Decrum Francis Xavier (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. University Of Pennsylvania, 1928. Hardcover. First edition original black cloth spine and paste-down blue paper covered boards, 6 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches, 62 pp, illustrated with frontispiece of Dr. Smith. Withdrawn library copy with removed sticker scuffs on back cover, stamps and pocket on end pages, unmarked interior pages. Biographical information and professional tribute to one of the great scientists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including summaries of his work in electrochemistry, atomic weights, history of chemistry, etc.…

Hardcover. First edition (NAP) . Hardcover, original black cloth spine and paste-down paper covered boards, 6 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches, 62 pp, illustrated with frontispiece of Dr. Smith. Very good+, no dustjacket. Previous owner's signature on top edge of front board, being that of Eleanor A Maass, biochemist and early researcher on penicillin, paper age yellowed, jagged 1 inch tear on 2 adjoining leaves (text afected, but complete and legible) , otherwise tight, clean, paper crisp, unmarked. Biographical information and professional tribute to one of the great scientists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including summaries of his work in electrochemistry, atomic weights, history of chemistry, etc. Bibliography of his writings, and list of people who did their doctorates under his supervision. Biography; eulogy; science; research. *********. …