Compton Albert (34 results)
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Hardcover, no dust jacket. Ex-Library. Cover is worn at corners with spotting on face and slightly faded. Otherwise VG 91 pp.
THE BEST FROM FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION Fourth Series
Boucher, Anthony (editor) (Alfred Bester; C. M. Kornbluth; Robert Abernathy; Arthur Porges; Poul Anderson; Ray Bradbury; Robert Sheckley; J. Francis McComas; Avram Davidson; Richard Matheson; Albert Compton Friborg; Shirley Jackson; Daniel F. Galouye; +)
Published by Ace, NY, 1960
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- First Edition
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Add to basketMass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. [1st printing, 1960] #D-455. Cover art by Emsh. Includes "Introduction"; "Fondly Fahrenheit" by Alfred Bester; "I Never Ast No Favors" by C. M. Kornbluth; "Heirs Apparent" by Robert Abernathy; "$1.98" by Arthur Porges; "The Immortal Game" by Poul Anderson; "All Summer in a Day" by Ray… Bradbury; "The Accountant" by Robert Sheckley; "Brave New World" by J. Francis McComas; "My Boy Friend's Name Is Jello" by Avram Davidson; "The Test" by Richard Matheson; "Careless Love" by Albert Compton Friborg; "Bulletin" by Shirley Jackson; "Sanctuary" by Daniel F. Galouye; "Misadventure" by Lord Dunsany; "The Little Black Train" by Many Wade Wellman; "The Foundation of Science Fiction Success" by Isaac Asimov. Creasing; edge and corner wear; tanning. Book.
- Hardcover
Seller: Virginia Martin, aka bookwitch, Concord, CA, U.S.A.Virginia Martin, aka bookwitch
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Quarto, hardcover, fine in fine red pictorial dj in mylar sleeve. 228 pgs inc index. Looks at how people from all classes of medieval society enjoyed themselves when not about their daily chores-from wrestling and jousting to chess and cards, cock-fighting to religious fes…tivals. A clean, crisp copy in unclipped jacket. Illustrated with b. & w. pictures. Map of Mideival England laid in (National Geographic. 1979).
5 TALES FROM TOMORROW by T.E. DIKTY (EDITOR); CLIFFORD D. SIMAK; ALBERT COMPTON FRIBORG; EVERETT B. COLE; ROBERT ABERNATHY; TOM GODWIN
T.E. DIKTY (EDITOR); CLIFFORD D. SIMAK; ALBERT COMPTON FRIBORG; EVERETT B. COLE; ROBERT ABERNATHY; TOM GODWIN
Published by CREST/FAWCETT
Seller: Richard's Books, Boise, ID, U.S.A.Richard's Books
Contact seller4-star sellerCondition: Good. 2ND PRINTING FEBUARY 1963. COVER HAS CREASING AND SHELF WEAR WITH TAPED SPINE AND LIGHT PEN MARK ON THE FRONT. STAMP ON THE FIRST PAGE. 176 PAGE TEXT HAS LIGHT WEAR. SCIENCE FICTION. 4.25'' X 7''. WE USE BUBBLE MAILERS.
5 Tales From Tomorrow: Selected From The Best Science-Fiction Stories and Novels: 1955 (Crest Book # d597 );
T.E. DIKTY (EDITOR); SIMAK, CLIFFORD D.; FRIBORG, ALBERT COMPTON; COLE, EVERETT B.; ABERNATHY, ROBERT; GODWIN, TOM
Published by Crest Book., Canada, 1963
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: FINE. Second Edition. 176 page. This anthology contains: Push-Button Passion by Albert Compton Friborg; The Cold Equations by Tom Godwin; How-2 by Clifford D. Simak; Deep Space by Robert Abernath; and Exile by Everett B. Cole. >> Minor creasing to upper right corner of front cover otherwise, Very nice, Un-…read copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Painted Front Cover (illustrator). Book.
