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1 Anderson, Greg M; and David A. Crerar Thermodynamics in Geochemistry The Equilibrium Model
New York Oxford University Press, USA 1993 019506464x / 9780195064643 First Edition Hardcover VG+/NONE 
Some light rubbing/wear on spine near upper end. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 588 pages 
Price: 100.00 USD
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2 Babkin, B. P. PAVLOV A Biography
Chicago University of Chicago Press 1949 Hardcover VG+/VG 
Blue cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine, light wear to edges (few tiny tears at corners and spine-ends), gentle bump to front lower edge near spine, upper corners bumped, very slightly shaken, light soiling to upper textblock edge, very slightly yellowed. Dust jacket in mylar; spine, folds and upper edge sunned; small chips/tears and creases to edges; lightly rubbed and soiled. ; 8vo; 365 pages 
Price: 12.80 USD
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3 Cooper, Raymond & Snyder, John K., ed. BIOLOGY-CHEMISTRY INTERFACE A Tribute To Koji Nakanishi
New York & Basel Marcel Dekker 1999 0824771168 / 9780824771164 First Edition; First Printing Hardcover NF/NONE 
Inscribed and dated by the subject of the tribute, Koji Nakanishi. Signed with his first name only. Glossy boards. With very minor wear, very slight bumping to lower spine end. Interior is very clean. ; 8vo; 491 pages 
Price: 80.00 USD
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4 Fuller, Buckminster and Anwar Dil Humans in Universe
New York Mouton De Gruyter 1983 0899250017 / 9780899250014 First American Edition Hardcover VG+/VG- Signed by Author
INSCRIBED by Dil on the front free endpaper and dated 1985. Book is only lightly worn around the edges. Spine ends are bumped. Dust jacket is edgeworn, has a 1" ragged tear to the lower front edge near the spine, and another of about 3/8" to the upper edge. Corners and spine ends show some wear. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" ; 235 pages; Signed by Author 
Price: 75.00 USD
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5 Goldman, Steven L. SCIENCE WARS What Scientists Know and How They Know It [4 DVDs + 2 Booklets]
Chantilly, VA Teaching Company 2006 1598032070 / 9781598032079 Non-Book VG/NONE 
Complete set includes 4 DVDs and two course guidebooks inside two clamshell cases. ; Great Courses: Science & Mathematics 
Price: 50.00 USD
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6 Gratt, Lawrence B. AIR: Toxic Risk Assessment and Management Public Health Risk from Normal Operations
New York Van Nostrand Reinhold 1996 0442011881 / 9780442011888 Hardcover VG+/NONE 
Illustrated brown paper-covered boards, light wear to edges, spine and small portion of rear slightly sunned, minor remnants of sticker with discoloration to spinehead, slight soiling and rubbing.; Inscription on ffep, signed Larry (the author?). ; 8vo; 388 pages 
Price: 60.00 USD
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7 Holt, Anne; intro by Francis W. Hirst A LIFE OF JOSEPH PRIESTLEY
London Oxford University Press 1931 Hardcover VG/NONE 
Red cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine, slight wear to edges with few small tears in cloth at spine-ends, spine slightly sunned, light soiling, textblock edges and feps yellowed and lightly foxed, previous owner's name to ffep, minor off-setting to title-page. ; 12mo; 221 pages 
Price: 24.00 USD
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8 Nadel, Lynn and Daniel L. Stein (editors) 1991 LECTURES IN COMPLEX SYSTEMS
Reading Addison-Wesley Publishing Company 1992 0201578344 / 9780201578348 First Edition Hardcover VG+/NONE 
Glossy illustrated boards, spine gently bumped and sunned, light foxing to top of text block. ; Santa Fe Institute Studies in the Sciences of Complexity; Charts and Diagrams; 8vo; 475 pages 
Price: 12.00 USD
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9 Nadel, Lynn and Daniel L. Stein (editors) 1992 LECTURES IN COMPLEX SYSTEMS
Reading Addison-Wesley Publishing Company 1993 0201624982 / 9780201624984 First Edition Hardcover VG/NONE 
Light rubbing, scuffing,edgewear to glossy pictorial boards, sunning to spine, faint soiling and tanning to text edges. Otherwise tight, clean, unmarked interior. ; Santa Fe Institute Studies in the Sciences of Complexity; Charts and Diagrams; 8vo; 687 pages 
