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Proceedings of 14th World Congress on Computational and Applied Mathematics In 3 Volumes

By: AMES, W. F. (editor)

Price: $90.00

Publisher: Atlanta, Georgia, School of Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology: 1994

Stock No.: 73392

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

The proceedings in a 3-volume set. In excellent shape. Due to the weight (about 9 lbs.), extra shipping may be requested. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 1572 pages
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The Intelligent Man's Guide to Science (Two volume set in slipcase)

By: ASIMOV, Isaac

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Basic Books: 1960

Stock No.: 83501

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Stated first edition. The prolific writer of science fiction and non-fiction Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) presents the basics of science for the non-scientist reader in this two-volume set in slipcase. Volume I is entitled "The Physical Sciences" and Volume II "The Biological Sciences." With drawings, photos, tables and charts throughout both volumes. --- In full blue cloth-covered boards with spine titling in gilt. Both volumes in single grey and black paper-covered slipcase. --- With considerable sunning to spines of volumes, and with a little soiling to textblock fore-edges, els...
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The Analytical Engine: Computers-Past, Present and Future

By: BERNSTEIN, Jeremy

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Random House: 1967

Stock No.: 78392

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Fair dust jacket

Stated seventh printing. Any book published in the 1960s and promising to look to the future of computers might be of interest in view of the rapid technological changes since then. --- In full black cloth-covered boards and with reel-to-reel tape artwork on jacket cover. A firm, clean, bright copy. Jacket with very large curved piece torn away on back; else ok. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 113 pages
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Deltas: Models for Exploration

By: Broussard, Martha Lou

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Houston Geological Society: 1975

Stock No.: 60505

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine with no dust jacket

Collection of geologic studies of deltaic environments; with their oil and gas potentials. In super shape, w/full blue cloth covers. ; 60505; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Einstein's Universe

By: CALDER, Nigel

Price: $10.50

Publisher: New York, Viking: 1979

Stock No.: 74749

ISBN: 0670290769

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

Book club edition. In black quarter cloth and copper paper-covered boards. Smudge on front free endpaper, else a bright, clean copy lacking markings. Jacket with slight chafing at edges. --- Author's much-admired work explains Einstein's Theory of Relativity for the average reader. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 154 pages
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Roadside Geology of Colorado (Roadside Geology Series)

By: CHRONIC, Halka

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Missoula, MT, U.S.A., Mountain Press Publishing Company, Incorporated: 1987

Stock No.: 74139

ISBN: 087842105X

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

Stated Fifth Printing, 1987. With numerous maps, drawings and photos. Includes guide to stratigraphic drawings at rear. Meant as guide to geology for the layman as one might encounter it when driving through the Colorado Rockies. Clean, bright, tight copy.; 31162; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 322 pages
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Daboll's Schoolmaster's Assistant, Improved and Enlarged, Being a Plain Practical System of Arithmetic, Adapted to the United States.

By: DABOLL, Nathan

Price: $27.00

Publisher: Utica, New York, Gardiner Tracy: 1841

Stock No.: 82423

Binding: Leather

Condition: Fair

A well worn 1841 copy of this early 19th century reference, which debuted in 1800. This text was used to instruct the student in the use of multiple forms of mathematics, such as fractions, currency reduction, annuities and interest among many of other topics. With appended section of rules for calculating interest and rebates and a separate short work entitled "The Practical Accountant. . .Best Method of Book Keeping" by Samuel Green. --- This compact edition in leather covered boards with no visible titling on exterior. --- The covers are quite chafed, discolored and with bruises and...
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The Autobiography of Charles Darwin and Selected Letters

By: DARWIN, Charles (author); DARWIN, Francis (editor)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Dover Publications: [c.1970s]

