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By: Aczel, Amir D.
Price: $20.00
Publisher: New York, Harcourt: 2001
Edition: Stated First Edition
Seller ID: 022871
ISBN: 0151005060
Condition: Very Good
Sometimes it pays to be in the right place at the right time. Certainly the mariners in Amalfi in the twelfth century were. Here the compass was first invented and used in navigation, eventually helping to make Italians the world's greatest sailors.But the story of the compass is shrouded in mystery and myth. It begins in ancient China around the birth of Christ. A mysterious lodestone whose powers affected metal was known to the Emperor. This piece of metal suspended in water always pointed north and was put to excellent use in feng shui, the Chinese art of finding the right location. How... View more info
By: Appleyard, Rollo
Price: $20.00
Publisher: London, Constable & Co.: 1931
Edition: First
Seller ID: 027822
Condition: Good
Dark blue cloth boards with faded spine and upper front panel, PO name/date ffep, fore-edges tanned. No dust jacket. View more info
Price: $22.00
Publisher: USA, Stairway Press: 2001
Edition: Stated First Trade Paper Version
Seller ID: 023627
ISBN: 0982773412
Condition: Very Good
PO gift inscription, diagonal crease to lower right corner front panel, no creasing to spine. "This volume is a scientific tour de force and the gamechanger for international environmental policymakers as well as being a joy to read for hard-pressed taxpayers everywhere." View more info
By: Berg, Leo S.
Price: $175.00
Publisher: London, Constable & Company: 1926
Edition: First English Language Edition
Seller ID: 020184
Condition: Good
Green cloth boards with sl. edgewear, esp. spine ends and corners, gilt ttle to spine remains bright, PO name ffep otherwise internally unmarked, eps tanned, View more info
By: Bert Hölldobler; Edward O. Wilson
Price: $22.00
Publisher: Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press: 1994
Seller ID: 030598
ISBN: 0674485262
Condition: Very Good
Long PO gift inscription to first (half title) page but o/w unmarked and in very good condition. View more info
By: Bodmer, W.F.; McKie, Robin
Price: $22.00
Publisher: London, Little Brown: 1994
Edition: First
Seller ID: 014281
ISBN: 0316905208
Condition: Very Good
D/W price-clipped. View more info
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., Univ of Chicago Pr: 2002
Seller ID: 023105
ISBN: 0226092011
Condition: Very Good
PO name, no other markings or defects. View more info
By: Chown, Marcus
Price: $22.00
Publisher: London, Jonathan Cape: 1999
Edition: First/First Printing
Seller ID: 017127
ISBN: 0224042068
Condition: Very Good
Appears unread, corners lightly bumped, media release laid in, D/W lightly rubbed. View more info
By: Craig-Smith, Stephen J.; Pearson, Craig J.; Middleton, Juliet C.
Price: $55.00
Publisher: Australia, Universit of Queensland Press: 1996
Edition: First
Seller ID: 027573
ISBN: 090981628X
Condition: Fine
An unmarked :as new copy detailing "the development of Queensland's oldest tertiary institution. In the course of its own rich and distinguished history, a parallel history emerges of the evolution of Australian agriculture. View more info
By: Crombie, A. C.
Price: $25.00
Publisher: London, William Heinemann: 1957
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 026204
Condition: Good
PO name ffep otherwise internally unmarked. D/W with closed tears to spine and back panel (now protected in removable clear archival plastic cover). View more info
By: Dampier, Sir William Cecil
Price: $22.00
Publisher: Cambridge at The University Press: 1944
Seller ID: 026769
Condition: Good
Red cloth boards remain clean and bright, as is gilt title to spine, corner lightly bumped, upper fore-edges tanned. D/W with artwork by John Hookham has sl. edgewear but is not price-clipped with original price of 7s.6d.intact. View more info
By: Duncan, Professor P. Martin
Price: $45.00
Publisher: London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: 1882
Seller ID: 026758
Condition: Good
Presume first edition. Decorative boards, spine faded, patterned endpapers tanned, some foxing to prelims but internally surprisingly clear, PO name dated 1906, sl. bleeding of red boards lower back gutter but no evidence of water damage. View more info
By: Fagan, Brian M.
Price: $20.00
Publisher: United Kingdom, Thames & Hudson: 1990
Edition: First
Seller ID: 025923
ISBN: 0500050570
Condition: Good
An unmarked copy with slanted spine, sl. spotting to fore-edges. D/W lightly rubbed (now protected in removable clear archival plastic cover). "Today, as we struggle to comprehend the world as a single, fragile entity, threatened by global warming, the story of our ingenious, intrepid Ice Age ancestors holds lessons for us all." View more info
By: Ferry, Georgina
Price: $22.00
Publisher: London, Granta Books: 1998
Edition: First
Seller ID: 029319
ISBN: 1862071675
Condition: Very Good
An unmarked copy in very good condition. "This is a beautifully clear evocation of the science that lay at the heart of Dorothy Hodgkin's life." View more info
By: Gabor, Dennis
Price: $10.00
Publisher: U.K., Penguin: 1972
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 013281
ISBN: 0140206639
Condition: Very Good
Pages age tanned. View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: New York, McGraw-Hill: 1965
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 009220
Condition: Good
PO name, some edgewear with small tear to back panel, PO notes laid in. View more info
By: Ginsburg, David
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Oxford, Pergamon Press: 1967
Edition: Stated First Edition
Seller ID: 009218
Condition: Very
A gently used copy with PO name/date on half title page. View more info
By: Godman, Arthur; Denney, Ronald C.
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press: 1985
Edition: First
Seller ID: 012430
ISBN: 0521263646
Condition: Very Good
Covered with non-removable clear plastic, PO stamp to TP, name crossed out and a second name inserted, clean with tight binding. View more info
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A., Johns Hopkins Univ Pr: 2003
Edition: First Printing
Seller ID: 024364
ISBN: 0801870720
Condition: Brand New
"From the cubit used by Noah to build the ark to the angstrom in spectroscopy, units of measure have been integral to science and engineering." View more info
By: Hindmarsh, Richard; Lawrence, Geoffrey
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Australia, New South Wales Univ Pr Ltd: 2004
Edition: First
Seller ID: 014842
ISBN: 0868407410
Condition: Nr. Fine
The book addresses some fundamental and profound questions such as: Are GM foods safe to eat? What do consumers think about GM foods and, alternatively, organic produce? What are the real risks of genetic pollution? And is it appropriate to delete a supposed gene for sadness? "Recoding Nature" challenges the assumptions of those preparing the world for a 'recoded' DNA future. View more info
