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1982S8521Oxford:: Oxford University Press 1982. 1982. 8vo. viii 101 pp. Index. Pictorial wrappers. FINE. ISBN: 0192875566 Oxford University Press, 1982. unknown books
1980WN60975New Haven: Yale University Press 1980. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Book and dust jacket are without defects. Wonderful study of the work of pioneering Colonial architect and planner. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Trade. Yale University Press Hardcover books
1964BL3816Garden City NY:: Doubleday 1964. 1964. First American edition. 8vo. xi 290 pp. 24 plates 31 figs. index; some minor penciling. Two-tone cloth dust-jacket design by Ellen Raskin. Very good. Doubleday, 1964. hardcover books
1984S10245London:: Printed for the author 1984. 1984. Facsimile of the 1888 original. 4to. viii 84 pp. Green cloth gilt-stamped cover and spine titles. Fine. Printed for the author, 1984. hardcover books
1958RH1372Goteborg: 1958. 1958. Series: Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis Goteborgs Universitets Arsskrift vol. LXIV no. 7. 8vo. 394 pp. Original printed wrappers; partly unopened. Ownership signature of Roger Hahn. Very good. Ellegård had been known as a Swedish linguistic scholar and promoted the idea of a Jesus myth theory. This book is a detailed study of the changes in British public opinion which took place following the 1859 publication of The Origin of Species. 1958. unknown books
1997S12976Knoxville:: University of Tennessee Press 1997. 1997. 8vo. xxi 184 pp. Frontis. index. Tan gilt-stamped cloth dust-jacket. Fine. ISBN 10: 087049984X University of Tennessee Press, 1997. hardcover books
3336New York: D. Appleton and Company 1901. . 8vo terracotta cloth front stamped in black back cover blind. Immaculate copy in superb condition New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1901. hardcover books
1960BL2035Cambridge:: Cambridge University Press 1960. 1960. 8vo. 72 pp. Indexes. Printed wrappers; covers lightly browned. Sewn. Burndy bookplate. Very good. Scarce. Cambridge University Press, 1960. unknown books
1936293669Garden City: The Sun Dial Press 1936. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo.; in the publisher's green cloth binding in a dustjacket with fantastic art; x 1 2-302 pages; there is a previous owner name pencilled on the front endpaper; there is also some surface loss to the very top edge of the boards.~~The second of the Inspector Koz mysties and one of the first by Darwin Teilhet with his wife Hildegarde.~ Reprint Edition. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket. The Sun Dial Press unknown books
191623292Cambridge: At the University Press 1916. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. First Edition. lv 81 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. Large 8vo. Lower corners bumped. Occasional pencilled notes internally. Stamp of astronomer T.J.J. See on title page. 1 leaf with titles available from Cambridge University Press laid in. Cloth. Sir George Howard Darwin KCB FRS 9 July 1845 - 7 December 1912 was an English astronomer and mathematician. wiki. At the University Press unknown books
1881S4145London:: Harrison and Sons 1881. 1881. 303 x 231 mm. 4to. Pages 491-535; 537-545 pp. 4 tables 3 lithographic plates; 2 figs. 2 tables. Dis-bound. George Howard Darwin was the fifth child of Charles Robert Darwin and Emma Wedgwood. George Darwin graduated from Trinity College Cambridge in 1868. In 1883 Darwin was elected Plumian professor of astronomy and experimental philosophy at Cambridge. Darwin delved deeply into the problems of the origin and evolution of the solar system making numerous investigations of the figures of equilibrium for rotating masses of fluid. A further application of Darwin's theory of tidal friction to the motion of the planets round the sun opened up the wider question of the genesis of the solar system. DNB 1912-1921 pp. 144-147; DSB III pp. 582-584. Harrison and Sons, 1881. unknown books
1898RW1380London:: John Murray 1898. 1898. 8vo. 342 2 pp. 43 figs. index. Navy gilt-stamped cloth; rubbed corners showing. Ownership inscription of Theodore E. R. Phillips Ryde House Crydon U.K. Very good. First edition. George Howard Darwin KCB FRS FRSE 1845-1912 son of Charles Darwin was an English barrister and astronomer. PROVENANCE: Theodore Evelyn Reece Phillips 1868-1942 was an English Astronomer and Vicar of Headley. In 1883 he was appointed Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. He studied tidal forces involving the Sun Moon and Earth and formulated the fission theory of Moon formation. In 1918 he was awarded the Jackson-Gwilt Medal by the Royal Astronomical Society. John Murray, 1898. hardcover books
191767094London:: John Murray. Very Good. 1917. Hardcover. First edition. Ex-library copy with typical markings else very good in green cloth. No dust jacket. . John Murray, hardcover books
193247925NY: Third International Congress of Eugenics 1932. Special edition. Small 8vo pp. viii 88. Frontis portrait. Blue cloth stamped in gilt. Edges little soiled corners of cover slightly bumped and ends of spine scuffed o/w a VG tight copy. Leonard Darwin was Charles Darwin's son. Third International Congress of Eugenics unknown books
