Gillispie Charles Coulston Editor (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDSome pages bumped and creased at the foreedge, else very good. *.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 239 pages. 12.25x9.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing (1-6 number line) Complete with an unattached folded map of Egypt of interesting detail by Col.Jacotin and M. Jomard. Corners are square and paper edges clean. Dust jacket has faint fading along the front edges and spine otherwise book, jacket and map in fine condition. Books are poly bagged, wrapped in bubble wrap and shipped in boxes. Due to size and weight there will be extra charges for shipping.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Charles Scribners Sons; New York, 1970-1980. Hardcover. Complete 16 Volume Set. Set is about 95 pounds heavy. A Very Good, green cloth binding with gilt lettering on front board and spine, binding sturdy and intact, some handling/scuffing to boards, rub mark bottom text block corner, few small dog-eared pages, bit of age toning to pages, moderate scattered foxing top text block edge, mild scattered foxing on fore-edge, fading/offsetting to spine buckram, rubbing along board edges, spine buckram starting to separate from backing material, faint crease across pages in rear of Volume 11, bumped top front board corner/dent bottom front board edge and small moisture stain top text block corner of Volume 12, without Dust wrapper. A nice, overall clean and unmarked set. 4to[quarto or approx. 11.5 x 13.5 inches], (Vol.1) 624pp., (Vol.2) 628pp., (Vol.3) 624pp., (Vol.4) 622pp., (Vol.5) 624pp., (Vol.6) 619pp., (Vol.7) 625pp., (Vol.8) 624pp., (Vol.9) 620pp., (Vol.10) 622pp., (Vol.11) 618pp., (Vol.12) 620pp., (Vol.13) 623pp., (Vol.14) 640pp., (Vol.15) 818pp., (Vol.16) 510pp. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 16 volume set. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good bindings and covers. Shelf wear. Tears to some jackets with loss. Clean, unmarked pages. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. "The Dictionary of Scientific Biography makes professional knowledge to the history of science available to general scientists, historians, journalists, teachers, students, and interested laymen alike. While the integration of the scientific legacy into its proper place in world history is perhaps the most valuable function of these volumes, the Dictionary will enrich both the cultivation of science and the study of history." Contents: v.1. Pierre Abailard - L.S. Berg; v.2. Hans Berger - Christoph Buys Ballot; v.3. Pierre Cabanis - Heinrich von Dechen; v.4. Richard Dedekind - Firmicus Maternus; v.5. Emil Fischer - Gottlieb Haberlandy; v.6. Jean Hachette - Joseph Hyrtl; v.7. Iamblichus - Karl Landsteiner; v.8. Jonathan Homer Lane - Pierre Joseph Macquer; v.9. A.T. Macrobius - K.F. Naumann; v.10. S.G. Navashin - W. Piso; v.11. A. Pitcairn - B. Rush; v.12. Ibn Rushd - Jean-Servais Stas; v.13. Hermann Staudinger - Giuseppe Veronese; v.14. Addison Emery Verrill - Johann Zwelfer; v.15. Supplement I, Roger Adams - Ludwik Zejszner, [and] topical essays; v.16. Index. From the library Dr. Owen Hannaway. Hannaway was director of the Center for the History and Philosophy of Science at Johns Hopkins University. He authored numerous books and served as an editor of academic magazines in the history of science. Partial list of publications: Chemists and the Word: The Didactic Origins of Chemistry (1975); Observation, Experiment, and Hypothesis in Modern Physical Science (1985); The Evolution of Technology (1989); Science and the Practice of Medicine in the Nineteenth Century (1994); and The Foundations of Modern Science in the Middle Ages: Their Religious, Institutional and Intellectual Contexts (1996).