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Harmonic 33

CATHIE Bruce · 1977

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Reed lightly sunned spine, name to fep, 207pp, author explains his theory of UFO phenomena reliant on a world wide energy grid, includes Kaikoura UFO sighting S reprint No Jacket Wellington Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

A Treatise on Astronomy

HERSCHEL J F W edited Dionysius Lardner · 1833

$275.00 (€249.52 | £208.17 | ¥43,914)

Longman Rees Orme Brown Green & Longman Full leather but lacking upper board, spine and lower board are rubbed. inscription on verso of endpaper dated 1856, prelims and engraved title page are foxed and soiled, a part of Lardner's Cabinet of Natural Philosophy. viii 422 + 3 ...

Adventure in Oil, the Story of British Petroleum

LONGHURST Henry · 1959

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Sidgwick & Jackson excellent copy, 286pp + plates, map end papers, foreword by Churchill H First Edition No Jacket London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Prospecting for Gold from the dish to the hydraulic plant...

IDRIESS Ion L · 1946

$175.00 (€158.78 | £132.47 | ¥27,945)

Angus & Robertson ...and from the dolly to the stamper battery, with chapters on tin, osmiridium, platinum, opals and oil, with a chapter on prospecting for oil by W G Woolnough. Stapled sheets in plain card covers with printed paper wrappers, very mild wear, French flaps unc...

The Biology of the race Problem

GEORGE Wesley Critz · 1963

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Raymond Bamford recent(?) xeroxed facsimile of The Race Issue Pamphlet No 12., saddle stitched into plain blue card wrappers. Author was Professor of Histology and Embryology, emeritus, formerly head of the Department of Anatomy, University of North Carolina Medical School. T...

Darwinism: An exposition of the theory of natural selection, with some of its Applications

WALLACE Alfred Russell · 1912

$250.00 (€226.83 | £189.24 | ¥39,922)

MacMillan Third edition, 1912 printing, xx, 494 pp+2pp adverts, plus frontis port with tissue guard, and map, pencil name and date to ffep, corners bumped and starting to fray (minor), green cloth wilt gilt to spine and upper board, tidy copy H third edition No Jacket London ...

The Old Red Sandstone or New Walks in an Old Field

MILLER Hugh

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Dent undated , assumed first thus in the Everyman Library edition, khaki cloth with gilt dec spine, some small tears or chips at head and small splits to lower joint, top corner of fep small area insect damage, binding showing between half title and the calligraphic 'fronti...

Soil survey and Land Evaluation

DENT David & YOUNG Anthony · 1981

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

George Allen Unwin 278pp + folding plates, near fine with slight corner bumping from storage, This book provides a concise and practical introduction to techniques and procedures, for professional surveyors, students and potential users of surveys. S First Edition No Jacket Lo...

Admiralty Handbook of Wireless Telegraphy Volume 1 & 2

anon · 1941

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Her Majestys Stationery Office BR 229, vol 1 'Magnetism and Electricity', boards lightly rubbed and corners bumped, name and date to paste down, rubber name stamp to fep and rear fep, all edges dusted red speckle, unpaginated but approx 200pp, BR 230 vol 2 'Wireless Telegraphy...

The Royal Dutch (Shell) Petroleum Company (N.V. Koninklijke Nederlandsche Petroleum Maatschappij), 1890 - 16 June - 1950 (Diamond Jubilee Book)

The Royal Dutch (Shell) Petroleum Company · 1950

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

small discrete stamp to fep, half title and verso of frontis, as well as rear fep and top edge. large folding colour map in pocket at rear in fine condition. Text in Dutch. 212pp b&w photos in text. A company history of the Shell petroleum corporation. spine slightly sunned,...

Guide to fossil man, a handbook of human palaeontology

DAY Michael · 1967

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Cassell DW complete and unclipped but well rubbed to surface showing as white., corner tips frayed. 289pp many photographs in the text. inscription to fep. scientific work on the finds of ancient prehistoric pre-human remains. H Second Edition Good London Very Good 8vo - ove...

A Programmers guide to COBOL

HARRISON William J · 1980

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Van Nostrand Reinhold DW with edge tears and folded over portions due to this, minor chipping, name to fep, 232pp H reprint Good New York Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The Chain of Life in Geologic Time

DAWSON J William · 1888

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Religious Tract Society Religious Tract Society Library binding, two tone blue cloth quarter bound, gilt titled spine, blind impress to cover, original floral dec endpapers, 'A Sketch of the Origin and Succession of animals and Plants', third revised edition with numerous ill...

The Lichens and Mosses of Mac.Robertson Land

FILSON Rex B. · 1966

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Antarctic Division, Dept. Of External Affairs ANARE no 82, 169pp including plates, book has very mild water mark at toip corner of rear pages, jacket has some wear and handling, short tear to fold etc, clean but shows some age. H First Edition Good Canberra Very Good 4to - ove...

The Dot and the Line a Romance in Lower Mathematics

JUSTER Norton · 1964

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Thomas Nelson pictorial boards rubbed to edges, DW edgewear with short splits and rubbing, approx 60pp, illustrated mathematical fable on the romance between a Dot and a Line, landscape 130 x 190mm H New edition Good London Good Landscape 16mo

Deep Time, Cladistics, the Revolution in Evolution

GEE Henry · 2000

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Fourth Estate Books Limited VG used 262pp H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Everything You Need to Know About G E But the Government Won't Tell You

DRACE Charles · 2003

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Satori c c Ltd compilation of official and unofficial reports on all aspects of genetically modified foods and livestocks, 'all the myths and propaganda exposed', a GE resource book, with the real facts , real science and real experiences. 287pp S First Edition No Jacket Chris...

The Radio Experimenters Handbook

SLEEPER M B · 1922

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Norman W. Henley red cloth faintly darkened with smoke soiling, closed edges smoke dusted ink name to free flyleaf, a little smoke stain to extreme edge of fep (minimal), 143 +4pp index +9pp adverts, internally very clean and smoke free, diagrams and photos throughout, early...

Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicles

BILSTEINRoger E. · 1996

$65.00 (€58.98 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)

Franklin Classics Reissue photo facsimile of the original 1980 publication, NASA history series NASA SP-4206, title has 1996, xx 511 pages with illustrations, heavy book may require extra charge depending on shipping destination H Reissue No Jacket Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9?...

Phycological Research Volume 47 Issue 4 December 1999

KAWAI Hiroshi The Japanese Society of Phycology · 1999

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Blackwell (500 gram rate) ISSN 13220829, pp233-289 S First Edition No Jacket Very Good 4to - over 9? - 12" tall