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London: Macmillan And Co, 1913. First English Language Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Xiv, (1), 219 Pp + 4 Pp Ads At Rear. Blue Cloth, Gilt And Blindstamped. Seven Line Inscription And Signature Of Zeeman, Dated In December 1924, To Alfred Lande. Light Rubbing At Corners And Front Spine Edge, Gilt All Present But Not Brilliant, Very Faint Dampstaining In Upper Right Third Of Front Cover And Small Area In Upper Corner Of Rear Cover But No Trace On Contents; Otherwise Clean, No Fading To Cloth. From Wikipedia: Alfred Landé (1888 -1976) Was A German-American Physicist Known For His Contributions To Quantum Theory. In 1913 Landé Was Sent By Arnold Sommerfeld, His Thesis Advisor At The University Of Munich, To Be A Special Assistant For Physics To David Hilbert At The University Of Göttingen, To Replace Paul Peter Ewald, Whom Sommerfeld Had Sent To The Same Position In 1912. Landé Obtained His Doctorate Under Sommerfeld At The University Of Munich, Two Weeks Prior…
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A Map of the Moon in XXV Sections with Index
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Researches In Magneto-Optics, With Special Reference To The Magnetic Resolution Of Spectrum Lines
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Capt. John Mason; the Founder of New Hampshire; Including his Tract on Newfoundland, 1620; the American Charters in which he was a Grantee; with Letters and Other Historical Documents; together with a Memoir by Charles Wesley Tuttle
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Le nouveau et curieux Atlas Geographique et historique...
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Paris: chez Chereanau, [1719].. Oblong small 4to. Full vellum with ties. Wear at edges, chip from fore-edge of lower front cover,blank end leaves are heavily annotated and written-upon in 18th & 19th century hands. Old stains to margins and a few maps, old paper-tape repairs to the verso of the Asia map, but generally very good. Engraved allegorical title page, 3 plates (two of globes), and 24 maps opposite explanatory text in French. 23 maps have contemporary hand-colouring in outline; a couple have attractively coloured cartouches. The Globe Terrestre map, of two hemispheres, is holed, slightly affecting the title. The map of North America shows California as an island. This is the second or third edition of this atlas, originally by Antoine Menard, first published by Chiquet in [1711 & 1713], with most of the maps dated 1709-1711. In this 1719 edition Chiquet has removed Menard's name entirely; on many of the maps (such as L'Amerique Septentrionale) he has changed it to his own name and altered…
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London: Macmillan And Co, 1913. First English Language Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Xiv, (1), 219 Pp + 4 Pp Ads At Rear. Blue Cloth, Gilt And Blindstamped. Seven Line Inscription And Signature Of Zeeman, Dated In December 1924, To Alfred Lande. Light Rubbing At Corners And Front Spine Edge, Gilt All Present But Not Brilliant, Very Faint Dampstaining In Upper Right Third Of Front Cover And Small Area In Upper Corner Of Rear Cover But No Trace On Contents; Otherwise Clean, No Fading To Cloth. From Wikipedia: Alfred Landé (1888 -1976) Was A German-American Physicist Known For His Contributions To Quantum Theory. In 1913 Landé Was Sent By Arnold Sommerfeld, His Thesis Advisor At The University Of Munich, To Be A Special Assistant For Physics To David Hilbert At The University Of Göttingen, To Replace Paul Peter Ewald, Whom Sommerfeld Had Sent To The Same Position In 1912. Landé Obtained His Doctorate Under Sommerfeld At The University Of Munich, Two Weeks Prior…
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Capt. John Mason; the Founder of New Hampshire; Including his Tract on Newfoundland, 1620; the American Charters in which he was a Grantee; with Letters and Other Historical Documents; together with a Memoir by Charles Wesley Tuttle
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The Moon with a description of its Surface Formations. Fully Illustrated by the Author's revised Map of the Moon in 25 Sections together with numerous Drawings, Charts and Photographs
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Bournemouth: Published and printed by the Author and by Pardy & Son, 1931. Quarter-Calf. Fine. Scarce first (and only) edition, reproducing in book form Goodacre's section maps of the moon's surface, with exhaustively detailed descriptions of features. Royal 8vo (244 x 175mm): [4],364pp, with 27 plates from Goodacre's map (two keys and 25 sections) and 12 further plates, including nine reproducing lunar photographs; plus 14 full- and 72 partial-page illustrations of Goodacre's sketches of the lunar surface. Original burgundy quarter-morocco over finely woven cloth sides, spine stamped in gilt. A superb copy, tightly bound and clean throughout. See "The Face of the Moon: Galileo to Apollo," an exhibition of rare books and maps, October 13, 1989 to February 28, 1990, at the Linda Hall Library. No entries located in RBH or ABPC. Goodacre was a British businessman and amateur astronomer, and the preeminent British selenographer of the early twentieth century. This privately published monograph of…
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Marktech Optoelectronics Data Book
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The Treasure Of Sierra Madre
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A Beginner's Guide to True BASIC to Accompany Exploring Macintosh: Concepts in Visually Oriented Computing
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LUNAR IMPACT: A HISTORY OF PROJECT RANGER
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Lahey Blackbeard Editor Reference Manual : Revision A 1990
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