London & Sydney: MacDonald. Very Good+.. 1984. First UK Edition. Paperback. 0356105423 Profusely and excellently illustrated. 447 pages including Glossary and Index. A colour guide with over 400 illustrations to 334 plants, with full details of their appearance, medicinal properties, habitats, active ingredients, and domestic and other uses. With its colour keys, extensive Glossary and detailed introduction to medicinal plants and the science of homeopathy, this new handbook will tell you all y... (more information)

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London: MacDonald. Very Good.. 1990. Reprint. Paperback. 0356122077 Superbly illustrated with over 380 colour illustrations. 384 pages including Glossary, Bibliography and Index. This book covers the complete range of gems and precious stones such as diamonds, emeralds and opals, ornamental materials such as ivory and amber, and man-made, synthetic products. There are detailed descriptions of such topics as distinctive features, crystal form, physical properties, occurrence and value. Precious sto... (more information)

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London: Macmillan. Near Fine/Very Good+. 1989. First Edition. Hardback. 0333421493 Profusely illustrated, mostly in colour. 250pp including Appendices, Glossary, List of Selected References, and Subject Index. This book fills a long-felt need of amateur geologists for a concise account of geological structures with exemplary colour photographs. It is intended to highlight the general principles of geology and to use technical terms sparingly; where they are used they are defined with discussion of ... (more information)

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Wakefield: S.R. Publishers Limited. Very Good+/Very Good++. 1971. Reprint. Hardback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0854097023 Signed by Author Signed on front free end paper by H. Clive Barnard and dated July 13th 1971. With frontispiece and 1 other illustration. xi + 240 pages including Appendices and Index. First published by A. & C. Black, London, 1934 and reprinted with their assistance. This book is republished in exact facsimile by photographic process. In the history... (more information)

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Exeter: Devon Books / NCCPG (Devon Group). Fine/Near Fine. 1989. First Edition. Hardback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0861148452 Beautifully illustrated. 168 pages including Bibliography and Index. The purpose of this book is to promote the conservation of garden plants and to bring a wide variety of plants back into popularity, which gives it a significance far beyond the boundaries of Devonshire. The book provides a valuable record of Devon's garden plants. In addition, it ... (more information)

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Geological Society. Fine.. 1988. Paperback. Academic Offprint from the Journal of the Geological Society, London, Volume 145, pages 351-360. With a list of References. Illustrated with 10 figures and 1 table. Magnetostratigraphic results are described from 2 sections within the Lower Cretaceous Vectis Formation (formerly Wealden Shales) of the Isle of Wight. The sections are located at Shepherd's Chine and Yaverland, respectively. Protected by red paper wraps. In clean and Fine condition. . ... (more information)

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Mankato: The Child's World. Fine.. 1991. Reprint. Hardback. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 0895655438 With large, colourful illustrations by Diana Magnuson. 32 pages. This book describes the physical characteristics and probable behaviour of the dinosaur whose name means "good mother lizard". With suggestions for 'Dinosaur Fun' at the rear. Suitable for children aged between approximately 4 and 10 years old. Decorative laminated boards. A clean and Fine copy. . ... (more information)

Subjects: JUVENILE FICTION / General; SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology;

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Chessington: Ordnance Survey. Very Good.. 1958. Reprint. Flat Map. 29" x 21.5" (size of map) Geological map of Maidstone and surrounding area in full colour, solid and drift, scale 1 inch to 1 mile. Includes 'Index and Explanation', a 'Generalized Vertical Section' and a 'Section showing the general relations of the rocks along the line drawn on the map'. With one small university stamp and a small, closed tear in bottom margin. An area of black ink on rear of map in one corner doesn not ... (more information)

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London: Marshall Publishing. Near Fine/Near Fine. 2000. Hardback. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 1840284366 Foreword by Jean M. Auel. With profuse and dazzling illustrations. 168 pages including Glossary, Maps of Mammoth Sites, Guide to Sites and Museums, Bibliography and Index. Mammoths have gripped the human imagination since the days when they roamed the frozen north at the end of the last ice age. Our ancestors hunted them for meat and sheltered in houses made from their bones, imm... (more information)

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London: Macmillan. Very Good+.. 1900. Reprint. Hardback. Illustrated. xv + 328 pages, plus 2 pages publisher's adverts. With 6 essays entitled: 'On the Natural History of the Man-Like Apes'; 'On the Relations of Man to the Lower Animals'; 'On Some Fossil Remains of Man'; 'On the Methods and Results of Ethnology (1865)'; 'On Some Fixed Points in British Ethnology (1871)'; and 'On the Aryan Question (1890)'. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Spine bumped at head and tail, otherwise boards beauti... (more information)

