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ENVIRONMENTAL CRISES: GEOGRAPHICAL CASE STUDIES POST-SOCIALIST EURASIA
Written by Tatyana Saiko.
Stock no. 1710829
Published by Prentice-Hall.
1st
2001.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Providing students with an in-depth of contemporary, geographical and historical understanding of the causes, magnitude and implications of the different types of environmental crises in the countries of the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Cardwraps. B/w diagrams, maps and photos. xvi and 320 pages including index. ISBN: 0582356954. Spine sunned (green). Name in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean.
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- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- ECOLOGY
- NUCLEAR
- NATURAL HISTORY
- TEXT BOOK (UNIVERSITY)
THE ROLE OF FIRE IN NORTHERN CIRCUMPOLAR ECOSYSTEMS (SCOPE 18)
Written by Ross W. Wein; David A. Maclean.
Stock no. 1710825
Published by John Wiley & Sons.
1st
1983.
Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
A book to synthesize the available data on the ecological impact of fire in the circumpolar regions. Based on a conference held at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, Canada in October 1979. Edited by Ross W. Wein and David A. MacLean. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xxii and 322 pages including index. ISBN: 0471102229. Top of spine lightly worn. Tape marks to endpapers. Small set of initials in red biro to top corner of front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean. White dustwrapper is lightly browned, lightly faded to spine, and a little scuffed to rear panel.
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- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- ECOLOGY
- NATURAL HISTORY
- POLAR
HUMANITY'S FOOTPRINT: MOMENTUM, IMPACT, AND OUR GLOBAL ENVIROMENT
Written by Walter K. Dodds.
Stock no. 1710819
Published by Columbia University Press.
1st
2008.
Nearly fine condition.
For the first time in history, humans have taxed the sustaining capacity of Earth's ecosystems. Walter Dodds depicts in clear, nontechnical terms the root causes and global environmental effects of human behavior. Trends in population growth, resource use, and global environmental impacts of the past two centuries, such as the greenhouse effect, ozone depletion, water pollution, and species extinctions and introductions. Pictorial cardwraps. xiv and 270 pages including index. ISBN: 9780231139670. A lovely copy.
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- ECOLOGY
BUILDING FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE: CONSTRUCTION WITHOUT DEPLETION
No author listed.
Stock no. 2113525
Published by The Institution Of Structural Engineers.
1st
1999.
Slightly better than very good condition.
The Institution of Structural Engineers November 1999. Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos and diagrams. 96 pages. ISBN: 1874266506. Some slight creasing and rubbing to covers.
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- ENGINEERING
- ARCHITECTURE
- INDUSTRY
- BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
ADHESIVES IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
Written by G.C. Mays; A.R. Hutchinson.
Stock no. 2113396
Published by Cambridge University Press.
1st
1992.
Very good condition.
A complete and clear introduction to the use of adhesives to form load-bearing joints in bridges, civil engineering and building structures. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w diagrams and tables. 333 pages (including index). ISBN: 052132677X. Spine is bumped and faded. Corners are bumped. Contents are excellent.
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- ENGINEERING
- INDUSTRY
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
THE SCIENTIFIC ANGLER
Written by David Foster.
Illustrated by David Foster.
Stock no. 2112291
Published by Bemrose & Sons Limited.
11th
Almost very good condition.
11th edition. Being a General and Instructive Work on Artistic Angling. With illustrations and steel engravings of the author. Red cloth with gilt titles. Spine is browned with large black ink 'splash' mark to it; chipping to top. Front cover is bowed. Joints are a bit cracked; showing webbing and weak. Name in ink to front endpaper. A little chipping to some pages. Page browning. Rear free endpaper detached.
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- FIELD SPORTS
- ANGLING
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
ELEMENTARY APPLIED AERODYNAMICS
Written by Paul E. Hemke.
Stock no. 1808159
Published by Constable and Company Ltd..
1st
1946.
Very good condition.
Written to meet at he requirements of a first course in technical applied aerodynamics. Red cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w charts & graphs. viii and 231 pages including index. Gilt title to spine faded. Name & date in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. Slight musty odour present.
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- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- PHYSICS
- ENGINEERING
- MATHS
- TEXT BOOK (UNIVERSITY)
- AIRCRAFT
- HELICOPTERS
ELEMENTS OF PROBABILITY THEORY
Written by L.Z. Rumshiskii; D.M.G. Wishart.
Stock no. 1709332
Published by Pergamon Press.
1st
1965.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Wrapper grubby. A little foxing. Name in ink to first page.
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- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- MATHS
INTRODUCTION TO THE THEORY OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS
Written by James D. Patterson.
Stock no. 1709328
Published by Addison-Wesley.
1st
1971.
Very good condition.
The primary aim of this book is to present the fundamental aspects of solid state physics in a somewhat more than superficial way. More emphasis is placed on phonons and electrons and their interactions than on the properties of specific solids. Grey cloth boards, black title block with gilt title to spine. x and 388 pages including index. Spine & corners of boards lightly rubbed. Text block lightly browned. Light creasing to front endpaper. Else contents are clean.
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- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- PHYSICS
- TEXT BOOK (UNIVERSITY)
- MAGNETISM
ASTRONOMY: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE
Written by A.E. Roy; D. Clarke.
Stock no. 1709324
Published by Adam Hilger Ltd..
3rd
1988.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Third edition, updated and expanded. This book introduces the concepts and historical development of astronomy, presents a course on positional measurement and celestial mechanics, and describes the techniques and instrumentation of astronomical observation and measurement. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w diagrams. xv and 357 pages including index. ISBN: 0852743947. A nice, clean copy. Dustwrapper spine is faded and rear panel is a little grubby/scuffed.
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- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- PHYSICS
- ASTRONOMY
- TELESCOPE
FUNDAMENTALS OF MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS
Written by Matthew Hussey.
Stock no. 1808010
Published by Macmillan Press Ltd.
1st
1983.
Very good condition.
An introduction to how mechanical vibrations are manifested in simple linear, coupled, continuum and non-linear systems. Black cardwraps with white titles. xvi and 296 pages including index. ISBN: 0333324374. Crese to spine, base of spine worn with slight loss of surface covering. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean.
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- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- PHYSICS
- ENGINEERING
- ARCHITECTURE
THE FORCE OF KNOWLEDGE: THE SCIENTIFIC DIMENSION OF SOCIETY
Written by John Ziman.
Stock no. 1808009
Published by Cambridge University Press.
1st
1976.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Painting a broad picture of modern science, and of its relations to the world in general. Brown boards, red title block with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ix and 374 pages including index. ISBN: 0521206499. Spine slightly cocked. Ink stamp for the Institute of Physics to half-title page. Page edge browning. Contents otherwise clean. Price-cut pictorial wrapper is faded to top front edge and spine and is edge-worn.
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