F G Sinclair (34 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Secure spine. Clean inside and out. Discoloration to spine and spine-edges of covers from light exposure over time. Upper left corner of the back cover mildly bent at the tip. Very little wear otherwise. The journal will be bubble-wrapped and shipped in a sturdy box to ensure safe transit. This issue includes: "Selecting a Model for Detecting the Presence of a Trend" by Wayne A. Woodward and H. L. Gray; "The Influence of Persistent Anomalies on Southern Hemisphere Storm Tracks" by John W. Kidson and Mark Sinclair; "An Advective Atmospheric Mixed Layer Model for Ocean Modeling Purposes: Global Simulation of Surface Heat Fluxes" by Richard Seager, M. Benno Blumenthal and Yochanan Kushnir; "Variations in Mixed-Layer Arising from Inhomogeneous Surface Conditions" by J. C. Doran and S. Zhong; "Humidity-Temperature Relationships in the Tropical Troposphere" by De-Zheng Sun and Abraham H. Oort; "Error and Sensitivity Analysis of Geophysical Eigensystems" by Cecile Penland and Prashant D. Sardeshmukh; "The Optimal Growth of Tropical Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies" by Cecile Penland and Prashant D. Sardeshmukh; "A Study of SSM/1-Derived Columnar Water Vapor over the Global Oceans" by Darren L. Jackson and Graeme L. Stephens; "The Land-Surface Scheme ISBA within the Meteo-France Climate Model ARPEGE, Part 1: Implementation and Preliminary Results" by J.-F. Mahfouf, A. O. Manzi, J. Noilhan, H. Giordani, and M. Deque; "Modeling the Effects of UV Variability and the QBO on the Troposphere-Stratosphere System. Part I: The Middle Atmosphere" by Nambath K. Balachandran and David Rind; "Modeling the Effects of UV Variability and the QBO on the Troposphere-Stratosphere System. Part II: The Troposphere" by David Rind and Nambath K. Balachandran; "Comparison of Monthly and Intramonthly-Indices for the Pacific/American Teleconnection Pattern" by Anthony J. Vega, Keith G. Henderson and Robert V. Rohli; "Sensitivity of Average Annual Runoff to Spacial Variability and Temporal Correlation of Rainfall" by Steven M. Babin; "Comments on 'Trends in Global Marine Cloudiness and Anthropogenic Sulfur"' by Joel R. Norris and Conway B. Leovy; "Reply" by Farn Parungo; "Comments on 'On the Influence of the Andes on the General Circulation of the Southern Hemisphere" by J. D. Lenters, K. H. Cook and T. D. Ringler and "Reply" by Kevin Walsh plus book reviews.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. ORIGINAL PUBLICATION; Hardcover; ex-library; in original green cloth; no dustjacket; head and tail of spine and corners bumped; nicks in cloth covering at head and tail of spine; paper covering of front hinge split; light soiling/foxing of endpages and edges; o/w in good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. First printing; Book. Book.

Condition: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Octavo sized book. Gilt title on the backstrip. Weak spine. Library sticker on the inside cover. Slight foxing. Clear text. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1550grams, ISBN:

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Single issue. Illustrated. Stapled red wrappers. Containing only 33-64pp. Wrapper edges age-toned, very good. Contributions by Donald F. Cameron, L. Ethan Ellis, Daniel G. Hoffman, D.A.S., Bernard V. Bothmer, Helmut von Erffa, Henry James, Rudolf Kirk, and L.A.M. "Notes from the Library": *An Egyptian Tombstela* by Bernard V. Bothmer and Helmut von Erffa and *Henry James: Correction* by Rudolf Kirk.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. ORIGINAL PUBLICATION; softcovers; ex-library; light creasing of corners of covers and several leaves; light tanning of leaves; o/w in very good condition. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable.

Ed. Flammarion, Paris - 1973, coll. Nouvelle bibliothèque scientifique, in-8, broché, 232 pages Très bon état intérieur, couverture légèrement défraîchie - Pour les envois hors de France, la tafication «livre & brochure» pour les frais de port a disparue.Les frais de port annoncés correspondent à une moyenne. Ils seront calculés au plus juste en fonction du poids de votre article.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Very good clean firm interior, no marks or inscriptions but does have a London Book Club stamp to lower corner of front e/paper, contains a few maps and a section of black and white photos, very good-plus clean firm boards; d/jacket has some edge wear to top including a few rubs, nicks to spine tip, small tear to top front otherwise of good bright appearance for the age, no large tears.

