Resultados de búsqueda: Zoology from Syber's Books ABN 40533682787

J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, London, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Introduction by author, bibliography and index. Green coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Illustrated dustwrapper with black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Quoting from the front fold over panel blurb " ... Birds, Beasts and Men presents the long history of zoology in graphic and dramatic form. Relating scientific developments to the cultural background of each period, it is a story of great discoveries, controversies and divergent viewpoints, unfolded in terms of leading scientists, who were brilliant, often neurotic and always colourful." Rubbing of the lower book edges and softening of the back strip edges. A few foxing spots to the text block edges and spotting of the top text edge. Foxing and offset tanning to the end pages. Creasing of the dustwrapper edges and there is a small tear to the top right hand corner of the front panel.… Leer más

J. A. Allen, New York, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Illustrator: Frontispiece Photograph. 240 pages, indexed. Photographic illustrated dust jacket has a 0.5 inch tear at the lower right-hand corner of the back panel; otherwise the book and dust jacket are in good order. In the 1880s McFadyean was the only veterinary pathologist in Britain. Iron-willed, capable of incredible physical and mental labour, he coaxed, cajoled and bludgeoned the veterinary profession into the scientific era. . Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Frontispiece Photograph. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Zoology; ISBN: 0851313523. ISBN/EAN: 9780851313528. Inventory No: 0212923. . 9780851313528

Macmillan, London, 1974. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. a clean copy, slightly rubbed at the top and bottom of the spine section, but otherwise free of damage, and without annotations. Illustrated in the main with black-and-white line drawings, and with bibliographical references, and index the book covers zoology in an inductive fashion, using for the most part detailed "type" descriptions as a basis for introducing more comparative detail. It may be stressed that considerable differences occur between this edition and the previous one, so much so that in effect most of the text is new with many chapters being entirely original. Indeed, each chapter has been revised or entirely rewritten by a different author or authors (there are 18 in all) in order to provide as modern and as authoritative and account as possible. Page V Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. XX, 874 pages with. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1.… Leer más