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	ALLIBONE, T.E. The Royal Society and its dining clubs Pergamon Press, 1976, 1st edition.Hard covers, no dust jacket.0 08 020493 7.V.g./No Jacket.xv, 457 pp. In English. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.5 US$ 33.32 \| JP¥ 2964] Book number: 5376 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BEEBE, WILLIAM S. (ED.) The book of naturalists: an anthology of the best natural history Robert Hale, London (printed in the USA), 1944.Hard covers, dust jacket.ASIN: B0007JD70E.V.g./Good.v.g./good (wrapper torn at hinges of spine), edges sl.soiled.A collection of classic natural history writing from Gesner, Linnaeus, Gilbert White, William Bartram, Alexander von Humboldt and Henry David Thoreau to Darwin, Wallace and a host of 20th century writers.Great holiday reading.Unillustrated; xiv, 499 pp. In English. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.33 \| JP¥ 1186] Book number: 1073 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BONEY, A.D. The lost gardens of Glasgow University Christopher Helm, 1988, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 7470 0220 7.V.g./V.g. V.g./v.g. jacket cllipped, former owner's inscription on ffep.This history of the botanical gardens of Glasgow University occupies a lengthy time frame and quotes in detail information rarely found about the day-to-day management of scientifically-oriented gardens.The Physic Garden, instituted in 1704, was the first of several attempts to provide material for teaching and research, which then (as now) had to be balanced against amenity considerations.An exemplary addition to the literature of Garden History.vi, 298 pp. numerous text figures and plans.In English. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.33 \| JP¥ 1186] Book number: 1449 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BONEY, A.D. The lost gardens of Glasgow University Christopher Helm, 1988, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 7470 0220 7.V.g./V.g. V.g./v.g. jacket cllipped, former owner's inscription on ffep.This history of the botanical gardens of Glasgow University occupies a lengthy time frame and quotes in detail information rarely found about the day-to-day management of scientifically-oriented gardens.The Physic Garden, instituted in 1704, was the first of several attempts to provide material for teaching and research, which then (as now) had to be balanced against amenity considerations.An exemplary addition to the literature of Garden History.vi, 298 pp. numerous text figures and plans.In English. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 6065 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BROWN, G.I. Essentials of certificate chemistry Longmans, 1960, Reprint of 1954 edition.Hard covers, no wrapper.V.g./ No Jacket .V.g. owner's signature.vii, 440 pp.In English. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 1893 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	CROSS, SALLY What's in store? Collections review in the North West Renaissance North West / MLAC, 2007, 1st edition.Paper covers.New /No Jacket.Includes a case study of the Egyptian collections at Salford Museum; introduction by Virginia Tandy of Manchester City Art Galleries (who also designed the booklet).26 pp. In English. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 4507 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	DAY, JENNIFER SOPHIE (ED.) The journal of the Kew Guid vol. 14 no. 109 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 2004.Paper covers.V.g./No Jacket.The Kew Guild is a society restricted to present and former members of staff and students at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Wakehurst Place known as ""Old Kewites"".This somewhat resembles an Old Scholars' magazine.Illustrated on the front and rear covers with a stylised flower of Laelia anceps, the yearbook also contains an address list of members.Pp.256-359. In English. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.33 \| JP¥ 1186] Book number: 3196 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	DILLON, MAUREEN Artificial sunshine: a social history of domestic lighting The National Trust, 2002, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 7078 0288 1.V.g./V.g. Jacket sl.curled along top edge.Replete with attractive colour photographs, this overview of domestic lighting contains some fascinating insights into an underappreciated subject.With extensive notes, bibliography, and a gazetteer of properties in the care of the National Trust in which particular categories of lighting apparatus may be seen, this is the essential vade mecum for anyone seeking enlightenment.224 pp. In English. GBP 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.75 US$ 23.32 \| JP¥ 2075] Book number: 2051 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	DUNCAN, DAVID EWING The calendar Fourth Estate, 1998, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.1 85702 721 3.As new/Fair.Corner of jacket rubbed.All you ever wanted to know about the history of chronology.xviii, (3), 360 pp. In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 2520 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	FORD, BRIAN J. (ED.) Institute of Biology: the first fifty years Institute of Biology, 2000, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 900490 37 3.As new /As new.Scarcely used.iv, 135 pp. In English. