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1979MN-18Moscow Russia: Mir Publishers 1979. Comprehensive reference text presents describes nearly 200 widespread and valuable minerals. Contains Determinative Tables for the identification of minerals by simple physical properties the recognition of which does not require any special equipment or instruments. Includes tables of rock-forming and metallic minerals; methods of determination of the chemical composition of minerals; mineral composition of principal rock types; etc. 195 pgs. Illustrated with 32 color photographs. Prior owner's initials on the upper spine edge. Lower spine edge slightly bumped; light rubbing to covers; minimal shelfwear. . Revised Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Mir Publishers Hardcover
1936MI-28London England: Waterlow & Sons Ltd. 1936. Classic text presents a detailed chronological historical survey of the gold mining industry and production in South Africa. Includes topics covering discoveries of gold in the Transvaal; geology of the Witwatersrand system; gold mining in Southern Rhodesia; gold in Natal; gold bearing deposits of Kenya; mining camps of Johannesburg; mining on the Rand; metallurgical practices; ultra-deep mining; government leases; taxation and pricing of gold; etc. 580 pgs. Illustrated with drawings photographs and maps including two fold-out map plates at the rear of the book. First map is very slightly skinned in two small sections of the far left edge; tiny closed tear taped on the back. Slight discoloration on the lower spine edge. Slight scratch on spine above small label. Slightly rubbed on the base of spine and corners small crease on upper spine. Prior owner's nameplate pastedown on front endpaper; label removal mark on rear endpaper. Gilt spine and front cover. . First Edition. Original Cloth. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Professional Library. Waterlow & Sons Ltd. Hardcover
1970BI-71Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press 1970. Classic comprehensive text contains detailed technical papers presented by leading scientists and field experts at the International Symposium on Biology of Coregonid Fishes held at Winnipeg Canada 1969. Topics covered include evolutionary research; polymorphism; adaptive radiation; convergent evolution; introgression and competitive interaction; etc. 560 pgs. Numerous illustrations. Small stamps on endpapers and outer edges; pocket removal mark on front endpaper; label removed from lower spine. Minimal shelfwear. Text very clean. Scarce. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex- Professional Library. University of Manitoba Press Hardcover
1986EN-46Boulder CO.: Westview Press 1986. Comprehensive text presents a detailed synopsis of the biology and control of fire ants and leaf-cutting ants including topics covering history and economics of fire ants and leaf-cutting ants; foraging ecology; biology and ecological studies; behavior pheromones and other semiochemicals; physiology and biochemistry; chemical taxonomy; diseases of fire ants; isect growth regulators; chemical bait toxicants; protection from biohazards; etc. 435 pp. Illustrated. Publisher's stamp on front endpaper and title page. No spine cracks or creases. Scarce. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Westview Press Paperback
1992BO-4Boulder CO.: Westview Press 1992. Comprehensive text presents detailed papers from leading international plant experts dealing with the uncertain etiology of diseases in plants and practical methods of plant diseases control. Topics covered include lethal yellowing of palms; plant viroids in Poland; tropical mollicute diseases of plants; etiological research on coconut and oil palm diseases of unknown origin; vectorless pathogens with undiscovered vectors; noninfectious diseases of uncertain etiology; coconut diseases of unknown etiology; plant diseases associated with mites as vectors of known viruses and unknown etiological agents; etc. 230 pgs. Illustrated with black/white and mostly color plates. Publisher's stamp on front endpaper. Minor tiny scuff on outer edge. Endpapers slightly recessed. Dustjacket in mylar. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Westview Press Hardcover
1981MI-18New York: Marcel Dekker 1981. Comprehensive authoritative sourcebook presents an in-depth analysis of coal science and technology including detailed topics on coal structure and analysis; coke making; mining; combustion and carbonization; gasification; cleaning and utilization; conversion of coal to liquids and gases; alternative energy sources. 854 pgs. Illustrated. Minor small insignificant mark on the front endpaper. Corners slightly bumped; minimal shelfwear. Scarce. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Marcel Dekker Hardcover
