Scienza e natura

"Language" and Intelligence in monkeys and apes. Comparative developmental perspectives.

PARKER, SUE TAYLOR, & GIBSON, KATHLEEN RITA. (EDITORS.) · 1994 · Chilton Books

£30.00 (€35.92 | $39.68 | ¥6,344)

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. 1st paperback ed. ".. explores the relationship between comparative cognitive development of animals (mostly nonhuman primates) and the evolution of a 'human' intelligence and/or language." 23.2cms. x 15.5cms. Pp.18/590, figures and...

Feeding the Human Family. Science Plans for the World Larder.

CLARK, F. LE GROS. · 1947 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.97 | $13.23 | ¥2,115)

London: Sigma, 1947. 1st ed. A scientific approach to food production written from a post-war perspective. Fully illustrated with maps by B.G.Lewis, diagrams and eight pages of photographs. Pp.125, maps, diagrams and 8 pages of photo plates, spotting to endpapers. Khaki cloth,...

Foods: Their Values and Management.

SHERMAN, HENRY C. · 1946 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.58 | $10.58 | ¥1,692)

New York:Columbia University Press, 1946. 1st ed. Written just after the end of World War II, this book is based on experiments and wartime experience concerning human nutritional needs and how improvments in food production and distribution could be made. Pp.10/221. Brown clo...

Select Methods of Food Analysis.

LEFFMAN, HENRY AND BEAM, WILLIAM. · 1905 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.94 | $26.46 | ¥4,229)

Philadelphia: P.Blakiston's Son & Co, 1905. 2nd ed. revised and enlarged. Written for the practical worker in the detection of food adulteration. Pp.6/396, 1 plate + 54 other b/w illustrations, owners bookplate to verso front board. Black cloth, gilt title to spine, edges rubb...

Seals in the Wild.

BRUEMMER, FRED. · 1998 · Chilton Books

£17.00 (€20.35 | $22.49 | ¥3,595)

Toronto: Key Porter Books, 1998. 1550139835. 1st ed. "Fred Bruemmer has studied and photographed seals for more than 35 years, and he chronicles the joys of that long relationship in this lavishly illustrated volume..The fascinating text that complements the photos is both a s...

Fungi of the Glasgow Parks.

MARSHALL, MARILYN. · 0 · Chilton Books

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.29 | ¥846)

Glasgow: Glasgow District Council, nd. nd. "This book has been written for both the layman and the amateur mycologist.." Pp. 68, 28 colour plates, 1 line drawing, 7 figures. P/b. VG.

Evolution of the Vertebrates. A History of the Backboned Animals Through Time.

COLBERT, EDWIN H. · 1966 · Chilton Books

£10.50 (€12.57 | $13.89 | ¥2,220)

New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1966. 6th printing. "To cover 400 million years of evolution and still give a clear and coherent picture, the author illustrates the orders of vertebrates by offering short but thorough descriptions of typical animals in each of the basic orders." ...

The Great Brain Robbery: Studies in Evolution.

WATSON, DAVID C.C. · 1975 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.59 | $3.97 | ¥634)

Worthing: Henry E. Walter, Ltd, 1975. 1st ed. "This scholarly, entertaining and infectiously enthusiastic work sets out to investigate those almost unquestioned theories of how we began .. in the light of new facts." Pp. 6/108, 1 illustration. P/b. G+.

Manual of Optics.

HAUGHTON, THE REV. SAMUEL. · 1881 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.96 | $19.84 | ¥3,172)

London: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co, 1881. New edition. Galbraith and Haughton's Scientific Manuals. Mathematical series. All edges red. Pp.4/82, many figure illustrations, ads to endpapers, owners details to title page, some pages coming loose. Brown blind-stamped cloth, gil...

Fossils: A Study in Evolution. (Line drawings by Melchior Spoczynski.)

SPOCZYNSKA, J.O.I. · 1971 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.58 | $10.58 | ¥1,692)

London: Frederick Muller Ltd, 1971. 1st British ed. "Joy Spoczynska traces in clear detail the significance of the fossil record, concentrating on the main line of evolution which has led to the higher mammals and man, and presents her conclusions with logic and insight." Pp. ...

