Search Results: the inheritors the story of man by calder ritchie

Heinemann, 1961. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1961. First Edition. 345 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over dark green cloth with photographic black and white plates and black and white illustrations throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

Book Club (The Reprint Society), London, 1962. Book Club Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. list of illustrations, acknowledgements and index. The text is illustrated with 14 line drawings and 28 black-and-white photographs along with 11 maps. Aqua coloured cloth covered boards with black insert to the backstrip and within that insert gilt coloured titles. Photographic dustwrapper (wraparound) with black and white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Black and white photograph of author to the rear fold over panel. "Man's struggle to master his environment is a huge subject. In two-thirds of his book he (Ritchie Calder) presents the history of the struggle from the earliest use of tools up to the present stop. Then he turns to the problems facing is now and in the future, explaining what we must fear, and what – if we became a trifle less silly – we could achieve stop." – from… Read More

London: Reprint Society, 1962. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Book Club (BCE/BOMC).. 345pp. HARDCOVER. Clean copy internally. No inscriptions. D/w is present, but has much edgewear top/bottom, other abrasion & some loss. D/w will be improved where possible & supplied in protective sleeve. Will appear smart when work completed. Size: 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" tall.

London: Heinemann, 1961. ...........please e-mail for further details.. Not Signed or Inscribed. This is a First Edition. Green Cloth. Very Good (AVERAGE)/No Jacket. Illus. by Black and White Illustrations. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Hard Back.

London England: Heinemann, 1961. hardback. Very slight shelf wear to top edge of D/J. Price clipped to D/J. It it at conce a fascinating account of man's scientific achievements from the earlies times and a challenging reappraisal of some of the most pressing questions of today. With a welath of detail, much of it derived from personal, on-the-spot investigation of centres of civilization from the Equator to the Arctic, the author traces the development of man, the tool-maker, the technologist, from prehistory to the present day and makes an excursion into the future. After warning that man may be too clever and too arrogant, the author indicates how by pooling their scientific and technical knowledge the nations can develop the still vast resources of the world and together conquer such global menaces as food shortages, disease and radiation. From his unique experience as a 'United Nations explorer' in the deserts, the jungle and the Arctic, and his first-hand observation of impressive… Read More

Heinemann, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket worn at edges, small chips and tears. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Edges browned slightly. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Archaeology; History. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 3665. .

London England: Heinemann, 1961. Hardback. First Edition. Slight shelf wear to edge of D/J. Slight browning to spine of D/J. It is a fascinating account of man's scientific achievements from the earliest times and a challenging reappraisal of some of the most pressing questions of today. With a welath of detail, much of it derived from personal, on-the-spot investigation of centres of civilisation from the Equator to the Arctic, the author traces the development of man, the tool-maker, the technologist, from prehistory to the present day, and makes an excursion into the future. He tells how in ancient times man by his ingenuity and skills gained control of his environment and how the limitations of his knowledge, as well as his excesses, destroyed the civilisations which he thus created. The author's encyclopaedic knowledge of the whole range of scientific progress supports a convincing case for a combined attempt to tackle global problems on a global scale. This book is a lively, informative… Read More

Heinmann, U.K, 1961. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 345 pp,inc index, photos, 8vo, some foxing on top edge. otherwise fine, dust jacket , in protective cover. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Dust Jacket un-clipped. Quantity Available: 1. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: Lap00121. .