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Advances in Insect Physiology by: Berridge (Editor), M.J., J.E. Treherne, V.B. Wigglesworth (Editors)
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Advances in Insect Physiology
by: Berridge (Editor), M.J., J.E. Treherne, V.B. Wigglesworth (Editors)

Hardcover. London, Academic Press, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 624 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Previous owner's name written on front flyleaf. Cover boards bound in green, gilt title on spine and front cover. A touch of foxing to edges, otherwise clean inside. Binding tight. In very good shape.

Record # 31152

Price: $28.00
Price: $28.00 

Anatomy of the Brain, The: With a General View of the Nervous System by: Spurzheim M.D., J.G., R. Willis (Translator)
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Anatomy of the Brain, The: With a General View of the Nervous System by: Spurzheim M.D., J.G., R. Willis (Translator)Anatomy of the Brain, The: With a General View of the Nervous System by: Spurzheim M.D., J.G., R. Willis (Translator)

Anatomy of the Brain, The: With a General View of the Nervous System
by: Spurzheim M.D., J.G., R. Willis (Translator)

Hardcover. Boston, MA, Marsh, Capen & Lyon, 1st, 1836, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 257 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Some expected agewear throughout: tanning to pages, light foxing, slight moisture stain along fore-edge, but overall in amazing shape for its age. Binding very good. Spine straight. Brown leather boards, paste on title label on spine. Spine damage at top--chipping (see image). A couple of pen marks to bottom of back cover board.

Record # 99047

Price: $80.00
Price: $80.00 

Leibniz's Metaphysics: A Historical and Comparative Study by: Wilson, Catherine
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Leibniz's Metaphysics: A Historical and Comparative Study by: Wilson, CatherineLeibniz's Metaphysics: A Historical and Comparative Study by: Wilson, Catherine

Leibniz's Metaphysics: A Historical and Comparative Study
by: Wilson, Catherine

Hardcover. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st Edition, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 350 pages. Hardcover. Previous owner's name on front flyleaf. Blue cover boards, gilt title on spine. Dust jacket unclipped, some fading and agewear to spine of dj. This study of the metaphysics of G.W. Leibniz gives a clear picture of his philosophical development within the general scheme of seventeenth-century natural pholosophy.

Record # 99137

Price: $30.00
Price: $30.00 

Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Natural Knowledge, An by: Whitehead, A.N.
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Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Natural Knowledge, An by: Whitehead, A.N.Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Natural Knowledge, An by: Whitehead, A.N.

Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Natural Knowledge, An
by: Whitehead, A.N.

Hardcover. London, England, Cambridge at the University Press, Revised 2nd edition, 1925, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 207 pages. Hardcover. Navy blue cloth cover boards, gilt title on spine. Ex-library book with labels/stamps/and appropriate markings. Light pencil markings throughout. Some light tanning to edges and pages. Traditions of Science, The Foundations of Dynamical Physics, Scientific Relativity, The Natural Elements...

Record # 99178

Price: $35.00
Price: $35.00 

Water-Works: The Architecture and Engineering of the New York City Water Supply by: Pollara, Gina (Editor)
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Water-Works: The Architecture and Engineering of the New York City Water Supply
by: Pollara, Gina (Editor)

Hardcover. New York, The Monacelli Press, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 268 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy still in publishers shrink-wrap. The fresh, clean taste of New York's water is legendary. Less well known is the fascinating story of the massive program of exploration and construction that was required to achieve such purity. The story of that monumental undertaking is told in Water-Works and illustrated with an astonishing archive of drawings and photographs documenting the design and construction of dams, reservoirs, aqueducts, and tunnels. This complex system brings millions of gallons of water to the city every day from rivers many hundreds of miles away.

Record # 353122

Price: $180.00
Price: $180.00 

Gran Quivira: Excavations in a 17th Century Jumano Pueblo (Archeological Research Series #8) by: Vivian, Gordon
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Gran Quivira: Excavations in a 17th Century Jumano Pueblo (Archeological Research Series #8)
by: Vivian, Gordon

Softcover. US, National Park Service , 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 168 pages. Softcover. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers. Black & white illustrations throughout.

Record # 353574

Price: $10.00
Price: $10.00 

The Mushroom: Edible and Otherwise - Its Habitat and Its Time of Growth (WITH ORIGINAL ART) by: Hard, M.E.
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The Mushroom: Edible and Otherwise - Its Habitat and Its Time of Growth (WITH ORIGINAL ART)
by: Hard, M.E.

