Lodewijk Woltjer Editor (3 results)
Galaxies and the Universe (The Vetlesen Symposium held at Columbia University on October 19, 1966)
Lodewijk Woltjer, Editor / Contributors: Bengt Stromgren, Jan H. Oort, C.C. Lin, Bruno Rossi, Allan Sandage
Language: English
Published by Columbia University Press, New York and London, 1968
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Theoria Books, Andover, MA, U.S.A.Theoria Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Near fine
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 112 pp., xv. Same date with NAP. Many illustrations (Figures, Charts, black and white photo-portrait of Jan H. Oort). Following the Preface and "An Appreciation of Jan Hendrik Oort" by Bengt Stromgren, Contents divided into 4 Lectures: [1] Jan H. Oor…t, "Radio Astronomical Studies of the Galactic System"; [2] C.C. Lin, "Spiral Structure in Galaxies"; [3] Bruno Rossi, "Some Recent Results of X-ray Astronomy"; [4] Allan Sandage, "The Time Scale for Creation". Maroon cloth with light green cloth spine and iridescent medium green and maroon lettering; iridescent medium green lettering at lower right front cover. Shiny night sky-black dustwrapper not price-clipped ($6.00) with large turquoise galaxy and sprinkling of stars as background for Title and Editor name lettering in white letters, across top and bottom right front cover, respectively. Missing triangular piece at top right front cover corner (5/8" x 1/4"); thin strip (1/8") missing across top spine, continuing down rear cover gutter (1/8" x 5/8"), then slanting up (7/16" x 3/16"), all-told, forming a missing piece in the form of a 'Z'; 3/16 chip at top left rear cover corner; 2 tiny tears at top edge rear cover with 3/4" horizontal piece peeled down (NOW restored); 3/16" tear closed tear down top edge rear cover near midpoint: describes worse than it is, but there you have it: Now all impertinences backed by Archival tape and dw in Brodart mylar, which graciously forgives impertinences. Book itself: Strong binding (NO cracks); top right front cover corner bumped with 1/2" crease, but essentially square, like other 3 corners; NO rubbing wear (dw did its job); NO remainder marks; NO previous owner names. Clean text. Solid copy.
The Distribution and Motion of Interstellar Matter in Galaxies; Proceedings of a Conference Held at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, April 10 to 20, 1961.
Woltjer, L. (Lodewijk) (Editor), and Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, N.J.)
Published by New York, New York, U.S.A.: W.A. Benjamin, Inc., 1962
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: The Warm Springs Book Company, Fremont, CA, U.S.A.The Warm Springs Book Company
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A fine minus copy in a near very good,mylar protected DJ. Trace of wear to green cloth covered boards of book; Former owner's name on front endpaper; Some wear, chipping, and small closed tears to DJ and DJ edges. Illustrated, 8vo., 330 pages. Title on sp…ine and half-title: Interstellar Matter in Galaxies. Includes bibliographies. 0.0 0.0 0.0.
Published by Columbia University Press, 1968
- Hardcover
Seller: Roland Antiquariat UG haftungsbeschränkt, Weinheim, GermanyRoland Antiquariat UG haftungsbeschränkt
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Add to basketHardcover. 112 p. Good condition. The reading pages are clean and unmarked. Slight signs of storage and use. Retired library copy with corresponding labelling. Without dust jacket. Otherwise a good copy. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1000.
