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First edition. No DJ issued. Marcus Sparling was Assistant to Roger Fenton, Esq. in taking the Crimea photographs. This book provides a rare insight into the chemical knowledge of the mid-eighteen hundreds, surrounding the new sciences of photography, food chemistry and street lighting. Marbled paper-covered boards with leather spine and corners and gilt raised bands to spine. Marbled end papers… Read more about this item

First edition thus (1937) With 60 drawings by G. E. Collins. Introduction by Sir William Beach-Thomas. Charming early twentieth century nature book.

Collectable Pan paperback. Colourful description of true underwater dives and the natural world beneath the sea, in the early days of the aqualung.

In the Footsteps of Eve, with its carefully reasoned argument, challenges the conventional wisdom of half a century. It suggests that the true cradle of our species lies the fossil-rich limestone of South Africa rather than East African sites where Louis and Mary Leakey revolutionised modern paleoanthropology and where Don Johanson made the discovery of the ancient skeleton immortalised as… Read more about this item

Collectable book in the 'New Naturalist' series. Explaining and discussing the sea shore of Britain. Well illustrated throughout with b/w drawing diagrams, b/w photographs and colour photographs.

Really good copy of this classic book, dealing with salmon and trout in the context of river management, environmental issues and legislation of the time.

Space Odyssey has two foci: cosmology and the space program. It sums up current knowledge: what's out there, where it came from, and where it's going. It traces the origin and development of the universe as we know it today, and explores how the space program hopes to solve remaining mysteries of the cosmos, in the coming decade and throughout… Read more about this item

Large glossy book. Ideal gift for the gardener in your life. This is a new breed of plant book, written by a team of leading plant experts, botanists, nursery owners and plant hunters.

Beautifully illustrated and with all the information you need about when to plant etc, all in easily accessible format. Lovely.

A comprehensive new reference work on the trees of the world, with fully illustrated A-Z directory. The Firefly Encyclopedia of Trees covers the entire world of trees with outstanding text and abundant illustrations and photography. Forests and woods cover 30% of the world's land surface. This book describes the forest ecosystem and the four major forest types of the world: boreal,… Read more about this item

What are the rocks in my area, how are they distributed and arranged, what do they contain and what are their relative ages? This book sets out to help a beginner solve these problems.

What forces have shaped the lunar surface? What are its rock formations? This book offers answers to these questions and gives a concise description of the lunar surface, its problems and theories of origin, from a geological standpoint. Originally published before Man set foot on the Moon.

They're everywhere. Silent and invisible to the naked eye, they're on everything we touch, eat, breathe -- on every single inch of our skin. And despite the remarkable advances of science, germs are challenging medicine in ways that were unimaginable just a decade ago. Due to an explosion of infections never before reported in modern history and a new germ… Read more about this item

When anglers from Ireland and England meet and discuss the different kinds of nymphs, duns and spinners, they can, with the use of this book, be quite certain precisely what it is they are talking about. This edition is exclusive to newnaturalists.com J. R. Harris is an angler and a scientific naturalist – a happy combination, and one which is by… Read more about this item

The New Forest is hardly the sort of wild or remote place where you would expect to get lost, especially if you are an experienced traveller, but Douglas Botting managed it. `There were no sounds of civilization to give us a bearing on the outside world, no distinguishable landmarks, just trees, and more trees, and clearings, thickets, groves, gullies leading… Read more about this item

Wonderfully illustrated and informative book about how to watch birds. With photo/drawing/diagramatical illustrations and explanations on every page. Become an expert in no time!

Handy pocket sized guide to everything you need to know to identify minerals, rocks and fossils, when you are out and about. Well illustrated in colour, throughout.

Contains 2 CDs of birdsong, music and spoken word. Asked about his forthcoming book, Anthony replied," Having worked myself up from The Observers Book of Birds and pawnshop opera glasses to Swarovski ELs (and abject poverty) it is has been a cathartic experience to survey a life directed by birdwatching. Looking back and writing about what happened has given me… Read more about this item

This book is a brief description of the lives, times, ideas, discoveries, trial and tribulations of the principal scientists of their day, from Biblical times to the present. Its aim to provide students and the general reader with an overview of the evolution of science and scientific thought, thus putting modern science into context. It is also the author's aim to… Read more about this item

Old text book. Original publisher's green cloth boards. Fascinating, with numerous b/w illustrations and old-fashioned diagrams.