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Agosta: Thieves, Deceivers, and Killers. Tales of Chemistry in Nature. Paperback 
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  • Thieves, Deceivers, and Killers. Tales of Chemistry in Nature. Paperback\
  • William Agosta
  • 241 pages, with glossary and index, illustrated. 2001. This work investigates the development of the study of how organisms communicate by the secretion or exchange of chemicals. Examples cited include flies that follow the scent of truffles to lay their eggs, and seeds that aid their dispersion by mimicking ant odours.


0691092737
Alpern: 101 Questions About Copyright Law. Paperback 
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  • 101 Questions About Copyright Law. Paperback
    by Andrew Alpern
  • 1999


9780486404486, 048640448x 3
Anonymus: Caribbean Rum Book. Paperback 
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  • Caribbean Rum Book. Paperback
  • 40 pages, with many colour illustrations. 1985


0333398009
Atherton: Hong Kong Rocks. Paperback 
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  • Hong Kong Rocks. Paperback
  • by M.J. Atherton and A.D. Burnett
  • 146 pages, with ca. 100 colour illustrations, glossary, index, maps, bibliography. 1986


30326UC
Baeten, Clarke: Basisboek Snooker. Training - Techniek - Taktiek. Gebonden 
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  • Basisboek Snooker. Training - Techniek - Taktiek. Gebonden
  • Jan Baeten en Michael Clarke
  • 112 paina's, met veel illustraties. 1989


9051211376
Barry: Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe: Studies in Culture and Belief. Paperback 
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  • Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe: Studies in Culture and Belief. Paperback
  • edited by Jonathan Barry, Marianne Hester and Gareth Roberts
  • 385 pages, with illustrations. 1998. An account of the present state of scholarship on early modern European witchcraft


9780521638753
Bell: Board and Table Games from Many Civilizations. Paperback 
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  • Board and Table Games from Many Civilizations. Paperback
  • R. C. Bell
  • 448 pages. Encyclopedic work on 182 different games: Ma-jong, Hazard, Wei-ch’i (go), Backgammon, Pachisi, many others. Over 300 illustrations. 1979. New, but old stock, reduced price


0486238555
Berkebile: Horse-Drawn Commercial Vehicles: 255 Illustrations of Nineteenth-Century Stagecoaches, Delivery Wagons, Fire Engines, Etc. Paperback 
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  • Horse-Drawn Commercial Vehicles: 255 Illustrations of Nineteenth-Century Stagecoaches, Delivery Wagons, Fire Engines, Etc. Paperback
  • by Donald H. Berkebile
  • 160 pages, with 255 line illustrations. 1989. new, but old stock, reduced price


0486260208
Best: Stat-Spotting; A Field Guide to Identifying Dubious Data. Cloth 
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  • Stat-Spotting; A Field Guide to Identifying Dubious Data. Cloth
  • Joel Best
  • 144 pages, 1 photograph, 1 line illustration, 4 tables. 2008. Are four million women really battered to death by their husbands or boyfriends each year?  Is methamphetamine our number one drug problem today? Alarming statistics bombard our daily lives, appearing seemingly everywhere. But all too often, even the most respected publications present numbers that are miscalculated, misinterpreted, hyped, or simply misleading. Joel Best now offers this practical field guide to help everyone identify questionable statistics. Entertaining, informative, and concise, Stat-Spotting is essential reading for people who want to be more savvy and critical consumers of news and information.


9780520257467
Bristol Wagon & Carriage Illustrated Catalog, 1900. Paperback 
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  • Bristol Wagon & Carriage Illustrated Catalog, 1900. Paperback
  • by Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works Co. Limited
  • 160 pages, 274 line drawings. 1994. new, but old stock, reduced price


048628123x
Bulbrook: The Curious Quantum. Fundamental chemistry explained with cut-out models. Paperback 
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  • Curious Quantum. Fundamental chemistry explained with cut-out models. Paperback
  • Lee Bulbrook
  • Bulbrook has succeeded in using a certain geometrical shape which represents the fundamental structure of real atoms rather well. Because of this, they glue together logically to make model molecules which closely represent the shapes and properties of real molecules. This combination of words, pictures and models opens the door to a better understanding of this fascinating subject.


