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2000ref. 022322Philadelphia: Chemical Heritage Foundation 2000. First Edition . Green Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Photographs Throughout. A Biography Of Arnold O Beckman And The Related Activities Of Its Beckman Instruments. Dr. Beckman Was 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. With A Short Handwritten Note From John D Roberts Presenting Her With A Copy Of His 5 Page Typed Letter Of November 9 1978 To Arnold D Beckman Answering Beckman's Request For Input Regarding The Construction And Plans Of The Beckman Foundations. Chemical Heritage Foundation hardcover
1978ref. 005344The Hague: Mouton Publishers 1978. First Edition . Black Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 9 1/2" Tall. Illustrated By Numerous Charts Graphs and Diagrams. 376 Clean Pages. Black Cloth Stamped In White. First Printing. A Few Small Red Ink "Fractions" On Rear Endpaper. No Inscriptions. Dj Clean And Bright With A 1/4" Closed Vertical Tear At Bottom Of Dj Spine. Mouton Publishers hardcover
1914ref. 023662New York 1907: D. Appleton & Company 1914. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Blue Cloth Gilt. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 9 1/2' Tall. Ix 306 Pp. Blue Cloth Gilt. Second Edition 1914. An Excellent Near Fine Example Cloth Bright And Unfaded Gilt Still Brilliant Hinges Tight No Names Or Marks Or Stains Or Other Damage Just A Trace Of Wear At Corners. Small Faint Spot On Cover. Gift Quality. D. Appleton & Company hardcover
1848ref. 018013London Uk: Bradbury And Evans 1848. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Drawings Throughout. . Three Quarter Black Morocco Over Green Cloth. Olive Cloth Inner Softcover As New Gilt Bound In. Organized Alphabetically With Accompanying Drawings Throughout. From The Library Of Hal And Mary Hall And Signed By Mary Hall; Hal Hall Wrote A Book On Yosemite. Bradbury And Evans hardcover
1920ref. 015737Edmonton 1920 1921 1922: Province Of Alberta Geological Survey Division 1920 1921 1922 1920. First Edition . Printed Wrappers. Fine. Three Volumes Fine Small Pencil Name Of Petroleum Geologist Irvine Stewart On Each Front Cover. Province Of Alberta Geological Survey Division 1920 1921 1922 unknown
1959ref. 002768New York: Rinehart & Company 1959. First Edition . Black Cloth. Fine/Very Good Jacket. 9 1/4" High. 375 Clean Pages. Black Cloth. First PRinting With R Logo On Copyright Page. A Biologist's Scholarly Discourse Concerning The Social Political And Ethical Problems Of Evolution And Heredity. The Dj Is Chipped At The Top Of The Spine With Several Small Closed Tears At Top Edge Cover And Back Bottom Edge. Tips Of Dj Are Worn With A 1/2" Closed Tear At Rear Bottom Tip. Dj Not Price-Clipped. Written Before Political Correctness Poisoned The Well Of Thought. Rinehart & Company hardcover
1985ref. 022317Claremont California: Claremont University Center 1985. First Edition . Illustrated Wrappers. Very Good. 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 Few Copies Used By Beckman's Family To Help Prepare For Ceremoinies Speeches And Programs Honoring Him And Signed By Beckman On The Front Endpaper. With Notes And Tabs Used By The Family. Claremont University Center unknown
1953ref. 023748New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1953. First Edition Thus . Black Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine DJ. 124 132 134 Pp. Three Volumes In One First Printing In The Combined Edition A And Seal On Copyright Page. A Common Book But Scarce In Collector's Condition. This Example Is Near New In A Very Slightly Aged Jacket Price Clipped. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
1984ref. 006989Civitate Viticana Rome: Pontificia Academia Scientiarum 1984. First Edition . Printed Wrappers. Near Fine. 9 1/2" Tall. Photographs Charts Tables. 318 Pp. Printed Wrappers Softcover. A Bright Clean Copy With Just A Touch Of Wear. A Thorough Survey Of Modern Theoretical Issues From Scientists Around The World. With A Presentation Card From P. Enrico Di Rovasenda Of The Chancellerie Of The Vatican. Pontificia Academia Scientiarum unknown
1888ref. 026102Chicago: A C McClurg & Co 1888. First Edition First Printing . Green Cloth. Good. 276 Pp. Blue Cloth Gilt. Artistic Engraved Bookplate Of Elizabeth G Hughes With A Checkmark Next To Her Name On P. 275 Where She Is Cited As Co-Author With Jordan Of An 1886 Article Published In The Proceedings U. S. Nat. Mus. Pp. 56 - 70 And With A Few Pencil Notes In The Article Published Here On Darwin. With Her Short Note On The Bookplate 1889 - From Dr. Jordan" And With Jordan's Short Handwritten Note "Comp Of" Above His Name On The Title Page. Jordan Was A Perceptive Writer Whose Ideas On Education Etc. Not Only Withstand The Test Of Time But Are Still Quite Readable And Interesting. Binding With Wear Top And Bottom Of Spine Chipped Away To Level Of Page Block Slight Loss Of Gilt Lettering Which Is Otherwise Bright Front Joint Repaired And Cloth Touched Up At Tips. Professionally. A C McClurg & Co hardcover
1920ref. 024977London: Charles Griffin & Company Limited 1920. Sixth Editon . Red Cloth. Good/No Dust Jacket. Plates and Drawings. 197 Pp.Red Cloth Black Lettering On Spine. Sixth Ediiton "Thoroughly Revised". Lightly Worn Hinges Cracked Charles Griffin & Company Limited hardcover
