New York, Seabury, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 160 pages. Black & white photography. Color and black & white illustrations. Dust jacket is protected by a mylar cover.
Hardcover. NY, Aperture, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Color, black & white photos. Intro. by Stephen Jay Gould.132 pages. Light rubbing to top & bottom corners.
Softcover. San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 160 pages, color reproductions of micro-photography of various materials, presented as works of art. Color illustrated wraps, a clean, bright copy.
Hardcover. New York, Abrams, Concise Edition, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 176 pages. Illustrated primarily with black & white photographs - one section in color. Dust jacket shows standard wear. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 260 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in fair condition due to a few bumps and closed tears by the rear flap. Black cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout, and a bind-in with full-color photography halfway through. This is the first book to investigate the social history of skin color from prehistory to the present, showing how our body's most visible trait influences our social interactions in profound and complex ways. Clean copy. Record # 34108
Hardcover. NY, Harry N. Abrams, 1st, 2013, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 160 pages, hardcover. Pictorial boards are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Contains full-color photography throughout. Binding is solid, but significant external abrasions are present on the spine. Contains full-color photography throughout. This book explores 120 remarkable structures built by animals and insects, including nests, shelters, webs, and complex habitats. Clean copy. Record # 34677
Softcover. Los Alamos NM, US Department of Defense, 1st, 1950, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 456 pages. Softcover. Extensive b&w photography and tables of data throughout. Cracking and fading to spine. Foxing to fore edge. Previous owners stamp to front cover and title page. All pages clean and neat.
Hardcover. Cambridge, Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Second Printing, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 448 pages. Hardcover. Green cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. Profusely illustrated in full page, full color & black & white throughout Dust jacket with full color photography, light marginal wear to edges. Clean & unmarked.
Softcover. Santa Ana, CA, Bowers Museum / Houston Museum of Natural Science / National Geographic Museum, 1st, 2008, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated, soft cover. This postcard flip book is in like-new condition, being still in its original plastic shrink-wrap. These postcards present full-color photography of the Terra Cotta Warriors in China. Clean copy. Record # 34580
Hardcover. Baltimore, John Hopkins, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color, black & white photos and charts. 310 pages. Stereo viewer in rear pocket.
Hardcover. Washington/NY, Robert B. Luce, 1st US, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 299 pages. Hardcover. A collection of essays, color and black & white photography on the world's forests. Gilt titles on spine. Gilt decoration on cover. Transl. from German by Ewald Osers. 2 small lib stamps otherwise VG, lacks dust jacket.
Hardcover. London, Harper, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 329 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket and covers are in very good condition, though the spine has been bumped. Interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Full color photography throughout. This provocative and well-reasoned book takes the discussion of sustainability and climate change in a new direction. Prince Charles shows how the solutions to problems like climate change lie not only in technology but in our ability to change the way we view the modern world. Clean copy. Record # 33920
Hardcover. Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 282 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket shows some edge wear along the top and bottom, but is still in good condition. Orange cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. B&W photography, maps, and tables are present throughout. This book is shows how the massive peasant migration to Russian cities-an influx unprecedented in world history-had major consequences for the nature of the Soviet system and the character of Russian society even today. Light pencil markings by previous owner are present throughout, and their name is inscribed on the last page of the bibliography. Record # 33974
Softcover. Netherlands, Assen: Van Gorcum & Comp. N.V., 1st thus, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 308 pages, soft cover. Dust jacket is bumped along the top and bottom edges, but is still in good condition, attached to the spine. Paper covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout, as well as a fold-out map at the end. This book describes the most salient features of Kimam culture and society, with particular focus on food production, marriage rules, exchange practices, and life-cycles. The emphasis is on how living on a swampy island, where much of the land is never completely dry, even during the dry season, affects many aspects of community life. Economically, each household builds up their own gardens in the surrounding swamp using grass and mud, making them objects not just of intensive labor investment by men but also elaborate community rituals of protection and revitalization. Clean copy. Record # 34016
Hardcover. London, England, Academic Press, 1st, 1980, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 193 pages, hardcover. Gray paper covers are in good condition due to a few white blemishes on the edges. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W graphs, tables, and photography throughout. This book is about the health ramifications experienced by those working with nickel, with special attention given to those in manufacturing sectors. Clean copy. Record # 34109