5 TALES FROM TOMORROW
Dikty, T. E. (editor) (Albert Compton Friborg; Tom Godwin; Clifford D. Simak; Robert Abernathy; Everett B. Cole)
Published by Crest Books - Fawcett Publications, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1957
- Softcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Crest Book S197. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Richard Powers. This anthology contains: Push-Button Passion by Albert Compton Friborg; The Cold Equations by Tom Godwin; How-2 by Clifford D. Simak; Deep Space by Robert Ab…ernathy; and Exile by Everett B. Cole. Richard Powers; (illustrator). Book.
Published by Evanston, IL, New York, San Francisco: Row, Peterson and Company, 1937., 1937
- Hardcover
Seller: David Hallinan, Bookseller, Columbus, MS, U.S.A.David Hallinan, Bookseller
Contact seller5-star selleri-xii, 1-544, xiii-xxxii pages. Hardcover: H 19.25cm x L 13.75cm. Dark blue cloth rubbed, some cloth loss at frayed spine ends, board corners worn. Edges toned and soiled with faded writing; ink and pencil signatures and writing on soiled endpapers; scattered soiling and pencil writing to interior pages. Binding is still firm. A… good copy. Uncommon red bookseller ticket for Birmingham, Alabama retailer E.E. Forbes & Sons Piano Co. Inc. on front pastedown.
The Magazine of FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION (F&SF): July 1954 ("Star Lummox - vt "Star Beast")
F&SF (Elisabeth Sanxay Holding; Leonard Wolf; Robert Barr; Robert Sheckkley; Sherwood Springer; Albert Compton Friborg; Leah Bodine Drake; Avram Davidson; Robert A. Heinlain; Randall Garrett; David Grinell aka Donald A. Wollheim)
Published by Fantasy House, NY, 1954
- Magazine / Periodical
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Add to basketSingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. 7, No. 1. Edited by Anthony Boucher & J. Francis McComas. Cover art by Kirberger for "Star Lummox" (pt. 3 of 3; in book form as "Star Beast") by Robert A. Heinlein. Includes "Shadow of Wings" (short novelet) by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding; "Some Facts About Robots" (verse) by Leonard… Wolf; "The Doom of London" by Tobert Barr; "Recommended Reading" (a department); "The Accountant" by Robert Sheckley; "Epitaph in Avalon" (verse) by Sherwood Springer; "Careless Love" by Albert Compton Friborg; "The Gods of the Dana" (verse) by Leah Bodine Drake; "My Boy Friend's Name is Jello" by Avram Davidson; "Infinite Resources" by Randall Garrett; "The Lysenko Maze" by David Grinnell [Donald A. Wollheim]. 1" tear at heel; tanning; creasing. Book.
More images5 Tales From Tomorrow: Selected From The Best Science-Fiction Stories and Novels: 1955 (Crest Giant Book # S197 );
T.E. DIKTY (EDITOR); SIMAK, CLIFFORD D.; FRIBORG, ALBERT COMPTON; COLE, EVERETT B.; ABERNATHY, ROBERT; GODWIN, TOM
Published by Crest Giant Book, Canada, 1957
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Comic World, Steinbach, MB, CanadaComic World
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: As New. First Edition By This Publisher. 176 page. This anthology contains: Push-Button Passion by Albert Compton Friborg; The Cold Equations by Tom Godwin; How-2 by Clifford D. Simak; Deep Space by Robert Abernath; and Exile by Everett B. Cole. >> Very nice, Un-read copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall.… Powers - Painted Cover Art! (illustrator). Book.
