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20119622<p>As new copy in the publisher's unopened shrinkwrap. White cloth with a pictorial dustjacket. A nice clean unread copy.</p><p>9.75 x 12.25 in 25 x 31 cm</p> Rizzoli International Publications/ Gagosian Gallery hardcover
190532282New York: The Century Co 1905. Very Good -. New York: The Century Co. 1905. First Edition First State with terra-cotta illustrations on pages 169-236. Small quarto. 303 pages. Color illustrations by Richardson throughout. Green pictorial cloth stamped in red and black. Boards are worn at extremities with exposure soiled overall with minor damp staining to both covers and spine a bit faded. Binding gives a little with starting at both endsheets but firm and sound. Some smudging to prelims but interior pages mostly and unmarked. <br /> <br /> The events of Queen Zixi take place in two regions that border Oz and the story was reportedly Baum's favorite and "nearer to the "old-fashioned" fairy tale than anything I have yet accomplished."<br /> <br /> Bienvenue 215. The Century Co unknown
1952019289John C. Winston Company. First Printing. Stated First Edition. Strip from pastdown on inside covers. Unclipped DJ in archival cover chip. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1952. John C. Winston Company hardcover
1972682New York: American Institute of Physics 1972. 1st Edition. BOUND FIRST EDITION OF ANTHONY JAMES LEGGETT'S NOBEL PRIZE WINNING PAPER ON THE SUPERFLUIDITY OF HELIUM-3 "one of the holy grails of condensed matter physics" Bishop Recent Progress in Many-Body Theories 4. Widely regarded as a world leader in low-temperature physics in this paper Leggett "explains how atoms interact with one another in a superfluid"; specifically he details "the anomalous superfluidity of helium-3.using the principles of quantum mechanics Nndb. Leggett's work in this paper greatly advanced our understanding of how matter transitions from one phase to another Rezende Chronology of Science 396. This volume also contains Osheroff Richardson Gully and Lee's Nobel Prize winning discovery of superfluidity in helium-3. <br /> <br /> In the 1920s physicists discovered "that when isotopes of helium are cooled to extremely low temperatures they lose all viscosity a property called superfluidity" Rezende. Leggett's research has been instrumental in shaping our understanding of superfluid and normal liquids as well as strongly coupled superfluids. <br /> <br /> In this paper Leggett explains "the anomalous superfluidity of Helium-3. using the principles of quantum mechanics" Nndb. "Helium exists in two stable forms: the normal Helium-4 with two neutrons and two protons and Helium-3 with one neutron and two protons. The two show very different superconducting properties at very low temperatures" ibid. Leggett draws an analogy between ferro-magnets and liquid Helium-3 "to explain the theory of superfluid Helium-3" ibid. <br /> <br /> Along with Alexei A. Abrikosov Vitaly L. Ginzburg Leggett was awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physics "for pioneering contributions to the theory of superconductors and superfluids" Nobel Prize website. <br /> <br /> ALSO INCLUDED pp. 920-923: FIRST EDITION OF OSHEROFF RICHARDSON & LEE'S NOBEL PRIZE WINNING DISCOVERY OF SUPERFLUIDITY IN HELIUM 3. Superfluidity is one "of the greatest physics discoveries in the first half of the 20th century" Donnelly The Discovery of Superfluidity Physics Today July 1995 30. The discovery of superfluidity in helium 3 was very unexpected - so unexpected that the paper submitted by Osheroff et al. was initially rejected by Physical Review Letters; it simply wasn't believed. CONDITION & DETAILS: Rome New York: American Institute of Physics. 4to 10.5 x 8 inches; 263 x 200mm. Entire volume 1214 pp. Ex-libris with some markings pictorial plate on paste down however no spine markings whatsoever. Illustration: In-text figures throughout. Exterior: Bound in red buckram with a gilt-lettered spine. Tight solid. Near fine. Interior: Bright and very clean throughout. Near fine condition. American Institute of Physics hardcover
