Science from Cornish Books
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Ape/Man: Adventures in Human Evolution
by Robin McKie
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- 2000
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- Cloth
- ISBN
- 9780563551058
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Penzance, Cornwall, GBR
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£6.00
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BBC Books, 2000. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Well illustrated with many Colour Photos and illustrations. Black cloth cover. 11" Tall, 216 Pages, 1.1 Kilos. No inscriptions. Unclipped. Weighs 1.1 Kilos so Shipping Outside UK will be a little extra. Item Price
£6.00
Demonstration Democracy
by Etzioni, Amitai
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- Used - Very Good +
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- 1970
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- Cloth
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Penzance, Cornwall, GBR
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£30.00
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London, New York, Paris: Gordon and Breach, Science Publishers, 1970. Cloth. Very Good +. A Policy paper prepared for the Task Force on Demonstratioons, Protests and Group Violence of the President's National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence." Detailed study, includes: Demonstrations as a political tool,; Provocation by 'By-Standers'; Police as a Trigger; Role of the… Read more about this item Item Price
£30.00
Mineralogia Cornubiensis 1778
by Pryce, william
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- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Published
- 1972
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- Brown cloth cover with bright gilt lettering on spine
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Penzance, Cornwall, GBR
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£50.00
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1972 Reprint of the first great Classic Work on Cornish Mining. Complete with Fold-Out Plates. Frontis illus. portrait of Pryce.
331 p.pages, 1.2 Kilos, 10" tall.
"To Me" written in corner of ffep. No other inscriptions. Label for a field centre library on ffep.
Jacket Protected in removable clear plastic wrapper. Clipped.
Weight 1.2 Kilos so… Read more about this item Item Price
£50.00
THE UNIVERSE : Or the Infinitely Great and the Infinitely Little (Tenth Edition, Fortieth Thousand )
by Pouchet, F. A
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- Used - Near Good
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- No Jacket
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- 1891
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- Decorative Cloth
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Penzance, Cornwall, GBR
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£50.00
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Londoin, Glasgow & Edinburgh: Blackie & Son, 1891. Decorative Cloth. Near Good/No Jacket. Beautifully Illustrated by 270 Engravings on Wood from Drawings by A. Faguet, Mesnel and Emil Beynard. Both Full Page Plates and In-Text illustrations. Wide ranging Natural History, covering the Animal and Vegetable Kingdoms, Geology and the Sidereal Universe. Frontis illustrated with a beautiful Colour Plate… Read more about this item Item Price
£50.00
The Explosion of Science
by Lovell, Bernard (Sir) & Margerison, Tom (Editors)
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- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Near Very Good
- Published
- 1967
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- Cloth
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Penzance, Cornwall, GBR
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£12.00
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London: Thames And Hudson, 1967. Cloth. Very Good +/Near Very Good. Red cloth cover with gilt Dolphin Design on front and gilt lettering to spine. Over 480 Illustrations. 216 pages, 14 1/2" Tall. No inscriptions. Jacket has a small closed tear at top corner (1/2" Long), and slight edge wear. Not clipped. Weighs 1.9 Kilos so Shipping outside… Read more about this item Item Price
£12.00
The Science of Life
by Wells, H.G. & Huxley, Aldous & Wells, G.P
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- Used - Near Very Good
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- No Jacket
- Published
- 1908
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- Cloth
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Penzance, Cornwall, GBR
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£14.00
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London: Cassell & Company, 1908. Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. Fully Illustrated in Tone and Line and including many Diagrams." A General Natural History. Black cloth cover with Gilt lettering to spine. Top page edges Black. 895 Pages. 10 3/4" Tall. Some fading to cloth. No inscriptions. Weighs 2.7 Kilos so Shipping outside UK will be extra. Size:… Read more about this item Item Price
£14.00
Structural Methods for the Exploration Geologist ( Harpers Geoscience Series )
by Badgley, Peter C
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Published
- 1959
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- Cloth
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Penzance, Cornwall, GBR
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£14.00
