The Wild Muse

Application Des Principes de Mécanique Aux Machines Les Plus en Usagemues par L'Eau, la Vapeur, le Vent Et Les Animaux Et a Diverses Constructions

TAFFE, A. · 1837

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

Bruxelles: Meline, 1837. Hard. 8vo. Leatherbound. Published Bruxelles: Meline, 1837. text in french. 8vo, 341pp, 8 fold-out plates. 1/4 leather with gilt spine titles and designs over burgundy and black marbled boards, marbled endpapers and edges. Crack to the leather at the f...

Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain

ANTONIO DAMASIO · 2003

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Orlando, Florida: Harcourt, 2003. 1st. Hard. 8vo. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Orlando, FL: Harcourt, 2003, first printing. 8vo, x+355pp. Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket.. Very Good Plus .

The Intellectual Observer. Review of Natural History, Microscopic Research, and Recreative Science. Volume X

VARIOUS · 1867

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

London: Groombridge and Sons, 1867. Hard. 8vo. First edition. Volume X. Hard cover in original cloth. Published London: Groombridge and Sons, 1867. 8vo, vi+487pp, illustrated with color and tinted plates and numerous wood engravings. Pink rippled cloth with gilt titles and des...

A Treatise on Surveying, Containing the Theory and Practice: To Which Is Prefixed a Perspicuous System of Plane Trigonometry

GUMMERE, JOHN · 1828

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Philadelphia: Kimber & Sharpless, 1828. Hard. 8vo. Fifth Edition, Improved. Full Leather. Published Philadelphia: Kimber & Sharpless, 1828. 8vo, vi+216pp, plus 152pp. mathematical tables, plus 8 folding plates. Leather worn, front hinge weak. Pages brighter than usual, with on...

Perfect Symmetry: The Search for the Beginning of Time

HEINZ R. PAGELS · 1985

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

NY: Simon & Schuster, 1985. 1st. Hard. 8vo. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Simon & Schuster, 1985, first printing. 8vo, 390pp, illustrated. Examines the scientific theories concerning the origin and evolution of the universe and discusses stars, galaxi...

Einstein's Telescope: The Hunt for Dark Matter and Dark Energy in the Universe

EVALYN GATES · 2009

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NY: W. W. Norton & Company, 2009. 1st. Hard. 8vo. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Norton, 2009, first printing. 8vo, xiv+305pp, illustrated. Based on Einstein's theory of general relativity, gravitational lensing, or "Einstein's Telescope," is enabling ...

Eight Little Piggies: Reflections in Natural History

STEPHEN JAY GOULD · 1993

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY: W. W. Norton, 1993. Hard. 8vo. Hard cover in dust jacket. Book club edition. Published NY: Norton, 1993. 8vo, 479pp, illustrated with b/w reproductions. Very good in very good dust jacket.. Very Good .

On the Shores of the Unknown: A Short History of the Universe

JOSEPH SILK · 2005

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Cambricge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. 1st. Hard. 8vo. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005, first printing. 8vo, viii+246pp, illustrated with full color plates and b/w reproductions. Near fine in near fine dust ...

In Reckless Hands: Skinner V. Oklahoma and the Near-Triumph of American Eugenics

VICTORIA F. NOURSE · 2008

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NY: W. W. Norton & Company, 2008. 1st. Hard. 8vo. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Norton, 2008, first printing. 8vo, 240pp, illustrated with b/w plates. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Fine .

Incompleteness: The Proof and Paradox of Kurt Godel (Great Discoveries)

REBECCA GOLDSTEIN · 2005

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

W W Norton & Co Inc, 2005. 1st. Hard. 8vo. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Norton, 2005. 8vo, 296pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. Near Fine .

Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo

SEAN B. CARROLL · 2005

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

NY: W. W. Norton & Company, 2005. 1st. Hard. 8vo. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Norton, 2005, first printing. 8vo, xi+350pp, illustrated with b/w reproductions. Fine, as new in as new dust jacket.. As New .

Gödel: A Life of Logic, the Mind, and Mathematics

JOHN L. CASTI; WERNER DEPAULI · 2000

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Cambridge, MA: Perseus, 2000. 1st. Hard. 8vo. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Cambridge, MA: Perseus, 2000, first printing. 8vo, viii+210pp, Very good in very good dust jacket.. Very Good .

Metamagical Themas

DOUGLAS R. HOFSTADTER · 1985

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY: Basic Books, 1985. Soft cover. 8vo.. Trade softcover. Published NY: Basic Books, 1985. 8vo. wrappers, 6 1/8" x 9 1/4", xxviii+852pp, illustrated with b/w line drawings, 2 color plates. Text clean, bright, unmarked, binding strong. Good plus.. Good .

Descartes' Bones: A Skeletal History of the Conflict between Faith and Reason

RUSSELL SHORTO · 2008

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

NY: Doubleday, 2008. 1st. Hard. 8vo. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Doubledau, 2008, first printing. 8vo, xx+299pp, illustrated with plates. Fine, as new in fine dust jacket.. Fine .

The Art of the Infinite: The Pleasures of Mathematics

ROBERT KAPLAN; ELLEN KAPLAN · 2003

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

NY: Oxford University Press, 2003. 1st. Hard. 8vo. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Oxford University Press, 2003, first printing. 8vo, ix+324pp, illustrated throughout. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Fine .

The Neanderthal's Necklace: In Search of the First Thinkers

JUAN LUIS ARSUAGA · 2002

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NY: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2002. 1st. Hard. 8vo. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2002, first printing. 8vo, xv+334pp. Near fine in very good dust jacket.. Near Fine .

Geology for Petroleum Exploration, Drilling, and Production

NORMAN J. HYNE · 1983

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

NY: McGraw-Hill, 1983. 1st. Hard. 4to. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: McGraw-Hill, 1983, first printing. small 4to, 7 3/4" x 9 1/2", 283pp, illustrated with b/w drawings, tables and charts, some color plates. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. Near F...

Hydrology of Ice Caps in Volcanic Regions

BJöRNSSON, HELGI · 1988

$271.08 (€245.95 | £205.19 | ¥43,288)

Reykjavik: Reykjavik Societas Scientarium Islandica, University of Iceland, 1988. 1st. Hard. 8vo. First edition. Hard cover, issued without dust jacket. Published Reykjavik: Societas Scientarium Islandica, University of Iceland, 1988. 8vo, 139pp, illustrated with maps an b/w r...

Glacier Ice

AUSTIN POST; EDWARD R. LACHAPELLE · 1971

$194.99 (€176.91 | £147.59 | ¥31,137)

Seattle: Univ of Washington Pr, 1971. 1st. Hard. Folio. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Seattle: Univ of Washington Pr, 1971, first printing. Oblong folio, 14 1/2" x 11 3/8", 110pp. plus index of illustations, 110 b/w plates. Minor sun fade along edge of co...

The Reed Field Guide to New Zealand Geology: An Introduction to Rocks, Minerals, and Fossils

JOCELYN THORNTON · 2003

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

Auckland, NZ: Reed, 2003. Soft cover. 4to. New edition. Trade softcover. Published Auckland, NZ: Reed, 2003, first printing. 4to. wrappers, 7 1/4" x 9 1/2", 276pp, illustrated throughout with b/w reproductions. As new.. As New .