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 4229 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	GILBERT, PAMELA John Abbot: birds, butterflies and other wonders Merrell Holberton, London, 1998, Art of Nature.Hard covers, dust jacket.1 85894 064 8.V.g./Good.Dust jacket with small tear at back, slightly curled at top edge at back, otherwise fine.The author presents a selection of Abbot's natural history paintings, which are preserved in London's Natural History Museum, and presents a revealing biography.Although Abbot's career overlapped with that of Audubon he is much less well known.He supplied collectors with both specimens and drawings, and having left England at the age of 20 spent the rest of his life in Virginia and Georgia.The 'other wonders' of the subtitle are mainly flowers and beetles.Sadly, the publishers' partnership has dissolved and many of the biographical titles promised on the rear dust-flap were never published.In the case of the Port Jackson Painter, this is perhaps fortunate as we know a lot about the work prepared at Sydney Cove and very little, with certainty, about him (or her?).In English. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.5 US$ 33.32 \| JP¥ 2964] Book number: 373 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	KEW GUILD The journal of the Kew Guild: an association of the Kew staff past and present Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, 1956-1004, Vols.7-14, numbers 61 to 109.Loose parts.V.g./.A long run of the yearbook of the Kew Guild, ""an association of the Kew staff past and present"".Like an old scholars' magazine it contains 'hatched, matched and dispatched' sections as well as substantive reports of events.Despite the fact that Alan Titchmarsh's VMH is reported in part 109, along with a photograph, his entry in the list of members at the end of the volume notes ""address unknown"" (such is the price of celebrity).40 issues. In English. GBP 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 45 US$ 66.64 \| JP¥ 5928] Book number: 6068 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	HALDANE, J.B.S. Science and everyday life Pelican Books, 1941, 1st edition in paperback, originally published in 1939.Paper covers.V.g./ No Jacket .Cover sl.soiled, pages tanned, but a very neat copy.Discreet owner's signature.""The smallest communists"" is about insects, not Haldane's confreres.192 pp. with the enjoinder ""when you have read this book, please leave it at your nearest Post Office, so that the men and women in the Services may enjoy it too"".In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 2159 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	HALL, A. RUPERT (CHAIRMAN), JULIAN RAVETZ ET AL. Synopses of symposia papers, XV international congress of the history of science 1977.Symposium abstracts.V.g./No Jacket.Faint footprint on front cover.Contains several articles including one by Joseph Needham titled 'Science and human values'.62 pp. In English. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 4492 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	HOFFMANN, N.E. & VAN HORNE, J.C. (EDS.) America's curious botanist: a tercentennial reappraisal of John Bartram 1699-1777 American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 2004, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 87169 249 X.As new/As new.Nearly new.A collection of papers on North America's first major indigenous plant & seed collector, whose exports greatly enriched the gardens of Europe.The observations made on his extensive travels form a valuable record of America's wildlife before the impact of European settlement became apparent.xxvii + 227 pp. many maps and text figures, 19 colour plates.Please note: apparent staining on d.w.is from the original C18 document. In English. GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.75 US$ 49.98 \| JP¥ 4446] Book number: 1088 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	HOWARTH, T.E.B. Cambridge between two wars Collins, 1978, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 00 211181 0.V.g./V.g. A social history of Cambridge academia.""Mr Howarth has written a model study on a fascinating yet strangely neglected subject"" - blurb.258 pp. 8 pp.of monochrome photographs.In English. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 17 US$ 24.99 \| JP¥ 2223] Book number: 2663 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	LEAPMAN, MICHAEL The ingenious Mr Fairchild: the forgotten father of the flower garden Headline, 2000, 1st edition, 2nd impression.