Pp. [xii]+440+142+[16](index, last blank), title page vignette, 2 folding optical diagrams at end, decorative head and tailpieces, one large and several small decorative initials, text printed double column, index; small cr. 4to; rebound in modern kangaroo, the spine with five raised bands and gilt lettered red leather title label, the..... More
The first twenty-five years. Pp. xiv+286, text figures, pictorial endpapers, appendices, index; med. 8vo; light blue cloth, lettered and decorated in silver, top fore-corner of boards faintly bruised; Australian Academy of Science, Canberra, 1980. First edition. More
A biography. Pp. 260, 8 plates, diagrams, appendices, bibliography, reference notes, index; dust wrapper, a trifle scuffed, backstrip faded; edges of leaves faintly soiled; Lawrence & Wishart, London, 1976. First edition. *Biography of the French physicist and High Commissioner for Atomic Energy under de Gaulle, who later became a leader..... More
Supplement, 1928-1933. Pp. xx+454(last blank); roy. 8vo; printed paper wrappers, lightly worn at head and foot of backstrip; edges of leaves lightly marked, bookseller's label at foot of title page; Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Melbourne, 1934. More
etc., etc., taken at the Melbourne Observatory, during January 1876; together with abstracts from meteorological observations obtained at various localities in Victoria. Under the superintendence of E. J. White, Acting Government Astronomer [and from April 1876 onwards, under the superintendence of R. L. J. Ellery, Government Astronomer]. A bound run..... More
. A bibliography. Pp. xxiv+362, indices, addenda and corrigenda; demy 4to; Dawson, Folkestone, 1977. First edition. Project for Historical Bibliography, University of Newcastle upon Tyne. More
Fighter for Australian Science. Pp. xii+226(last blank), frontispiece portrait plus 12 plates, index; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed and soiled, the front flap slightly creased; the author, Melbourne, 1972. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. David Rivett was the Chief Executive Officer of..... More
including the Ronalds Library. With a Biographical memoir. Edited by Alfred J. Frost. [Facsimile edition]. Pp. xxviii+564; Martino Fine Books, Mansfield Centre, CT, n.d.[1998]. *Originally published by Spon, in 1880. More
A life in the young Republic. Pp. [ii]+xvi+378(last blank), frontispiece portrait, text illustrations, notes index; med. 8vo; faint scratch mark to upper board; dust wrapper, edges slightly faded; Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1989. *Poet, essayist, chemist, geologist, educator, entrepreneur, publisher - Benjamin Silliman (1779-1864) was one of the virtuosi of..... More
[cover title]. Pp. 16, text figures, tables; pictorial stiff paper wrappers printed on both sides, stapled, the lower wrapper faintly soiled; staples rusted; Sandringham City Council, Sandringham, Victoria, 1982. First edition. More
(Australia and New Zealand.) INDEX TO VOLUMES 1. TO XVI., 1888 to 1923. Part I - Index to Authors. Part II - Index to Subjects. Pp. 96(last blank); purple cloth, spine lettered in gilt, boards a trifle rubbed, top fore-corners slightly bruised; name & date (1925) in ink on upper..... More
Science in the narrative process. Notes, bibliography, index; dust wrapper;Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1993. *This study examines the relationship between British fiction and the tradition of mechanistic science derived from Isaac Newton, and provides a bridge between the mechanical philosophy of the eighteenth century and present-day habits of thought [wrapper..... More
Australia and New Zealand. Adelaide Meeting, August, 1924. Pp. xliv+770, 3 plates, text figures and maps (one folding), tables, list of members, index; navy textured cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the boards slightly warped, fore-corners a trifle bruised, lower board faded (heaviest near spine); free endpapers browned, a little light..... More
A Book of Science and Wonder. Written and photographed by Walter Wick. Pp. 40, illustrated in colour throughout, the title page printed in blue & black; wide demy 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; dust wrapper; Scholastic, New York, 1997. First edition. More