Self published volume by amateur astronomer Walter Goodacre. His hand-drawn maps of the Moon were the standard and in use for many years. Included are dozens of his sketches of the surface as well as a number of high quality plates of some of the most striki [more...]
First hardback UK edition of Niven's Science Fiction classic. Winner of the 1970 Nebula award and the 1971 Hugo and Locus awards. Complete with Dust Jacket. 8vo. 288pp. Ex-Library with tags (and ffep) removed. Stamp to half title. DJ has some bumping and [more...]
Early edition of the Foundation trilogy in one volume. The three novels are dated 1951, 1952 and 1953 respectively and individually paginated. Dust jacket notes this is a book club edition. White faux leather cloth covers with red text to spine. Fore edge [more...]
Rare, early guide to the British museum and its exhibits, with numerous b/w wood engravings. Contains a brief history then a 'guided' tour describing the various rooms and display cabinets with detailed explanations of the science and history behind them. Ha [more...]
Half leather binding of Wood's accessible guide to the english countryside, what is to be found there and how best to observe it. First edition. With colour plates and b/w illustrations within the text. Recent rebind. small 12mo. (165x110mm)[iv] 182pp. Ve [more...]
Splendid full leather binding of Mangin's popular and readable tome on the Ocean. Exploring its various facets and wildlife. With 130 b/w illustrations by J. Freeman and Noel. Decorated initials.Beveled edges. Elaborate gilt decoration. Raised bands. Inn [more...]
[and Selection in Relation to Sex] Handsome Folio Society edition of Darwin's seminal work on Human evolution and sexual selection, which differs from natural selection. Pictorial cloth covers. An introduction by Richard Dawkins. With b/w diagrams througho [more...]
Third edition. Includes a description of the development and theory of optical fibres by Anagnostis Hadjifotiou. Crisp, clean, fine condition. [more...]
Nicely bound edition of accessible lectures delivered by the great physicist Hermann von Helmholtz whilst a professor in Berlin. Topics include the Eye and Optics, Music, Ice and Glaciers and Goethe's scientific research. With an introduction by John Tyndall [more...]
'The first complete guide to nonlinear theory and practice for engineers.' Small tear and bumping to dust jacket. Contents crisp and clean. Good/very good. [more...]
Pleasing quarter leather binding of Wood's accessible guide to the Animal Kingdom. Arranged by species, Wood describes the behavior and physiology of the animals in a narrative but scientifically learned style. With charming b/w illustrations plus diagrams o [more...]
The first thorough exploration of the Roman poet Lucretius' atomic theory (that he gleaned from the Greeks) and what this meant for his interpretation of physics, nature and religion. Masson compares Lucretius' atomic materialism to issue of evolution and fre [more...]
Pleasant Folio Society edition of Schrodinger's popular science book, that was 'based on lectures given under the auspices of the Dublin institute for Advanced Studies at Trinity College Dublin, february 1943'. An interesting exploration of the function and l [more...]
Handsome publisher's special leather bound edition of the first volume of Roule's great work on Fish and ocean life. With colour plates and b/w illustrations within the text. Quarter leather with marbled boards. Marbled end-papers. 8vo. Some light rubbing [more...]
'Published under the direction of the General Council of Medical Education and Registration of the United Kingdom pursuant to the Acts XXI & XXII Victoria Cap. XC (1858) and XXV & XXVI Victoria Cap. XCI (1862) '. Characteristics of substances, arranged alphab [more...]
