A Landmark (23 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 52 pages. R Palme Dutt "50 Years Of World Revolution" /Len Squire "Hands Off The Unions!" (1) / Ben Birnbaum "Hands off The Unions! (2)" / Ken Gill "Hands Off The Unions! (3)" / M P Naicker "Eduardo Mondlane" / Quaestor "Wilson's Bonn Visit" / Dr Yusuf Dadoo "The Khartoum Conference - A Landmark" / Enid Lakeman "Immigrants And The Vote" / Tawfiq Toubi "Middle East: The Path To Peace".

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 14 pages, with UK list of books. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without title page or cover. Size: 14 x 21 cms. Category: Book & Magazine Collector; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

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Condition: New. Well-illustrated (illustrator).

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 4 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 13 x 20 cms. Category: Annual Register; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hartree, Douglas R. "The ENIAC, an Electronic Computing Machine." Macmillan & Co., London, 1946. In "Nature", Vol 158. July - December, 1946. (52), 956pp, illustrations throughout the text, with the Hartree on pp 500-506, illustrated with three photos including the famous one appearing on page 501showing most of the machine. First printing of the "first paper on an electronic digital computer published in a large-circulation international scientific journal ["Nature"]."--Jeremy Norman's Origins of Cyberspace, 648. [++] The volume is fresh and clean though there are two binding semi-minor issues: first, the cloth boards are a bit thin for a book this size so the front board is slightly bowed. Second, the hinges are starting to break, though it is at this point the paper of the pastedowns and free endpapers that are broken (see pic). Overall, I'd say that this was still a Very Good copy (6/10) [++] The ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer built 1943-45) was the first large-scale, fully electronic, general-purpose digital computer to operate successfully. It was a decimal non-specific general purpose numerical machine, programmable by physical configuration (via plugboards, switch settings, cable routing). [++] Hartree writes a great introduction to the machine and then proceeds in explaining it to the advanced-general reader. The subheads include "two main classes f computing equipment"; "arithmetical processes, memory, and organisation"; general construction of the ENIAC"; accumulator"; "multiplier"; "divider and square rooter"; "function tables, input and output equipment"; "master programmer"; "set-up and use"; "examples". This is a very well organized and highly readable and important paper.

(Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1762). 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from "Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences. Année 1757". Pp. 52-86 and 7 folded engraved plates. Clean and fine. First edition of this landmark paper in geological literature, for it appeared eighty years before Murchison's Silurian System made known the sequence and abundant organic remains of the Silurian rocks of Wales."Guettard was the first to recognize trilobites in the Silurian slates of Angers. In some specimens which had been sent up to the Academy from the quarries of that district, he observed numerous impressions of organic remains, which he referred to seaweeds and Crustacea. The latter he sagaciously compared 25 to modern crabs and prawns." (Archibald Geikie).Parkinson "Breakthroughs", 1757.

(Paris, Bachelier, 1851). 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences", Tome 33, No 8. Pp. (217-) 252 (entire issue offered). Pasteur's paper: pp. 217-221. Clean and fine. First printing of this landmark paper in which Pasteur discloses his discovery of the optical activity of amino acids."The optical activity of amino acids accurring in nature was discovered by pasteur (1851, the paper offered), who reported in a paper, which followed the publication of his work on tartaric acid, that asparagine and the aspartic acid derived from it rotate polarized light to the left and right, respectively."(Advanced Protein Chemistry, Vol. IV).

A Landmark Work on Grand Juries (illustrator). A Landmark Work on Grand Juries. A Landmark Work on a Fundamental English Right [Somers, John Somers, Baron (1651-1716), Attributed]. The Security of English-Mens Lives, Or the Trust, Power, And Duty of the Grand Jurys of England. Explained According to the Fundamentals of the English Government, And the Declarations of the Same Made in Parliament by Many Statutes. Published for the Prevention of Popish Designs Against the Lives of Many Protestant Lords and Commoners, Who Stand Firm to the Religion and Ancient Government of England. London: Printed for Benj. Alsop, 1682. 168 pp. Octavo (6" x 3-3/4"; 15.2 x 9.5 cm). Recent period-style quarter calf over marbled boards, lettering piece and gilt-edged raised bands to spine, endpapers renewed. Light toning to interior, light soiling and a few creases to title page, which has a ruled border. Head of text block trimmed with some loss to page numbers and rule at head of title page. A handsome copy. $1,500. * Second edition. First published in 1681, this influential essay defined a hearing before grand jury of peers as a fundamental English right. An assertion of the priority of the law over the English Crown, it was written to support the right of a grand jury to reject the bill of indictment against Anthony Ashley-Cooper, First Earl of Shaftesbury [1621-1683] issued by Charles II (a pro-Catholic monarch). Shaftesbury's charges were ultimately dropped. Published anonymously, this work is attributed in most sources to Somers. A barrister of the Middle Temple and an important Whig statesman, he was Lord Chancellor of England during the reigns of William and Mary and Queen Anne and presided over the framing of the Bill of Rights (1689). English Short-Title Catalogue R10363.

