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The Monster Telescopes, erected by the Earl of Rosse, Parsonstown

William Parsons · 2010

£15.24 (€18.27 | $20.13 | ¥3,215)

Book Very Good Cambridge University Press A reprint of works first publishes in 1844 'with an account of the manufacture of the specula, and full descriptions of all the machinery connected with these instruments'. VG, no inscriptions.

Methods for estimating the Primary Production of Forests

P J Newbould · 1967

£6.19 (€7.42 | $8.18 | ¥1,306)

Book Good International Biological Programme/ Blackwells IBP handbook No. 2. Light wear to illustrative covers, name to ffep, otherwise clean, sound, good.

Radio Astronomy Simplified

Heywood, John · 1963

£21.23 (€25.45 | $28.05 | ¥4,479)

Book Good Good Arco Publications London How to build a simple radio telescope, with a discussion of astronomical observation that can be made with it. Blue cloth covers lightly worn and sunned, name to front paste-down, no other annotation, clean, tight and sound, good in chip...

Pesticides, Policies and People

Beaumont, Peter · 1993

£7.22 (€8.65 | $9.54 | ¥1,523)

Book Very Good The Pesticides Trust London A scientific study, reviewing the evidence in the UK, and concluding that pesticide use should be reduced. Small crease to one corner, o/w VG, np inscriptions.

Collected Reprints - 1941

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution · 0

£25.68 (€30.78 | $33.93 | ¥5,418)

Book Good Woods Hole Massachusetts 1942 PB Papers which appeared in 1941, with the annual report of 1940. A report from the International Ice Observation and Ice Patrol Service from 1939 is bound in. A heavy book. Ex-academic-library, minimal marking; covers worn and marked, s...

The Geomorphology of the British Isles - Scotland

Sissons, J B · 0

£7.22 (€8.65 | $9.54 | ¥1,523)

Book Very Good Methuen London 1976 PB University Paperback no. 589. Slight marks to cover, neat name to half title, o/w VG. 150pp 0

Nicholas Copernicus 1543 - 1943

Stephen P Mizwa · 1943

£6.19 (€7.42 | $8.18 | ¥1,306)

Book Good The Kosciuszko Foundation Large stapled booklet, covers marked and worn, otherwise clean and sound, good.

Modern Technology and its Influence on Astronomy

J V Wall and A Boksenberg, eds. · 1990

£7.22 (€8.65 | $9.54 | ¥1,523)

Book Good Cambridge University Press Laminated illustrative covers sunned and lightly worn, small tippex mark to ffep, small stain to title page, otherwise clean and sound, good.

Outlines of Field-Geology

Archibald Geikie · 1879

£21.18 (€25.39 | $27.98 | ¥4,468)

Book Good Macmillan and Co London Second edition, revised and enlarged. A classic of early geological research. Red cloth a little worn and marked, no inscriptions, very occasional foxing and grubby marks, sound, good.

NASA/Trek: popular science and sex in America

Constance Penley · 1997

£11.77 (€14.11 | $15.55 | ¥2,483)

Book Very Good Verso London Light wear to illustrative covers, no inscriptions, generally VG.

Burns Chronicle: Bicentenary edition 1996

Peter J Westwood, ed. · 1996

£28.24 (€33.85 | $37.31 | ¥5,958)

Book Very Good Very Good Signed by the editors Burns Federation No. 497 of the Subscribers' edition of 10000 copies, signed by the editor. VG in VG DJ.

Imagining Science: art, science and social change

edited by Sean Caulfield and Timothy Caulfield · 2008

£21.18 (€25.39 | $27.98 | ¥4,468)

Book Very Good University of Alberta Press Edmonton Essays and original art exploring the artistic response to scientific and technological advances. Light wear to illustrative covers, no inscriptions, VG.

Collected Reprints 1942

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution · 1943

£42.36 (€50.78 | $55.96 | ¥8,937)

Book Good Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Woods Hole, Mass. Ex-academic library, minimal marking. Essays contributed during 1942, also the Annual Report from 1941. The 1940 excerpt from International Ice Observation and Ice Patrol Service in the North Atlantic is also bou...