More imagesADVENTURE TRUE STORY Men Magazine June 1971 GGA Nudist Maupassant K. D. Curtis
A. J. Woodbury; Guy de Maupassant; Chet Holloway; Betsy Compton; Rank R. Walters; Albert Rix; Loy Warwick;
Published by Jalart Publications, USA, 1971
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- First Edition
Seller: Comic World, Steinbach, MB, CanadaComic World
Contact seller5-star sellerSoft cover. Condition: Very Good to Fine. ADVENTURE TRUE STORY Men Magazine (June/1971; Jalart Publications;) 76 pages including covers; Writers: A. J. Woodbury; Guy de Maupassant; Chet Holloway; Betsy Compton; Rank R. Walters; Albert Rix; Loy Warwick; Interior Artists: Howell Dodd; Ron Wing; K. D. Curtis; Contents; ** "Confessi…ons of a Call Girl Who Worked the Nudist Camps" by as told to A.J. Woodbury. In order to qualify for membership in England's newest 'fad' club you must have bathed naked with seven different girls.; ** "Bed No. 29" by Guy de Maupassant. According to the famous master of the French short story, there are more ways to win a war than by fighting.; ** "The Hill Soaked Up Our Blood" by Chet Holloway, art by Howell Dodd. 'If our flank attack worked, the battle for Hill 49 could be over quickly. If not.'; ** "A Bachelor's Complete Guide to Betsy" by Betsy Compton, art by Ron Wing. It's our girls considered opinion that most wolves on the loose are 'talkers' and not doers.; ** "Operation Rescue Rape" by Cpl. Rank R. Walters, USMC. The Japanese tore at the girls in a frenzy of fear, hate and lust . The nurses fought back tooth and nail, scratching screaming for our help.'; ** "'Nobody Will Sell Me Life Insurance!'" by Albert Rix, as told to K.D. Curtis. 'I sweat bullets when I'm in that cage, for the best-trained bear will kill you if he can!'; ** "World's Largest Zoo" A photo Special, Kruger National Park.; ** "The Nine Lives of Captain Roberts" by Loy Warwick. The pirate-dandy was first to leap to the enemy's deck . neatly skewering a musketeer as he landed gracefully as a ballet dancer.; ** "A Whimsical Nymph" - Cheesecake photo layout of Kay Elliott (2 pages), Lubi Lopez (2 pages), Vicky Kennedy (1 page), Monica Strand (1 page), Kim Conway (1 page); *** Book Order # ADV100-1; Condition= VG/FN (5.0) = VERY GOOD to FINE; (Above Average Used Condition) minor ink to top edge; Price=US$25.00); Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall TRUE FIRST Edition MAGAZINE Format Thus. Interior Artists: Howell Dodd; Ron Wing; K. D. Curtis; (illustrator). Book.
Published by Facsimile Publisher
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Condition: New. pp. 192.
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- First Edition
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First Edition. Provenance: Professor Clough's copy. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Series: The Fifteenth Century Series ; 5. Physical description: 150 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), map,…genealogical table ; 24cm. Subjects: Education, Medieval -- Great Britain. Politics and government -- Great Britain -- Middle ages. 3 Kg.
Published by Danjugah, Australia, 2017
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Hard Cover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: None Issued. First Edition. 151 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in As new condition throughout.
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Condition: New. pp. 192.
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First Edition. Provenance: Professor Clough's copy. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Series: The Fifteenth Century Series ; 5. Physical description: 150 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), map,…genealogical table ; 24cm. Subjects: Education, Medieval -- Great Britain. Politics and government -- Great Britain -- Middle ages. 1 Kg.
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Seller: Il Salvalibro, Foligno, PG, ItalyIl Salvalibro
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paperback. Condition: Very Good. Collana "Menti dinamiche" - Brossura editoriale con bandelle, 125 pagine. Edizione a cura e con un saggio di Armin Hermann. Introduzione di Francesco La Teana. Opera in condizioni pari al nuovo. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE. Book.
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Add to basketWraps. Condition: Very Good. Beautiful condition, bright clean cover (with "1.00" in pencil in upper right corner). Articles by Van Doren, Chesterton, Woolf, West and more. ID# M7.
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Seller: librisaggi, SAN VITO ROMANO, Italylibrisaggi
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brossura paperback. Condition: Good. Libro in buono stato. Brossura con alette illustrative. Menti Dinamiche paperback 125 8854103918 Buono (Good) . Book.