Hardcover. Columbus OH, Mushroom Publishing Co., 1st, 1908, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 609 pages, profusely illustrated with 500 b&w photographs of various types accompanied by scholarly descriptions. Two pages with clear tape repair (now browning), previous owner's bookplate. This copy is notable for the full-color original paintings of various kinds of mushrooms done on the front and rear endpapers. Professionally done (or at the least, done by a very talented amateur) but not signed. Pictures available on request. Tan cloth cover with brown leather spine with gilt lettering and rules. In a cardboard slipcase which has a wraparound color illustration of ferns and mushrooms.

Record # 354220

Price: $300.00
Price: $300.00 

Political Economy in the Soviet Union. Some Problems of Teaching the Subject by: Kazakevich, Emily G. and Vladimir D. Kazakevich (trans)
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Political Economy in the Soviet Union. Some Problems of Teaching the Subject
by: Kazakevich, Emily G. and Vladimir D. Kazakevich (trans)

Softcover. NY, International Publishers, 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, light green printed stapled wraps. 48 pages. A full-length translation of an unattributed article entitled "Some Problems of the Teaching of Political Economy" and published in the Soviet journal Pod Znamenem Marksizma in July-August, 1943. Light sunning to wraps,

Record # 359809

Price: $10.00
Price: $10.00 

The Young Generation /Little Lenin Library/Volume 26 by: Lenin, V.I.
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The Young Generation /Little Lenin Library/Volume 26
by: Lenin, V.I.

Softcover. NY, International Publishers, 1940, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 48 pages, staple-bound green wrappers. Some tanning to covers, otherwise clean, very good condition.

Record # 359810

Price: $9.00
Price: $9.00 

Humphrey's Manual (Homeopathic Medicine)- On the Care of Ailments Which May Be Alleviated at Home by: Humphrey, Dr. F.
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Humphrey's Manual (Homeopathic Medicine)- On the Care of Ailments Which May Be Alleviated at Home
by: Humphrey, Dr. F.

Softcover. NY, Humphrey's Medicne Co., 1943, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 80 pages, stapled. Decorated red wrappers, small 3 X 4 1/2". Clean.

Record # 359939

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 
 

History of the Inductive Sciences (3 Volumes) by: Whewell, William
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History of the Inductive Sciences (3 Volumes)
by: Whewell, William

Hardcover. London, Frank Cass & Co., reprint, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Three hardcover volumes, a facsimile reprint of the third edition published in 1857 with an index added in part three. Red cloth covers with gilt lettering in black box on spine. Previous owner's signature on each front fly leaf, otherwise clean. Fading to red cloth on spines.

Record # 361869

Price: $70.00
Price: $70.00 

HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS; U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farmers' Bulletin No 1381 by: Mulford, Furman Lloyd
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HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS; U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farmers' Bulletin No 1381
by: Mulford, Furman Lloyd

Softcover. Washington DC, United States Department of Agriculture, 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover Original black and white stapled wrapper with black lettering and a black and white photograph on the front cover. 5 3/4 X 9 inches. 84 pages. Copy contains 65 black and white photographs. Contents in this issue, Hardy perennial plants, use of herbaceous perennials, arrangement, culture, propagation, kinds to use, regions with similar growing conditions, adaptability of different kinds of plants, index of common names.

Record # 363576

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

QST: Devoted Entirely to Amateur Radio: April 1932 by: Kenneth B. Warner (Editor)
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QST: Devoted Entirely to Amateur Radio: April 1932
by: Kenneth B. Warner (Editor)

Softcover. W. Hartford CT, The American Radio Relay League, 1st, 1932, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Single issue softcover magazine, 96 pages. B/w illustrations, ads. Articles include: Crystal Control for Ultra-High Frequencies, Stabilizing Superheterodyne Performance, Simplified Remote Control for Amateur Trasmitters, others. Wraps lightly worn, dust soiled.

Record # 371160

Price: $35.00
Price: $35.00 

Radio Engineering Magazine September 1931 Vol.XI No. 9 by: McNicol (Ed.), Donald
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Radio Engineering Magazine September 1931 Vol.XI No. 9
by: McNicol (Ed.), Donald

Softcover. NY, Bryan Davis Publishing, 1st, 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover magazine format, 56 pages, b&w illustrations, vintage ads throughout. Articles include: Hyper-Sensitive Detection Systems, Television Turns to Projection, Synchronization of Westinghouse Radio Stations, others. Dust soiling to wraps, otherwise clean.

