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CLIMATE IMPACT ASSESSMENT: STUDIES OF THE INTERACTION OF CLIMATE AND SOCIETY (SCOPE 27)
Written by Robert W. Kates; Jesse H. Ausubel; Mimi Berberian.
Stock no. 1710901
Published by John Wiley & Sons. 1986. Very good condition.

A comprehensive handbook of climate impact assessment, addressing the important issues of how to identify, study and respond to such impacts i.e. adjusting to changing climate, coping with extremes and matching human needs to climate endowment. Edited by Robert W. Kates, Jesse H. Ausubel and Mimi Berberian. Glazed boards. B/w graphs and charts. xxiv and 625 pages including index. ISBN: 0471906344. Tape marks to endpapers. Front pastedown has been placed at a slight angle so there is an overlap towards the top of the front board (binding error). Small initials in biro to front endpaper. Pencil erasure marks to front endpaper. Light beverage stain to lower vertical edge of text block and tip of margins. Else contents are clean. Rear board is a little browned.

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HIERARCHY: PERSPECTIVES FOR ECOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY
Written by T.F.H. Allen; Thomas B. Starr.
Stock no. 1710898
Published by University of Chicago Press. 1st 1982. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A clear and vigorous account of hierarchy theory, a conceptual model that accepts the importance of complexity in its own right and so allows ecologists to investigate many levels of organization simultaneously. Turquoise cloth boards, white title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. xvi and 310 pages including index. ISBN: 0226014312. Light rubbing to top and tail of spine. Boards clean. Initials in ink to front endpaper (small). Crease to lower corner of front endpaper. Small tape marks to endpapers. Contents otherwise clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed and grubby, lightly browned to rear panel.

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NATURAL CLIMATE VARIABILITY ON DECADE-TO-CENTURY TIME SCALES
Written by Douglas G. Martinson; et al.
Stock no. 1710888
Published by National Academy Press. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition.

This volume is built around the papers presented at the workshop on Natural Climate Variability on Decade-to-Century Time Scales held September 21-25, 1992. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w diagrams and colour illustrations. xiv and 630 pages. ISBN: 0309054494. Base of spine shelf-worn. Base of text block a little grubby. Previous owner's initials in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean.

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DEMISE OF THE DECAPOLIS
Written by Bernhard Lucke.
Stock no. 1710887
Published by Vdm Verlag. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition.

Past and Present Desertification in the Context of Soil Development, Land use, and Climate. Cardwraps. B/w photos. 231 pages. Printed by Lightning Source UK Ltd (a print-on-demand company). ISBN: 9783639006131. A lovely copy.

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GLOBAL CLIMATES SINCE THE LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM
Written by H.E. Wright; J.E. Kutzbach; et al.
Stock no. 1710881
Published by University Of Minnesota Press. 1st 1993. Very good condition.

This book summarizes the geologic, paleoecologic, and oceanographic evidence for environmental and climatic changes during the past 18,000 years. An indispensable resource for all professionals and students interested in Quaternary environmental and climatic history. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w diagrams and maps. viii and 569 pages including index. ISBN: 0816621454. Light rubbing to corners and top & tail of spine. Text block slightly grubby. Small set of initials in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean.

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QUATERNARY PALAEOECOLOGY
Written by H.J. Birks; Hilary H. Birks.
Stock no. 1710879
Published by Edward Arnold. 1st 1980. Very good condition.

Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w charts and diagrams. viii and 289 pages including index. ISBN: 0713127813. Red initials in ink to top corner of front endpaper. Else contents clean.

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KATE GREENAWAY
Written by M.H. Spielmann. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1312641
Published by A. & C. Black. 1911. Very good condition.

British Artists series. Sixteen examples in colour of the artist's work. Green cloth, gilt titles. Pictorial onlay to front. Tipped-in plates. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Foxing and page browning to text pages. All plates present and in fine condition. Hinge between last page of text and first plate is cracked. This edition "reissued with slight rearrangement of pictures, February 1911".

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THE FIRELIGHT BOOK OF NURSERY STORIES
No author listed. Illustrated by John Hassall.
Stock no. 1312639
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

Fairy tales for Little Folk. Cloth spine. Pictorial front board. Full page colour and b/w text illustrations. First story is Puss in Boots. Spine and corners bumped, slight rubbing to cover edges. Contents bright and clean.

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ICE SHEETS AND LATE QUATERNARY ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
Written by Martin J. Siegert.
Stock no. 1710875
Published by John Wiley & Sons. 1st 2001. Slightly better than very good condition.

A detailed account of the temporal and spatial distribution of ice sheets during the last ice age, and how these ice masses interacted with the environment. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w diagrams. xi and 231 pages including index. ISBN: 0471985708. Old price label on rear cover. Small initials in ink to half-title page. Contents otherwise clean.

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GENETIC CLASSIFICATION OF GLACIGENIC DEPOSITS
Written by R.P. Goldthwait; C.L. Matsch.
Stock no. 1710874
Published by A.A. Balkema. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition.

Pictorial Boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 9061916941. Tape marks to endpapers.

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COLD CLIMATE RESEARCH IN FINLAND
Written by Jarmo Heinonen; et al.
Stock no. 1710871
Published by Ministry Of Trade And Industry. 1st 1989. Slightly better than very good condition.

Cold climate research has long traditions in Finland. The Polar Commission of Finland decided to epitomize this in a single book. Notable Finnish specialists in different fields of science and technology were asked to describe cold climate research and its development, each from their own particular point of view. Edited by Jarmo Heinonen, various contributors. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos. 162 pages. ISBN: 9514727789. Corners lightly bumped. Light page edge browning else contents clean.

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