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ON GROWTH AND FORM
Written by D'Arcy Thompson; John Tyler Bonner.
Stock no. 1830664
Published by Cambridge University Press.
1st thus
1961.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Abridged edition, edited by J.T. Bonner. A book about the way things grow, and the shapes they take. A great man of science, who was also a poet, and wise, tells of the shape of horns, of teeth, of tusks; of jumping fleas and slipper limpets; of buds and seeds, bees' cells and drops of rain; of the potter's thumb and the spider's web; of cylinders and unduloids; of a film of soap and a bubble bath; of the splash of a pebble in a pond. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xiv and 345 pages including index. Base of spine lightly shelf-worn. Top edge of text block a little dusty. Light margin crease to page 165-174. Contents clean. Orange pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby and lightly edge-worn.
- Categorised in:
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- BIOLOGY
APPLICATIONS OF DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY TO ECONOMETRICS
Written by Paul Marriott; Mark Salmon.
Stock no. 1830318
Published by Cambridge University Press.
1st
2000.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
An introductory chapter provides a brief tutorial for those unfamiliar with the tools of differential geometry. The topics covered in the following chapters demonstrate the power of the geometric method to provide practical solutions and insight into problems of econometric inference. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. viii and 324 pages including index. ISBN: 0521651166. Light shelf-wear to top & tail of spine. Text block slightly grubby. Name & date in ink to top edge of front endpaper, else contents cleawn. Dustwrapper is lightly scuffed, lightly faded to spine and is rubbed at corners.
- Categorised in:
- MATHS
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- STATISTICS
- ECONOMICS
- TEXT BOOK (UNIVERSITY)
THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND (CAMBRIDGE MILITARY HISTORIES)
Written by John Brooks.
Stock no. 1829877
Published by Cambridge University Press.
1st thus
2018.
Nearly fine condition.
A major new account of the Battle of Jutland, the key naval battle of World War I in which the British Grand Fleet engaged the German High Seas Fleet off the coast of Denmark in 1916. Pictorial cardwraps. xxi and 571 pages including index. A physical print on demand copy (Lightning Source UK Ltd). ISBN: 9781316604502. Minor mark to front cover. Looks unread!
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR I
- NAVY
- HISTORY
THE COLLAGES OF KURT SCHWITTERS: TRADITION AND INNOVATION
Written by Dorothea Dietrich.
Illustrated by Kurt Schwitters.
Stock no. 1329551
Published by Cambridge University Press.
1st PB
1995.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Yellow cardwraps. 240 pages. Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0521498910. Mninimal rubbing/creasing to corners.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- AVANT-GARDE
THE WORLD HITLER NEVER MADE: ALTERNATE HISTORY AND THE MEMORY OF NAZISM
Written by Gavriel D. Rosenfeld.
Stock no. 1829528
Published by Cambridge University Press.
1st
2005.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A history of alternative histories. What if the Nazis had triumphed in World War II? What if Hitler had escaped Berlin for the Jungles of Latin America in 1945? What if Hitler had become a successful artist instead of a politician? This pioneering study explores why such counterfactual questions on the subject of Nazism have proliferated in recent years within Western popular culture. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xii and 524 pages including index. ISBN: 9780521847063. Light wear to spine. Text block and endpapers a little grubby. Contents clean. Black dustwrapper is lightly scuffed, has the remains of a label to base of spine and another label to lower end of rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- NAZIS
THE HOLY REICH: NAZI CONCEPTIONS OF CHRISTIANITY, 1919-1945
Written by Richard Steigmann-Gall.
Stock no. 1829451
Published by Cambridge University Press.
2009.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Originally published as a hardback in 2003 and transferred to digital printing in 2009. The author here argues that the Nazi movement, contrary to the conventional view, was not anti-Christian, let alone atheistic. He demonstrates that many participants in the Nazi movement felt a personal attachment to Christiantity, and claimed that their ideology of antisemitism, anti-Marxism, and antiliberalism was inspired by Christian values. Pictorial cardwraps. xvi and 294 pages including index. ISBN: 9780521603522. A physical copy of a Print-On-Demand item. Minor knock to top rear cover edge. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- HISTORY (GERMAN)
- NAZIS
- RELIGION
- CHRISTIANITY
DERBYSHIRE
Written by H.H. Arnold-Bemrose.
Stock no. 1829426
Published by Cambridge University Press.
1st thus
1914.
Very good condition.
Pocket Edition. Small format. Blue cloth, black titles. Colour maps to endpapers. B/w photos. x and 174 pages. Spine browned and rubbed at top & tail. Boards clean. Text block browned. Small foxspots to endpapers. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- EAST MIDLANDS
- DERBYSHIRE
THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (3 VOLUMES)
Written by Aaron Sheehan-Dean.
Stock no. 1829214
Published by Cambridge University Press.
1st
2019.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Three volume set. Volume I: Military Affairs; Volume II: Affairs of the State; Volume III: Affairs of the People. Plum colour cloth with gilt title to spine. A few b/w photos and colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781107154582. Top & tail of spines slightly bent from shelf-wear. Dustwrappers are ligthly edge-creased with some very light scuffing. A handsome set.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- CIVIL WAR
- CIVIL WAR (AMERICAN)
- MILITARY
HANDBOOK OF THE RUBI OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND
Written by W.C.R. Watson.
Illustrated by Ruth Ball; A.W. Darnell.
Stock no. 1828937
Published by Cambridge University Press.
1st
1958.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Rubus is the genus that includes all brambles or blackberries. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xi and 273 pages including index. Boards clean and bright. Text block lightly browned with some minor foxing. A few instances of annotation in both biro and pencil. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn, foxing to vertical edges, spine browned.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- FLORA
- IRELAND
- UK (GENERAL)
BEAKER POTTERY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND (2 VOLUMES)
Written by D.L. Clarke.
Stock no. 1827744
Published by Cambridge University Press.
1st
1970.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Gulbenkian Archaeological Series. Volume 1 outlines the basis of classification and discusses the analysis of the material. Volume 2 contains line drawings of all known surviving complete examples of British Beaker pottery drawn at one-third size, detailed inventories of all known examples giving their finding-place, description, dimension and present whereabouts. Large format. Brown cloth boards, Gilt title on black title label to spine. B/w illustrations. Top edges brown. A heavy set. ISBN: 0521072492. A lovely set. Price-cut dustwrappers are a little grubby to rear panels.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- POTTERY
- BRONZE AGE
- ARCHAEOLOGY
RECONSTRUCTING ATROCITY PREVENTION
Written by Sheri P. Rosenberg; Tibi Galis; Alex Zucker.
Stock no. 1327389
Published by Cambridge University Press.
1st
2016.
Very good condition.
An attempt to address the topic of prevention of mass atrocities from the theoretical, policy, and practicing standpoints simultaneously. A physical print on demand book. Printed by Lightning Source. Glazed boards. 525 pages. ISBN: 9781107094963. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Small mark to textblock lower edge/corner.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- PSYCHOLOGY
THE NEOLITHIC CULTURES OF THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by Stuart Piggott.
Stock no. 1827591
Published by Cambridge University Press.
1970.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A Study of the Stone-using Agricultural Communities of Britain in the Second Millennium B.C. Originally published in 1954, this is a Cambridge University Press Library Edition re-issue. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w maps and plans. ISBN: 0521077818. Text block lightly browned with minor foxing to top. Contents clean. Price-cut blue dustwrapper is unevenly faded, lightly browned to spine.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- NEOLITHIC