Stephen Donaldson The Runes of the Earth
Orion Books, 2004 First Edition. Book Condition: Very Good Condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Size: 9.5" x 7" approx. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1.25 -2 kilos. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; ISBN: 0575075988. Inventory No: 0035818. (Book ref. 0035818) £7.00
Ackroyd, Brian World Satellite Communications and Earth Station Design
BSP, 1990 First Edition. Binding: Hard Cover. Book Condition: Good Condition. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket. Packed weight 900g Better than 'good' condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-library.. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1.25 kilos. Category: Science & Technology; Inventory No: 0018112. (Book ref. 0018112) £15.00
Hancock, Graham et al THE MARS MYSTERY the Secret Connection Between Earth and the Red Planet
Three Rivers Press, 1998 First Reprinted. Binding: Softcover. Book Condition: Very Good + Book. Packed weight 600g Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1.25 kilos. Category: Science & Technology; Inventory No: 0010356. (Book ref. 0010356) £4.50
Bergreen, Laurence THE QUEST FOR MARS the Nasa Scientists and Their Search for Life Beyond Earth
Harper Collins, 2000 First Edition. Binding: Hardcover (Original Cloth). Book Condition: Near Fine Book. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1.25 kilos. Category: Science & Technology; Inventory No: 004289. (Book ref. 004289) £10.00
Pizzey, Graham The Story of Australian Birds
Melbourne Australia: Australia Post Philatelic Group, 1998. Illustrated by No Illustrations. First Edition. Card Covers. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Large 0642365032 40pp. 1998. First edition complete with four mint Australian postage stamps in protective philatelic strip inside front card cover. The text supported by beautiful colour reproductions. A very good, clean, tight copy. A light crease to one corner of the front card cover. A lovely copy. (Book ref. 225858) £10.00
PUMFREY Stephen: LATITUDE & The Magnetic Earth.
Cambridge. Icon Books. 2002. Hardback. 249 pages. B.w. illustrations. Fine in black boards with silver lettering to spine, in a fine d.w. Unread book from new stock. William Gilbert (1544-1603) was royal physician to Queen Elizabeth I and the most distinguished man of science to emerge from her reign. He is the inventor of the term 'electricity', the father of electrical studies, the creator of modern magnetic science and - most famously - the discoverer of the Earth's magnetic nature. ISBN: 1-84046-290-6. (Book ref. 2894) £7.95
Tarling, D.H. & M.P.: Continental drift: a study of the Earth's moving surface.
London, G.Bell & Sons, 1971. 2nd impression in the year of the first edition. An owner's name is written inside the rear cover, otherwise V.G. in V.G. dustwrapper, not priceclipped. (Book ref. 240) £10.00
Raup, David M. The Nemesis Affair: A Story of the Death of the Dinosaurs and the Ways of Science
New York: W.W.Norton & Company, 1987. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 0393304094 Bright covers, no previous owner markings, 220 pages, 15 illustrations, index. An examination of the theory of Nemesis, the star which some scientists predict will disrupt the orbits of billions of comets in a few million years; also an exploration of how science works and belief systems in science. (Book ref. 6308) £4.00
Lyell, Charles: Principles of Geology: 3 Vols.;
Gryphon, Classics of Science Library, 1997. HARDBACKS, blue gilt-embossed leather, raised bands, gilt rules and lettering on spines, facsimile reprint of the 1st ed. (1830-1833), all edges gilt, satin ribbon bookmark, 8vo. 130mm x 215mm (5.25" x 8.25"), a new set, shrink-wrapped and in mint condition. (Book ref. 6394) £80.00
Plimer, Ian Heaven And Earth: Global Warming - The Missing Science
Hardcover Quartet Books 1st Edition 2009 360 0704371669 All items in stock -posted First Class on day of order (if received before 4.00pm) - expect next day delivery in UK, or within 3-6 working days for all non-UK destinations Near mint - may have Fine (Book ref. 540322) £10.00
Anderson, Don Theory of the Earth
Williston, Vermont, U.S.A.: Blackwell Pub, 1990. Paperback. Very Good. 0865421234 Ex-Library (Book ref. 23125) £50.00
Weis, Margaret & Perrin, Don: The Knights of the Black Earth;
London, Gollancz, 1995; Uncorrected Proof copy; 383pp; White covers with black lettering. (Book ref. 9681) £10.00
Orr, Clyde: Between Earth and Space;
New York, Macmillan Coy, 1959; 1st Edition; Hbk; Very book/ Dw Very good; 253pp with b/w photographs, bibliography and index; Lovely torquoise covers with silver circle decoration on front, black lettering on spine; Dust wrapper has flap clipped but price intact. "The story of the atmosphere and what it means to man in terms of climate and weather, spectacular displays, tides and jet streams, pollution, and travel". (Book ref. 5870) £10.00
Humbolldt, Alexander Von: A Physical Description of the Earth: Comprising Its Magnitude, Figure, and Density, Terrestrial Magnetism, Earthquakes, Springs, and Volcanoes;
Lonodn, Bell & Daldy, nd ( c 1858) Hardback. Very good/ No dj. xiii, 516pp, clxxxiii ( 183pp) Notes plus 4pp Publishers ads and brown endpapers. Translated under the Superintendence of Colonel Edward Sabine. Green boards with blind tooled motif on front & back, gilt title & decoration on spine. Edges bevelled. (Book ref. 13536) £45.00
Needham Joseph Science and Civilisation in China Volume 3 Mathematics and the Sciences of the Heavens and the Earth
Cambridge University Press, 1970. Reprint. Hardback. A very good copy in a good plus dustwrapper. A little superficial damp-spotting to spine. Pp.xlvii,877. Illustrations 50-276. Tables 22-41. This volume of the author's monumental work covers mathematics, astronomy, meteorology, geography, cartography, geology, seismology and minaralogy. (Book ref. 13446) £125.00
Hubbard L. Ron Battlefield Earth A Saga Of The Year 3000
London: Quadrant Books, 1984. First Edition. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper which is not price-clipped. (Book ref. 1650) £25.00
WOOLLEY, ALAN (CONSULTANT ED): Illustrated encyclopedia of minerals.
New York: Gallery Books, 1990. VG+ grey glazed boards with col illus. No d/w. 22.25cms x 29cms, 192pp. Grey/white illus eps; col frontis; col & some b/w illus throughout. Intro, 7 chaps, reading list & index.. Clean & unmarked within. Weight 990g. (Book ref. 3570) £7.50
WHITFIELD, PHILIP & POPE, JOYCE: Why do the seasons change?
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1987. 1st. VG yellow h/b with gilt lettering to spine. VG col illus d/w, not p/c or chipped. 23.5cms x 29.5cms, 96pp. Clean, unmarked copy. Weight 769g. 0241121418. (Book ref. 3523) £4.00
VAN ANDEL, TJEERD H.: New views on an old planet. Continental drift and the history of the earth.
Cambridge: Cambridge Univ Press, 1991. 1st p/b edn. VG p/b with black/red illus & black/red lettering. 18cms x 25.5cms, xii+324pp. Numerous b/w figures .19 chaps, glossary, index. Clean, unmarked copy. Weight 607g. 0521406919. (Book ref. 3504) £6.50
ROBSON, D.A.: The science of geology.
London: Blandford Press, 1968. 1st. VG red h/b with gilt lettering to spine. VG+ col illus d/w, price clipped with some chips & small tear. 15.5cms x 22cms, 272pp. 281 col & 295 b/w illus. 10 chaps, further reading & index. Clean, unmarked copy. Weight 690g. 71370473X. (Book ref. 3454) £4.00