Spittle bruce (14 risultati)

Softcover. Condizione: As New. No Dust Jacket. This copy signed by the author on the title page. Revised third printing. v, [1], 72 pages + errata slip. Printed wrappers. Illustrated. Page dimensions: 211 x 148mm. "Fluoride Poisoning outlines the chronic fatigue, not relieved by extra sleep, and other various ill effects experienced by many when they drink fluoridated water. The book notes how to test if fluoride is causing these symptoms and, if it is, how they may often be cured." - from blurb on rear wrapper. Contents: Dedication; Foreword by Albert W Burgstahler; Foreword by AK Susheela; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The Symptoms and Signs of the Chronic Fluoride Toxicity Syndrome; The Pathophysiology or Mechanisms underlying the Symptoms; Making the Diagnosis of the Chronic Fluoride Toxicity Syndrome; What to do if the Diagnosis of Chronic Fluoride Toxicity is made; Case Reports of Fluoride Toxicity; Illness in People in Canada; Illness in People in the USA; Illness in People in New Zealand; Illness in People in the Netherlands; Illness in People in India; Other Illnesses due to Fluoride; What to do in the face of skepticism about the validity of the existence of a chronic fluoride toxicity syndrome from fluoridated drinking water; Illustrations of some of the abnormalities underlying the symptoms of chronic fluoride toxicity; An example of the opoosition to the concept of a chronic fluoride toxicity syndrome from fluoridated water; Illness in animals; Further comments on canaries in coal mines; Closing comments; About the author; Index. Bruce Spittle (illustratore).…

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.…

Softcover. Condizione: Fine. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. This copy signed by the author on the title page. xxvi, 70 pages. Printed card covers. Page dimensions: 252 x 168mm. Numerous illustrations. "'Sir George Grey and the Moa' examines the report given by Sir George Grey to Sir Walter Buller about his talking to a party of Maoris at Preservation Inlet who described the killing of a small moa, one of a drove of six or seven. Previously, the report had been rejected on the grounds that Grey was never in Preservation Inlet. However, this reason can now be dismissed as the diary of Sir Frederick Chapman confirms that Grey was at Preservation Inlet on 4 March 1878 and was told that the lighthouse keeper had seen moas." - from blurb on rear cover.…

THIS VOLUME ONLY, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, hardcover (NEAR FINE) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.…

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: New. First Edition. Volume One only of three volumes. Pictorial papered boards, with dust wrappers. Page dimensions: 240 x 169mm. Numerous colour and b&w illustrations. Contents of this volume: What this book is about; Anon; John Boultbee; Burr Osborn; Paatu; John Watts-Russell; Patrick Caples; Arthur Thomson; Anon (Party of natives that spoke to George Grey); Kawana Paipai; James Cameron; Robert and Elizabeth Murrell; Robert Aitkin; Mr McDonald; Charles Port; J Turnbull Thomson; Anon (cousin of Nathaniel Bates); Anon (writer of letter to Geoffrey Orbell); Wattie Norman; Jules Berg; Cap. Alabaster; Alice MacKenzie; Daniel MacKenzie; Malcolm and Hugh MacKenzie; Robert Clark; George Pauley; Two Americans; Ebenezer Jessop and Thomas Cropp; Lieutenant Impey, Capt. Dashwood, and Captain Mitchell; Anonymous Prospectors. "It is a tantalizing possbility: that in some remote and inaccesible area of New Zealand moa had survived human depredation, living on into the nineteenth and perhaps even the twentieth century." - from the foreword by Dennis Dutton. "[A] number of moa sighting claims have been made since 1769 and the author offers for consideration a staggered survival model in which moas lingered on until a later date in some remote, isolated areas.".…

3 VOL SET, first editions, imperial octavo illus gloss boards, profusely illustrated with maps and photographs, all three volumes Nr FINE in Nr FINE d/w, all three volumes SIGNED by author (HEAVY BOOKS).

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition. Each volume signed by the author on the title page. Three volumes. Pictorial papered boards, with dust wrappers. Page dimensions: 240 x 169mm. A comprehensive study of moa sightings in New Zealand, from the pre-European period up until the alleged sighting by Paddy Freaney and companions of a moa in the Arthurs Pass area in 1993. Includes chapters on John Boultbee; Patrick Caples; J Turnbull Thomson; Jules Berg; Alice Mackenzie of Martins Bay; James Hector; and Geoffrey Orbell. Numerous colour and b&w illustrations. "It is a tantalizing possbility: that in some remote and inaccesible area of New Zealand moa had survived human depredation, living on into the nineteenth and perhaps even the twentieth century." - from the foreword by Dennis Dutton. "[A] number of moa sighting claims have been made since 1769 and the author offers for consideration a staggered survival model in which moas lingered on until a later date in some remote, isolated areas." "This set belongs in the library of every serious cryptozoology researcher." - from a review by Chad Arment in the online publication "BioFortean Review". [NB: No additional postage other than our standard fixed shipping charges quoted at the checkout will be required on this heavy set.]; 4to; Signed by Author.…

paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Very Good. Dust Jacket may NOT BE INCLUDED.CDs may be missing. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. Bruce Spittle (illustratore). book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Edition. xvi 415p xvii-xxxiii, x 422p xi-xxvii, xii 416p xiii-xxix Laminated boards A comprehensive investigation of all the moa 'sightings' made in New Zealand, with maps and illustrations, many from the areas in which the 'sightings' took place. This set weighs more than 4kg, so will cost more to post than ABE allows for.…

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good.

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good.

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Edition. xvi 415p xvii-xxxiii, x 422p xi-xxvii, xii 416p xiii-xxix Laminated boards Signed by the author, a comprehensive investigation of all the moa 'sightings' made in New Zealand, with maps and illustrations, many from the areas in which the 'sightings' took place. This set weighs more than 4kg, so will cost more to post than ABE allows for. Signed by Author(s).…

dj. First edition. First edition. Signed by Bruce Spittle and inscribed to former owner on title pages of each volume. Complete in three volumes. Bound in publisher's illustrated boards that match the dust jacket design. Fine in Near Fine dust jackets with very light shelf wear. A comprehensive, three-volume survey of alleged sightings of the giant flightless bird the moa after its official extinction date, circa 1445. Lots of color maps. The author, Bruce Spittle, is a doctor and academic from New Zealand. Truly, no self-respecting cryptozoologist's library is complete without gobs of Spittle. Signed. …