1996PY-62Boulder CO.: Westview Press 1996. How do bats catch insects in the dark How do bees learn which flowers to visit How do food-storing birds remember where their hoards are Questions like these are addressed by neuroethology the branch of behavioral neuroscience concerned with analyzing the neural bases of naturally occurring behaviors.This book brings together thirteen chapters presenting findings on perceptual and cognitive processes in some of the most active areas of neuroethological research including auditory localization by bats and owls song perception and learning in birds pitch processing by frogs and toads imprinting in birds spatial memory in birds learning in bees and in Aplysia and electroreception in fish. A variety of approaches are represented such as field studies psychophysical tests electrophysiological experiments lesion studies comparative neuroanatomy and studies of development.Each chapter gives an up-to-date overview of a particular authors research and places it within the broader context of issues about animal perception and cognition. The book as a whole exemplifies how studying species and their particular specializations can inform general issues in psychology ethology and neuroscience. 329 pp. Illustrated. Dustjacket in mylar. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Westview Press Hardcover
1925EN-26Lafayette Indiana: Thomas Say Foundation 1925. Classic comprehensive text presents detailed topics on the North American stoneflies including: biology; collecting and preserving; diagnostic characters; list of species; family Pteronarcidae; family Perlidae; family Nemouridae; family Capnidae; table of distribution by States; etc. 397 pgs. Illustrated with 50 plates and explanations. Last text pg. has a small horizontal closed tear on the margin. Stamps on endpapers and outer edge; label removal mark on lower spine; pocket removed from front endpaper. Minimal shelfwear. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex- Professional Library. Thomas Say Foundation Hardcover
1984ES-128New York: John Wiley & Sons 1984. Comprehensive text presents a new experimental-mathematical methodology for precise phenological forecasting and bioclimatic estimations. This new method allows you to solve phenological problems by simply superimposing biological curves directly onto the natural annual temperature trend or net while taking into account various non-temperature factors. The author demonstrates the use of this method for forecasting the development of numerous plants and cold-blooded organisms including plant pests carriers and pathogens of human and farm animal diseases etc and contains 59 tables and 189 graphs to support the presentations. 504 pp. Illustrated. Small prior ownership name-stamp to front endpaper and outer edge. Dustjacket has minimal shelfwear and a small minor light crease on the rear cover. In mylar. . First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. John Wiley & Sons Hardcover
1996BI-2New York: Wiley/VCH 1996. Comprehensive treatise that is broad-scoped carefully structured and encompasses both basic concepts and industrial applications. This volume presents topics in raw materials biosurfactants ethanol glycerol lactic acid citric acid acetic acid amino acids PHB nucleotides isopropanol butanol and acetone etc. 739 pgs. Illustrated. Heavy Item. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Excellent. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Wiley/VCH Hardcover
1984ES-103Orlando FL.: Academic Press 1984. Comprehensive revised reference text presents detailed updated topics covering the role of allelopathy in the prevention of seed decay and in the nitrogen cycle; chemical nature of allelopathic compounds; factors affecting concentrations of allelochemics in plants; mechanisms of action of alllelopathic agents; terminology and early history of allelopathy; important roles of allelopathy in forestry agriculture plant pathology and natural ecosystems; etc. Includes a listing of the phyla of plants that have allelopathic species. 422 pgs. Illustrated. Prior owner's nameplate pastedown on front endpaper. Dustjacket in mylar. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Academic Press Hardcover
1977GE-323London U.K.: Pitman Publishing 1977. Classic comprehensive treatise presents a detailed survey of the ore deposits of all genetic types that have been formed during all metallogenic epochs and in all the most important regional and local geological structures that are capable of controlling the origin and distribution of ores of various metals. Volume I includes coverage of nickel cobalt copper lead zinc bismuth antimony mercury and uranium. 424 pgs. Illustrated including over 80 maps and sections of the most important geological localities. Prior owner's nameplate label on front endpaper; old nameplate removal mark on inside front cover. Spine slightly sunned. Minimal shelfwear. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/ . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Pitman Publishing Hardcover
1977GE-296London U.K.: Pitman Publishing 1977. Classic comprehensive treatise presents a detailed survey of the ore deposits of all genetic types that have been formed during all metallogenic epochs and in all the most important regional and local geological structures that are capable of controlling the origin and distribution of ores of various metals. Volume I includes coverage of aluminum titanium manganese chromium vanadium and iron. 352 pgs. Illustrated including over 100 maps and sections of the most important geological localities. Prior owner's nameplate label on front endpaper; old nameplate removal mark on inside front cover. Spine slightly sunned. Minimal shelfwear. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/ . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Pitman Publishing Hardcover