Record # 371162

Price: $40.00
Price: $40.00 

Radio Engineering Magazine April 1932 Vol. XII No.4 by: McNicol (Ed.), Donald
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Radio Engineering Magazine April 1932 Vol. XII No.4
by: McNicol (Ed.), Donald

Softcover. NY, Bryan Davis Publishing, 1st, 1931, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover magazine format, 52 pages, b&w illustrations, vintage ads throughout. Articles include: Circuits to Obtain Detection and Delayed AVC, Ionization in Vacuum Tubes, A Giant Tube for Radio Transmisson, others. Light soiling to wraps, otherwise clean.

Record # 371165

Price: $40.00
Price: $40.00 

War and the Soviet Union: Nuclear Weapons and the Revolution in Soviet Military and Political Thinking by: H.S. Dinerstein
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War and the Soviet Union: Nuclear Weapons and the Revolution in Soviet Military and Political Thinking
by: H.S. Dinerstein

Softcover. Santa Monica CA, Rand Corporation, 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 265 pages. Ivory paper wraps with toning. Light toning to pages throughout. Clean, unmarked copy. This is a first printing of this important study for the U.S. Air Force by the Rand Corporation, dated August 11, 1958, Rand Report R-326.

Record # 371237

Price: $70.00
Price: $70.00 

Moths of Southern Africa: descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species by: Pinhey, E.C.G.
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Moths of Southern Africa: descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species
by: Pinhey, E.C.G.

Hardcover. Capetown SA, Tafelberg, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn dust jacket. 273 pages, color plates throughout. The standard reference on the subject. Clean copy.

Record # 371298

Price: $150.00
Price: $150.00 

Pascal: His Life and Works by: Jean Mesnard
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Pascal: His Life and Works
by: Jean Mesnard

Hardcover. NY, Philosophical Library, 1st US, 1952, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket. 208 pages, bibliography. Introduction by Ronald Knox, b&w frontispiece portrait of Pascal. Clean copy.

Record # 371529

Price: $70.00
Price: $70.00 

The Butterflies of North America: A Natural History and Field Guide by: James A. Scott
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The Butterflies of North America: A Natural History and Field Guide
by: James A. Scott

Softcover. Stanford CA, Stanford University Press;, reprint, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 584 pages. The only field guide to cover all North American butterfly species, this monumental work is also a complete natural history, fully describing the biological and ecological world of butterflies in general. It is without question the most important book on butterflies in several decades, and the most complete treatment of a major butterfly faun ever published. The book is written at several levels of detail, most of it accessible to anyone, and employs the minimum of technical terms necessary for ensuring scientific accuracy. Extensive introductory material-a book in itself-stresses butterfly biology and ecology: structure, flight, metamorphosis, hibernation, physiology, roosting, migration, mating, egg laying, intelligence, social behavior, larval and adult foods, enemies, mimicry, variation, evolution, habitats, distribution, and conservation. The main text is arranged in phylogenetic sequence, and characteristics or behavior common to all members of a family, subfamily, or tribe are discussed at those levels. The skippers, a large group often excluded, are treated in full. Several unique features make identification easier and more certain than with any other field guide. First, every species (and many subspecies) of butterfly ever recorded north of Mexico (or in Bermuda or Hawaii) is treated at length and illustrated in color. Over 1,800 butterflies representing all 679 species (males, females, uppersides, undersides, subspecies, etc.) are illustrated on 42 full-page plats. Another 136 color photographs illustrate the various life forms in natural habitat: eggs, larvae, pupae, and the more familiar and more spectacular adults.

Record # 371712

Price: $30.00
Price: $30.00 

Critical Path by: Fuller, R. Buckminster
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Critical Path
by: Fuller, R. Buckminster

Hardcover. NY, St Martin's Press, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, in an unclipped dust jacket that has some sun-fading, 471 pages, index, photography and illustrations -- Stated First Edition w/full # string and original price present. Burgundy cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title and decorative geodesic patterns on the spine. R. Buckminster Fuller became famous for being the inventor and designer of the Dymaxion House, the Dymaxion Car, and the Dymaxion Map. He also coined the term "Spaceship Earth". Clean copy.

Record # 371714

Price: $35.00
Price: $35.00 

Progress in Ecdysone Research by: Hoffmann (Editor), J. A.
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Progress in Ecdysone Research
by: Hoffmann (Editor), J. A.