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Contact seller5-star sellerpamphlet. Illus. 9 pages (pp. 656-664) IN: Journal of the Amerivan Medical Association, vol. 74, no. 10. Tall 4to, modern wrappers. Chicago, 1920. First Edition. Whole number offered entire. Broder's classification of tumors, an index of malignancy. GM 2645.
Storia d'Europa. 1. Dall'antichità alla Controriforma. 2. Dall'età dell'assolutismo all'epoca dei totalitarismi.
Fisher Herbert Albert Laurens (1865-1940, storico, politico britannico).
Language: Italian
Published by Grandi tascabili economici Newton, Roma, 1995
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Copertina morbida. Condition: Ottimo. Ed. integrale. 2 v. (XVII, 430 ; 464 p.) ; 22 x 14 cm. Grandi tascabili economici, 326-327. Perché l'Europa è quella che conosciamo oggi? Cosa si nasconde dietro i confini, le crisi e le conquiste del nostro continente? In un'epoca di incertezza globale, la Storia d'Europa di H.A.L. Fisher t…orna a essere una bussola indispensabile. Questo volume non è solo un racconto del passato, ma un'analisi magistrale del DNA europeo: un intreccio unico di libertà, conflitti, arte e potere. Fisher rompe gli schemi della storiografia tradizionale e ci regala un'opera che si legge come un romanzo, dove i protagonisti non sono solo re e generali, ma le idee che hanno cambiato il mondo. Introduzione di Francesco Pefetti. Titolo originale dell'opera: «A history of Europe». Traduzione di Ada Prospero. (1. vol. ISBN 887983956X; 2 vol. 8879839551). Brossura editoriale, coperta illustrata a colori in cartoncino flessibile plastificato lucido. Cofanetto illustrato a colori in cartone semirigido.
More imagesThe Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. December, 1948. Message from Albert Einstein; UNAEC; International Control Discussions; Crushing of Genetics in the USSR; Atomic Deadlock; Russian Science & Politics. Albert Einstein; David F. Cavers; Edward A. Shils; E.M. Friedwald, N.F. Mott, H.C. Urey, M.L. Oliphant; L.C. Dunn; H.J. Muller; Sir Alfred Zimmern; Karl T. Compton; Bernard Brodie
H.H. Goldsmith & Eugene Rabinowitch (Editors); Albert Einstein; David F. Cavers; Edward A. Shils; E.M. Friedwald, N.F. Mott, H.C. Urey, M.L. Oliphant; L.C. Dunn; H.J. Muller; Sir Alfred Zimmern; Karl T. Compton; Bernard Brodie
Language: English
Published by Atomic Scientists of Chicago, Chicago, 1948
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- First Edition
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very Good; see scans and description. Chicago: Atomic Scientists of Chicago, 1948. The December,1948 issue of The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. The famous and historic Doomsday Clock - shown on each cover since 1947, two years after the publication's inception - here shows the…time to be eight minutes of midnight as of December,1948. Quarto, illustrated staple-bound wraps, 32 pp. (pages 353 through 384 for the annual volume, monthly pages then being numbered after the fashion of the time). A strong Very Good; moderate sunning at edges of covers, otherwise no notable flaws whatever (see scans). Very light inevitable age-toning to the pages. A handsome example; see all scans. Established in 1945 by biophysicist Eugene Rabinowitch and physicist Hyman Goldsmith in response to a correctly-perceived demand for nuclear information at the time by the general public, The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is without doubt the most historically significant non-technical publication on the subject of "'global security and public policy issues related to the dangers posed by nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction, climate change,[2] and emerging technologies and diseases". Hence, over the years, BAS has become a geopolitical instrument, rather than a nuclear watchdog alone. Feature articles in this vintage 1948 issue: Message from Albert Einstein; UNAEC; International Control Discussions; Crushing of Genetics in the USSR; Atomic Deadlock; Russian Science & Politics. Writers include Albert Einstein; David F. Cavers; Edward A. Shils; E.M. Friedwald, N.F. Mott, H.C. Urey, M.L. Oliphant; L.C. Dunn; H.J. Muller; Sir Alfred Zimmern; Karl T. Compton; Bernard Brodie. See scan of contents. Very, very scarce as the original monthly softcover issue. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box - not a bag. LPR48.
