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New York:: IEEE, 1988., 1988. 4to. 1365-1587, index 27 pp. Figs., indexes. Printed wrappers; wrappers a bit stained and lightly worn. Very good. David Middleton was a noted pioneer in the field of statistical communication theory. Middleton was also a collaborator of Nobel Prize winner J. H. Van Vleck. [AIP]. Interview of John H. Van Vleck by Charles Wiener, 1973, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, AIP.

New York:: IEEE, 1988., 1988. 4to. 1365-1587, index 27 pp. Figs., indexes. Printed wrappers; wrappers a bit stained and lightly worn. Very good. David Middleton was a noted pioneer in the field of statistical communication theory. Middleton was also a collaborator of Nobel Prize winner J. H. Van Vleck. [AIP]. Interview of John H. Van Vleck by Charles Wiener, 1973, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, AIP.

New York:: Society of Automotive Engineers, 1952., 1952. 4to. Variously paginated. Extensively illus. (including 1 folding plate). Quarter black cloth, printed wrappers; binder holes. Ownership inscription. Very good.

Tucson:: University of Arizona Press, (1990)., 1990. 242 x 182 mm. 8vo. xi, 434 pp. Figs., 1 table, glossary, bibliog., index. Blue cloth, dust-jacket. Fine.

[England]:: Macmillan Press, 1972., 1972. Oblong 8vo. 33 pp. Illus. Pictorial printed wrappers. Very good.

Offprint from:: Il Nuovo Cimento, Serie X, Vol. 34, 1 Dicembre 1964., 1964. pp. 1386-1390. (240 x 170 mm). 5 pp. 4 tables. Stapled pages. Very good. Maiani became Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Rome and served as Director General of CERN (European Organization of Nuclear Research).

[Rome?]:: CERN, Serie X, vol. 34, Dec. 16, 1964., 1964. 8vo. pp. 1732-1750. Self-wraps. Fine. Amati is a distinguished Italian physicist who spent many influential years at CERN in Geneva.

[n.p.]:: Physics Letters, vol. 11, no. 2, July 15, 1964., 1964. Offprint. Tall 8vo. pp. 190-192. Self-wraps. Very good. Amati is a distinguished Italian physicist who spent many influential years at CERN in Geneva.

[Berlin]:: Zeitschrift fur Physik, [1965]., 1965. Offprint. Original wrappers. Very good. Rothleitner was an Austrian physicist, CERN researcher and professor at Leopold-Franzens University Innsbruck. Stech was a German physicist who taught at the University of Heidelberg.

New York:: Willey, 1945., 1945. 8vo. v, [3], 457, [1] pp. Frontis. port., 3 illus. Burgundy gilt-stamped cloth. Ownership signature of Richard Weiss. Near fine.

Princeton:: Princeton University Press, (2000)., 2000. 8vo. xii, 184 pp. Index. Navy cloth, dust-jacket. Fine. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR (Roberts) to David C. Lindberg on the title-page.

Missoula:: Mountain Press, 2002., 2002. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. ix, 245 pp. Frontis., photos and illustrations (including title and half-title), index. Printed wrappers. Burndy bookplate. Fine. ISBN: 0878424520

Firenze:: G.C. Sansoni, (1958)., 1958. Series: Universita Degli Studi di Padova; Studi sulla Tradizione Aristotelica nel Veneto, Vol. I. 8vo. vii, 468 pp. Original printed wrappers; stained. Ownership signature of Anne Jacobson. Very good. [br] Nardi, Italian philosopher, was the first modern scholar to insist, against Croce, on a knowledge of medieval science and philosophy for a correct understanding of Dante's texts.

New York:: Newman Press, (1978)., 1978. Series: Ancient Christian Writers: The Works of the Fathers in Translation, 12. 8vo. vi, 213 pp. Index. Quarter navy blue cloth over gilt-stamped blue cloth. Ownership signature. Fine. ISBN: 0809102528

New York:: Newman Press, [1978]., 1978. Series: Ancient Christian Writers: The Works of the Fathers in Translation, 22. 8vo. vi, 291 pp. Index. Quarter navy blue cloth over gilt-stamped blue cloth. Ownership signature. Very good. ISBN: 0809102595

Springfield, IL:: Charles C. Thomas, (1955)., 1955. 4to. vii, 86 pp. Photos, illustrations, figs., index. Blue cloth, gilt-stamped spine title, dust-jacket; jacket has some light edge-wear. Presentation inscription from the author. Near fine.

Amsterdam:: N. V. Noord-Hollandsche Uitgeversnaatschappij, 1956., 1956. 8vo. 19 pp. Gray printed wrappers; Creased across middle. Very good.

Upsala:: Johan Edman, 1787., 1787. Small 8vo. [14], 618, [14] pp. Folding map, woodcut headpiece. Later quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt-stamped spine title; joints rubbed, headcap chipped, rear corner cracked. Very good. RARE. FIRST SWEDISH EDITION of Cook’s third voyage. Translated and abridged from the official account of Cook’s third and final voyage. The translator was Samuel Odmann. [Nat’l. Lib. of Australia]. The folding map at the back of the volume shows the area of the Bering Strait, Asia to the west, the Sandwich Islands to the south, and Nootka Sound on Vancouver Island (which is not shown as an island at all). Beddie 1566; DuRietz (Cook) 12; Forbes 126; Kroepelien 1137. Copies in: National Library of Australia; Carlskrona LäseSällskaps Bibliothek; Univ. Minnesota; Yale; Univ. Alaska; State Lib. New South Wales.

Berlin & Leipzig:: Walter de Gruyter, 1931., 1931. SECOND EDITION. 160 x 109 mm. Small 8vo. 179, [ads, 16] pp. Yellow printed cloth; cloth lightly soiled. Very good.

Wien:: Im selbstverlage des herausgebers, 1906., 1906. 8vo. xxxii, 379 pp. Frontis., 5 plates (1 folding). Quarter maroon cloth over marbled boards, gilt-stamped spine title; spine sun-faded. Faint ownership ink stamp on front endpaper. Very good. Very rare. This rare work details the history and production of purple dyestuff, "Researches on the Purple produced by Purpura Lapillus. – Augustin Letellier. – This mollusk is very common on the shores of Bretagne, and was formerly used by the Bretons in dyeing. The colour is generated in a yellowish white band. The purple is, in fact, produced by three substances, one of them yellow and not photogenic, whilst the two others turn quickly to a blue and a carmine red under the influence of the sun's rays. The yellow substance forms crystals similar to those of uric acid. The substance is soluble in potassa, whence it may be precipitated by weak acids. The two photogenic substances are the one apple-green and the other ash-green." [Chemical News, Vol.… Read More