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1989réf. 030036New York: John Wiley & Sons / Wiley-Interscience 1989. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine DJ. Xi 156 Pp. Blue Cloth Spine Gilt. First Printing Indicated "1". A Monograph On The Mathematical Basis Of Molecular Genetics. Fine In Near Fine Dj With Just A Trace Of Rubbing At Corners Small Damp Stain Along Part Of Spine Edge Of Rear Panel To 1" Depth No Other Traces Of Staining.Small Caltech Bookstore Price Label On Front Pastedown Small Pencil Ownership Name. John Wiley & Sons / Wiley-Interscience hardcover
1911réf. 029381London: Oil" Circa 1911 1911. Soft cover. Very Good. Photographs. 63 Pp. Folding Map At End. Printed Gray-Brown Covers. Undated But Last Statistics Reported Are 1910 Thus Presumably Published 1911. Detailed Commercial Analysis. Very Scarce Only One Copy At Stanford Shown In Institutional Holdings By Worldcat. Light Wear Short Tears Where Covers Overlap Text Block 1/2" Chip On The Bottom Of The Spine Contents Fine No Names Or Marks. There Is A Plausible Argument That The National Economics Politics And Militarization Of Oil And Gas Is So Important That Twentieth Century And Twenty-First Century National Economics Politics And Militarization May To A Considerable Degree Be Considered As Just Aspects Of The Oil And Gas Business When One Evaluates How Petroleum And Gas Derivatives Provide Not Just Energy But The Chemicals Used In All Industry Including Ingredients And At Least The Lubrication Of Essential Machines. This Business Is Below The Radar Of The Media And Indispensably Dependent Upon The Oil Equipment Supply Business An Oligopoly Where Equipment Is Never Sold Only Leased Making The Users Dependent Upon Such Firms "Forever". See "Cheney". Oil" Circa 1911 paperback
1937réf. 029383Washington: United States Geological Survey / Government Printing Office 1937. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good . Photographs Drawings Charts Maps. Iv 53-98. Offprint Of "Contributions To The Hydrology Of The United States 1937. Light Wear To Covers Ink Title Handwritten On Spine Small Private Library Stamp Of Geologist And Pasadena City College Professor Edwin Verne Van Armitage On Cover Contents Fine. United States Geological Survey / Government Printing Office paperback
1898réf. 029386American Society Of Civil Engineers 1898. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. Maps And Figures. Pp 54-95 Offprint Of A Talk Presented November 17Th 1897 By Branner Published In The Transactions Of The American Society Of Civil Engineers Vol. Xxxix June 1898 #821. Blue-Grey Printed Wrappers Fine Condition. Inscribed By The Author To Geologist James Perrin Clark. Very Scarce Offprint Seven Institutional Copies Shown In Worldcat. Per Wikipedia John Casper Branner 1850 -1922 Was An American Geologist And Academic Who. He Was A Member Of The Founding Faculty At Stanford And Served As The University's Second President. He Was An Expert In Brazilian Geology Among Many Other Things. During The Civil War He Was Very Anxious To Join The Confederate Army And On Two Occasions Left School For The Purpose Of Enlisting. His Age However Prevented His Being Accepted; He Was Only Thirteen.In 1869 Went To Ithaca New York To Attend Cornell University. He Spent A Year Attending Ithaca Academy And Entered Cornell In 1870 In The So-Called Classical Course. In 1874 Without Having Completed His University Studies He Went By Way Of Europe To Brazil With Charles Fred Hartt Then Professor Of Geology At Cornell. In 1875 He Was Made Assistant On The Geological Survey Of Brazil And Remained On That Work Until The Survey Was Abolished By The Government And Professor Hartt Died. In 1879 He Accepted A Position As Assistant Engineer And Interpreter For The São Cyriaco Gold Mining Company Of Boston And Spent A Year Near Serro State Of Minas Geraes In The Diamond Regions Of Brazil. In 1881 He Returned To The United States But Was Sent Back To South America By Thomas Edison In Search Of A Vegetable Fiber For Use In His Then Newly Invented Incandescent Electric Lamp. In 1882 He Returned To Cornell University