1989ref. 021555American Association for Clinical Chemistry 1989. First Edition . Red Cloth Gilt. Near Fine/No DJ. Frontispiece Photographs. 428 Pp Red Cloth Gilt. With Extensive Errata Page. Signed Authorial Inscription 3 Lines To Inventor Industrialist And Philanthropist Arnold O Beckman. American Association for Clinical Chemistry hardcover
1985ref. 020203Konstanz: Universitatsverlag Konstanz 1985. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Photographs. 282 pp. Corner crease to one page and to upper corner of rear cover. Inscribed "with great admiration" to Cardiologist Richard J Bing by the author dated10/10/1985. Universitatsverlag Konstanz paperback
1824ref. 025104London: J. F. Dove 1824. First Edition . Quarter Calf Gilt. Very Good . 11 " Tall. Frontispiece Portrait. X 2 667 2 Pp. Letter To Subscribers And List Of Subscribers Present. Half Brown Calf Re-Backed Using Original Backstrip 5 Bands Tooled And Gilt Gilt Rules On Covers. White Endpapers Edges Of Page Block Marbled. 11" X 8 3/4". Light Edge Wear Small Frays At Tips Very Faint Damp Stains To Boards. A Little Loss Of Paper At Edges . Slight Foxing To Tissue-Guarded Portrait But No Spotting To Portrait Plate Or Other Pages. Pages White Clean Fine. J. F. Dove unknown
1993ref. 0156031993. Original Manuscript . No Binding. Near Fine. Neatly handwritten manuscript by a professor at CalTech two volumes about 120 pp. unknown
1926ref. 021433New York: E. P. Dutton / to-Day and To-Morrow Series 1926. First Edition 1st Printing. Red Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good DJ. 107 Pp. Red Cloth With Spine And Cover Paper Labels. First Printing This Book Not In List Of Series Books On Endpapers And No Later Date Or Printing Indicated. A Near Fine Bright Clean Unmarked Spine And Cover Labels Immaculate A Few Tiny Points Of Fraying At Top Of Spine. Dj Lightly Chipped At Top And Bottom Of Spine Tips And Part Of Top Edge Of Rear Panel With No Loss Of Lettering And Design A Little Sunning To Spine. E. P. Dutton / to-Day and To-Morrow Series hardcover
1945ref. 018232The Scientiific Monthly 1945. First Separate Edition . Printed Wrappers. Near Fine. Pp. 213-220 Complete Offprint With Printed Covers. The Scientiific Monthly unknown
1925ref. 015738Edmonton: Province of Alberta Geological Survey Division 1925. First Edition . Printed Wrappers. Fine. Map and plate in pocket at rear. A clean virtually unusued example with small pencil name of a petroleum geologist on front cover. Province of Alberta Geological Survey Division unknown
1897ref. 020311London: Longmans Green and Co. 1897. First Edition . Library Buckram. Good. Plates. 73 pp 32 pp catalog at end. Ex-library and re-bound in library buckram now quite worn. Contents very good just two library number lines 5 digits long on title and several pages no other marks; could be nicely rebound. Longmans, Green, and Co. hardcover
1910ref. 018012New Haven: Proceedings of the Society of American Foresters / Yale Publishing Association 1910. First Separate Editon . Printed Wrappers. Near Fine. Pp 109-136. Printed Wrappers Aged At Edges Else Near Fine. Proceedings of the Society of American Foresters / Yale Publishing Association unknown
1905ref. 019888New York: The Macmillan Company 1905. 2nd Edition 5th or later Printing. Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 259 Pp 6 Pp Catalog At End. Black Cloth Gilt. Stated Second Edition Title Page Fifth Printing Copyright Page. One Small Area Of Fraying At Bottom Of Spine. Hinges Solid Contents Clean No Marks Covers Evenly Colored And All Gilt Bright. Clipping Of Osborn's 1940 Time Magazine Obituary Laid In Loosely. The Macmillan Company hardcover
1960ref. 023640New York / Oxford: Pergamon Press 1960. First American Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Dustjacket. Figures from the Original Manuscript in the Bibliotheque De Troyes. 518 Pp. Red Cloth Lettered In Gilt On Black. Book Bright And Clean. Dj Browning At Spine And Edges Light Wear At Corners With A Little Loss Along Top Edge Of Spine And At Corners. Former Owner's Name On Front Panel Of Dj And On Front Pastedown Of Book. Pergamon Press hardcover
1940ref. 005937Chicago: The University of Chicago 1940. Second Revised Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 9 1/4" High. Illustrated with Black and White Charts Graphs and Diagrams. 592 Pages; Blue-Gray Cloth Gilt. Revised Edition First Printing 1940. A Very Few Pages With Light Underlining In Red Pencil. No Inscriptions. Covers And Gilt Lettering Clean And Bright. Detailed Analysis From A Time When You Reallyu Didn't Want To Know. The University of Chicago hardcover
1999ref. 021389Urbana- Champaign: Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology 1999. First Edition . Leather/Boards/Slipcase. Fine. Color Photographs Throughout. Two Volumes Bound With Leather Spines Illustrated Boards Lettered In Gilt. A Compilation Of The News And Annual Reports Published By The Institute Specially Bound For The Founder Of The Institute Dr. Arnold O. Beckman And From His Library. Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology hardcover
1985ref. 006990Civitate Viticana Rome: Pontificia Academia Scientiarum 1985. First Edition . Printed Wrappers. Near Fine. 9 1/2" Tall. Photographs Charts Tables. 350 Pp. Printed Wrappers Softcover. A Bright Clean Copy With Just A Touch Of Wear. A Thorough Survey Of Modern Pattern Recognition Issues In The Optical System From Scientists Around The World Including J. C. Eccles Etc. Pontificia Academia Scientiarum unknown
