Search Results: Science from Book Happy Booksellers

Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1986. Softcover. Very Good. 8-1/4" x 11" Softcover; 154pp; Covers clean & bright, text unmarked, bindng is tight, VG condition. Abstracts of papers presented at the 1986 AAAS Annual Meeting in Philadelphia.

Bath, UK: The William Herschel Society, 1993. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Wraps; 18pp; Covers clean & bright, gift inscr. to inside cover, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Booklet outlining the life and work of British astronomer Alexander Herschel the "Meteor Man" (1836-1907). Illustrated with photos.

Lidingo, Sweden: Rene Malaise, 1972. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Wraps; First Edition; 13pp; Tiny stain to front cover, else covers clean & bright with slight handling wear, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Scarce, vintage pamphlet by Swedish entomologist Rene Malaise (1892-1978) arguing for an alternative to the theory of continental drift. Illustrated with maps, photos & diagrams.

Saratoga Springs: G. M. Davison, 1828. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good. 3-1/2" x 5-1/2" Hardcover; Second Edition; 188pp; Marbled boards, spine professionally repaired with new cloth backstrip, pages slightly wrinkled with moderate foxing, rear board darkened at bottom, front board darkened at fore-edge, short tear to one interior page near gutter (doesn't affect text), text unmarked, binding is sound, Good condition. (Geological folding map is missing.) Contains "observations on the geology and mineralogy of the surrounding country.

State of Oregon, Dept. of Geology and Mineral Industries, 1968. Softcover. Very Good-. 8-1/2 x 11 Softcover; 107pp; Previous owner's name to title page, light age-toning to covers, small stain on a few pages, binding is tight, VG- condition. Articles from the Andesite Conference, July 1 to 6, 1968 at Eugene and Bend, Oregon. International Upper Mantle Project Scientific Report 16-S. Bulletin 62. Illustrated with photos & maps.

Washington, DC: Wendell and Van Benthuysen, 1849. Hardcover. Good. 816pp; Brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, foxing & age-toning to some pages, text unmarked, binding is sound, Good condition. Report on US patents for the year 1848. Illustrated. Includes foldout illustrations at rear.

Washington, DC: Wendell and Van Benthuysen, 1848. Hardcover. Good. 661pp; Brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, top quarter of FFEP missing, previous owner's name to FFEP, foxing & age-toning to some pages, text unmarked, binding is sound, Good condition. Report on US patents for the year 1847. Illustrated.

New York: Springer-Verlag, 1981. Third Printing. Hardcover. Very Good-. 220pp; Silver cloth boards with red & black titling to front & spine, wear to base of spine, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG- condition. Texts and Monographs in Computer Science series. With 49 figures.

Millis, MA: Harvard Apparatus Foundation, Inc., 1971. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Spiral-Bound Softcover; 110pp; Clean, unmarked copy, binding is sound, VG condition. Discusses electronic instrumentation in the teaching of biology and physiology. Illustrated with diagrams & photos.

Provo, UT: American Society of Mammalogists, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 7" x 10" Cloth in DJ; 719pp; DJ slightly edgeworn with a few short tears & protected by mylar sleeve, boards square, clean & bright, front board slightly bumped at bottom edge, previous owner's name to front pastedown, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG+/VG condition. Related article, "New Kangaroo Mice from Idaho and Nevada" by Hafner laid in. Collection of papers on the Heteromyidae, a family of exclusively New World rodents that includes kangaroo rats, pocket mice, and kangaroo mice of the desert, grasslands and shrublands of western North America, as well as the spiny and pouched rats of the subtropical shrublands and tropical deciduous and evergreen forests of North America, Central America, and northernmost South America, which includes six genera and 316 species. Illustrated with diagrams, maps & photos.

Cape Town, South Africa: Oxford University Press, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. 380pp; Covers clean & bright, previous owner's name to front pastedown, pages slightly age-toned, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG+ condition. Collection of papers about biotic diversity in Southern Africa. Illustrated with photos & diagrams.

Cleveland, OH: The United Publishing Corporation, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good-. Cloth in DJ; 208pp; DJ slightly age-toned, edgeworn & protected by mylar sleeve, boards square, clean & bright, glossy author photo pasted to front pastedown, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG+/VG- condition. Inscribed & Signed by Author. 1962 veterinarian conference program laid in. Scarce, vintage text on bovine health programming by Lyle Adelbert Baker (1921-1981), veterinarian and founder of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners and Animal Nutrition, Inc. Illustrated with diagrams.

Chicago: National Anti-Vivisection Society, 1986. Softcover. Good+. 113pp; Covers slightly faded & rubbed, text unmarked, binding is tight, Good+ condition. Discusses alternatives to using animals for cancer research.

Ferndale, CA: Enterprises Unlimited, 1975. Second Printing. Softcover. Good+. Wraps; 48pp; Slight handling wear to booklet, previous owner's name to inside back cover, slight wrinkling to pages, text unmarked, binding is sound, Good+ condition. Discusses ways to capture the sun's rays, how to convert them to usable energy and how to locate and maintain stations to supply at least one third of the world's energy needs. Illustrated with diagrams.

Pullman, WA: State College of Washington, 1910. First Edition. Softcover. Good+. 341pp; Handling wear & minor creasing to covers & pages, slight wear to spine ends, pages slightly age-toned, text unmarked, binding is sound, Good+ condition. Vintage technical treatise on the clays and clay industry in the State of Washington. Illustrated with many photos, including illustrations of industrial equipment. Also includes several foldout illustrations.

Honolulu, HI: Dept. of Entomology, Bishop Museum, 1980. Softcover. Good+. 218pp; Previous owner's name, minor staining & surface tear to front cover, one small pen mark in text, binding is tight, Good+ condition. Pacific Insects Monograph 36. Illustrated with photos, line drawings and map.

Walnut Creek, CA: Pavior Publishing, 2001. Softcover. Near Fine. 418pp; Covers clean & bright, one corner of book slightly bumped, text unmarked, binding is tight, Near Fine condition. Introduces new paradigm wherein human qualities of consciousness, intention, emotion, mind and spirit significantly affect physical reality. Illustrated with diagrams.

Philadelphia, PA: Wildlife Preservation Trust International, 1989. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good+. 7" x 9-1/2" Softcover; 175pp; Spine slightly age-toned, covers clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG+ condition. Report on the conservation biology of the black-footed ferret. Wildlife Preservation Trust Special Scientific Report No. 3. Illustrated with diagrams, photos & maps.

Portland, OR: Timber Press, 1983. First US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/None. 7-1/4" x 10" Cloth (No DJ); 127pp + 79 plates; No DJ, purple cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, slight rubbing to spine ends, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Taxonomic revision of the genus Crocus (Iridaceae) with 79 color plates and illustrated with diagrams. With Introduction, Classification, Hybrids, Bibliography, Glossary, Index and Synonymy of Crocus names.

New York: Henry Schuman, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+/None. 148pp; No DJ, red cloth boards with black titling to spine, spine faded, boards slightly scuffed, a few pen marks in bibliography, text unmarked, binding is tight, Good+ condition. Aims to educate the public about the true meaning of evolution and Darwinism.