Completed His Studies And Graduated. In 1883 To 1885 He Was Topographic Geologist Of The Geological Survey Of Pennsylvania In The Anthracite Regions; In 1885 After Receiving His Ph.D. From Indiana University He Was Made Professor Of Geology At Indiana University A Position He Held Until 1891 Though He Was Absent On Leave For Several Years. He Was Chair Of The Departments Of Botany And Geology At Indiana University And Later At Stanford University. In 1886 He Was Elected As A Member To The American Philosophical Society. In 1887 He Was Appointed State Geologist Of The Geological Survey Of Arkansas. As State Geologist He Discovered Important Bauxite Deposits And He Exposed Gold-Mining Swindles Then Operating In Arkansas For Which The Citizens Of Bear City Arkansas Burned Him In Effigy And The Stock Promoters Tried To Have Him Fired. In 1891 He Was Appointed Professor And Chair Of The Department Of Geology At The Newly Opened Stanford University Recruited By His Colleague From Cornell And Indiana Stanford President David Starr Jordan. He Served As President Of The Geological Society Of America In 1904. He Was President Of The Seismological Society Of America In 1911. When Jordan Retired As President Of Stanford In 1913 Branner Was Elected President Of The University. He Retired January 1 1916 Due To An Age Limit Established By The University And Was Named President Emeritus. While At Stanford He Directed The Agassiz-Branner Expedition To Brazil In 1899 And A Second Similar Expedition In 1907-1908. He Served On Government Commissions Studying The Panama Canal And The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. He Published A Grammar Of The Portuguese Language Based On His Work In Brazil Which Went To Multiple Editions. In 1913 He Contributed To Genealogical Research Of The Shenandoah Valley By Privately Publishing Casper Branner Of Virginia And His Descendants A 453-Page Work American Society Of Civil Engineers paperback
1894réf. 029379Stuttgart: J. Engelhorn 1894. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Xiv 471 Pp. Bound With Original Covers Nicely Bound In Half Morocco Over Cloth Five Bands Gilt Spine Morocco Tips Marbled Endpapers Bound By Hicks & Judd San Francisco Around The Turn Of The 19/20Th Century. Covers And Contents Fine Very Little Even Aging To Papers Ownership Signature Of James Perrin Smith On Front Cover. Smith Was For Many Years Professor Of Geology And Paleontology At Stanford University In California Is Best Known For His Study Of The Mesozoic Rock Formations Of The Western United States And Their Contained Fossil Faunas Especially The Ammonites.Morocco Binding With Light Rubbing Gilt Brilliant But Beginning To Fray At Lower Front Tip. J. Engelhorn hardcover
1910réf. 029394Berkeley / San Francisco: Mining Association University Of California / Bolts And Braden 1910. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good . 24 Pp. Green Card Covers Printed In Dark Green Text Printed In Black With Red Marginal Summaries. Very Good Some Fading At Edges Minor Wear. Per Wikipedia Mark L. Requa 1866 -1937 Was An American Mining Engineer And Petroleum Conservationist. Mark Lawrence Requa Was The Son Of Isaac Requa A One Time President Of Oakland Bank Of Savings And Who Made A Fortune In Silver And Gold Mining In Virginia City. He Was Also An Engineer With Comstock Mining And Served As President Of The Central Pacific Railroad. Requa Was Educated At The Requa School In Piedmont California And At Private Schools. He Was Admitted Into Yale University But Could Not Attend Due To Poor Eyesight. Requa Was The Manager Of The Eureka-Palisades Railroad. Requa Organized The White Pine Copper Company In 1902. In 1904 Requa Merged The White Pine Copper Company And The Boston And Nevada Copper Company Into The Nevada Consolidated Copper Company. He Formed The Nevada Northern Railway To Transport Copper Ore From The Robinson Mine Near Ely Nevada To Cobre Nevada. Requa First Met Herbert Hoover In 1905. Requa Served As Vice President Of The American Institute Of Mining Metallurgical And Petroleum Engineers From 1917 To 1920 And Served As A Trustee From 1917 To 1919. He