Stock No.: 80054

ISBN: 0486204790

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

A trade paperback edition offering Darwin's memoir, with letters. Much of this work is concerned with his landmark "Origin of Species." Edited by Francis Darwin, son of Charles Darwin. An "abbreviation" of Charles Darwin's lengthy "Life and Letters" of 1887. Indexed. --- A clean, firm, bright copy lacking markings. Covers with slight chafing to edges.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); xiv, 365 pages
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Beach and Nearshore Sedimentation, Special Publication No. 24

By: DAVIS, Richard A.; ETHINGTON, R. L. (editors)

Price: $20.50

Publisher: Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.A., Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists: 1976

Stock No.: 83107

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine with no dust jacket

A technical publication in which prominent economic paleontogists and geologists present 10 separate studies of beach and sedimentation near worldwide shores. Studies include wave modeling, sand fountains and other aspects of land-sea interaction. With many maps, tables and charts. Special publication number 24 of the Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists. --- In full dark red cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped cover and spine titling as well as a gilt-stamped representation of waves meeting the shore. Leaves are of gloss coated stock. Volume has no dust jacket, likely as i...
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Why We Behave Like Human Beings

By: DORSEY, George A.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, Blue Ribbon Books: 1925

Stock No.: 77035

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Stated sixty-fourth printing of this once-popular work. In it, the author scientifically explores the workings of the human body and mind, and compares and contrasts human behavior to other life forms. With a laid-in gift card to recipient from 'Daddy', dated 1966. --- In full orange buckram, with titling in black on spine. --- A firm copy though with some penciled underlinings, soiling on a few pages, and chafing to edges of covers. Lacks a dust jacket.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 512 pages
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The Body Has A Head

By: Eckstein, Gustav

Price: $11.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Row: 1970

Stock No.: 73222

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

The complexities of the human body are explained in an understandable way. A good Book Club copy, in full turquoise cloth on board covers. With bumped corners; clean interior. Dust jacket some chipping at spine ends; in good overall shape. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 799 pages
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A Practical Treatise on Coal, Petroleum, and Other Distilled Oils

By: GESNER, Abraham

Price: $36.00

Publisher: Drake Well Foundation: 2001

Stock No.: 82388

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

A 2001 facsimile of Abraham Gesner's 1861 Baillière Brothers guide to his various processes for refining "coal oil", petroleum, and other distilled oils. This work served as a primer for the early petroleum industry. With several sketches and tables depicting these processes and the equipment needed to perform them. With a foreword by Samuel T. Pees and a biographical sketch of Abraham Gesner by William R. Brice. --- In full dark green cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped cover titling. Volume has no dust jacket. --- A very nice copy: clean, bright and unmarked but with faint cover ...
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Seismosaurus: The Earth Shaker

By: GILLETTE, David; HALLETT, Mark (illustrations

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Columbia University Press: 1994

Stock No.: 76682

ISBN: 0231078757

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

An account of the discovery of the remains of the gargantuan Seismosaurus hallorum, one of the largest of the dinosaurs, in central New Mexico in 1979. With illustrations throughout by Mark Hallett, and numerous color photos. Indexed. --- With a little curling to lower corners, else a clean, bright copy lacking markings. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 205 pages
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The Lying Stones of Marrakech: Penultimate Reflections in Natural History

By: GOULD, Stephen Jay

Price: $11.00

Publisher: New York, Harmony Books: 2000

Stock No.: 70277

ISBN: 0609601423

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

A collection of reflections on paleontology, evolutionary biology and science in general by Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002). The long-time Harvard professor and associate at the American Museum of Natural History wrote a popular monthly column for Natural History magazine, source for many of these articles. Includes several black & white illustrations. --- A softcover in stiff wraps with fossil image in green to cover. --- A clean, bright, tightly-bound copy lacking damages worthy of mention.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall ; (12), 372 pages
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The History of Western Science 1543-2001

By: Gribbin, John

Price: $65.00

Publisher: London, The Folio Society: 2006

Stock No.: 72152

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Good+ dust jacket

Gorgeous volume traces the people and their discoveries. In decorative light blue and gilt design front & rear covers. Top edge bright gilt. Interior liberally dotted with pictures, is clean, bright & unmarked. Slipcase in generally good shape, but with small corner tears. [Any reference to dust jacket refers to this volume's slipcase. ]; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
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Hiking Colorado's Geology

