A N Winchell (13 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. pp.xvi, 551 pages, a very good hardback, publisher's original brown cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine, ex-university library.

Condition: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has clothback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1000grams, ISBN:

Condition: Fair. Volume 2. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1000grams, ISBN:

Condition: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1250grams, ISBN:

Condition: Poor. Volume 2. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1150grams, ISBN:

Condition: Poor. Volume 2. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1150grams, ISBN:

Hardcover. Condition: Good. An ex-library book with the usual marks. Binding is tight and even. Cover has heavy bumping to corners and wear to the edges of the spine but is still sound. A good copy. Items are dispatched the following (or the same) day. Please note our excellent customer feedback.

Condition: Very Good. xii, 263, 267 text figs, 4 folding plates (inrear pocket). 8vo. HB. 8vo, orig cloth. Vg. From the library of Prof. Ewart Albert Vincent (1919-2012) with his signature to endpaper. 5th edition.

M. 8 Taf. u. 16 Abb. 191 S. OU. u. S. 1/4 ohne Textversust läd. (U.S. Geol. Survey Bull. 574). Sprache: Englisch 0 gr.

M. 1 farb. Kte., 44 (3 farb.) Taf. u. zahlr. Abb. 430 S. OLwd. Buchdeckel berieben. Mehrere St. Rsign. Buchrücken bestoßen u. ausgeblichen. (Bull. of the Geol. a. Nat. Hist. Survey of Minnesota 6). Sprache: Englisch 0 gr.

Condition: Good. Minor shelfwear, fading and creasing to front cover. Foyles sticker and pen insciption on inside cover, otherwise content in excellent condition.

Condition: Good. No jacket. A few dirty marks, a lot of scratches and wear on cover. Also a knock on bottom corners of cover and a name and address has been hnadwritten on first blank page. Content is fine.

Paperback. Condition: Near Very Good condition. NOT a library discard (illustrator). First Edition. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Harrison & Smith, State Printers, 1893. This is the original 1893 first printing -- NOT print on demand edition or modern reprint. Near Very Good condition. NOT a library discard. Text pages are clean and unmarked but age toned. All plates are still bright white -- not age toned. "Bulletin No. 8, Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota" is hand inked on the spine. Illustrated with tables, figures and plates. Bound in the original green wraps, printed in black. This book is from the libraries of, and bears the tiny ink stamps of both Henry Stephens Washington (1867-1934) and later, Robert B. Sosman. Laid-in is a 20-page biography, bibliography and tribute to Washington by Charles Milton. It notes that Washington, "one of the most eminent members" of the National Academy of Sciences was fluent in 10 languages. Also discussed are his work at the Carnegie Institution Geophysical Laboratory, as vice-president of the Geological Society of America, and his PROFESSIONAL PAPER 99 that is "known to every geologist in the world." A geophysicist and physical chemist, Robert Browning Sosman authored THE PHASES OF SILICA (1965, New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press). Sosman received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1907, at the age of 26. By 1908 he had joined the Geo-Physical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution. Dr. Sosman worked at the Geo-Physical Laboratory for 20 years, serving 8 years as Assistant Director. During World War I, his contributions were instrumental in establishing America's capacity for manufacturing optical glass. In 1928 he left to join the United States Steel Corporation as Assistant Director of Research. Following his retirement from U.S. Steel in 1947, he became visiting professor of Ceramics at Rutgers University. Dr. Sosman was a past president of the American Ceramic Society. In his honor, the Society established The Robert B. Sosman Award, "the highest recognition of scientific accomplishment given by the Basic Science Division. in recognition of outstanding achievement in basic science of an area that results in a significant impact to the field of ceramics.". First Edition. Softcover. Near Very Good condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 48pp. + plates. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.