrations and folding coloured map. Original cloth a little frayed at head and tail of spine, else good condition. Author's compliments inside and a couple of names of early owners.

Scientific Treatise on Smoke Abatement.

HAMILTON, H: · 1917 · Rochdale Book Company

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Manchester, Sherratt & Hughes, 1917, 4to, pp. xiii, 155, illustrated. Binding dull, stain to top edge of back cover, name inside, but good, sound condition in the original cloth.

Modern Electro-Plating.

HUGHES, W.E: · 1923 · Rochdale Book Company

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

London, Henry Frowde and Hodder & Stoughton,1923, pp.160,illustrated, Library labels to endpapers,stamp on verso of title-page,and a couple of other small stamps, but a good,sound copy in the original cloth. A guide book for platers,works chemists and engineers.

Monograph of the British Phalangidea or Harvest-Men.

PICKARD-CAMBRIDGE, Rev O: · 1890 · Rochdale Book Company

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Dorchester,Sime & Co,1890, pages run from 163 to 216,but complete in itself. With 5 plates each with a descriptive leaf of text. Ex-library in rather rubbed leather-backed boards,but still a tight,sound copy. There are several small library stamps, else contents good. Scarce.

A Synopsis of the False Scorpions of Britain and Ireland.

KEW, Harry Wallis: · 1911 · Rochdale Book Company

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Dublin,Hodges Figgis,1911, offprint from the proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, volume 29, comprising pages 38 to 64 with 3 plates. An ex-library copy in cloth and marbled boards with the original wrappers bound in. Number at foot of spine and bookplate inside,but a very ...

Tsetse Flies their Characteristics,Distribution and Bionomics with some account of Possible Methods for their Control.

AUSTEN, Major E.E. and HEGH, Emile: · 1922 · Rochdale Book Company

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

London, Imperial Bureau of Entomology, 1922, pp.ix,188 with 5 plates. An ex-library copy strongly bound in cloth. A little dusty and with a few unobtrusive stamps,but a good,sound copy.

Monograph of the British Cicadae,or Tettigiidae.

BUCKTON, George Bowdler: · 1890 · Rochdale Book Company

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

London,Macmillan,1890-91, two volumes bound in one,pp. vi,(2),lxxvii,133,(3),(4),211. Neat old library binding of half cloth with marbled paper sides.Trace of numbers at foot of spine,but a nice,clean copy. Priced inexpensively as it is bound without the coloured illustrations.

Shells of the Western Pacific in Color.

KIRA, Tetsuaki: · 1970 · Rochdale Book Company

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.41 | ¥10,126)

Japan,Hoikusha Publishing,1970, two volumes,pp.224,233,profusely illustrated. Volume 1 illustrates 1270 specimens and volume 2 illustrates 1457 specimens. Vol 1 is a reprint of the revised edition of 1965 and vol 2 is a reprint of the revised edition of 1968. There is a little...

Townsend's Warbler.

Fleischman, Paul, · 1992 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

NY, Harper Collins, 1992. 1stEd, 1stprnt. VG Hardback in VG DJ. Beautiful book! When naturalist John Townsend set out in 1834 for a cross- continental exploration he encountered starvation,. sand storms, Indian war parties and a fragile warbler no one had ever beheld before. H...

Loon Magic.

Klein, Tom, Preface by Sigurd t. Olson, edited by Jeff Fair, · 1989 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$24.00 (€21.78 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

Minocqua, WI, Northword, (1989). 3rd edition. VG lg size hardcover in VG DJ. Glorious book on loons in their natural habitat.

This Good Earth - the view from Audubon Magazine.

Line, Les, editor, · 1974 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

NY, Crown Publishers, (1974). VG in VG DJ. An affirmation of the earth's beauty. Owner inscription fep.

Creatures of the Kingdom: Stories of animals and nature.

Michener, James, A., · 1993 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

NY, Random, (1993). First Edition. VG Hardback in G DJ. Talks about the natural world.

Silvicultural systems for the Major Forest Types of the United States.

Timber Managemeent Research Forest Service, · 1979 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$5.00 (€4.54 | £3.78 | ¥798)

Washington, D.C., USDA Forest Service, (1979). 2nd ed. VG PB. Agriculture Handbook No 445.

The Naming of Names: the search for order in the world of plants.

Pavord, Anna (author of The Tulip), · 2005 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

NY, Bloomsbury, (2005). 1ST U.S. ED. VG Hardback in VG DJ. Breathtaking, viaully stunning - About the men who searched for the rules of nature's game. Booksellers sticker fep.