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Tooley, MJ (ed) et al M J
The Institute of British Geographers Special Publications: The Impact of Sea Level Changes on European Coastal Lowlands Volume 27
Blackwell 1992. Volume 27. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item700grams ISBN:9780631181835 Blackwell hardcover
Référence libraire : 2324444 ISBN : 0631181830 9780631181835
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Allen, David Elliston
The Botanists: A History of the Botanical Society of the British Isles Through a Hundred and Fifty Years
St Pauls Bibliographies 1986. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item600grams ISBN:0906795362 St Pauls Bibliographies hardcover
Référence libraire : 2294793 ISBN : 0906795362 9780906795361
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Baxter, J M
Scotland's Living Coastline The Natural Heritage of Scotland
The Stationery Office 1999. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item800grams ISBN:9780114958565 The Stationery Office hardcover
Référence libraire : 2294733 ISBN : 0114958564 9780114958565
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Wright, D J
Marine and Coastal Geographical Information Systems
Taylor & Francis Ltd. 2000. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item700grams ISBN:9780748408702 Taylor & Francis Ltd. paperback
Référence libraire : 2294714 ISBN : 0748408703 9780748408702
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Jones, P S
Studies in European Coastal Management
Samara Publishing Ltd 1996. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item850grams ISBN:1873692072 Samara Publishing Ltd hardcover
Référence libraire : 2294738 ISBN : 1873692072 9781873692073
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Elliott, Michael
Estuarine Ecohydrology: An Introduction
Elsevier Science 2016. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item700grams ISBN:9780444633989 Elsevier Science hardcover
Référence libraire : 2294753 ISBN : 0444633987 9780444633989
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Schwartz, ML (ed) M L
Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences: The Encyclopedia of Beaches and Coastal Environments Volume 15
Hutchinson Ross 1982. Volume 15. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1700grams ISBN:0879332131 Hutchinson Ross hardcover
Référence libraire : 2324447 ISBN : 0879332131 9780879332136
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Rotherham, Ian D
The Rise and Fall of Countryside Management: A Historical Account
Routledge 2015. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item850grams ISBN:9780415844253 Routledge hardcover
Référence libraire : 2294735 ISBN : 0415844258 9780415844253
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[GEOGRAPHY -- ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES]. JOHNSTON, Alexander Keith
The physical atlas of natural phenomena. Reduced from the edition in Imperial Folio for the use of colleges academies and families . . . based on the Physikalischer Atlas of Professor H. Berghaus.
Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Sons 1854. Folio. 12 x 15 in. 122 pp. all text w/in engraved ruled borders. Double-page hand-coloured steel-engraved frontisp. map 24 steel-engraved hand-coloured maps 1 text map. Contemporary half-maroon-coloured sheep over plum-coloured cloth gilt lettering on front cover & spine pale yellow clay-sized endpapers a.e.g. very slight occasional interior thumb soiling or dustsoiling minor scuffing to fore-edges wear to corners rear hinge starting still VG copy from library of Edwin Corbold 1827-1921 Independent Minister later Congregational Reverend and temperance supporter at Purley in Surrey. First “Reduced†edition of the first physical atlas ever published in England. Johnston 1804-1871 explains in his preface the four sections of Geology Hydrology Meteorology and Natural History originally Phytology & Zoology which were subsequently reduced in order to serve as a very popular educational atlas. Each section includes beautifully engraved maps and explanatory sections and the large Palaeontological map of the British Islands with extensive colouring and added notes by Edward Forbes. Johnston’s work reflected not only the increased interest in mapping geological zoological and biological distributions but also focused on the measurement of climate and environmental factors. William Blackwood & Sons, hardcover
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Michael Pack, Richard Brookhiser and Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Rediscovering George Washington VHS Tape by Michael Pack Richard Brookhiser and Films for the Humanities & Sciences
VHS. Language: English. clam case . unknown
Référence libraire : Alibris.0025325
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Stickland, Neil C, BSc, PhD, DSc (Professor of Veterinary Anatomy, Department of Veterinary Basic Sciences, Royal Veterinary Col
Color Atlas of Veterinary Anatomy Volume 3 The Dog and Cat
Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Presents photographic record of dissections showing the topographical anatomy of the dog and cat. This book looks at various aspect of veterinary anatomy. It enables you to see the position and relationships of bones muscles nerves b paperback
Référence libraire : ria9780723434153_inp ISBN : 0723434158 9780723434153
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Nudds, John (School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester, UK)
Evolution of Fossil Ecosystems
Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; This book widely praised for its coverage and approach in describing and illustrating 14 well known fossil sites from around the world is now full updated with 6 new chapters and many new colour illustrations. A beautifully illustrate paperback
Référence libraire : ria9781840761603_inp ISBN : 1840761601 9781840761603
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Pankhurst, Sheila (Department of Life Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University)
Zoo Animals
Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Zoo Animals: Behaviour Management and Welfare addresses the key questions surrounding the keeping of zoo animals and reveals how we can apply our ever-growing understanding of animal behaviour to ensure zoo animals are managed as effe paperback
