Ariel Books

The Face of Nature : Popular Readings in Elementary Science

Ovenden, Rev. C T · 1902

$26.00 (€23.59 | £19.68 | ¥4,152)

John Murray Covers Weather, Plant Biology, Geography etc. Burgundy waxed cloth bds with bright Gilt titles and tooled Flral decoration in Gilt (fresh as new and unworn) nice wood block printed folliage border to title page, pp 188 with 86 figures through text, plus catalogue t...

Electric Power and Traction

Davies, F H · 1907

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,581)

Archibald Constable & Co Westminster Series of new technology. Green bds with blind stamped borders and Bright Gilt Titles, one cnr sl.bruised o/w very fresh, pp 293 with 67 photo and line diagrams, tight and pristine interior, not inscribed but has light foxing to end pages. ...

Oriens Occidens

Hartner, Willy · 1968

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Georg Olms Text is in English, French and German. A wonderful book on ancient oriental astronomy of China, the near east, Islam and the continent. Charts and details of using the Astrolabe. CONDITION Blue bds with crisp gilt title to front, and gilt title in black flag to spin...

A Treatise on Civil Engineering

Patton, W. M. · 1905

$76.00 (€68.95 | £57.53 | ¥12,136)

John Wiley & Sons Revised. Textured Black cloth bds with Leather spine and gilt title, bottom corns and spine sl. rubbed, otherwise very clean and tight, pp 1,654 with catalogue. Not inscribed or foxed. Overweight H 2nd Edition No Jacket New York, U.S.A. Near Fine 8vo - over 7...

Classical Geography : History Primer

Tozer, H F · 1876

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Macmillan History Primer. Red cloth boards with black titles, whip stitched pages, eps lightly browned, corner lightly bumped. 127 pages. Tight book, text bright. VG++ copy H First Edition Not Issued London, United Kingdom Very Good 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall

The Earth in Past Ages : The Useful Knowledge Library

Seeley, Harry Govier · 1895

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Hodder & Stoughton A lovely geology book on fossil location and stratafication. CONDITION Blue cloth boards with whith decoration and tille and gilt spine title, foxed eps, pp196 with 40 nice illus and photos. A tight clean copy with no foxing to interior. H First Edition No ...

Relics Of Primeval Life

Dawson, Sir J William · 1897

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Hodder & Stoughton Taken from lectures on pre-cambian fossils delivered in the Lowell Institute, Boston November 1895. Blue waxed cloth bds with bright Gilt title (fresh with sharp cnrs, wear to cloth at spine head) Chocolate Brown eps, pp xiv 336 with 65 illus (maps, photo, e...

Pihkal : a Chemical Love Story

Shulgin; Alexander & Ann · 1991

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,581)

Transform Press Written by an American biochemist. He introduced psychoactive drugs like MDMA. This book described their work and psychedlic experiences with Phenethylamines with documented chemical synthesis of many of these compounds. CONITION New in shrink wrap. OVERWEIGHT ...

New Zealand Geomorphology : Reprints of Selected Papers 1912 - 1925

Cotton, C A · 1955

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,581)

New Zealand University Press Cotains 16 papers delivered by Professor Cotton. Red bds with Black title and bright Gilt crest of St Johns College Oxford to front (light shelf wear, sl faded at spine head) pp 281 with 34 b/w photo illus plus figural illustrations cross sections ...

Marine Algae of New Zealand: Pt. 3 Rhodophyceae, No. 3 Cryptonemiales

Chapman, V J; Parkinson, P G · 1974

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

J Cramer Beige cloth over wraps. Paginated 115 to 278 with figural illus and photo plate illus through out. Tight and crisp as new. S First Edition Germany Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Marine Algae of New Zealand: Pt. 3 Rhodophyceae, No. 4 Gigartinales

Chapman, V J · 1979

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

J Cramer Green cloth over wraps. Paginated 279 to 509 with figural illus and photo plate illus through out. Tight and crisp as new. S First Edition Germany Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

The Sun : Its Planets and Their Satellites a Course of Lectures Upon the Solar System

Ledger, Edmund · 1882

$460.00 (€417.35 | £348.18 | ¥73,456)

Edward Stanford The Gresham Lectures for 1881 & 1882. Given by the Professor of Astronomy Gresham College, London. pp xiv 432, illus with 94 woodblocks, 8 woodbury photo and lith plates (one set of three in colour) fold out chart of Mar to front. Only faults a little faded to ...

