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Territory in Bird Life. With Illustrations by G. E. Lodge and H. Grönvold.
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Territory in Bird Life. With Illustrations by G. E. Lodge and H. Grönvold.

by (Ratcliffe, Derek) Howard, H. Eliot

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London: John Murray, 1920. Octavo. Original blue cloth, titles to spine gilt. Colour frontispiece and 10 black and white plates with tissue guards, double-page map. Errata slip at page 238, single leaf of publisher's ads at rear. Binding lightly rubbed at the extremities, faint spotting to the edges of the text block, free endpapers partially tanned. An excellent copy. First edition, first impression of the book that popularised the modern understanding of territoriality among male birds. From the library of the important conservationist Derek Ratcliffe (1929-2005), who discovered the effect of DDT-related eggshell thinning on peregrine falcon populations. With his ownership inscription on the front free endpaper, dated 24 July, 1964. Author H. Elliot Howard (1873-1940) was an amateur ornithologist whose study of warblers led him to the conclusion that male birds fight not for females, but directly for territory, which then attracts females. This was first explicated in The British Warblers: A… Read More
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Theory of Self-Reproducing Automata. Edited and Compiled by Arthur W. Banks.
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Theory of Self-Reproducing Automata. Edited and Compiled by Arthur W. Banks.

by Von Neumann, John

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Urbana & London: University of Illinois Press, 1966. Octavo. Original green cloth, titles to spine and upper board in black. With the dust jacket. Contemporary ownership signature in blue ink to the front free endpaper. An excellent, fresh copy in the lightly rubbed jacket that is tanned, particularly along the spine panel, and has some nicks and short splits at the edges. First edition of this important work on self-reproduction in machines and life forms, scare in the dust jacket. Von Neumann became interested in the abilities of computers to self-reproduce during his work on the Institute for Advanced Studies computer project - noting that, since a Turing machine can make exact copies of any readable sequence, it can copy itself. He hoped to formulate a theory of self-reproduction that would be general enough to explain and predict self-reproduction in both machines and living things. "Using the same method of logical substitution by which a Turing machine can be instructed to interpret… Read More
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Three uncommon imprints by NASA administrator James E. Webb. Man Must Take Environment into...
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Three uncommon imprints by NASA administrator James E. Webb. "Man Must Take Environment into Space, Project Gemini.", "Administration and Management of Space Exploration, Project Apollo", and "From Runnymede to Ganymede" in Speaking of Space and Aeronautics Vol. IV, No. 1.

by Webb, James E.

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Washington D. C.: NASA, 1962 & 1967. 3 16-page, wire-stitched pamphlets. The first two in white self-wraps printed in blue. The third in yellow wrappers printed in black and grey. Illustrations from photos within the texts of the first and second pamphlets. Just a little creasing and rubbing. Excellent condition. James E. Webb (1906-1996) was NASA's second administrator and one of its most significant, seeing the agency through the Mercury and Gemini programs and the preparation for the Apollo missions. To Webb, "the space program was more than a political race. He believed that NASA had to strike a balance between human space flight and science because such a combination would serve as a catalyst for strengthening the nation's universities and aerospace industry... Webb's vision of a balanced program resulted in a decade of space science research that remains unparalleled today. During his tenure, NASA invested in the development of robotic spacecraft, which explored the lunar environment so that… Read More
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The Thyroid Hormones. With a Chapter on Diseases of the Thyroid.
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The Thyroid Hormones. With a Chapter on Diseases of the Thyroid.

by Pitt-Rivers, Rosalind & Jamshed R. Tata

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New York: Pergamon Press, 1959. Octavo. Original burgundy cloth, titles to spine and upper board gilt. With the dust jacket. 3 plates, of which 1 is double-sided. Faint partial toning of the endpapers. An excellent, fresh copy in the jacket that is lightly rubbed along the extremities with light toning of the spine panel. First edition, first printing of this key work by one of Britain's leading biochemists. A beautiful copy in the jacket. Rosalind Pitt-Rivers earned her PhD in biochemistry in 1939 under the supervision of Sir Charles Harington, whose lab at the National Institute for Medical research she then joined. The Second World War interrupted her career, but in 1950 she returned to Harington's lab. "This move turned out to be a propitious event in her scientific career. Inspired by Harington's major interest in elucidating the structure of thyroid hormones, she became deeply involved with biochemical research on how what was then thought to be the only thyroid hormone, L-thyroxine (T4), was… Read More
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A Time to Remember. The Autobiography of a Chemist.
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A Time to Remember. The Autobiography of a Chemist.

