JOHN CRERAR LIBRARY:...the History of Science. [First Edn.]

by Josephson, Aksel

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Chicago:: Board of Directors,, 1911. In wrappers; Hamilton College (NY) bookplate; no card pocket or spine marks/labels; light gray wrappers with 1.5x2-inch mild discoloration at head of front cover + spine & back cover from old tape; otherwise good.. index. Crerar Library came from bequest of John Crerar (1827-89), an incorporator of Pullman Palace Car Co., & manufacturer of railroad supplies in Chicago. Library comprises some 1,000,000 volumes on physical, natural, & medical sciences. ||| Present work was first issued 1911; in 1966 there was a Kraus Reprint; both are located at Library of Congress, Yale, & Unv. of Chicago; MIT has the 1911 original only.