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 7472 7359 6.Fine /Fine.Ostensibly a biography of Thomas Fairchild, the book actually derives much of its historical content from the published and unpublished work of his contemporary Richard Bradley.As with all biographies of people of humble backgrounds with little documentary evidence, this relies on some imaginative reconstructions, but does so with more finesse than most.Map of 'Shoreditch and Hoxton, 1700' on front and rear end-papers; photograph of pressed plant specimen on front of dust-jacket.viii + 280 pp, 8 pp of (mainly) colour plates, maps & text figures.In English. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.99 \| JP¥ 1778] Book number: 4165 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	MEDVEDEV, ZHORES A.; TRANSLATED BY I. MICHAEL LERNER The rise and fall of T.D. Lysenko Columbia University Press, 1969, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./V.g. Slight edge wear to jacket.xviii, 284 pp. In English. GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.75 US$ 49.98 \| JP¥ 4446] Book number: 5000 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	MOORHEAD, ALAN Darwin and the Beagle Penguin Books, 1971.Paper covers.0 14 003327 0.Good /No Jacket.Good, corners rubbed.A popular account of Charles Darwin's principal natural history explorations.280 pp. well illustrated. In English. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.33 \| JP¥ 1186] Book number: 116 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	NADKARNI, G.S. (ED.) The institute of science, Bombay: diamond jubilee commemoration volume Government Central Press, Bombay, 1981, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./V.g. Label and compliments note from K.M.Joshi on half-title page.Otherwise little used.154 pp.plus c.22 pages of prelims including some unpaginated testimonials & photos at front.In English. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 6020 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	OLIVER, W.R.B. Botanical discovery in New Zealand: the visiting botanists Schools Publications Branch, N.Z.Education Department, 1951, Post-primary School Bulletin vol.4 no.2.Paper covers.Good /No Jacket.Cover separated at spine; staple bound.Focussing on the history of discoveries by visiting botanists, this short memoir gives a useful overview of the punctuated process of uncovering the rich endemic flora of New Zealand.Features sections on Banks and Solander, the Forsters, Dumont d'Urville and Joseph Hooker.Well illustrated with portraits of botanists and contemporary plant illustrations.17-48 pp.In English. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 2080 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	PANTALONY, DAVID; KREME, RICHARD L.; MANASEK, FRANCIS J. Study, measure, experiment: Dartmouth's Allen King Collection of scientific instruments Terra Nova Press, 2005, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 9649000 9 2.New/New.Experiments using a range of 121 scientific instruments, the earliest dating from 230 years ago, are described in this lavishly illustrated book.271 pp. In English. GBP 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 45 US$ 66.64 \| JP¥ 5928] Book number: 2619 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	PUTNAM, J.L. Isotopes Pelican, 1961, Reprint of 1960 edition.Paper covers, coated with plastic film.V.g./No Jacket.V.g.The author developed the first artificial isotopes in the research reactor GLEEP, and later worked at Harwell.232, [8] pp. 50 text figures. In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 1336 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	RAISTRICK, ARTHUR Quakers in science and industry: being an account of the Quaker contributions to science and industry during the 17th and 18th centuries David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1968, 2nd edition (first publ.1950 by Bannisdale Press).Hard covers, dust jacket.0 7153 4252 5.V.g./v.g. V.g.in d.w.which is considerably abraded in places, now in protective transparent sleeve; sm.damp mark at base of spine, not affecting text.The author was a pioneering geologist, whose anti-war stance placed his career in considerable jeopardy.His achievements in developing accurate methods of correlating coal seams through spore analysis were of huge economic benefit to the mining industry, and foreshadowed modern methods of stratigraphic diagnosis now used routinely in the oil industry.He also devoted much time and energy to adult education.This book also demonstrates his ability as an historian.Almost half the book is devoted to 'Quakers in trade and industry', most of the remainder to 'Science and medicine' with a small final section on their impact in Banking.Letter (from Dunning) with thanks for loan loosely inserted at rear. In English. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.5 US$ 33.32 \| JP¥ 2964] Book number: 1012 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	ROWLANDS, PETER 120 years of excellence: the University of Liverpool Physics Department 1881 to 2001 U-P L Publications /PD Publications, 2001, 1st edition.Paper covers.1 873694 04 0.As new /No Jacket.Scarcely used.40 pp. In English. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.5 US$ 33.32 \| JP¥ 2964] Book number: 6157 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.

