Search Results: science-general from Adelaide Booksellers

London: Macmillan. 2007. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Black & white illustrations. 155 pages. A hugely entertaining history of traditional weights and measures. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: Bantam Press. 2003. Very Good condition - Card Covers. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 310 pages. Explores the mystery of the science of sex and gender. . 1st Paperback Edition. Trade Paperback.

London: Sevenoaks. 2006. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Colour photographs. 160 pages. Over 150 Illustrations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Softcover.

North Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing. 2020. MINT - a NEW copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. xiv, 295 pages. The 20th-century anatomists Grafton Elliot Smith, Frederic Wood Jones and Arthur Keith travelled the globe collecting, cataloguing and constructing morphologies of the biological world with the aim of weaving these into a new vision of bio-ecology that links humans to their deep past as well as their evolutionary niche. Their version of human development and history profoundly influenced public opinion as they wrote prolifically for the press; they published bestsellers on human origins and evolution; they spoke eloquently at public meetings and on the radio. They wanted their anatomical insight to shape public policy. And by changing popular views of race and environment, they moulded attitudes as to what it meant to be human in a post-Darwinian world—thus providing a potent critique of racism. Robust, professional packaging and tracking… Read More

United Kingdom: The Kynoch Press. 1950. Octavo Size. Very Good in Good+ Dustjacket. DJ has some small loss - now protected in a purpose-made plastic sleeve. Black & white illustrations. Previous owner's details to preliminary pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 164 pages. Published on behalf of ICI [ Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd], tells the story of British scientific achievement from Robert of Chester, the English monk who in 1144 opened the door of Eastern chemical knowledge to Western Europe through Rutherford and Bragg's liberation of atomic energy. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Washington, DC: Sciences - National Research Council. 1971. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with colour and black & white plates, drawings, diagrams and maps. Two fold-out maps in a rear pocket. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. ix, 343pp. Volume 15 of the Antarctic Research Series. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Surrey, UK: Nelson. 1981. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Previous owners details to half title page (neat stamp). Black & white illustrations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 104 pages. . 1st Edition Assumed. Softcover.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1993. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Colour maps and colour & black & white diagrams. This is a heavy book and will cost more to ship internationally. Please contact us for a precise quote for your part of the world. xiv, 470 pages. Provides an illustration of the satellite-derived global data sets of the time, their uses, advantages and limitations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: Allen Lane. 1975. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. 362 pages. Tracing the entry of laboratory sciences into archeology., including radio carbon dating. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Sydney: UNSW Press. 1999. Very Good condition - but some margin "lines" and a little pencil underlining. Previous owner's details to preliminary pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 323 pages. . 1st Edition. Trade Paperback.

Sydney: Cassell Australia. 1978. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 205 pages. The story of Australia's most distinguished inventors . . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Melbourne: CSIRO [in conjunction with Melbourne University Press]. 1949. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition. No dustjacket. Green cloth boards. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Colour maps - one with a tissue overlay that has come loose. 183 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Sydney: Harper Collins Publishers. 2019. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 374 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company. 1998. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Previous owner's neat blind-stamp to preliminary pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 258 pages. Evolution and human uniqueness. . 1st US Edition. Softcover.

London: Macmillan Magaziines. 1996. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Double column format. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 266 pages. . 1st Edition. Softcover.

New York: Birch Lane Press. 1990. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with colour plates. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 255 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: University of Newcastle upon Tyne. 1963. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ has a small patch of damage to front panel & is now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Originally published by Oxford University Press. 122 pages. University of Durham Riddell Memorial lectures. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Reprint. Hardback.

London: The Folio Society. 2007. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in a Very Good Slipcase. Illustrated with colour photographs and black & white drawings. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 358 pages. . 1st thus. Hardback.

London: Little Brown & Company. 1989. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 418pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: Hamlyn. 1978. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in a purpose-made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with colour photographs and drawings. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 208 pages. . Reprint. Hardback.