by (Brenner, Sydney) Todd, Alexander

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Cabridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983. Octavo. Original blue cloth, titles to spine in silver. With the dust jacket. Remnants of a price sticker to the front flap of the jacket. Lower corner bumped. An excellent copy in the lightly rubbed jacket that is a little faded along the spine panel. First edition, first impression. From the library of Nobel Prize-winning biologist Sydney Brenner, presentation copy inscribed from the author to Brenner on the front blank, "With respect and warmest wishes, Alexander Todd, 24th May 1984". The author, biochemist Alexander Todd (1907-1997), was awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1957 "for his work on the synthesis of nucleotides (the small units that make up the larger molecule of nucleic acids), the hereditary material of cells. This work led to many important advances in chemistry and biochemistry", including the elucidation of the structure of DNA by Watson and Crick (Shampo, "Alexander Todd", Mayo Clinic Proceedings, March 2012). Recipient Sydney… Read More
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Topographical Botany. Being Local and Personal Records Towards Shewing the Distribution of...
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Topographical Botany. Being Local and Personal Records Towards Shewing the Distribution of British Plants Traced Through the 112 Counties and Vice-Counties of England and Scotland.

by Watson, Hewett Cottrell

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Thames Ditton: for private distribution, 1873 & 74. 2 volumes, octavo. Original green cloth, titles to spine and upper board gilt, yellow coated endpapers. Map. Corners and edges bumped, dampstains to both lower boards, small area of dampstain to edge of upper board of volume II, occasional light spotting to contents and edges of text block of volume II. A very good set. First edition, presentation set inscribed by the author on each title, "Mary Edmonds from the Author, H. C. W. 1873" and "Mary Edmonds from the Author, June 24th 1874". Inspired by the work of Alexander von Humboldt, Hewett Cottrell Watson (1804-1881) became Victorian Britain's leading phytogeographer, and his research contributed to Charles Darwin's Origin of Species. "Watson's major botanical endeavour was producing several versions of a work first entitled Outlines of the Geographical Distribution of British Plants (1832); it reached its most extensive form as Cybele Britannica, or, British Plants, and their Geographical… Read More
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Trade card of Hingston & Company, Chemists and Druggists opposite the Plough Hotel Cheltenham.
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Trade card of Hingston & Company, Chemists and Druggists opposite the Plough Hotel Cheltenham.

by Hingston & Company

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Cheltenhem, c. 1837. Trade card (90 x 61 mm). Elaborate copperplate engraved text and illustrations of a bust Hippocrates and staff of Asclepius. A few tiny, light spots, adhesive marks to verso. An attractive trade card for the chemists Hingston & Company of Cheltenham, "opposite the Plough Hotel. Prescriptions accurately prepared with drugs and Chemicals from Apothecaries Hall". The text is elaborately engraved and the card features a well-executed bust of Hippocrates and staff of Asclepius. The Science Museum in London has a copy of the same trade card, and the National Archives hold the company's day book and bankruptcy papers from 1837-1839.
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Trade card of Wickes & Co., Chemists and Druggists, 89 High Street Cheltenham.
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Trade card of Wickes & Co., Chemists and Druggists, 89 High Street Cheltenham.

by Wickes & Co.

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Cheltenham, c. 1825-1835. Trade card (98 x 65 mm). Elaborate copperplate engraved text in an architectural border with the British crest, an alembic, and a mortar and pestle. Fine condition. An attractive trade card for the chemists Wickes & Co. of Cheltenham, in fine condition and featuring elaborate copperplate engraving including illustrations of an alembic and a mortar and pestle. Both the Science Museum of London and the Society of Apothecaries hold copies of this trade card.
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