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192 pages. Explores the latest research of Cleve Backster, who by attaching a lie-detector to the leaf of a plant discovered that it had feelings and the ability to read our thoughts. Now this ability - primary perception - has been traced even to disconnected cells of our own bodies. The implications and possibilities of that discovery, and the difficult struggle it has had in finding acceptance in the tradition-bound scientific community makes exciting, challenging, mind-expanding reading. Unmarked. Crease to one page. Small bookseller's label inside front cover. Very light wear. Glossy illustrated covers. Nice copy. Book
359p. + Plus engraved half title, full page engravings and a folding map, torn with an old repair. XLib. Damp stained. Age stained. 12mo. Original half leather marbled boards. Joints tender. Black library tape on lower spine. First American Edition. AFRICA/2
pp. xvi, 615, (2)[Publisher's catalogue] + Plus two portrait frontis. Illustrated with numerous full page woodcuts. Very slight age stained. 8vo. Original full black embossed cloth binding, gold lettered. Nice copy. AFRICA/2
458 + Numerous plates. Illustrated. 8vo. XLib. Modern library buckram binding. All edges marbled. Includes important papers by the most noted authors on topics such as: Indian Basket work; Eskimo Bows; and the usual articles on Astronomy; Geology; Mineralogy; Chemistry; Zoology; Physics; Botany; Anthropology; and Ethnology. Of course, the work on basketry is very highly prized. SCARCE.
546 p. + Plates & folding map. 8vo. Original publisher's cloth binding. XLib. Includes important papers by the most noted authors on topics such as: To the North Magnetic Pole and the Northwest Passage (by the polar explorer, Capt. Amundsen); the Mammoth; Eruption of Vesuvius; Origin of the Slavs; Radioactivity; Wireless telegraphy; Etc.
598 p. + Plates. 8vo. Original publisher's cloth binding. XLib. Includes important papers by the most noted authors on topics such as: Nonmetallic Minerals; Early West Virginia Pottery; Canoes; Jewish Ceremonial Objects; and the usual articles on Astronomy; Geology; Mineralogy; Chemistry; Zoology; Physics; Botany; Anthropology; and Ethnology.
359p. + Plus wood engraved half title, full page engravings and a folding map, on light paper. an old repair. Foxed. 16mo. 160 mm. Original Harper's printed cloth binding (with the date 1834 on the front cover), stained and worn, with old spine repairs. Good. AFRICA/6.
360 p. incl. illus., 5 pl. front. (fold. map) 16 cm. Hardcover Good condition, marginal staining in early leaves
Paris, Librairie de Firmin Didot frères, Fils & Cie, 1871. In-12, VI (préface)-368 pp. Demi-basane bleu-nuit, dos à nerfs, pièce de titre chagrin rouge. (reliure époque). " Intéressant témoignage sur la Commune, vue du côté Versaillais. Ouvrage publié anonymement, puis sous le nom du major H. de Sarrepont, pseudonyme du lieutenant-colonel Eugène Hennebert ". Classique ouvrage de militaire qui débute par un court chapitre sur la capitale, toujours résistante aux lois. Les « glorieux faits d'armes » de l'armée s'opposent aux « violations des lois de la guerre (!) » par les communeux qui rassemblent « toute l'écume de l'Europe ». Les pétroleurs se joignent aux pétroleuses pour former « une armée de huit mille furies !!! » Enfin, pour couronner le tout, « le talent de nos généraux » est si évident que « les Prussiens... ne nous refusent point des félicitations méritées »." (Le Quillec, 4170) (Fiche CLIO). Bon exemplaire.
Paris, Hachette et Cie, 1855. In-12, 270 pp. Demi-chagrin vert bronze, dos à nerfs, auteur titre en lettres dorées. (Reliure époque). Edition originale (pas de grand papier). Bon exemplaire.
Vienne Charles Gerold fils éditeurs, 1887. In-8 ; 345 pp. Demi-chagrin bleu-nuit, dos à 5 nerfs, couvertures conservées. Edition originale. Les portraits annoncés au titre n'ont pas été reliés dans cet exemplaire. Bel exemplaire.
Paris, Emile-Paul, 1909. In-8 ; XIII (avant-propos)-422 pp. Demi-chagrin, dos à cinq nerfs, signet, auteur titre dorés, couvertures conservées. Bel exemplaire parfaitement relié.
