Cruise of the Betsey, The, Or, a Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides : With Rambles of a Geologist, Or, Ten Thousand Miles over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland

By: Miller, Hugh, with William Samuel Symonds

Price: $23.00

Publisher: Gould & Lincoln: 1858

Edition: First US Edition

Seller ID: 15524

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

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524 pages; 8vo (8") 21 cm; Hardcover, green cloth, blindstamped decor, gilt title on spine, pale yellow endpapers, 524 pages, a few b/w illustrations in text, footnotes. ; Part 1, early memoirs of the great naturalist and fossil hunter Hugh Miller of Edinburgh, Scotland. Part 2, Miller's memoirs covering the years 1840-1848. Both parts edited by William Samuel Symonds. ; PLEASE NOTE: This is an actual book from 1858, not an overpriced flimsy reprint. ; Complete title: 'The Cruise of the Betsey, Or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides; With Rambles of a Geologis... View more info

Introduction to Kalman Filtering with Applications, An

By: Miller, Kenneth S., and Donald M. Leskiw

Price: $13.00

Publisher: Robert E. Krieger Publishing Company: 1987

Edition: Second Printing

Seller ID: 16899

ISBN: 0898748240

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

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113 pages; 8vo (9.25") 24 cm; Hardcover, dark red cloth, silver lettering, [vi] + 113 pages, index, bibliography, dozens of b/w figures, diagrams, formulas, etc. ; 28 pages near front have lightly penciled notes, underlining, and additional mathematical formulas, from former owner, a PhD of chemical physics and specialist in environmental science. Otherwise book shows little sign of use. View more info

Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology : Festschrift in Honor of Professor Frederick M. Fowkes

By: Mittal, K. L, and W. J. Van Ooij

Price: $18.00

Publisher: VSP: 1990

Seller ID: 20756

Condition: Near Fine

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86 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Blue and white softcover, 86 glossy pages numbered 357 to 442, 5 articles by various experts, chapter endnotes, portrait photo of Frederick M. Fowkes, dozens of b/w figures, photos, diagrams, formulas. ; Topics: Influence of surface chemistry on acid-base capacities of glass fibers. Method of determining surface acidity of polymeric materials and application to lap shear adhesion. Acid-base nature of metal oxides. Donor-acceptor interactions on mechanical properties of wood. Surface acidity and basicity of polyethylene co-acrylic acid to aluminum. ; From estate ... View more info

Electric, a Treatise on Electric Phenomena : The Laws Governing the Same, Lightning Rods, and Their Necessary Application to Buildings for Safety

By: Mott, John M.

Price: $54.00

Publisher: Ingram, Hevener & Company: 1892

Edition: Second Revised Edition

Seller ID: 20563

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

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122 pages; 16mo (6.75") 17 cm; Small hardcover, dark brown cloth, rounded corners, 122 + 4 pages, table of conductors and insulators, table of conducting power of different metals, table of kinds of electricity made by friction, 19 b/w figures and diagrams. ; Originally published 1871. This is 2nd edition, revised and enlarged, 1892. Dedicated to the Lightning Rod Salesman, this book explains basic facts about electricity, lightning, fireballs, etc, and best ways to position and install lightning rods. ; Endpapers and margins of front few leaves slightly discolored. No other interior marks... View more info

Rings and Modules

By: Ribenboim, Paulo

Price: $17.00

Publisher: Interscience Publishers: 1967

Seller ID: 20746

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

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162 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; Hardcover, gray cloth, [viii] + 162 pages, 2 indexes, bibliography, tons of mathematical formulas and equations. ; Dated 1967. No other dates. Series edited by L. Bers, R. Courant, J. J. Stoker. ; Book shows only minor edgewear. No marks. Lacks jacket. ; Interscience Tracts in Pure and Applied Mathematics Series; Vol. 24 View more info

Images of the Wild : Photographic Art of Carl R. Sams II and Jean Stock

By: Sams, Carl R. II, and Jean Stock

Price: $13.00

Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press: 1997

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 20956

ISBN: 188694718X

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

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136 pages; 4to (11.25") 29 cm; Large square hardcover, black boards, 136 glossy pages, full color throughout including endpapers, detailed captions and text, over 100 fantastic full-color photos of wildlife from award-winning pair of photographers in Michigan. ; Stunning photos by Carl R. Sams II and Jean Stoick. Illustrations by Michael Glenn Monroe. Foreword by Virginia Marie Peterson. Edited by Colleen Monroe. ; Amazing photography of bald eagles, big cats, chickadees, egrets, foxes, loons, mule deer, porcupines, whitetail deer, wolves, many more. ; No defects to book or jacket. View more info

Archaeology and Nigeria : An Expanded Version of an Inaugural Lecture

By: Shaw, Thurstan

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Ibadan University Press: 1967

Seller ID: 16730

Condition: Very Good+

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40 pages; 8vo (8.5") 22 cm; Red softcover booklet, 40 pages numbered to 33, glossy b/w frontispiece photo of ancient Nigerian bronze figure, endnotes. English throughout. ; Speech by Thurstan Shaw, research professor of archaeology. Published under auspices, Institute of African Studies, Ibadan University, Nigeria. Copyright 1963. Originally published 1964. This is 2nd printing, 1967.; Covers show a touch of sunning. Very light bump to lower tip. No other defects. View more info

Spicilegium Pteridographiae Asiae Orientalis, Number 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 : Reprinted from Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica, 1933-1937 (Ferns)

By: Tagawa, Motozi

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica: 1933

Seller ID: 10771

Condition: Very Good+

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125 pages; 4to (10.25") 26 cm; 11 tall softcover volumes. 125 total pages. Stiff tan covers, text mostly in scientific Latin, with some English and some Japanese text. No illustrations. ; Lot includes: Number 4, pages 14-24. Number 5, pg 189-205. Number 6, pg 28-37. Number 7, pg 88-89. Number 8, pg 132-148. Number 9, pg 202-206. Number 11, pg 189-197. Number 12, pg 250-262. Number 13, pg 89-100. Number 14, pg 154-168. Number 15, pg 72-87. Published by Japanese Society for Plant Systematics, 1933-1937. ; No major defects but upper front cover 4, 5, 7, 9 inscribed 'To Prof M. L. Fernald with... View more info

On the Nomenclature of Some Ferns from Eastern Asia

By: Tagawa, Motozi

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica: 1935

Seller ID: 10773

Condition: Very Good+

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9 pages; 4to (10.25") 26 cm; Text in English and Japanese. Softcover, stiff yellow covers, 9 pages. ; Pages numbered 93-101. Published in conjunction with Japanese Society for Plant Systematics. ; Upper front cover inscribed 'To Prof M. L. Fernald with compliments of author.' Otherwise only minor wear. View more info

Petticoat Surgeon

By: Van Hoosen, Bertha

Price: $29.00

Publisher: Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm: 1994

Edition: Fourth Printing

Seller ID: 16856

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

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324 pages; 8vo (9.25") 24 cm; Hardcover, dark blue-black cloth, gold spine title, 324 pages, 4 b/w photos. ; Originally published 1947. This is 4th printing, 1994, in honor of 120th anniversary of author's birth. Unabridged. ; Autobiography of Dr. Bertha Van Hoosen, MD from University of Michigan 1888, longtime professor of gynecology and obstetrics, founding president of American Womens Medical Association in 1915. Foreword by Dr. A. E. Hertzler. Afterword by niece Sarah Van Hoosen Jones. ; Only a touch of shelfwear. No marks. Lacks jacket. ; Item laid in: The Story of the Kenny Method, 1... View more info