Imprimerie Mazan 1978-01-01. Paperback. Good. In French. 1978 signed and inscribed first edition Imprimerie Mazan Paris 5 7/8 x 8 1/4 inches tall stapled paperbound in silver grey printed covers 67 pp. plus colophon. Light soiling and modest rubbing and edgewear to covers. Nicely inscribed in French and signed by Alexandre Favre 1911 - 2005 on the blank front free-endpaper to Michael S. Longuet-Higgins 1925 - 2016 a mathematician and oceanographer at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics DAMTP Cambridge University England and Institute for Nonlinear Science University of California San Diego who devised the theory of the origin of microseisms. Otherwise a very good copy - clean bright and unmarked - of this scarce tribute to engineer and physicist Favre renowned for his works on turbulence. Not in OCLC. ~X~ With tributes to Favre by French Academy members Maurice Roy Doyen Rouard Jean Gaviglio Leslie S.G. Kovasznay Henri Lacombe and Edmond Brun as well as a lengthy response from Alexandre Favre. Born in Toulon France to a family of renowned engineers and shipbuilders Favre studied aircraft wing profiles under Andre Marchand and received his graduate degree in 1938 in Paris going to work for the French Aviation Ministry for whom he developed a new compression system which had to be suppressed to avoid the technology falling into the hands of the occupying Nazi regime in France instead smuggled to England to help the allies. In 1961 he created l'Institut de Mecanique Statistique de la Turbulence IMST in Marseille and he served as director for some 20 years. His works included studies involving the supersonic wind tunnel and turbulent exchanges between the ocean and atmosphere. His discoveries enabled the development of supersonic aircraft and have found many applications in the field of meteorology. He was a co-author with other members of the French Academy from several disciplines of Chaos and Determinism: Turbulence as a Paradigm for Complex Systems Converging Toward Final States Johns Hopkins University Press 1995. Imprimerie Mazan paperback
Paris: Richard Lesclide 1876. Fine. Richard Lesclide Paris 19 novembre 1876 17 x 25 cm broché First edition. In blue paper wrappers printed in red and black. Contributions by: Théodore de Banville: ""Memento Vivere"" Adelphe Froger: ""Salon d'Automne"" Emile Zola: ""L'Assommoir"" Second part IV-continued Maurice Rollinat: ""Jalousie féline"" Jean Prouvaire: ""Déidamia fragments"" Catulle Mendès: ""Littérature de la rue anglaise"" Henry Laujol: ""Les Abeilles"" Jean Prouvaire: ""La semaine parisienne"". Handsome copy. Richard Lesclide unknown
Bordas laffont 1971. Bon état Couverture frottée pages neuves intérieur propre. in8. 1971. Cartonné. Le livre 'Le monde et son histoire - Nos contemporains' est le tome 9 ou 10 selon les sources d'une collection en 11 volumes dirigée par Maurice Meuleau et écrite par Marcel Roncayolo. Il traite de l'histoire du monde contemporain en analysant les grands moments et les relations complexes entre systèmes capitaliste et socialiste au XXe siècle Marcel Roncayolo histoire contemporaine monde contemporain XXe siècle capitalisme socialisme collection historique Bordas Laffont tome 9 tome 10 histoire mondiale ouvrage de référence collection en plusieurs volumes analyse historique public étudiant/universitaire Bordas laffont unknown
Paris: G. Charpentier 1883. Fine. G. Charpentier Paris 1883 19 x 14 cm relié First edition one of 50 numbered copies on Holland paper the only deluxe copies after ten on Japan and a few on China. With frontispiece portrait of the author engraved by F. Desmoulin. Half brown morocco with corners smooth spine with mosaic heart-shaped havana morocco title and author labels covering a long floral spray in mosaic gilt with inlaid colored morocco petals and leaves head and foot enhanced with five small circles gilt and inlaid with havana morocco gilt fillet on covers marbled paper endpapers and pastedowns original wrappers preserved top edge gilt retaining deckled edges. Binding signed by Canape. Our copy is enhanced with an autograph quatrain mounted on a stub: ""Barbey d'Aurevilly: c'est la plume effroyable la plume qui fait peur au papier frémissant. Car elle écrit les mots que lui dicte le Diable avec du Vitriol des larmes et du sang!"" ""Barbey d'Aurevilly: it is the dreadful pen the pen that frightens the trembling paper. For it writes the words dictated by the Devil with Vitriol tears and blood!"". The note mirrors a remark by Barbey d'Aurevilly his friend who also called him a devil but a ""Devil of steel"". G. Charpentier unknown
