Gerard Rev John (14 results)

x-lib. with all attendant defects o/w a good working copy Cloth Soiled. Spine lightly cocked. Pages lightly browned. Prev owner's name on front fly.

Condition: Good. Boards have little wear but there are a couple of white spots to front board. Contents are clean and reasonably bright. Free from markings or inscriptions.

First edition. Vol. I only of three. Hardcover; original cloth. Ex-seminary library book with paper spine label and name stamp on title page else a clean tight book in very good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good -. A nice copy with light normal wear. Minimally marked ex-church library. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. pp.vi, 135 pages, overall a very good hardback bound in the publisher's original green cloth with gilt lettering to the spine and front cover. The book was once in the Hawkesyard Priory Library (there's a small circular stamp on the ffep), and there's a couple of minor faults. Firstly, tiny loss to the front cover's top corner, and secondly, some areas of the cloth having a rippled effect as it is no longer tight to the front and back covers.

Second Edition. With foreword by Herbert Thurston. 8vo. pp24. Very good in wraps. The essay here was reprinted from The Month in 1896.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st ed. Sm 8vo. 130pp. Some fxg. mainly to prelims & outer edge. VG. The papers are Mr Grant Allen's Botanical Fables; Who painted the Flowers?; Some Wayside Problems; "Behold the BIrds of the Air"; How Theories are Manufactured & Instinct and its Lessons.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. xviii, 840 p. illus. (part col.) 24 cm. ISBN 9780153608001, 0153608005 OCLC 84872 LCCN 75005720 LC QH47 .C68 1968 Dewey 574 ; color photographic boards, no dusjacket ; [Student laboratory guide Lab.manual.and Teacher's manual. NOT present] ; The 1968 second edition of Biological Science: An Inquiry Into Life (BSCS Yellow Version), edited by John A. Moore and published by Harcourt, Brace & World, was a seminal high school textbook emphasizing inquiry-based learning, molecular biology, and evolution. It aimed to move beyond rote memorization, focusing on scientific investigation rather than just facts. Key details regarding this 1968 edition include: Focus on Inquiry: The text and accompanying laboratory guide emphasized investigation, challenging students to analyze data and formulate hypotheses rather than just observing. Content and Structure: It was designed for 10th or 11th-grade students, heavily incorporating modern biological findings from the 1950s and 60s, including molecular biology and genetics. Reception: While lauded for promoting scientific thinking, some contemporary reviews suggested that despite the title, the text still contained a "good deal of telling" rather than pure inquiry, and it was quite rigorous. Impact: This BSCS text was considered a landmark in reforming biology education in the United States, moving away from descriptive biology toward a process-oriented approach. The book was frequently revised and reapproved for use in classrooms throughout the late 1960s and 1970s. ; 5 Excellent presentation of evolution, integrating synthetic theory. "Marred by progressionist ideology and claims of link to cultural evolution." ; BSCS "Yellow Version" aka Biological Science: An Inquiry Into Life ; FINE. Book.

Condition: Very Good. Publisher's original stapled paper covers. 8vo 7ĵ" x 5" 28 page pamphlet in Very Good clean condition, outer covers detached. Member of the P.B.F.A. RELIGIOUS PAMPHLETS.

Condition: Very Good. Publisher's original stapled paper covers. 8vo 7ĵ" x 5" 24 page pamphlet in Very Good clean condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. RELIGIOUS PAMPHLETS.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. First Edition. NICE, CLEAN COPY.

1st editions hardback in original cloth Near Fine small octavo 130 + 136 + 135pp., Three works bound together as Essays on Un-Natural History. Science & Scientists is a second edition, others are first. Library label of JMJA Library Ballarat on front paste-down o/w nice copy.

pp. vi, (ii), 135, (i). Original cloth, a little rubbing at the spine ends, rear free end-paper trimmed at the fore-edge, a very good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Medium4to, frontispiece, red and black title, chromolithograph plate of the college crest, xiv, 316, [1 - supplementary list of subscribers] p. Illustrated throughout. Original red half linen, red cloth boards, gilt, top edge gilt, grey endpapers. Slight wear to the fore-corners, light tanning to the free endpapers and the half-title, the untrimmed fore-edge is dusty otherwise a VG copy. First edition.