Needham Joseph 1900 1995 Gwei Djen (5 results)

Hardcover. [Reprint?]. Octavo, xxxii, 510 pages. In Good minus condition with a Fair minus dust jacket. Spine is white with black print. Dust jacket has edgewear with small tears at spine ends and flap corners, puncture in spine, creasing, smudging/shelf wear. Price unclipped: "$35.00 in U.S.A. ;ï¿¡12 in U.K.". Boards in orange cloth. Toning to spine, blemishes at bottom edge, light wear to spine caps and corners, cocked spine, blemishes on front. Text block has tanning/spotting to endpapers. Illustrated: b&w drawings, photographs, maps. Facing title page: ä åç§'å æè¡"å / æç ç'è'. With publisher information in Chinese facing half-title page, this may be Chinese reprint edition. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column L. 1382206. FP New Rockville Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Signed copy of the First Edition of Garrison-Morton 6374.90 and 6495.3: 'Includes the best bibliography and analysis of early Western treatises on Chinese medicine [including acupuncture].' Frontispiece, xxi, 427 pp; 82 illus.; 24 tables. Original cloth, 4to. Very Good+, without dust jacket. Signed by Gwei-Djen and Needham (with 'for David Lurie' added) on title page. Signed by Author(s).

First edition. A very good original binding with the original dustwrapper. 4to. 10.0" x 7.75" x 1.5" . pp.32/pp.510 with 41 illustrations, and 12 tables within the text. Blue and white illustrated dustwrapper: "The Taoist Genii." , with light edgewear, now protected by a removeable clear plastic cover. Boards with similar design in black & white, edges lightly rubbed. Black cloth spine with bright gilt titles. Original grey endpapers. Clean throughout with no marks or blemishes. A very good copy of this scarce publication. VG/VG . ** "Noel Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham CH FRS FBA ; (9 December 1900 24 March 1995) was a British scientist, historian and sinologist known for his scientific research and writing on the history of Chinese science. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1941, and a fellow of the British Academy in 1971. In 1992, the Queen conferred on him the Companionship of Honour, and the Royal Society noted he was the only living person to hold these three titles. In 1948, Needham proposed a project to the Cambridge University Press for a book on Science and Civilisation in China. Within weeks of being accepted, the project had grown to seven volumes, and it has expanded ever since. His initial collaborator was the historian Wang Ling (??), whom he had met in Lizhuang and obtained a position for at Trinity. The first years were devoted to compiling a list of every mechanical invention and abstract idea that had been made and conceived in China. These included cast iron, the ploughshare, the stirrup, gunpowder, printing, the magnetic compass and clockwork escapements, most of which were thought at the time to be western inventions. The first volume eventually appeared in 1954. The publication received widespread acclaim, which increased to the lyrical as further volumes appeared. He wrote fifteen volumes himself, and the regular production of further volumes continued after his death in 1995." - See Wikipedia .

Hardcover. Reprint. Octavo, xxxv, 481 pages. In Good condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine is white with black print. Dust jacket in clear plastic sleeve. Light shelf wear. Boards in green cloth. Toning to spine. Illustrated: b&w drawings, photographs, maps. Facing title page: ä åç§'å æè¡"å / æç ç'è'. With publisher information in Chinese at bottom of title page and on title page verso. Reprint of Cambridge University Press edition dated 1976. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column L. 1382207. FP New Rockville Stock.

Hardcover. [Reprint?]. Octavo, lvii, 931 pages. In Good condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine is white with black print. Dust jacket in clear plastic sleeve. Light shelf wear. Price unclipped: "$55.00 in U.S.A. ;ï¿¡18 in U.K.". Boards in green cloth. Toning to spine, blemishes at bottom edge, light wear to spine caps and corners. Text block has tanning to endpapers. Illustrated: b&w drawings, photographs, maps. Facing title page: ä åç§'å æè¡"å / æç ç'è'. With publisher information in Chinese on title page verso, this may be Chinese reprint edition. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column L. 1382205. FP New Rockville Stock.