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1918S3710In:: Physikalische Zeitschrift Vol. XIX No. 10 1918. 1918. 272 x 197 mm. 4to. 208-218; 218-220 pp. Entire issue: ii 201-224 iii-iv pp. 6 figs. 1 table. Printed wrappers. Fine. FIRST EDITION. This paper reports Hahn and Meitner's discovery of protactinium the main representative of the actinium series. "During World War I Hahn served in the gas-warfare corps under the scientific leadership of Fritz Haber. He was involved in research development testing manufacturing and using the new weapons. . . Hahn and Meitner in 1917 discovered the most stable isotope of the element 91 which they named protactinium. . . This parent of actinium helped resolve the uncertain sequence in the actinium series although recognition that it was entirely independent of the uranium series . . . did not come until the discovery of actinouranium." DSB VI p. 16. DSB IX p. 260. Physikalische Zeitschrift, Vol. XIX, No. 10, 1918. unknown books
1929S5563Berlin:: Akademie der Wissenschaften in Kommission bei Walter de Gruyter 1929. 1929. 257 x 185 mm. 8vo. 10 pp. 6 figs. 2 tables. Original tan wrappers. Fine. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. On radiochemistry. Hahn was interested in chemical applications of radioisotopes including crystal formation and tracers of chemical reactions. Akademie der Wissenschaften, in Kommission bei Walter de Gruyter, 1929. unknown books
46575n.p. n.d. 1st Printing. Thick yellow card stock letter press printed black ink now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG/NF copy. Corners lightly rubbed. Broadside. Small vignette. 3-1/4" x 6-3/8" <br/><br/> unknown books
1964M5963Offprint from:: Rassegna Medica Sarda Vol. LXVII Fasc 2-3 Marzo-Giugno 1964. 1964. 244 x 172 mm. 8vo. 151-170 pp. Printed wrappers. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on top cover. Ownership rubber stamp on top cover. Very good. Rassegna Medica Sarda, Vol. LXVII, Fasc 2-3, Marzo-Giugno 1964. unknown books
1933S6246Berlin:: Julius Springer 1933. 1933. 8vo. Pages 137-144. Entire volume: viii 816 pp. 2 figs. Modern navy cloth gilt spine. Blind-stamp of the Carnegie Institution of Washington Mount Wilson Observatory. Fine. FIRST EDITION. "Delbruck scattering" described the coherent scattering of light by electrostatic fields "The deviation from the Klein-Nishina formula that Meitner and her students had pursued for so long was finally explained: the 'missing' gamma radiation had been transformed into positron-electron pairs. The process later known as 'materialization' required gamma radiation in close proximity to a nucleus and was enhanced as Meitner and her students had found with increasing gamma energies and greater nuclear charge. Her last paper on the Klein-Nishina deviations was in press when this discovery was made. In a note added in proof Meitner's assistant Max Delbruck attributed the deviations from the Klein-Nishina formula to 'the positive electrons that are formed in various elements of middle to high atomic number by the gamma radiation from ThC" and even more readily by the harder gamma radiation from the reaction of alpha particles with Be.' Pair formation was an astonishing confirmation of the most controversial aspect of relativistic electron theory." - Sime. Pais Inward bound p. 386; Sime Meitner p. 132. Julius Springer, 1933. hardcover books
192028166.1Pasadena: Published by the Author 1920. 1st pb edition Ahouse A27a; Baird & Greenwood 2268. Buff printed wrappers. Age-toning. Faint stain to upper left of front cover. A solid VG copy. 329 7 pp. No printed note. 5 pp of adverts at rear. Printed on kraft paper. 12mo. 6-13/16" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/>Per B & G the work "based on the Mooney-Billings case otherwise known as The Preparedness Day Parade Bombing San Francisco July 22 1916. Both Mooney and Billings were convicted Sinclair felt unjustly and when he ran for Governor of California in 1934 he pledged to pardon both men if elected." Published by the Author paperback books
196894531968. VG library stamp on lower cover. Wraps. 42 pp. 23 bw 2 color plates. Preface by Henry T. Hopkins. Introductory essay by Jan von Adlmann and Karl M. Nickel. An attractive catalogue and uncommon. paperback books
1968152641968. Softcover. VG- library stamp at base of title page. Green wraps. 26 pp. 7 color 9 bw plates. Catalogue lists 79 works with a two-page introductory essay by Wahneta Robinson some interesting illustrations interspersed with quotes from famous artists. 1000 copies printed catalogue designed by Walter Showalter. paperback books
1968125251968. VG. Cream wraps. 6 pp staple bound. 3 bw plates. Annotated catalogue of 36 works with a brief introduction by E. Maurice Bloch. Around 1968 large and important caches of drawings and sketches dating from all periods of West's career were uncovered. As a group the drawings in this exhibition were made up entirely from these finds and provide us an intimate glimpse of the work and method of an artist who was the first American to earn an international reputation. unknown books