By: HOPKINS, Ralph Lee; HOPKINS, Lindy Birkel

Price: $15.50

Publisher: Seattle, The Mountaineers: 2000

Stock No.: 80416

ISBN: 0898867088

Binding: Trade Paper

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

Details about 50 hikes around Colorado, with explanations of geologic features encountered along the way. Each hike with information such as length of hike, difficulty, and w/reference to relevant USGS topo map(s) which are available. Most accompanied by black and white photos, and with a section of bright color photos. --- In stiff wraps with color photo of watery mountain scene on cover. --- A clean, unmarked copy but with a little bruising to front cover.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall) ; 240 pages
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Social Problems: A Situational-Value Approach

By: KANE, John J.

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, Prentice-Hall, Inc.: 1963

Stock No.: 78953

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Stated second printing. A look at various social problem areas; with a few diagrams and an index. --- In full textured green paper-covered boards. --- Clean, bright, firm copy but with inked signature & five phone numbers on front paste-down; and a few inkings here and there. Lacks a dust jacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xv, 428 pages
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Sea Shells of Tropical West America Marine Mollusks from Lower California to Colombia

By: KEEN, A. Myra

Price: $42.50

Publisher: Stanford, California U. S. A., Stanford University Press: 1960

Stock No.: 71830

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

"This is the first attempt to list and provide illustrations of the sea shells of the entire area of the Panamic marine province..." Stated 2nd prtg of extremely detailed inventory of shellfish sea life from Baja to Columbia. In full blue, lightly stained cloth covers w/seashell artwork & printing in gilt, minor edgewear. DJ bears orig $12.50 flap price and is chipped, espec at head & tail of spine. Now in removable mylar protector. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xii, 624 pages
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Star Hunters: The Quest to Discover the Secrets of the Universe

By: MAMMANA, Dennis

Price: $11.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Running Press: 1990

Stock No.: 81104

ISBN: 0894718754

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

First edition, first printing with full number line on copyright page. A history of astronomy and man's attempts to understand worlds beyond our own. With dozens of color and black & white photos. --- In dark blue paper-covered boards with silver-stamped spine titling. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- A clean, firm, bright copy but with a little rubbing to cover edges and bumped cover corners.; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 160 pages
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Wenn es Krieg gibt, gehen wir in die Wüste (When There is War, We Go into the Desert) in German language

By: MARTIN, Henno

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Windhoek, Namibia, Verlag der Namibia Wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft: 1995

Stock No.: 80148

ISBN: 0949995258

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

German language. A softcover edition of the author's account of his experiences in present-day Namibia during World War II. German nationals Henno Martin and partner Hermann Korn, were working geologists in the former German colony of South-West Africa (now Nambia). When war broke out, they decided to wait it out in a remote desert canyon area to avoid internment. This work with plenty of black and white photos and a fold-out map of the areas in which they worked. --- With faint soiling to covers, else a clean, bright, newish copy. ------ Ein softcover Ausgabe des Autors Konto seiner Erfahrung...
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The Physical Geography of the Sea (Third Edition)

By: MAURY, M. [atthew] F. [ontaine]

Price: $149.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers, Publishers: 1855

Stock No.: 82408

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

A third edition, enlarged and improved, of Matthew Fontaine Maury's detailed 1855 study of the world's oceans. With 7 folded maps and a folded pilot sheet at rear of volume, one additional map and two more plates with drawings within the volume. Maury served in the U. S. Navy and when an injury ended his nautical career, he turned to the science of the seas. This work was influential for oceanic work and understanding and was used by mariners, cable-layers and others after its publication. --- Bound in full brown cloth-covered boards with fillets in blind to covers, titling in gilt to spine a...
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Theory of the Photographic Process Third Edition