Référence libraire : ria9780199693528_inp ISBN : 0199693528 9780199693528
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van Olderen, Ronald (NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands)
Events as a Strategic Marketing Tool
Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; An update to the popular first edition providing an engaging resource for both students and professionals interested in leisure tourism and events. Including a wealth of internationally relevant examples it gives a thorough insight i paperback
Référence libraire : ria9781789242300_inp ISBN : 1789242304 9781789242300
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Burbank, Luther
The Training of the Human Plant
New York: The Century Co. 1907. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Near Fine slight rubs at tips no jacket. 99 pagesn interior clean tight and unmarked. Burbank's views on race and child-rearing which planted him firmly in the camp of eugenics - the scientifically inaccurate theory that humans can be improved through selective breeding of populations. The Century Co. Hardcover
Référence libraire : 010207
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Craske, Michelle G (Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Miller Family Endowed Term Cha
Mastery of Your Anxiety and Panic
Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The fifth edition of Mastery of Your Anxiety and Panic Workbook has been fully revised and updated to offer helpful scientifically proven strategies and techniques for dealing with both panic disorder and agoraphobia. The program out paperback
Référence libraire : ria9780197584095_inp ISBN : 0197584098 9780197584095
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Promoting the Educational Success of Children and Youth Learning English: Promising Futures BCYF 25th Anniversary
National Academies Press 2017-09-25. Illustrated. paperback. Used: Good. 6.00x1.30x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. National Academies Press paperback
Référence libraire : SONG0309455375 ISBN : 0309455375 9780309455374
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Toca-Herrera, Jose L (University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria)
Hybridizing Surface Probe Microscopies
Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Many books and reviews about scanning probe microscopies SPM cover the basics of their performance novel developments and state-of-the-art applications. Taking a different approach Hybridizing Surface Probe Microscopies: Towards a paperback
Référence libraire : ria9781138374584_inp ISBN : 113837458x 9781138374584
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Darwin, Charles
Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands of South America Visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle
New York : D.Appleton and Company 1896. Book. Very Good. Half-Leather. 3rd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Third Edition with Maps and Illustrations. xiii 648 pp. Contemporary half red leather over marbled boards gilt lettering and rules to the spine. Top edge gilt. Very Good. Spine has small chip to top of spine; closed tear to mid spine; and rubbing at the corners and edges. Intermittent toning around paste downs and end pages. First published in 1846 Darwin's Geological Observations made up the third part of his memoir of his voyage on the Beagle during the years 1832-1836. Contains two Parts; "Part One: Volcanic Islands and Part Two: South America". Maps and fold outs present and undamaged small stains to the final two fold-outs. Uncommon in collectible condition. . D.Appleton and Company Hardcover
Référence libraire : 010618
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Darwin, Charles
The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication. In Two Volumes
New York: Orange Judd and Company 1868. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First American Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First American Edition. Authorized Edition with a preface by Asa Gray. Illustrated. 494 pages plus 6 pages ads in rear in Volume I and 568 pages plus 8 pages ads in rear in Volume II. Dark brown end papers. Green cloth covered blind stamped boards with gilt lettering to the spines.About Very Good. Volume I has modest wear to tips and spine ends slight sun darkened spine minimal rubbing. Both hinges opened. Front paste down with two different prior owner book plates. Front free end paper prior owner name in ink. Pages 191 to 210 loose from binding. Volume II has small ink stain to front board wear to tips and spine ends front hinge open showing webbing but holding nicely prior owner book plate glue shadow at paste down the plate laid in. Internally clean and unmarked. The later owner of this book was the noted University of Cincinnati chemist and educator William B. Jensen. Priced to allow for hinge repair. . Orange Judd and Company Hardcover
Référence libraire : 010633
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Henderson-Sellers, Ann (ed)
Satellite Sensing of a Cloudy Atmosphere: Observing the Third Planet
Taylor & Francis Ltd 1984. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item800grams ISBN:0850662540 Taylor & Francis Ltd hardcover
Référence libraire : 4342817 ISBN : 0850662540 9780850662542
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Knight, J (ed) et al
Geological Society Special Publications: Periglacial and Paraglacial Processes and Environments Volume 320
The Geological Society 2009. Volume 320. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item800grams ISBN:9781862392816 The Geological Society hardcover
Référence libraire : 2323794 ISBN : 1862392811 9781862392816
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Newitt, Malyn
The Comoro Islands: Struggle Against Dependency in the Indian Ocean Profiles: Nations of Contemporary Africa
Westview Press 1984. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item500grams ISBN:0865312923 Westview Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 4342649 ISBN : 0865312923 9780865312920
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Ibsen, Maia-Laura
Landslide Recognition: Identification Movement and Courses International Association of Geomorphologists
