Scienza e natura

Water Purification Plants and Their Operation.

STEIN, Milton F. · 1915 · John Turton

£20.88 (€25.03 | $27.59 | ¥4,406)

London: Chapman & Hall; John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1915 1st edition, first thousand. 8vo. viii, 258pp, 11 plates within the pagination, 95 text figures, text tables. Original blind-stamped blue cloth gilt. Extremes rubbed with slight wear; spine darkened; light text age-brow...

Fire Aboard: the problems of prevention and control in ships and port installations.

RUSHBROOK, Frank. · 1961 · John Turton

£25.52 (€30.59 | $33.72 | ¥5,385)

London: The Technical Press, 1961. Large 8vo. xvi, 480pp, portrait frontis, 14 double-sided plates, folding diagrams, text illustrations, figures and tables. Original brown cloth gilt, te coloured, very lightly rubbed d/w. Mersey Docks & Harbour Board General Manager's Library...

La Nouvelle Mecanique des Quanta ... 'Collection de Monographies Scientifiques Etrangers.'

BIRTWHISTLE, George. · 1929 · John Turton

£27.84 (€33.38 | $36.79 | ¥5,875)

Paris: Librairie Scientifique Albert Blanchard, 1929. 8vo. [iv], vi, 333pp, text figures. Original printed card wraps, uncut/unopened. Wraps very lightly rubbed and soiled; occasional very slight spotting.

The Royal Society, or, science in the state and in the schools.

HUGGINS, William, Sir. · 1906 · John Turton

£27.84 (€33.38 | $36.79 | ¥5,875)

London: Methuen & Co, 1906. Large 8vo. xv[i], 131pp, frontis, title-page device, 22 plates, text illustrations. Original decorated red cloth gilt, uncut. Spine and part of boards stained; extremes rubbed with slight wear. Ex-reference library with usual evidence. * A clean cri...

Birds Ashore and A-Foreshore. With ... illustrations ... by Winifred Austen ...

CHALMERS, Patrick R. · 1935 · John Turton

£20.88 (€25.03 | $27.59 | ¥4,406)

London: Collins, 1935. Large 4to. 180pp, title-page vignette, 16 colour plates, text illustrations. Modern green cloth gilt. Extremes rubbed; cloth lightly soiled. Ex-reference library with minimal evidence - none to plates.

Transactions of the Tyneside Naturalists' Field Club. 1851-1854 Vol II.

TYNESIDE NATURALISTS' FIELD CLUB. · 1854 · John Turton

£32.48 (€38.94 | $42.92 | ¥6,854)

Newcastle-upon-Tyne: F. & W. Dodsworth. 1854. 8vo. [ii], 351[1]pp, 5 litho plates. Modern maroon cloth gilt. Ex-reference library with minimal evidence. * Contains parts ii and iii of 'A Catalogue of Insects of Northumberland and Durham', pp 21-97, 164-276, plus 11pp of 'Obse...

Birds and Mammals of Shetland.

VENABLES, L. S. V. and U. M. · 1955 · John Turton

£25.52 (€30.59 | $33.72 | ¥5,385)

Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1955. 8vo. xii, 391pp, frontis, plates, text figures, text tables, full-page text map. Original green cloth gilt, ep maps, te coloured. Extremes lightly rubbed; a very few small light stains to cloth; gilt to spine faded; ex-library with usual evide...

Hand-List of Seals, Morses, Sea-Lions, and Sea-Bears in the British Museum.

GRAY, John Edward. · 1874 · John Turton

£55.68 (€66.75 | $73.57 | ¥11,750)

London: printed by order of the Trustees, 1874. 8vo. [iv], 43[1]pp, 30 litho plates at rear, 15 text illustrations. Modern blue cloth gilt. Ex-reference library with usual evidence.

2nd International Congress of Entomolgy, Oxford, August 1912 (2 Vols). Volume I. Proceedings ... Volume II. Transactions.

JORDAN, K.; H. ELTRINGHAM (Editors). · 1913 · John Turton

£69.60 (€83.44 | $91.97 | ¥14,688)

London and Aylesbury: printed by Hazell, Watson & Viney, 1913,14. 4to. 183; 489pp; plate with printed overlay, 34 further plates. Contemporary pebble-grained blue cloth gilt, sprinkled leaf-edges. Spines a little darkened; small ink stain to leaf-edges of volume II; very light...

