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TELESCOPES AND ACCESSORIES (THE HARVARD BOOKS ON ASTRONOMY)
Written by George Z. Dimitroff; James G. Baker.
Stock no. 1824427
Published by The Blakiston Company. 1st 1945. Very good condition.

How man has learned through procedures and instruments of great power to analyze the universe in which he lives. Red cloth boards, gilt titles.B/w illustrations. v and 309 pages including index. Foxing mainly to endpapers and text block. Some pages may be slightly stuck together due to the glossy nature of the paper and damp (easily opened).

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CLIMBING MOUNT IMPROBABLE
Written by Richard Dawkins. Illustrated by Lalla Ward.
Stock no. 1824403
Published by Viking. 1996. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The combination of perfection and improbablity that is epitomised in the seemingly designed perfection living things. Black boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0670850187. Second printing. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. B/w plates were stuck together and now prised apart giving surface paper damage and also imprinting of the facing page. Minor foxing to text block. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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NATURE IN THE BALANCE: THE ECONOMICS OF DIVERSITY
Written by Dieter Helm; Cameron Hepburn.
Stock no. 1824084
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2014. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

This book sets out the building blocks of an economic approach to biodiversity, and in particular brings together conceptual and empirical work on valuation, international agreements, the policy instruments, and the institutions. The objective is to provide a comprehensive overview of the issues and evidence, and to suggest how this very urgent problem should be addressed. Edited by Helm & Hepburn. Navy blue boards, gilt title to spine. xx and 416 pages including index. ISBN: 9780199676880. A lovely copy.

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SINCLAIR ZX SPECTRUM +2
No author listed.
Stock no. 2140968
Published by Amstrad. 1st 1987. Slightly better than very good condition.

The manual that went along with the computer of the same name, the Sinclair ZX Spectrum +2A 128K Integrated Microcomputer. Cardwraps. 331 pages including index. Text block slightly dusty. Contents clean.

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SEED DEVELOPMENT AND GERMINATION
Written by Jaime Kigel; Gad Galili.
Stock no. 2140442
Published by Marcel Dekker. Circa 1995. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed boards. 853 pages, including acknowledgements, references and index. ISBN: 0824792297. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Fading to spine. Ex-lib. with minimal markings; one ink stamp to front endpaper. A few marks to outer page edges.

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THE EXTRAORDINARY BIOLOGY OF THE NAKED MOLE-RAT
Written by Rochelle Buffenstein; Thomas J. Park; Melissa M. Holmes.
Stock no. 2140381
Published by Springer. Circa 2021. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology Series. ISBN: 9783030659424. Still in original shrink-wrap - UNOPENED! Couple of corners are lightly bumped.

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FOWLER'S MECHANICS' & MACHINISTS' POCKET BOOK 1922
Written by William H. Fowler.
Stock no. 2140307
Published by The Scientific Publishing Co.. 1922. Good condition.

Stiff card covers. 14th annual edition. B/w diagrams. A synopsis of practical rules for fitters, turners, millwrights, erectors, pattern makers, foundrymen, draughtsmen, apprentices, students, etc. etc Scuffing and marks to covers. Splitting to spine; chipping. Binding is starting to become weak. Page edge browning.

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PRACTICAL HOME MOVIES
No author listed.
Stock no. 2140301
Published by The Bazaar, Exchange & Mart. Circa 1935. Good condition.

Cardwraps. By The Cineman. With a chapter on Home Talkies. Looks at Cost, choosing equipment, processing and editing and more. B/w photos. xxii and 78 pages. xxii pages are adverts. Chipping and loss to backstrip of spine; some of title on spine missing. Marks and foxing to covers. Contents lightly browned but still generally very good.

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QUICK GUIDEBOOK TO CANINE AND FELINE OPHTHALMOLOGY
Written by Javier Esteban Martin.
Stock no. 1323097
Published by Servet. 2nd 2019. Fine condition.

Second edition. To provide both the veterinary surgeon and the student with a quick guide that will allow them to easily recognise the ophthalmological conditions most commonly seen in daily practice. Glazed boards. ISBN: 9788417640873. Still in original shrinkwrap (the wrap has split open at top edge and a little at base.

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ECOPIETY: GREEN MEDIA AND THE DILEMMA OF ENVIRONMENTAL VIRTUE
Written by Sarah McFarland Taylor.
Stock no. 1823881
Published by New York University Press. 1st 2019. Nearly fine condition.

An absorbing examination of the intersections of environmental sensibilities, contemporary expressions of piety and devotion, and American popular culture. A physical copy printed by Lightning Source UK Ltd, a print on demand company. Pictorial cardwraps. A few b/w photos. 359 pages including index. ISBN: 9781479891313. Slight wear to lower front corner of covers and prelims.

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ADAPTIVE FISHERIES GOVERNANCE IN CHANGING COASTAL REGIONS IN JAPAN
Written by Akiko Ikeguchi; Takafumi Yokoyama; Seishiro Sakita.
Stock no. 1323039
Published by Springer. Nearly fine condition.

International Perspectives in Geography AJG Library 13. Presenting the historical and spatial dymanics of coastal fisheries resource governance in response to different environmental changes. Glazed boards. ISBN: 9789813342392. Slight bumping to corners. Still in original shrinkwrap.

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INTRODUCTION TO REAL ANALYSIS
Written by Robert G. Bartle; Donald R. Sherbert.
Stock no. 2139560
Published by John Wiley & Sons. 1st 1982. Slightly better than very good condition.

A careful study of real analysis is very important for any student who wants to use mathematics beyond the elementary manipulation of formulas to solve standard types of problems... Red cardwraps, white titles. xii and 370 pages including index. ISBN: 0471864811. Top corners of covers lightly creased. Small, blind circular stamp to prelims else contents fine.

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