Scienza e natura

I Watch and Listen. A Book About Birds.

PRICE, NANCY. · 1957 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.94 | $19.86 | ¥3,174)

London: The Bodley Head, 1957. 1st edition. Nancy Price's love of Birds, inherited from her parents who had a bird sanctuary in the grounds of their home, has developed through a long life of watching and listening. In this book she writes not for the expert ornithologist but ...

The Book of the Lantern.

HEPWORTH, THOMAS CRADOCK. · 1894 · Chilton Books

£65.00 (€77.74 | $86.06 | ¥13,753)

London: Hazell, Watson, and Viney, Ltd, 1894. 5th edition. A Practical Guide to the Working of the Optical (or Magic) Lantern. With Full and Precise Directions for Making and Colouring Lantern Pictures. Pp.`xii/286/xviii(ads), frontispiece example of a lantern slide + 87 figur...

The Chemistry and Practice of Sizing.

BEAN, PERCY AND SCARISBRICK, F. · 1910 · Chilton Books

£27.00 (€32.29 | $35.75 | ¥5,713)

Manchester: Kirkham & Pratt Ltd, 1910. A Practical Treatise on the Sizing of Cotton Yarns, Practical Size Mixing, Tape Sizing, Ball or Warp Sizing, and Hank Sizing. Warp Bleaching and Tinting, Hank Bleaching, Mildew and Iron Stains, Cloth Bleaching,the Ventilating and Humidify...

Wild Life in East Anglia.

DUTT, WILLIAM A. · 1906 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.53 | $23.83 | ¥3,809)

London: Methuen & Co, 1906. 2nd edition. With Sixteen Illustrations in Colour by F.Southgate, R.B.A. Pp.x/370/40(publisher's catalogue), colour frontispiece + 16 further plates (15 in colour), spotting to closed page edges occasionally encroaching onto margins. Blue cloth, gil...

The Mathematical Psychology of Gratry and Boole.

BOOLE, MARY EVEREST. · 1897 · Chilton Books

£60.00 (€71.76 | $79.44 | ¥12,695)

London: C.W.Daniel, nd. (c.1897). Translated from the Language of the Higher Calculus into that of Elementary Geometry. Contents: I.Introductory; II.Geometric Co-Ordinates; III.The Doctrine of Limits; IV.Newton and Some of His Successors; V.The Law of Sacrifice; VI.Inspiration...

The Barley Bird. Notes on the Suffolk Nightingale.

MABEY, RICHARD. · 2010 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.53 | $23.83 | ¥3,809)

Woodbridge: Full Circle Editions, 2010. 9780956186911. 1st edition. "In this enchanting and intensely personal exploration of the nightingales links with the Suffolk landscape and with its local culture, Richard Mabey also traces the bird's course through myth, lore, tradition...

Mad About The Dog. (Signed).

HARLEY, BELINDA. · 2009 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.35 | $15.89 | ¥2,539)

London: Souvenir Press, 2009. 9780285638631. 1st edition. "Goofy was a ragamuffin and an enchanting rogue: the unwanted dog on the Greek island of Paxos who simply adopted Belinda Harley and laid his heart at her feet.." 18.5cms x 11.5cms. Pp.96, signed by the author to title ...

My Friends Are A Mixed Bunch. True Tales for Animal Lovers.

SHOTT, PATSY. · 1996 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.90 | $33.10 | ¥5,290)

Bury St Edmunds: Privately Published, 1996. 0952873303. "Encounters with animals which lead to care at your home should never be undertaken lightly. I cannot think of any family which have devoted more of their lives to the welfare of the contents of cardboard boxes brought to...

Antigrav.

STRICK, PHILIP. (EDITOR). · 1975 · Chilton Books

£50.00 (€59.80 | $66.20 | ¥10,579)

London: Hutchinson, 1975. 0091224500. 1st edition. Anthology of Science Fiction short stories by Stanislaw Lem, Theodore Sturgeon, James Blish, Brian W.Aldiss, John Sladek, Harry Harrison, Barry N.Malzberg, Ron Goulart, and others. Pp.184. Black cloth, dustwrapper has slight s...

Charles Fort: A Radical Corpuscle. By Sam Moskowitz .

MOSKOWITZ, SAM (1920 - 1997 ) . · 1976 · Chilton Books

£40.00 (€47.84 | $52.96 | ¥8,463)

Newark, N.J. : Sam Moskowitz, 1976. 0. Limited edition of 300 copies, signed by the author. This is a mimeographed and stapled magazine (last leaf loose). 11.0" x 8.5". pp.20. Illustrated white paper front cover with a design by "Gropper" (soiled and creased). No rear cover. A...

