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Hard back green cloth covers. 512 pp. 300 half tone illustrations, 100 maps and drawings of Kent by Richard Church. Former message to the front free end paper. In Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. RURAL VILLAGE LIFE.

Hard back binding in publisher's original sky blue cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 816 printed pages of text. Corners creased, sun bleaching to the upper and lower spine ends where pieces of the wrapper are missing, age darkened page edges. Near Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with small chips to the upper and lower spine end. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. PHILOSOPHY.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains 198 + index printed pages of text. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with slight age darkening of the paper down the spine, not price clipped, 9/6. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. PHILOSOPHY.

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Black and white original photograph showing a march through a large crowd in celebration of the downfall of the Gang of Four in front of Tian'anmen in Beijing. Photograph is laid down on a small envelope which has a handwritten dated note about the event on the reverse. Photograph size 5.7 x 7.8cm. Parade of workers with hands held high, large character banners and Tian'anmen gate are all clearly visible. Photo was in the collection of the Chongqing Workers' Cultural Palace.

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Two stapled booklets, both mimeographed from handwritten records and both laying out the case against Wang Hongwen, youngest member of the Gang of Four. Text in simplified Chinese characters. Booklet 1: ???????????? dated 19 November 1976, printed on both sides of each leaf, 13pp. Paper browned and chipped at edges with some creases, minor repairs made with washi, else in good condition, 26.x 18cm. Booklet 2: ??????????? -- ??? is mostly folded leaves, some pages mimeographed on the back of other works, e.g. a play, Japanese lessons, a list of factories, likely due to the scarcity of paper at the time. Print quality and assembly variable, e.g. one page irrelevant to the topic is included upside down. Some small stains various pages, 3b written in red ink on front page, the character ? written in red pencil in two places. 20pp, paper a little browned and soiled. 27 x 19.5cm. Wang Hongwen is denigrated in every possible way; he is called a traitor, a class enemy, a counter-revolutionary capitalist roader, undisciplined, ambitious and so on.

Number 1 of a special collection of writing criticising the Gang of Four. This issues focuses on Wang Hongwen and was probably mimeographed for study at a work unit. 26.6 x 19.3cm, text in simplified Chinese characters. Print quality variable, sometimes affecting legibility. Four folded leaves, 8 pages, stapled. Upper paper wrapper heavily foxed, with light foxing on other leaves, upper wrapper detached but still holding at second staple. Wang Hongwen is portrayed in these writings as a political liar and hypocrite who pretended to be a gentleman while placing himself above Mao and presenting himself as a hero in a bid to seize power. The booklet offers intriguing details about his indulgent lifestyle and disregard for others, including Mao and Zhou Enlai, whose memorial event he is accused of attempting to restrict.

(Paris, Mallet-Bachelier), 1860. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences", Tome 50, No 6 a. No 19, Tome 51, No 10 a. No 19. (4 entire issues offered). Pasteur's papers: pp. 303-307, 849-854 (tome 50), pp. 348-352, 675-678 (tome 51). First appearance of the suite of the 4 groundbreaking papers marking the downfall of the theory of spontaneous generation, and all of Pasteur's later work in this field can be seen as an extension, elaboration, and defence of the principles and methods set forth here. It is from these conclusions all modern bacteriology and immunology have developed. Pasteur was awarded the Zecker Price 1861 for these discoveries. "Pasteur's publications on the subject of spontaneous generation consists chiefly of communications to the Academy of Sciences in Paris and published in abstracts in the Comptes rendus. (the paper offered). In these communication he dealt with the collection and demonstration of erms in the air, the origin of ferments, the distribution of germs in nature, and many other questions. These reports were finally expanded in his famous "Memoire sur les corpuscules organisés qui existent dans l'atmosphere. Examen de la doctrine de génerations spontanées", which was published in 1861. (Bullocdh "The History of Bacteriology", p. 96).Printing and the Mind of Man No, 336 (b) - Garrison & Morton No. 2474.