Hardcover. Amsterdam, Elsevier/North-Holland Biomedical Press, 1st thus, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 491 pages. Red boards with white printed illustration & white titles to cover & spine. Black & white illustrations throughout, including figures, chart, tables & photographs. Previous owner's signature to front flyleaf. Otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 372377

Price: $40.00
Price: $40.00 

Coast of Coral, The by: Clarke, Arthur C.
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Coast of Coral, The
by: Clarke, Arthur C.

Hardcover. London, Frederick Muller Ltd, 1st, 1956, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 206 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains black and white and color illustrations. Well bound and clean pages, with moderate tanning to text block edges. Light tanning to free endpapers. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and moderate crushing to spine ends. Book has noticeable backward lean, with heavy sunning overall. A exploration of the Great Barrier Reef.

Record # 372392

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

The Butterfly Effect: Insects and the Making of the Modern World by: Melillo, Edward D.
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The Butterfly Effect: Insects and the Making of the Modern World
by: Melillo, Edward D.

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 253 pages. Color illustrations. Clean copy.

Record # 372519

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

Avian Ecology And Conservation: A Pennsylvania Focus With National Implications by: Majumdar Shyamal K.; et al
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Avian Ecology And Conservation: A Pennsylvania Focus With National Implications
by: Majumdar Shyamal K.; et al

Hardcover. The Pennsylvania Academy of Science, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Brings together in one volume a comprehensive overview of Pennsylvania's avian communities, current and emerging conservation issues, and the specific contributions Pennsylvania biologists, avian ecologists, and conservationists have made to the science of ornithology. Clean.

Record # 372826

Price: $25.00
Price: $25.00 

Round the Year with the Stars: The Chief Beauties of the Starry Heavens as Seen with the Naked Eye by: Serviss, Garrett P.
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Round the Year with the Stars: The Chief Beauties of the Starry Heavens as Seen with the Naked Eye
by: Serviss, Garrett P.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Brothers , 1st, 1910, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with bright gilt design, 147 pages. B&w and 2-color plates. Previous owner's bookplate on inside front cover, otherwise clean.

Record # 372904

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

Blood-Stains: Their Detection, and the Determination of Their Source: a Manual for the Medical and Legal Professions by: Sutherland, Major William Dunbar
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Blood-Stains: Their Detection, and the Determination of Their Source: a Manual for the Medical and Legal Professions
by: Sutherland, Major William Dunbar

Hardcover. London, Ballier, Tindall & Cox, 1st, 1907, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth covers with gilt lettering, embossed rules, beveled edges. 167 pages, b&w illustrations, 2 color plates at back of book. Bookplate inside front cover, minor wear to top of spine otherwise clean, very good.

Record # 373213

Price: $70.00
Price: $70.00 

The Birds of Pandemonium by: Michele Raffin
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The Birds of Pandemonium
by: Michele Raffin

Hardcover. Chapel Hill NC, Algonquin Books, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 240 pages. Each morning at first light, Michele Raffin steps outside into the bewitching bird music that heralds another day at Pandemonium Aviaries. A full symphony that swells from the most vocal of more than 350 avian throats representing more than 40 species. "It knocks me out, every day," she says. Pandemonium, the home and bird sanctuary that Raffin shares with some of the world's most remarkable birds, is a conservation organization dedicated to saving and breeding birds at the edge of extinction, with the goal of eventually releasing them into the wild. In The Birds of Pandemonium, she lets us into her world--and theirs. Birds fall in love, mourn, rejoice, and sacrifice; they have a sense of humor, invent, plot, and cope. They can teach us volumes about the interrelationships of humans and animals.

Record # 374132

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Hummingbirds: A Life-size Guide to Every Species by: Michael Fogden, Marianne Taylor, Sheri Williamson
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Hummingbirds: A Life-size Guide to Every Species
by: Michael Fogden, Marianne Taylor, Sheri Williamson

Hardcover. NY, Harper Design, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pages. Hummingbirds have always held popular appeal, with their visual brilliance, extraordinary flight dexterity, jewel-like color, and remarkably small size. This is the first book to profile all 338 known species, from the Saw-billed Hermit to the Scintillant Hummingbird. Every bird is shown life-size in glorious full-color photographs. Every species profile includes a flight map and key statistics, as well as information about behavior, plumage, and habitat.