Ier Congres International d'Entomologie, Bruxelles, 1-6 Aout 1910 (2 Vols). Volume I. Historique et Proces-verbaux .... Volume II. Memoires.

ENTOMOLOGY. · 1911 · John Turton

£69.60 (€83.44 | $91.97 | ¥14,688)

Brussells: Hayez, 1911,12. 4to. 276; 515pp; plates (2 with printed overlays). Contemporary pebble-grained blue cloth gilt, sprinkled leaf-edges. Spines a little darkened; light text age-browning. Ex-reference library with usual evidence. * Contributions in English, French and ...

The Horse's Foot, and how to keep it sound, with illustrations.

MILES, William. · 1846 · John Turton

£55.68 (€66.75 | $73.57 | ¥11,750)

London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman. Exeter: Spreat and Wallis, 1846 3rd edition. 4to. viii, 59pp, 10 litho plates each with accompanying text leaf. Original decorated blind-stamped brown cloth gilt, uncut. Cloth faded, soiled and stained; occasional soiling to margins;...

The Formation of Cumberland. Reprinted from the Transactions of the Cumberland Association for the Advancement of Literature and Science. Part IV, 1879.

FERGUSON, R.S. · 0 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.91 | $15.33 | ¥2,448)

N.P N.D. 28 pp. Original printed blue card wraps, stab sewn. Cloth strip applied to spine, wrap fairly foxed and age browned.

Advances in the study of Mammalian behaviour. Special Publication, the American Society of Mammalogists: vol 7.

EISENBERG, John F.; Devra G. KLEIMAN (Editors). · 1983 · John Turton

£13.92 (€16.69 | $18.39 | ¥2,938)

American Society of Mammalogists, 1983. 8vo. xvi, 753pp, text illustrations, figures and tables. Original green cloth lettered in black, very lightly soiled and rubbed d/w.

African Notebook: the notes of a biologist in East Africa.

HICKIN, Norman E. · 1969 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.91 | $15.33 | ¥2,448)

London: Hutchinson & Co, 1969. 8vo. xiii[iii], [160]pp, 70 text illustrations. Original green cloth gilt, glassine-protected slightly rubbed and soiled d/w.

Coro-Coro: the world of the Scarlet Ibis.

ZAHL, Paul A. · 1956 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.91 | $15.33 | ¥2,448)

London: Hammond, Hammond & Co, 1956. 8vo. 216pp, colour frontis, 14 double-sided b/w plates. Original navy cloth lettered in black, glassine-protected rubbed and chipped d/w. Very light spotting to ht.

The Kingfisher.

EASTMAN, Rosemary. · 1969 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.91 | $15.33 | ¥2,448)

London: Collins, 1969. 8vo. 159pp, title-page vignette, 2 double-sided colour plates, 2 double-sided b/w plates, full-page text plan. Original blue cloth gilt, glassine-protected chipped and soiled d/w. Very light spotting to leaf-edges.

The Coast of England and Wales in Pictures.

STEERS, J. A. · 1960 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.91 | $15.33 | ¥2,448)

Cambridge: University Press, 1960. 4to. ix[i], [146]pp, 43 plates (42 double-sided), 18 text maps and figures. Original green cloth gilt, lightly rubbed d/w.

Handlist of the Shropshire Flora.

LLOYD, L. C.; E. M. RUTTER. · 1957 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.91 | $15.33 | ¥2,448)

Shrewsbury: Caradoc and Severn Valley Field Club, 1957. 8vo. xi[i], 99pp, [10]pp index, folding map at rear. Original printed card wraps. Wraps lightly soiled; MS title to spine.

Flora of Staffordshire: flowering plants and ferns.

EDEES, E. S. · 1972 · John Turton

£13.92 (€16.69 | $18.39 | ¥2,938)

Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1972. 8vo. viii, 280pp, errata slip loosely inserted, 4 double-sided plates, 5 text maps. Original green cloth gilt, d/w.

An Introduction to the Study of Fossil Plants.

WALTON, John. · 1940 · John Turton

£13.92 (€16.69 | $18.39 | ¥2,938)

London: Adam & Charles Black, 1940. 8vo. x, 188pp, frontis, 138 text illustrations and figures, 4 text tables. Original green cloth gilt, glassine-protected chipped and browned d/w. Light stains to cloth; frontis rippled.