Bawn J (6 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 122 pp. Light edge and corner wear with some minor creasing on the spine; no interior markings. This collection of essays contains: The Origin of Cosmic Radiation: The Name of the Problem; The Composition of Primary Radiation; Super Novae as a Source of Cosmic Rays; How Cosmic Rays Acquire Their Great Strength by Prof. C. F. Powell; How Rough Is the Moon by V. A. Hughes; Why the Continents Move by Prof. S. Keith Runcorn; The Generation of Electricity in Thuderstorms and the Origin of Lightning by Prof B. J. Mason; Why Solids Melt by Prof. A. R. Ubbelohde; Towards High Temperatures in Research by Prof. A. R. Ubbelohde; Man-made Conductors of Electricity by Prof. A. R. Ubbelohde; The Coming of Modern Plastics by Prof. C. E. H. Bawn; How to Classify at the Borderline of Life by Dr P. D. Cooper; How Living Organisms Regulate Their Metabolism by Prof. Sir Hans Krebs; Biological Clocks by Prof. G. P. Wells; The Slow Life of the Sea by Dr D. M. Ross; Vision in Deep Sea Fish and Squid by Dr Eric J. Denton; Bees Moths and Memory by Dr A. D. Blest; Mind Matter and Machines by Dr Grey Walter; How Much Sleep Do We Need by Dr R. T. Wilkinson; On Making Up Your Mind by D. E. Broadbent; How the Eyes Deceive by Richard L. Gregory; and What Gives the Salt Its Savour by Prof G. M. Wyburn. Size: 12mo. Book.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. grey wrappers 8vo. Book.

Newsprint. Condition: VG. Vol IX, No 48. Single issue of a local newspaper serving South Vancouver. Two sections, 24pp, illustrated, advertising. Clean, undamaged copy. Fold at centre. Scan available. Weight, 82g. Size: 11" by 18". Newspaper.

pp. 154. 117 figures (including 26 plates). Original printed wrappers, a very good copy. *A reprint from the Proceedings with unchanged pagination.

Cloth. Condition: Good. The scarce first volume of The Quidnunc Quarterly, a periodical of short stories and thoughts from Bristol chocolate company J.S. Fry and Sons. The scarce first volume of The Quidnunc, a quarterly produced by the Bristol Chocolate company J.S. Fry and Sons, published in 1902.In the publisher's original cloth, with a frontispiece of a Lowland Pasture. Contains all other fourteen illustrations from various artists, and eight in-text illustrations between leaves pp.119-121. Collated complete.The editorial committee stated that the purpose of the Quarterly was in the interests of literary evolution. The volume includes a variety of opinions and thoughts on music, nature, travels and stories. Offers an intriguing picture of early twentieth century life. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally, smart with minimal marks to boards. Slight fading to boards. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. Offsetting to end papers, with a Terrence Bryant Bristol Collection stamp and previous owner's signature to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound, with very slight sign of wear between leaf p.170 and plate. Pages are bright and clean, with the odd spot to the extremities of the occasional leaf, heavier to final leaves. Good. R.J. Fry, A.H. Fry, W.V. Collett, A.H. Sage, F.V. Collett, S.A. Williams, E.F. Dyment, G. Dimery Mallett, C.T. Collis, R.L. Hanover, A.F.V. Collett, J.F. Bawn, (illustrator). book.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 86 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.21 inches. This item is printed on demand.