Thomson professor arthur (7 Ergebnisse)

VG orig. black cloth in edgeworn illus. yellow dj. x, 245 p.; 25 text-figures; 21 cm. (Dwight H. Terry lectures ; 1924) [First printed earlier in the same year]. 2nd printing edition. Binding is Hardcover.

Hardcover. viii, 320 p.; 22.5 cm. 52 collected essays, with index p. 313-20. Good edgeworn orig. black cloth.

Hardcover. 1st edition. xv, 16-256 p.; 17 cm. (Home university library ; 20) Bibliography, p. 249-56. Gift inscription dated Xmas 1911. VG orig. green cloth, back sl. faded, fep cracked on hinge.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: n No Jacket. n. London: George Newnes Ltd Book. Good. Black Leather Binding. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Undated set of volumes, circa 1922, Includes chapters on astronomy, evolution, psychic science, biology, meteorology, electricity, telegraphy and bacteria. Gilt design and lettering to spine, raised bands, gilt design to front boards. Title pages printed in colour. All hinges broken. Remnants of sellotape repairs to end pages and school library inscription to endpapers, otherwise good. HEAVY BOOKS, additional postage will be requested. 0. Book.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition / Second Print. Hardback copy in dark green cloth boards with gold gilt lettering to spine, blind stamped lettering to front board, no dustjacket. 352pp + 8pp book catalogue to rear. Fold-out colour frontispiece 'Nature Calendar', b/w illustrations within text. Not library copy, no inscriptions, some foxing, small tears to fold-out frontispiece. (44/3).…

One page, octavo. On aged paper, with slight chipping to corners, but text clear and entire. He is afraid that he 'did not answer your second letter in regard to a book on Sex.' 'After careful consideration', Thomas and 'Prof. Geddes' [Sir Patrick Geddes, 1854-1932] have come to the conclusion that 'if we wrote another book on that subject it should be published either by "Walter Scott" (who has 'The Evolution of Sex') or by Williams and Norgate (who have 'Sex')' [both books, 1889 and 1914 respectively, also by Geddes and Thomson]. 'We did not think that it would be quite in accordance with our agreements to write a third book and have it published by a third firm, though it would, of course, be a new book.'.…

Leather. Zustand: Very Good. A complete two-volume set of this colourfully illustrated overview of important scientific topics, simply explained, and edited by Professor J. Arthur Thomson. An illustrated two-volume set uniformly bound in a half pebbled cloth binding.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and nineteen colour plates to volume I. Illustrated with nineteen colour plates to volume II. Collated, complete.An informative guide to important scientific topics, simply explained for a wide audience, by the Scottish naturalist Professor J. Arthur Thomson (1861-1933). This popular work sold more than one hundred thousand copies in five years.The subjects covered include evolution, astronomy, microscopy, natural history, chemistry, meteorology, applied science, bacteria, ethnology and much more.Undated, dated through copies held at the British Library. Uniformly bound in a half pebbled cloth binding. Externally smart, with light shelf wear to the joints and extremities. Red marks to the pebbled cloth of the front board to volume II. Offsetting to the end papers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…