Science

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.

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."

Captain F.J. Wylie (Editor)
£12.00

The Use of Radar at Sea

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PUBLISHERNaval Institute Press.
BINDINGBlue cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONA little shelf wear to very edges of boards. Printed pages and images remain clear with no noticeable marks.
DUST JACKETSlight wear to edges, spine a little faded, a few scuff marks. 
EDITIONFifth revised edition 1978.
DESCRIPTIONThe standard...

E.B. Wedmore
£30.00

The Ventilation of Bee-Hives

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A detailed practical guide written by the then president of the British Bee-keepers' association

Frederick Lort-Phillips
£40.00

The Wander Years

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Written by a Vice-President of the London Zoological Society. Accounts of his world travels from Africa to Arabia, Norway to China in the early years of the Twentieth Century.

R.B. Talbot Kelly
£25.00

The Way of Birds

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PUBLISHERCollins, London.
BINDINGGreen cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards worn and faded at edges. Binding secure. Some foxing throughout, but illustrations still vivid.
DUST JACKETWorn, with...

Roger Duvoisin
£25.00

They Put out to Sea, The Story of the Map

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An entertaining history of maritime exploration and the mapping of the world, written to appeal to a younger readership.

William Moorcroft and George Trebeck
£20.00

Travels In the Himalayan Provinces of Hindustan and the Panjab, Volume II

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The travels of the first trained veterinary surgeon, who went to India at the invitation of the British East India Company to improve the stock of horses.

Klaus Wagn
£18.00

What Time Does

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PUBLISHERCaann Verlag, Munich,
BINDINGBlue cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONJust a little shelf wear to very edges. Printed pages clear and unmarked. 
DUST JACKETGloss surface is yellowed, with wear at edges and a couple of areas of partial delamination. 
EDITIONFirst English edition, 1976.
DESCRIPTIONAn original definition of...

James White
£150.00

Whites Farriery: A Compendium of the Veterinary Art (Three Volumes)

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A comprehensive veterinary manual for the care and treatment of horses, from the early 19th century.

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