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	ALLIBONE, T.E. The Royal Society and its dining clubs Pergamon Press, 1976, 1st edition.Hard covers, no dust jacket.0 08 020493 7.V.g./No Jacket.xv, 457 pp. In English. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.5 US$ 33.32 \| JP¥ 2964] Book number: 5376 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BEEBE, WILLIAM S. (ED.) The book of naturalists: an anthology of the best natural history Robert Hale, London (printed in the USA), 1944.Hard covers, dust jacket.ASIN: B0007JD70E.V.g./Good.v.g./good (wrapper torn at hinges of spine), edges sl.soiled.A collection of classic natural history writing from Gesner, Linnaeus, Gilbert White, William Bartram, Alexander von Humboldt and Henry David Thoreau to Darwin, Wallace and a host of 20th century writers.Great holiday reading.Unillustrated; xiv, 499 pp. In English. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.33 \| JP¥ 1186] Book number: 1073 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BONEY, A.D. The lost gardens of Glasgow University Christopher Helm, 1988, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 7470 0220 7.V.g./V.g. V.g./v.g. jacket cllipped, former owner's inscription on ffep.This history of the botanical gardens of Glasgow University occupies a lengthy time frame and quotes in detail information rarely found about the day-to-day management of scientifically-oriented gardens.The Physic Garden, instituted in 1704, was the first of several attempts to provide material for teaching and research, which then (as now) had to be balanced against amenity considerations.An exemplary addition to the literature of Garden History.vi, 298 pp. numerous text figures and plans.In English. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.33 \| JP¥ 1186] Book number: 1449 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BONEY, A.D. The lost gardens of Glasgow University Christopher Helm, 1988, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 7470 0220 7.V.g./V.g. V.g./v.g. jacket cllipped, former owner's inscription on ffep.This history of the botanical gardens of Glasgow University occupies a lengthy time frame and quotes in detail information rarely found about the day-to-day management of scientifically-oriented gardens.The Physic Garden, instituted in 1704, was the first of several attempts to provide material for teaching and research, which then (as now) had to be balanced against amenity considerations.An exemplary addition to the literature of Garden History.vi, 298 pp. numerous text figures and plans.In English. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 6065 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BROWN, G.I. Essentials of certificate chemistry Longmans, 1960, Reprint of 1954 edition.Hard covers, no wrapper.V.g./ No Jacket .V.g. owner's signature.vii, 440 pp.In English. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 1893 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	CROSS, SALLY What's in store? Collections review in the North West Renaissance North West / MLAC, 2007, 1st edition.Paper covers.New /No Jacket.Includes a case study of the Egyptian collections at Salford Museum; introduction by Virginia Tandy of Manchester City Art Galleries (who also designed the booklet).26 pp. In English. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 4507 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	DAY, JENNIFER SOPHIE (ED.) The journal of the Kew Guid vol. 14 no. 109 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 2004.Paper covers.V.g./No Jacket.The Kew Guild is a society restricted to present and former members of staff and students at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Wakehurst Place known as ""Old Kewites"".This somewhat resembles an Old Scholars' magazine.Illustrated on the front and rear covers with a stylised flower of Laelia anceps, the yearbook also contains an address list of members.Pp.256-359. In English. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.33 \| JP¥ 1186] Book number: 3196 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	DILLON, MAUREEN Artificial sunshine: a social history of domestic lighting The National Trust, 2002, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 7078 0288 1.V.g./V.g. Jacket sl.curled along top edge.Replete with attractive colour photographs, this overview of domestic lighting contains some fascinating insights into an underappreciated subject.With extensive notes, bibliography, and a gazetteer of properties in the care of the National Trust in which particular categories of lighting apparatus may be seen, this is the essential vade mecum for anyone seeking enlightenment.224 pp. In English. GBP 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.75 US$ 23.32 \| JP¥ 2075] Book number: 2051 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	DUNCAN, DAVID EWING The calendar Fourth Estate, 1998, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.1 85702 721 3.As new/Fair.Corner of jacket rubbed.All you ever wanted to know about the history of chronology.xviii, (3), 360 pp. In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 2520 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	FORD, BRIAN J. (ED.) Institute of Biology: the first fifty years Institute of Biology, 2000, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 900490 37 3.As new /As new.Scarcely used.iv, 135 pp. In English. