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THE TOBACCO PLANT GENOME
Written by Nikolai V. Ivanov; Nicolas Sierro; Manuel C. Peitsch.
Stock no. 1324172
Published by Springer. 1st 2020. Very good condition.

Compendium of Plant Genomes series. Glazed boards. Graphs and charts. 263 pages. Printed by Books on Demand. ISBN: 9783030294922. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Neat barcode label to rear cover. Contents fine.

ADVANCES IN MARINE BIOLOGY: POPULATION DYNAMICS OF THE REEF CRISIS
Written by Bernhard M. Riegl.
Stock no. 1324142
Published by Academic Press. 1st 2020. Very good condition.

Volume 87 in the series. Edited by Riegl. Blue glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos, b/w charts. xl and 472 pages. ISBN: 9780128215296. Spine and corners bumped and lightly rubbed. Heavy crease to lower half of pages 1-4 else contents clean. Neat barcode label to rear cover.

DICTIONARY OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTION
Written by Alan Jay Christensen.
Stock no. 1824435
Published by McGraw-Hill. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

A unique, comprehensive reference that defines the language of today's landscape architecture, planning, construction, and environmental science, covering specifics such as irrigation, plant science, soil science, wetlands, landscape ecology, horticulture, and land planning. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and sketches in the text. ix and 479 pages. ISBN: 0071441425. Board corners lightly rubbed. Boards a little scuffed, top of spine bumped. Small knock to top rear edge of board. Text block a little grubby else contents clean. Minor creasing to corner tip of some pages.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.