2006207394New York: The Museum of Modern Art 2006. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 330 pages. Published in conjunction with a traveling exhibition that ran October 29 2006 through January 15 2007 in New York and then went on to San Francisco and Berlin for additional dates. Features essays by Garrels Richard Shiff Brenda Richardson Carol Mancusi-Ungaro Michael Duffy and Francesca Pietropaolo. Includes 261 color illustrations and 13 duotones chronology catalogue of the exhibition bibliography list of previous exhibitions and an index of plates. A fine copy in cloth boards and in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Marden on the title page. A very fresh copy. The Museum of Modern Art unknown
1972681Rome: American Institute of Physics 1972. 1st Edition. BOUND FIRST EDITION OF OSHEROFF RICHARDSON & LEE'S NOBEL PRIZE WINNING DISCOVERY OF SUPERFLUIDITY IN HELIUM 3. Superfluidity is one "of the greatest physics discoveries in the first half of the 20th century" Donnelly The Discovery of Superfluidity Physics Today July 1995 30. The discovery of superfluidity in helium 3 was very unexpected - so unexpected that the paper submitted by Osheroff et al. was initially rejected by Physical Review Letters; it simply wasn't believed. This volume also contains Leggett's very significant paper on the superfluidity of helium-3 see below. Leggett's paper was a "particularly importation contribution.in the interpretation of the discovery by Osheroff et al" Nobel Prize Portal. Leggett also received the Nobel Prize for his pioneering work on superfluids. "Superfluidity is a condition observed in liquid helium when it is chilled very close to absolute zero about minus 459.67 degrees Fahrenheit" Browne NYT 10 October 1996. Ordinary liquid helium 4 was discovered as early as the 1930s and has since become an important scientific tool. "But a rare isotope or form of helium -- helium-3 -- proved to be much more difficult to convert to a superfluid state despite theoretical predictions that the substance could exist" ibid. Others had tried. Working in their Cornell University lab in 1971 Osheroff and his team were actually studying "a phase transition to a kind of magnetic order in frozen helium-3 ice. "Osheroff noticed indications of pressure changes within the helium-3. He made careful note of the changes believing that they indicated the helium-3 had undergone the transition to a superfluid. The three scientists soon learned that Osheroff was correct but their results were so unexpected that the scientific community did not accept them until other teams reproduced the results over the next year. "A liquid in the superfluid state does not behave according to the same laws of physics that normal fluids such as water obey. Instead superfluids are subject to the complex statistical rules of quantum mechanics the branch of physics that predicts how atomic and subatomic particles behave. Superfluids are important to physicists because they offer a macroscopic or relatively large system in which scientists can study quantum effects." Agarwal Nobel Prize Winners in Physics 290. "Superfluid helium loses the viscosity associated with ordinary fluids and flows without resistance. It can climb the walls of containers and flow down the outside among many other strange tricks" - like its magnetic properties Browne NYT 10 October 1996. "The new quantum liquid helium-3 has very special characteristics. One thing these show is that the quantum laws of microphysics sometimes directly govern the behaviour of macroscopic bodies also" Nobel Prize Portal. For their discovery of superfluidity in helium-3 Osheroff Richardson and Lee were awarded the Nobel Prize in 1996. The transition between helium-3 as an ordinary substance and liquid helium-3 in its superfluid state may offer insights into cosmic mysteries the Nobel committee said Nobel Prize Portal. ALSO INCLUDED pp. 1227-1230: Anthony James Leggett's Nobel Prize winning paper on the superfluidity of Helium-3 "one of the holy grails of condensed matter physics" Bishop Recent Progress in Many-Body Theories 4. Widely regarded as a world leader in low-temperature physics in this paper Leggett "explains how atoms interact with one another in a superfluid"; specifically he details "the anomalous superfluidity of helium-3.using the principles of quantum mechanics Nndb. Leggett's work in this paper greatly advanced our understanding of how matter transitions from one phase to another Rezende Chronology of Science 396. CONDITION & DETAILS: Rome New York: American Institute of Physics. 4to 10.5 x 8 inches; 263 x 200mm. Entire volume 1214 pp. Ex-libris with some markings pictorial plate on paste down however no spine markings whatsoever. Illustration: In-text figures throughout. Exterior: Bound in red buckram with a gilt-lettered spine. Tight solid. Interior: Bright and very clean throughout. Near fine condition. American Institute of Physics hardcover
