Science

F.E. Beddard
£45.00

A Book of Whales

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PUBLISHERJohn Murray, London.
BINDINGRed cloth boards with embossed design.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are in generally worn condition commensurate with age. Spine faded. Hinges a little weak but binding feels secure. Uneven opened page edges. Browning and some foxing mainly affecting outer leaves. Printed pages and images are mostly clear...

S. Hodgson, R. Beilby and T. Bewick
£250.00

A General History of Quadrupeds

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PUBLISHER"Printed by and for S. Hodgson, R. Beilby and T. Bewick, Newcastle."
BINDINGLeather bound, with tooled bands on the spine. Mustard title patch.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are quite scuffed and worn commensurate with age, the spine remains in fair condition. Hinges a little weak, but binding feels secure. Some...

S.H. Skaife
£18.00

A Naturalist Remembers (Signed Copy)

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The memoires of Dr Skaife from his life in South Africa as a scientist, teacher and broadcaster.

Griffith Edwards, Editor (signed copy)
£40.00

Addictions: Personal Influences and Scientific Movements

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PUBLISHERTransaction Publishers.
BINDINGBlack cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONA little shelf wear to very edges of boards, corners bumped. Printed pages are clear with few noticeable marks. Inscription on flyleaf.
DUST JACKETCreasing to top edges, a couple of tiny tears. Very slightly yellowed. Some faint scratching to gloss surface.

Trevor Beebee and Richard Griffiths
£38.00

Amphibians and Reptiles: A Natural History of the British Herpetofauna

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PUBLISHERHarper Collins.
BINDINGGreen cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONVery good, few signs of wear. Text and images are clear with no noticeable marks. 
DUST JACKETVery good, just a little creasing mainly on rear bottom edge.
EDITIONNumber 87 of The New Naturalist Library series. A Survey of British Natural...

Derek Wragge Morley
£50.00

Ants

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PUBLISHERCollins, London.
BINDINGGreen cloth boards with gilt lettering.
BOOK CONDITIONIn good condition, boards have just a little wear and slight fading to edges. Printed pages and images remain clear with few noticeable marks.
DUST JACKETA little worn and faded with some shelf wear at edges. some foxing...

Thorkild Hansen
£24.00

Arabia Felix: The Danish Expedition of 1761-1767

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The story of a Danish scientific expedition to the Middle East, leaving in 1761 to meet with excitement, danger, privation and disaster.

Bond's O' Euston Road
£20.00

Bond's Model and Experimental Engineering Handbook, 1934 3rd Edition

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PUBLISHERBond's O' Euston Road Ltd.
BINDINGSoft covers.
BOOK CONDITIONCovers are generally worn, with scuffing, creasing and extensive staining / discolouration. Front hinge is split and...

Bond's O' Euston Road
£20.00

Bond's Model and Experimental Engineering Handbook, 1937-1938 1st Edition

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PUBLISHERBond's O' Euston Road Ltd.
BINDINGSoft covers.
BOOK CONDITIONCovers are generally worn, with scuffing, creasing and discolouration. Binding feels secure. Outer leaves have some staining,...

Bond's O' Euston Road
£20.00

Bond's Model and Experimental Engineering Handbook, 1938 2nd Edition

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PUBLISHERBond's O' Euston Road Ltd.
BINDINGSoft covers.
BOOK CONDITIONCovers are generally worn, with scuffing, creasing, discolouration and a few torn patches. Binding feels secure. Outer...

T.W. Cowan
£40.00

British Bee-Keepers Guide Book: To the Management of Bees in Movable-Comb Hives, and the use of the Extractor

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Attractively bound practical guide to bee-keeping which was clearly very popular on publication and sold in large numbers, this being the 16th revised edition.

C.A. Johns
£18.00

British Birds in their Haunts

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A beautifully illustrated scientific guide to British birds.

John B. Free & Colin G. Butler
£70.00

Bumblebees

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PUBLISHERCollins, London.
BINDINGGreen cloth boards with gilt lettering.
BOOK CONDITIONIn good condition, boards have just a little wear and slight fading to very edges. Some faint foxing to outer leaves and block edges. Printed pages and images remain clear with few noticeable marks.
DUST JACKETA little worn...

Marie Stopes
£40.00

Change of Life in Men and Women

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Very advanced for its day, a scientific enquiry in to the menopause and also middle age changes in men.

D. L. Douglass and F. W. Kunz (Editors)
£40.00

Columbian Metallurgy

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Proceedings of a Symposium sponsored by the Hudson-Mohawk Section, in cooperation with The Metallurgical Society, American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers.

Admiral Sir Algernon F.R. de Horsey
£75.00

Draysonia

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Named after Major-General A.W. Drayson, discoverer of the system of the second rotation of the poles of the Earth. The author explains this theory with the aid of many astronomical observations and calculations.

Gerard L'E Turner
£40.00

Elizabethan Instrument Makers: The Origins of the London Trade in Precision Instrument Making

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PUBLISHEROxford University Press.
BINDINGBlue cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONVery good, little handled.
DUST JACKETSlight wear to very edges, protected with removable book wrap.
EDITION2000.

H.H. Swinnerton
£30.00

Fossils

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PUBLISHERCollins, London.
BINDINGGreen cloth boards with gilt lettering.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards have a little wear and slight fading to very edges. A couple of small foxing spots on outer leaves, but printed pages and images remain clear with few noticeable marks. Small previous owner's name on flyleaf.
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