4th edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 584 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Series; Cambridge natural history ; v.5. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects; Insects. Myriapoda. Onychophora. 1 Kg.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. ORIGINAL PUBLICATION; COMPLETE in 3 Parts; includes four folded plates in rear pocket (complete for this publication); HARDCOVER; ex-library; light spotting of covers; small foxing spots on edges; o/w in good condition. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1895 1st edition. Bound in green cloth with gilt lines & spine lettering & gilding to the top edge. Firmly bound and has been carefully read. There is some wear & bumps to the edges of the hard cover. Inside the pages are mainly clean but there is a little scattered foxing in places & light spotting dustiness to the page edges. Illustrated with drawings & diagrams in b/w. No inscription or ownership markings. No tears or loss. A heavy book with 584 pages plus adverts.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Painted cover (illustrator). First Edition By This Publisher,. 224 pages - with 13 short stories. >>> SCARCER Title! Cover scuffing & minor cover creasing; indents to covers. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. xii, 584 [4]pp. Numerous line drawings, diagrams and charts etc throughout. In green buckram cloth, with gilt decorations and gilt lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. 8vo. . Boards a little rubbed and rounded on corners and spine ends, a few mild marks, spine moderately sunned, mottled and worn around leading front and rear edges. Text block edges toned. Front hinge cracked, endpapers browning, else very mild toning on first and last few pages. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. A nice, solid and robust copy of this mammoth and authoritative work. Volume V of the Cambridge Natural History series.

Hardcover. Condition: Good to Very Good. No Jacket. Book rubbed with fraying to green cloth on front joint. Clean, with gilt ribbed cloth. Top edge gilt. Clean throughout. A heavy book, will require extra postage outside of UK. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint of First Edition. Bound in green cloth with gilt borders and spine lettering. Some cloth speckling. VG+ condition relative to this volume. 584 pages, illustrated. Book.

4th edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 584 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Series; Cambridge natural history ; v.5. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects; Insects. Myriapoda. Onychophora. 1 Kg. Item is Shipped from Ireland or US locations.

Condition: Good. xi, 584, (4), 371 text figs. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, gt, bookplate removed leaving damage to pastedown, front free endpaper removed, edges spotted. Binding bright and clean. Good. Insects Part I includes: Aptera, Orthoptera, Neuroptera, and a portion of Hymenoptera (Sessiliventres and Parasitica).

Hard Back/Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. First Edition. About the founder of St.Michael's College near Tenbury in Worcestershire. No dustjacket, 276 pages. 7 holes in back board as though someone has stabbed it with a dart (?) o/w clean darkish green hardback binding, heavy wear to boards' corners and lighter wear to spine-ends. Inpressed gold-coloured logo on front board (St. Michael's College in Latin). Large black ink stamp to flyleaf and ink writing to front endpapers. Page-edges rough-cut and lightly browned o/w pages clean.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Large green cloth 8vo with blind borders on boards, gilt motif on front, and gilt lettering on backstrip. Only very minor shelf wear. There is a tissue guard which suggests a frontispiece may be missing. Interior is secure and clear of markings save for some foxing. A few pages have faint finger smudges. Untrimmed. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,800grams, ISBN:

Cloth. Condition: Good. Not Stated (illustrator). An informative and interesting catalogue of the exotic and indigenous plants in the Cambridge Botanic Garden in the nineteenth century. The thirteenth edition of this work. A thorough catalogue of the plants in the Cambridge Botanic Garden. There were many attempts to establish a University Botanic Garden in Cambridge, but all were unsuccessful until the 1760s. In the 1820s the garden was moved to a larger site, further from the centre of the city. James Donn, the author of this work, became the curator of the garden in 1790, and first published this work in 1796. He was a Fellow of the Linnean Society. Various other authors contributed to the expansion of this work, including F. Pursh, J. Lindley, G. Sinclair, and P. N. Don. Publisher's adverts to the pastedowns, to the recto to the front endpaper, and to the verso to the rear endpaper. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Minor shelfwear to the boards and spine. Head of the spine to the front joint is lifting but remains firm. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Hinges are starting but firm. Prior owner's ink inscription to the verso to the front endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound, though lightly strained in places. Pages are bright and clean with the odd spot and handling mark. Most pages are uncut to the fore edge. Good. book.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Original offprint, Phil Trans Royal Society London, 1892.VG condition.DW. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good Plus. Original green cloth, a few areas of fading where original color has leached . Bright gilt spine lettering. Internally clean. 9in. 584 + 4 pp. advertising at rear. Innumberable in-text illustrations. This is Volume V in The Cambridge Natural History series, edited by S.F. Harmer and A.E. Shipley. Reprinted with Corrections (Third Printing).

Condition: near fine. reprinted edition. [xi],584 [xii],626pp. 2 vols. Quarto. Original publisher's green cloth; spine title in gilt, with gilt ruled boards. Minor shelfwear to crown and foot of both; corners slightly rubbed with similar to hinges. Upper edges gilt; lower and fore-edges untrimmed. Minor foxing to textblock edges and interior, not intrusive. Illustrated with engravings in text. Both volumes tight; extensively illustrated. near fine Volumes V and VI of the Cambridge Natural History Series. 3 comprehensive physiological studies of insects and centipedes, with detailed classification scheme in each volume. An authoritative work.

Publisher's cloth, gilt bands. Condition: V.g. No Jacket. 1st edition. Owner's bookplate Weight: 1 Language: English.