More imagesThe Last Warning (Two original keybook photographs from the 1938 film)
Albert S. Rogell (director); Jonathan Latimer (novel); Edmund L. Hartmann (screenwriter); Preston Foster, Frank Jenks, Joyce Compton, Kay Linaker (starring)
Published by Universal Pictures, Universal City, CA, 1938
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Contact seller5-star sellerTwo vintage black-and-white keybook photographs from the 1938. Mimeo snipes affixed to the versos. Based on Latimer's Bill Crane and Doc Williams characters, from his books "Headed for a Hearse," "The Lady in the Morgue," "Murder in the Madhouse," "The Dead Don't Care," and "Red Gardenias." The last of three Bill Crane films, th…e first two being "The Westland Case" (1937) and "The Lady in the Morgue" (1938). Here, Bill Crane (Foster) visits a country estate where the occupants have been receiving threatening letters from someone called "The Eye." 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, waviness and faint tape residue on the rectos.
Reputation and Representation in Fifteenth Century Europe
Biggs, Douglas L. (EDT); Michalove, Sharon D. (EDT); Reeves, Albert Compton (EDT)
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Reputation and Representation in Fifteenth Century Europe
Biggs, Douglas L. (EDT); Michalove, Sharon D. (EDT); Reeves, Albert Compton (EDT)
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Reputation and Representation in Fifteenth Century Europe
Biggs, Douglas L. (EDT); Michalove, Sharon D. (EDT); Reeves, Albert Compton (EDT)
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Reputation and Representation in Fifteenth Century Europe
Biggs, Douglas L. (EDT); Michalove, Sharon D. (EDT); Reeves, Albert Compton (EDT)
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More imagesÉlectrons et Photons. Rapports et Discussions du Cinquieme Conseil de Physique tenu a Bruxelles du 24 au 29 Octobre 1927 sous les Auspices de L'Institut International de Physique de Solvay. Publiés par la Commission administrative de l'Institut
[BOHR, Niels; BORN, Max; BRAGG, William Lawrence; COMPTON, Arthur; DE BROGLIE, Louis; DIRAC, Paul; EINSTEIN, Albert; HEISENBERG, Werner; LORENTZ, Hendrik; SCHRÖDINGER, Erwin; et al.]
Published by Gauthier Villars, Paris, 1928
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- First Edition
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Add to basketFirst edition. The Bohr-Einstein Debate Begins. First edition, rare in the original printed wrappers, of the proceedings of the fifth Solvay Congress, where the debate between Bohr and Einstein on the consistency and completeness of quantum mechanics began. It was at this, the most famous of the Solvay conferences, that Einstein…, disenchanted with Heisenberg's uncertainly principle, made his famous remark that "God does not play dice," to which Niels Bohr replied, "Einstein, stop telling God what to do!" Seventeen of the twenty-nine attendees, which included nearly all the principal architects of the old and the new quantum theory, were or became Nobel Prize winners. "The three and a half years since the fourth Solvay Conference . were marked by enormous progress in quantum physics. Partly based on discoveries and ideas that had been available already before 1924 ? such as the Compton effect and matter waves ? the new atomic theory had arisen, which did more than throw new light on the difficulties discussed at the 1924 conference: quantum or wave mechanics went right to the heart of the problems posed by atomic phenomena. The two subjects put programmatically into the title of the fifth Solvay Conference ? electrons and photons ? designated the crucial points of interest, because 'electrons' also stood for the smallest, massive constituents of matter, and they now became associated with waves, and 'photons' (a name given only recently, in October 1926 by the physical chemist Gilbert N. Lewis, to Einstein's light-quanta) characterized the quantum-theoretical aspect of electromagnetic radiation. It was the declared intention of the Scientific Committee of the Institut International dePhysique Solvay to contribute by scientific reports and discussions about them to the