090621291x
But: Hong Kong Bamboos. Paperback 
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  • Hong Kong Bamboos
  • by Paul Pui-Hay But
  • 86 pages, with ca. 100 Colour illustrations, Glossary, Index, References. 1985


30321UC
Colomina, Brennan, Kim: Cold War Hothouses: Inventing Postwar Culture From Cockpit to Playboy. Paperback 
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  • Cold War Hothouses: Inventing Postwar Culture From Cockpit to Playboy. Paperback
  • edited by Beatriz Colomina, Annmarie Brennan, Jeannie Kim
  • 287 pages. 2004


1568983026
Daly: Dalys Billiard Book. Paperback 
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  • Dalys Billiard Book. Paperback
  • Maurice Daly
  • 276 pages, with 233 Illustrations. 1989. A thorough explanation of the fundamentals upon which Daly's system is built, including proper cueing angles for draws, follows, and plain caroms, varying angle of reflection, the effect of drag, etc.


9780486257242, 048625724x
Ehrlich: Turning the World Inside Out and 174 Other Simple Physics Demonstrations. Presents a collection of physics demonstrations. Paperback 
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  • Turning the World Inside Out and 174 Other Simple Physics Demonstrations. Presents a collection of physics demonstrations that illustrate key concepts using easily accessible materials, with information providing a theoretical background for each demonstration. Paperback
  • by Robert Ehrlich
  • xxvi, 216 pages. 1990


0691023956
Exlibris No. 72: 50 gummierte Exlibris Känguruh 
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  • Exlibris No. 72: Känguruh. 50 gummierte (gegomd) Exlibris
  • "Hätte er dieses Buch zurückgebracht, es wäre nicht soweit gekommen!"


Exlibris No. 72
Feininger: Industrial America, 1940-1960. Paperback 
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  • Industrial America, 1940-1960. Paperback
  • by Andreas Feininger
  • vi, 185 pages, with 173 photographs. 1982. New, but old stock, reduced price


978048624198212
Field: Geometric Patterns from Tiles and Brickwork. Paperback 
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  • Geometric Patterns from Tiles and Brickwork. Paperback
  • Robert Field
  • 64 pages, numerous colour and black-white illustrations. 1999


1899618120
Fry: Gin Rummy: How to Play and Win 
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  • Gin Rummy: How to Play and Win
  • Sam Fry
  • 59 pages. Clear, well-written instructions and numerous illustrations of card hands. Basic rules and scoring systems, customs, methods of play. For the experienced player, Fry discusses odds, percentage play, discarding, forcing a draw, "advertising," taking cards "on spec," and much more. 1978


0486236307
Green: Know the World! 30 outline maps. Paperback 
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  • Know the World! 30 outline maps to improve your general knowledge. Paperback
  • David Green
  • 1993. Albania or Romania, Ethiopia or Chad, where exactly are they? This book will help you to be sure. It covers the world in a series of beautifully-drawn outline maps and with each map there is a list of appropriate place names. How many of them can you place on the map already?


0906212901
Grice: The Red Hourglass: Lives of the Predators. Cloth 
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  • Red Hourglass: Lives of the Predators. Cloth
  • by Gordon Grice
  • 259 pages. Nature's most fearsome predators are truly nightmarish creatures. Gordon Grice shows that the reality of these predators' behaviour is in fact far worse than anything we might imagine. With an unnerving sense of delight, Grice explores the inner lives of nature's least loved


0713992522
Grice: The Red Hourglass: Lives of the Predators. Paperback 
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  • Red Hourglass: Lives of the Predators. Paperback
  • by Gordon Grice
  • 259 pages."a precise and savage blow aimed at our predatory supremacy - I wolfed it down". Nature's most fearsome predators are truly nightmarish creatures. Gordon Grice shows that the reality of these predators' behaviour is in fact far worse than anything we might imagine. With an unnerving sense of delight, Grice explores the inner lives of nature's least loved