1856130119Bell and Daldy 1856. Leather. Very Good. 6x0x9. 1856 Bell and Daldy London 3/4 leather over cloth single volume new edition with decorated end papers. 887 pages errata 4 pages additions and corrections. Tight binding no marks. Overweight. Please email for photos. Bell and Daldy hardcover
1873mon0004007628O. Judd & Company 12/31/1873 4:00:00 P. unknown_binding. Good. . scarce early book about dogs. original wraps show minor wear chipping rubbing tanning foxing name of former owner. pages lightly tanned and clean with a few minor spots of foxing and a few pencil marks in the margins. O. Judd & Company unknown
1933549518New York: Instituto de las Españas en los Estados Unidos 1933. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 243pp. ads. Printed wrappers with yapped edges. Neat owner name inside cover. Binding slightly cocked wrappers toned and with a bit of soil yapped edges with nicks and tiny tears very good. Briefly Inscribed on the front blank: “A mis buenos amigos Peggy and Dick Stickney. Ruth Richardson.†According to the preface: "This study aims to acquaint North Americans with the interesting and important but little known drama of the Argentine and Uruguay. Instituto de las Españas en los Estados Unidos unknown
0848259637New. hardcover. New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back. hardcover
1935418538Washington D.C.: Associated Publishers 1935. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 333pp. Red cloth stamped in black. A few scuffs on the boards front hinge neatly repaired about very good lacking the dust jacket. An important anthology of plays by African-Americans including plays by Willis Richardson May Miller Randolph Edmonds Helen Webb Harris and Georgia Douglas Johnson. A presentable copy. Associated Publishers hardcover
71-5821New York: Gagosian/Rizzoli 2009. 4to. 320 pp. Hard Cover. Red cloth covered boards. Dust Jacket. Color and black and white plates throughout. Very Good a few dents in the dust jacket.Heavy book shipping may cost extra. New York: Gagosian/Rizzoli, 2009. hardcover
200615472St. Louis Missouri: Elsevier Mosby 2006. First Printng . Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 6 3/4" x 9. 530 Pages Indexed.Spiral bound. No defects noted. Interior text pages are flawless. Complete protocols on the primary care of children. This is a practical guide that was developed as a reference for nurse practitioners as well as a guide for student education. This book is to be used as a quick guide when caring for children and families. It also can be used as a source of information including treatment strategies and is divided into three sections. The first section includes history taking with a family seen for the first time taking an interval history newborn rounding and breastfeeding. Well-child visits are included and information about nutrition elimination sleep patterns growth and development and injury prevention are provided. The second section is organized by body system and is written in outline format making it easy to read and find information quickly. Common medical conditions are presented with information about etiology occurrence clinical manifestations physical findings diagnostic tests differential diagnosis treatment follow-up complications and patient/family education. The third section includes common medications used in pediatrics and information is provided about common uses availability adverse effects and nursing implications. The Appendixes have several charts including growth charts BMI asthma guide- lines and fluoride dosing. The charts are to be used to locate needed information quickly. A color insert featuring 32 full-color photos that highlight dermatologic conditions. ICO-9 codes are highlighted in boxes throughout with separate boxes to distinguish codes used for general diagnosis and symptoms differential diagnoses and complications. There is also a chapter on mental health disorders. <br/> <br/> Elsevier Mosby paperback
