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Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.

Black hardback cloth cover. Zustand: Good. Reprint. G : in good condition with dust jacket. Page edges browning. 200mm x 140mm (8" x 6"). 382pp.

Soft cover. Zustand: Poor. Condition poor because pp. 29-78 detached but all present, with evidence of old sellotape. The introduction by Dobree and the observations by the Bells are a major contribution to understanding the text of the novel first published 1847. 350 pages. Quoted postage for UK 2nd class. Overseas at least £5.80.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. b/w 7 coloured pictures and photographs throughout.

Soft. Zustand: Good. Good. Light foxed to extremities. Page browned internally.127pp.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. Portrait of Nature : The World As Seen by Modern Science lLight edgewear to boards, corners of boards lightly bumped, . Jacket edgeworn with minor chipping at folds, front flap priceclipped.(We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).

Octavo,320 pp.,colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper.

Quarto,208 pp.,colour photographs, very good in dustwrapper.

Octavo,223 pp.,colour illustrations by Peter Scott, signature. otherwise a fine copy in dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. pp152 inscription has 25.12.16 Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 26, (36) pp. stiff paper, paperback, pictorial thin cardboard, Some wear on wrappers, very good copy. Ills. in colour. 26 x 19 cm.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Reprint. Hardback. Slight foxing to end inside covers and edge. Very slight shelf wear to top edge of D/J. In this book Arthur C. Clarke, whose brilliant novels of prophecy and warning are read by millions, investigates this supra-scientific world. Under his directions, the atuhors travelled five continents interviewing witnesses of strage events and unexplained phenomena. Contents: Foreword. Introduction by Arthur C. Clarke. The Missing Ape Man. A Cabinet of Curiosities. Ancient Fires. Monsters of the Deep. Circles and Standing Stones. Creatures of Lakes and Lochs. Figures in a Landscape. Of Beast and Snake. The great Siberian Explosion. UFOs. Strange Skies. Giants in the Eart. Acknowledgements. Index. Illustrated. 216 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.).

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1977). 1977 1st edition. 8vo (150 x 222mm). Pp350. B/w photograph plates & illustrations, maps, bibliography, Green buckram. Good ex-library working copy in complete dust-wrapper. This is an excellent introduction to how genetic selection and inheritance work, and how this relates to population biology and the practical aspects of conservation. A great range of species is addressed, from dog whelks to trees, insects to birds, with the facts of well known studies such as the peppered moth and the meadow brown butterfly. Chapters include: The study of differences - genes and not-genes; Pools of genes; Sex and breeding; Natural selection and how it works; Genetical plumbing and architecture; Ecological islands and niches; Genes, survival, and adjustment in an island population of the house mouse; Human influences; Why be variable? An appendix deals with mitosis and meiosis. Although published before the recent enormous advances in this field (or perhaps because of this) this book is still an informative and interesting read. .

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. william collins (illustrator). Fith Edition. Hardcover 1978 a Very Good copy. Robert Bain's Clans & Tartans of Scotland. Enlarged and re-edited by Margaret O. MacDougall. Foreword by The Rt. Hon. Countess of Erroll. Heraldic Adviser P.E. Stewart-Blacker. This is a portrait of Scotland's heritage of clan and family history which features illustrated descriptions of over 130 clan and other tartans, clan badges and mottos, a list of clan septs and family names, glossaries of Gaelic place names and personal names, articles on the clan system and Highland.9780004111179 small stain to bottom edge of d/j.

Very clean, bright copy of the 1986 edition. No foxing, one instance of very minor bumping to the top of the DW spine. very minor instance of bumping bottom-edge rear DW. DW spine is almost imperceptibly sun faded upon close inspection. Not price clipped. 268pp.

Laminated. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 128pp, illustrated. Owner's name and initials in fluorescent pen on half title.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Slight warp to boards. Illustrated . Green cloth with VG dj. 212pp plus index.

, xii, 308 pages, which includes a 6 page index, SIGNED by Eric Newby, and from his library, dedicated 'For Dearest Venetia with all our love Eric and Beck 17th October 1987', also with some of his page notes on half title page First Edition , slight soiling to spine, generally pages clean with very minor foxing throughout, overall in good condition , dustwrapper with foxing on inside, slight tearing to top of spine, good condition , green cloth, gilt titles on spine , 16 x 24 cms Hardback SIGNED by the author ISBN: 2176394.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1977). 1977 1st edition. 8vo (150 x 222mm). Pp350. B/w photograph plates & illustrations, maps, bibliography, Green buckram, spine titled in gilt. Fine. Only a hint of fading to otherwise fine dust-wrapper. This is an excellent introduction to how genetic selection and inheritance work, and how this relates to population biology and the practical aspects of conservation. A great range of species is addressed, from dog whelks to trees, insects to birds, with the facts of well known studies such as the peppered moth and the meadow brown butterfly. Chapters include: The study of differences - genes and not-genes; Pools of genes; Sex and breeding; Natural selection and how it works; Genetical plumbing and architecture; Ecological islands and niches; Genes, survival, and adjustment in an island population of the house mouse; Human influences; Why be variable? An appendix deals with mitosis and meiosis. Although published before the recent enormous advances in this field (or perhaps because of this) this book is still an informative and interesting read. .

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A good copy of this Lone Pine Adventure, first edition of the Armada paperback. Small sticker on front cover (bottom right), some rubbing on top right corner and spine, medium tanning on page edges throughout, but otherwise a good, clean, tight copy of this much-loved classic.

Second Edition. A very good original half leather binding. 5.5" x 3.5" x 0.25". 12mo. pp.108 . Brown calf spine and corners over dulled and darkened marbled boards. Spine with gilt banding and original black leather title label. Edges rubbed and bumped. Light soiling to endpapers. Notes to front free-endpaper: "The Copy of a song at the end of this book is in the handwriting of Alithea Maria Graham, wife of Leonard Graham." Engraved frontis, lightly soiled. Clear English text throughout on lightly toned paper, with a few small blemishes from previous use. ** DOBBIN, Sir Alfred Graham, Knt. (1900); D.L., J.P., Co. Borough of Cork; High Sheriff of Cork, 1900; is a Director of Dobbin, Ogilvie and Co., Ltd., manufacturers and wholesale merchants, and of Imperial Hotel, Cork, Ltd.; Member of Council of the Cork Employers' Federation, Ltd.; Director of the Palace Theatre, Cork, Ltd.; a Trustee of Cork Savings Bank; b. 10th Sept., 1853; m. 4th May, 1876, Margaret Reid (d. 1884), dau. of late Peter Ogilvie, Esq., Cork; 2nd, 31st March, 1887, Kate Wise, dau. of W. Wise, Solr., Clifton, Bristol. Res.: Frankfort, Cork.

Zustand: Gut. 1. Edition;. Kl. 8° 128 pp., 70 color photographs, 4 color plates by Chris Shields; Orig.-Broschur; 200g; [Englisch]; leichte Gebrauchsspuren, 4 Seiten mit farbigen Eintragungen / moderately used 1. Edition; [lgr=T] _ xXx_. BUCH.

Zustand: Gut. 1. Edition;. Kl. 8° 112 pp., 60 color photographs, 5 color plates; Orig.-Broschur; 200g; [Englisch]; leichte Gebrauchsspuren / moderately used 1. Edition; [lgr=T] _ xXx_. BUCH.