John Wiley and Sons 1996. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Library sticker on front cover.Water damaged. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item700grams ISBN:9780471964773 John Wiley and Sons hardcover
Référence libraire : 2294052 ISBN : 0471964778 9780471964773
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Kalvoda, J (ed)
The GeoJournal Library: Geomorphological Hazards in High Mountain Areas Volume 46
Kluwer Academic 1998. Volume 46. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item800grams ISBN:9780792349617 Kluwer Academic hardcover
Référence libraire : 2323784 ISBN : 079234961x 9780792349617
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Wilson, AG
Optimization in Locational and Transport Analysis
John Wiley and Sons 1981. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item650grams ISBN:0471280054 John Wiley and Sons hardcover
Référence libraire : 4342658 ISBN : 0471280054 9780471280057
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Slater, TR (ed)
Field and Forest: An Historical Geography of Warwickshire and Worcestershire
Geo Books 1982. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pen markings. In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item900grams ISBN:0860940993 Geo Books hardcover
Référence libraire : 4342798 ISBN : 0860940993 9780860940999
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Pierrehumbert, Raymond T
Principles of Planetary Climate
Cambridge University Press 2010. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1650grams ISBN:9780521865562 Cambridge University Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 2294150 ISBN : 0521865565 9780521865562
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Richards, K (ed)
Institute of British Geographers Special Publications: River Changes: Environment and Process Volume 17
Basil Blackwell 1987. Volume 17. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item900grams ISBN:063114577X Basil Blackwell hardcover
Référence libraire : 2323787 ISBN : 063114577X 9780631145776
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Bull, L J
Dryland Rivers: Hydrology and Geomorphology of Semi-Arid Channels
John Wiley and Sons 2002. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item850grams ISBN:9780471491231 John Wiley and Sons hardcover
Référence libraire : 2294058 ISBN : 0471491233 9780471491231
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Perry, C
Environmental Sedimentology
Blackwell 2007. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Library sticker on front cover. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1150grams ISBN:9781405115155 Blackwell paperback
Référence libraire : 2294051 ISBN : 1405115157 9781405115155
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Frome, Michael (ed)
Issues in Wilderness Management Westview Replica Edn
Westview Press 1985. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item450grams ISBN:0865318948 Westview Press paperback
Référence libraire : 4342635 ISBN : 0865318948 9780865318946
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Bras, Rafael L
Hydrology: An Introduction to Hydrologic Science
Addison-Wesley 1990. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1100grams ISBN:9780201059229 Addison-Wesley hardcover
Référence libraire : 2294043 ISBN : 0201059223 9780201059229
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Schwartz, Franklin W
Fundamentals of Ground Water
John Wiley & Sons 2003. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1450grams ISBN:9780471137856 John Wiley & Sons paperback
Référence libraire : 2294183 ISBN : 0471137855 9780471137856
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Clarke, RT R T
Statistical Modelling in Hydrology
John Wiley & Sons Ltd 1994. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1000grams ISBN:9780471950165 John Wiley & Sons Ltd hardcover
Référence libraire : 2294041 ISBN : 0471950165 9780471950165
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Marzo, M
Alluvial Sedimentation International Association of Sedimentologists Series
Blackwell Science 1993. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1500grams ISBN:9780632035458 Blackwell Science paperback
Référence libraire : 2294038 ISBN : 0632035455 9780632035458
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Misra, Kula C
Introduction to Geochemistry: Principles and Applications
Wiley-Blackwell 2012. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1350grams ISBN:9781405121422 Wiley-Blackwell paperback
Référence libraire : 2294023 ISBN : 1405121424 9781405121422
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McIlveen, Robin
Fundamentals of Weather and Climate
Oxford University Press 2010. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1400grams ISBN:9780199215423 Oxford University Press paperback
Référence libraire : 2294228 ISBN : 0199215421 9780199215423
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Ogg, James G
The Concise Geologic Time Scale
Cambridge University Press 2010. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item750grams ISBN:9780521898492 Cambridge University Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 2323821 ISBN : 0521898498 9780521898492
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Golledge, Reginald G
Analytical Behavioural Geography Croom Helm Series in Geography and Environment
Croom Helm 1987. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item750grams ISBN:0709938446 Croom Helm hardcover
Référence libraire : 4342808 ISBN : 0709938446 9780709938446
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Cheplick, GP (ed) G P
Population Biology of Grasses
Cambridge University Press 1998. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item850grams ISBN:9780521572057 Cambridge University Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 2323920 ISBN : 0521572053 9780521572057
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and M
Communicating Science Effectively: A Research Agenda
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Référence libraire : 0309451027.G ISBN : 0309451027 9780309451024
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Jardine, Sir William
The Naturalist's Library Vol. III Mammalia. Lions Tigers &c. &c 1843 ; The Natural History of the Feline 1845 .
Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars 1845. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Frontispiece portrait and memoir of Cuvier with three title pages including engraved series title page. 3rd title page for The Natural History of the Feline title page states "illustrated by thirty-eight colour plates" however Contents page lists plates numbered up to 34 and there are 32 plates with tissue guards present. Bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards brown end papers black calf labels with gilt lettering and rules back Very Good boards rubbed at edges evidence of small sticker removal front at end page small binder's stamp appears to read Walker Strand. Uncommon in the 1845 first edition. W. H. Lizars Hardcover
Référence libraire : 009101
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Newton, Alfred; Assisted by Hans Gadow
A Dictionary of Birds. Four Volumes in the original parts
London: Adam and Charles Black 1893. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Published 1893-1896 the original four parts bound in quarter red leather over printed hardpaper boards gilt lettering at spines black end papers. Each volume with a contemporary bookmark promoting the Scottish Widows Fund laid in along with publisher's slips for obtaining cloth bindings and notice of next publication laid in Part I. Very Good leather at soines rubbed rear board of Part I separating from top edge. Uncommon in the original parts as most copies seen today wound up being bound by the original owners. Illustrated with drawings fold-out map Part I Fine. vii 2 304 305-576 577-832 833-1088 followed by A Dictionary of Birds at rear of part IV with separate half-title and title pages xii 124. Adam and Charles Black Hardcover
Référence libraire : 009363
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Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Committee on Ethics Principles and Guidelines for Health Standards for L
Health Standards for Long Duration and Exploration Spaceflight:: Ethics Principles Responsibilities and Decision Framework
National Academies Press 2014-06-23. Paperback. Like New. 0.5000 9.0000 5.9000. National Academies Press paperback
Référence libraire : mon0002921659 ISBN : 0309296579 9780309296571
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Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelp
Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Volume Ser. 2 V. 5 1862-63
Hardback. New. hardcover
Référence libraire : A9781345831856 ISBN : 1345831854 9781345831856
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Winslow, C-E A, And L P Herrington
Temperature And Human Life
Princeton: Princeton University Poress 1949. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Xiv 272 Pp. Rose Cloth Gilt Lettering On Brown Background. Lightly Used Name On Front Endpaper Very Good. Dj Good Only Worn Small Losses And Tears At Edges. Front Hinge Lightly Cracked Per Wikipedia Charles-Edward Amory Winslow 1877 -1957 Was An American Bacteriologist And Public Health Expert Who Was According To The Encyclopedia Of Public Health "A Seminal Figure In Public Health Not Only In His Own Country The United States But In The Wider Western World." Winslow Was Born In Boston Massachusetts And Attended Massachusetts Institute Of Technology M.I.T. Obtaining A B.S. In 1898 And An M.S. In 1910. He Began His Career As A Bacteriologist. He Taught At The Massachusetts Institute Of Technology While Heading The Sewage Experiment Station From 1908 To 1910 Then Taught At The College Of The City Of New York From 1910 To 1914. He Was The Youngest Charter Member Of The Society Of American Bacteriologists When That Organization Was Founded In 1899.3 With Samuel Cate Prescott He Published The First American Textbook On The Elements Of Water Bacteriology. In 1915 He Founded The Yale Department Of Public Health Within The Yale Medical School And He Was Professor And Chairman Of The Department Until He Retired In 1945. The Department Became The Yale School Of Public Health After Accreditation Was Introduced In 1947. During A Time Dominated By Discoveries In Bacteriology He Emphasized A Broader Perspective On Causation Adopting A More Holistic Perspective. The Department Under His Direction Was A Catalyst For Health Reform In Connecticut. He Was The First Director Of Yale's J.B. Pierce Laboratory Serving From 1932 To 1957. Winslow Was Also Instrumental In Founding The Yale School Of Nursing. He Was The First Editor-In-Chief Of The Journal Of Bacteriology Serving In That