xvi, [2], 122 pages. Footnotes, bibliography. index. Illustrated in black and white. "A landmark book in American Indian ethnology, this book presents traditional creation stories of Indian tribes and is the first to bring an American Indian point of view to the theory of the origin of human life. Draws directly on oral tradition collected by the author from Indian elders and spiritual leaders during more than two decades of travel throughout North America." - dust jacket. Contents clean, bright and unmarked. Average wear and soiling to dust jacket which bears some soiling to front panel and is now preserved in mylar. A sound copy of this valuable contribution to American Indian studies, anthropology, comparative religion, and other fields. Book
40 pages. Features: Bill Miner - Gentlemanly Highwayman; James Houston - First Man to Discover Gold?; Treasure from Outer Space; A Metal Detector You Can Build in One Evening; New Brunswick - Sophia Jones Hamilton was no lady; Ontario's Forgotten Gold Rush - Marcus Herbert Powell made a discovery at Eldorado, Ontario; and more. Pages toned with age, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
36 pages. Abundantly illustrated with colour and black and white archival photos. Features: Paul Kane's Western Art; Fort Victoria 1843-1858 (Part I); Mapping the Border; Bulldog Kelly's Buried Loot; The Lost Rocker Mine. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
Features: Puerto Rico's Natural Treasure; Rowing across the Pacific; The Cordage Revolution; Whale Rescue Expedition to Newfoundland; Adrian "Ace" Williams, 1899-1984; The Lost City of Nueva Cadiz; Western Samaria - Method and Discovery. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Features: Hunting White Butterflies - searching for evolutionary clues from Columbia to Cape Horn; George Borup (1885-1912) - athlete, explorer, writer - the "Tenderfoot" with Peary; In Search of Lanka - looking for Lanka in Central India, not Sri Lanka; Mount Kaijende Cave Expedition - a major discovery climaxed this venture in Papua New Guinea; The Preservation of Borobudur - a 15-year international project in Central Java. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Features: Solar Eclipse of 1980 - scientists race totality; Devils, Quolis, Dunnarts and Thylacines - a survey of Tasmanian mammals; Journey into Northern China - impressions of a scientist; A Geologist in Alaska - John C. reed on 45 years in the boondocks; Nebraska Miocene Giant Turtle - complete skeleton reveals new species; Niger - Tenere Expedition - geographical and archeological observations; Transglobe Expedition Now in Antarctica - British explorers circling globe on polar axis; Exploring Canada's Ellice River - observing Arctic tundra flora and fauna; New support for Archeological Discovery; Malaysia-Singapore Waterway Border - United Nations Law of the Sea problems. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Features: Fiery Vesuvius; The Peregrine Falcon's Return; Marine Chart Revisions Urged; In the Wake of Typhoon Pamela - survey of the effect on the Guan Reefs; Offshore Migration of Land Birds - Weather Fronts assist long-distance fliights; Meteors; Underwater Archeology - Photogrammetry of artifacts near Bimini; Native Iron in Western Greenland - discovery and interpreation; Semiotics; St. Lucia Expedition - to collect and photograph wildlife. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Features: Bradford Washburn - 50 years on ice - an outstanding mountaineering career; Searching the Denmark Strait - why do the Whales congregate there?; The Owls of Lavrion - Silver mines of ancient Greece; "Mummy" Dearest - clues to ancient maladies - autopsy of a 2,200 year-old man; Hang-Gliding on K-2 - an emergency descent of 7,600m; The Rara Expedition - collecting fish of a high Himalayan Lake; Hominid Discovery in the Awash Valley - Ethiopian site yields significant fossils; Continental Coytes - most adaptable of modern carnivores; Rabbits of the Paramos - their range in the Venezuelan Andes; Biography Briefs of 50-year members. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
176 pages. Features: the service sector of the US economy; the ground substance of the living cell; the eruptions of Mount St. Helens; The Milky Way galaxy; Submarine pollination; anorthoscopic perception; the biochemistry of resistance to malaria; Newton's discovery of gravity; and more. Nostalgic colour photo ads. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: Infernal Yankees from Maine; A Gold Colt in Rome; Waters Gunmaking Family - Part III (The Second Asa); A rare discovery. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Solid copy. Book
Circa 1990s. Extensively footnoted. Appendices. Many black and white archival illustrations. Fold-out photo inside back cover. "The history of Canada's longest serving Naval Reserve Division from the days of 'yachting gentlemen' to the present day." - from back cover. Prior owner's details atop first page else clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
8vo., Third Impression, with 9 plates on 8, and a full-page map and full-page plan in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly sunned at backstrip. Published four months after the first edition. This is the first dedicated publication of Lashly's complete diary. Lashly was awarded the Albert Medal for rescuing 'Teddy' Evans; the harrowing story of their return is vividly portrayed in Cherry-Garrard's 'The Worst Journey in the World'. The UK edition is considerably scarcer than its American (Taplinger) counterpart, especially in the dustwrapper. Spence 686.
8vo., First US Edition, with 9 plates on 8, and a full-page map and full-page plan in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly chafed at extremities. Published simultaneously with the UK edition. This is the first dedicated publication of Lashly's complete diary. Lashly was awarded the Albert Medal for rescuing 'Teddy' Evans; the harrowing story of their return is vividly portrayed in Cherry-Garrard's 'The Worst Journey in the World'. Uncommon in this condition. Spence 686 (recording the far scarcer UK edition).