Also Served As A Member Of The American Petroleum Institute. Herbert Hoover Brought Requa With Him When He Joined The U.S. Food Administration In June 1917 And Requa Served As His Assistant. By 1918 Requa Was In Charge Of The Commercial Relations Division Of The Food Administration. He Also Served As A Consulting Engineer With The U.S. Bureau Of Mines. In January 1918 Requa Became The Director Of The Oil Division Of The U.S. Fuel Administration. He Helped To Coordinate The Production And Marketing Policies To Enable The Oil Industry To Support The Military Needs Of The United States During The War. He Served In That Role Through World War I Until The Administration Was Dissolved On June 30 1919 And Also Served As The Petroleum Waste Conservator. He Established "Motorless Weekends" While At The Fuel Administration. In 1921 At The World Engineering Congress In Tokyo Requa Warned Nations About Wasting Petroleum. After The War He Moved Back To California. Requa Would Help Manage Hoover's Campaigns For The 1928 And 1932 Presidential Elections. In 1930 Requa Served As Chairman Of The San Francisco Bay Bridge Commission; The Commission Set Up To Determine The Site Of The San Francisco Bay Bridge. He Served As A Committeeman From California To The National Republican Committee From 1932 To 1936. Requa Partnered With Hoover In Mining Ventures After His Presidency; Hoover Had A Son Who Was Prominent In Oil Exploration In South America And Elsewhere. Requa Wrote At Least Two Other Books Grubstake And The Relation Of Government To Industry. Mining Association, University Of California / Bolts And Braden paperback
1930réf. 029395New York: The Chemical Catalog Company 1930. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine. Photographs Tables. 251 Pp Catalog At End. One Of The American Chemical Society's Series Of Scientific And Technologic Monographs. Fine No Names Or Marks Or Wear All Gilt Brilliant. The Chemical Catalog Company hardcover
1933réf. 029403Los Angeles: Los Angeles Junior College 1933. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Photographs Drawings Maps. 104 Pp. Brown Covers Printed In Black As Issued. Inscribed With Compliments From Alfred Livingston. Ownership Stamp Of Geologist Edwin Verne Van Amringe. Light Edgewear Tears A Few Small Chips Covers Overlap Page Block 1" Split At Lower Spine Edge. Los Angeles Junior College paperback
1944réf. 029405San Diego: San Diego Society Of Natural History 1944. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Plates And Maps. 72 Pp 17 Plates At End Loose Large Folding Map "Physiographic Block Diagram Of The San Diego And La Jolla Quadrangles." First Edition 1944 Not The Later Reprint. Wear At Edges Tears At Top And Bottom Of Spine. Ownership Signature Of Pasadena Geologist Edwin Verne Van Amringe. San Diego Society Of Natural History paperback
1909réf. 028406Denver: Smith-Brooks Printing Comnpany 1909. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Plates Maps. 243 Pp. Brown Cloth Spine Gilt. All Maps In Pocket At Rear. Original Maroon Cloth Gilt. Extensively Illustrated Many Folding Maps. A Few Tiny Stains And Dents 1/8" Square Fray At Bottom Of Front Board Near Tip All Spine Gilt Bright. Smith-Brooks Printing Comnpany hardcover
1961réf. 028419Washington: U S Geological Survey 1961. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. Maps. 399 Pp. Maps In Pocket At Rear. Spine Faded All Lettering Strong Barest Trace Of Rubbing. U S Geological Survey paperback
1926réf. 026809New York: Robert M McBride & Company 1926. