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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 US$ 33.08 \| JP¥ 2846] 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.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$ 13.23 \| JP¥ 1138] 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 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 US$ 16.54 \| JP¥ 1423] Book number: 6065 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BREWSTER, SIR DAVID The kaleidoscope: its history, theory and construction Van Cort, 1987, Facsimile reprint of 1858 edition.V.g./No Jacket.Edges marked, otherwise as new. In English. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.25 US$ 19.85 \| JP¥ 1707] Book number: 963 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	CARTER, FRANK Codebreaking with the Colossus computer Bletchley Park Trust, 1998, Bletchley Park Trust Reports no.1, 2nd edition; originally published in 1996.Paper covers.A new/No Jacket.An introduction to the techniques used at Bletchley to crack wartime codes; takes one into the detailed mathematics as well as the principles underpinning the operation of the Lorentz Cipher machine.The article was prepared as part of the Colossus Rebuild Project.24 pp.In English. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.23 \| JP¥ 1138] Book number: 2629 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$ 13.23 \| JP¥ 1138] 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. The design and decoration of domestic lighting.In English. GBP 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.5 US$ 23.16 \| JP¥ 1992] 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 5.5 US$ 8.27 \| JP¥ 711] 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$ 9.92 \| JP¥ 854] 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 US$ 33.08 \| JP¥ 2846] Book number: 373 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 US$ 49.62 \| JP¥ 4269] 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 16.5 US$ 24.81 \| JP¥ 2134] Book number: 2663 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	HUXLEY, JULIAN Soviet genetics and world science Chatto & Windus, 1949, 1st edition.Hard covers, no dust jacket.V.g./No Jacket.Slight edge wear.x, 245 pp. In English. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.25 US$ 19.85 \| JP¥ 1707] Book number: 5455 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	KARGON, ROBERT H. Science in Victorian Manchester: enterprise and expertise Manchester University Press / Johns Hopkins U.P. 1977, 1st UK edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 7190 0701 1.V.g./V.g. Slight edge wear to rear edge of jacket.Faint spotting to fore-edge.xi, 283 pp. In English. GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 19.75 US$ 29.77 \| JP¥ 2561] Book number: 5463 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	KEMP, MARTIN Seen \| Unseen: art, science and intuition from Leonardo to the Hubble Telescope Oxford University Press, 2006, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 19 929572 7.As new /V.g. Small impressed mark on front dustjacket, otherwise as new.A thoughtful survey of the history of art, looking at its interface with scientific illustration and observation.xvi, 352 pp. In English. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.25 US$ 19.85 \| JP¥ 1707] Book number: 6311 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 13.25 US$ 19.85 \| JP¥ 1707] Book number: 4165 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	LUBBOCK, SIR JOHN Fifty years of science: being the address delivered at York to the British Association August 1881 Macmillan, 1895, 6th edition.Full leather.V.g./No Jacket.Full leather with gilt decoration, all edges marbled, spine with 5 raised bands, gilt title and decoration.Handwritten prize inscription on page preceding half-title.112 pp. In English. GBP 90.00 [Appr.: EURO 98.75 US$ 148.86 \| JP¥ 12806] Book number: 3516 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 US$ 49.62 \| JP¥ 4269] 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$ 13.23 \| JP¥ 1138] 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 US$ 16.54 \| JP¥ 1423] 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 US$ 16.54 \| JP¥ 1423] Book number: 2080 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 US$ 33.08 \| JP¥ 2846] Book number: 1012 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	ROLT, L.T.C. Victorian engineering Pelican, 1974, First paperback edition, originally published by Allen Lane in 1970.Paper covers.0 14 021124 1.V.g./No Jacket.Slight edge wear; little used.300, (4) pp. In English. GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.62 \| JP¥ 569] Book number: 5882 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 US$ 33.08 \| JP¥ 2846] Book number: 6157 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	SABBAGH, KARL Dr. Riemann's zeros: the search for the $1 million solution to the greatest problem in mathematics Atlantic Books, 2002, 1st edition.Paper covers.1 84354 100 9.As new/No Jacket.Search for a solution to the thorniest mathematical problem in prime number theory.An anthropological account of the world of mathematicians, and a racily good read.In English. GBP 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 US$ 14.89 \| JP¥ 1281] Book number: 2681 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 US$ 33.08 \| JP¥ 2846] 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.