Record # 374135

Price: $20.00
Price: $20.00 

Science and the Secrets of Nature: Books of Secrets in Medieval and Early Modern Culture by: William Eamon
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Science and the Secrets of Nature: Books of Secrets in Medieval and Early Modern Culture
by: William Eamon

Softcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, reprint, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, pictorial wraps, 490 pages. By explaining how to sire multicolored horses, produce nuts without shells, and create an egg the size of a human head, Giambattista Della Porta's Natural Magic (1559) conveys a fascination with tricks and illusions that makes it a work difficult for historians of science to take seriously. Yet, according to William Eamon, it is in the "how-to" books written by medieval alchemists, magicians, and artisans that modern science has its roots. These compilations of recipes on everything from parlor tricks through medical remedies to wool-dyeing fascinated medieval intellectuals because they promised access to esoteric "secrets of nature." In closely examining this rich but little-known source of literature, Eamon reveals that printing technology and popular culture had as great, if not stronger, an impact on early modern science as did the traditional academic disciplines. Clean copy.

Record # 374329

Price: $25.00
Price: $25.00 

Eye and Brain: The Psychology of Seeing - Fourth Edition (Princeton Science Library) by: Richard Langton Gregory
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Eye and Brain: The Psychology of Seeing - Fourth Edition (Princeton Science Library)
by: Richard Langton Gregory

Softcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, reprint, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, illustrated in b&w and color, 264 pages. Since the publication of the first edition in 1966, Eye and Brain has established itself worldwide as an essential introduction to the basic phenomena of visual perception. In this book, Gregory offers clear explanations of how we see brightness, movement, color, and objects, and he explores the phenomena of visual illusions to establish principles about how perception normally works and why it sometimes fails. Although successive editions have incorporated new discoveries and ideas, this is the first time that Richard Gregory has completely revised and updated the text, adding more than thirty new illustrations. The phenomena of illusion continue to be a major theme in the book, in which the author makes a new attempt to provide a comprehensive classification system. There are also new sections on what babies see and how they learn to see, on motion perception, and tantalizing glimpses of the relationship between vision and consciousness and of the impact of new brain imaging techniques. In addition, the presentation of the text and illustrations has been improved by the larger format and new page design. The thousands of readers of the previous editions of Eye and Brain will find this new revised edition even more attractive and enthralling. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 374336

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

The Post-Darwinian Controversies: A Study of the Protestant Struggle to Come to Terms with Darwin in Great Britain and America, 1870-1900 by: Moore, James R.
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The Post-Darwinian Controversies: A Study of the Protestant Struggle to Come to Terms with Darwin in Great Britain and America, 1870-1900
by: Moore, James R.

Softcover. London, Cambridge, University Press, reprint, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 514 pages. The Post-Darwinian Controversies offers an original interpretation of Protestant responses to Darwin after 1870, viewing them in a transatlantic perspective and as a constitutive part of the history of post-Darwinian evolutionary thought. The impact of evolutionary theory on the religious consciousness of the nineteenth century has commonly been seen in terms of a 'conflict' or 'warfare' between science and theology. Dr. Moore's account begins by discussing the polemical origins and baneful effects of the 'military metaphor', and this leads to a revised view of the controversies based on an analysis of the underlying intellectual struggle to come to terms with Darwin. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 374351

Price: $25.00
Price: $25.00 

The Enchanted Loom: Chapters in the History of Neuroscience by: Corsi, Pietro (ed)
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The Enchanted Loom: Chapters in the History of Neuroscience
by: Corsi, Pietro (ed)

Hardcover. NY, Oxford University Press, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, pages, profusely illustrated in color and b/w. Written by an international team of scientists, The Enchanted Loom offers a sweeping look at the history of neuroscience from the philosophy of Aristotle to the advent of Artificial Intelligence. This collection of accessible, intriguing essays is supplemented by over 350 spectacular illustrations, many in color, with thorough and informative captions written by the scientists themselves. The authors discuss Descartes's contributions to thought about the brain, alongside brilliant artistic studies of the central nervous system that he and masters like da Vinci executed. They show how phrenology--the long discredited study of skull shape and mental faculties--actually represented a breakthrough in thinking about localized brain functions, and how the advent of the microscope and other equipment led to new discoveries. The contributors bring the story up to the present day, unfolding the emergence of the modern neurosciences, advances in molecular biology, and the debate over how infants learn language. In addition, the book offers a short history of computers and recent thought about whether the mind works like computer software. Noted contributors include; Larry Squire, writing on memory; Solomon Snyder, discussing psychopharmacology; and John Dowling on vision. Colorful, intelligent, informative, The Enchanted Loom offers an authoritative and enjoyable look at the history of a complex and fascinating science.

