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	BRENT, PETER Charles Darwin : A Man of Enlarged Curiosity London, William Heinemann, 1981, First Edition. (ISBN: 0434085952) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. The first full biography for many decades the author uses letters and notebooks only recently made available to update the life of the great man. Previous owner's name to half-title page. Large volume hardback in an unclipped d/w showing some shelfwear with thin scratches. Internally clean copy - 536 pages including index. Very Good/Good. GBP 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 14 US$ 20.76 \| JP¥ 1834] Book number: 041065 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	CLARK, RONALD W. Freud the Man and His Cause London, Jonathon Cape and Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1980, First Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. 652pp including index. A very good clean copy in unclipped jacket which contains a draft letter handwritten to the author which reads thus "Dear Mr Clark, I have read with great interest your book on Freud. It is superb and improves on Jones. As Freud was a relation of mine, my grandfather having been Elias Phillipp, I looked for and found a few mistakes. These are as follows (there in follows a short list of the mistakes and the pages they are on). Your comments would be much appreciated. Yours sincerely" As this is just the draft the letter is not signed but the book came from the library of Dr. Anthony Phillipp. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.75 US$ 41.53 \| JP¥ 3669] Book number: 012904 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	CUTLER, ALAN The Seashell on the Mountaintop : A Story of Science Sainthood and the Humble Genius Who Discovered a New History of the Earth London, William Heinemann, 2003, First Edition. (ISBN: 0434008575) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. Tells the story of the 17th century Danish scientist Nicolaus Steno, the first man to claim that the earth's past was chronicled in its layers of rock, displacing the idea of the Bible as sole authority on the subject, and yet who ended his life as a Catholic bishop. A clean, crisp copy in unclipped jacket. Appears unread. 228 pages including index. GBP 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 US$ 14.95 \| JP¥ 1321] Book number: 035892 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	GODWIN Robert Fludd - Hermetic Philosopher and Surveyor of Two Worlds London, Thames & Hudson, 1979. (ISBN: 0500810176) Soft Cover , 4to. Looks at the life and work of Robert Flud, one of the last true Renaissance men, who took all learning as their preserve and tried to encompass the whole of human knowledge. Collects together all of Fludd's important plates, annotated and explained, together with an Intoduction to his life and thought. A small amount of pink highlighting to the text, but generally a good clean copy. 96 pages including index. Reading Copy. GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 20 US$ 29.9 \| JP¥ 2641] Book number: 039918 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	GOODALL, JANE Reason for Hope : A Spiritual Journey London, Thorsons, 1999, First Edition. (ISBN: 0722539282) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. Autobiography of the scientist who made ground-breaking progress in her study of chimpanzees in the wild forests of Tanzania, East Africa. A clean, bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper which has some surface scratches to rear glossy black cover. 282 pages. Illustrated with b.w. photographs. Near Fine/Very Good. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 \| JP¥ 1174] Book number: 037308 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	MURLEY, REGINALD Surgical Roots and Branches London, The Memoir Club, 1990, First Edition. (ISBN: 0727902849) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. Autobiography of the former president of the Royal College of Surgions, giving a lively account of the development of his character from boyhood and student days to the six and a half years he spent as a medical officer in the maxillofacial units in the Second World War. A very good clean copy SIGNED by the author on the title page with the inscription "Inscribed for Ken Davis - Reginald Murley - 11th September 1990" A very small mark on the front cover, see photo. 341 pages including index. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Author. GBP 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 19.5 US$ 29.07 \| JP¥ 2568] Book number: 042021 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	NASAR, SYLVIA A Beautiful Mind London, United Kingdom, Faber and Faber, 2002. (ISBN: 0571212921) Paperback . 461pp. New, unread copy which shows slight signs of shelf wear. The biography of John Forbes Nash Jr. winner of the Noblel Prize in Economics 1994. Near Fine. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: 011685 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.

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	BRENT, PETER Charles Darwin : A Man of Enlarged Curiosity London, William Heinemann, 1981, First Edition. (ISBN: 0434085952) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. The first full biography for many decades the author uses letters and notebooks only recently made available to update the life of the great man. Previous owner's name to half-title page. Large volume hardback in an unclipped d/w showing some shelfwear with thin scratches. Internally clean copy - 536 pages including index. Very Good/Good. GBP 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 14 US$ 20.76 \| JP¥ 1834] Book number: 041065 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	CLARK, RONALD W. Freud the Man and His Cause London, Jonathon Cape and Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1980, First Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. 652pp including index. A very good clean copy in unclipped jacket which contains a draft letter handwritten to the author which reads thus "Dear Mr Clark, I have read with great interest your book on Freud. It is superb and improves on Jones. As Freud was a relation of mine, my grandfather having been Elias Phillipp, I looked for and found a few mistakes. These are as follows (there in follows a short list of the mistakes and the pages they are on). Your comments would be much appreciated. Yours sincerely" As this is just the draft the letter is not signed but the book came from the library of Dr. Anthony Phillipp. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.75 US$ 41.53 \| JP¥ 3669] Book number: 012904 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	CUTLER, ALAN The Seashell on the Mountaintop : A Story of Science Sainthood and the Humble Genius Who Discovered a New History of the Earth London, William Heinemann, 2003, First Edition. (ISBN: 0434008575) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. Tells the story of the 17th century Danish scientist Nicolaus Steno, the first man to claim that the earth's past was chronicled in its layers of rock, displacing the idea of the Bible as sole authority on the subject, and yet who ended his life as a Catholic bishop. A clean, crisp copy in unclipped jacket. Appears unread. 228 pages including index. GBP 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 US$ 14.95 \| JP¥ 1321] Book number: 035892 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	GODWIN Robert Fludd - Hermetic Philosopher and Surveyor of Two Worlds London, Thames & Hudson, 1979. (ISBN: 0500810176) Soft Cover , 4to. Looks at the life and work of Robert Flud, one of the last true Renaissance men, who took all learning as their preserve and tried to encompass the whole of human knowledge. Collects together all of Fludd's important plates, annotated and explained, together with an Intoduction to his life and thought. A small amount of pink highlighting to the text, but generally a good clean copy. 96 pages including index. Reading Copy. GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 20 US$ 29.9 \| JP¥ 2641] Book number: 039918 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	GOODALL, JANE Reason for Hope : A Spiritual Journey London, Thorsons, 1999, First Edition. (ISBN: 0722539282) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. Autobiography of the scientist who made ground-breaking progress in her study of chimpanzees in the wild forests of Tanzania, East Africa. A clean, bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper which has some surface scratches to rear glossy black cover. 282 pages. Illustrated with b.w. photographs. Near Fine/Very Good. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 \| JP¥ 1174] Book number: 037308 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	MURLEY, REGINALD Surgical Roots and Branches London, The Memoir Club, 1990, First Edition. (ISBN: 0727902849) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. Autobiography of the former president of the Royal College of Surgions, giving a lively account of the development of his character from boyhood and student days to the six and a half years he spent as a medical officer in the maxillofacial units in the Second World War. A very good clean copy SIGNED by the author on the title page with the inscription "Inscribed for Ken Davis - Reginald Murley - 11th September 1990" A very small mark on the front cover, see photo. 341 pages including index. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Author. GBP 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 19.5 US$ 29.07 \| JP¥ 2568] Book number: 042021 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	NASAR, SYLVIA A Beautiful Mind London, United Kingdom, Faber and Faber, 2002. (ISBN: 0571212921) Paperback . 461pp. New, unread copy which shows slight signs of shelf wear. The biography of John Forbes Nash Jr. winner of the Noblel Prize in Economics 1994. Near Fine. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: 011685 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.