Kansas City: CAM, 1962. A gently read copy in good condition. Covers have moderate wear, heavy reading crease on front.. Binding is sound, square. Pages are straight and bright. We found no markings inside or out. No Dustjacket.... more information

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Washington, D. C.: Adventure Press, 2000. Fine/Very Good. ISBN: 0-7922-7682-5. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 325 pp. The front flap of the jacket is creased. Keywords: Anthropology; Evolution. ... more information

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Boston: Little, Brown, 1996. Good/Good. ISBN: 0-316-11602-5. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. Ex-Library. x, 310 pp. Third printing. An ex-library copy that appears to have never left the cataloguing department; it appears to have never been read. Keywords: Inventions. ... more information

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Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1972. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xi, 378 pp. The lightest of rubbing to the cover edges. The binding is tight and square, and the text is clean. ... more information

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Washington, D. C.: American Chemical Society, 1971. Very Good/No Jacket. ISBN: 0-8412-0129-3. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ix, 373 pp. Previous owner name on front free endpaper. The binding is tight and square, and the text is clean. Keywords: Biography; Chemistry. ... more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: W H Freeman & Co, 1997 This book is a unique and provocative look at how science and religion - too often considered at odds with one another - are actually parallel ways of trying to make sense of the same material world, each a voice intertwining with the other to halp shape true human understanding. With great humor and wit, the authors, one a Nobel laureate and the other an Israeli-American writer and student of religion - show how daily experience and seemingly innocuous... more information

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Oxford, England: Oxford Univ Press, 2000 The Great Auk is one of the world's best known extinct birds. On land it was clumsy and awkward, but in the sea, where it spent a large part of the year, it was perfectly adapted for swift and efficient movement. By the beginning of the 19th century sightings of the bird had become rare and only a few decades later even the most assiduous explorers could not find it. What happened to the Great Auk? The author pieces together all of the important historical data a... more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Abbeville Press, 1984 Maps expert George Snyder chronicles the colorful pageantry of the history of celestial mapmaking, offering a magnificent array of images of the stars and planets with captivating and informative commentaries on the events and cartographers responsible for these beautiful and sometimes functional works of art. With the ancient science of astronomy - for hundreds of years indistinguishable from the pseudo-science of astrology, which sought to predict the fate... more information

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New York: Oxford Univ Pr, 2004. First edition. 8vo. Cloth binding, 302 pp. How a hand loom led to the birth of the information age. New in new dustjacket.. First Edition. Cloth. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Columbia University Press, 2002. Uncorrected proof in new condition. 260 pp. followed by figures. An unconventional biography of Newton which looks at the ways our views of Newton, science and genius have changed over the years.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Uncorrected Proof. ... more information

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A wonderful first edition in like-new condition. Covers are pristine. Binding is sound, square. Pages are straight and bright. We found no markings inside or out. Dustjacket is excellent--small bump at top front is only flaw. ... more information

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Los Angeles: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, 1983. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Softcover in gray wraps. 6" x 9". First printing. Light soiling to wraps and bottom edge, but mostly clean and fresh. Some illustrations. 123 pp. ... more information

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Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1958. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. Hardcover in dust jacket. 8vo. First edition. Light soiling and tanning to book and unclipped jacket. Light chipping to dust jacket. Facsimile texts accompanied by explanatory prefaces by Marie Boas, Charles Coulston Gillispie, Thomas S. Kuhn, and Perry Miller. Laid in is a brochure for a 1996 conference at UCLA entitled "Newton & Religion." 501 pp. including index. ... more information

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Washington D. C.: Univ. Of Alaska, 1936. A well-loved used copy, useful still for reading or reference. Covers have handling soil, some wear. Large stain on back cover. Binding is weakening, still holding. Pages are worn and a little tanned, still serviceable. Previous owner's stamp on the inside front cover. In paper wraps with stain on rear panel, smudges on front panel. Edgewear to covers. Clean interior. No Dustjacket.... more information

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Leipzig Gross & Gleditsch 1682 4° Pagine 10 non numerate + 402 + 6 non numerate. legatura coeva in piena pergamena. Titolo oro al dorso su tassello. 21 tavole incise. Alcune fioriture. Carta brunita come di consueto. PRIMO VOLUME DELLA FAMOSA ACTA ERUDITORUM STAMPATA TRA IL 1682 ED IL 1776. QUESTO LAVORO E' LA PRIMA ENCICLOPEDIA TEDESCA.... more information

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