Record # 374358

Price: $100.00
Price: $100.00 

Against Depression by: Peter D. Kramer
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Against Depression
by: Peter D. Kramer

Hardcover. NY, Viking, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, pages. The best-selling author of Listening to Prozac examines depression from a historical and scientific perspective, challenging cultural beliefs that depression is a noble or romantic disorder linked to soulful or creative achievements, and calling for a greater awareness of depression's devastating impact, as well as renewed efforts to provide curative treatments.

Record # 374768

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

The Annus Mirabilis of Sir Isaac Newton, 1666-1966 by: Palter, Robert (editor)
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The Annus Mirabilis of Sir Isaac Newton, 1666-1966
by: Palter, Robert (editor)

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, MIT Press, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, silver boards with white lettering on spine. In a worn dust jacket with chipping and fading. The 16 articles in this book were prepared for the Conference of Newtonian Studies, held at the University of Texas, 300 years after what Newton himself described as his best year (1665), when he returned to his hometown to escape the plague in Cambridge. Articles cover Newton's life and society, his scientific achievements, philosophical analyses of his scientific achievements, and Newton's influence. B&w illustrations. Mild soil to edges of front fly leaf, otherwise clean, no markings.

Record # 378643

Price: $30.00
Price: $30.00 

Flying Blind: One Man's Adventures Battling Buckthorn, Making Peace with Authority, and Creating a Home for Endangered Bats (SIGNED COPY) by: Mitchell, Don
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Flying Blind: One Man's Adventures Battling Buckthorn, Making Peace with Authority, and Creating a Home for Endangered Bats (SIGNED COPY)
by: Mitchell, Don

Hardcover. White River Jct VT, Chelsea Green Publishing, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED BY MITCHELL on title page and INSCRIBED on the front fly leaf. Novelist and shepherd Mitchell presents this account of what happened after a biologist from the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department asked for permission to track bats on his farm. The author having been an iconoclast since his youth, the book is as much a story about a back-to-the-land Vermont farmer coming to collaborate with government as the story of the bats for whose benefit the forested land was managed. This idealist muses on the process of balancing concerns of money, ecology, independence and co-dependence, wrapping up the book with insights learned in convoluted manner about nature, society, and himself.

Record # 378853

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

Axiomatic Quality: Integrating Axiomatic Design with Six-Sigma, Reliability, and Quality Engineering by: Basem El-Haik
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Axiomatic Quality: Integrating Axiomatic Design with Six-Sigma, Reliability, and Quality Engineering
by: Basem El-Haik

Hardcover. Hoboken NJ, Wiley-Interscience, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in glossy boards, 285 pages. This book is an effort on the direction of standardizing the processes and steps that the design team must take over in order to fulfill the real customer voice in the best possible way. The foundation is sound (Axiomatic Design itself and Taguchi Robustness and Reliability methods), the derivations and mathematical devices are very well elaborated and there's plenty of great examples to base your own study on. Clean copy.

Record # 378876

Price: $60.00
Price: $60.00 

The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature by: Geoffrey Miller
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The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature
by: Geoffrey Miller

Hardcover. London, William Heinemann , 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Many aspects of how and why the human mind evolved remain mysterious. While Darwinian natural selection has successfully explained the evolution of much of life on earth, it has never seemed fully adequate to explain the aspects of our minds that seem most uniquely and profoundly human--art, morality, consciousness, creativity, and language. Nor has natural selection offered solutions to how the human brain evolved so quickly--in less than 2 million years--and why such a large brain remains unique to our species. Now, in The Mating Mind, a pioneering work of evolutionary science, these aspects of human nature are at last explored and explained. Until fairly recently most biologists have ignored or rejected Darwin's claims for his other great theory of evolution--sexual selection through mate choice, which favors traits simply because they prove attractive to the opposite sex. But over the last two decades, biologists have taken up Darwin's insights into how the reproduction of the sexiest is as much a focus of evolution as the survival of the fittest. Clean copy.

Record # 378968

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

Recombinant DNA: A Short Course by: Watson, James D., Tooze, John and Kurtz, David T.
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Recombinant DNA: A Short Course
by: Watson, James D., Tooze, John and Kurtz, David T.

Softcover. NY, Scientific American Books, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 260 pages. Color illustrations and diagrams. A clear explanation of the current state of DNA genetics. Clean copy.

