Science

Monica Shorten
£35.00

Squirrels

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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 and block edges, but printed pages and images remain clear with few noticeable marks. Small previous owner's name on...

William Blasius
£24.00

Storms: Their Classification, Nature and Laws

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PUBLISHERPorter & Coates, Philadelphia.
BINDINGBrown cloth boards with gilt lettering and design on spine.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn with scuffing at edges, corners bumped. Several fairly faint marks and a small tear to the cloth on front. The endpapers and the back of the frontispiece fold out...

Rev. J.G. Wood
£45.00

Strange Dwellings: Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals

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PUBLISHERLongmans, Green, and Co. London.
BINDINGGreen leather boards with gilt lettering and design, banded spine, burgundy title patch. Lovely marbled endpapers and block edges.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally rather worn and scuffed, especially at edges. Hinges slightly weakened, but binding feels secure. Some foxing and browning affecting outer...

The Art-Journal
£85.00

The Art-Journal Illustrated Catalogue of The International Exhibition 1862

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PUBLISHERJames S. Virtue
BINDING
Half bound leather and green cloth boards. Banded spine, gilt lettering and design. Marbled endpapers. Gilt block edges.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards...

Malcolm Smith
£15.00

The British Amphibians and Reptiles

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A scholarly and interesting guide to a previously neglected part of British natural history.

Harry Fraser
£20.00

The Electric Kiln: A User's Manual

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PUBLISHERA & C Black, London.
BINDINGSoft covers.
BOOK CONDITIONGood, some wear to edges of covers and faint scratching to gloss surface. Text and images remain clear with few noticeable marks.
DUST JACKETNo.
EDITIONSecond edition 2006.
DESCRIPTIONA comprehensive technical guide to the installation, use and maintenance...

Arthur C. Clarke
£95.00

The Exploration of Space (first edition proof copy)

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PUBLISHERTemple Press Ltd. London.
BINDINGBlack cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONSome general wear and scuffing to boards, with faded patches. Printed pages and images remain in good...

Richard Kearton
£30.00

The Fairy-Land of Living Things

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PUBLISHERCassell and Company Limited.
BINDINGRed leather boards with banded spine. Gilt lettering and decoration. Attractive marbled endpapers and block edges.
BOOK CONDITIONThe spine has detached from the binding, but otherwise the book is in fair condition for age. Leather is scuffed at edges, with some scratching and discolouration....

Shirley Hibberd
£25.00

The Fresh-Water Aquarium

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Subtitled Practical instructions on the formation, stocking, and management in all seasons, of collections of river animals and plants.

Charles Darwin
£320.00

The Journal of a Voyage in H.M.S. Beagle

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A very handsome reproduction of Darwin's ground-breaking work.

Maurice Maeterlinck
£55.00

The Life of The Bee

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PUBLISHERDodd, Meade and Company, New York.
BINDINGGreen cloth boards with gilt lettering and embossed design. Gilt top block edge.
BOOK CONDITIONGenerally scuffed around edges and...

Tickner Edwards
£18.00

The Lore of the Honey-Bee

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A fascinating look at "The oldest craft under the sun," the long human history of bee-keeping from ancient times and the mythology and lore surrounding it.

John Edward Huth
£20.00

The Lost Art of Finding Our Way

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PUBLISHERThe Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. Cambridge, Massachusetts.
BINDINGQuarter bound pale green boards with mid green cloth over spine.
BOOK CONDITIONVery good, little handled. Text and images are clear an unmarked.
DUST JACKETA little wear and creasing at top of spine, otherwise in good condition.
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Ernest V. Smith
£18.00

The Making of a Surgeon

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The memoires of an American surgeon. From his humble beginnings and struggle to afford medical school, to his long and rewarding career including further training at the Mayo Clinic.

Anthony Barker
£40.00

The Man Next to Me: An Adventure in African Medical Practice

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A beautifully written account of the British author and his wife's experiences during the fifteen years they spent working as doctors in a small hospital in Zululand.

J.M. Bechstein
£30.00

The Natural History of Cage Birds

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Subtitled, "Their Management, Habits, Food, Diseases, Treatment, Breeding, and the Methods of Catching Them."

C. A. Ealand
£30.00

The Romance of the Microscope

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"An interesting description of its uses in all branches of science, industry, agriculture, and in the detection of crime, with a short account of its origin, history and development."

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