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Green Cloth Gilt. Near Fine/No DJ. Xiv 326 Pp. Green Cloth Gilt And Red" First Published May 1926". Color Frontispiece Photograph By Harold A. Parker; B/W Plates By Saunders. Traces Of Wear Spine And Cover Gilt Brilliant. Inscribed "Harriet W. Culin With Love From Her Brother Charles Francis Saunders April 28 1926" And With Saunders Bookplate And Some Areas Of Glue Stains On And Around It. . A Very Nice Example With An Excellent Associational Inscription. Charles Francis Saunders 1859-1941 Was Born To Quaker Parents In Bucks County Pennsylvania. He And His First Wife Elisabeth Hallowell Saunders D. 1910 Were Both Avid Naturalists; Charles Began Publishing Essays On Botany As Early As The 1890S. Charles And Elisabeth Also Collaborated On A Number Of Publications He As Author She As Illustrator. After A Honeymoon Trip To California And The Southwest In 1902 The Couple Moved Permanently To California In 1906 And Settled In A Craftsman Bungalow On North Lake Avenue In Pasadena Where Charles Devoted Himself Full Time To Writing. He Eventually Published More Than A Dozen Books Inspired By California And The Southwest. Both Charles And Elisabeth Were Amateur Photographers And Many Of Their Photographs Were Used To Illustrate Saunders' Books The Indians Of The Terraced Houses 1912 And Under The Sky In California 1913. In 1921 Saunders Married Mira Barrett Culin D. 1968 Whom He Had Met At The Pasadena Garden Club. Also A Writer Mira Shared Saunders' Interest In Gardens Botany And Photography. For Many Years Mira Published Articles On Pasadena Gardens Parks And Trees In The Pasadena Star News For Which She Took Dozens Of Photographs. First With Elisabeth And Then With Mira Saunders Travelled Extensively Throughout California And The Southwest Photographing All Of The California Missions The Regions' Natural Wonders Native Americans And Flora Among Other Things. These Interests Became The Subjects Of 18 Books And Numerous Essays And Articles Saunders Published In His Lifetime. Many Of These Books Were Illustrated With Photographs Taken By Their Author On His Many Excursions. Saunders' Collection Of Native American Pottery And Crafts Is Now In The Collection Of The Southwest Museum Los Angeles And His Botanic Library Is In The Possession Of The Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens. Source: Apostol Jane. "Southern California Through The Lens Of Charles Francis Saunders" Southern California Quarterly Volume 81 Spring 1999: 1-88. Robert M McBride & Company hardcover
1926réf. 026810New York: Robert M McBride & Company 1926. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No DJ. Xiv 326 Pp. Green Cloth Stamped In Gilt And Black " First Published May 1926". Color Frontispiece Photograph By Harold A. Parker; B/W Plates By Saunders. Traces Of Wear Spine Gilt Weak But Clear And Cover Gilt Brilliant. Inscribed To A Cousin With An 11 Line Quotation Signed In Full By Saunders And Dated June 1926. A Very Nice Example With An Excellent Associational Inscription. Charles Francis Saunders 1859-1941 Was Born To Quaker Parents In Bucks County Pennsylvania. He And His First Wife Elisabeth Hallowell Saunders D. 1910 Were Both Avid Naturalists; Charles Began Publishing Essays On Botany As Early As The 1890S. Charles And Elisabeth Also Collaborated On A Number Of Publications He As Author She As Illustrator. After A Honeymoon Trip To California And The Southwest In 1902 The Couple Moved Permanently To California In 1906 And Settled In A Craftsman Bungalow On North Lake Avenue In Pasadena Where Charles Devoted Himself Full Time To Writing. He Eventually Published More Than A Dozen Books Inspired By California And The Southwest. Both Charles And Elisabeth Were Amateur Photographers And Many Of Their Photographs Were Used To Illustrate Saunders' Books The Indians Of The Terraced Houses 1912 And Under The Sky In California 1913. In 1921 Saunders Married Mira Barrett Culin D. 1968 Whom He Had Met At The Pasadena Garden Club. Also A Writer Mira Shared Saunders' Interest In Gardens Botany And Photography. For Many Years Mira Published Articles On Pasadena Gardens Parks And Trees In The Pasadena Star News For Which She Took Dozens Of Photographs. First With Elisabeth And Then With Mira Saunders Travelled Extensively Throughout California And The Southwest Photographing All Of The California Missions The Regions' Natural Wonders Native Americans And Flora Among Other Things. These Interests Became The Subjects Of 18 Books And Numerous Essays And Articles Saunders Published In His Lifetime. Many Of These Books Were Illustrated With Photographs Taken By Their Author On His Many Excursions. Saunders' Collection Of Native American Pottery And Crafts Is Now In The Collection Of The Southwest Museum Los Angeles And His Botanic Library Is In The Possession Of The Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens. Source: Apostol Jane. "Southern California Through The Lens Of Charles Francis Saunders" Southern California Quarterly Volume 81 Spring 1999: 1-88. Robert M McBride & Company hardcover