clarification of the scientific concepts in the physics of the day. In retrospect, one may indeed attribute an important success to the 1927 Solvay Conference in marking the completion of the ideas that had first been discussed in the international physics community sixteen years previously at the first Solvay Conference of 1911" (Mehra & Rechenberg, pp. 233-4). Following a 'Notice nécrologique' by Lorentz, the present volume contains the following reports, and discussions about them by the participants (all articles in French): 'The Intensity of the Reflection of X-rays,' by Bragg; 'Disagreement between Experience and the Electromagnetic Theory of Radiation,' by Compton; 'The New Dynamics of Quanta,' by de Broglie; 'The Mechanics of Quanta,' by Born and Heisenberg; 'The Mechanics of Waves,' by Schrödinger; 'The Quantum Postulate and the New Development of Atomic Theory,' by Bohr. No copies located in auction records. In 1911 the Belgian industrialist Ernest Solvay invited a group of the world's most prominent physicists, including Einstein, Planck, Lorentz, Sommerfeld, Rutherford and Marie Curie, to participate in a scientific conference on the difficulties of reconciling classical physics with quantum theory. The conference "set the style for a new type of scientific meetings, in which a select group of the most well informed experts in a given field would meet to discuss the problems at its frontiers, and would seek to define the steps for their solution" (Mehra, Solvay Conferences, p. xv). The first Solvay Conference-widely considered a turning point in the history of modern physics-was so successful that in the following year Solvay established a foundation, now known as the International Solvay Institutes for Physics and Chemistry, "to encourage the researches which would extend and deepen the knowledge of natural phenomena" (ibid.) and to sponsor further conferences. The next two Solvay Conferences met in 1913 and 1921; subsequent conferences have been held every three years except during wartime. "From amongst the members of the Scientific Committee [of the 1927 Congress], two had already played a leading role in 1911: the Chairman Hendrik Lorentz and Albert Einstein; the latter had presented then the most revolutionary report [on the light quantum]. In spring 1926, in the early stage of preparing for the new conference, Lorentz again requested Einstein to write a report. The latter answered promptly: 'If you wish that I take over the report on quantum statistics, I shall do so with pleasure; because, without being in great difficulty, I shall never say "no" to you' (Einstein to Lorentz, 1 May 1926) . On 17 June 1927, Einstein wrote to Lorentz: 'I recall having committed myself to you to give a report on quantum statistics at the Solvay [Conference]. After much reflection back and forth, I came to the conclusion that I am not competent for giving such a report in a way which really corresponds to the state of the thing. The reason is that I have not been able to participate as intensively in the modern development of quantum theory as would be necessary for that purpose. This is in part because I have on the whole too little receptive talent for fully following the stormy developments, in part also because I do not approve of the purely statistical way of thinking on which the new theory is founded .' As a substitute speaker for the topic assigned to him, he proposed either Enrico Fermi from Italy or Paul Langevin from France. Ultimately, however, neither of them gave the report on Einstein's subject. Instead, Niels Bohr agreed to contribute a report on a different topic: namely, on his latest considerations on the problem of the interpretation of quantum mechanics. "The rapporteurs at the fifth Solvay Conference fell into three groups: the experimentalists Bragg and Compton; the theoreticians advocating the Gottingen-Cambridge-Copenhagen versions of quantum mechanics ? Bohr, Born, and Heisenberg; and those of the wave-mechanical camp ? de Broglie and Schrodinger. "The selection of Arthur Holly Compton seemed to be most appropriate, because the Compton effect ? discovered in late 1922 ? had been one of the crucial results triggerin.