0385318901
Griffin: How to Be a Succesful Inventor: Turn Your Ideas into Profit. Paperback 
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  • How to Be a Succesful Inventor: Turn Your Ideas into Profit. Paperback
    Gordon D. Griffin
    How to market your idea. Pricing your invention. Filing for a patent, and many more!
    236 pages. 1991. The inventor of the automatic seat belt and the composting machine offers advice on marketing and pricing an invention, discusses license agreements and patents, and tells what pitfalls to avoid


0471534463
Hill: Hong Kong Insects: Volume II. Paperback 
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  • Hong Kong Insects: Volume II
  • by Dr. Dennis S. Hill
  • 9 pages with text, 135 pages with colour illustrations, index. 1982


30311UC
Hindman: 1800 Riddles, Enigmas and Conundrums 
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  • 1800 Riddles, Enigmas and Conundrums
  • Darwin A. Hindman
  • v, 154 pages. 1963


0486210596
Hodgson: Classroom Display: Improving the Visual Environment in Schools: Paperback 
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  • Classroom Display: Improving the Visual Environment in Schools: Paperback
  • by Noel Hodgson
  • 96 pages. 1990. The purpose of this book is to help teachers in schools who wish to improve classroom displays and exhibitions. It is full of sound, practical advice on how children's work can best be presented and on how different materials can be used and adapted to get best results. The theme throughout is that a good visual environment increases job satisfaction and leads to an all-round improvement in attitude and attainment.


0906212626
Janschka: Ulysses-Alphabet.  
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  • Ulysses-Alphabet. Janschka Das Buch beigegebenist 1 signierte Originalgrafik
  • Fritz Janschka, Mittbegründer der Wiener Schule
  • 118 Seiten. 1983


3 bt373
Jenkins, Bear: Compound Polyhedra. Paperback 
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  • Compound Polyhedra. Paperback
  • by Gerald Jenkins and Magdalen Bear
  • 24 pages. 1997


1899618155
Klossowski de Rola: Alchemy. The Secret Art. Paperback 
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  • Alchemy. The Secret Art. Ca. 20x28 cm. Paperback
  • Stanislas Klossowski de Rola
  • 128 pages, with numerous illustrations. 1973, 1997


9780500810033, 0500810036 916
Kuhnke: Body Language for Dummies. Paperback 
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  • Dummies: Body Language for Dummies. Paperback
  • by Elizabeth Kuhnke
  • 309 pages. 2007


9780470512913
Lauter: Fenster. Einblicke und Ausblicke. Bibliophilen Taschenbücher 275 
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  • Fenster. Einblicke und Ausblicke. Bibliophilen Taschenbücher 275
  • Lauter
  • 163 Seiten. 80 Bildern. 1981


3 bt275
Lauter: Tür und Tor. Zwischen drinnen und draussen 
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  • Tür und Tor. Zwischen drinnen und draussen
  • Lauter
  • 175 Seiten. 1987


3 bt180
Lebeck: Das Zweirad. Postkarten aus alter Zeit. 
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  • Zweirad. Postkarten aus alter Zeit.
  • Lebeck
  • 144 Seiten. 1981


3 bt242
Lipman, Meulendyke: Techniques in American Folk Decoration. Paperback 
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  • Techniques in American Folk Decoration. Paperback
  • Jean Lipman and Eve Meulendyke
  • xii, 163 pages, with over 225 illustrations, 5 in full color. 1972. Hex signs, stylized birds and animals, fruit and floral patterns, angels, mermaids and more, used to decorate everything from barns and carriages to small household utensils. Includes detailed, practical instructions for reproducing designs.


0486222179
Loon, van: DNA: The Marvellous Molecule (cut out models). Paperback 
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  • DNA: The Marvellous Molecule. Paperback
  • Borin van Loon
  • 1990. DNA: (Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid) Its place in the story of life and evolution explained by means of cut out models


0906212758
Luntz: Whiskey and Spirits for Dummies. Paperback