Search Results: Analytical Techniques from Bookworks MWABA, IOBA

New York / London: Plenum Press, 1974. Proceedings of the 18th annual "OHOLO" conference, presenting 23 technical papers & transcriptions of some of the panel discussion. Includes "several chapters of medical relevance...[summarizing] recent advances in the control of transcription, translation, viruses, hormones, and metabolism, and control during differentiation." The OHOLO Conferences were held annually from 1956 to at least the mid-1990s, bringing Israeli & worldwide scholars together for interdisciplinary research discussions in the biological sciences. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book, minor scuffs, base of spine bumped; jacketrubbed with some chipping, short tears, spine faded; corner of free endsheet rather largely clipped; light foxing to endsheets. Typescript text clean, no names or marks; xiii, blank, 434 pages; index, list of participants, references, figures, tables. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Quarto.

Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts, 1960. 198 pgs. Bound in black cloth, showing only light shelf wear; binding tight. Interior very clean. 12 articles presented at the seminar: Stolow, Nathan: Problems in Setting up a Museum Laboratory; Young, W.J.: Examination of Works of Art Embracing the Various Fields of Science; Gettens, Rutherford: Identification of Pigments and Inerts on Paintings and Other Museum Objects; Feller, Robert: Identification and Analysis of Resins and Spirit Varnishes; Stern, William: Limitations of Wood Anatomy in the Study of Objects of Art; Frondel, Clifford: Crystalline Substances, and Their Identification; Norton, John: Structures of Metals and Alloys; Cushing, Daniel: Corrosion and Corrosion Products of Ancient Non-ferrous Metals; Norton, Fred: Clay Deposits as a Means of Identifying Pottery; Schwarz, Edward: An Inside Story of Textiles; Sayre, E.V.: Studies of Ancient Ceramic Objects by Means of Neutron Bombardment and Emission Spectroscopy; Hall, E.T.: Physics as an Aid to… Read More

Washington, DC, U.S.A.: American Chemical Society, 1978 389 pgs; index. Book very clean & unmarked; binding tight; bottom corners lightly bumped. Jacket rubbed, with light edge wear. Presents 20 articles "based on a symposium sponsored by the Division of the History of Chemistry at the 174th Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Chicago, IL, August 31 - September 1, 1977". Topics include the analysis of organic materials, ceramics, & metals.. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Washington, DC, U.S.A.: American Chemical Society, 1988 508 pgs; index. Book is very clean & unmarked; binding tight & hinges sound. 1 small indentation on back cover. Dust jacket shows light edge wear, some rubbing. Presents 27 articles "developed from a symposium sponsored by the Division of the History of Chemistry at the 193rd Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Denver, Colorado, April 5-10, 1987". Topics are related to the analysis of archeological & historic lithic & ceramic materials, metals, art objects, organic materials, & fibers.. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Octavo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Westport, CT/London: Bergin & Garvey, 1997. Study of the remains of a working-class African-American church's burial ground, used from about 1822 to 1843, forgotten and paved over until the 1980s. Along with a study of archival documents, analysis of the skeletal remains discovered gives a rare picture of the lives & health of Black people in the period. Hardcover, as pictured; no jacket, as issued. Light wear, minor bumping. Text clean; xvi, [2], 203 pages; index, bibliography, tables, figures. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Octavo.

New York: Abelard-Schuman, 1956. Account of counterfeiters, forgers and hoaxers, including fake pamphleteer Thomas Wise and Piltdown Man. Red hardcover, cream titling. Light wear to book; jacket tanned with some short closed tears, light rubbing, old bookseller's sticker to rear panel. Text clean; vii, blank, 209 pages; index, references, couple of b/w plates.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 5¾" by 8¾".

New York, NY: Academic Press, 1962 Vol.1 unpaginated, approx. 240pgs. Vol.2 unpaginated, approx. 300pgs. Bound in red cloth with gilt titles on spines. Previous owner's name on front fly leaves; texts are otherwise clean and unmarked. Bindings tight. Covers show light edge wear. Jackets rubbed, with several small chips & short edge tears. PLEASE NOTE: THESE ARE HEAVY VOLUMES, AND WILL BE SUBJECT TO ADDITIONAL POSTAGE CHARGES. STANDARD SHIPPING RATES WILL NOT APPLY.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Chicago & London: University of Chicago Press, 1980. Pioneering study of microscopic analysis of stone tools (British, in this case), which the author asserts is useful in determining they ways in which they were used by prehistoric hominids. First edition (first printing) with full number string. Hardcover, lacking the jacket (as issued?), as pictured. Shows some wear, corners rubbed & frayed. Typescript text clean; xiii, [1], 212 pages; index, bibliography, tables, figures, b/w plates. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Large Octavo.

