Search Results: science from THE BOOK VAULT

THE GREAT COURSES, Chantilly, VA, 2014. 7.5" X 5.25" in glossy blue heavy paper covers. Very minor shelf wear: FINE. The Great Courses are usually made up of CD's or DVD's plus a book. This is the book by itself. It is marked: "Transcript Book," so I would assume that it duplicates the material on the disks. 457pp. [BC062]. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket.

American Roentgen Ray Society, Baltimore, MD, 1985. 11 1/8" X 8 3/4" in heavy duty black buckram with gilt spine lettering. Very Spiffy. NOT a library discard. 1360pp. Numerous illustrations. An amazingly heavy book.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket.

Methuen & Co. LTD. U.K., 1969. 8.75" X 5.75" in purple cloth with gilt spine lettering. SIGNED AND DEDICATED BY AUTHOR on back of pre-title page. EX-IBM LIBRARY stamp on flyleaf [no other library marks]. 3" light stain on fore edge ONLY; Old faint nearly illegible price ink stamp on flyleaf: VERY GOOD or better. Jacket is intact, but all chipped up along edges, couple of short tears: FAIR PLUS to GOOD MINUS. 304pp. [AE018]. Inscribed by Author(s). 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

Naples Florida, U.S.A.: Mosby-Wolfe Inc, 1994. 13 3/4" X 9 7/8" in illustrated green cloth. 1/4" silt along edge of spine at top. light soil inside back cover and top of pre-title, owner's name in magic marker on flyleaf: VERY GOOD or better condition. Filled with full color anatomical drawings, lists of muscles and what they do, etc. Highly technical. 135pp.. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Heinemann Educational Books, London/Dover Publications, NY, 1970. 10" X 7.5" in spiffy hard covers: about FINE condition. Jacket - short tear near foot of spine, chipping along top of back panel, front seems yellowed and somewhat faded: about GOOD condition. This book is made up of a series of photos of sections of different stages of embryos [left pages] followed by labeled drawings made from the photos [right pages]. 107pp.. 5th or later Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Good.

Boston, MA, U.S.A.: Tuttle Publishing, 1972 11.75 X 9.25" in hard covers. Book VG+ or better. Jacket shows a little minor shelfwear and a 1/4" tear at top of spine: VG. SLIPCASE is in overall very nice condition with a few light smudges and abrasions at each corner. This is a beautiful book full of color photos of exotic Australian seashells. It is not just a "coffee table book"; it is quite scholarly. For the serious collector of shells or zoologist.. F. Hardcover.

Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY, 1960. 9" X 6" in light gray heavy paper covers. Clean, tight, unmarked: FINE condition. 8pp. of plates at end of book. Map in envelope glued to rear end paper. "Some Aspects of the Paleontology, Stratigraphy, and Sedimentation of the Corry Sandstone of Nortwestern Pennsylvania." 130pp.. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket.

Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY, 1968. 9" X 6" In heavy gray paper covers: FINE Or better condition. "Gastropods of the Middle Devonian Anderdon Limestone." 333-465pp.. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket.

Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY, 1968. 9" X 6" In gray paper covers. Clean, tight, unmarked - with minor shelf wear: NEAR FINE condition. "WISCONSIN MOLLUSCAN FAUNAS FROM HENDERSON COUNTY, KENTUCKY." 191-275PP.. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket.

Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY, 1979. 9" X 6" in gray heavy paper covers. Tiny chip near top of spine; otherwise, clean, tight, unmarked: NEAR FINE condition. "UPPER SILURIAN (PRIDOLI) STROMATOPOROIDEA OF NEW YORK." 293-389PP.. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Wiley-Interscience, 2004. 11.25" X 8.75" in glossy illustrated hard covers. Minor shelf wear, but clean, tight, unmarked; crisp and fresh looking: LIKE NEW. Third Edition. 540pp. [CC035]. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. As New/No Jacket.

Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY, 1979. 9" X 6" in gray heavy paper covers. Very minor shelf wear: NEAR FINE or better condition. 293 - 389pp. [BD026]. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY, 1957. 8.125" X 6" in gray heavy paper covers. VERY minor soil and shelf wear. Unmarked, tight, and super-clean inside: NEAR FINE or better condition. 345-480pp. [BD026]. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Doubleday, 1975. 10.5" X 7.5" in blue cloth with cream cloth spine and gilt titles. Extremely minor shelf wear, but clean, tight, unmarked; crisp and fresh-looking: FINE PLUS or better condition. Jacket has 2 short tears: front and back top edges, longer tear lower back corner and damage along fore edge of back panel: VERY GOOD MINUS. 633pp. [CC035] FIRST EDITION after a ltd. ed. of 200 copies.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good.

Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004. 9.5" X 6.625" in glossy blue hard covers. Minor shelf wear; Name and gift dedication on flylear: VERY GOOD PLUS condition. 213pp. FIRST EDITION. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Lepidopterists' Society, 1989. 9" X 6" in plain blue paper covers. Clean, tight, unmarked; tiny bump on spine: FINE condition. 103pp. [BD035]. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket.

The Lepidopterists' Society, 1981. 8.25" X 6.25" in medium blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. This book would grade out as "fine" or better except for a cross-out on the flyleaf in magic marker: VERY GOOD. This is a catalog of butterflies. Highly technical. 280pp. [BD035]. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Dover Pubns, 2002. 9.5" X 6.95" in glossy hard covers. LIKE NEW inside and out. Highly technical. 617pp. First Thus (completely revised) [BC062]. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/No Jacket.

Random House, NY, 1985 (later ed.) 11 X 7.8"; Navy bl. cl.; VG in a VG D/J. a few minor scuffs and creases margins of D/J. Book has one small smudge fore edge. Star symbol stamped on lower edge. A beautiful book.. Hardcover.

D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1897. 8" X 5.75" in black cloth with red leather spine. Leather rubbed along spine edges, chipping at spine ends, covers lightly soiled, owner's name on flyleaf, Front Hinge Starting to crack. Otherwise quite nice: about GOOD MINUS. 771pp + 13pp of publisher's ads.. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.