Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Gems and Gem Materials.

Kraus, Edward Henry and Edward Fuller Holden, · 1931

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, McGraw Hill, 1931. 2nd ed. VG. Intriguing photos from past. Maroon binding, gilt lettering, decoration on spine. Slight tanning on beginning & ending pages.

Half-Hours wit Great Scientists: the story of physics.

Fraser, Charles G., · 1948

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

Toronto, Canada, Univ Toronto Press/Reinhold, 1948. VG. Inscribed by author. Science from early times to the 20th century. Brown binding, black lettering & gilt decoration spine. Owner stamp ft endpaper.

Fresh-Water Invertebrates of the United States.

Pennak, Robert W., Ph.D., · 1953

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

NY, Ronald Press Co, (1953). VG. Blue binding, silver lettering & decoration on spine. Edge wear.

The Genius Factory: the curious history of the Nobel Prize sperm bank.

Plotz, David, · 2005

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Random, (2005). 2nd ptg. VG in VG DJ. The most redical human-breeding experiment in American history but in 1999 it closed its doors and sealed its records until. Plotz set out to solve the mystery of the Nobel Prize sperm bank.

Hemichordata; Ascidians and Amphioxus, and Fishes vol. VII of The Cambridge Natural History.

Harmer, S. F., W. A. Herdman, T. W. Bridge, and G. A. Boulenger, · 1904

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

London, Macmillan, 1904. G. Green binding, gilt lettering on spine and decoration, top edge gilt. Some owner notations and underlining, name, edge wear.

Protozoa; Porifera (Sponges); Coelenterata & Ctenophora; Echinodermata: vol. I of The Cambridge Natural History.

Hartog, Marcus, Sollas, Igerna B. J., S. J. Hickson, and E. W. MacBride, · 1936

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,471)

London, Macmillan, 1936. G. Green binding, gilt lettering on spine and decoration, top edge gilt. Some owner notations and underlining, edge wear.

Heredity.

of Aberdeen, · 1909

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

NY, Putnam, 1909. VG. Olive green binding, gilt decoration on ft cover, gilt lettering on spine. Owner name, notations and underlining.

Geodesy: The Riverside Science Series.

Gore, J. Howard, Professor of Mathematics, Columbian University, · 1891

$43.00 (€39.01 | £32.55 | ¥6,867)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1891. G. Notions about the earth from primitive peoples on. Maroon binding, gilt lettering. Mark to fore-edge, ft hinge has split. at top.

A Lecture on Mendelism.

Drinkwater, H., M.D., · 1910

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,110)

London, Dent, 1910. VG. Mendel first propounded the biological theory of heredity. Dark blue binding, gilt lettering. Endpapers tanned, edge wear.

Search at Loch Ness: the expedition of the New York Times and the Academy of Applied Science.

Meredith, Dennis L., · 1977

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Quadrangle/NY Times Book Co., (1977). 2nd ptg. VG in VG DJ. In 1972 Dr. Robert Rines photographed what appeared to be a triangular form in Loch Ness, in 1975 a horned head. Ft DJ flap creased, tear at top of DJ back.

The Figure of the Earth and Isostasy from Measurements in the United States.

Division, Coast and Geodetic Survey, · 1909

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Washington, Dept of Commerce & Labor, 1909. VG. Maroon embossed binding, gilt lettering & seal on spine, nick side of title page, paper residue top inside corner ft endpage.

Physical Laws Underlying the Scale of a Sounding Tube: Special Publication no. 61.

Lambert, Walter D., · 1920

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Washington, D.C., Dept of Commerce, 1920. VG PB. Binding tanned at edges, ink mark ft cover, back cover creased at bottom corner.

Internal Constitution of the Earth.

Lambert, Walter D., · 1910

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

np, np, nd. VG PB. Signed letter dated 1910 from Lambert thanking owner for requesting a copy of his paper.

The Distribution of Land and Water on the Earth.

Reid, Harry Fielding, · 1920

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

np, np, nd (ca 1920). VG PB. Reprinted from Proceedings of The American Philosophical Society 1920. Tanning to edges, owner name top ft cover.

In the Labyrinths of Language: a mathematician's journey.

Nalimov, V. V., edited by Robert G. Colodny, · 1981

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Philadelphia, ISI Press, (1981). VG.

The Biological Time Bomb.

Taylor, Gordon Rattray, · 1968

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, World, (1968). BCE. VG in G DJ. Taylor says what biologists are readying for the human race is as earth-shaking as the atom bomb. DJ price clipped & rubbed.

Workshop on CEBAF at Higher Energies: April 14-16, 1994.

Isgur, Nathan & Paul Stoler, editors, · 1994

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Newport News, VA, Continuous Electron Beam Fac, (1994). VG lg sz PB.

A Laboratory Guide to the Study of Qualitative Analysis based upon the application of theory of electrolytic dissociation etc..

Bailey, E. H. S. & Hamilton P. Cady, revised by Paul V. Faragher, Ph.D., · 1916

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Philadelphia, Blakiston, (1916). 8th ed. Fair. Maroon embossed binding, gilt lettering on spine, edge wear, owner name & extensive notations, ft hinge cracked.

The Romance of Reality: the beauties and mysteries of modern science.

Clarke, Beverly L., Ph.D., · 1927

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Macmillan, 1927. VG. Red binding, gilt lettering on spine.

The Creative Moment: how science made itself alien to modern culture.

Schwartz, Joseph, · 1992

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, HarperCollins, (1992). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. How science progressively loses touch with the rest of society.