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 4229 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	GILBERT, PAMELA John Abbot: birds, butterflies and other wonders Merrell Holberton, London, 1998, Art of Nature.Hard covers, dust jacket.1 85894 064 8.V.g./Good.Dust jacket with small tear at back, slightly curled at top edge at back, otherwise fine.The author presents a selection of Abbot's natural history paintings, which are preserved in London's Natural History Museum, and presents a revealing biography.Although Abbot's career overlapped with that of Audubon he is much less well known.He supplied collectors with both specimens and drawings, and having left England at the age of 20 spent the rest of his life in Virginia and Georgia.The 'other wonders' of the subtitle are mainly flowers and beetles.Sadly, the publishers' partnership has dissolved and many of the biographical titles promised on the rear dust-flap were never published.In the case of the Port Jackson Painter, this is perhaps fortunate as we know a lot about the work prepared at Sydney Cove and very little, with certainty, about him (or her?).In English. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.5 US$ 33.32 \| JP¥ 2964] Book number: 373 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	KEW GUILD The journal of the Kew Guild: an association of the Kew staff past and present Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, 1956-1004, Vols.7-14, numbers 61 to 109.Loose parts.V.g./.A long run of the yearbook of the Kew Guild, ""an association of the Kew staff past and present"".Like an old scholars' magazine it contains 'hatched, matched and dispatched' sections as well as substantive reports of events.Despite the fact that Alan Titchmarsh's VMH is reported in part 109, along with a photograph, his entry in the list of members at the end of the volume notes ""address unknown"" (such is the price of celebrity).40 issues. In English. GBP 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 45 US$ 66.64 \| JP¥ 5928] Book number: 6068 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	HALDANE, J.B.S. Science and everyday life Pelican Books, 1941, 1st edition in paperback, originally published in 1939.Paper covers.V.g./ No Jacket .Cover sl.soiled, pages tanned, but a very neat copy.Discreet owner's signature.""The smallest communists"" is about insects, not Haldane's confreres.192 pp. with the enjoinder ""when you have read this book, please leave it at your nearest Post Office, so that the men and women in the Services may enjoy it too"".In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 2159 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	HALL, A. RUPERT (CHAIRMAN), JULIAN RAVETZ ET AL. Synopses of symposia papers, XV international congress of the history of science 1977.Symposium abstracts.V.g./No Jacket.Faint footprint on front cover.Contains several articles including one by Joseph Needham titled 'Science and human values'.62 pp. In English. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 4492 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	HOFFMANN, N.E. & VAN HORNE, J.C. (EDS.) America's curious botanist: a tercentennial reappraisal of John Bartram 1699-1777 American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 2004, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 87169 249 X.As new/As new.Nearly new.A collection of papers on North America's first major indigenous plant & seed collector, whose exports greatly enriched the gardens of Europe.The observations made on his extensive travels form a valuable record of America's wildlife before the impact of European settlement became apparent.xxvii + 227 pp. many maps and text figures, 19 colour plates.Please note: apparent staining on d.w.is from the original C18 document. In English. GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.75 US$ 49.98 \| JP¥ 4446] Book number: 1088 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	HOWARTH, T.E.B. Cambridge between two wars Collins, 1978, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 00 211181 0.V.g./V.g. A social history of Cambridge academia.""Mr Howarth has written a model study on a fascinating yet strangely neglected subject"" - blurb.258 pp. 8 pp.of monochrome photographs.In English. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 17 US$ 24.99 \| JP¥ 2223] Book number: 2663 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	LEAPMAN, MICHAEL The ingenious Mr Fairchild: the forgotten father of the flower garden Headline, 2000, 1st edition, 2nd impression.