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Zustand: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Zustand: Poor. Leather bound, with gold detailing. Marbled effect edging and inside cover. Ridged spine. Spine and cover in fair condition. Binding in good condition. With some browning on pages. This book has hardback covers. Ex-library, With usual stamps and markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1350grams, ISBN:

Zustand: New.

Gebunden. Zustand: New.

1st Ed. Royal 8vo. [xvi] + 598pp. + [ii] adverts. Port. frontis., vignette t.p., 2 ports., 4 tipped in ills. from photos., folding map. Some light marginal browning and sporadic spotting, hinges tender but firm, from the library of Jack Meadows, original gilt lettered cloth lightly soiled and rubbed, sl. wear to corners, sm. nick to cloth towards head of upper board, head of spine bumped with sm. split, unopened in parts. James David Forbes (18091868) Scottish physicist and glaciologist who worked extensively on the conduction of heat and seismolog inventor of the seismometer in 1842. Additional postage may be necessary US$74.

Zustand: Very Good. London: Macmillan and Co., 1873. First Edition. Thick octavo (22cm); publisher's terracotta cloth, gilt-lettered spine, dark brown glazed endpapers; xiii,[3],598,[2](ads)pp.; engraved portrait frontispiece, seven leaves of plates including four original photographs and folding map bound in rear. Cloth a bit worn and dust-soiled, scattered foxing to textblock edges, else Very Good and sound. Ownership ex libris of the late chemist and bibliophile Sydney Ross to front pastedown together with his original Quaritch invoice dated 1953 laid in.

Zustand: Good. First Edition. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed. Crack to hinge. Ex College Library. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). xiii, 577pp + plates. 7 plates + fold-out map. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. Brown hardback tooled leather cover.

FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp. xiii, [i], 577, [3, ads] + frontispiece, 2 other engraved portraits, 4 mounted photographic plates, and one folding map. Original red pebble-grain cloth, ruled in black, spine lettered in gilt, black endpapers. Occasional foxing, particularly to plate mounts, one gathering partly sprung. Extremities a little rubbed and bumped, a few spots to spine. Booklabel of R.D.W. Forrest to pastedown, his ownership inscription (1878) and a later one to half-title. An important biography of the pioneering Scottish glaciologist (1809-1868). The issue (presumably earlier) without the index.

lg. in-8vo, XIV + 577 p. (+ 1) + 1 leaf publ. adds, with 3 portraits, 4 original photogr. mounted plates of the Chamounix glaciuers and the Diet bands glacier of Les Aiguilles Rouge, Dysart Cottage, and the chapel at St. Andrew, folding geological plate, ads. bookplate Peter E. Obergfell, Original brown, black and gilt stamped cloth First edition. / Première édition. Biographie du célèbre savant et alpiniste écossais, qui a le mieux illustré la transition entre la periode des glacières et l?âge d?or de l?alpinisme. (Perret).Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage. Perret 4036 (variante avec XVI + 598 p.).

(3) pages 'Index Supplement [Fitfth Volume, January to December 1930], Building, December 1930'; 564 annually counted pages on medium-glossy paper; fully illustrated throughout with photographs of buildings or their details and ground and floor plans; 8 multiple (partly huge) folded plans and views ('Baker Street Station Buildings', 'Builders' Administration', 'New Olympial Hall', 'New Headquarters Martins Bank Liverpool', 'New Midland Bank, new Headquarters, London', 'Liverpool Cathedral Organ Cases', 2x 'Thames House Westmister London', 'New Masonic Peace Memorial, Queen Street, London'). - Gilt-titled 'olive-grey' cloth-binding of the period with red-sparkled edges; 4to.(ca. 30 x 23 x 4 cm; ca. 2,5 kg.). *** FIRST EDITION, COMPLETE ANNUAL OF THE AS IMPORTANT AS NOWADAYS RARE ARCHITECTURAL MONTHLY; CLOTHBOUND ORIGINAL, Fifth Year in 12 monthly Issues complete. - Cloth-binding minimally used, last two sheets with short central tear, corners of last page slightly dusty; A BEAUTIFEL COPY.

London, Macmillan, 1873. Thick 8vo. xiv, 598 pp., one advertisement leaf; two portraits of Forbes (frontispiece, tissue-guarded; engraved portrait as a child, title page vignette), and one of Lady Forbes and one of Sir William Forbes; one folded engraved, partly coloured map of "the Mer de Glace of Chamonix" and four early mounted photographs mainly depicting glaciers; several text engravings. Publisher's burgundy cloth with embossed boards and gilt title on the spine. Black endpapers. = First edition. This work includes four early photos of the Alps. James David Forbes (1808-1868) was a famous Scottish scientist and explorer, whose views on the theory of glaciers conflicted with Tyndell's. Appendix A contains his reply to Tindall. Appendix D is a complete list of his writings. In 1841 he made the first British ascent of the Jungfrau. He published Norway and its Glaciers (1853), Occasional papers on the theory of Glaciers (1859), etc. Boards a bit worn, scattered light foxing, otherwise a very good copy.

Fine Binding. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. A handsomely bound, first edition copy of James David Forbes's biography, written by John Campbell Shairp, Peter Guthrie Tait, and A. Adams-Reilly. A first edition copy of this biography of the life of James David Forbes, written by John Campbell Shairp, Peter Guthrie Tait, and A. Adams-Reilly. James David Forbes was a Scottish physicist and glaciologist who worked extensively on the conduction of heat and seismology. He was a resident of Edinburgh for most of his life, educated at its University and a professor there from 1833 until he became principal of the United College of St Andrews in 1859. This copy is bound in full calf with beautiful gilt designs and lettering along the spine. It contains 6 plates, some of which are photographs, and a folding map to the rear. The previous owner's ink signature can be found on the verso of the front free-endpaper, as well as to the recto of the rear free-endpaper. Handsomely bound in full calf with gilt design and lettering on the spine. Externally, minor shelf wear and rubbing, and spine label has a small tear. Previous owner's signature can be found on verso of front free-endpaper as well as to the recto of the rear free-endpaper. Internally, front hinge is starting but remains firm, otherwise firmly bound. First few front free-endpapers contain scattered spotting and a tidemark, and last few pages contain the odd spot, but otherwise pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. book.