Marvin E Black (7 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. 94 Clean, Unmarked Pages. Yellow Cloth, Spine Lettered In Black. Neatly Signed By Cal Tech Aeronautical Engineering Professor Peter Lissaman. In 1971 He Was A Founding Vp At Aerovironment Inc., Working On Many Innovative Vehicles And Concepts, Including The Gossamer Condor, The First Successful Human Powered Airplane. He Received The Kremer Prize From The Royal Aeronautical Society And The Longstreth Medal From The Franklin Society For His Contributions To The Gossamer Condor And Albatross. At Aerovironment He Made Many Contributions To Wind Energy, And Solar And Electric Powered Automobiles And Aircraft. He Spent 30 Years Working On Research Related To Environmental Issues Including Air Quality, Wind And Hydropower And Solar Energy. He Had Many Marine Interests: Developing Surfboards And Swimming Devices, Organizing Conferences On Sailboat Design And As A Member Of The Team That Developed Stars And Stripes, The 12 Meter Racing Yacht That Restored The America's Cup To The U.S. The Last Years Of His Career Were At Usc As An Adjunct Professor. Peter Was An Enthusiastic Tennis Player, Backcountry Hiker And Fly Fisherman. He Fished The Yellowstone Waters For Almost 50 Years. Black and White Photgraphs (illustrator).…

Condition: Good. 64mo. 22 pp. Green Gilt-Stamped Leather, Decorative End Papers. Near Fine. Illustrated. Limited Edition: one of 249 copies. Binder: Bela Blau. Design, Cover Art, Typography, & Production: Norman W. Forgue. (Bradbury, p. 24).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First printings. January, April, July, and October, 1942. Original printed wraps. Articles, Reviews, Notes; continuous pagination: 1-379. (Note that indexes for this volume are printed in the following year.) There is an editorial in the April issue explaining the change in format due to a wartime paper shortage, with no curtailment of the amount of material. The overall condition is very good, with some normal age-toning, especially to spines, and wear to the yapped edges. [Please see images of the 4 issues and their contents pages.] Interiors are bright and clean. A department inaugurated in January 1941, the Technical Scientific Section, picks up again here in the April issue with Robert S. Hartman's "Prime Number and Cosmical Number," James T. Culbertson's "A Physical Theory of Sensation," and Gustav Bergmann's "Syntactical Analysis of the Class Calculus." Four pages are printed on special glossy paper to accommodate photographs illustrating the text. Articles here by Max Black, Frank E. Egler, Ralph Waldo Gerard, Paul Weiss, and others. My philosopher-father had several volumes of this journal; each year is listed separately with images---please inquire if you are interested in a multi-volume discount. As with every book from my father's collection, tipped-in at the front is the small, attractive, acid-free bookplate pictured on my homepage. All books are wrapped with special care and are shipped promptly with tracking; international sales sent via global priority, also with tracking.…