J David Townsend Translator (9 results)

Paperback. Condition: Used: Good. A good softcover copy. Binding is tight and square. Text is clean. Front cover is very good. Back cover has corner wear on top and bottom corner opposite spine. Top and bottom corner of text have light wear. Careful packaging and fast shipping. We recommend EXPEDITED MAIL for even faster delivery.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 86 pages. 9.00x7.25x0.25 inches. In Stock.

Condition: Very Good. 2nd edition. Faux leather, VG+. xxii+295pp, b/w map, 1 b/w portrait, index, spine a little sunned, otherwise a nice copy. A translation originally published in 1958 of General De Ségur's sensational 1824 account of Napoleon's diasterous expedition to Russia, which saw a million men dead. De Ségur's frank account resulted in him fighting a duel. 575 grams.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. (1958) 306 pp. Original dark blue cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding very bright and clean. Light foxing to edges of text block and endpapers. DJ lightly soiled w/ mild edge wear. Spine a bit darkened. Contents nice.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1980 Reprint. Very Good condition. Light wear. Binding tight, pages clean. Previous seller sticker on front cover. Pictures available upon request.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. trade paperback edition edition. 200 pages. 8.25x5.50x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition, Thus. 8vo., 284pp. Sharp First Edition, Thus of this classic account of Napoleon's disastrous campaign. Bound in publisher's Blue cloth titles stamped in gilt on spine. Mapped end-papers. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Some toning and off-setting to end-papers but not foxing or toning to pages. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, (21s. net), Has some mild wear to spine ends and tips. Tiny closed edge-tear on the bottom rear panel. Light soiling on the rear panel. Still fresh and bright with no chipping or creases. A handsome collectable copy at a great price.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. David Hilbert, a renowned German mathematician of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, contributed to many branches of the field, according to his biographers at the University of Saint Andrews, but, "his work in geometry had the greatest influence in that area after Euclid," they say. One of the ways that influence was manifested was by the set of axioms he published in 1899, first in German, under the title, "Grundlagen der Geometrie" ("The Foundations of Geometry" in English). It, and its continued updates, pioneered the way mathematics, particularly geometry, was taught and studied in the twentieth century by using the axiom system and the use of models to prove axioms. The book was based on a course of lectures he had just given at the University of Götttingen that studied the axioms of Euclidean geometry. It was immediately translated into French. The response that translation received from the mathematics community caused Hilbert to make some changes, changes which were incorporated into the English translation by E.J. Townsend which Hilbert authorized and which appeared in 1902. That means the first English edition is considered to be second edition over all. It gets even more complicated after that. Hilbert continued to revise his axioms throughout his lifetime so that there were, in all, seven editions before his death in 1943, and later mathematicians kept at it with new editions in German and other languages. However, this copy keeps things simple: It is what the publisher calls a "reprint edition" of the original 1902 translation, released by the same American publisher, The Open Court Publishing Company, in 1947. Our copy is, overall, in excellent condition for its age. Slight age tanning. The text block is pristine, and the book has no marks, folds, or tears. The binding is tight and square and none of the pages are loose or missing. The binding is red cloth with the title and author stamped in foil on the front cover and on the spine. The text on the front cover is still bright but that on the spine has faded. The spine also shows some bumping at the top and bottom. See our photos. Very good++.…

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 143 pages. 9.00x6.25x0.75 inches. This item is printed on demand.