1987GE-285New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold 1987. Comprehensive reference text focuses on the geologic settings origins and factors controlling ore distribution and grade for a number of proven chromite fields. Includes coverage of theories concerning the formation ans distribution of chromite in both stratiform- and podiform-type ore fields; factors controlling ore deposition lateral variation and grade; petrogenetic and structural processes in ophiolite-hosted chromite deposits; guidelines for prospecting for chromite deposits; theory for in situ crystallization in the UG2 chromitite layer of the Bushveld Complex; etc. 340 pgs. Illustrated. Lower corners slightly bumped. Tiny scuff to lower outer edge. Minor shelfwear. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Van Nostrand Reinhold Hardcover
1983GE-12Ann Arbor MI.: Ann Arbor Science 1983. Classic comprehensive text presents detailed topics covering fossil energy extraction alternatives through chemistry and geochemistry including sections on petroleum coal oil shale geothermal systems etc. 266 pgs. Illustrated. Prior owner's nameplate pastedown on front endpaper; blank pocket remnant on rear endpaper; tiny numerals stenciled on lower front cover. Minimal shelfwear. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Professional Library. Ann Arbor Science Hardcover
197449047Milan Italy: Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore 1974. Paperback. Nine 9 full issues. Small 4to. Stiff printed wrappers. Various paginations most ca. 200pp. Occasional illustrations. Very good overall. Mild wear to outer wrappers only else all are internally tight and fine. Unusual large group of contributor copies of this long-established Italian scholarly journal all from the library of Ioan Petru Culianu or Couliano 1950-91 the controversial Romanian philosopher essayist and historian of ideas religion and culture who on May 21 1991 was murdered -- some say assassinated -- in a bathroom at the University of Chicago's Divinity School likely because he proved a vocal critic of Romania's Communist post-Revolution regime in interviews and articles. Consists of the following issues the first three of which bear his name/address Milan inkstamp on first page: Settembre-Dicembre 1974 Fasc. V-VI Gennaio-Aprile 1975 Fasc. I-II Maggio-Agosto 1975 Fasc. III-IV Gennaio-Aprile 1976 Fasc. I-II Settembre-Dicembre 1977 Fasc. V-VI Gennaio-Aprile 1977 Fasc. I-II Maggio-Agosto 1978 Fasc. II Maggio-Agosto 1979 and Gennaio-Aprile 1981. All nine issues feature an article or essay by Culianu. He signs the inside front wrapper of the Gennaio-Aprile 1976 issue in black fineline and he has inked a couple "x"s in margins near end of the Gennaio-Aprile 1977 issue. Laid into the first issue is a color picture postcard beach scene heavy stock 6" X 4" postal cancellation blurred hence no place or date -- addressed to Culianu in Milan and penned in blue ballpoint message in Italian remains untranslated and appears unsigned. Quite an interesting grouping. Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore paperback
1930047313Hampton Wick Middlesex UK: A. W. Darnell 1930. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Quartos. 252 3; 252 pages. Indexed at the end of the first volume. Large format books the bindings measure 11 /14 inches tall by about 9 inches wide. Hardcovers bound in early 3/4 green calf with green cloth-covered boards. Bindings signed in type in the verso of the front flyleaves "Bound by Bayntun Riviere Bath England." Raised bands on the spines which have 6 compartments each. Dual leather labels per spine. The compartments are nicely stamped in decorative gilt with floral designs. Some rubbing to the bindings and spotting on the cloth. Faux marbled endpapers. Prior owner's signature of "William Lanier Hunt" on the second front flyleaves. Text is foxed especially at the front and rear. Nicely illustrated throughout. Collates complete with 24 color plates 12 per volume and numerous black and white full-page illustrations. Scarce in such nice bindings. Possibly a custom binding which would make this set unique. William Lanier Hunt 1906-1996 the former owner was known as the "Dean of Southern Horticulture." He donated land along the Morgan Creek in southern Orange County NC to the North Carolina Botanical Garden and is now known as the Hunt Arboretum. <br/> <br/> A. W. Darnell hardcover
181138686Caen: Chalopin / Poisson 1811-1817. The two volumes of the reports of the Academy of Caen all published first and only edition and the second edition of the Abbé de la Rue's groundbreaking work on Breton bards all bound up in two volumes. 352 8 302 13; 74 pp. 8vos. Bound in contemporary calf-backed boards. Engraved armorial bookplates of L.H. Ruault du Plessis Vaidière in both volumes. Backstrips worn but still solid and attractive. Internally fine and bright. Very scarce. Frère I 329. <br/><br/> Chalopin / Poisson hardcover
