Search Results: Authors starting with F from Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko

London: W. & G. Foyle, 1929 3 volumes 8vo (23 cm), XIV, 86 pp; XX, 94 pp; XXVII, 98 pp. Publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered front covers and spines, dj to the third volume, binding of the second issue little rubbed, few pencil notes. The second issue published in 1931, the third in 1932. Printed on thick Arches paper, fore- and bottom edges uncut. Limited to 750, 1000 and 750 copies, these are copies 583, 615 and 36. An early guide to collecting of modern first editions attempting to identify different issues and record corresponding relative prices.

Harvard University Press, 1993 8vo (23,5 cm), [6], 314 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. From the blurb: "The rich and complex texture of working-class neighborhoods in eighteenth-century Paris comes vibrantly alive in this collage of the experiences of ordinary people -- men and women, rich and poor, masters and servants, neighbors and colleagues. Exploring three arenas of conflict and solidarity -- the home, the workplace, and the street -- Arlette Farge offers the reader an intimate social history, bringing long-dead citizens and vanished social groups back to life with sensitivity and perception."

Granta Books, 2002 8vo (24 cm), XVI, 283 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. Equations lie at the heart of many of the most extraordinarily successful scientific theories. Here, some of the greatest living scientists unpack the best known equations so that they become understandable, and we are entertained and enlightened by a knowledge of how it was arrived at, what it can do and what remains to be understood about it.

Yale University Press, 1977 8vo (20.5 cm), XIV, 281 pp. Laminated wrappers (canceled stamp of an institutional library on the title). From the blurb: "A classic in American constitutional history, Max Farrand's famous account of the Federal Convention presents a vivid analysis of the conditions, the convictions, and the men who framed the Constitution of the United States. This basic work clarifies the intentions of the Founding Fathers and sheds light on the many issues of 1787 that are of vital importance today."

London : Elliot Stock, 1892 12mo (18 cm), XII, 206, [6] pp. Publisher's cloth gilt over bevelled boards, bottom and fore-edge untrimmed (binding stained, browning of end-papers). A history of book burnings in England from the 16th to the 18th Century.

Vienna: K. K. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1878 4to (28 cm), XII, 272 pp, numerous illustrations of alphabets. Printed in two colors. Publisher's blind-stamped leather, all edges red, spine gilt (rebacked using original spine, armorial bookplate, paper lightly browned). First edition of Karl Faulmann' book of alphabets. Bigmore & Wyman I, 213. "It contains a much larger number of alphabets each alphabet that the similar volume issued by M. Auer under the title "Alphabete des gesammten Erdkreises. Each alphabet is preceded by an historical notice and philogical notes." The book owes it's publication to the director of Imperial Printinghouse in Vienna and may be viewed as a kind of specimen.

Amsterdam: Stadsdrukkerij, 1953 8vo (24.5 cm), VIII, 72 pp. Printed wrappers. Essai de bibliographie et catalogue de l'exposition organisée à l'occasion des Journées d'histoire du droit de la Société d'histoire du droit des Pays Flamands, Picards et Wallons.

Marlborough: Adam Matthew Publications, 1992 6 volumes 8vo (23.5 cm), XXIII, 324 pp; XXXIV, 284 pp; XXXII, 285 pp; XXXII, 349 pp; XXXIV, 389 pp; XXXIV, 325 pp. Publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered spines and front boards (ownership signatures on the front free end-papers). A collection and catalogues of Tudor and early Stuart book-lists. Private Libraries in Renaissance England (PLRE) is the major ongoing editorial project devoted to the history of private book ownership in early modern Britain. The first six volumes contains PLRE 1 - 150. Vol. 7 was published in 2009 completing 162 Renaissance book-lists contained in Oxford University inventories.

The MIT Press, 2002 8vo (23.5 cm), XI, 483 pp. Publisher's cloth. "Founded in 1540, the Society of Jesus was viewed for centuries as an impediment to the development of modern science. The Jesuit educational system was deemed conservative and antithetical to creative thought, while the Order and its members were blamed by Galileo, Descartes, and their disciples for virtually every proceeding against the new science. No wonder a consensus emerged that little reason existed for historians to take Jesuit science seriously. Only during the past two decades have scholars begun to question this received view of the Jesuit role in the Scientific Revolution, and this book contributes significantly to that reassessment. Focusing on the institutional setting of Jesuit science, the contributors take a new and broader look at the overall intellectual environment of the Collegio Romano and other Jesuit colleges to see how Jesuit scholars taught and worked, to examine the context of the Jesuit response to… Read More

Zürich: Belser, 1985 3 volumes 12mo (19.5 cm), 20 ff of facsimile in blue morocco binding, front board gilt; 28, [4] pp; 68, [4] pp in publisher's cloth. Slip-case (slipcase rubbed and little dusted). A facsimile of Felice Feliciano's alphabet from the Vatican Library accompanied by a commentary and a commentary on facsimile production. Limited to 200 copies, this is no. 49.

Doubleday, Doran and Co., 1945 8vo (22 cm), XVIII, 301 pp. Publisher's cloth, top edge red, deckled fore-edge (binding little sunned).

‎Paris: Nicolas de Fer, 1705 Engraving, 23 x 34 cm. "Black Sea or Pontus Euxinus, which Turks call Kara-Denis, and Cossacs Black Sea, from the Turkish manuscript from Kaffa". From "L'Atlas Curieux" published in 1705 by French engraver and cartographer Nicolas de Fer (1646 -- 1720).