2008214050New York: Bloomsbury Press 2008. First. hardcover. very good. Black & white maps. 574pp. 8vo boards; very light water-staining on boards. New York: Bloomsbury Press 2008. First U.S. Edition. Very good.<br/><br/> Bloomsbury Press unknown books
2008047649New York: Bloomsbury Press 2008. xiv 574 1p. b/w illus. dj bit of scattered ink annotation. Bloomsbury Press unknown books
189937867Boston:: Houghton Mifflin and Company. Very Good. 1899. Hardcover. A later printing. Ex-library copy with a few typical markings else very good in green cloth. Binding is solid and tight. ; 378 pages . Houghton, Mifflin and Company, hardcover books
188227572London: Royal Society of London 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Also contains J. Norman Lockyer's "Researches in Spectrum-Analysis in Connexion with the Spectrum of the Sun. No. V" pp. 561-576. iv v 2 1-922 pp. 4to. Library binding tan leather spine with gold embossed titling. Interiors clean ex-library stamp on title page and occurring sporadically within. Numerous folding plates that illustrate articles. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound. Royal Society of London hardcover books
188127568London: Royal Society of London 1881. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. George Darwin's 1845-1912 theory of the formation of the moon along with his age calculations. v 2 1-1092 pp. 4to. Library binding tan leather spine with gold embossed titling. Interiors clean ex-library stamp on title page and occurring sporadically within. Numerous folding plates that illustrate articles. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound. Royal Society of London hardcover books
190341932NY: Appleton 1903. First Edition. Two volumes. 8vo pp. xxiv 494; viii 508. Illustrated. with portraits frontis portrait in Vol. 2 missing and with occasional drawings in text. TEG. Tan cloth stamped in gilt. Partially unopened. Front hinges tender on both volumes covers little spotted and worn at corners and ends of spines o/w VG. Appleton unknown books
1896002257S.-Peterburg St. Petersburg: Tipografiia I. N. Skorokhodova 1896. Hardcover. Uniform edition translated from the 6th revised and expanded English edition; 8 3/4 x 6 1/4; pp. 5 II-X 1-327 3; rebound in textured black cloth; page edges red-speckled; light wear to cloth at tips of spine and corners; small number in ink on ffep; small remnants of the original wraps to inner margin of half-title; occasional minor spotting; very good condition. A small tipped-in label identifies the book as belonging to Nikolai Nikolaevich Shnitnikov 1861 - 1934 - a founding member of the Russian Constitutional Democratic Party. A 19th century edition of Darwin's groundbreaking work it was originally translated by Professor Sergei Rachinskii and published in Russian in 1864 it took 2 years for it to be completed. The 6th English edition which was at the base of the current one was the last to be fully revised and to an extent rewritten. S.-Peterburg (St. Petersburg): Tipografiia I. N. Skorokhodova hardcover books
1899RDARDIE00LRE. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagshandlung 1899. Very Good. Darwin Charles. Die Dildung der Ackererde durch die Thatigkeit der Wurmer mit Beobachtung uber deren Lebensweise. Translated by J. Victor Carus. Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagshandlung 1899. 2nd edition. 184pp. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Book condition: Very good ex-library copy with a few faint scratches on front cover rubbed edges and library notations on spine. Front pastedown bears a library label rear pastedown bears a small abrasion and rear free endsheet bears the remnants of an old label. Previous owner's name stamped on title page. E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagshandlung hardcover books
1968RH1064London:: The Royal Society 1968. 1968. 8vo. 118 pp. Illustrated 16 plates. Cream blue stamped printed wrappers. Very good. Whole volume offered several other articles on Henry Oldenburg Richard Price Sir Charles Sherrington Douglas McKie make up the full issue. The Royal Society, 1968]. unknown books
19781951419British Broadcasting Corporation 1978. Revised Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 1979 edition printed with revisions a year after the original edition. Includes original jacket. Jacket price clipped. British Broadcasting Corporation hardcover books
1890RDARJOU00ECJohn Murray 1890. Good. Darwin Charles. Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage Round the World of H.M.S. Beagle Under the Command of Captain Fitz Roy R. N. Pritchett R. T. London: John Murray 1890. 551pp. Indexed. 8vo. Book condition: Good ex-libris book with rubbed edges exposing boards and subtly scuffed leather. Former owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Two library stamps on the title-page and one library stamp on recto of dedication page. John Murray hardcover books
