Science from Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko

The British Library, 1992 4to (29.5 cm), VIII, 208 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj little rubbed at extremities, spine faded). "In this superbly illustrated survey, Brian Ford unravels many strands in the development of scientific knowledge over the centuries, showing how the study of illustration provides a retrospective view of the conduct of research. The accuracy of illustrations… Read more about this item

W. W. Norton & Company, 2006 8vo (24 cm), XXII, 810 pp, plates. Laminated wrappers (little rubbed at the back).

R. D. Gurney Ltd., 1961 12mo (15 cm), 70 pp. Printed wrappers. 576 items.

Rowman and Littlefield, 1971 12mo (19.5 cm), XIV, 302 pp. Publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered spine (bookplate). The fourth edition of Theodore Besterman's "A World Bibliography of Bibliographies" was published in 1965-66. It's a monumental edition which contains 6664 columns. Rowman and Littlefield in 18 separate publications gathered all the titles in some of the major fields. The volume on agriculture,… Read more about this item

Rowman and Littlefield, 1971 2 volumes 12mo (19.5 cm), XIV, 318 pp; [6], PP. 319-677. Publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered spines (bookplates). The fourth edition of Theodore Besterman's "A World Bibliography of Bibliographies" was published in 1965-66. It's a monumental edition which contains 6664 columns. Rowman and Littlefield in 18 separate publications gathered all the titles in some of the major… Read more about this item

Rowman and Littlefield, 1971 2 volumes 12mo (19.5 cm), XIV, 368 pp; [6], PP. 369-681. Publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered spines (bookplates). The fourth edition of Theodore Besterman's "A World Bibliography of Bibliographies" was published in 1965-66. It's a monumental edition which contains 6664 columns. Rowman and Littlefield in 18 separate publications gathered all the titles in some of the major… Read more about this item

Rowman and Littlefield, 1971 12mo (19.5 cm), XIV, 252 pp. Publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered spine (bookplate). The fourth edition of Theodore Besterman's "A World Bibliography of Bibliographies" was published in 1965-66. It's a monumental edition which contains 6664 columns. Rowman and Littlefield in 18 separate publications gathered all the titles in some of the major fields. The volume on academic… Read more about this item

London: A. T. McDougall, 1947 12mo (19 cm), VIII, 208 pp. Publisher's cloth (binding stained, front free end-paper cut at top).

Macmillan , 1999 8vo (24 cm), XII, 416 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. Ada Lovelace, the daughter of Lord Byron, was born in 1815, and died aged 36. She was connected with some of the most influential and colorful characters of the age: Charles Dickens, Michael Faraday, Charles Darwin and Charles Babbage. It was her work with Babbage that… Read more about this item

Little Brown and Company, 1999 8vo (23.5 cm), XX, 444 pp, plates. Laminated wrappers. "The Renaissance intellectual revolution remains one of the great unexplained events of history. What kind of upheaval was it that produced its permanent changes in our outlook and understanding? What triggered the acceleration in the growth of knowledge, such that in one century man acquired a… Read more about this item

London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1935 12mo (19 cm), XI, 183 pp. Publisher's cloth (ownership signature on the front end-paper). The book explains the scientific facts that underlie the general laws of health.

Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 2000 8vo (24 cm), XIV, 354 pp, plates. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. " In the late 1990s catastrophic droughts, floods, fires and famines became synonymous with the term El Nino. But El Nino was etching its imprint on the world in a myriad of different ways, long before it made headline news. From the Irish… Read more about this item

Harper, 1959 8vo (20.5 cm), X, 275 pp.Printed wrappers (wrappers little foxed at top).

London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1930 12mo (19 cm), XII, 220 pp. Publisher's cloth (binding little rubbed at the top). The purpose of the book is to introduce those interested in the countryside to the part of science is playing in developing the country.

Faber & Faber, 1974 8vo (25 cm), 184 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. "The Mound people were a Bronze Age people who ruled in Denmark before 1000 B.C. They were buried in oak coffins in their everyday clothes and were supplied with ornaments and weapons of gold and bronze buried under domes of the burial mounds in the highest… Read more about this item

Counterpoint, 1999 12mo (19 cm), VIII, 257 pp. Publisher's cloth backed boards. "In the middle of the nineteenth century three diverse men discovered and named the Ice Ages. The heroes of the tale are an explorer-poet, Elisha Kent Kane (1820-1857), who spent two years trapped on Greenland's north coast, the renowned Swiss professor-author-lecturer, Louis Agassiz (1807-1873), and the Scottish geologist… Read more about this item

Faber & Faber, 1995 8vo (24 cm), XXVIII, 528 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj little dusted). ""The Faber Book of Science introduces hunting spiders and black holes, gorillas and stardust, protons, photons and neutrinos. In his acclaimed anthology, John Carey plots the development of modern science from Leonardo da Vinci to Chaos Theory. The emphasis is on the… Read more about this item

London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1930 12mo (19 cm), VII, 141pp. Publisher's cloth (inscription on the front end-paper).

London: Edward Stanford, 1883 12mo (19 cm), XXX, 507, [5] pp. Publisher's cloth gilt, all edges gilt (binding rubbed at extremities, cloth little cracked at front joint, front end-paper missing, light foxing at the first and last pages). Third edition of a history of natural sciences from the time of the Greeks to the second half of 19th century.

Franklin Watts, 1971 8vo (22.5 cm), XII, 271 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj little frayed at extremities).