Price: 36.00 USD
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10 Oakley, Violet SAMUEL F. B. MORSE A Dramatic Outline of the Life of The Father of Telegraphy & The Founder of The National Academy of Design
Philadelphia Cogslea Studio Publications 1939 First Edition; First Printing Hardcover VG-/NONE Illustrated by Violet Oakley Signed by Author
Signed by Oakley. Blue paper covered boards with printed plate on front cover. Wear to spine edges and ends. Small tears or light chipping to top spine end. Bump to lower front cover edge. Upper corners bumped with one corner tip worn to board. Boards and cover plate are moderately soiled. "LIBRARY" stamped to front pastedown and crossed out. Tight interior and pages are quite clean. ; 8vo; 95 pages; Signed by Author 
Price: 20.00 USD
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11 Porter, G. (editor) (Assistant editor: B. Stevens) PROGRESS IN REACTION KINETICS (2 VOLUME SET)
New York Pergamon Press 1961 First Edition Hardcover VG-/NONE 
2 volume set. Orange cloth boards with gilt, bumping at spine ends and corners, light soiling, vol. 2 spine rubbed and shaken. ; 8vo; 276, 391 pages 
Price: 20.00 USD
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12 Price, Don K. THE SCIENTIFIC ESTATE
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 1965 0674794850 / 9780674794856 First Edition Hardcover VG/VG- Signed by Author
Black cloth covered boards with silver gilt title on spine. Light soiling and fading to edges of boards. Rubbed and lightly soiled white and red dj with mild wear and chipping to edges, protected in removeable mylar. Not price clipped. Binding tight, text clean. Inscribed and signed by author on ffep. Trace soil to text block. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 323 pages; Signed by Author 
Price: 20.00 USD
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13 Schofield, Robert E. MECHANISM AND MATERIALISM British Natural Philosophy in an Age of Reason
Princeton University Press 1970 0691080720 / 9780691080727 Hardcover VG-/VG- 
Black cloth covered boards with title in gilt on spine. Light foxing, edgewear and bumping to corners and ends of spine. Green and yellow dk with edgewear, soiling and chipping to edges; also price-clipped corner. Binding tight, text clean. Foxing to text block and light foxing to interior. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 336 pages 
Price: 20.00 USD
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14 Segerstrale, Ullica DEFENDERS OF THE TRUTH The Sociobiology Debate
Oxford University Press 2001 0192862154 / 9780192862150 Softcover VG-/NONE 
Pictorial wraps with mild rubbing, soiling and edgewear. Two faint creases to spine. Binding tight, text clean save for pencil marks to a few pages. Trace soil to text block. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 493 pages 
Price: 22.00 USD
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15 Waddington, C. H. & Yolanda Sonnabend TOOLS FOR THOUGHT How to Understand and Apply the Latest Scientific Techniques of Problem Solving
Basic Books 1977 0465086233 / 9780465086238 First Printing Hardcover VG-/VG- 
Blue paper covered boards with edgewear and bumped corners. Tan dj has edgewear, scuffing, light soiling, and a couple small closed tears along edges. Binding tight, text clean. Trace soil to text block and ffep.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 250 pages 
Price: 30.00 USD
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16 Wilkins, John THE MATHEMATICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL WORKS OF THE RIGHT REV. JOHN WILKINS, Late Lord Bishop of Chester. To which is prefixed The Author's Life, and an Account of His Works. [2 VOLUMES]
London C. Whittingham for Vernor and Hood, Poultry; Cuthell, and Martin, Middle-Row; Holborn; and J. Walker, Paternoster-Row 1802 Later Printing Hardcover G/NONE 
Two-volume set rebound in tan cloth-covered boards; two squares of gilt-stamped cloth serve as a title on each spine, and are starting to peel up at the corners. Mild rubbing and soiling and foxing to exteriors, text blocks foxed, front and rear hinges cracked; vol. 1 has 1" split to cloth along front joint, 2" piece torn from fore-edge of ffe, staining to top edge of text block; vol. 2 has owner info to ffes.; B&W Diagrams; 8vo; 261, 260 pages 
Price: 300.00 USD
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