Science (General) The Day the Universe Changed by James Burke [Price: $10.00] Boston, Little, Brown and Company, pub1986 c1985, Hard Cover Fine/Fine jacket, stated 1st American ed, 4to (9.75-12.00 in. tall), 352 pgs Coming of Age in the Milky Way by Timothy Ferris [Price: $20.00] New York, William Morrow and Company, Inc., c1988, Hard Cover Fine/Fine jacket, stated 1st ed, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 495 pgs --- SEE ALL AUTHOR'S BOOKS Ancient Science and Modern Civilization by George Sarton [Price: $10.00] New York, Harper & Brothers, pub1959 c1954, Ex-Library Hard Cover Good/No jacket, 1st Harper Torchbook ed, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 111 pgs (Usual ex-library indicators.) --- SEE ALL AUTHOR'S BOOKS Men of Science in America: The Role of Science in the Growth of Our Country by Bernard Jaffe [Price: $10.00] New York, Simon and Schuster, pub1946 c1944, Hard Cover Very Good/Poor jacket, 5th prtg, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 600 pgs (Cover has slight edge wear, DJ torn and rubbed) --- SEE ALL AUTHOR'S BOOKS The Encyclopaedia of Ignorance: Everything you ever wanted to know about the unknown by Ronald Duncan and Miranda Weston-Smith, editors [Price: $10.00] Oxford, Pergamon Press, pub1977 c1977, Hard Cover Very Good/No jacket, stated 1st ed, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 443 pgs (Boards soiled with spine and corners bumped.) --- SEE ALL AUTHOR'S BOOKS Quasar, Quasar, Burning Bright by Isaac Asimov [Price: $5.00] Garden City, New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc., pub1978 c1978, Ex-Library Hard Cover Good/Very Good jacket, stated 1st ed, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 240 pgs (Usual ex-library indicators. Ffep missing.) --- SEE ALL AUTHOR'S BOOKS READ AUTHOR QUOTES (15) CHECK READING LIST (3) A Comprehensible World: On Modern Science and Its Origins by Jeremy Bernstein [Price: $7.50] New York, Random House, c1967, Hard Cover Good/Good jacket, 1st prtg, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 269 pgs (Edge wear with 2 small tears to top of bastard title page. Red "H" stamped on ffep. DJ soiled with several small tears top and bottom.) --- SEE ALL AUTHOR'S BOOKS Understanding the Present: Science and the Soul of Modern Man by Bryan Appleyard [Price: $10.00] New York, Doubleday, pub1993 c1992, Hard Cover Fine/Fine jacket, 2nd ed, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 269 pgs --- SEE ALL AUTHOR'S BOOKS The Ascent of Man by Jacob Bronowski [Price: $12.00] Boston, Little, Brown and Company, c1973, Hard Cover Fine/Very Good jacket, 4to (9.75-12.00 in. tall), 448 pgs (DJ top and bottom slight curling.) --- SEE ALL AUTHOR'S BOOKS READ AUTHOR QUOTES (5) CHECK READING LIST (1) Philosophical Problems of Science and Technology by Alex C. Michalos, editor [Price: $15.00] Boston, Allyn & Bacon, Inc., c1974, Ex-Library Hard Cover Very Good/No jacket, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 623 pgs (Usual library markings.) --- SEE ALL AUTHOR'S BOOKS Mathematics Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions: The fourth dimension, humor, satire, logic combined into a sci-fi classic by Edwin A. Abbott, Illustrations by Author, A SQUARE & Introduction by Banesh Hoffmann [Price: $4.00] New York, Dover Publications, Inc., c1952, Trade Paperback Fine/No jacket, 6th rev. ed, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 103 pgs (Minor rubbing and slight edge-curl, but otherwise in almost new condition.) --- SEE ALL AUTHOR'S BOOKS Human Values and Science, Art and Mathematics by