Record # 379238

Price: $15.00
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The Scented Ape: The Biology and Culture of Human Odour by: Stoddart, D. Michael
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The Scented Ape: The Biology and Culture of Human Odour
by: Stoddart, D. Michael

Softcover. Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Press, reprint, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 286 pages, b&w illustrations. This book examines the sense of smell in humans, comparing it with the known functions of the same sense in other animals. Odorous cues play a role in sexual physiology and behavior in animals and there are claims that odor can play the same role in humans. The place of odors and scents in aesthetics and in psychoanalysis serves to illustrate the link between the emotional centers and the brain. The book presents arguments to explain the way in which our ancestral past has given rise to our modern day olfactory enigmas. Contains a glossary and chapter summaries. Clean copy.

Record # 381522

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

Scientific Explanation a Study of the Function of Theory Probability and Law in Science- Based on the Tarner Lectures 1946 by: Braithwaite, Richard Bevan
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Scientific Explanation a Study of the Function of Theory Probability and Law in Science- Based on the Tarner Lectures 1946
by: Braithwaite, Richard Bevan

Hardcover. Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Press, reprint, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket. 376 pages, index. Clean copy.

Record # 381625

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Sea Dragons: Predators of the Prehistoric Oceans by: Richard Ellis
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Sea Dragons: Predators of the Prehistoric Oceans
by: Richard Ellis

Hardcover. Lawrence KS, University Press of Kansas, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 313 pages, b&w illustrations. Working from the fossil record, Richard Ellis explores the natural history of these fierce predators, speculates on their habits, and tells how they eventually became extinct - or did they? He traces the 200-million-year history of the great ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs, and mosasaurs who swam the ancient oceans - and who, according to some, may even still frequent the likes of Loch Ness. The first book about these animals in nearly a century, Sea Dragons draws upon the most recent scientific research to reconstruct their lives and habitats. Along the way, the book also provides insights into and tales about the work, discoveries, and competing theories that compose the world of vertebrate paleontology. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 381700

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

Public Health Laboratory Work (The Hygienic Laboratory) by: Kenwood, Henry R.; Boyce, Rubert
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Public Health Laboratory Work (The Hygienic Laboratory)
by: Kenwood, Henry R.; Boyce, Rubert

Hardcover. Philadelphia, P. Blakiston, Son & Co., 1st, 1893, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth with embossed ruling and gilt lettering and design. 491 pages, b&w illustrations, plus errata page and a 24-page publisher's catalogue bound in. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 381701

Price: $40.00
Price: $40.00 

The Typewriter Legend by: Masi, Frank T. (Editor)
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The Typewriter Legend
by: Masi, Frank T. (Editor)

Softcover. Secaucus NJ, Matsushita Electric Corporation of America, reprint, 1985, Book: Good, Softcover, 132 pages, b&w illustrations. The typewriter has had a profound effect on both the business world and social communication. This book is a treasure of well-researched information documenting the earliest introduction of a machine for impressing letters to the electronic typewriters of the early 1980s. The book contains over 100 black & white photographs tracing the history of the typewriter and is a useful resource for typewriter collectors. Spotting to edges not affecting inside pages.

Record # 381758

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Quantum Computing Since Democritus by: Scott Aaronson
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Quantum Computing Since Democritus
by: Scott Aaronson

Softcover. Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Press, reprint, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, like new. 371 pages. Written by noted quantum computing theorist Scott Aaronson, this book takes readers on a tour through some of the deepest ideas of maths, computer science and physics. Full of insights, arguments and philosophical perspectives, the book covers an amazing array of topics. Beginning in antiquity with Democritus, it progresses through logic and set theory, computability and complexity theory, quantum computing, cryptography, the information content of quantum states and the interpretation of quantum mechanics. There are also extended discussions about time travel, Newcomb's Paradox, the anthropic principle and the views of Roger Penrose. Aaronson's informal style makes this fascinating book accessible to readers with scientific backgrounds, as well as students and researchers working in physics, computer science, mathematics and philosophy.

Record # 381820

Price: $35.00
Price: $35.00 

Primate Visions: Gender, Race, and Nature in the World of Modern Science by: Haraway, Donna
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Primate Visions: Gender, Race, and Nature in the World of Modern Science
by: Haraway, Donna

Softcover. NY, Routledge, 1st pbk, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 486 pages, b&w illustrations. Haraway's discussions of how scientists have perceived the sexual nature of female primates opens a new chapter in feminist theory, raising unsettling questions about models of the family and of heterosexuality in primate research.