1905réf. 026820Pasadena: Charles Francis and Elisabeth HAllowell Saunders 1905. First Edition . Brown Chemise / String Binding. Fine. 11" x 5 1/2. Color Plates By Elisabeth Hallowell Saunders. String-bound text pages title page printed in red and black with five of six loose color plates lacking the California Poppy plate in brown three-panel chemise printed in black and red as issued.Scarce second separate publication by the Saunders issued in two versions one with 6 wild flowers another with 12. Charles Francis Saunders 1859-1941 was born to Quaker parents in Bucks County Pennsylvania. He and his first wife Elisabeth Hallowell Saunders d. 1910 were both avid naturalists; Charles began publishing essays on botany as early as the 1890s. Charles and Elisabeth also collaborated on a number of publications he as author she as illustrator. After a honeymoon trip to California and the Southwest in 1902 the couple moved permanently to California in 1906 and settled in a Craftsman bungalow on North Lake Avenue in Pasadena where Charles devoted himself full time to writing. He eventually published more than a dozen books inspired by California and the Southwest. Both Charles and Elisabeth were amateur photographers and many of their photographs were used to illustrate Saunders' books The Indians of the Terraced Houses 1912 and Under the Sky in California 1913. In 1921 Saunders married Mira Barrett Culin d. 1968 whom he had met at the Pasadena Garden Club. Also a writer Mira shared Saunders' interest in gardens botany and photography. For many years Mira published articles on Pasadena gardens parks and trees in the Pasadena Star News for which she took dozens of photographs. First with Elisabeth and then with Mira Saunders travelled extensively throughout California and the Southwest photographing all of the California Missions the regions' natural wonders Native Americans and flora among other things. These interests became the subjects of 18 books and numerous essays and articles Saunders published in his lifetime. Many of these books were illustrated with photographs taken by their author on his many excursions. Saunders' collection of Native American pottery and crafts is now in the collection of the Southwest Museum Los Angeles and his botanic library is in the possession of the Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens. Source: Apostol Jane. "Southern California Through the Lens of Charles Francis Saunders" Southern California Quarterly volume 81 Spring 1999: 1-88. Charles Francis and Elisabeth HAllowell Saunders unknown
1992réf. 026841Caracas: Fundacion Polar / Oscar Todtmann Editores 1992. First Edition First Printing . Yellow Cloth. Fine/Fine Dustjacket and Slipcase. 12" x 10 3/4. Color Photographs Throughout. Hardcover In Dust Jacket And Slipcase True First Edition 1992. Fine Book And Dj Slipcase Has A Little Light Rubbing But No Fraying Or Tears. Fundacion Polar / Oscar Todtmann Editores hardcover
1986réf. 021810New York / Fullerton: Rockefeller University / Beckman Instruments 1986. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine. Photographs Diagrams and Drawings. 93 Pp. Blue Cloth Gilt. First Printing. One Of Arnold O Beckman's Personal Copies As New. Arnold O Beckman Was The Recipient Of Many National Awards For His Engineering Business And Philanthropic Achievements. Beckman Was One Of The Most Generous Of All California Philanthropists Over Many Decades Establishing A Highly Unusual Record Of Concern For Education And Science. Signed By Beckman At The Bottom Of His Frontispiece Portrait. Rockefeller University / Beckman Instruments hardcover