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New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1959. Cloth. Very Good/Fair. the entire range of structural methods currently in use, which brings together in 1 volume Tables, Monographs, Maps & other Tools." Contents include: Construction of Geological Cross Sections, Structure Contour Maps, Use of Stereographic Projections in solving structural problems, and much more. Brown cloth cover with Gilt Lettering… Read more about this item Item Price
£14.00
Qualitative Analysis
by Moodey, H. S
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- Used - Near Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- 1933
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- Cloth
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Penzance, Cornwall, GBR
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£30.00
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London: William Heinemann, 1933. Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. Green cloth cover with bright gilt lettering to spine.182 Pages. Part 1, Theoretical Bases. Part 2, Systematic Qualitative Analysis. Complete with attached Errata slip. This was a review copy and still has the Publisher's slip. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Item Price
£30.00
The Chemical History of a Candle
by Faraday, Michael (Crookes, William: Editor)
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- Used - Near Very Good
- Published
- 1960
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- Paperback
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Penzance, Cornwall, GBR
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£11.00
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New York: The Viking Press, 1960. Paperback. Near Very Good. A Course of Lectures Delivered Before a Juvenile Audience at the Royal Institution." Edited and with a Preface and Notes by William Crookes. With Reproductions of the Original Illustrations and a New Introduction by Keith Gordon Irwin. 7 3/4" Tall. Previous owner's initials at top of ffep and… Read more about this item Item Price
£11.00
Geology and Landscape in Britain and Western Europe
by John, David & Moody, Richard & Rolls, David
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Published
- 1983
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- Cloth
- ISBN
- 9780192176868
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Penzance, Cornwall, GBR
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£10.00
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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1983. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Explanation of the formation of Western Europe's magnificent scenery through a hypothetical journey from London to Genoa. Also accounts of regions of particular interest. Illustrated with B&W and Colour Photos and Line Drawings. Black cloth cover with bright gilt lettering to spine. 9 1/2" Tall. No inscriptions except a tiny penciled… Read more about this item Item Price
£10.00
Origins
by Leakey, Richard and Lewin, Roger
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- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Published
- 1977
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- Cloth
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Penzance, Cornwall, GBR
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£4.00
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London: Book Club Associates, 1977. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. Illustrated with 100 colour pctures and 140 mono photos, maps, drawings etc. 264 Pages, 1.3 Kilos, 9 3/4" Tall. Brown cloth cover with gilt lettering to spine. No inscriptions. Jacket unclipped. Boooks weighs 1.3 Kilos so Shipping Outside Uk will be a little extra. Size: 8vo -… Read more about this item Item Price
£4.00
The Stars in Their Courses
by Jeans, Sir James
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
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- 1931
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- Cloth
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Penzance, Cornwall, GBR
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£4.00
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1931. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Guide to Astronomy expanding on the Author's Wireless Talks. Illustrated with B&W Photographs and 2 Folding Star Maps at the back. Frontishass a B&W Picture "The Origin of the Milky Way" (Hercules suckling Hera). 7 1/2 Tall. Light blue cloth cover with silver lettering to spine. Gift… Read more about this item Item Price
£4.00
The Mysterious Universe
by Jeans, Sir James
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- Used - Good+
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- No Jacket
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- 1931
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- Cloth
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Penzance, Cornwall, GBR
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£4.00
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1931. Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. An expansion on the Rede Lecture 1930. Contents include "Relativity and the Ether" and "Matter and Radiation". Frontis illustrated with a B&W Picture of a Cluster of Nebulae. 154 Pages, 220g, 7 1/2 Tall. Light blue cloth cover with Gilt lettering to spine. Some patchy loss of colour to cloth… Read more about this item Item Price
£4.00
Introduction to Biology
by Mackean
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- Used - Near Good
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- No Jacket
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- 1963
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- Cloth
