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QUEST FOR SITA
Written by Maurice Collis.
Illustrated by Mervyn Peake.
Stock no. 1312662
Published by John Day.
1st USA
1947.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Blue cloth with gilt title to spine and red vignette to front cover. 162 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, slight rubbing to cover edges. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss to top and base of spine and a large section of loss to lower corner of front panel.
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- CHILDRENS
- ILLUSTRATED
- MYTHS AND MYTHOLOGY
JUST FOR A CHANGE
Written by May Byron.
Illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick.
Stock no. 1710935
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press.
Circa
1910.
Almost very good condition.
A little girl changes places with her doll... Small format (4.75 x 3.75"). Blue boards with white title and colour vignette to front cover. Colour illustrations and b/w vignettes throughout. Spine has a small repaired crack to base and has small chips to top and tail.
THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF CLIMATE CHANGE: ASSESSING THE LONG-TERM FUTURE
Written by C.M. Goodess; J.P. Palutikof; T.D. Davies.
Stock no. 1710906
Published by Belhaven Press; Lewis Publishers.
1st
1992.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Studies in Climatology Series. The aim of the book is to examine the evidence of the last million years to determine naturally-induced mechanisms of climate change as a key to understanding present and future dimensions of change, both natural and anthropogenic. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xiii and 248 pages including index. ISBN: 1852932295. Initials in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has old price-label to rear panel.
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- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATE
THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT (2 VOLUMES)
Written by D. Brune; D.V. Chapman; et al.
Stock no. 1710905
Published by Scandinavian Science Publisher.
1st
1997.
Very good condition.
These two volumes provide an authoritative overview of all the major environmental topics. Their focus is on the current 'state of the art' as well as on the examination of future perspectives. Edited by Brune, Chapman, et al. White pictorial glazed boards. B/w charts and diagrams. ISBN: 352728771X. Boards lightly scuffed and a little grubby. Text block lightly browned and a little grubby. Initials in ink to top of front endpapers. A few corner creases. Else contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATE
- ECOLOGY
CLIMATE IMPACT ASSESSMENT: STUDIES OF THE INTERACTION OF CLIMATE AND SOCIETY (SCOPE 27)
Written by Robert W. Kates; Jesse H. Ausubel; Mimi Berberian.
Stock no. 1710901
Published by John Wiley & Sons.
1986.
Very good condition.
A comprehensive handbook of climate impact assessment, addressing the important issues of how to identify, study and respond to such impacts i.e. adjusting to changing climate, coping with extremes and matching human needs to climate endowment. Edited by Robert W. Kates, Jesse H. Ausubel and Mimi Berberian. Glazed boards. B/w graphs and charts. xxiv and 625 pages including index. ISBN: 0471906344. Tape marks to endpapers. Front pastedown has been placed at a slight angle so there is an overlap towards the top of the front board (binding error). Small initials in biro to front endpaper. Pencil erasure marks to front endpaper. Light beverage stain to lower vertical edge of text block and tip of margins. Else contents are clean. Rear board is a little browned.
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- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATE
HIERARCHY: PERSPECTIVES FOR ECOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY
Written by T.F.H. Allen; Thomas B. Starr.
Stock no. 1710898
Published by University of Chicago Press.
1st
1982.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A clear and vigorous account of hierarchy theory, a conceptual model that accepts the importance of complexity in its own right and so allows ecologists to investigate many levels of organization simultaneously. Turquoise cloth boards, white title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. xvi and 310 pages including index. ISBN: 0226014312. Light rubbing to top and tail of spine. Boards clean. Initials in ink to front endpaper (small). Crease to lower corner of front endpaper. Small tape marks to endpapers. Contents otherwise clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed and grubby, lightly browned to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- ECOLOGY
- NATURAL HISTORY
NATURAL CLIMATE VARIABILITY ON DECADE-TO-CENTURY TIME SCALES
Written by Douglas G. Martinson; et al.
Stock no. 1710888
Published by National Academy Press.
1st
1995.
Slightly better than very good condition.
This volume is built around the papers presented at the workshop on Natural Climate Variability on Decade-to-Century Time Scales held September 21-25, 1992. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w diagrams and colour illustrations. xiv and 630 pages. ISBN: 0309054494. Base of spine shelf-worn. Base of text block a little grubby. Previous owner's initials in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATE
DEMISE OF THE DECAPOLIS
Written by Bernhard Lucke.
Stock no. 1710887
Published by Vdm Verlag.
1st
2008.
Nearly fine condition.
Past and Present Desertification in the Context of Soil Development, Land use, and Climate. Cardwraps. B/w photos. 231 pages. Printed by Lightning Source UK Ltd (a print-on-demand company). ISBN: 9783639006131. A lovely copy.
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- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- ECOLOGY
- GEOLOGY
- BIOLOGY
- METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATE
CONCEPTS OF FOREST ENTOMOLOGY
Written by Kenneth Graham.
Stock no. 1710884
Published by Reinhold Publishing Corporation.
1963.
Very good condition.
B/w illustrations.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ENTOMOLOGY
- WOODLAND
- ECOLOGY
- BIOLOGY
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
GLOBAL CLIMATES SINCE THE LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM
Written by H.E. Wright; J.E. Kutzbach; et al.
Stock no. 1710881
Published by University Of Minnesota Press.
1st
1993.
Very good condition.
This book summarizes the geologic, paleoecologic, and oceanographic evidence for environmental and climatic changes during the past 18,000 years. An indispensable resource for all professionals and students interested in Quaternary environmental and climatic history. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w diagrams and maps. viii and 569 pages including index. ISBN: 0816621454. Light rubbing to corners and top & tail of spine. Text block slightly grubby. Small set of initials in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean.
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- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATE
- GEOLOGY
QUATERNARY PALAEOECOLOGY
Written by H.J. Birks; Hilary H. Birks.
Stock no. 1710879
Published by Edward Arnold.
1st
1980.
Very good condition.
Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w charts and diagrams. viii and 289 pages including index. ISBN: 0713127813. Red initials in ink to top corner of front endpaper. Else contents clean.
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- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- ECOLOGY
- TEXT BOOK (UNIVERSITY)
- GEOLOGY
KATE GREENAWAY
Written by M.H. Spielmann.
Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1312641
Published by A. & C. Black.
1911.
Very good condition.
British Artists series. Sixteen examples in colour of the artist's work. Green cloth, gilt titles. Pictorial onlay to front. Tipped-in plates. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Foxing and page browning to text pages. All plates present and in fine condition. Hinge between last page of text and first plate is cracked. This edition "reissued with slight rearrangement of pictures, February 1911".
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- CHILDRENS
- REFERENCE
- ILLUSTRATED