191849432San Francisco: John Henry Nash 1918. 1st edition O'Day p. 8. INSCRIBED by Bynner to the preliminary blank. Bespoke simple green cloth binding with gilt stamped tilte lettering to front cover. Brown floral patterned-paper eps. Minor wear to binding with front hinge paper starting. Few spots of bubbling to cloth. Faint hint of age-toning to paper. Withal a VG - VG copy. 4 IX 3 blank pp. T.p. printed in red with blue rules with title page vignette by Lawrence B. Haste printed in black. 11-7/8" x 8-1/2" <br/><br/> John Henry Nash hardcover books
194830840Girard Kansas: Haldeman-Julius Publications 1948. 1st edition Ahouse A81b. Also published with Sinclair's imprint; per Ahouse "No priority established. Stiff-stock green printed wrappers stapled. VG some age toning. 52 4 pp. Adverts last 4 pages. Adverts illustrated. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/> Haldeman-Julius Publications unknown books
197148456New York: WIN Publishing Empire 1971. 1st Printing. Blue paper wrappers with white lettering & photographic image to front cover stapled. Now house in an archival mylar sleeve. Chip at base of spine. Age-toning to paper. Very Good. 36 pp including wrappers. Illustrated with b/w half-tone photographs. 10-3/4" x 8" <br/><br/>One of the many Vietnam KIAs. this one happened to keep a diary and published courtesy of his family who also supplied many of the image reproduced herein. WIN Publishing Empire unknown books
1960MMRM1446Springfield:: Charles C. Thomas 1960. 1960. 8vo. xvi 449 1 pp. 225 illus. indices. Brown gilt-stamped cloth dust-jacket; jacket with tear to spine and front flap. Very good. Charles C. Thomas, 1960. hardcover books
1966EEG1080Cambridge:: Harvard University Press 1966. 1966. Second printing. 8vo. xvii 3 636 pp. 46 illustrations 23 tables indices. Teal black-stamped cloth dust-jacket; jacket showing light wear. Very good. Harvard University Press, 1966. hardcover books
196624836New York: Viking 1966. 1st edition Ahearn APG 048b; Goldstone & Payne A43. Blue & green cloth binding 1st issue. Map eps. White dust jacket. VG/VG spine tanned/chipping at spine panel crown/some soiling. 207 pp. Illustrated from photographs some color. 4to. <br/><br/> Viking hardcover books
196884431968. Softcover. Good wear to covers. Navy wraps. 166 pp. 144 bw plates. This exhibition is drawn from the collections of Yale alumni with the 1913 Armory Show as the terminal date and limited to painting sculpture watercolors and drawings. Introduction by Jules D. Prown followed by the captioned plates one per page an index of artists and an index of lenders. unknown books
196813811968. Softcover. VG. Wraps. 75 pp. 81 bw repros. Contains very insightful and useful biographical information on the individual artists who are showcased. Nice reproductions. Includes works by Bricher Chalfont Thomas Cole LeFevre Cranstone Cropsey Darley Henry Farrer W.F. Friend William Harnett George Harvey Edward l. Henry John Henry Hill John William Hill Claude Hirst Winslow Homer Hovenden Henry Inman Eastman Johnson David Claypoole Johnston D.K. Kennedy John F. Kensett August Kollner William Rickaby Miller Henry Morton John Morton William T. Ranney William Trost Richards A. Zeno Shindler William Guy Wall J.W.C. Williams. unknown books
1968113511968. Softcover. VG-writing and small label on cover. Color wraps. 48 pp. 45 bw plates. Illustrated catalogue listing of 45 works by 23 artists such as Carl Rungius Richard Schlecht Scott Leighton Philip R. Goodwin Roland Clark and others. With alphabetical index to the artists. unknown books
193448494New York: Farrar & Rinehart Inc 1934. 1st US Edition Ahouse A53b. Red cloth binding with gilt stamping. Buff paper dust jacket printed in red & dark brown $2.50 price. Modest shelfwear top edge dusty Very Good. Some wear age-toning & soiling to jacket Very Good. 328 pp including Index. Bound with the UK sheets. 12mo. <br/><br/> Farrar & Rinehart, Inc hardcover books
196890811968. Softcover. VG slight wear to covers and dampstaining in upper right corner. A reading copy only. White wraps. 47 pp. 5 color 66 bw plates. Four-page essay by Thomas Leavitt profiles the versatile and prolific Smith as an architect printmaker painter sculptor and stage designer. The plates show his many styles in many media; includes an exhibition index. unknown books
1963203048New York 1963. Unbound. This archive includes three letters signed in full by Thomas one signed by his secretary and two postmarked envelopes all on personal stationery. Also included is a carbon copy letter from Jones to Thomas. In this correspondence Thomas a U.S. Socialist Party presidential candidate and co-founder of the American Civil Liberties Union deals with issues of photography with photographer Jones. The letters three of which measure 8.5 x 5.5 inches and one which measures 11 x 8.5 inches were written from 1963 to 1967. All four have natural folds and are in very good condition.<br/><br/> unknown books
19681936Deerfield Mass: Deerfield Academy 1968. Softcover. G Labels & few marks from previous gallery owner. Brown stapled wraps. 64 pp. 51 bw repros photos. Biographical essay with notes. List of exhibitions list of known works put together by the American Studies Group listing 235 portraits 15 murals and 360 paintings. Deerfield Academy paperback books