Lillian R. Lieber, Drawings by Hugh G. Lieber [Price: $15.00] New York, W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., pub1961 c1961, Ex-Library Hard Cover Good/Good jacket, stated 1st ed, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 149 pgs (Usual ex-library markings. Front hinge 1/4 split. DJ clipped and wrapped in mylar.) --- SEE ALL AUTHOR'S BOOKS Bridges to Infinity: The Human Side of Mathematics by Michael Guillen [Price: $9.00] Los Angeles, Jeremy P. Tarcher, Inc., c1983, Ex-Library Hard Cover Good/Very Good jacket, stated 1st ed, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 204 pgs (Usual ex-library markings. FFEP missing. Warapped in mylar.) --- SEE ALL AUTHOR'S BOOKS Astronomy Cosmos by Carl Sagan [Price: $7.00] New York, Wings Books, pub1995 c1980, Hard Cover Very Good/Good jacket, 1995 2nd ed, 4to (9.75-12.00 in. tall), 365 pgs (Jacket slight crushing at top with inside front flap creased.) --- SEE ALL AUTHOR'S BOOKS READ AUTHOR QUOTES (12) CHECK READING LIST (3) Exploring the Solar System by Nicholas Booth [Price: $15.00] Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, pub1996 c1995, Hard Cover Fine/Fine jacket, 4to (9.75-12.00 in. tall), 176 pgs --- SEE ALL AUTHOR'S BOOKS How the Universe Works: 100 Ways Parents and Kids Can Share the Secrets of the Universe by Heather Couper and Nigel Henbest [Price: $20.00] Pleasantville, New York, The Reader's Digest Association, Inc., c1994, Hard Cover Very Good/Very Good jacket, 4to (9.75-12.00 in. tall), 160 pgs (Some bumping to both book and dj corners. Otherwise, in like new condition. Price clipped on dj.) --- SEE ALL AUTHOR'S BOOKS The Quickening Universe: Cosmic Evolution and Human Destiny by Eugene T. Mallove [Price: $15.00] New York, St. Martin's Press, pub1987 c1987, Hard Cover Fine/Fine jacket, 1st ed, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 268 pgs --- SEE ALL AUTHOR'S BOOKS Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time: A Reader's Companion by Stephen W. Hawking, editor, Prepared by Gene Stone [Price: $12.50] New York, Bantam Books, pub1992 c1992, Hard Cover Fine/Fine jacket, 1st ed, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 194 pgs --- SEE ALL AUTHOR'S BOOKS READ AUTHOR QUOTES (1) CHECK READING LIST (1) Atoms of Silence: An Exploration of Cosmic Evolution by Hubert Reeves, translated by Ruth A. Lewis and John S. Lewis [Price: $9.00] Cambridge, Massachusetts, The MIT Press, c1984, Ex-Library Hard Cover Very Good/Very Good jacket, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 244 pgs (Usual ex-library indicators. Ffep missing. Covered in mylar.) --- SEE ALL AUTHOR'S BOOKS Physics The Complete Book of Color: Using color for lifestyle, health, and well-being by Suzy Chiazzari [Price: $20.00] New York, Barnes & Noble Books, pub1998, Hard Cover Fine/Fine jacket, 4to (9.75-12.00 in. tall), 256 pgs --- SEE ALL AUTHOR'S BOOKS Geology A Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals by Frederick H. Pough [Price: $20.00] Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, c1960, Hard Cover Very Good/Fair jacket, 3rd ed, 6th prtg, 12mo (6.75-7.75 in. tall), 349 pgs (Part of the Peterson Field Guide Series. Some color plates. DJ ripped and wrinkled in several places.) --- SEE ALL AUTHOR'S BOOKS A Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals by Frederick H. Pough [Price: $6.00] Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, c1960, Hard Cover Very Good/No jacket, stated 3rd ed, stated 1st prtg, 12mo (6.75-7.75 in. tall), 349 pgs (Part of the Peterson Field Guide Series. Some color plates. Slight