1985réf. 021387Claremont California: Claremont University Center 1985. First Edition . Maroon Leatherette / Boards. Fine. Photographs Throughout. A history of Beckman Instruments and the related activities of its founder Arnold O Beckman recipient of many national awards for his engineering business and philanthropic achievements. Beckman was one of the most generous of all California philanthropists over many decades establishing a highly unusual record of concern for education and science. One of a small number of copies bound for Arnold O. Beckman's own use and signed by Beckman on the front endpaper. Claremont University Center hardcover
1896réf. 025703Chicago: A C McClurg & Co 1896. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Olive Green Cloth Gilt. Near Fine. 287 Pp. Olive Green Cloth New And Enlarged Edition. A Collection Of Articles Some Printed In The First Edition Of Science Sketches Others Added Here And Omitting Some Of The Articles Published In The First Edition. Near Fine Touch Of Wear Spine Gilt Brilliant No Names Or Marks. A C McClurg & Co hardcover
1975réf. 023628CSH / Cold Spring HArbor Laboratory 1975. First Edition 1st Printing. Beige Cloth. Near Fine. 1021 Pp. Harcover. First Printing 1975. No Names Or Marks Near Fine. CSH / Cold Spring HArbor Laboratory hardcover
1935réf. 023212New York: The Viking Pess 1935. First American Edition First Printing . Original Cloth. Near Fine/Good. Photographic Plates. 296 Pp . Beige Cloth Printed In Brown. Book Bright And Clean Hinges Tight. Bookplate Of American Zoologist Charles Atwood Kofoid Elaborately Decorated With A Scholarly And Zoological Theme. A Few Short Pencil Notes On Endpaper Indicate That The Owner Apparently Reviewed The Book For Isis Sending Them The Review 4/20/1936. Dj Clean Chipping At Corners/Edges Including A 1 1/4" Deep V-Chip On The Rear Panel But All Lettering Is Complete And The Other Panels Are Bright Clean Unfaded. Not Price-Clipped No Fading Endpapers Browned. The Viking Pess hardcover
1896réf. 018143Providence: Albert Leffingwell 1896. First Edition Fifth Thousand . Printed Wrappers. Very Good. 26 Pp. Printed Wrappers. "The Substance Of This Article Was Read Before The Annual Meeting Of The American Humane Association Minneapolis Sept. 26 1895 And Was Printed In The Boston Transcript September 28 1895. Albert Leffingwell unknown
1929réf. 020462London: Edward Arnold & Co 1929. First Edition . Blue Cloth. Good/No DJ. 100 pp. Prepared as a summary of his work "a clear and concise account of the experimental work on which the new constitutional formulae of sugars are founded" prepared from his notes for a course of six lectures he gave at the University of Balem and his notes for other lectures at Zurich Neuchatel Heidelberg and Mulhouse. Ownership signatures of Dr. Robert H. Bedford of the Pathological Institute McGill University Montreal. Edward Arnold & Co hardcover
1940réf. 0236131940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946: Journal of the American Chemical Society Etc. 1940. Original Offprints . Red Cloth. Very Good. 39 Original Publisher's Offprints Neatly Bound In Red Cloth With A Few Caltech Chemistry Library Markings No Other Names Or Marks. Most Involve Pauling As Sole Author Or Co-Author. The First 1940 Paper Is Reportedly The 9Th Most Cited Of All Pauling's Papers. Journal of the American Chemical Society, Etc. hardcover
1864réf. 020369London: Longman Green Longman and Roberts 1864. First Edition . Brown Cloth. Very Good. 76 Pp Information And Ads At Rear. First Edition. Clean Unmarked. Binding With Light Wear Beginning To Fray At A Few Points At Corners. Hinges Cracking But Solid. A Few Small Frays Along Spine Edges Repaired With Nearly Invisible Adhesive.Spine Gilt Strong But Not Brilliant Two Letters At Edges Dulled/Worn Away. Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts hardcover
1963réf. 006142Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society 1963. First Edition . Blue Cloth. Fine/No Dustjacket as issued. Photographs. One Of The Authors' Copies Inscribed To "General Wood." A Bright Clean Copy. George Wells Beadle Received The Nobel Prize For Medicine In 1958 For His Work At The Time Of This Book 1962 Being Chancellor Of The University Of Chicago. American Philosophical Society hardcover