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Penzance, Cornwall, GBR
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£8.00
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London: John Murray, 1963. Cloth. Near Good/No Jacket. Illustrated with many clear line drawings and b&w photos. 12" Tall. Previous owner's name at top of endpaper. Closed tear (1 1/2" long) at top of spine and a nick at bottom of spine. Some edgewear. Weighs over 1 Kilo so postage will be a little extra, Size: 4to -… Read more about this item Item Price
£8.00
THE DYNAMIC EARTH: Making Earth: An Interactive Guide to the planet (Skinner & Porter's)
by Kimberley, Michael J & Susan J
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Published
- 1995
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- Soft cover
- ISBN
- 9780471120735
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Penzance, Cornwall, GBR
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£30.00
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New York: John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 1995. 3rd Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. An Introduction to Physical Geology." 11" Tall. No inscriptions. Nice, clean copy. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Item Price
£30.00
Practical Oscilloscope Handbook
by Rufus P Turner
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- Used - Very Good +
- Published
- 1965
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- Trade Paperback
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Penzance, Cornwall, GBR
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£12.00
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London: Iliffe Books Ltd, 1965. Trade Paperback. Very Good +. Practical Hanbook for those who want to use Oscilloscopes. The 2 Vols of the original U.S. edition are incorporated into 1 Volume. 117 pages of the first Vol and 102 Pages of Vol 2. Illustrated with diagrams etc, No previous owner's name. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read more about this item Item Price
£12.00
THE SCIENCE OF LIFE, a Summary of Contemporary Knowledge About Life and It's Possibilities ( Complete 3 Volume Set )
by Wells, H.G. & Huxley, Julian & Wells, G.P
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- Used - Near Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- Decorative Cloth
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Penzance, Cornwall, GBR
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£40.00
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London: The Amalgamated Press. Decorative Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. Complete 3 Volume Set. A General Natural History. Well illustrated with Colour Plates and B&W Photographs, Drawings etc. Text arranged in Double Columns. Black cloth covers with blind stamped decoration and Gilt Lettering to fronts & spines. Gilt Microscope design at bottoms of spines. Page edges Speckled Red.… Read more about this item Item Price
£40.00
The Petrology of the Igneous Rocks
by Hatch, F. H. & Wells, A. K
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- Used - Good+
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- No Jacket
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- 1937
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- Cloth
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Penzance, Cornwall, GBR
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£5.00
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London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1937. Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. Completely Revised Ninth Edition". This is Book one of the Text-Book of Petrology series. Illustrated with B&W Drawings & photos. Dark blue cloth cover with Gilt lettering to spine. 368 Pages, 760g, 8 3/4" Tall. Some edge wear to cover. Previous owner's name and "Camborne school of mines"… Read more about this item Item Price
£5.00
The Measurement of High Temperatures
by Burgess, G. K. & H Le Chatelier
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- Used - Fair
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- No Jacket
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- 1912
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- Cloth
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Penzance, Cornwall, GBR
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£10.00
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New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1912. Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. 3rd Edition, total issue four thousand. Frontis is a B&W Photograph of Wedgwood's Pyroscope. 510 Pages. Illustrated with many Drawings and Tables. Red cloth cover, spine missing. Some damp stain to page edges. Page 2 of introduction loose. Front hinge cracked. No foxing, contents in good condition. Over… Read more about this item Item Price
£10.00
CHEMICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS Catalogue 56S
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- 1956
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- Cloth
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Penzance, Cornwall, GBR
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£30.00
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London: Griffin & George, 1956. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Interesting Catalogue from the 1950s, illustrated with many B&W Photos and Line drawings. Grey cloth cover with Deep red Lettering to front & spine. Useful Thumb Indent to Index. 695 Pages, 11" Tall. No inscriptions. Some wear to fore edge of free endpaper. Weighs 2 Kilos so Shipping outside… Read more about this item Item Price
£30.00