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Chessington: Ordnance Survey. Good+.. 1956. 3rd Edition. Paperback. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Scale: 16 miles to 1 inch. For this 3rd edition the style of the map has been radically changed. New symbols have been introduced and colour has been used to differentiate between the broad categories of human activity, to present a picture of Roman civilisation which can be more readily appreciated. 43 pages (including Sources) plus very large folded map at rear. Contents includes for e... (more information)

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London: Harrap, 1932. One of the 'Harrap's New Geographical Series'. Well illustrated with many drawings and diagrams, 147pp including Index. This book covers the main principles of map-construction and map-reading and has been written with a view to emphasizing the importance of this aspect of map-work as a necessary adjunct to any school geography course. From the purely practical standpoint it is hoped that it will be of considerable value to the ordinary map-user. Some pencil notes on rear end paper... (more information)

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London: Cassell. Very Good+/Very Good. 1975. First Edition. Hardback. 0304293377 Well illustrated in colour and black-and-white, plus decorative end papers. 95pp including Index. Chapters include, for example, 'Tools and Techniques'; 'Wrecks and the Study of Ships'; 'Submerged Harbours'; and 'Sunken Cities'. Dust-jacket has slight chipping to some corners and top of spine, plus a small closed tear - all repaired with archival tape; jacket is in loose protective cover. A clean copy in Very Good+ co... (more information)

Subjects: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology;

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London: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd.. Fine/Near Fine. 1988. Second Edition. Hardback. Large 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall 1850441278 vii + 470 pages. The 2nd edition of this book is an exhaustive and rigorously updated dictionary and encyclopaedia of marine transportation. It covers every operational aspect of the business and provides a fund of information on general abbreviations, shipbroking, chartering, marine insurance, ship's agency, freight forwarding, wharfaging and all o... (more information)

Subjects: TRANSPORTATION / Ships & Shipbuilding / General;

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London: Augener Ltd. Fine.. 1911. Mounted Colour Plate. 12" x 9" This is an original painting from "Our Old Nursery Rhymes" (the original tunes harmonized by Alfred Moffat) dating from 1911. This charming plate is an illustration for "Mary Had A Little Lamb". Nicely presented in a smart cream coloured mount and in a loose protective cover. Ready to frame and makes a lovely present. A Fine copy. . ... (more information)

Subjects: ART / Commercial / Illustration;

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London: Augener Ltd. Fine.. 1911. Mounted Colour Plate. 12" x 9" This is an original painting from "Our Old Nursery Rhymes" (the original tunes harmonized by Alfred Moffat) dating from 1911. This charming plate is an illustration for "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary". Nicely presented in a smart cream coloured mount and in a loose protective cover. Ready to frame and makes a lovely present. A Fine copy. . ... (more information)

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Pan Books. Good+.. 1979. Reprint. Paperback. 0330258451 509 pages. Illustrated with maps and line drawings at the beginning of chapters. When Drake's fireships sailed against the Armada in the Calais Roads, it was the flawed courage of one man that imperilled his admiral's master stroke. That coward was Matthew Lawe, Drake's own coxswain. His cowardice brought upon him a curse - that he sail the seas for the rest of time to purge his guilt of one fatal day... Some rubbing to extremities and creas... (more information)

Subjects: FICTION / General;

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New York / London: W.W. Norton & Company. Very Good+/Very Good++. 1997. Hardback. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 039304002X Technical illustrations by Par Gullberg; plus, text enlivened with amusing illustrations, quotations, historical backgrounds, and humourous asides. xxiii + 1093 pages including Bibliography, Indexes and 'Symbols in Common Use'. This gently guided grand tour of the world of mathematics takes the reader on a long and fascinating journey - from the dual invention ... (more information)

Subjects: MATHEMATICS / General; MATHEMATICS / History & Philosophy;

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Mankato: The Child's World. Near Fine.. 1992. Reprint. Hardback. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 0895656299 With large, colourful illustrations by Diana Magnuson. 32 pages. This book describes the physical characteristics, natural environment, and habits of Megalosaurus, a huge, two-legged, meat-eating dinosaur. With suggestions for 'Dinosaur Fun' at the rear. Suitable for children aged between approximately 4 and 10 years old. Decorative laminated boards. A clean and Fine copy. . ... (more information)

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London: Evans Brothers Limited. Very Good+/Good+. 1968. First Edition. Hardback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 23735103X By the author of 'Dinosaurs: Their Discovery and Their World'. Illustrated with an interesting collection of 116 photographs plus 47 text figures. xviiipp + 283pp including Bibliography and Index. This book tells the story of the great dinosaur hunters and their discovery of the world of the prehistoric reptiles. Edwin Colbert, a world authority on dinosaurs,... (more information)

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