Science & Technology from Diversity Books, IOBA

New York: Viking xvi, 427pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm, bright silver title there-on. Plain green boards undamaged. Leaves clean and unmarked, hint of tanning to textblock edges. Colour illustrated dustjacket minimally edge creased only. " . . . a riveting collection of case histories detailing the astonishing progress of people whose conditions had long been dismissed as hopeless .… Saber más sobre este artículo

San Bernardino, CA, U.S.A.: Self-Published (Alexander Unzicker), 2013. 152pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated card wrapper has a couple of tiny corner creases. From the rear panel: "This book is a merciless critique of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN and of the theoretical model on which the world's most expensive experiment is based. Unzicker,… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Dover Publications, 1956. iv, 119pp., plus unpaginated Indexes and publisher catalogue at rear. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean, very small spot to rear endpaper, else unmarked, soft in-production creasing to lower spine area of first few pages. Stiff card wrapper minimally edgeworn, tiny corner crease, mild edge discolouration to rear. An unabridged, unaltered republication if the… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Mechanical Engineering Publications Limited, 1989. xvii, 188pp. B/white figures throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm, but sunned/faded, title clearly legible. Leaves clean and unmarked, corner crease to several. Corresponding corner crease to upper foredge corner of front panel of illustrated card wrapper which also has a sunned strip adjacent to spine on front and rear panel, and minor… Saber más sobre este artículo

New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2001. xii, + 239pp. B/white line-drawn illustrations throughout by Christine Turnbull. Book clean, square. Spine firm, black title there-on. Plain red boards undamaged. Leaves clean and unmarked. Colour-illustrated dustjacket minimally edgeworn, tiny nick to rear flap fold. Contents include: Preface (Authors). 13 chapters. Recommended Reading. Index. Book weight approx. 435g. (This book… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Broadway Books, 2009. 290pp, plus 1 x 8 page (b/white and colour) illustrated section. B/white map. Book clean, square. White quarter spine firm, bright blue title there-on. Plain blue boards very lightly bumped on upper foredge corner of front panel. Leaves clean and unmarked. Colour illustrated dustjacket softly and minimally creased. From the jacket flap: "In 1985,… Saber más sobre este artículo

Brunswick, Victoria, Australia: Scribe Publications, 2019. 332pp. B/white photographic illustrations intext. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated card wrapper undamaged. From the rear panel: " . . . a tour through 150 years of the history of a significant but underappreciated idea: the Earth has a global climate system made up of interconnected, constantly changing… Saber más sobre este artículo

Acres, U.S.A.: Leonard Ridzon, 1990. xiv, 112pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Faint foxing flecks to textblock edges, else leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated card wrapper has minimal edgewear, mild tanning to edges of inner covers. "A book for today's literate eco-farmers." Contents include: A Note from The Publisher. Foreword. Carbon. The Basis of Life. The Carbon-Oxygen Bond. Conversion… Saber más sobre este artículo

Acres, U.S.A.: Leonard Ridzon, 1994. xii, 150pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper minimally edgeworn only. Contents include: A Word From the Publisher. Foreword. Carbon Revisited. Science Without Humanity. Food For Toxins. The Big C. Original Sin. The Anatomy of the Spin. Stray Energy. The Coffin of Rescue Chemistry. An American Gulag. Death = Life… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Metro Publishing, 2005. xxv, + 244pp. B/white illustrations. Book clean, square. Spine firm, bright silver title there-on. Plain black boards undamaged. Leaves slightly edge-tanned, else clean and unmarked. Colour illustrated dustjacket mildly edge-creased. From the jacket flap: "The astonishing true story of the discovery of one of the most important substances in medical science. Curare, known as the… Saber más sobre este artículo

Minnesota, U.S.A.: University of Minnesota Press, 1990. ix, + 429pp. Book clean. Spine firm, black title there-on. Black title to front cover of plain pale green boards (front board mildly warped). Minor foxing to endpapers, pastedowns and textblock edges, else leaves clean and unmarked. Dustjacket softly creased on lower edge, negligible edgewear and minimal foxing to reverse. From the… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2004. 320pp. Several intext line-drawn illustrations. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over nominally bumped, firm spine. Blind-stamp faux author signature on front board, else unmarked. Textblock pristine. Colour-illustrated dustjacket minimally edgeworn only. "For almost a thousand years the magnetic compass was the sole instrument on which sailors placed their faith and… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Oxford University Press, 1934. x, + 152pp. Intext, line-drawn figures, formulae, and tables, throughout. Book clean. Spine firm, mildly bumped, canted and colour-faded cloth (no text loss). Printed red cloth boards slightly edgeworn and flecked, minimal marks on plain rear board, else bumped on foredge corners. Textblock unmarked. Published in Britain under the 'New Code of Practice' in… Saber más sobre este artículo

Washington, D.C. U.S.A.: Island Press, 1996. xv, + 201pp. Intext, b/white illustrations throughout (halftone plates and line-drawings). Book clean and square. Spine firm. Illustrated card wrapper edgeworn, creased and mildly splayed. Textblock minimally bumped on foredge corners, else leaves unmarked. In this elegant introduction to the field of ecological design, the authors "envision how the living world and humanity… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1986. 184pp. Illustrated throughout: line-drawn hemisphere orientation map endpapers. Unpaginated colour plates, plus intext halftone plates, line-drawings and tables. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over nominally bumped spine. Plain black boards undamaged. Textblock unmarked. Colour-illustrated dustjacket lightly edgeworn, with two closed tears on head. In 1985 the world waited in excited anticipation for… Saber más sobre este artículo

PAlo Alto, California, U.S.A.: Peek Publications, 1973. x, + 291pp. Intext, b/white halftone plates, and line-drawings throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm, nominally bumped on head and heel. Monochrome, illustrated card wrapper minimally bumped on foredge corners. Textblock ditto. This sourcebook consists of a series of articles about anthropology and archaeology featuring numerous contributors. Contents include: Prelims., Preface.… Saber más sobre este artículo

U.S.A.: Author (Hilton Ratcliffe) , 2008. (xviii) + 444pp. Several intext illustrations. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Printed card wrapper mildly edgeworn, and has a soft reading crease on front wrap. Textblock unmarked, Noted for his 'unorthodox views' which are at odds with current mainstream cosmology, this book by astrophysicist Hilton Ratcliffe follows his beliefs . . .… Saber más sobre este artículo

Queensland, Australia: Queensland Dept. Of Primary Industries, 1994. 36pp. Illustrated throughout: intext line-drawings and a b/white halftone plate. Saddle-stitched, staple-bound format booklet. Staples clean and tight. Illustrated limp wrapper has minimal foxing, else undamaged. Textblock unmarked. Dystocia, or calving difficulty, is a serious problem for beef cattle producers in Australia, from economic management and animal welfare perspectives . . .… Saber más sobre este artículo

Victoria, Australia: Agmedia, Department of Agriculture, 1994. 55pp. Intext b/white halftone plates, and tables. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Illustrated card wrapper lightly bumped, minor foxing to reverse. Textblock unmarked. "This booklet is designed to provide the information required to plan and carry out an effective crossbreeding program . . . " Contents include: Prelims., Introduction, Chapter 1/ Why… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Public Affairs (Perseus Books Group) , 2009. xxvii, + 183pp. Intext, colour-plate illustrations throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm, lightly bumped head and heel. Plain, cream-coloured boards undamaged. Textblock unmarked. Printed dustjacket minimally bumped and edgworn only. "This companion book to the HBO Documentary Films series explores the cutting-edge research on Alzheimer's Disease that is creating… Saber más sobre este artículo