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Cosmic Rays Thus Far (with a foreword by Arthur Holley Compton)
by Lemon, Harvey Brace
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Poor Condition
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Poor Condition. Illustrator: Chichi Lasley. Inscribed by person(s) connected with book. bound in original dark blue cloth covered boards, with yellow titles on the spine, and yellow illustration on the front panel. Rubbing of the cloth at the top of the front board, exposing cardboard. Darkening of the edges of the pages. Wordsworth's bookstore sticker at the bottom left of the rear pastedown. Illustrated dust jacket is badly chipped and rubbed and torn. Inscription dated July 7, 1936 "R. N. Turner with the kindest regards of Arthur Compton". Arthur Compton who wrote the foreword to this book was Noble prize laureate for physics in 1927. as best as I can establish, R.N.Turner had co-written with Arthur Compton in 1936 – "a critical analysis for Sidereal time variations of cosmic rays on the Pacific" by Julian Thompson 10.1103/PhysRev .55.11 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. XVIII, 20-130 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Chichi Lasley. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science & Technology; Physics; Inscribed by person(s) connected with book. Inventory No: 0237737. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0237737
- Title
- Cosmic Rays Thus Far (with a foreword by Arthur Holley Compton)
- Author
- Lemon, Harvey Brace
- Illustrator
- Chichi Lasley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Poor Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1936
- Keywords
- BZDB2 physics, signed Science & Technology; Physics; Chichi Lasley Inscribed by person(s) connected with book Unbranded Lemon, Harvey Brace Cosmic Rays Thus Far (with a foreword by Arthur Holley Compton)
- Bookseller catalogs
- Physics;
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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