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Leather. Zustand: Near Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. An elegantly bound, first edition of Edward Appleton's lectures on the influence of science on the nation, bound by Henderson and Bisset in full crushed morocco. The first edition. Bound by Henderson and Bisset in a full crushed morocco prize binding, with gilt dentelles.Comprised of the Reith Lectures of 1956, which were a series of BBC radio lectures given by leading academic figures of the day, named after the corporation's first director-general, Lord Reith. This particular set of lectures were given by English Nobel-prizewinning physicist Sir Edward Appleton. Entitled 'Science and the Nation', these lectures explored the influence of science on the country, illustrating the national need of science in fields such as education, industry and government. Bound by Henderson and Bisset in a full crushed morocco prize binding. Externally, lovely, with light fading to the spine and board extremities. A little rubbing to the tail of the front joint. Internally, firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean. Near Fine. book.

8vo. 1 p. Gedr. Briefkopf University of Edinburgh". Beiliegend: gedr. Kärtchen.

4to. 1 p. Printed letterhead University of Edinburgh | The Old College". To Robert Ancell in Albuquerque: In reply to your letter [] I draw your attention to (a) The official Nobel Volume of the history of the Nobel Prizes. (b) Some factual information on a typescript sheet. (c) Material in ,Who's Who' (Great Britain). (d) My Nobel Lecture. (e) A Lecture I have recently give on the subject of the Ionosphere and the way it was discovered. []" - English atmospheric physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1947 "for his investigations of the physics of the upper atmosphere especially for the discovery of the so-called Appleton layer".