Search Results: History of Science from Mike Park Ltd

Berlin: Staatsbibliothek , 1987. Well illustrated, large octavo, pp 216, very clean internally, paperback, covers very slightly worn, lower cover creased and folded at the top corner. [Presentation copy from the author to William Stearn, with inscription on the title page.]. Signed by Author. First Edition. Paperback. Good.

London, 1969. THE TIMES SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT - THE COLOUR OF SPACE. A four page record of the Apollo 8 flight round the moon. Monday January 6th, 1969. Large folio, folded three times, very browned, a little worn at the joints and folds. SCARCE. [Postage will be reduced]. First Edition. Paperback. Fair.

Princeton University Press, 1974. Small octavo, pp x, 307, paperback, a very good copy. [From the library of Sir John Burnett, with his signature on the front endpaper. A distinguished academic career and a lifelong interest in fungi, botany and nature conservation made him the ideal champion for biological recording in the UK. He held that effective nature conservation could be achieved only if good quality information about species and their habitats was accessible to all who needed it - a belief that made him perfectly suited to run the National Biodiversity Network, founded in 2000. He was convinced that academics with high administrative posts must continue with some personal research, in his case on the myxomycetes.]]. Paperback. Very Good.

Gregg Press, 1965. Portrait frontispiece, small slim octavo, pp 80, paperback, a very good copy, paperback in plain unlettered covers. SCARCE. [This is a seperate offprint from the rare five-volume Gregg Press reprint of the collected works. This little publication includes an account of Haworth's correspondence, some contemporary obituary notices, an appraisal of Haworth's cultivation of Mesembryanthemaceae, and a facsimile reprint of his first publication "Essay on the Rhus toxicodendron".]. Paperback. Very Good.

Gregg Press, 1965. Portrait frontispiece, small slim octavo, pp 80, paperback, a very faint tiny dimple on the upper cover and first few pages, otherwise a very good copy, paperback in plain unlettered covers. SCARCE. [This is a seperate offprint from the rare five-volume Gregg Press reprint of the collected works. This little publication includes an account of Haworth's correspondence, some contemporary obituary notices, an appraisal of Haworth's cultivation of Mesembryanthemaceae, and a facsimile reprint of his first publication "Essay on the Rhus toxicodendron".]. Paperback. Very Good.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1946. First reprint. Illustrated, octavo, pp 488, a signature on the front endpaper, otherwise very clean internally, green cloth in very good condition. the dcarce dustwrapper is slightly worna and torn but now nicely protected in a removable clear cover. From the library of the Kew botanist Gerald Wickens, with his signature on the endpaper. [A dense detailed historical survey of the major plant diseases. Unsurpassed.] . First reprint. Cloth. Very Good/Slightly worn and torn.

Upsala: A - B Lunequistska Bokhandeln, 1950. Frontispiece (but no other illustrartons), large octavo, pp 328, the upper corner very slightly bruised, a duplicate from Royal Holloway College Library, with their stamps on both side of the title page, a bookplate and barcode on the front endpapers, but otherwise extremely clean internally, bound in green cloth in very bright condition. . First Edition thus. Cloth. Very Good.

Lehre: J. Cramer, 1970. [Originally published in 1837]. Facsimile reprint with an introduction by H.P. Traub, illustrated with 48 plain plates, large octavo, pp 94, viii, 428, lower corners of cloth and pages bumped, the spine and lower cover faded, otherwise very good. [One of the seminal works on the family, whose nature and limits were mainly defined in the first forty years of the nineteenth century.. Cloth. Good.

Edinburgh University Press, 1967. Well illustrated, very large octavo, pp xxiv, 343, orange cloth only very slightly worn, in an attractive period dustwrapper which is slightly frayed and has a small tear to its lower cover. [Phillada Hawkes copy, with a fair amount of pencil underlining throughout and a few marginal notes.]. Cloth. Fair/Good.

Rome: Biblioteca dell' Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei e Corsiniana, 2008. Italian text. Well illustrated, small octavo, pp 131, paperback, a very good copy. With the bookplate of the botanist David Mabberley. [[Catalogue of an exhibition which took place between 14th November 2008 and 31st January 2009.]. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1919. Octavo, pp x, 286, untrimmed as issues (but also unopened - so pages will need to be cut with a sharp knife) therefore in very good condition internally, indeed never been read!. Maroon cloth, very slightly worn and faded, the spine a little dull and spine head very slightly pulled.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good.

London: Country Life, 1978. Very well illustrated, small folio, pp 224, brown cloth, an absolutely fine copy in the original slipcase which is virtually as new. A beautiful book. [Very heavy - extra postage may be needed]. First Edition. Cloth in slipcase. As New.

Guildford & London: Lutterworth Press, 1981. Very well illustrated, small folio, pp 224, red cloth, an extremely bright clean copy in a dustwrapper which is not price-clipped or torn, but just slightly curled at the top and bottom margins. [A heavy book - extra postage may be necessary to some areas.]. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good.

London: H.K. Lewis & Co. Ltd, 1926. Very well illustrated, tall quarto, pp 96, a very good copy, with only slight wear to the red cloth. A tiny owner's name-stamp on the title page, and another and signature on the front endpaper.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good.

London: The Basilisk Press, 1975. Folio [measures 638mm x 455mm], quarter morocco and marbled boards, pp 30, double page map + 25 fine mounted colour plates with accompanying text, (one plate slightly waved). otherwise a very good copy in fitted cloth-covered box (a little marked and faded). [Limited edition of 515 copies - this being number 200] . [Extremely heavy - extra postage will be required.]. First Edition. Quarter calf and boards. Very Good.

Bath: Adams & Dart, 1970. Frontispiece, octavo, pp 159, very clean internally, grey cloth faded at the spine, the dustwrapper is not price-clipped, it is just slightly worn and faded.. First Edition thus. Cloth. Very Good/Slightly worn and faded.

London: Geographical Society, 1932. Illustrated, pp (31), a coloured folding map, slightly used internally with slightly folded corners, paperback, covers slightly marked and creased. From the library of the botanist Eric Groves, with his signature on the upper cover and his stamps on both covers. RARE. [Reprinted from The Geographical Journal, Volume LXXX number 2.]. First Edition. Paperback. Good.

New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1989. Illustrated with a few black-and-white photos, 8vo, pp xvi, 377, navy cloth with gilt titles on spine, fine copy in similar dustwrapper.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

Norwalk: Burndy Corporation, 1976. Illustrated, small quarto, pp 48, paperback, a very good copy.. Paperback. New.

Switzerland, 1870. A rare early Swiss ornithological bibliography. Large slender octavo, 30 pages (paginated 91 - 119), a little used, age-toned and creased throughout, corners turned, green paper covers rather worn, an unknown contemporary name on the upper cover. RARE. Originally published in Bulletin de la Société Ornithologique Suisse (ii. pp. 90-119). [The Oates/Selborne copy with labels inside the front cover, and the discrete circular Oates stamp on the first and last page. The library was formed by Robert Washington Oates. This book was originally presented to the Newton Library in the Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge. It was later transferred in 1955 to the Gilbert White Museum at Selborne, from which it was sold in the early 1990's.]. First Edition thus. Paperback. Fair.