1927M12132London: St. Thomas's Hospital October 6 1927. 1927. 20 x 13 cm. 1 pp. Very good. Concerning a reprint Dr. Smith requested by K. Uyeno and Y. Doi "Studies on the respiration and circulation in the cat. II. The oxygen in the venous blood." From the Physiological Laboratory Cambridge; also refers to Prof. Henry Barcroft. See: F. W. R. Brambell "Arthur St George Joseph McCarthy Huggett. 1897-1968." In: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society Vol. 16 Nov. 1970 pp. 342-364. St. Thomas's Hospital October 6, 1927. unknown books
193370581New York 1933. Very good. A single page manuscript letter on Hotel Algonquin stationary dated September 30 1933. There is a little toning and wear and a staple has been removed from above the printed header otherwise in very good condition. In the letter addressed to "My dear President Roosevelt" Sinclair declares his plan to "contest at the primaries the Democratic nomination for Governor upon a program to 'end poverty in California'" and asks whether he and his wife could meet with the Roosevelts to discuss the matter further. It was written only a few weeks after Sinclair visited Roosevelt at Hyde Park where an economic summit was held over the Labor Day weekend. Upton Sinclair's 1934 California gubernatorial campaign is regarded as a watershed moment in American politics. Following two previous unsuccessful attempts at running for the governorship of California as a member of the Socialist Party the muckraking author of The Jungle 1906 had been encouraged by the election of Roosevelt in 1932 to change his affiliation to the Democrats in September 1933. In his book "The Campaign of the Century: Upton Sinclair's Race for Governor of California and the Birth of Media Politics" 1992 Greg Mitchell writes "Sinclair's candidacy challenged perplexed and ultimately embarrassed Franklin Roosevelt. The muckraker emerged as a political messiah at a tender hour for the White House. After an auspicious start the New Deal was foundering. Progressives implored FDR to move to the left businessmen and bankers exerted pressure on the right. Sinclair put the profoundly ambivalent President on the spot: if he endorsed his party's candidate in California FDR's critics would accuse him of supporting socialism; if he didn't some of his friends might call him a coward." In the context of the Great Depression the "End Poverty in California" movement formed the basis of Sinclair's campaign calling for a large-scale public works program and reforms to taxes and pensions - a vision he laid out in "I Governor of California and How I Ended Poverty: A True Story of the Future" 1933. Theodore Dreiser called it "the most impressive political phenomenon that America yet produced" while the New York Times described it as "the first serious movement against the profit system in the United States." Sinclair's campaign gained widespread support and formed his most successful attempt at elected office gaining nearly 38% of the vote. Vociferously opposed by Hollywood studio bosses the coalition of forces against Sinclair was one of the first to employ modern methods of political campaigning typified by the use of external media and publicity consultants. Ultimately abandoned by Roosevelt and defeated by Frank Merriam his Republican rival he recorded his experiences in "I Candidate for Governor: And How I Got Licked" 1935. Despite his defeat Sinclair recorded twice as many votes as any previous Democratic candidate for governor in California. As Mitchell notes "Roosevelt may have revived the Democratic party in the state in 1932 but it was EPIC that established it as a progressive force." It also exerted profound influence on Roosevelt who drew on EPIC's income and corporate tax structures to support his New Deal programs. Even Merriam as governor took some of Sinclair's tax and pension ideas confirming the liberal-leftist ideology as a significant force in California politics. unknown books
24719Ca. 106 x 113 mm. In black ink on cream paper.<br/><br/>Worn; slightly creased and abraided just touching signature; newspaper clipping laid down to verso.<br/><br/>Together with a program booklet for a performance of Verdi's Rigoletto at the Académie Nationale de Musique et de Danse in Paris May 26 1929 featuring Noréna as Gilda Manceau Dobois-Lauger Rex and Llobérès. Illustrated wrappers. 80 pp. Slightly worn. Norwegian soprano Noréna made her début as Cupid Gluck's Orfeo in 1907. She sang at the Nationale Theater in Oslo 1908-18 and then at the Swedish Royal Opera Stockholm; in 1924 she was engaged to sing Gilda at La Scala. She first appeared at Covent Garden in 1924 and was a regular visitor to London where her Desdemona 1937 was especially distinguished. At the Paris Opéra 1925-37 her roles included the Queen of Shemakha The Golden Cockerel Marguerite de Valois Les Huguenots Mathilde Guillaume Tell and Ophelia Hamlet. Norena sang at the Metropolitan 1933-8 making her début as Mimì. Her lovely voice sincere feeling and restrained impeccable style are preserved on recordings of her Violetta Desdemona Marguerite de Valois and Juliet." Harold Rosenthal and Alan Blyth in Grove Music Online. unknown books
