Search Results: Biology from Black Cat Hill Books

Warsaw, Poland Nencky Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 1974. Paperback First Edition [1974], unstated. Very Good in Wraps: shows indications of careful use: slight spine lean; light wear to the extremities; mild rubbing and faint soiling to the wrapper covers; date received noted in red ink at the upper corner of the front panel; the binding is secure; the text is clean. No longer 'As New', but remains clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. Large 8vo. 133 pages. Numerous black & white plates are not included in the pagination. First Edition [1974], unstated. Academic Press Paperback.

New York, NY Plenum Publishing Corporation, 1980. Hardcover First Ed, unstated. Very Good: shows light wear to extremities; former owner's name and info at front flyleaf; tiny scuff at the upper rear hinge; else flawless. Binding secure; text clean. Despite noted flaws, remains clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 4to. 620pp. First Ed, unstated. Hardback: Lacks DJ.

New York, NY Oxford University Press, 1994. Hardcover First Edition [1994]; First Printing indicated. Fine: Binding square and secure; text clean. Virtually 'As New', showing no flaws. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 445pp. First Edition [1994]; First Printing indicated. Hardback: Lacks DJ. This timely volume explores evolutionary, cross-cultural, physiological, environmental, and pathological influences on variation in human biological aging. Chapters by leading experts use models traditionally unique to anthropological research in order to illuminate human biological aging as a heterogeneous and variable process.

New York, NY Delacorte Press: Merloyd Lawrence Books, 1987. Hardcover First Edition USA [1987], First Printing stated. First Edition USA [1987], First Printing stated. Very Good in Very Good DJ: Both book and DJ show indications of moderate use. The Book shows light wear to the extremities and a little sun-blanching to the top and bottom edges of the panels; slight spine lean; the binding remains secure; the text is clean. The DJ shows a small, closed tear at the upper front corner tip; else only very light wear to the extremities; mild overall rubbing; the price is intact; mylar-protected. Overall, remains structurally sound and tightly bound: clean, sturdy, and quite presentable in a like DJ. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. Large, heavy 4to. 196 pages. Profusely illustrated with stunning color photographs. Text by Kjell Lindqvist and Stig Norfeldt. Translated by Clare James. Decorated Endpapers. Hardback with DJ. Has hundreds of full color photos throughout book. From dust jacket… Read More

Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press, 2000. Hardcover First Edition [2000], so stated. First Edition [2000], so stated. Near Fine: shows only the mildest rubbing to the lamination.The binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 4to. 292pp. Hardback: Laminate Boards. Reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions is imperative to stabilizing our future climate. Our ability to reduce these emissions combined with an understanding of how much fossil-fuel-derived CO2 the oceans and plants can absorb is central to mitigating climate change. In The Carbon Cycle, leading scientists examine how atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations have changed in the past and how this may affect the concentrations in the future. They look at the carbon budget and the "missing sink" for carbon dioxide. They offer approaches to modeling the carbon cycle, providing mathematical tools for predicting future levels of carbon dioxide. This… Read More

Cold Spring Harbor, NY Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory , 1976. Hardcover First Ed, unstated. Very Good: shows light wear to extremities; significant, but not debilitating or unsightly ding at the upper outside edge front panel; former owner's name rubber-stamped at front free endpaper; mild rubbing; small rectangle of clear cellophane tape at upper front panel, for no apparent reason. Binding secure; text clean. Despite noted flaws, remains clean, sturdy, presentable. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 4to. 382pp. First Ed, unstated. Hardback: No DJ 'as issued'.

New York, NY Academic Press, 1980. Hardcover First Ed; First Printing indicated. Near Fine: shows only the most minute indications of use; name of former owner descreetly penned in at front fly. Binding shows slight lean, but remains perfectly secure; text clean. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 374pp. (Symposium of the Society for Developmental Biology).First Ed; First Printing indicated. Hardback: Lacks DJ.

Washington DC Smithsonian Institution Press, 1956. Hardcover Very Good+: shows very light wear to the extremities with the lower corner of the front panel just starting to fray (the other corners show just a hint of wear); faint smudging to the outside edges of the text block.The binding is square and secure; the text is clean. A former owner's bookplate has been partially removed at the front pastedown endpaper. Remains clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (9.5 x 6.75 x 3.2 inches). xvi, 1024 pages. Publication 4253. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Volume 127 (In Two Parts); This is Part I. Part II will have 269 plates. Two fold-out pages. Language: English. Weight: 3 pounds, 10 ounces. Brown cloth over boards with gilt titles at the backstrip and a gilt medallion at the front panel. Hardback: Lacks DJ.

New York, NY New American Library: Signet Books, 1969. Paperback First Edition Thus [1969], First Printing, so stated. First Edition Thus [1969], First Printing, so stated. Very Good in Wraps: formern owner's name at inside front wrapper cover; light wear and faint soiling); binding square and secure; text clean. Overall, remains a handsome little volume. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 12mo. 143pp. Foreword by Sir Lawrence Bragg. Mass Market Paperback. Eleven Diagrams inserted throughout plus a fifteen page center section of black and white photographic illustrations. An intensely human story that has been called the most significant biological discovery since Darwin. This a book by a scientist about scientists; the inside story of one of the key discoveries of the century, the structure of DNA, the heredity molecule. Delightful, often funny, vividly observant, full of suspense and mounting tension, and so directly candid about the brilliant and abrasive personalities involved and the folkways,… Read More

Washington DC Smithsonian, 1990. Hardcover First Edition (1990), so stated. First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. First Edition (1990), so stated. First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Very Near Fine in Fine DJ: The Book shows only a hint of wear to the lower corner tips; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A very nearly-new copy; structurally sound and tightly bound, showing the mildest wear at the lower corner tips. Bright and Clean. Corners remain sharp. Very close to "As New". The DJ is flawless; unclipped. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 4to (11.2 x 8.65 x 0.9 inches). 304 pages. Language: English. Weight: 2 pounds, 14.2 ounces. Hardback with DJ. 