Earth Story Sacred Story.

CONLON, JAMES. · 1994 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,057)

Mystic: Twenty-third Publications, 1994. 1st.ed. The author looks at the present ecological situation - including the depletion of natural resources, pollution, and the devastation of wilderness and wildlife - and urges readers to adapt a lifestyle more in sync with the needs ...

Preaching for Our Planet.

MONTEFIORE, HUGH. · 1992 · Chilton Books

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.29 | ¥846)

London: Mowbray, 1992. 026467281X. 1st ed. "Packed with helpful and authoritative information about today's environmental issues, and is a powerful plea for individual Christians to play their part in protecting God's earth". Pp.118. Paperback. VG.

Project Pope.

SIMAK, CLIFFORD D. · 1981 · Chilton Books

£6.50 (€7.78 | $8.60 | ¥1,375)

London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1981. 1st British ed. Science Fiction. Pp. 313/1 Biography. Dark blue cloth, illustrated d/w. VG/G+.

Space Ships and Space Travel.

ROSS, JR., FRANK. · 1956 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.58 | $10.58 | ¥1,692)

London: Museum Press Ltd, 1956. 1st ed. "The scientifically accurate story of man's attempts and plans to travel into interplanetary space." Pp. 166, 64 b/w illustrations, uneven toning to endpapers. Dark blue cloth, illustrated d/w price-clipped and has edge tears. G+/G+.

Tropical Fish and Fish Tanks. (With line drawings.)

DUTTA, REGINALD. · 1968 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,057)

London: Collins, 1968. Rep. Collins Nutshell Books. "Of all the creatures which people acquire as pets or companions tropical fish are probably the most delightful, the most varied, the most entertaining and the least demanding." 15.5cms. x 10.5cms. Pp. 128, line drawings thro...

Prisoners of Peace. (Star Trek. Deep Space Nine).

PEEL, JOHN. · 1994 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.59 | $3.97 | ¥634)

New York: Pocket Books, 1994. "When Jake, Nog and their friends Ashley and T'Ara are investigating some mysterious incidents on the station they discover a stowaway - a Cardassian stowaway named Kam". Pp 112,owners inkstamp to verso front cover, some b/w illustrations. P/b, il...

Lifelines: Biology, Freedom, Determinism.

ROSE, STEVEN. · 1997 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.37 | $15.87 | ¥2,538)

London: Allen Lane, Penguin Group, 1997. 1st ed. "In 'Lifelines', neuroscientist Steven Rose offers a theory of life that insists that we as humans - along with all living creatures - create our own futures, though in circumstances not of our own choosing." 24cms. x 16cms. Pp....

Unbounding the Future. The Nanotechnology Revolution.

DREXLER, K. ERIC, & PETERSON, CHRIS, WITH PERGAMIT, GAYLE. · 1992 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.58 | $10.58 | ¥1,692)

London: Simon & Schuster Ltd, 1992. 1st British ed. "Nanotechnology is one of the scientific concepts around, and 'Unbounding the Future' is the comprehensive, easy-to-understand handbook that explains what it is and how it will revolutionize life in the future." 24cms. x 16cm...

The Skywatcher's Handbook. Night and Day, what to look for in the Heavens above.

RONAN, COLIN A., & DUNLOP, STORM. · 1993 · Chilton Books

£6.50 (€7.78 | $8.60 | ¥1,375)

Leicester: The Promotional Reprint Co. Ltd, 1993. 1st Promotional Reprint ed. "The Skywatcher's Handbook is an illustrated reference book that provides all one needs to interpret the skies of the Northern Hemisphere by day and by night" Pp. 224, colour and b/w illustrations th...

Plant Communities. (Illustrated by Susanne Larsen.) Translated from the Danish by Joan Tate.

BULOW-OLSEN, ANNE. · 1978 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,057)

Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd, 1978. 1st English ed. Penguin Nature Guides. "Plants appear to grow anywhere. But this seemingly random growth is misleading; on closer inspection plants are found to be grouped in communities - governed largely by soil and weather conditions....