8°, original cloth. Reprint. 2 Vols. With 371, 293 illustrations. XI, 584, VIII, 626 p. With index and scientific app. Name on cover inside, very fine copy. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 0.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 2 volumes in good condition. Volume 1: 584 pages, 1910. Volume 2: 626 pages, 1901. Pages are lightly foxed throughout, but are otherwise clean and unmarked with black and white illustrations throughout. Previous owner's signatures and stamps on the endpapers and the half-title page of of volume 2. The endpapers of volume 1 are beige and darkened. The endpapers of volume 2 are black and lightly scuffed. Inner hinges are worn. Page edges are darkened, smudged, and lightly foxed. Gilt on the head edges. Bound in green cloth with gilt titles and borders. The binding of volume 1 is heavily scuffed and darkened, scratched and stained. Some small bookworm holes in the binding of volume 1. The binding of volume 2 is lightly scuffed. The binding of both volumes are worn and bumped around the edges. Faded on the spines. G. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2 Volume Set. Hardcover - Green Cloth macmillan - 1910 No dust jacket. Minor cover wear. Clean unmarked text. Tight binding. ** Because of weight/size, this cannot ship internationally ** ** WE SHIP DAILY (Mon-Fri) ** Free Tracking Information.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. Prater, Ernest; Holloway, Cyril; Soper, G.; Litchfield, G.; Tresilian, S.; Sindall, A.W.; Inns, Kenneth; Brock, H.M.; Holloway, Cyril; Thompson, Kenneth (illustrator). First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: A "Gringo" in Old Mexico - An engineer escapes with his life, less a friend and his money; "The Old Small Cat" - Cornered by Shanghai Police, a Chinese bandit only succumbed after a 19 hour battle involving many weapons used against him - includes photos; Flying Thrills in Canada's Northland - A fascinating photo-illustrated article showing how the Far North of Canada is being opened up by passenger and transport aircraft; South African Outlaws - Two prominent law-breakers, Jack Howard and Reilly; At Grips With the Desert - Part I of Donald R.G. Cameron's crossing of the Sahara in which his party became lost for ten days; The Mud-Dwellers of Caparroso - Photo-illustrated story about this amazing Spanish village - with photos; Photo of the first three men to scale 'Balanced Rock' near Castleford, Idaho - Clarence French, George Ernest, and John Carolls; A Little Oversight - A story about a 'Palm Oil Ruffian' pioneer trader in West Africa; Something for Nothing - A queer experience that befell Margaret S. Coffman near Goatneck, Texas; "The Bobbery Pack" - A hunting story from India; Waterways of the "Swiss Sahara" - Photo-illustrated article about the fascinating 'bisses' used to divert glacial runoff to irrigate a particularly dry part of Switzerland; The Coffin Ship - A weird story from the Far East dealing with a murderous Chinese secret society; The Gold That Wasn't - A dummy gold ingot is mysteriously stolen in New South Wales; The "Great Scalp Frauds" Case - Frank Mossman, Game Warden of Pacific County in Washington State, explains how he discovered an ingenious swindle; Man and His Needs. 84 pages plus 28 pages of great ads. Backstrip entirely nibbled away. Back cover loose but present, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this fascinating issue.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Prater, Ernest; Tresilian, S.; Wigfull, W.E.; Holloway, Cyril; Illingworth, L.G.; Brock, R.H.; Cleaver, Reginald; Brock, R.H.; Inns, Kenneth; Cattermole, Lance (illustrator). First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Devil-Stones - A strange story of West African "fetish" and its uncanny powers among the superstition-ridden natives; Too Many Bears - Experiences of a camp cook in Yosemite National Park, where bears are as plentiful as berries, and astonishingly bold - with great photos; Through the Guadalupe Wilderness - Photo-illustrated account by Carl B. Livingston of his exploratory trip into the Guadalupe Mountains of New Mexico, perhaps the most inaccessible and least-known region in the United States; The Last Voyage of the "Joan" - W.E. Sinclair and a partner attempt to cross the Atlantic from England to Newfoundland - until disaster strikes in mid-ocean; To Lhasa in Disguise - Part I - After two years of preparation living in a Himalayan cave, Alexandra David-Neel sets out to become the first white woman to enter Lhasa, the mysterious Forbidden City of Tibet - with photos; The Mare's Nest - an amusing photo-illustrated story from an Australian back-blocks medical practice; Two Girls on the Frontier - Part II - Two city-bred sisters continue their homesteading adventures in South Dakota; Eskimo Magic - E.W. Hawkes, who has spent considerable time among the Eskimos of the Bering Strait, recounts several uncanny instances of "native magic"; His Highness The White Elephant - Photo-illustrated article on this animal which is held in the utmost veneration in Siam; In Quest of Gold - Part III - Final part of the adventure faced by two young Americans seeking buried gold who were forced to turn back by the Savage Yaqui Indians; The Robbery At the Mine - Sundry exciting happenings at a gold mine in West Australia where the author worked; His Last Break - An unsuccessful prison escape attempt in South Africa; The Worm That Turned - A tale from Calcutta where a European official did not recognize one of his staff. 84 pages plus 12 pages of nostalgic ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this fascinating vintage issue.