New York, NY Harper and Brothers, 1953. Hardcover First Edition USA [1953], so stated. Very Good+ in Good DJ: The Book shows indications of careful use; just a touch of wear to extremities; the pages show barely discernible tanning, due to aging; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. The DJ shows wear to the extremities, which includes numerous tears of various lengths, which have been tape repaired from the reverse side; a tiny chip at the bottom edge of the rear panel; mild rubbing; very faint, but pervasive soiling to the white background field of the rear panel; the price is unclipped. Overall, remains structurally sound and tightly bound: clean, sturdy, and quite presentable in a well-worn, but intact DJ. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. x, 182pp. First Edition [1953], so stated. Hardback with DJ. A world famous biologist provides a brilliant, invigoratinig answer to those who argue that man is a helpless victim of forces beyond his control.

Cambridge, UK Royal Society of Chemistry, 1993. Hardcover First Edition (1993), unstated. Very Good+ to Near Fine: shows mild rubbing to the panels; three tiny coffee-like stains at the upper fore-edge; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome, nearly-new copy, showing minor, unobtrusive imperfections. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (9.5 x 6.35 x 1.2 inches). xiii, 460 pages. Language: English. Weight: 29.3 ounces. Special Publication No. 123. First Edition (1993), unstated. Hardcover: Pictorial Laminate Boards.

Summit, NJ CIBA Pharmaceutical Products, 1959. Paperback Second Edition (1959), Revised & Enlarged. First Published in hardcover in 1953 by Little, Brown & Co. Second Edition (1959), Revised & Enlarged from the First Edition published in hardcover in 1953 by Little, Brown & Co. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of very careful use: just a hint of wear to the extremities; very mild rubbing to wrapper covers and a bit of consequent soiling to the white background field of the front and rear panels; a small spot of soil at the outside edge of the rear endpapers and a couple of very faint smudges to same; the faintest crease near the lower corner of the front panel and a couple of similarly faint stress creases to the backstrip; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or… Read More

Utrecht, Netherlands A. Oosthoeck for the International Association for Plant Taxonomy, 1972. Hardcover Very Good+: shows very light wear to the extremities and the mildest rubbing to the panels; former owner's name rubber-stamped at the outside edges and front endpaper (Jane Haskett Bock, who is professor emerita in biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder); the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing the very mildest wear and minor cosmetic flaws. Bright and Clean. Corners sharp. Appears unread. Close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (9.65 x 6.35 x 1 inches). 426 pages. Language: English. Weight: 29.8 ounces. Hardcover in deep-blue cloth with gilt stamped titles on backstrip and front panel. Adopted by the Eleventh International Botanical Congress, Seattle, August 1969.… Read More

Cambridge, MA Cambridge University Press, 1978. Paperback First Ed thus, so stated. First Ed thus, so stated. Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use: binding square and secure; text clean. Just a hint of wear to extremities; mildest rubbing; rear panel very lightly toned, due to age. Cose to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 380 pages. Illustrated by Kenneth Mahood. University Press Paperback. 

New York, NY American Elsevier Publishing Company, 1975. Hardcover Very Good:+ to Near Fine shows light wear to the corner tips; very mild rubbing and the faintest soiling to the panels; the text pages have tanned slightly, due to aging; a tiny nick at the bottom of the front free endpaper. The binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing minor, unobtrusive imperfections. Close to 'As New'. Lacks Dustwrapper. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (9 x 6.25 x 0.85 inches). 329 pages. Language: English. Weight: 22.1 ounces. Black cloth over boards with gilt titles at the backstrip. Proceedings of the Tenth FEBS Meeting, Volume 39. Hardback: Lacks DJ.

New York, NY The Academy of Sciences, 1968. Paperback Very Good+: shows very light wear to extremities; upper front corner shows a mild crease and wants to curl a little; backstrip lightly sunned, but the titles thereon remain bold and clearly legible. Binding shows the slightest spine lean, but remains perfectly secure; text clean. Remains clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 307pp. Bert N. La Du & Werner Kalow [Consulting Editors]. Paperback.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada University of Toronto Press, 1989. Paperback First Edition Thus (1989), unstated, but implied: no subsequent printings noted, in accordance with University of Toronto Press' customary practice. Published simultaneously in the USA by the University of Washington Press. First Edition Thus (1989), unstated, but implied: no subsequent printings noted, in accordance with University of Toronto Press' customary practice. Near Fine in Wraps: shows a hint of wear to the head of the back-strip; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the panels. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome, nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing a minor, unobtrusive imperfection only. Bright and clean. Corners sharp.… Read More

Philadelphia, PA Lea & Febiger , 1963. Hardcover Second Edition [1963]; The first half of the book shows SCATTERED UNDERLINING IN PENCIL AND PEN. Else, Very Good: the spine leans a little; former owner's name and short note at front free endpaper; faint sticker residue at upper corner of the front panel; very light wear to the extremities of the heavy cloth-covered boards; faintest soiling; the binding is secure; the text is clean. Without dustwrapper, presumably as issued. A clean, sturdy, presentable copy. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 343pages. Hardcover: Cloth over Boards.

St. Louis, MO C.V. Mosby Company, 1976. Paperback First Ed thus; First Printing indicated. First Ed thus; First Printing indicated. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of very light use; light wear to extremities; mild rubbing to sheen of wrapper covers; binding square and secure; text clean. Remains close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. Folio. 170pp.