By: Mees, C. E. Kenneth

Price: $38.00

Publisher: New York, The Macmillan Company: 1971

Stock No.: 73455

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Scientific work in a decent copy. Stated 6th printing. In full black cloth-covered boards; a few tears in cloth at spine. Interior clean and tight. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 591 pages
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Deltaic Sedimentation Modern and Ancient, Special Publication No. 15

By: MORGAN, James P. (Editor); SHAVER, Robert H. (Assistant Editor)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.A., Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists: 1970

Stock No.: 60686

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine with no dust jacket

A technical publication in which prominent economic paleontogists and geologists examine areas of both ancient and modern worldwide deltaic sedimentation. With many maps, tables, photos and charts, and 2 fold-out diagrams, one of which depicts marine sonoprobe profiles across Heald Bank (in Gulf of Mexico near Galveston). Special publication number 15 of the Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists. --- In full dark red cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped cover and spine titling as well as a gilt-stamped representation of sediment layers. Leaves are of gloss coated stock. Volum...
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How to Know the Minerals and Rocks: An Illustrated Guide to Important Gems, Ores, and Metals of the Mineral Kingdom

By: PEARL, Richard

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Signet Key Books/New American Library: 1958

Stock No.: 77493

Binding: Mass Market Paperbac

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Stated third printing, January 1958 of this work which first appeared in a 1955 hardcover publication by McGraw-Hill. With b&w drawings throughout, plus a section of color plates. --- A firm, clean, unmarked copy. ; 192 pages
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A Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals (Peterson Field Guide Series No. 7)

By: POUGH, Frederick H.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company: 1954

Stock No.: 82159

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good dust jacket

Stated third printing of this guide to all manner of mineral forms, with several sets of color and black & white plates; along with numerous drawings and maps of North American and volcanic generalized formations at endpapers. This work is suitable for research world-wide, and was later revised with second and subsequent editions. Number 7 in the publisher's Peterson Field Guide Series. --- In full brown cloth-covered boards with pickaxe illustration and titling in darker brown. Unclipped jacket with color images of various minerals to cover. --- With a little light wear to cover edges, otherw...
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Radar Applications/Pc02212

By: Skolnik, Merrill Ivan

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, IEEE Press: 1988

Stock No.: 73393

ISBN: 0879422238

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Part of the publisher's selected reprint series. In excellent shape, with olive pictorial hardcover; illustration of radar installation on cover. With loose technical material laid in. Clean, bright and tight copy. This is a real book, this is not an insta-print book. ; IEEE Press Selected Reprint Series; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 477 pages
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Radar and Electronic Navigation (3rd Edition)

By: SONNENBERG, G. J.

Price: $16.50

Publisher: Princeton, New Jersey,, D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.: 1963

Stock No.: 78254

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

Per the jacket flap: "This book provides a comprehensive guide to the uses of Radar and other electronic aids to navigation." With dozens of charts, tables (some fold-out), photos, drawings and other illustrations. --- In full brown cloth-covered boards w/gilt-stamped titling on spine. Volume wrapped in pink jacket w/blue radar screen image on cover. --- With gift inscription on front free endpaper, else a bright, firm, clean copy. Jacket with minor rubbing; else in good shape. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; viii, 280 pages
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Antennas and Propagation Society Newsletter Volume 28, No. 5

By: Stone, W. Ross (editor)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Piscataway, New Jersey, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society: 1986

Stock No.: 73389

Binding: Stapled wraps

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Newsletter, dated October 1986; featured articles on microstrip antennae. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 50 pages
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Antennas and Propagation Magazine- (ISSN 1045-9243) Volume 36, No. 6

By: Stone, W. Ross (editor)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Piscataway, New Jersey, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society: 1994

Stock No.: 73390

Binding: Stapled wraps

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Newsletter, dated December 1994; featured article on power-transmission electromagnetics; plus other topics. In good shape. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 90 pages
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Antennas and Propagation Magazine- (ISSN 1045-9243) Volume 37, No. 2