Open-Air Studies in Australia

Chapman, Frederick · 1929

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

J M Dent Frederick Chapman (1864 - 1943) noted Australian Palaeontologist and Geologist. The essays contained are on the collection of fossils stored there including sponges, corals and fishes, and geology. CONDITION CONDITION Green cloth (clean and unworn) pp xx 170 with 67 h...

The Indo-Chinese Forest Ox or Kouprey

Coolidge, Harold Jefferson · 1940

$195.00 (€176.92 | £147.60 | ¥31,139)

Museum of Comparatice Zoology Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College. Vol LIV, No. 6 . Author was an American zoologist and expert on exotic mammals, founding director of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as well as of the W...

A New Story of the Stars; No. 1 The History and Scope of the Story; Reply to the Critics, No. 2 the General Problem of Stellar Collision; Opinions of the Press

Bickerton, Professor A W · 1900

$175.00 (€158.78 | £132.46 | ¥27,945)

Whitcombe & Tombs; Bickerton Brothers Professor Alexander William Bickerton (1842 - 1929) was the first professor of Chemistry at Canterbury College (later University). He is best known for teaching and mentoring Ernest Rutherford. This contains his partial impact theory expla...

The Flora of Westmorland : An Account of the Flowering Plants, Ferns and Their Allies, Mosses, Hepatics and Lichens so far known to occur in the County. With particulars as to their Localities, Usual Habitats, Grade of Citizenship, Distribution

Wilson, Albert · 1938

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.25 | ¥5,749)

T Buncle & Co Green buckram cloth with bright gilt title (tips curved o/w unworn) pp [4] 413, numerous b/w photo plates, folded coloured map in rear pocket. tidy name inside front, eps and leading edge have light spotting o/w very bright and crisp copy. Overweight H First Edit...

The Ferns of New Zealand and its Immediate Dependencies, with directions for their Collection and Cultivation

Field, H C · 1890

$70.00 (€63.51 | £52.98 | ¥11,178)

A D Willis Rebound in Green cloth with gilt spine title, 164 pages with nice engraved head and tail pieces, numerous illus on 29 plates to rear. Has some worm damage inside bds and few pages either end with edges of last third of plates effected, old archival repair to short t...

Theophrastus on Stones: Introduction, Greek Text, English Translation, and Commentary

Theophrastus; Caley, Earle R; Richards, John C · 1956

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Ohio State University This was to be used as a source for other lapidaries until at least the Renaissance. Theophrastus classified rocks and gems based on their behavior when heated, further grouping minerals by common properties, such as amber and magnetite, which both have ...

Diptera Brachycera and Athericera of the Fiji Islands. Based on Material in the British Museum (Natural History)

Bezzi, Mario · 1928

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Bitish Museum Red cloth bds with bright Gilt title and decoration (insect speckling to cloth on bds with a tiny nick mid font at spine edge) plate tipped in to front ep stating "presented by the trustees of the British Museum" small ex libris plate of Dr Corr McLachlan to insi...

Catalogue of the Diptera of the New Zealand Sub-Region. Dept of Scientific & Industrial Research, NZ. Bulletin No. 100

Miller, David · 1950

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Government Printer Ex Library copy from NZ National Library it has a couple of cancel stamps to front, remnants of pocket to rear and number to spine. Library binding of heavy card with original wraps pasted over and cloth spine, pp 194 with a map and 2 photo portraits. Nice c...