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JOHN CRERAR LIBRARY--BOOKS ON HISTORY OF SCIENCE: Supplement...1916 by Josephson, Aksel
- Bookseller: Buday Books / Vintage Reading (TM)
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 2668
- Book condition: Hamilton College (NY) bookplate; remains of shelf labels on front wrapper; no card pocket or spine marks/label; otherwise good.
- Publisher: Board of Directors,
- Place: Chicago:
- Date published: 1917
- Pages: 127pp. +
Description
Chicago:: Board of Directors,, 1917. Hamilton College (NY) bookplate; remains of shelf labels on front wrapper; no card pocket or spine marks/label; otherwise good.. index. Crerar Library published its first `Books on the History of Science' in 1911, a catalogue of some 1,500 books. Acquiring nearly 800 works since then made this Supplement necessary. ||| Covers--Philosophy; Social Science; Physical Sciences; Natural Sciences; Medicine. ||| Crerar Library was bequest of John Crerar (1827-89), an incorporator of Pullman Palace Car Co. & prominent manufacturer of railroad supplies in Chicago. ||| The Library was first housed in Chicago's Marshall Field building, then later moved to campus of Illinois Institute of Technology. In 1984 Crerar Library merged with Univ. of Chicago.
spine : The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf. Also known as the back.
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