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$ 13.23 \| JP¥ 1138] 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 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 US$ 16.54 \| JP¥ 1423] Book number: 6065 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BREWSTER, SIR DAVID The kaleidoscope: its history, theory and construction Van Cort, 1987, Facsimile reprint of 1858 edition.V.g./No Jacket.Edges marked, otherwise as new. In English. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.25 US$ 19.85 \| JP¥ 1707] Book number: 963 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	CARTER, FRANK Codebreaking with the Colossus computer Bletchley Park Trust, 1998, Bletchley Park Trust Reports no.1, 2nd edition; originally published in 1996.Paper covers.A new/No Jacket.An introduction to the techniques used at Bletchley to crack wartime codes; takes one into the detailed mathematics as well as the principles underpinning the operation of the Lorentz Cipher machine.The article was prepared as part of the Colossus Rebuild Project.24 pp.In English. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.23 \| JP¥ 1138] Book number: 2629 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$ 13.23 \| JP¥ 1138] 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. The design and decoration of domestic lighting.In English. GBP 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.5 US$ 23.16 \| JP¥ 1992] 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 5.5 US$ 8.27 \| JP¥ 711] 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$ 9.92 \| JP¥ 854] 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 US$ 33.08 \| JP¥ 2846] Book number: 373 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 US$ 49.62 \| JP¥ 4269] 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 16.5 US$ 24.81 \| JP¥ 2134] Book number: 2663 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	HUXLEY, JULIAN Soviet genetics and world science Chatto & Windus, 1949, 1st edition.Hard covers, no dust jacket.V.g./No Jacket.Slight edge wear.x, 245 pp. In English. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.25 US$ 19.85 \| JP¥ 1707] Book number: 5455 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	KARGON, ROBERT H. Science in Victorian Manchester: enterprise and expertise Manchester University Press / Johns Hopkins U.P. 1977, 1st UK edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 7190 0701 1.V.g./V.g. Slight edge wear to rear edge of jacket.Faint spotting to fore-edge.xi, 283 pp. In English. GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 19.75 US$ 29.77 \| JP¥ 2561] Book number: 5463 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	KEMP, MARTIN Seen \| Unseen: art, science and intuition from Leonardo to the Hubble Telescope Oxford University Press, 2006, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 19 929572 7.As new /V.g. Small impressed mark on front dustjacket, otherwise as new.A thoughtful survey of the history of art, looking at its interface with scientific illustration and observation.xvi, 352 pp. In English. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.25 US$ 19.85 \| JP¥ 1707] Book number: 6311 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 13.25 US$ 19.85 \| JP¥ 1707] Book number: 4165 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	LUBBOCK, SIR JOHN Fifty years of science: being the address delivered at York to the British Association August 1881 Macmillan, 1895, 6th edition.Full leather.V.g./No Jacket.Full leather with gilt decoration, all edges marbled, spine with 5 raised bands, gilt title and decoration.Handwritten prize inscription on page preceding half-title.112 pp. In English. GBP 90.00 [Appr.: EURO 98.75 US$ 148.86 \| JP¥ 12806] Book number: 3516 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 US$ 49.62 \| JP¥ 4269] 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$ 13.23 \| JP¥ 1138] 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 US$ 16.54 \| JP¥ 1423] 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 US$ 16.54 \| JP¥ 1423] Book number: 2080 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 US$ 33.08 \| JP¥ 2846] Book number: 1012 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	ROLT, L.T.C. Victorian engineering Pelican, 1974, First paperback edition, originally published by Allen Lane in 1970.Paper covers.0 14 021124 1.V.g./No Jacket.Slight edge wear; little used.300, (4) pp. In English. GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.62 \| JP¥ 569] Book number: 5882 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 US$ 33.08 \| JP¥ 2846] Book number: 6157 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	SABBAGH, KARL Dr. Riemann's zeros: the search for the $1 million solution to the greatest problem in mathematics Atlantic Books, 2002, 1st edition.Paper covers.1 84354 100 9.As new/No Jacket.Search for a solution to the thorniest mathematical problem in prime number theory.An anthropological account of the world of mathematicians, and a racily good read.In English. GBP 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 US$ 14.89 \| JP¥ 1281] Book number: 2681 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.