Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First edition, as stated. 6 x 9 in. Cloth boards. Condition is NEAR FINE ; no wear, binding tight, text unmarked. Co. stamp on front pastedown. DJ is VERY GOOD ; stamped, edges chipped. Sci. Stax.
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1967
Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Good dust jacket. NOTa library discard (illustrator). First edition (so stated). New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1967. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by Marjorie Johnston on the front free endpaper. The inscription reads in part: "To Sydney I. Asher (name is hard to read, may not be spelled right) with best wishes and deep appreciation of your friendly and expert help. (signed) Marjorie Johnston, December 31, 1967." Very Good condition in a Good dust jacket (small edge chips / short closed tears). NOT price clipped ($10.00). The jacket is protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. Minor damp stain at the bottom edge of the cover -- no text pages are affected. NOT bad -- PHOTOS UPON REQUEST. Internal condition is FINE but for paper clip impression at the top edge of a few preliminary pages. Pages are otherwise crisp, clean and unmarked. Laid in are copies of two reviews of the book. Foreword by Vannevar Bush. Includes a 50 page informal autobiography. Compton was awarded the 1927 Nobel Prize in Physics. Has a chronology of Compton's life and a 182 item bibliography of his scientific publications. Index. Bound in the original blue cloth, stamped in metallic blue and shiny silver. Complete with dust jacket. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by Marjorie Johnston. First edition (so stated). Hardcover. Very Good condition/Good dust jacket. Illus. by NOTa library discard. 8vo. xxi, 468pp. + xviii. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
Language: English
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1967
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Xxi,468, Xv Pp. Blue Cloth, Gilt. First Printing. With The Two Page Errata Sheet, Actually The Full Note On The Compton Effect Which Should Have Been On P. 430. Fine, No Wear Or Marks Or Stains Or Fading. Dj Lightly Used, Three Short Closed Tears, Not Price-Clipped, Slight Rubbing At Corners.
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