191446120AtlantaGA: A B Caldwell Publisher 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Poor . 598p octavo. A poor copy spine severely damaged front inner hinge cracked. Richardson a Civil War veteran dedicates the book to the Palmetto Guards Company C of the 19th Ga Regiment Volunteers of which it appears he was a member. The book is a glorious defense of the south for not being the cause of the war. Laid in is a 42 line hand written letter to a graduating classmate of 1861. In his letter he states that he told the faculty 'You can keep your diploma for I am going off to war. I entered as a private and left at the close of the war as a Captain. I was wounded 4 times.once reported dead in my company and regiment' Here he is sending a copy of the book and hoping for a favoravle review. Letter 8x11 folded is fine. Text is good cover terrible. <br/><br/> A B Caldwell Publisher hardcover
1860761411860. RICHARDSON David. Richardson's Virginia & North Carolina Almanac for the Year of Our Lord 1861 . Calculated by David Richardson of Louisa County Va. Richmond VA: C.H. Wynne Plain and Ornamental Printer 1860. 1st ed. 35 pp. Orig. printed self-wrappers stitched as issued housed in custom cloth-backed folding box. Light scattered foxing else a very good copy. Haynes S15136. Thornton 14497. unknown
1864765051864. CONFEDERATE ALMANAC. RICHARDSON David. Richardson's Virginia & North Carolina Almanac for the Year of Our Lord 1865. Richmond: Chas. H. Wynne 1864. 1st ed. 351pp Orig. pictorial wrappers. Some notations very old waterstain foxed and toned insect damage to final leaf else very good. P&W 5802. unknown
1865009955New York: Charles B. Richardson 1865. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. Thick 8vo. 473pp. plus 3pp. ads in the rear of each volume. Sharp First Edition bound in original brown pebbled cloth with embossed borders and titles in gilt on spine. Tissue guarded frontis of Robert E. Lee and similar portraits of the other 17 southern generals profiled. Square and tight with scattered but light foxing throughout and mainly to the prelims and portrait borders. Wear to spine ends with a couple of tiny closed tears with a small loss of cloth to the heel. Tips worn but the cloth is still well-preserved. Contemporary bookplate of Henry V. Escott. A handsome collectable copy of a fairly uncommon title particularly in nice condition. Charles B. Richardson unknown
1790ABE-17460245941291790. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Designed chiefly for the Use of Manufacturers. The Chemical Principles of the Metallic Arts; With an Account of the Principal Diseases Incident to the Different Artificiers; The Means of Prevention and Cure; and a Concise Introduction to the Study of Chemistry Birmingham: Printed by Thomas Pearson; and sold by R. Baldwin Pater-Noster Row London 1790 First Edition first issue 8vo: Endpapers 47 leaves mispaginated as clii 1 leaf 201 1 pp 2 leaves index 1 blank 3 folding tables first two following p xxxii; third following p 186. Modern ¼ calf over cont. marbled boards. Maroon morocco label and gilt decorations on smooth spine. Light library stamps of Birmingham General Hospital Library. Overall VG. Neville II p 376: An important and certainly one of the earliest English books on diseases resulting from working in the mining and extractive metallurgy industries. The sheets of this 1790 book were reissued in 1806 with a new title page. See Neville for very brief biogtaphical details of this surgeon. hardcover
1991365266Abilene TX: Hardin-Simmons University 1991. Second Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. An expanded edition of this classic work on Texas history on A. C. Greene's list of the fifty best books on Texas. This edition limited to 600 copies adds 10000 words cut from the original 1933 version.<br /> <br /> This is one of 225 copies in a quarter-leather binding from Booklab.<br /> <br /> xv 260 pages. 7-7/8 by 11 inches. Edited by Kenneth Jacobs; introduction by A. C. Greene; illustrations by Barbara Whitehead. First edition first printing of this expanded edition. A near fine copy with light shelfwear. This copy is signed by Jacobs at the base of the editor's note. Hardin-Simmons University hardcover