Record # 381870

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

The Great United States Exploring Expedition of 1838-1842 by: Stanton, William
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The Great United States Exploring Expedition of 1838-1842
by: Stanton, William

Hardcover. Berkeley CA, University of California Press, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 433 pages including index. B&w illustrations. Recounts the Wilkes Expedition, whose six ships set out from Norfolk in summer 1838 to sail to the polar regions, the South Pacific, and the coasts of present-day Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. The expedition discovered new islands and reefs in the Pacific and charted the Fijis and other islands. Its men explored, fought with natives, and gathered copious scientific specimens, many of which were given to the National Museum, the Naval Observatory, and the U.S. Botanical Garden. Dust jacket with light edgewear, clean copy.

Record # 381956

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The Snoring Bird: My Family's Journey Through a Century of Biology by: Bernd Heinrich
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The Snoring Bird: My Family's Journey Through a Century of Biology
by: Bernd Heinrich

Hardcover. NY, Ecco, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. From Bernd Heinrich, the bestselling author of Winter World, comes the remarkable story of his father's life, his family's past, and how the forces of history and nature have shaped his own life. Although Bernd Heinrich's father, Gerd, a devoted naturalist, specialized in wasps, Bernd tried to distance himself from his "old-fashioned" father, becoming a hybrid: a modern, experimental biologist with a naturalist's sensibilities. In this remarkable memoir, the award-winning author shares the ways in which his relationship with his father, combined with his unique childhood, molded him into the scientist, and man, he is today. From Gerd's days as a soldier in Europe to the family's daring escape from the Red Army in 1945 to the rustic Maine farm they came to call home, Heinrich relates it all in his trademark style, making science accessible and awe-inspiring. Clean copy.

Record # 381962

Price: $20.00
Price: $20.00 

Welch Laboratory Apparatus 1968 by: N/A
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Welch Laboratory Apparatus 1968
by: N/A

Hardcover. Chicago, W.M. Welch Scientific Company, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 989 pages, b&w illustrations throughout. Former ownership signature on front fly, else near fine. Massive trade catalog of school and industrial scientific equipment in the 1960's. indexed, illustrated with many thousands of drawings and photos of scientific instruments from microscopes to corks, everything for a laboratory, basic and advanced. Large, heavy volume, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 381973

Price: $180.00
Price: $180.00 

Ships, Seas and Scientists: United States Naval Exploration and Discovery in the Nineteenth Century by: Vincent Ponko Jr:
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Ships, Seas and Scientists: United States Naval Exploration and Discovery in the Nineteenth Century
by: Vincent Ponko Jr:

Annapolis MD, Naval Institute Press , 1st, 1974, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 283 pages. Covers the research in the US Navy between the War of 1812 and the start of the Civil War. The book covers many of the exploring expeditions and the importance of the Navy to early biological and scientific advancement in conjunction with the Smithsonian. Light marking to 10 pages. Bookplate on front fly leaf.

Record # 382015

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 
 

Epistemological Writings by: von Helmholtz H.; Cohen Robert S. Editor; Elkana Y. Editor; Lowe Malcolm F. Translator;
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Epistemological Writings
by: von Helmholtz H.; Cohen Robert S. Editor; Elkana Y. Editor; Lowe Malcolm F. Translator;

Softcover. Holland/Boston, D. Reidel Publishing Company, reprint, 1977, Book: Very Good, Softcover, 205 pages. Hermann von Helmholtz (1821-1894), was a prominent German physicist and physician who comtributed to the philosophy of science. The Paul Hertz/Moritz Schlick Centenary Edition of 1921, with notes and commentary by the editors. Name on front fly leaf otherwise a clean, bright copy.

Record # 382043

Price: $30.00
Price: $30.00 
 


Used & Rare Science Books

Our sciences shelf offers used, rare and out-of-print books across natural philosophy, physiology, neuroscience, entomology and the history of science. Expect early treatises, antiquarian editions and scholarly studies gathered from private collections, ranging from classic and early-modern texts to modern historical and comparative surveys.

Recent listings include David Hartley's Observations on Man, J.G. Spurzheim's The Anatomy of the Brain, A.N. Whitehead's An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Natural Knowledge, Catherine Wilson's Leibniz's Metaphysics, and Marsilio Ficino's Three Books on Life.

Condition and availability vary, as with any used and rare stock, and early treatises or multi-volume sets come and go as single copies, so it is worth checking back regularly. Browse the collection and order online.