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Image for The American Museum of Natural History: An Interpretation

The American Museum of Natural History: An Interpretation

By: (American Museum of Natural History)

Price: $30.00

Publisher: NY, American Museum of Natural History: 1931

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 149478

Condition: Original full morocco stamped in blind and gilt. Rubbing and scuffing, upper four inches of spine chipped away, otherwise good

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Image for Pedigree of Champions: Boeing Since 1916

Pedigree of Champions: Boeing Since 1916

By: (History of Aircraft)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: The Boeing Company: 1985

Edition: Sixth Edition

Seller ID: 148566

Condition: Large trade paperback, fine in wraps

History and specifications of Boeing aircraft. Fold-out chart in rear. Heavily illustrated View more info

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Issac Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology

By: Asimov, Isaac

Price: $10.00

Publisher: NY, Avon: 1976

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 154886

ISBN: 0380006197

Condition: Trade paperback, VG in wraps. Pages a bit tanned

805 pages View more info

Image for This Wild Abyss: The Story of the Men Who Made Modern Astronomy

This Wild Abyss: The Story of the Men Who Made Modern Astronomy

By: Christianson, Gale E.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: NY, Free Press: 1978

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 148634

ISBN: 0029053803

Condition: Light foxing to upper edge, else VG+ in a VG Dust Jacket

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Image for Westward to Promomtory: Building the Union Pacific Across the Plains and Mountains - A Pictorial Documentary

Westward to Promomtory: Building the Union Pacific Across the Plains and Mountains - A Pictorial Documentary

By: Combs, Barry B.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Palo Alto, CA, American West Publishing Company: 1969

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 146805

Condition: Fine in VG to VG+ Dust Jacket

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Image for A History of Science and Its Relations with Philosphy & Religion

A History of Science and Its Relations with Philosphy & Religion

By: Dampier-Whetham, William Cecil Dampier

Price: $20.00

Publisher: NY, Macmillan: 1930

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 150954

Condition: VG (no Dust Jacket). Uneven fading to color of spine cloth

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Galileo and the Scientific Revolution

By: Fermi, Laura & Bernardini, Gilberto

Price: $6.00

Publisher: NY, Fawcett: 1965

Edition: Second edition

Seller ID: 146992

Condition: Mass market paperback, fine in wraps

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Image for Cathedral, Forge, and Waterwheel: Technology and Invention in the Middle Ages

Cathedral, Forge, and Waterwheel: Technology and Invention in the Middle Ages

By: Gies, Frances & Joseph

Price: $8.00

Publisher: NY, HarperCollins: 1994

Edition: Book club edition

Seller ID: 155490

ISBN: 0060165901

Condition: New in Dust Jacket

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Image for The Road to Stockholm: Nobel Prizes, Science, and Scientists

The Road to Stockholm: Nobel Prizes, Science, and Scientists

By: Hargittai, Istvan

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Oxford University Press: 2002

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 154884

ISBN: 019850912X

Condition: Fine in a fine Dust Jacket

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Image for Holy Old Mackinaw: A Natural History of the American Luberjack

Holy Old Mackinaw: A Natural History of the American Luberjack

By: Holbrook, Stewart H.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: NY, Macmillan: 1948

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 148246

Condition: Owner's signature on half title page, else VG+ in a near VG Dust Jacket missing several chips to jacket flaps. This is a later printing from February, 1948

."The American Lumberjack at work and at play from Maine to Oregon." Map endpapers View more info

Image for U.S. Navy Aircraft 1921-1941 & U. S. Marine Corps Aircraft 1914-1959

U.S. Navy Aircraft 1921-1941 & U. S. Marine Corps Aircraft 1914-1959

By: Larkins, William T.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: NY, Orion: 1988

Edition: Collected Edition

Seller ID: 148436

ISBN: 0517569205

Condition: Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. 2nd printing of this edition

Originally published in 1959 & 1961. With over 1000 photos View more info

Image for A Speck on the Sea: Epic Voyages in the Most Improbable Vessels

A Speck on the Sea: Epic Voyages in the Most Improbable Vessels

By: Longyard, William H.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: NY, McGraw Hill: 2003

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 148626

ISBN: 0071413065

Condition: Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page

"More than seventy accounts of big adventures in small boats." Illustrated View more info

Image for Science and Civilisation in China Volume IV: 2 (Physics & Physical Technology/ Mechanical Engineering)

Science and Civilisation in China Volume IV: 2 (Physics & Physical Technology/ Mechanical Engineering)

By: Needham, Joseph

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press: 1965

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 148344

Condition: Fine in a VG Dust Jacket. Single faint blind stamp of previous owner on front endpaper

759 pages, illustrated View more info

Image for Science and Civilisation in China Volume V: 2 (Chemistry and Chemical Technolog/ Spagyrical Discovery & Invention Magisteries of Gold and Immortality)

Science and Civilisation in China Volume V: 2 (Chemistry and Chemical Technolog/ Spagyrical Discovery & Invention Magisteries of Gold and Immortality)

By: Needham, Joseph

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press: 1974

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 148336

ISBN: 0521085713

Condition: Fine in a VG+ Dust Jacket. Single faint blind stamp of previous owner on front endpaper

510 pages, illustrated View more info

Image for British Aviation: The Adventuring Years

British Aviation: The Adventuring Years

By: Penrose, Harald

Price: $75.00

Publisher: London, Putnam: 1973

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 148620

ISBN: 0370100166

Condition: Fine in a fine Dust Jacket

727 pages with extensive index, illustrated with more than 600 photographs and drawings View more info

Image for British Aviation: Widening Horizons 1930-1934

British Aviation: Widening Horizons 1930-1934

By: Penrose, Harald

Price: $30.00

Publisher: London, HMSO: 1979

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 148498

ISBN: 0112902979

Condition: Fine in a fine Dust Jacket

Illustrated, detailed index View more info

Image for No Echo in the Sky (Literature and History of Aviation series)

No Echo in the Sky (Literature and History of Aviation series)

By: Penrose, Harald

Price: $45.00

Publisher: NY, Arno: 1972

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 148614

ISBN: 0405037767

Condition: New hardcover (issued without Dust Jacket)

Originally published in 1958. Penrose was chief test pilot for Westland Aircraft from 1931 to 1953 and also authored numerous books on british aviation View more info

Image for Leviathan and the Air-Pump: Hobbes, Boyle, and the Experimental Life

Leviathan and the Air-Pump: Hobbes, Boyle, and the Experimental Life

By: Shapin, Steven & Schaffer, Simon

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Princeton, Princeton University: 1985

Edition: Later Printing

Seller ID: 144968

ISBN: 0691024324

Condition: Trade paperback, VG+ in wraps. Faint remainder mark on lower edge

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Image for Steam: The Untold Story of America's First Great Invention

Steam: The Untold Story of America's First Great Invention

By: Sutcliffe, Andrea

Price: $15.00

Publisher: NY, Palgrave: 2004

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 147020

ISBN: 1403962618

Condition: New in new Dust Jacket

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Image for The British Railway Locomotive 1803-1853

The British Railway Locomotive 1803-1853

By: Westcott, G. F.

Price: $8.00

Publisher: London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office (H M S O): 1980

Edition: 5th impression

Seller ID: 148656

ISBN: 0112901522

Condition: 46 page pamphlet in stapled wraps, fine

Color frontispiece, lots of black & white illustrations View more info