THE GEOMETRY AND PHYSICS OF KNOTS
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. Paperback. 78 pages, references, index. Paperback octavo. Nice bright copy. First published in 1990. More
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REPORTS OF EXPLORATIONS AND SURVEYS, TO ASCERTAIN THE MOST PRACTICABLE AND ECONOMICAL ROUTE FOR A RAILROAD FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 1853-1854....VOLUME IV : REPORT ON THE BOTANY OF THE EXPEDITION : VOLUME IV, PARTS V AND VI
Washington DC: Beverly Tucker/ Government Printing Office, 1856. Hardcover. Over 400 pages of text, large foldout chart, 54 full page plates [24 of cacti]. Rebound in green library buckram, thick quarto. Spine titles fading binding clean, spine title light. Binding tight. Lacks title page, Text clean, some foxing and browning..... More
OUTLINE OF THE EVOLUTION-PHILOSOPHY
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1875. Hardcover. Some wear to extremities and edges of spine. Corners nudged. Very small dent to top of front board (hardly noticeable), and a small amount of rubbing to boards. More
CERENKOV RADIATION AND ITS APPLICATIONS
New York: Pergamon Press, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth-covered boards with mild shelfwear, and a bit of shelf-rubbing to spinecaps. Previous owner's stamped name, overlaid with felt marker, to top and bottom edges. Privately-owned. Unmarked. Tight, clean copy. Cerenkov(or Cherenkov) radiation results when a charged particle (eg., an electron)..... More
ENVIRONMENTAL VITALISM: THE INHERITENCE OF ACQUIRED CHARACTERISTICS
Gold Beach, Oregon: High Sierra Books, 2003. Softcover. 8vo. 8.5" x 5". Minimal wear to edges. Spine still uncreased. 283 pages including index. Paul Kammerer was determined to proove Lamarck's Theory of Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics. He was despised by the Nazis, and embraced by the Soviet scientists. A lot..... More
THE GALLERY OF NATURE : A PICTORIAL AND DESCRIPTIVE TOUR THROUGH CREATION, ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE WONDERS OF ASTRONOMY, PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY
London: William S. Orr & Co., 1846. Hardcover. 4to (measuring 10" x 7" x 2"), three-quarter bound leather over black buckram, a later but handsome rebinding, with original spine label affixed. Fourteen engravings on steel, "eight line engravings, and two hundred and fifty vignettes on wood, with several hundred diagrams..... More
ISOGEOTHERM HYPOTHESIS OF MINERAL OCCURRENCE AND ORIGIN: ORIGIN OF PETROLEUM, COAL, AND OTHER CARMONACEOUS PRODUCTS; Showing How These Products Occur in Orderly, Definite, Limited Horizons, Independently of the Plane of Stratification
Whittier, California: Self-Published, 1911. First Edition. Leather-bound. Quarto. 10.25" x 6.75". Brown, limp suede, with leather title sewn into suede cover, from the back. Yapp edges. Bound/tied with leather cord. 68 pages. Printed by Will A. Smith's print shop, Whittier, California. Headpiece design to top of each page depicting geothermal..... More
THE MEDUSAE OF THE BRITISH ISLES : ANTHOMEDUSAE, LEPTOMEDUSAE, LIMNOMEDUSAE, TRACHYMEDUSAE AND NARCOMEDUSAE
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. xiii, 530 pages, index. 35 full page plates at rear [31 in color], over 300 text drawings. Black cloth, quarto. Gilt illustration to front, spine titles in gilt. Corners sharp, text block square, binding strong. Name and adress of previous owner on..... More
GENETIC STUDIES OF GENIUS, VOLUME I : MENTAL AND PHYSICAL TRAITS OF A THOUSAND GIFTED CHILDREN
Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1925. FIRST EDITION (NAP). HARDCOVER. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Faint rubbing to extremities. Some sunning to spine, but all in all, a very nice, tight copy. 648 pp. including index. More
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