Position From 1916 To 1944. He Was Also The Editor Of The American Journal Of Public Health From 1944 To 1954.3 He Was The Curator Of Public Health At The American Museum Of Natural History From 1910 To 1922. In 1926 He Became President Of The American Public Health AssociationAnd In The 1950S Was A Consultant To The World Health Organization. In 1920 Winslow Published A Widely-Cited Definition Of Public Health In Science Describing The Field As "The Science And The Art Of Preventing Disease Prolonging Life And Promoting Physical Health And Efficiency Through Organized Community Efforts For The Sanitation Of The Environment The Control Of Community Infections The Education Of The Individual In Principles Of Personal Hygiene The Organization Of Medical And Nursing Service For The Early Diagnosis And Preventive Treatment Of Disease And The Development Of The Social Machinery Which Will Ensure To Every Individual In The Community A Standard Of Living Adequate For The Maintenance Of Health. . I Look To See Our Health Departments In The Coming Years Organizing Diverse Forms Of Sanitary And Medical And Nursing And Social Service In Such Fashion As To Enable Every Citizen To Realize His Birthright Of Health And Longevity." The C.-E.A. Winslow Award Is Presented To A Public Health Professional That Has Demonstrated Leadership And Achievement In Practice Research And /Or Education. Among The Most Widely Quoted Health Leaders During His Lifetime Dr. Winslow Believed That Equal In Weight With Scientific Ideas About Health And Disease Was A Commitment To Social Justice - That Social Ills Must Be The First Conquest In The "Conquest Of Epidemic Disease." His Writings Full Of Useful Information In Almost Every Line Lack The Dumbed-Down Interpretations And Political Statements Of Later Ecologists And That Characteristic Together With His Impeccable Education And Genealogy Indicate Some Reasons Why He Is Avoided By Well-Publicized Ecological Activists As If He Had The Plague. . <br/> <br/> Princeton University Poress hardcover
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Pratt, EH( Edwin Hartley) E H
Orificial Surgery and Its Application to the Treatment of Chronic Diseases
Chicago: W.t. Keener 1887. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very Good in the original green cloth gilt lettering spine and front board boards are rubbed and solied lacking the rear endpage. Presentation book plate front paste down -"Presented to the Physio-Medical College of Indiana By Melville C. Keith M.D. Christmas 1888". Errata slip tipped in at final page of text. Edwin Hartley Pratt was the founder of the Chicago-based Orificial Surgery Society in 1887. Orificial surgery sought to cure many of the physical and psychological ills of the body by surgical corrections to the various orifices mainly those below the waist. This movement in mainstream American medicine flourished until the 1920s and the numbers of those subjected to orificial surgery during its brief heyday are estimated to be in the tens of thousands. It is remembered mainly today for its advocacy of circumcision in both males and females. RARE in the 1887 First Edition a wonderful curiosity for any medical book collection !. W.t. Keener Hardcover
Référence libraire : 004764
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The Literary Visitor Or Entertaining Miscellany Comprising Meritorious Selections And Original Productions In Prose And Verse Including "An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Man" With Discussion Of Evolution
Baltimore: E. J. Coale 1813. First Edition . Full Leather. Good. 5 3/4 " Tall. 299 Pp. First Year Of Issue Of The Annual Publication. Full Leather Morocco Label With Title And Seven Pairs Of Gilt Rules On Spine Hinges And Binding Sound Worn At Edges Frayed Through At Two Rear Tips Only Dampstaining To Lower Right Of Front Endpaper And Title A Little Less Than 1/4 Of Pages. No Illustrations But An Interesting Unattributed Article "An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Man" Which In Very General Layman's Language Discusses Evolution Of All Races Of Man From A Common Ancestor. <br/> <br/> E. J. Coale hardcover
Référence libraire : 017143
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Besancon, Academie des Sciences de
Académie des Sciences Belles-Lettres Et Arts de Besançon Classic Reprint: Année 1882 French Edition
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Référence libraire : 0428936717.G ISBN : 0428936717 9780428936716
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