John R Mattingly (18 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. Ex-library copy with usual markings. Scholar's name to ffep (A. R. Littlewood).; Loeb Classical Library No. 67; 640 pages.

Hardcover, no dust jacket. Very good; previous owner's name, light wear to board corners and spine edges. 640 pp.

Hardcover, no dust jacket. Good; previous owner's stamp, bumped board corners. 640 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex library copy with usual markings. No jacket.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good +. 1st Edition. An uncreased spine with very light egde rubbings. No store stamp. Stories by : Poul Anderson, Phillip C. Jennings, Dean Ing, Elizabeth Moon, F.Paul Wilson, Charles Sheffield, John Gribbin, Gordon R. Woodstock, Larry Niven, Algis Budrys. Mattingly, David (illustrator). …

Condition: New. pp. 688.

Paper. Condition: Very Good. Very good copy. xliv, 981pp. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 688 pages. 7.00x4.75x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New. pp. 688 Index.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. This is a monograph titled, "Comogony and Stereometry in Posidonian Physics" by Professor John R. Mattingly, Professor Emeritus in Classics, Hamilton College, now deceased. The essay was published in 1937 by Saint Catherine Press in Bruges, Belgium, in their serial monographic series, "Osiris - Studies on the History and Philosophy of Science, and on the History of Learning and Culture.", (Volume III, Part 2.) Posidonius of Apameia (135 - 51? BC) was an ancient Greek stoic philosopher, who was renown in his day, but is now known mostly to classicists and historians of science. Posidonius is known for his ethics, but his contributions to cosmology are perhaps even more interesting, as well as somewhat unorthodox. He thought matter was gifted with its own form and specificity, but was then further reshaped and modeled by divine action. He thought reason to be one of the main criteria for truth, even above physical perception. The universal Macrocosm and Microcosm are formed through a systematic hierarchy upon which reason acts by controlling irrational or chaotic forces. Stereometry is concerned with the measurement of solid bodies. Professor Mattingly's essay is a brilliant, and richly nuanced examination of how the balance between the intuition of spirit acting to originate the Universe (cosmogony) and the sensual measurement of the physical world (stereometry) interacts within the laws of physics as they were perceived through the philosophy of Posidonius. At least that is my take on this fascinating paper. A fascinating monograph in which the genius of ancient Greek cosmology intersects with a brilliant mind of the 20th century. SERIES : Osiris, Studies on the History and Philosophy of Science, and on the History of Learning and Culture ISSUE : Volume III, Part 2 SERIES EDITOR : George Sarton TITLE : Cosmogony and Stereometry in Posidonian Physics IMPRINT : The Saint Catherine Press PLACE : Bruges, Belgium DATE : 1937 EDITION : First Edition PROVENANCE : From the personal library of the late Professor Emeritus, John Mattingly. STATUS : OP - Out of Print DETAILS : Journal - sized monographic series, in paperback format; series volume pagination, pp 558 - 583 (26 pages); 7" x 10", printed buff wraps, sewn and glued. CONDITION - NEAR FINE - This is a previously owned book that remains clean and presentable, with the following particulars noted : Mild, near-negligible wear, basically clean and presentable with no writing or marking. The leaves remain largely unopened. A near-fine specimen.…

Reprinted Edition. 8°. Frontispiece, XXII, 639, [1], 9 Pages. Green, original Cloth-Volume (gilt Lettering on the Spine). Ex-Library-Copy. Library-Sticker on the Spine. Library-Stamp [dropped out] on Title and on Cutting. No Markings in the Text! No Underlinings! No private Owner's Note! Volume bound in transparent, selfadhesive Foil. (The Loeb Classical Library, 34).…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. Maroon cloth and gold paper boards. Lean to spine. Extremities bumped and rubbed, covers soiled. Paper chipped along top edge of rear board. #179/520 copies signed by John R. Mattingly, Dennis J. Grastorf and David Itchkawich. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good+. No dust jacket. Limited. Signed limited edition, no. 53 of 500/ does not include the artist?s signed etching/ slipcase has some wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. This book was designed by Dennis J. Grastorf. Limited to 500 numbered copies for sale. This is copy number 132. Signed by Mattingly, Grastorf, and David Itchkawich. With much promotional material material laid in. Illustrated (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Oblong octavo [12 ¼ X 8 ¾ inches], included one original etching and copies of an additional 18. signed on colophon page by the author and the book designer Dennis J. Grastof . This is # 264 of a run of 520. Laid is a print of a postcard by Itchawich. In original box. As new. First edition. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Signed. tan boards w/ quarter leather spine; silver printed. book xvi, 92 pgs w/ bw illustratiions. original etching frontispiece. maroon slipcase. Original frontis etching is hand-numbered, titled and signed by the artist; 54/100 "After The Appointment Near Kerb." Hand-numbered copy 54 of 500. Back cover endaper signed by Angelica Press President and book designer Dennis J. Grastorf, John Mattingly and the artist, David Itchkawich. VG+/G+. (scuffs to cover; rubbing to leather spine ends/edges. slipcase has rubbing to edges & corners; scuffs & scratches; wear to spine ends).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. xvi, [ii], 92 pages. One of the 100 copies with an original etching by Itchkawich which acts as frontispiece. Numbered 66 of a total edition of 520. Signed by author, the book's designer Dennis J Gastorf and Itchkawich. Loosely inserted brief note signed Dennis [Gastorf]. In the original paper covered boards with cloth spine and with the slipcase. The volume is in good condition, the slipcase though is damaged and torn along the edges so only in fair to poor condition. Signed by Illustrator(s). Book. …

Condition: Fine. New York: The Angelica Press, 1976. Small oblong 4to. xvi, [2], 92, [4] pp; 6 page publisher's prospectus loosely inserted. Original frontispiece etching signed by the artist, 18 full page plates. Text in two columns. Publisher's leatherette-backed boards, slipcase. Touch of shelfwear to slipcase extremities, else Fine. No 16 of 100 copies with an original signed etching by Itchkawich, additionally signed by the artist, the author, and the book's designer. Signed by Illustrator(s).…