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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st edition, hardback, 8vo, 219pp, slight browning, otherwise clean and sound, Very Good condition in frayed dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. x, 542 p. illus. 24 cm. ; ISBN: 0262140217; 9780262140218 ; LCCN: 74-6415 ; OCLC: 874206 ; sky-blue cloth with gold lettering ; no dustjacket ; ex-lib, stamps, label, date due, pocket ; Contents: Harrison Brown : Preface - Jerzy Neyman : Nicholas Copernicus (Mikolaj Kopernik) : An intellectual revolutionary - 1. Astronomy and cosmology : Bart J. Bok : Harlow Shapley and the discovery of the center of our galaxy - Donald W. Goldsmith : Edwin Hubble and the Universe outside our galaxy - Wlodimie rz Zonn : Explosive events in the Universe - C. Burbidge and M. Burbidge : Modern riddles of cosmology - 2. Biology : Robert L. Sinsheimer : The molecular basis of life - R.C. Lewontin : Darwin and Mendel - The materialist revolution - E. Margoliash : Informational macromolecules and biological evolution - Seymour S. Cohen : On the origin of cells : The development of a Copernican revolution - Stanley L. Miller : The first laboratory synthesis of organic compounds under primitive earth conditions - David Hubel : Neurobiology : A science in need of a Copernicus - 3. Chemistry and physics : Glenn T. Seaborg : From Mendelev to Mendelevium and beyond - Rainer K. Sachs : Relativity - Victor F. Weisskopf : The impact of Quantum theory on moder n physics - J. Hughes : The Copernican legacy for meteorology - 4. Quasi-Copernican revolution in mathematics : Eugene Lukacs : Non-Euclidean geometry - S.M. Ulam : Infinities - J.M. Hammersley : The technology of thought - 5. Study of chance mechanisms, a quasi-Copernican revolution in science and in mathematics : Herbert Robbins : The statistical mode of thought - M. Kac : The emergence of statistical thought in exact sciences - W.G. Cochran : The vital role of randomization in experiments a nd surveys - 6. Technology : Guyford Sever : Man take wings - Donald W. Goldsmith : The Copernicus satellite in the new era of space astronomy - Robert L. Carman : Lasers - Evolution and technological use - Harrison Brown : Some quasi-Copernican rev olutions in man's utilization of energy ; "The introductory chapter describes the circumstances and the essence of the initial intellectual revolution due to Copernicus himself. The subsequent six parts present in turn: (1) several revolutions in astronomy-cosmology, all in the twentieth century and one of them still in progress; (2) a number of deep revolutionary changes in the biological sciences, one of them made twenty years ago by an inspired contribution of a graduate student; (3) several revolutionary changes in the physical sciences; (4) revolutions in the thinking of mathematicians; (5) the emergence of a "pluralistic" point of view in scientific research; and (6) revolutions in technology." ; spine and cover sunned (with a mark from a shelving brace thereby visible) ; VG. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: . ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ (illustrator). 1st Edition. Crown quarto. Pp. 122. HARDCOVER, bound in contemporary half cloth and marbled boards, bit rubbed, lettering-piece to spine, old institutional stamp, ticket, gutter strengthened with clear archival tape in two places. In good condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. Z-4 IN.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First. Red cloth, embossed and decorated in gilt. Spine is faded and brittle at ends. The corners and spine ends are bumped. Binding is tight. 349pp with catalogue at rear. Many illustrations throughout. Rough-cut page edges are discoloured and there is some foxing. No inscriptioons. Nice copy.

Green hardback cloth cover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed. Some foxing throughout. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). xv, 439pp + plates & ads. 17 b/w plates.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. An illustrated first edition of this uncommonly seen Victorian work on English horse racing by Charles Richardson. The first edition of this uncommon work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with pictorial gilt to the front board and spine. Top edge gilt. Bookplate of Stephen Francis Eustace Scrope to the front paste down, dated 1898. Previous owner's ink inscription and a faded photograph of the famous jockey Frederick James Archer (1857-1886), dated 1882, to the front free end paper. Bookplate of Richard Green to the verso of the title page. Newspaper cuttings tipped in to the verso of the front free end paper, both sides of the front blank, the verso of the frontispiece, both sides of the rear free end paper, and the rear paste down, taken from the Sussex Daily News (1926), the Wilts & Gloucestershire Standard (1931), the Sunday Times (1932), and the Sporting Chronicle (1934). Illustrated with a frontispiece and fifty-six plates. Collated, complete. Charles Richardson's history of English horse-racing and horse-breeding, with anecdotes of famous horses, jockeys and races. Chapters include the history of Newmarket, Ascot, Epsom and Goodwood. Edited by E. T. Sachs. A forty-seven page publisher's catalogue to the rear. the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, with shelf wear to the spine. Small marks to the front board. Front hinge is slightly strained but remains firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with the occasional small scattering of spots, more so to the first and last couple of pages. Very Good. book.

Hardback, 229mm x 145mm green cloth boards, gilt titles, , xv prelims, 439+pp. plus index, plus advertisments, Photographic illustrations. Good/NoWrapper. Owners inscription. Exterior bumped and scuffed, block edges darkened and ragged, differential fading to endpapers, pages overall clean. Contemporary account of the feats of a family of Victorian cricketers, with statistical records and 19 photographs, edited by Sachs with reminiscences by the likes of Sydney Pardon and Lord Harris. Catalogue: Sport and games. Keywords: cricket, batsman, bowler, Southgate This book may attract a higher postage charge than automatically calculated on the website in order to ensure that it is fully covered for an appropriate amount of compensation in the event of loss in the post. If so we will make contact to agree any additional postal charges before completing any transaction.