Paris, Crochard, 1816-25. Bound in 2 fine recent hmorocco. In: "Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Redigées par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago", Tome I, IV, IX, X, XI, XV, XVII, XX, XXI, XXIII, XXVIII and XXIX. Some memoirs with scattered brownspots. All but volume 15 with the orig. titlepages to the volumes. Vol. XV having instead of the titlepage, a sample of the orig. printed wrappers, December issue 1820. Bound at end of volume 2. The memoir, no. 25a below is inserted at the end of volume 2. Some of the memoirs having textillustrations. Some versos of titlepages with stamps. First appearances of this groundbreaking series of papers and memoirs in which Fresnel established the scientific basis for the wave theory of light and gave the theoretical framework for explaining, in the context of his theory of the transversal nature of lightwaves, the phenomena of double refraction, refraction, dispersion, polarization, interference, diffraction patterns, diffraction fringes as light spreads around objects, etc. He developed mathematically the hypothesis of the wave nature of light and he demonstrates its conformity with experience. His study of light was a dynamic interplay between theory and observation, between mathematics and experiment. - The offered series also comprises the contributions from Arago and the rapports from The French Academy's committees by Ampère, Biot and Fourier - see below nos. 6,11,14,15,a.nd 18."From the point of view of method, his investigations extended from the manual operations of the laboratory to the most abstract mathematical analyses. Few physicists since Newton had been so versatile."(Silliman in "Historical Studies in the Physical Sciences", vol. 4, p. 155.)."The wave-thory at this time was still encumbered with difficulties. Diffraction was not satisfactorily explained" for polarization no explanation of any kind was forthcoming the Huygenian construction appeared to require two different luminiferous media within double refracting bodies and the universality of that construction had been impugned by Brewster's discovery of biaxial crystals. The upholders of the emission theory, emboldened by the success of Laplace's theory of double refraction, thought the time ripe for their final triunph and as a step to this, in March 1817 they proposed Diffration as the subject of the Academy's prize for 1818. Their expectation was disappointed" and the successful memoir afforded the first of a series of reverses of which, in the short space of seven years, the corpuscular theory was completely owerthrown. The author was Augustin Fresnel."(Whittaker "A History of the Theories of Aether & Electricity", vol. 1, p.107 ff.)."This concept of transverse waves met with the greatest hostility from the scientists of the day, who could not imagine an extremely fluid and rarified ether which at the same time possessed the mechanical properties of a rigid body. Even Arago admitted that he could not follow the exuberant engineer in his ideas. ButFresnel was convinced that at last he had the key to many mysteries, and with his model of waves he gave a full clarification of the phenomena of polarization. With insuperable precision he explained a long series of extremely complicated experiments, such as those of chromatic polarization that Arago himself had discovered by chance in 1811, and which the followers of Newton could not explain in spite of all their efforts. Following this line Fresnel reached the synthesis which is his masterpiece.we must recall the final interpretation that he gave of the famous phenomenon of partial reflection by transparent surfaces, that simple phenomenon which until then had puzzled Grimaldi, Newton, and Huygens, and which in Malus's experiments had unexpectedly acquired a special importencee as it had been compared to the great mystery of double refraction."(Ronchi "The Nature of Light", p. 255 ff.).Comprising:1. Mémoire sur la Diffraction de la lumière, où l'on examine particululièrement le phénomène des franges colorées que présentent les ombres des corps éclairés par un point lumineux. "Ann.Chim.P." Tome 1. 1816. With titlepage to vol. 1. Pp. 239-281 and 1 folded engraved plate.2. Extrait d'une Lettre de M. Fresnel à M. Arago, sur l'influence de la chaleur dans les couleurs développées par la polarisation.Tome 4. 1817. With titlepage to vol. 4. Pp. 298-300.3. Lettre de M. Fresnel à M. Arago, sur l'influence du mouvement terrestres dans quelques phénomènes terrestres dans quelques phénoménes d'optique. Tome 9. 1818. With titlepage to vol. 18. Pp. 57-70.4. Note additionelle à la Lettre de M. Fresnel à M. Arago, insérée dans le dernier Cahier des Annales. Tome 9. 1818. Pp. 286-287.5. FRESNEL & ARAGO. Sur l'Action que le rayons de lumiére polarisés exercent les uns sur les autres. Tome 10. 1819. With titlepage to vol. 10. Pp. 288-305. - Also with "Extrait d'un ouvrage du P. Grimaldi intitulé: Traité physico-mathérmatique de la lumiere des couleurs et de l'iris". Pp. 306-312.6. ARAGO. Rapport par M. Arago à l'Academie des Sciences, au nom de la Commission qui avait été chargée d'examiner les Mémoires envoyés au concours pour le prix de la diffraction. Tome 11. 1819. With titlepage to vol. 11. Pp. 5-30.7. Mémoire sur la Diffraction de la Lumiere. (Extrait). (This importent Price-Memoir was only printed in full in 1826). Tome 11. 1819. Pp. 246-296.8. Suite Du Mémoire sur la Diffraction de la Lumière. Tome 11. 1819. Pp. 337-378. + Note sur des Essais ayant pour but de décomposer l'eau avec un aimant. Pp. 219-222.9. Note sur des Essais ayant pour but de décomposer l'eau avec un aimant. Tome 15. 1820. Pp. 219-222. No titlepage to vol. 15.10. Résume d'un Mémoire sur la Reflexion de la lumière. Tome 15. 1820. Pp. 379-386. Tome 15 is here represented with the last issue of the year (Decembre 1820, pp. 337-448) and instead of the titlepage having the orig. printed wrappers (bound at end of the second volume).11. ARAGO & AMPÈRE. Rapport fait à l'Academie des Sciences.