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The Earth Generated and Anatomised, ed. Roy Porter, Cornel Univ.Press and British Museum, 1981. Hobbes, William.
The Earth Generated and Anatomised, ed. Roy Porter, Cornel Univ.Press and British Museum, 1981. 158pp of which pp 35 to 126 is Hobbes’ text and the rest introduction, references and...
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Down to Earth, One Hundred and fifty Years of the British Geological Survey. Wilson, HE.
Down to Earth, One Hundred and fifty Years of the British Geological Survey, Edinburgh, Scottish Academic Press, 1985. 189pp. ISBN 7073 0473 3. Paperback, faded spine and very slight shelf...
Measuring Mother Earth. by Heather Robertson.
Measuring Mother Earth, publ, McLelland & Stewart, Toronto, 2007, 1st edition. 348pp. HB, as new with dustjacket. The career of the geologist JosephTyrell (1858-1957) spanned the opening of the Canadian...
A Particle of Clay; the biography of Alec Skempton. by Judith Niechcial.
A Particle of Clay; the biography of Alec Skempton, Civil Engineer, publ. Whittles, Caithness, 2002, 1st edition. 208pp. HB with dustjacket in as new condition. Skempton effectively established soil mechanics...
The Deprat Affair: Ambition. by Roger Osborne.
The Deprat Affair: Ambition, Revenge and Deceit in French Indo-China, publ. Jonathan Cape, London, 1999, 1st edition. 244pp. HB, new with dustjacket. Deprat was a rising star in the geological...
Charles Darwin: Evolution by Natural Selection. de Beer, G.
Charles Darwin: Evolution by Natural Selection, Thos.Nelson, London, 1963, 1st edition. 290pp. HB, green cloth covered boards, bumped and faded where not covered by DJ. DJ is shelf worn and...
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Isaac Newton, publ. Fourth Estate. by James Gleick.
Isaac Newton, publ. Fourth Estate, London, 2003, 1st edition. 289pp. HB, as new, minor tear to dustjacket.
Sir Charles Lyell; Interpreter of the Principles of Geology, 1965. North, FJ.
Sir Charles Lyell; Interpreter of the Principles of Geology, 1965. In ‘Creators of the Modern World’ series. Arthur Baker, London. 128pp. Hardback, orange cloth covered boards. No dust jacket. Clean,...
Map: Poems After William Smith’s Geological Map of 1815, 2015
Map: Poems After William Smith’s Geological Map of 1815, 2015. Ed. Michael McKimm. Tonbridge, UK: Worple Press. 1st edition. ISBN: 978-1-905208-32-6. A5 paperback, 88 pp. Probably, this is the first...
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Servants of Nature: A History of Scientific Institutions, Enterprises and Sensibilities, 1999. Peyenson, L & Sheets- Peyenson, Susan.
Servants of Nature: A History of Scientific Institutions, Enterprises and Sensibilities, 1999 (1st edition), New York, Norton & Co. 496pp. ISBN 0-393-04614-1. Hardback. Blue/black paper covered boards with gilt lettering,...
The Age of Science; the Scientific World-view in the Nineteenth Century, 1988. Knight, David.
The Age of Science; the Scientific World-view in the Nineteenth Century, 1988, Oxford, Basil Blackwell. 251pp. Paperback, slight wear. Inked out former owner’s name and old prices, on half-title, otherwise...
Newton's Tyranny: the Suppressed Scientific Discoveries of Stephen Gray and John Flamsteed. by DH & SP Clark.
Newton's Tyranny: the Suppressed Scientific Discoveries of Stephen Gray and John Flamsteed, publ. WH Freeman, New York, 2001, 1st edition. 188pp. HB, as new. This fascinating study of a forgotten...
Isambard Kingdom Brunel: Engineering Knight-Errant. by Adrian Vaughan.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel: Engineering Knight-Errant, publ. John Murray, 1997. 285pp. PB, in as new condition.
The Man who found Time; James Hutton and the Discovery of the Earth’s Antiquity. by Jack Repcheck.
The Man who found Time; James Hutton and the Discovery of the Earth’s Antiquity, publ. by Simon & Schuster, London/New York, 2003. As new but without dust jacket.
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Darwin’s Audubon: Science and the Liberal Imagination. Weissmann, G.
Darwin’s Audubon: Science and the Liberal Imagination, selected essays by GW, 2001, 1st PB edtion, 341pp. In very good condition
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Edward Clodd; a Memoir, publ. Bodley Head, London, 1932. by Joseph McCabe.
Edward Clodd; a Memoir, publ. Bodley Head, London, 1932,1st edition. 219pp. HB, bumped corners, age toning of pages and foxing of page edges and end papers. Clodd (1840-1930) was a...
The Heyday of Natural History; 1820-1870, 1980. Barber, Lyn.
The Heyday of Natural History; 1820-1870, 1980 (1st edition). New York, Double Day & Co.320pp, ISBN 0-385-12574-7. Hardback, buff paper covered boards with black cloth half binding, corners slightly bumped...
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The History of British Geology; a Bibliographical Study, 1971. Challinor, John.
The History of British Geology; a Bibliographical Study, 1971 (1st edition). Newton Abbott, David & Charles, 224pp. ISBN 0 7153 5343 8. Hardcover, dark grey cloth covered boards with gilt...
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The Autobiography of Charles Darwin and Selected Letters. Darwin, Frances (ed).
The Autobiography of Charles Darwin and Selected Letters, Dover reprint, 1958 of 1892 publication. 365pp + adverts 16pp. PB. Corners bumped, inner end papers removed, front and back. Otherwise, in...
A Thing in Disguise: the Visionary Life of Joseph Paxton. by Kate Calquhoun.
A Thing in Disguise: the Visionary Life of Joseph Paxton, publ. Harper, 2004. 307pp. PB, as new. Creator of the Crystal Palace.
