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...]
[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...]
Scarce complete seventh edition of Guy's guide to astronomy. With 17 engraved plates and a fold out frontispiece. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titling and decoration. Rubbing wear, cracking and slight splitting to spine and joints. Marking and scrapes [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...]
Previous owner's plate to front pastedown. Some bumping to edges of DJ. contents crisp and clean. Very good. *Due to size and weight extra shipping fees may apply to overseas orders* [more...]
Some toning to spine. Mild shelf-wear, Ex-technical library with sticker to front pastedown. Contents otherwise clean and tight. Good/very good. [more...]
Encyclopaedic account of British Wild flowers, describing their biology, environment and significance. With numerous b/w images within the text plus colour plates with explanatory overlays. Complete in six volumes. 4to. Fading to gilt of spine of volumes 2 [more...]
Some mild shelf-wear and bumping to edges. Small nick to spine. Contents clean and tight, Very good. *Due to size and weight extra shipping fees may apply to overseas orders* [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...]