1887004764Chicago: W.t. Keener 1887. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very Good in the original green cloth gilt lettering spine and front board boards are rubbed and solied lacking the rear endpage. Presentation book plate front paste down -"Presented to the Physio-Medical College of Indiana By Melville C. Keith M.D. Christmas 1888". Errata slip tipped in at final page of text. Edwin Hartley Pratt was the founder of the Chicago-based Orificial Surgery Society in 1887. Orificial surgery sought to cure many of the physical and psychological ills of the body by surgical corrections to the various orifices mainly those below the waist. This movement in mainstream American medicine flourished until the 1920s and the numbers of those subjected to orificial surgery during its brief heyday are estimated to be in the tens of thousands. It is remembered mainly today for its advocacy of circumcision in both males and females. RARE in the 1887 First Edition a wonderful curiosity for any medical book collection !. W.t. Keener Hardcover
1983GE-61Berkeley CA.: Premier Press 1983. Comprehensive text includes reproductions of the U.S.G.S. professional reports 813-A through 813-T providing detailed information on the country's twenty water resource regions and underground resources: New England Region; South Atlantic Gulf Region; Great Lakes Region; Ohio Region; Tennessee Region; Upper and Lower Mississippi Regions; Souris-Red-Rainy Region; Missouri Basin Region; Arkansas-White-Red Region; Texas-Gulf Region; Rio Grande Region; Upper and Lower Colorado Regions; Great Basin Region; Pacific Northwest Region; California Region; Alaska Region; Hawaii Region. Sections are geographically arranged and includes hundreds of illustrations and tables and thousands of references that have been carefully documented. 749 pp. Scarce. First Edition. Hard Cover. Excellent. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Premier Press hardcover
1982DADAX0820602957Chemical Publishing Company 1982-12-01. 7th Revised ed. hardcover. New. 6.14x1.94x9.21. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Chemical Publishing Company hardcover
1791018452Turici Helvetorum Zurich: Ziegleri & Filiorum 1791. Octavo pp xvi; lxxx 526 light foxing and blemishing with some light pencil marginalia contemporary full calf rubbed and scuffed with wear at the corners marbled endpapers. Edited by the Swiss botanist Paul Usteri and published within two years of the first edition. This copy was owned by the Scottish botanist and plant collector George Don - 1798-1856 - with his signature on the first blank. The pencil notes though look to be by another hand. In this study of flowering plants Jussieu adopted a methodology based on the use of multiple characters to define groups an idea derived from naturalist Michel Adanson. This was a significant improvement over the "artificial" system of Linnaeus whose most popular work classified plants into classes and orders based on the number of stamens and pistils. Jussieu did keep Linnaeus' binomial nomenclature resulting in a work that was far-reaching in its impact; many of the present-day plant families are still attributed to Jussieu. Morton's 1981 History of Botanical Science counts 76 of Jussieu's families conserved in the ICBN versus just 11 for Linnaeus for instance. Writing of the natural system Sydney Howard Vines remarked "The glory of this crowning achievement belongs to Jussieu: he was the capable man who appeared precisely at the psychological moment and it is the men that so appear who have made and will continue to make all the great generalisations of science.". Second edition. Full-Leather. Good. Ziegleri & Filiorum Hardcover
1864015335Wien: Wilhelm Braumuller 1864. Illustrated with 173 plates apparently being photographic printings of nature printed plates octavo pp xxviii 4 319 marbled edges very clean internally neatly bound in red cloth spine slightly faded. With the bookplate of Kenneth Lazenby a founding member of the Alpine Garden Society. RARE. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Wilhelm Braumuller Hardcover
021536Codicote & Lehre: Wheldon & Wesley Ltd & J. Cramer Seven volumes bound in ten octavo extremely clean internally blue cloth in very good condition. Volumes 3 & 7 1894 & 1900 are the early printings the others are the Wheldon & Wesley reprint of 1973. Complete with the scarce supplement to Volume V part II original boards published in 1933. An excellent set. A heavy set - extra postage will be needed. Cloth. Very Good. Wheldon & Wesley Ltd & J. Cramer Hardcover
18664949023William Blackwood and Sons 1866. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. Large folio. Original binding. Green cloth half leather. Gilt lettering borders and motif on front board. Raised bands gilt lettering borders and motifs on backstrip. Backstrip semi detached with large sections missing. Detached boards. Gilt edges. Pages are secure clean and bright apart from flyleaf which are a little grubby. Contains numerous map plates. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item6350grams ISBN: William Blackwood and Sons hardcover