More imagesThe Seventh Veil (Two original photographs from the 1945 film)
James Mason, Herbert Lom, Ann Todd, Hugh McDermott, Albert Lieven (starring); Compton Bennett (director); Muriel Box, Sydney Box (screenwriters)
Published by N.p., N.p., 1945
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Contact seller5-star sellerTwo vintage reference photographs of actor James Mason from the 1945 British film. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene, befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars, Lou Reed, Allen Ginsberg, Patti Smith, Salvador Dali, and many ot…hers. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design, his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat, and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Left with amnesia after a suicide attempt, a brilliant concert pianist undergoes hypnotherapy to recover memories of her unhappy former life. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, lightly edgeworn and toned.
Two Autograph Letters Signed and one Typed Letter Signed (all three 'H A L Fisher') to 'Ronnie' [Ronald Chapman], and one Autograph Letter Signed ('Herbert Fisher') to the latter's mother, Mrs Chapman, concerning his education.
H. A. L. Fisher [Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher] (1865-1940), British historian, Liberal politician and Warden of New College, Oxford [Ronald Chapman; Limnerslease, Compton; G. F. Watts]
Published by and 1939. Three on letterheads of New College Oxford one from the Warden's Lodgings and one from Thursley Godalming Surrey, 1938
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Seller: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, United KingdomRichard M. Ford Ltd
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Add to basketEach of the four items has text clear and complete. The four are in fair condition, on aged paper, with minor staining from the paperclip used to attach them, and a small closed tear at the foot of the first letter. Letter One to 'Dear Mrs Chapman'; the other three to 'Dear Ronnie'. Letter One (4to, 2 pp): 19 November 1938. Chap…man (referred to throughout as 'Ronnie') has not been well, and Fisher makes a suggestion to his mother regarding his 'future': 'Cecil Rhodes spent seven years on this process and never regretted it. [.] I do not, of course, wish to imply that a degree is indispensible. Many good Oxford men have progressed without it - but it is useful and an encouragement to those who have earned it, and Ronnie, once returned to normal health, could so easily achieve it [.]'. Letter Two (12mo, 4 pp): 29 November 1938. Fisher has been discussing matters with Chapman's tutor 'Brydon', who finds that as his 'work has been so much interrupted by illness' a place in the Honour School that summer would be a 'risk'. Discusses possible courses of action. Letter Three (12mo, 2 pp): 21 August 1939. He is sorry to learn of Chapman's 'eye trouble', and suggests that he apply to the BBC for employment, using Fisher's name as referee. Letter Four (4to, 1 p, typed): 20 April 1939. He is pleased to learn that Chapman is working at a publisher's office, and that his health is improving. 'Later on when you have made a success of your profession you must replace your name on the books and renew your contact with New College and Oxford.' He is sorry to hear that 'Limnerslease' (now the G. F. Watts museum) is up for sale: 'I have so many delightful recollections of that beautiful house'. Chapman is the author of 'The Laurel and the Thorn: A study of G. F. Watts (London: Faber, 1945).
More imagesA Collection of Property Tax Rolls from Coles County, Illinois, Documenting the Transition of Federally Owned Land into the Taxable Economy, 1837-1854, with Several Signed by Illinois Politicians in Abraham Lincoln's Circle
[Illinois - Land Policy - Euro-American Settlement] Davis, Levi; Shields, James; Ewing, William Lee D.; Compton, Albert; Campbell, Thomas Hayes; et al.