By: Stone, W. Ross (editor)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Piscataway, New Jersey, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society: 1995

Stock No.: 73391

Binding: Stapled wraps

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Newsletter, dated April 1995; featured article on genetic algorithms for electromagnetics, and superdirective antennas with passive reflectors; plus other topics. In good shape. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 106 pages
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General Physics for the Laboratory

By: TAYLOR, Lloyd W.; WATSON, William W.; HOWE, Carl E.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Boston, Ginn and Company: 1926

Stock No.: 77511

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Technical works provides wide variety of useful instruments and set-ups for the physics lab of the mid-1920s. With numerous b&w photos and drawings; indexed. --- In full blue cloth-covered boards w/titling in black on spine & cover. Lacks a dust jacket. With previous owner's inked info. on front paste-down with offsetting to front free endpaper, some minor cover soiling; else a firm, clean copy. ; 247 pages
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The Unexpected Vista

By: TREFIL, James S.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1983

Stock No.: 72983

ISBN: 0684178699

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Book Club Edition. Sharp, tight, clean copy of work by author of From Atoms to Quarks. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 209 pages
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Society and Technological Change (Third Edition)

By: VOLTI, Rudi

Price: $11.50

Publisher: New York, St. Martin's Press: 1995

Stock No.: 80874

ISBN: 0312096429

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

A softcover edition of this scholarly examination of technology and the role it plays in modern society. With discussion questions at the end of each chapter. --- In simple grey covers. With curling to corners and light soiling to textblock edge, else a clean, firm copy.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); xvi, 315 pages
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Electrooptical Arrays

By: Voskresenskii, Dmitrii I. & Aleksandr I. Grinev & Evgenii N. Voronin; Priest, Peter F.H.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: New York, Springer-Verlag: 1988

Stock No.: 73394

ISBN: 0387966587

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Clean, bright sharp copy. Translated to English from the Russian by Peter F.H. Priest. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 318 pages
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Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded August 27, 1883

By: WINCHESTER, Simon

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, HarperCollins Publishers: 2003

Stock No.: 50244

ISBN: 0066212855

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine in Fine dust jacket

A book club edition of Simon Winchester's highly readable account of the massive volcanic explosions of Krakatoa in Indonesia in 1883, described by Wikipedia as ". . .among the most violent volcanic events in recorded history". The resulting tsunami killed nearly 40,000 people. The volume includes a number of eye-pleasing black & white illustrations and maps. Signed by Mr. Winchester on title page in bold black marker. --- In black paper-covered boards. Jacket with detail from map to back panel. --- A clean, bright, newish copy but with slight scuffing to lower cover edge. Bright jacke...
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Krakatoa The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883

By: WINCHESTER, Simon

Price: $13.50

Publisher: HarperCollins: 2003

Stock No.: 71813

ISBN: 0066212855

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

An interesting geologic historical event is transformed into a really great read by the incomparable Simon Winchester. This copy has the unusual pictorial hardback covers featuring an erupting volcano; along with the publisher's undersized belly band dust jacket featuring a long view of the volcano. Book in good shape, with prev owner's sticker front free endpaper. 1st US Edit w/full number line, publisher's page. Slight corner abrasions, otherwise clean and tight. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 432 pages
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The American Indian: An Introduction to the Anthropology of the New World (Third Edition)

By: WISSLER, Clark

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Oxford University Press:: 1938

Stock No.: 82378

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

A third edition of this work, which first appeared in 1917. An examination of aboriginal peoples of the Western Hemisphere, from the Arctic to Patagonia. With lots of drawings, maps and a few photos. One of the maps, showing locations of various tribes in North America, is tipped in at rear of volume and folds out. --- In red cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling. Map of North America showing tribe locations laid in. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- With underlinings in red and black throughout, page 264 with pasted-on listing of typewritten tribe locations, prior owner's signa...
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