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LIFE AND WORK OF SIR NORMAN LOCKYER
Written by T. Mary Lockyer; Winifred L. Lockyer; Herbert Dingle; et al.
Stock no. 823575
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1928. Very good condition.

Biography of Sir Norman Lockyer (Joseph Norman Lockyer), best known for his work in astronomy and physics. Plus essays by various contributors including Herber Dingle. Red cloth, gilt titles. B/w plates and illustrations. xii and 474 pages including index plus 1 page publisher list to rear. Spine lightly faded and slightly bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to text block and some scattered foxing to contents. A decent copy.

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UNSOLVED PROBLEMS OF SCIENCE
Written by A.W. Haslett.
Stock no. 811774
Published by G. Bell & Sons Ltd.. 1936. Almost very good condition.

The idea of this book came from a series of four short articles published under the same title in the Morning Post. These articles suggest that a book might usefully be devoted to a discussion of those aspects of scientific inquiry in which major problems still await solution. Green cloth, gilt titles. xi and 317 pages including index. Reprint. Top of spine frayed with slight loss. Text block browned. Prelims foxed and a few scattered foxspots to contents. Neat name in red pencil to title page.

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WEATHER SYSTEMS (CAMBRIDGE TOPICS IN GEOGRAPHY)
Written by Leslie F. Musk.
Stock no. 692911
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1989. Very good condition.

This comprehensive book combines an introduction to meteorology with detailed information on weather systems. Grey pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 160 pages including index. ISBN: 0521278740. Reprint. Covers a little scuffed, light creasing to corners. Tiny corner crease to top corner of some pages. Contents clean.

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THE BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF CLIMATIC CHANGES IN BRITAIN
Written by C.G. Johnson; L.P. Smith.
Stock no. 553716
Published by Academic Press. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Symposia of the Institute of Biology No. 14. Proceedings of a Symposium held at the Royal Geographical Society, London, on 29 and 30 October 1964. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. x and 222 pages including index. Inscription in pencil to front pastedown, hidden by front flap of dustwrapper. Contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is grubby and browned.

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AN AGROCLIMATOLOGICAL ATLAS OF THE NORTHERN STATES OF NIGERIA
Written by Jan M. Kowal; Danuta T. Knabe.
Stock no. 667370
Published by Ahmadu Bello University Press. 1st 1972. Almost very good condition.

Large oblong format. Green leatherette covers. Tables and large folding maps. With explanatory notes. Closed tear to front endpaper. Tapemarks to front board.

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THE GROUNDWORK OF MODERN GEOGRAPHY
Written by Albert Wilmore; Ethel R. Payne.
Stock no. 565032
Published by G. Bell & Sons Ltd.. 1954. Very good condition.

Fourth Edition, revised and enlarged. Brown cloth. Gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xii and 403 pages including index. Reprint. Covers lightly scuffed. Text block browned. Some browning to contents. Some corner creasing. Some annotation, mostly in pencil. else contents clean.

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