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 7472 7359 6.Fine /Fine.Ostensibly a biography of Thomas Fairchild, the book actually derives much of its historical content from the published and unpublished work of his contemporary Richard Bradley.As with all biographies of people of humble backgrounds with little documentary evidence, this relies on some imaginative reconstructions, but does so with more finesse than most.Map of 'Shoreditch and Hoxton, 1700' on front and rear end-papers; photograph of pressed plant specimen on front of dust-jacket.viii + 280 pp, 8 pp of (mainly) colour plates, maps & text figures.In English. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.99 \| JP¥ 1778] Book number: 4165 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	MEDVEDEV, ZHORES A.; TRANSLATED BY I. MICHAEL LERNER The rise and fall of T.D. Lysenko Columbia University Press, 1969, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./V.g. Slight edge wear to jacket.xviii, 284 pp. In English. GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.75 US$ 49.98 \| JP¥ 4446] Book number: 5000 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	MOORHEAD, ALAN Darwin and the Beagle Penguin Books, 1971.Paper covers.0 14 003327 0.Good /No Jacket.Good, corners rubbed.A popular account of Charles Darwin's principal natural history explorations.280 pp. well illustrated. In English. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.33 \| JP¥ 1186] Book number: 116 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	NADKARNI, G.S. (ED.) The institute of science, Bombay: diamond jubilee commemoration volume Government Central Press, Bombay, 1981, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./V.g. Label and compliments note from K.M.Joshi on half-title page.Otherwise little used.154 pp.plus c.22 pages of prelims including some unpaginated testimonials & photos at front.In English. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 6020 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	OLIVER, W.R.B. Botanical discovery in New Zealand: the visiting botanists Schools Publications Branch, N.Z.Education Department, 1951, Post-primary School Bulletin vol.4 no.2.Paper covers.Good /No Jacket.Cover separated at spine; staple bound.Focussing on the history of discoveries by visiting botanists, this short memoir gives a useful overview of the punctuated process of uncovering the rich endemic flora of New Zealand.Features sections on Banks and Solander, the Forsters, Dumont d'Urville and Joseph Hooker.Well illustrated with portraits of botanists and contemporary plant illustrations.17-48 pp.In English. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 2080 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	PANTALONY, DAVID; KREME, RICHARD L.; MANASEK, FRANCIS J. Study, measure, experiment: Dartmouth's Allen King Collection of scientific instruments Terra Nova Press, 2005, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 9649000 9 2.New/New.Experiments using a range of 121 scientific instruments, the earliest dating from 230 years ago, are described in this lavishly illustrated book.271 pp. In English. GBP 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 45 US$ 66.64 \| JP¥ 5928] Book number: 2619 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	PUTNAM, J.L. Isotopes Pelican, 1961, Reprint of 1960 edition.Paper covers, coated with plastic film.V.g./No Jacket.V.g.The author developed the first artificial isotopes in the research reactor GLEEP, and later worked at Harwell.232, [8] pp. 50 text figures. In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 1336 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	RAISTRICK, ARTHUR Quakers in science and industry: being an account of the Quaker contributions to science and industry during the 17th and 18th centuries David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1968, 2nd edition (first publ.1950 by Bannisdale Press).Hard covers, dust jacket.0 7153 4252 5.V.g./v.g. V.g.in d.w.which is considerably abraded in places, now in protective transparent sleeve; sm.damp mark at base of spine, not affecting text.The author was a pioneering geologist, whose anti-war stance placed his career in considerable jeopardy.His achievements in developing accurate methods of correlating coal seams through spore analysis were of huge economic benefit to the mining industry, and foreshadowed modern methods of stratigraphic diagnosis now used routinely in the oil industry.He also devoted much time and energy to adult education.This book also demonstrates his ability as an historian.Almost half the book is devoted to 'Quakers in trade and industry', most of the remainder to 'Science and medicine' with a small final section on their impact in Banking.Letter (from Dunning) with thanks for loan loosely inserted at rear. In English. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.5 US$ 33.32 \| JP¥ 2964] Book number: 1012 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	ROWLANDS, PETER 120 years of excellence: the University of Liverpool Physics Department 1881 to 2001 U-P L Publications /PD Publications, 2001, 1st edition.Paper covers.1 873694 04 0.As new /No Jacket.Scarcely used.40 pp. In English. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.5 US$ 33.32 \| JP¥ 2964] Book number: 6157 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.