Very good. Backed on fresh linen. Custom slipcase. Size 63 x 59 Inches. Magnificently huge, this is Thomas Devine's 1857 large-scale map of Canada west of the Hudson Bay. It is the first map of the West published and issued in Canada, and as such, it can be considered an essential document of the Canadian westward expansion. A Closer Look The map's very possessive title communicates its purpose: to promote ownership over and settlement of the 'North West Part of CANADA.' Its coverage extends from James Bay and the Great Lakes westward to the Pacific and from the high Arctic as far south as Chicago and the Columbia River. The whole is richly colorized and annotated to promote the region's unexploited richness and potential wealth. A Map to Promote Westward Migration By 1856, Canada had asserted tenuous claims to its northwestern territories, but little was known of their potential. Instead, the western part of Canada was controlled by the secretive Hudson Bay Company, whose governor, Sir George Simpson, testified that the region was inadequate for settlement and offered a paucity of resources. On the other side of the argument were the Expansionists, who were eager to migrate westward and saw the Canadian prairies as an attainable Eden. To address this question, the Commissioner of Crown Lands for Canada, then Joseph-Édouard Cauchon, a dedicated expansionist with business interests in Manitoba, ordered his chief surveyor Thomas Devine to compile a grand map assessing the region. R. Douglas Francis, in his book The Prairie West as Promised Land , describes Devine's map as One of the best examples of the changing perspective on the land a product of the expansionist impulse. Cartographically, Devine derives his map from the works of Aaron Arrowsmith, but with significant expansion and annotation intended to promote his mission of westward migration. Devine draws his glowing reviews of the region from several sources, all carefully cited, including Alexander Mackenzie, Lieutenant Saxon, Sir George Simpson, Ballantyne, Captain Pope, Governor Stevens, and others. Some of the descriptions are wildly glowing: Capt. Pope says, 'The Red River Valley is an unbroken level of rich prairie, intersected by well-timbered tributaries. Elm, oak, maple, ash, etc. From richness of soil uniform surface, and wood and water it is among the finest wheat growing countries in the world. All the cereals and vegetables grow in abundance. Climate Salubrious.' In addition, the map addresses the terrain and mineralogical resources, identifying copper deposits along Lake Superior and a coal belt running from Great Bear Lake to the Canada-US boundary. Soil types and other geological formations are noted using color coding to distinguish regions. The map also includes some detail within the United States, including the Gov. Stevens route for the Northern Pacific Railroad, John Jacob Astor's fur trading post at Astoria, and manned border fortifications. The British North American Exploring Expedition In the same year this map was issued, the British North American Exploring Expedition, under John Palliser, set off. The expedition investigated the geography, climate, and ecology of western Canada. This was the first detailed and scientific survey of the region from Lake Superior to the southern passes of the Rocky Mountains. Until the publication of the Palliser map in 1865, the present map was the finest and most detailed large-scale map of this region. Publication History and Census This map appears in two editions. One edition was published as one of 8 maps included with a supplement to the 1857 Report of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, in this case Joseph-Édouard Cauchon. That example is on thin paper, typically uncolored, and was issued by S. Derbishire and G. Desbarats. The other example (as offered here) is a richly colored, dissected, separate issue published privately by Maclear and Company. It is of note that Cauchon, who ordered this map produce.

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Gebunden. Condition: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Daniel Miller is Associate Professor of Religion and Social Thought and Chair of the Department of Liberal Studies at Landmark College. His research interests include religion, political theory and American politics, gender and embodimen.