Published by Vandalia, Springfield, and Coles County Illinois, 1854
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Seller: Auger Down Books, ABAA/ILAB, Marlboro, VT, U.S.A.Auger Down Books, ABAA/ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Overall excellent. A collection of official documents from the Illinois auditor's and Coles County collector's offices, recording mainly lists of properties in Coles County that had become subject to taxation, with two recording properties owing back taxes and one recording tax delinquencies caused by assessment error…. The lists of properties newly subject to taxation generally indicate the year in which the land was entered-that is, when a settler had filed a claim with the federal land office registering intent to settle-and the year in which that land became subject to taxation. These lands were not immediately taxable, as the settler first had to meet certain legal requirements, such as living on and cultivating the land, before the government would issue a patent transferring the title of the property from the federal government to the individual and thereby making them liable for taxes on it. The first Euro-American settlers had come to what would be Coles County in 1824, and it was set off from Clark County in 1830. That same year, the Indian Removal Act passed Congress, and the remaining Indigenous tribes in the region-many had already left following treaties earlier in the century-were pushed west of the Mississippi River. The federal government could then survey and map the land, and open it to entry and patent by settlers like those represented in these tax rolls. The earliest dated entries recorded in these documents are from 1835 and were patented in 1841 (though some entries likely occurred earlier, as one document lists entries patented in 1838 but does not list entry date), representing some of the earliest legal Euro-American settlements in the county. These documents thus record the incorporation of newly federally-owned "frontier" land into private ownership and into the county and state economy, and implicitly the placement of previously tribally stewarded land into the hands of its first settlers. Also of interest in the documents are the signatories themselves. These include Albert Compton, William Lee D. Ewing, and Thomas Hayes Campbell, prominent early Illinois political figures; but also Levi Davis, a close friend of Abraham Lincoln's, and James Shields, one of Lincoln's best-known political rivals. Shields and Lincoln nearly fought a duel in 1842 after Lincoln criticized Shields' work as Illinois State Auditor-the same office in which Shields signed one of the Coles County tax rolls preserved here. Men like these occupied a layer of early Illinois society distinct from many of the settlers whose lands appear in the records: lawyers, auditors, legislators, and political figures who linked frontier communities to the emerging institutions of state government. Coles County itself also held personal significance within Lincoln's world, as the home of his father Thomas Lincoln and stepmother Sarah Bush Lincoln. Documents as follows: [1838]: Lands newly subject to taxation in 1837 and 1838. 7 ¾ x 12 ½ inches. 22pp. Affixed with thread. Toned and worn with tears especially at folds and with damage to margins, repairs made with thread. Very good plus. March 6, 1838: Lands newly subject to taxation in 1838. Signed by Levi Davis, Vandalia IL. 7 ¾ x 12 ½ inches. 4 pp. Affixed with ribbon. Folded with minor damage to edges. Excellent to Near Fine. March 1, 1841: Lands entered in 1835, newly subject to taxation in 1841. Signed by James Shields, Springfield IL. 7 ¾ x 12 ½ inches. 10 pp plus docket. Affixed with ribbon. Folded with minor damage to edges. Excellent to Near Fine. February 1, 1845: Lands entered in 1839, newly subject to taxation in 1845. Signed by William Lee D. Ewing, Springfield IL. 7 ¾ x 12 ½ inches. 7 pp plus docket. Affixed with ribbon. Folded with some staining, toning at folds. Excellent to Near Fine. August 24, 1846: Properties for which back taxes for 1844 and 1845 were owed. Signed by Albert Compton, Coles County IL. 7 ¾ x 12 ½ inches. 4 pp. Toned with minor damage to edges. Excellent. [1846]: Properties for which back taxes for 1844 and 1845 were owed, likely a continuation of the previous. 7 ¾ x 12 ½ inches. 4 pp. Slight stains and toning at folds. Excellent to Near Fine. March 25, 1853: Lands newly subject to taxation in 1853. Signed by Thomas Hayes Campbell, Springfield IL. 7 ½ x 12 inches. 18 pp plus docket. Affixed with thread. Folded with toning, some damage to margins. Excellent. June 8, 1854: Delinquencies caused by assessment error, with insolvencies, removals, etc. of personal property, 1853. Signed by Thomas Lytle and James McCrory, Coles County IL. 7 ½ x 12 inches. 3 pp. Delinquencies in Near Fine condition; Insolvencies etc. with damage to margins, excellent. N.d.: Properties for which back taxes were owed, undated. 7 ½ x 12 inches. 4 pp. Folded, else Near Fine. . Eight documents totaling about 75 pages, 7 ¾ x 12 ½ inches and 7 ½ x 12 inches. Generally folded with toning at folds, occasional small stains, and minor damage to margins; one with more extensive repairs made with thread; entirely legible.
