The Philosophy of Physical Science Tarner Lectures 1938
Language: English
Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1939
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Melancholy Books, Edinburgh, United KingdomMelancholy Books
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Condition: Used - Very good
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EDDINGTON, Sir Arthur (1882-1944). The Philosophy of Physical Science Tarner Lectures 1938. Cambridge: At The University Press 1939. 1st Edition. 8vo (224x150mm), ix, 230pp.Very Good. Original green cloth binding with gold gilt lettering and publishers logo on the spine. Boards are clean and in excellent condition, but there is a slight bowing to the spine. There is also an indentation along the bottom edge of the front board. Internally pages are clean, bright and in excellent condition. However, this is very light foxing along the page top edges visible when the pages are shut but largely absent when corresponding pages are opened. Pencil marks from a previous bookseller, the book is also signed in pen on the front pastedown by “P J Taylor” and there is a bookplate for a “Francis David Cooper” also on the front pastedown.
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