Paris: G. Charpentier 1883. Fine. G. Charpentier Paris 1883 13 x 20 cm relié First edition on ordinary paper laid paper. Modern half orange morocco slipcase binding. Smooth spine with title and author in black. Contemporary peacock-eye paper boards. Orange suede pastedowns and morocco spine. Work in original wrappers as issued with restorations to spine and lining of covers with period paper. Very fresh copy. Handsome set. G. Charpentier hardcover
Paris: Charpentier 1883. Fine. Charpentier Paris 1883 11.50 x 18.50 cm relié First edition on ordinary paper. Half navy blue shagreen over marbled paper boards spine in six compartments marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Rare autograph inscription by Maurice Rollinat to Marcel Fouquier. With a frontispiece portrait of the author by F. Desmoulin. Charpentier hardcover
Paperback / softback. New. Contemporary mega-events like Olympics and Expos together with the organisations which control them can be risky and controversial projects. This book interprets how they reflect mark and influence deeper social changes in the media cities and global geopolitics. -- . paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : B9781526133878 ISBN : 1526133873 9781526133878
Hardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The spectacle of major cultural and sporting events can preoccupy modern societies. This book is concerned with contemporary mega-events like the Olympics and Expos. Using a sociological perspective Roche argues that mega-events reflec hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : ria9781526117083_inp ISBN : 1526117088 9781526117083
Paperback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The spectacle of major cultural and sporting events can preoccupy modern societies. This book is concerned with contemporary mega-events like the Olympics and Expos. Using a sociological perspective Roche argues that mega-events reflec paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : ria9781526133878_inp ISBN : 1526133873 9781526133878
Paperback / softback. New. Contemporary mega-events like Olympics and Expos together with the organisations which control them can be risky and controversial projects. This book interprets how they reflect mark and influence deeper social changes in the media cities and global geopolitics. -- . paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : A9781526133878 ISBN : 1526133873 9781526133878
Hardback. New. Contemporary mega-events like Olympics and Expos together with the organisations which control them can be risky and controversial projects. This book interprets how they reflect mark and influence deeper social changes in the media cities and global geopolitics. -- . hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : A9781526117083 ISBN : 1526117088 9781526117083
Hardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Explores the social history and politics of 'mega-events' from the late 19th century to the present. Case studies: 1936 Berlin Olympics 1992 Barcelona Olympics 1851 Crystal Palace Expo. A thoroughly new and ground-breaking analysis. hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : ria9780415157117_inp ISBN : 0415157110 9780415157117
Paperback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Explores the social history and politics of 'mega-events' from the late 19th century to the present. Case studies: 1936 Berlin Olympics 1992 Barcelona Olympics 1851 Crystal Palace Expo. A thoroughly new and ground-breaking analysis. paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : ria9780415157124_inp ISBN : 0415157129 9780415157124
Paperback / softback. New. Explores the social history and politics of 'mega-events' from the late 19th century to the present. Case studies: 1936 Berlin Olympics 1992 Barcelona Olympics 1851 Crystal Palace Expo. A thoroughly new and ground-breaking analysis. paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : B9780415157124 ISBN : 0415157129 9780415157124
Paperback / softback. New. Explores the social history and politics of 'mega-events' from the late 19th century to the present. Case studies: 1936 Berlin Olympics 1992 Barcelona Olympics 1851 Crystal Palace Expo. A thoroughly new and ground-breaking analysis. paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : A9780415157124 ISBN : 0415157129 9780415157124
Chatto and Windus 1955-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Ex-library book usual markings. Hardback/Hardcover. Clean copy in good condition. Chatto and Windus hardcover
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