soiling and bumping to corners and spine ends.) --- SEE ALL AUTHOR'S BOOKS Natural history - Biology Green Laurels: The Lives and Achievements of the Great Naturalists by Donald Culross Peattie [Price: $10.00] New York, The Literary Guild, c1936, Hard Cover Good/No jacket, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 368 pgs (Boards and edges soiled and faded. Previous owner's name on inside.) --- SEE ALL AUTHOR'S BOOKS The Biological Time Bomb by Gordon R. Taylor [Price: $6.00 Previous owner's name and address on FFEP.] New York, The World Publishing Company, c1968, Hard Cover Very Good/Fair jacket, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 240 pgs (DJ has some chipping, crushing, small closed tears and color wear.) --- SEE ALL AUTHOR'S BOOKS Silent Spring by Rachel L. Carson, drawings by Lois and Louis Darling [Price: $12.00] Boston, Massachusetts, Houghton Mifflin Company, pub1962 c1962, Hard Cover Very Good/Good jacket, book club (BCE/BOMC) ed, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 368 pgs --- SEE ALL AUTHOR'S BOOKS READ AUTHOR QUOTES (2) CHECK READING LIST (2) Ocean Planet: Writings and Images of the Sea by Peter Benchley, Edited by Judith Gradwohl [Price: $20.00] New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., c1995, Hard Cover Fine/Fine jacket, 4to (9.75-12.00 in. tall), 192 pgs --- SEE ALL AUTHOR'S BOOKS READ AUTHOR QUOTES (3) CHECK READING LIST (2) Under the Sea: Illustrated Science Books by Maurice Burton [Price: $6.00] New York, Franklin Watts, Inc., c1960, Ex-Library Hard Cover Good/No jacket, stated 1st prtg, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 256 pgs (Usual ex-library markings.) --- SEE ALL AUTHOR'S BOOKS Botany A Field Guide to Trees and Shrubs by George A. Petrides, Illus. by Petrides (leaves/twigs) & Peterson (flowers, fruits, silhts) [Price: $20.00] Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, c1958, Hard Cover Very Good/Fair jacket, 7th prtg, 12mo (6.75-7.75 in. tall), 431 pgs (Field marks of all trees, shrubs, and woody vines that grow wild in the northeastern and north-central US and in south-eastern and south-central Canada. Part of Peterson Field Guide Series. DJ ripped & wrinkled. Writing on inside cover.) --- SEE ALL AUTHOR'S BOOKS A Field Guide to Trees and Shrubs: Part of Peterson Field Guide Series by George A. Petrides [Price: $20.00] Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, c1958, Hard Cover Very Good/No jacket, 2nd prtg, 12mo (6.75-7.75 in. tall), 431 pgs (Field marks of all trees, shrubs, & woody vines that grow wild in the northeastern and north-central US & in south-eastern & south-central Canada. Mild soiling to text edges. Some wear to top and bottom of spine.) --- SEE ALL AUTHOR'S BOOKS Zoology The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Seashore Creatures: Part of the Audubon Society field guide series by Norman A. Meinkoth [Price: $13.50] New York, Alfred A. Knopf, pub1987 c1981, Hard Cover Fine/Fine jacket, Chanticleer Press ed, 2nd prtg, 12mo (6.75-7.75 in. tall), 813 pgs (This is a Borzoi book with 40% of the book being color plate illustrations. Nice clean, tight copy.) --- SEE ALL AUTHOR'S BOOKS Field Guide to the Insects of America North of Mexico by Donald J. Borror and Richard E. White, Drawings by the authors [Price: $20.00] Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, pub1970 c1970, Hard Cover Very Good/Fair jacket, 1st prtg, 12mo (6.75-7.75 in. tall), 404 pgs (Part of the Peterson Field Guide Series. Some color plates. DJ ripped and wrinkled in several places. Top section of dj taped. Writing on inside