Cambridge & London: MIT Press, 1981. Early study of how depth perception allowed by stereo vision can be interpolated by computers, based on the author's dissertation, itself partly an elaboration of David Marr and Tomaso Poggio's work. Grimson remains at MIT, where he became head of the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department, and Chancellor from 2011-2014. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book, corners bumped with light fraying to one; jacket lightly rubbed with a few small stains, tears, chips; ink name & date. Text clean; [14], 274 pages; indexes, bibliography, figures, many equations. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Octavo.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992. Dense post-structuralist study using the works of Henry James to formulate "an interactive model of literary interpretation and pedagogy emphasizing process, critical self-awareness and strategies of rereading/rewriting." Hardcover in jacket as pictured, stated first American edition (first printing); originally published in the UK the previous year. Light wear to book, bottom edge rubbed; minor edgewear & light chipping to jacket. Interior clean & unmarked; viii, 357 pages; index, notes. . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.

Oxford: IRL Press Limited, 1987. Technical manual on various aspects of high-performance liquid chromatography, then a rapidly-developing analytic technique, and still important in several fields; intended "to provide detailed practical h.p.l.c. procedures for the analysis of small molecules in the life sciences" including amino acids, small peptides, biogenic amines, carbohydrates, lipids, bile acids, steroids, vitamins, nucleotides & nucleosides, porphyrins and bile pigments. Glossy hardcover, as pictured; presumably issued without jacket. Light wear, corporate label inside front cover with inked-in name, spine a bit faded. Text clean; xviii, 333 pages; index, references, tables, figures. . Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Octavo.

London: Chemical Society, 1980. Technical manual with articles discussing the preparation & purification of labelled compounds, the "determination of the degree and specificity of labelling by means of a suitable analytical technique", and applications. Paperback, as pictured. Light wear, spine fade, label(?) stain inside front cover. Text clean; xii, 400 pages; figures, tables, references.. First Edition. Paperback. Good. 5¾" by 8¼".

Tokyo: Japan Food Additives Association, 1988. Mostly technical monographs on over 300 chemicals used in the food processing industry, with sections on reagents & solutions and test methods, standards & procedures. Only about 30 pages on Japanese use & labelling standards. Bright green hardcover, black titling. General wear, ink mark on front, corners bumped; minor pencil notation within. [4], xii, (iv), [1], blank, 672 pages + colophon.. Fifth Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 6¼" by 8½".

Chicago: Chicago Apparatus Company, 1949. Big trade catalog full of all types of laboratory, measuring & testing gear; glassware, hardware, electrical, microscopes, balances, timers, chemicals; etcetera. Hardcover, full red buckram, blue titling. General wear, fading, small spots, corners rubbed & frayed; some rear pages creased, first page torn at gutter. Text clean; [6], 700 pages; index, b/w photos, engravings, line drawings.. Later Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8¼" by 10¾".

New York/Chicago: John Wiley & Sons, 1991. 32 essays on social science data collection methods, error causes, and analysis. Shiny blue hardcover with black titling, no jacket, as issued. Reprint of the 1991 original. Light general wear, name on first page, text clean. xxxiii, 760 pages, index, references, figures, equations. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 6½" by 9½".

Pittsburgh: Fisher Scientific Company, 1952. Big trade catalog of scientific equipment, including glassware, tools, devices, supplies, centrifuges, analyzers, balances, etcetera. Stout black hardcover, silver titling. Light wear, small white marks on front cover; first page nearly torn out; paper lightly tanned. Text clean; viii, 968 pages; index, tables, b/w photos, engravings, line drawings.. Later Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8" by 10¾".

London: Balliere, Tindall & Cox, 1912 325 pgs;index; 6 b&w plates, 113 figs. Bound in maroon cloth with gilt title on spine. Previous owner's name on half-title page. Interior is otherwise clean. Cover shows moderate wear to head & tail of spine, corners. Binding tight & hinges sound.. 4th Edition, Revised & Enlarged. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Octavo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

London/Orlando: Academic Press, 1985. Technical study of statistical methods in analysis of fossil pollen grains & spores, applicable to other forms of stratigraphic analysis. Hardcover as pictured; no jacket, likely as issued. Light wear, corners bumped, some marginal ink notation, rubberstamped name of University of Wisconsin geologist Louis J. Maher, Jr. on free endsheet. Maher was a notable palynologist, with six lisdtings in the book's reference section. Viii, 317 pages; index, bibliography, tables, equations, figures.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 7¾" by 9½".

Göteborg: Göteborg University, 1998. Thesis based on six papers studying the long-term outcomes of various implementations of this popular procedure, not strongly regulated, with the intent of determining whether the then-new 'Spectron' prosthetic was better than the "gold standard" 'Charnley' prosthetic; and to develop tools for improving outcome analysis. Includes the six papers the thesis is based upon. Text in English, with Swedish summary. Paperback, off-white covers, blue titling. Light general wear, minor creasing. Text clean; 73; [11]; 13; 21; [13], 13; 11 pages + 12 pages 'protokoll' forms in Swedish; figures, tables, references.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 6½" by 9".

Stroudsburg, PA: Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross, Inc., 1977. Two volume set, complete. Technical studies of microfossils and their use in climatology and the dating of stratigraphic layers; Benchmark Papers in Geology volumes 46 & 47, collecting 42 papers in all. Navy hardcovers, gilt titling. Light general wear, corners lightly bumped. Text clean; xv, blank, 381, blank, [1]; xiii, blank, [1], blank, 414, [2] pages; indexes in each volume, tables figures, references.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 7¼" by 10¼".