Search Results: Science from Dave Shoots, Bookseller

Albany, N.Y.: State Education Department, 1974 Book. Very Good. Soft Covers. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Bulletin 424, New York State Museum and Science Service. Previous owner and museum name stamps. 133 pp. with index..

Albany, N.Y.: New York State Museum, 1997 Book. Illus. by Maps and Charts. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Large softcover. Cambrian faunal sequence and depositional history of Avalonian Newfoundland and New Brunswick. Revisions in stratographic nomenclature of the cambrian of Avalonian North America and comparisons with Avalonian Britain. 92 pp..

London: W.B. Saunders Company, Ltd., 1972 Book. Illus. by Charts and Graphs. Very Good. Hardcover. Volume I, Number I. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original dark blue cloth lettered in gilt on boards. Fifteen lectures on related subjects. 328 pp. with Index..

St. John, N.B.: R.A.H. Morrow, 1878 Book. Illus. by Map and Illustrations. Fair to Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original brown cloth with ship picture in gold on boards. Cracked hinges and several strained gutters glued. 34 small illustrations missing between pages 270-271, but all others present.. Exp;oration and observation of the oceans, their geography, and their inhabitants seem to be the goals of this project. The first cruise was off the west coast of Ireland, and the group returned to England 3 1/2 years later. 384 pp. plus catalog of Belford Brothers, Toronto..

New York: Harper Collins, 1997 Book. Illus. by Photos and Drawings By D. Sloan. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition Stated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Beige paper boards backed in brown cloth. Based on praises on the DJ back cover, this book might be the first ione I read on a subject that has left me cold previously ! 244 pp..

Clearwater, FL: The Author Book. Illus. by Frontispiece Photo. Good Plus. Hardcover. Inscribed and Signed By Author. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black cloth on boards. Front hinge weak. The doctor not only wrote the book, but printed it, too ! 486 pp..

N.Y.: D. Appleton and Company, 1895 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original dark blue cloth on boards. Previous owner's name stamp with no other marking. Lofty ideas at the turn of the century are pursued with care and vigour, beginning as early as the Preface. Here is what seems a strong argument regarding science and religion and their effect upon evolution, or vice versa. 297 pp..

New York: Columbia University Press, 2002 Book. Illus. by Photos and Drawings. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Softcover Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Gift note the only mark. No damage. 403 pp. with index. Heavy book will need extra postage..

San Francisco, CA: Addison-Wesley/ Pearson Education Book. Illus. by Diagrams. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original white trade paperback. Title page missing. Advance copy. Another book intended to make teaching physics more successful. 330 pp. plus blank leaves for notes..

Garden City, N.Y.: Garden City Publishing Co., Inc., 1943 Book. Illus. by Photos By Samuel Grimson. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Maroon cloth on boards. How the Hall of Man in the Field Museum of Chicago came to be. Hoffman travelled the world to collect peoples' physical types to be cast in bronze for exhibit. Heavy book will need extra postage. Previous owner's initials are the only marks. Minor tanning on p. 4, probably due to offset from full-page illustration opposite. 416 pp..

Toronto: Macmillan Company of Canada Ltd., 1955 Book. Illus. by Frontispiece Portrait and Drawings. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown cloth on boards. Observations in Northwest Canada by a young explorer in the artillery who eventually became Major-General Sir Henry Lefroy. 171 pp..

Halifax, N.S.: The Mining Society of Nova Scotia, 1910 Book. Good Plus. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original grey softcover stapled booklet lettered in black. This paper by R.W. Ells is further to his paper of the previous year, which was based on old reports by J. Campbell and the book, How's Mineralogy of Nova Scotia (1868). 28 pp. Faint watermarks not affecting readability..

Cambridge, MA: M.I.T. Press, 1971 Book. Illus. by Photos and Drawings. Good to Very Good. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original red paper boards. DJ unclipped, with two small tears at head. Library discard. The nature of karst and its study, Karst rocks, Karst processes, Minor solution sculpture, Drainage, Surface landforms, Karst caves, Cave deposits, Influence of climate and rates of denudation, Influence of geological structure, Historical geomorphology of karst, Present state of karst geomorphology and its value, Index. 253 pp..

Saint John, N.B.: J. & A. McMillan, Limited, 1925 Book. Illus. by Photos and Drawings. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original maroon cloth on boards. Appears to be a first edition, but with very little evidence of age or wear except the tiniest scattered flecks of foxing. Professor Bailey was born into high society at West Point, where his father was on the faculty. Less than two years after his 20th birthday he was hired as Professor of Chemistry and Natural Science at the University of New Brunswick at Fredericton, where he served for 46 years. Following this he concentrated his efforts on a study of diatoms, a major group of algae. 141 pp..

N.Y.: The Century Co., 1926 Book. Illus. by Photos.. Very Good. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original maroon cloth lettered in yellow on boards. Previous owner's name. Biography of scientist in magnetism and electricity. 210 pp..

Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1934 Book. Illus. by Charts and Drawings. Very Good. Original Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original dark blue cloth on boards, no DJ. Some underlining, OW very good. At time of writing, Chant was Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Toronto. 195 pp..

Prague: Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, 1965 Book. Illus. by Photos and Drawings. Very Good. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original green cloth on boards. Original owner's name (twice). Nature of Immunogenicity, Characterization of Antibodies, Inductive Phase and Primary Response in Antibody Formation, Nature of the Secondary Response in Antibody Formation and the Effect of Ionizing Radiation, and Theories on the Mechanism of Antibody Formation, Index of Authors, Subject Index. Heavy book will need extra postage. 683 pp..

London: Hamlyn Publishing Group. Ltd., 1992 Book. Illus. by Reed International Books Ltd.. Very Good in Box. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Black cloth on boards. Examines forces within, without, and beyond, from electrical interference to encounters with extra-terrestrials. 160 pp. with index..

Harper Collins Book. Illus. by Photos and Drawings. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. Second Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Original colour photo of para-sailor above the clouds on laminated boards. Title page excised, with no other damage and no marks. Very heavy book will need extra postage. 1059 pp. plus Appendices..

London: LWard, Lock & Co., Limited Book. Illus. by Photos & Diagrams. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original black cloth on boards. Previous owner's name label. A book of experiments with electricity, heat, light, sound, physics, chemistry, and optical illusions, as well as tricks with matches, numbers, and coins. Front hinge cracked. Dry mildew stains to cover. 256 pp. with index..