front of dj. Previous owner's signature on front flyleaf.) --- SEE ALL AUTHOR'S BOOKS A Field Guide to the Butterflies of North America: East of the Great Plains by Alexander B. Klots, Illustrated by Marjorie Statham. Photographs by Florence Longworth. [Price: $20.00] Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, pub1964 c1951, Hard Cover Good/Fair jacket, 6th prtg, 12mo (6.75-7.75 in. tall), 349 pgs (Part of the Peterson Field Guide Series. Some color plates. DJ ripped and wrinkled in several places. Previous owner's signature on inside flyleaf.) --- SEE ALL AUTHOR'S BOOKS The Earth Dwellers: Adventures in the Land of Ants by Erich Hoyt [Price: $10.00] New York, Simon & Schuster, c1996, Hard Cover Fine/Fine jacket, 1st ed, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 230 pgs --- SEE ALL AUTHOR'S BOOKS A Field Guide to the Birds: Giving Field Marks of all Species Found East of the Rockies. by Roger Tory Peterson, Text and Illustrations by Roger Tory Peterson [Price: $20.00] Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, pub1962 c1947, Hard Cover Very Good/No jacket, 29th prtg, 12mo (6.75-7.75 in. tall), 290 pgs (Second Revised and Enlarged Edition. Sponsored by National Audubon Society. 60 plates, some in color. Previous owner's name on front endpapers. Front endpapers slightly wrinkled. Some rubbing and bumping to boards & spine. Clean text.) --- SEE ALL AUTHOR'S BOOKS Bring 'Em Back Alive by Frank Buck, With Edward Anthony [Price: $15.00] Garden City, New York, Garden City Publishing Co., pub1935 c1930, Hard Cover Very Good/No jacket, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 291 pgs (Illustrated. Some soiling to boards. Small tear on corner of spine.) --- SEE ALL AUTHOR'S BOOKS READ AUTHOR QUOTES (1) CHECK READING LIST (2) North American Fresh Water Sport Fish: Description & Habits, Fishing Tackle & Methods by Lou S. Caine, Scientific Notes by Dr. Karl F. Lagler; Foreword by J. Hammond Brown [Price: $10.00] New York, A.S. Barnes and Company, c1949, Hard Cover Very Good/Poor jacket, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 212 pgs (8 full page color illustrations with over 40 additional b&w illustrations of fish species. 5 full page b&w illustrations of fishing equipment. Some soiling to book cover. Dj is chipped, torn and soiled with tape from previous owner.) --- SEE ALL AUTHOR'S BOOKS A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern North America: United States and Canada East of the 100th Meridian by Roger Conant, Illustrated by Isabelle Hunt Conant [Price: $20.00] Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, c1958, Hard Cover Very Good/Fair jacket, 7th prtg, 12mo (6.75-7.75 in. tall), 366 pgs (Part of the Peterson Field Guide Series. Some color plates. DJ ripped and wrinkled in several places. Writing on front inside dj. Previous owner's signature on front flyleaf.) --- SEE ALL AUTHOR'S BOOKS Physiology The Wisdom of the Body by Sherwin B. Nuland [Price: $7.00] New York, Alfred A. Knopf, pub1997 c1997, Ex-Library Hard Cover Fine/Fine jacket, stated 1st ed, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 395 pgs (Usual ex-library indicators. DJ covered in mylar.) --- SEE ALL AUTHOR'S BOOKS A Good Age by Alex Comfort, Illustrated by Michael Leonard [Price: $5.00] New York, Crown Publishers, Inc., pub1976 c1976, Ex-Library Hard Cover Good/Very Good jacket, 8vo (7.75-9.75 in. tall), 224 pgs (Usual ex-library indicators. Inked marking at bottom text edge. DJ wrapped in mylar.) --- SEE ALL AUTHOR'S BOOKS CHECK READING LIST (2)
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