Hardcover. NY, Cambridge University Press, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 332 pages, hardcover. Pictorial boards are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W illustrations throughout, as well as a bind-in halfway through with full-color photography. This book is about the life cycle of stars, from the dense molecular clouds that are stellar nurseries to the enigmatic nebulae some stars leave behind in their violent ends. Free of mathematical equations and technical jargon, Lang's lively and accessible text provides physical insights into how stars such as our Sun are born, what fuels them and keeps them bright, how they evolve, and the processes by which they eventually die. Clean copy. Record # 34112
Hardcover. Niwot, CO, The University Press of Colorado, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 300 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is lightly bumped along the top edge, but is still in very good condition. Green cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book is an intellectual autobiography by the controversial sociology and anthropology professor at the University of Washington. It describes his 1933 birth in the Belgian Congo, youth in Nazi-occupied Belgium, education in the US, and years of field work in Africa and Latin America. Includes family photographs and a generous sprinkling of insights on race relations, social stratification, and age and sex differentiation. Clean copy. Record # 34132
Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 384 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W and full-color photography throughout, with a few B&W maps. This book is a first-person reportage from one of the planet's biological hot spots. This husband-and-wife scientific team spent almost a decade studying endangered mountain gorillas in the Virunga Forest of Rwanda, and designing an internationally funded long-term project for their survival. Clean copy. Record # 34239
Softcover. NY, Oxford University Press, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 271 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book proposes that racial grief is a foundation for racial identity, suggesting that racial identification is itself already a melancholy act. It explores examples from culture and life to show how racial melancholia permeates our fantasies of citizenship, assimilation, and social health. Previous owner's light highlighting in pencil is present throughout, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34293
Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 206 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has been price clipped, and has a closed tear at the top of the spine. Orange cloth cover boards are slightly warped, but are otherwise clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This study is an attempt to assemble and analyze all that is presently available of a major work by an eighth-century Jewish astrologer known in medieval Europe as Messahala and in the Near East as Masha'allah. This study is a significant contribution to an understanding of the origin and transmission of astrological doctrine. Previous owner's signature is present in blue pen on the front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34305
Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 1940, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 597 pages, hardcover. Red cloth covers have some minor edge wear with a faded spine, but are generally in very good condition. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is somewhat loose. Contains B&W photography and illustrations throughout. This book explores how the mail order catalogs of Sears Roebuck revealed major trends in transportation, fashion, agriculture, and entertainment in the first half of the twentieth century. Clean copy. Record # 34328
Hardcover. Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, European Space Research Organisation, 1st, 1974, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 773 pages, hardcover. Blue cover boards are in good condition due to a few shallow scratches on the rear, and minor bumping to the corners, top, and bottom of the spine. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography, stellar maps, and illustrations throughout. Also contains a bound-in laminated bookmark which provides useful reference information. This book presents a reference catalogue of the more brilliant extended celestial objects in the night sky. This is a large-format book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34359
 "Living Color: The Biological and Social Meaning of Skin Color by: Jablonski, Nina G.")
 "Animal Architecture by: Tautz, Jurgen; Forward by: Brandenburg, Jim, Illust. by: Arndt, Ingo")
 "Terra Cotta Warriors: Guardians of China's First Emperor by: Dien, Albert E., Illust. by: Gang, Wang Da")
 "Harmony: A New Way of Looking at Our World by: Prince of Wales, HRH Charles III Juniper, Tony Skelly, Ian")
 "Peasant Metropolis: Social Identities in Moscow, 1929-1941 by: Hoffman, David L.")
 "Cultivators in the Swamps: Social Structure and Horticulture in a New Guinea Society by: Serpenti, Dr. L. M.")
 "Nickel Toxicology by: Brown, Stanley S. Sunderman, William F. Jr.")
 "The Life and Death of Stars by: Lang, Kenneth R.")
 "Stranger in Their Midst by: Van Den Berghe, Pierre L.")
 "In the Kingdom of Gorillas: Fragile Species in a Dangerous Land by: Weber, Bill Vedder, Amy")
 "The Melancholy of Race: Psychoanalysis, Assimilation, and Hidden Grief by: Cheng, Anne Anlin")
 "The Astrological History of Masha'allah by: Kennedy, E. S. Pingree, David")
 "The Good Old Days: A History of American Morals and Manners as seen through the Sears, Roebuck Catalogs 1905 to the Present by: Cohn, David L.")
 "Celestial Objects and Satellite Astronomy: A Selection of Extended Celestial Objects, such as Star Clusters, Nebulae and Galaxies, of Interest for Satellite Astronomy by: Bastos, Antonio")