London: Holland Press, 1959 2 volumes 8vo (22 cm), [6], 62 (ie 66); 25, 43,44, 35, 36 pp; [4], 41 pp, PP. 173 - 213, 68, 28, 61, 79, 33, 77, [3] pp, 3 plates. Publisher's cloth, top edges painted blue. First collected edition limited to 350 copies. A collection of papers by Scottish chemist and bibliographer John Ferguson (1837 -- 1916) originally published from 1882 to 1916: Parts 1 - 6 and Index in the one volume; Supplements, Parts 1 - 7 and Index in the second. "Ferguson's 'Bibliotheca Chemica' has long been one of the best known and most used of special bibliographies of the history of science, but his 'Secrets' is comparatively unknown and rarely quoted. Its rarity has been the only cause of this. 'Bibliotheca Chemica' is the catalogue of another man's (James Young's) collection: the 'Secrets' is the record of Ferguson's lifetime of collecting and study of a class of book notably rare. The 'Secrets' is a book to read as much to… Read More

London: Holland Press, 1959 2 volumes 8vo (22 cm), [6], 62 (ie 66); 25, 43,44, 35, 36 pp; [4], 41 pp, PP. 173 - 213, 68, 28, 61, 79, 33, 77, [3] pp, 3 plates. Publisher's cloth in one slipcase (spines lightly sunned, else fine copy). First collected edition limited to 350 copies. A collection of papers by Scottish chemist and bibliographer John Ferguson (1837 -- 1916) originally published from 1882 to 1916: Parts 1 - 6 and Index in the one volume; Supplements, Parts 1 - 7 and Index in the second. "Ferguson's 'Bibliotheca Chemica' has long been one of the best known and most used of special bibliographies of the history of science, but his 'Secrets' is comparatively unknown and rarely quoted. Its rarity has been the only cause of this. 'Bibliotheca Chemica' is the catalogue of another man's (James Young's) collection: the 'Secrets' is the record of Ferguson's lifetime of collecting and study of a class of book notably rare. The 'Secrets'… Read More

London: Derek Verschoyle, 1954 2 volumes 8vo (24.5 cm), XXiV, 488 pp; [6], 600 pp. Publisher's cloth. A reprint with the new preface of the edition originally published in 1906. "Bibliotheca Chemica" was a collection of the alchemical, chemical and pharmaceutical books of James Young of Kelly and Durris. John Ferguson (1837 - 1916) was a Scottish chemist and bibliographer. "Bibliotheca Chemica" is his seminal work. Detailed bibliographical descriptions, frequently mentioned other editions, translations, and additional works of an author which are not included in the Young collection makes this catalogue indispensable bibliographical tool in the field.

Granta Books, 1998 8vo (24 cm), VIII, 423 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. "A quieter scientist who never published a book or demanded her place beside male contemporaries, Dorothy Hodgkin studied X-ray crystallography and was often treated as the token female scientist in news reports. However, Hodgkin's pioneering work introduced new avenues to medical chemistry and genetics, earning her such honors such as the Nobel prize in her field." (from the publisher's description)

Unwin, 1989 12mo (19.5 cm), 352 pp. Laminated wrappers (wrappers little rubbed, paper slightly browned). A series of anecdotes shouldn't by rights add up to an autobiography, but that's just one of the many pieces of received wisdom that Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman (1918-88) cheerfully ignores in his engagingly eccentric book, a bestseller ever since its initial publication in 1985.

Addison Wesley, 1989 3 volumes 4to (29 cm), pagination according to chapters, ca. 1800 pp in total. Publisher's cloth, slip-case (slip-case little rubbed). The special commemorative issue of The Feynman Lectures on Physics celebrating the 25th anniversary of their publication and dedicated to the memory of Richard Feynman. This three volume work was originally designed for a two-year introductory physics course given at the California Institute of Technology -- a course designed to take advantage of readers' increasing mathematical prowess and to provide a more comprehensive view of modern-day physics. It is a rigorous undertaking that resulted in a classic reference work for anyone interested in physics.

Yale University Press, 1999 8vo (24 cm), VIII, 198 pp. Laminated boards. From the publisher's description: "This is the first book in any language to offer a comprehensive analysis of the political culture of the Russian Revolution. Orlando Figes and Boris Kolonitskii examine the diverse ways that language and other symbols - including flags and emblems, public rituals, songs, and codes of dress - were used to identify competing sides and to create new meanings in the political struggles of 1917. The Revolution was in many ways a battle to control these systems of symbolic meaning, the authors find. The party or faction that could master the complexities of the lexicon of the revolution was well on its way to mastering the revolution itself. The book explores how key words and symbols took on different meanings in various social and political contexts. 'Democracy', 'the people', or 'the working class', for example, could define a wide range of identities and moral… Read More

VNTL Publishers, 2010 8vo (22.5 cm), 258 pp. Cloth. he book is devoted to the studying of ultrafilters in topological algebra. The main object of investigations is the Stone-Cech compactification betaG of a topological group G. The set betaG is a right topological semigroup and the continuity of the operation involving the left translation is extensively studied in the book. The richness of algebraic structure, makes the semigroup betaG very useful and with plenty of applications in combinatorics as well as in functional analysis, in particular, to the left convolution algebras. In the book, the algebra in the Stone-Cech compactification is used to construct and study topologies on groups. Mathematical Studies: Monograph Series. Volume 13