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THE FOOD RESOURCE
Written by John T. Pierce.
Stock no. 683974
Published by Longman Scientific & Technical. 1st 1990. Very good condition.

Themes in resouce management series. A core textbook for advanced undergraduate courses in development and agricultural geography and resource analysis. Cardwraps. 334 pages. B/w diagrams. ISBN: 0582305373. Slight rubbing to corners. Light fading to spine. Light vertical crease to centre of front cover.

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HARVESTING THE SUN: PHOTOSYNTHESIS IN PLANT LIFE
Written by Anthony San Pietro; Frances A. Greer; Thomas J. Army.
Stock no. 613341
Published by Academic Press. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The result of papers prepared for a three-day symposium on photosynthesis sponsored by International Minerals & Chemical Corporation, tracing the production of food in plants, through the fixation of CO2, the transformation of intermediates, and the ultimate yield. Limited to 2000 numbered copies. Edited by Pietro, Greer & Army. Cream cloth boards, gilt and green titles. B/w photos and charts. ix and 342 pages. Edges of boards a little grubby, marks to front board. Spine browned. Top edge of text block browned. Name and date in ink to front endpaper (1968). Else contents clean. This is copy no. 1475 of 2000. Dustwrapper is faded to spine and unevenly faded to front & rear panel, lightly edge-worn. Musty odour present.

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PROTEINS AND NUCLEIC ACIDS IN PLANT SYSTEMATICS
Written by U. Jensen; D.E. Fairbrothers.
Stock no. 613554
Published by Springer. 1st 1983. Very good condition.

This book is a unique synthesis of information relevant to the modern comparative macromolecular pathway to solving taxonomic problems. Experience of leading scientists from 12 countries in the extraction of proteins and nucleic acids from plant organs, tissues and cells and in the determination of the significance of these substances for taxonomic purposes. Green glazed boards. B/w charts. ix and 408 pages including index. ISBN: 3540126678. Corners lightly bumped, spine lightly faded. Neat name in ink to front pastedown. A few pencil erasure marks to front endpaper. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean.

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BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS OF FELLOWS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY 1977 VOLUME 23
No author listed.
Stock no. 563164
Published by The Royal Society. 1st 1977. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biographical memoirs. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 642 pages. ISBN: 0854030964. Ex-lib with labels, markings and stamps to prelims. Text block grubby. Foxing to top edge of text block. Some light page crinkling. Else contents are clean. Plain, grey dustwrapper is grubby to rear.

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THE BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF CLIMATIC CHANGES IN BRITAIN
Written by C.G. Johnson; L.P. Smith.
Stock no. 553716
Published by Academic Press. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Symposia of the Institute of Biology No. 14. Proceedings of a Symposium held at the Royal Geographical Society, London, on 29 and 30 October 1964. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. x and 222 pages including index. Inscription in pencil to front pastedown, hidden by front flap of dustwrapper. Contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is grubby and browned.

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THE SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT OF ANIMAL AND PLANT COMMUNITIES FOR CONSERVATION. 11TH SYMPOSIUM OF THE BRITISH ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Written by E. Duffey; A.S. Watt.
Stock no. 553704
Published by Blackwell Scientific Publications. 1st 1971. Slightly better than good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

652 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0632080100. Front hinge (between half-title and title page) badly cracked, almost split. Top & tail of spine rubbed. Inscription in pencil to front pastedown (mostly hidden by front flap of dustwrapper). Text block browned. Some infrequent pencil annotation else a nice working copy. Dustwrapper torn with loss to rear panel, chipped at corners, scuffed and browned.

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SOCIAL STATISTICS USING SPSS
Written by Nelson C. Dometrius.
Stock no. 685145
Published by Harpercollins Publishers. 1993. Very good condition.

A lucid introduction to statistics and computer applications for graduate and undergraduate students, using SPSS software to produce the statistics discussed in the text. Cardwraps. xx and 540 pages including index. ISBN: 0060417145. 3rd printing. Spine lightly faded. Text block browned and a little grubby. Contents browned but clean.

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SPIRIT OF ENTERPRISE
Written by Gregory B. Stone.
Stock no. 614590
Published by Harrap Limited. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The 1981 Rolex Awards. 168 Men and women, representing 45 nationalities, and their fascinating, stimulating and challenging examples of 'outstanding personal enterprise'. Edited by Gregory B. Stone. Green cloth spine with gilt title, grey paper boards. Colour photos and illustrations. xx and 460 pages including index. ISBN: 024553797X. Foxing and browning to text block. Couple of minor foxspots to title-page. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is chipped at top of front panel, has a few damps stains to lower half, is a little grubby and foxed, a few closed tears to top rear edge.

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CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION
Written by Alan Gilpin.
Stock no. 651773
Published by Butterworths. 1st 1963. Very good condition.

Deals with the practical application of the Clean Air Act, 1956, and allied legislation. Written with the day-to-day requirements of Public Health Inspectors constantly in mind, as well as the needs of other local government officers. Dark green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w diagrams. xiii and 514 pages including index. Ex-lib. Library stamp to front endpaper and remains of label to rear endpaper. Text block browned. Tape mark to front endpaper. Spine slightly bumped. Musty odour present.

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THE TECHNIQUES OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY: A SHORT HISTORICAL SURVEY
Written by H.M.N.H. Irving.
Stock no. 564986
Published by HMSO. 1st 1974. Very good condition.

A Science Museum Book. Lilac pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. 35 pages plus b/w photos. ISBN: 0112902030. Covers unevenly faded. Covers lightly scuffed. One corner lightly creased. Contents clean.

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BRITISH SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL BOOKS 1953-7
Written by L.J. Anthony.
Stock no. 685911
Published by James Clarke & Co.. 1st 1960. Very good condition.

A select list of recommended books published in Great Britain and the Commonwealth. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ix and 251 pages including index. Gilt worn from title label on spine (title to spine no longer visible). Text block browned. Contents clean.

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HEATHLAND ECOLOGY
Written by C.P. Friedlander.
Stock no. 553493
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1960. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Flora and fauna of heathland and the general principles of ecology. B/w photos and illustrations. x and 94 pages including index. ISBN: 0435613200. Name in ink to front endpaper, inscription in pencil to front pastedown (mostly hidden by dustwrapper front flap). Dustwrapper is edge-rubbed, worn at corners, a little scuffed, lightly browned to rear panel.

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