1917200509New York: Henry Holt 1917. Richardson's loosely autobiographical novel of a physician's long decline into mental illness and the effect on his family a classic of Australian literature. First U.S. edition without the sub-title "Australia Felix" found in the British edition. Blue boards bumped and rubbed with light wear at the edges spine darkened with gilt print still bright. Several short white scuffs to the lower fore edge of the front board. Light foxing to the edges of the text block rear hinge cracked but still solid. Bookstore sticker and bookplate on the front pastedown. Stamped on the "Part I" page is " Home Library Dr. Wm. J. Mayo." Mayo was one of the brothers who founded the Mayo Clinic in Rochester MN. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Henry Holt Hardcover
190228956NY: Croscup & Sterling. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1902. Hardcover. Originally published in 1847/8. A very nice set. Some chipping to the spine titles. Library marks on the spine have been partially removed. Complete in these 8 volumes. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Croscup & Sterling hardcover
0850527198New. hardcover. New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back. hardcover
193910135London: By the Author 1939-40. 1939. Hardcover. Bound in a 1930's William Edgar & Son datebook of brown paper over boards consisting of 365 plus pages of lined paper with index tabs for days and months. Quite worn and scuffed the spine is largely gone yet it is holding together well enough to continue to house a stuffing of 157 by our count of primarily post-cards with various reproductions of 'masterpieces' of art. Most of these are pasted or tipped in. On the verso of the title page which is also used for a post-card above another post-card of Raphael's Ansidei Madonna in manuscript fountain pen AE Richardson ASA Avenue House Ampthill Beds. St. Catherine's College Cambridge 1939-1940 University College London" This followed by 79 full pages of manuscript notes most in the first third of the volume. Laid in is an envelope from the Ministry of Labour and National Service; On His Majesty's Service addressed in manuscript to: "The Senior Tutor Barllett School of Architecture Scroope Terrace" and stamped Cambridge. Sir Albert Richardson 18801964 a leading architect historian writer artist teacher and sometime President of the Royal Academy. Known for his almost eccentric devotion to the buildings of the past with a particular passion for the craftsmanship of the late Georgian era. In 1919 he bought Avenue House in Ampthill built for a Bedfordshire brewer in 1780 and extended by Henry Holland in 1792-5. There he lived his dream of past glories for the rest of his life filling the place with art artifacts and oddities often receiving visitors in 18th century costume. The present unique volume appears to be an artifact of his role as a university professor - a compilation of notes and images in a ten year old datebook for lectures on art history. The notes begin with Painting The Italian Renaissance and following with sections on Dutch Spanish Flemish and their major artists and genres from the 16th to 18th centuries. It should now rest on a table somewhere in the abode 20 Church Street Ampthill in 2020 if not in a suitable collection.; The Professor; 240 pp. ; 8vo; cloth in white jacket with nick top front edge; illustrated with photographs. White Crescent Press 1980. Both from the holdings of the late Ian Jackson. . By the Author 1939-40 hardcover
1565London: printed for W. Owen in Fleet-Street 1774. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. ii ix i 242 iipp. With a half-title and a final advertisement leaf. Contemporary calf repaired. ESTC T109774; Jaggard p.262. <br/> <br/> London: printed for W. Owen, in Fleet-Street, 1774. hardcover
19-2891Beverly Hills California: William Hord Richardson 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956. 12mo. 328 pp. 368 pp. 389 pp. 407 pp. 436 pp. 424 pp. Hardcover. Good. Previous owner’s initials inked on front end page of a few editions the cloth on the 1955 edition’s cover is ripped in one spot some age and discoloration on a few other covers. No DJ. Bound in Blue Cloth with Gilt Titles. All First Edition. Beverly Hills, California: William Hord Richardson, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956. hardcover