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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in red cloth boards with silver gilt lettering to spine. Unclipped dustjacket in new removable protective clear sleeve. 189pp. 11 short stories from Robert Barnard, Simon Brett, Jonathan Gash, B. M. Gill, Tim Heald, Timothy Holme, Philip Kerrigan, Anne Morice, John Wainwright, David Williams and Margaret Yorke. Not library copy, no inscriptions. ().

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 181pp. Gilt-stamped blue cloth. Decorative owner bookplate (William H. Johnson) and contemporary owner gift inscription on front endpapers, old bookstore label on rear fly, spine toned and cloth modestly worn, else very good. Literary spoof of the bluenoses of the era with contributions by Dorothy Parker, Ben Hecht, Heywood Broun, Alexander Woollcott and several others. Amusing illustrations of the contributors at battle with the forces of prudery by Ralph Barton.

Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN:9781566705561.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 415 p. : ill. (part col.) maps (part col.) plans, ports. (part col.) ; 32 cm. ; LCCN: 66-18667 ; LC: DG211; Dewey: 913.3703 ; OCLC: 2360272 ; decorative brown cloth, in photographic color pictorial dustjacket ; Contents : The Etruscan mystery -- The seven hills -- Faith and the state -- The thrust of power -- A republic divided -- The coming of Caesar -- The triumph of Augustus -- Architects of empire -- The Roman peace -- An era of excess -- The long twilight -- Rome becomes Christian -- A spacious legacy. ; "At first little more than the power of the sword carried Rome forward; as it grew, it acquired the power of religious and poetic vision. These are the spiritual powers which it bequeathed to its heirs, the modern nations of the western world." ; nicks, tears and creases to dustjacket, else VG/G. Book.

4to. pp. 65-172 pp. Numerous b/w ills. & maps, original wrappers, an excellent copy. First edition thus in the fine Hassall Press presentation.

46 signed letters [34 TLS, 12 ALS] comprising decades of correspondence between Frederick Gardner Cottrell and various notable figures of his day in U.S. politics, the international science community, and academia. All letters are housed in new archival mylar sleeves. Cottrell was a notable chemist, inventor, and philanthropist, best known today for his invention of the electrostatic precipitator - one of the first inventions to combat air pollution - and his founding of the Research Corporation for Science Advancement, which used the revenue from the electrostatic precipitator to fund further scientific research, and continues to do so today. While best remembered for these feats, Cottrell had a long and influential career both in the U.S. Federal Government and as a science consultant. He was well known nationally and internationally - in industry, in government, and in academia - for his support of and contributions to new ideas and new talent within the scientific community. The letters, which span from 1901-1941, track Cottrell over the course of 40 years, and evidence the many relationships he had over that period with some of the most influential people of the time. These include a letter of introduction from Alexander Graham Bell, a discussion of chemistry with Thomas Edison, replies from two Nobel Prize winning scientists - the discoverer of the noble gasses, William Ramsay, and discoverer of the electron, J. J. Thomson - to Cottrell's request to study in their labs, and exchanges with two presidents, Herbert Hoover and Woodrow Wilson. Other letters show his personal interactions with leading scientists of his day (Robert J. Van de Graaff, Georges Claude, George E. Hale) and heads of industry (Henry L. Doherty, Ivy Lee), and track the path of his career through his time as the director of the Bureau of Mines; to chairman of the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Technology on the National Research Council; to head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Lab, and beyond. These letters, the vast majority of which were sent by these notable figures to Cottrell, evidence his expertise, the depth and breadth of his professional interests, and his eagerness to collaborate and share research and ideas, coming together to trace the life of a man whose work was and continues to be consequential to the advancement of science as a whole. Shelved case 1. CONTENTS: 1-Page TLS from inventor of the telephone Alexander Graham Bell to a Mr. Fish, dated December 20, 1911, introducing Cottrell to him. In Very Good condition. In this letter, Bell is writing in his capacity as Regent of the Smithsonian Institution. On 1331 Connecticut Avenue letterhead. Faintly creased, with mild wrinkling along the edges. Signed in black ink by Bell: "Alexander Graham Bell". 1-page TLS from inventor of the light bulb Thomas Edison to Cottrell dated January 13, 1925, discussing the unexpected results of a past chemistry experiment of his in relation to the generation of ammonia. In Very Good condition. TLS is on Edison's personal letterhead ("From the Laboratory of Thomas A. Edison"). Lightly age toned, with some wrinkling and small closed tears along the top edge. Faintly creased from past folding. Signed by Edison in black ink: "Thos. A. Edison". Includes a lightly soiled 1-page facsimile of Cottrell's reply. 2-page ALS from Nobel Prize winning physicist Joseph John Thomson to an unnamed recipient, likely Cottrell, dated July 6, 1901, discussing the possibility of Cottrell coming to study at Thomson's lab. In Very Good condition. In 1901, Cottrell would have been studying in Europe at the University of Berlin, seeking to study in the laboratory of an accomplished scientist. Thomson was already a figure of some renown for his 1897 discovery of the electron, which represented the first identification of a subatomic particle, and would be awarded the 1906 Nobel Prize in Physics in recognition of his work. ALS is on Cavendish Laborat. Signed.