The Birth of Time. How we measured the Age of the Universe.

GRIBBIN, JOHN. · 1999 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.57 | $10.59 | ¥1,693)

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 1999. 1st.ed. "This the story of one the great scientific puzzles of our time - the mystery of the age of the Universe - and how this mystery was finally solved." Pp. 216, 6 black & white Illustrations, Paperback. VG.

What Every Engineer Should Know About Rubber.

NAUNTON, W.J.S. · 1956 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.94 | $19.86 | ¥3,174)

London: The Natural Rubber Development Board, 1956. 3rd impression."The author is of the opinion that engineers should know not only how rubber components are used but also how they are made". Pp.128, 145 figure illustrations, owner's name to front free endpaper. Brown cloth, ...

Elementary Guide to Reinforced Concrete. (Twelfth edition).

LAKEMAN, ALBERT. · 1950 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.96 | $13.24 | ¥2,116)

London: Concrete Publications Limited, 1950. 12th edition. "Concrete Series" Books on Concrete. "The object of this book is to provide the practical man and the student with an elementary guide to reinforced concrete which will afford a clear understanding of the principles of...

Apocalypse Not. Science, Economics and Environmentalism.

BOLCH, BEN AND LYONS, HAROLD. · 1993 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.35 | $15.89 | ¥2,539)

Washington: Cato Institute, 1993. 1st edition. Contents: 1.The Environment and Environmentalism; 2.Rationality, Morality, and Environmentalism; 3.The Population Problem: A Revisionist Perspective; 4.Chemophobia in America; 5.A Multibillion-Dollar Radon Scare; 6.The Greenhouse ...

A Scientist in Search of God.

CHATFIELD, H.W. · 1964 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.53 | $23.83 | ¥3,809)

Croydon: Chatfield Applied Research Laboratories Ltd, 1964. 1st edition. Chapters: 1.Coincidence or Design? 2.Order, Uniformity & Beauty; 3.Complexity; 4.The Continuity of Plant Life; 5.The Continuity of Animal Life; 6.The Continuity of Human Life; 7.The Earth a Vast Treasure-...

On The Use of Science to Christians.

CAILLARD, EMMA MARIE. · 1897 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.35 | $15.89 | ¥2,539)

London: James Nisbet and Co, 1897. 1st edition. Contents: I.Science and the Spiritual in Nature; II.Science and the Mystery of Evil; III.Science and the "Mystery of Pain"; IV.Science and Immortality; V.The Relation of Science to the Scriptures; VI.Science and Prayer; VII.Faith...

At The Door. A Tale to Read Both on the Lines and Between.

YATES, KATHERINE M. · 1905 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.35 | $15.89 | ¥2,539)

Boston: The Harmony Shop, 1905. 1st edition. Allegorical story. Pp.32, minor spotting to front endpapers, owner's inkstamp to front free endpaper, small bookseller's label (The Art Store, Sloane Sq) to inside front board small loss to corner tip of front free endpaper. Yellow ...

The Butterflies of Suffolk. An Atlas and History.

MENDEL, HOWARD AND PIOTROWSKI, STEVEN H. · 1986 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.90 | $33.10 | ¥5,290)

Ipswich: The Suffolk Naturalists Society, 1986. 0950815411. 1st edition. Contents includes: The County of Suffolk; Climate; Geology and Soils; Suffolk Butterfly Habitats - Woodland - Grassland - Heathland; History of Recording; Conservation; The Suffolk Butterfly Survey; The C...

Reflex Klystrons.

HAMILTON, J.J. · 1958 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.90 | $33.10 | ¥5,290)

London: Chapman & Hall Ltd, 1958. 1st edition. A "monograph, largely selected from numerous authoritative sources on velocity-modulated valves..intended to give a grasp of the essentials of relex klystrons, an account of their history, position and scope in the field of microw...

Marine Radio Operator's Guide.

CHAMBERLAIN, H.E. · 1940 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.92 | $26.48 | ¥4,232)

London: Hutchinson's Scientific & Technical Publications, nd. (c.1940s). "Based on the author's fifteen years experience at sea, during which time he served in all classes of vessels from tramp steamers to cruising liners and 'Big Ships'. It is not intended as a training manua...