Olaf Bloch (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First U.S. Edition. [1934] 384 pp. Original brown cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding lightly rubbed along extremities; bottom corners bumped. Front inner hinge starting; rear inner hinge cracked. Neat inscription to previous owner on front blank endpaper; pencil notes to front and rear blank endpapers. Edges of leaves a bit age toned. Illust. w/ several b/w plates and 9 fold-out maps.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Reprinted with additions from "Mountaineering," Volume 18 in the Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games and Pastimes.

Illustrated Cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Editions (as such) ? 19 page illustrated stapled leaflet in fine condition apart from rusting staples. Reprinted with additions from "Mountaineering" , Volume 18 in the Londsdale Library of Sports, Games and Pastimes. Looks like a first edition published c.1938 judging by the "List of Useful books for Alpine photography". Was reprinted again much later. Very clean without creases, marks or signatures.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. In good condition; hard rubbing top and bottom of spine; 1 1/2-in diagonal crease lower right corner, soft creasing top right corner; light to moderate soiling to wraps; heavy soiling outside edges of book; sectional looseness at gutter without harm to binding; tiny nick lower edge pages 321-5; soft diagonal crease lower corner pages 327-95; light toning to clean interior. Flexible cloth cover. Reprinted from the Transactions of the Faraday Society, Vol. XIX, Part 2, November 1923. Paginated from 241-405. 9 5/8 x 6 1/8 in.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Hardback 1940. Clean & tight. No inscriptions. Jacket is poor & is torn & has lost a large section from the front cover: see photo. Dispatched Royal Mail First Class with tracking next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref H211. The Photographer Speaks. Edited by Dr Olaf Bloch. Contributors: F.J. Mortimer; Dr Olaf Bloch; J. Dixon Scott; Marcus Adams; Bernard Alfieri; H. N. Blinkhorn; J. E. Saunders; W. L. F. Wastell; Noel Griggs; Dr D. A. Spencer.

Wraps. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. Reprinted from "Mountaineering" vol.18 in the Lonsdale library of sports, games and pastimes. Text block separated from covers, now repaired with tape down spine, still only partially attached. PP clean and bright Size: 8vo.

Condition: Very good. 1934, London, Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, pp383, black and white illustrations and fold out map, original beige cloth.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 34. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1927 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 34.

Anglo-Danish research chemist (died 1944), a pioneer of infrared photography. One page, quarto. Very good, though a bit grubby and with a few small staple holes. 'Will you kindly thank the Council of the Royal Society of Arts for the honour conferred upon me in awarding to me a silver medal for my paper on Infra-Red Photography.' He will be present at the 'opening meeting of the next session'. Signed 'Olaf Bloch'.

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. No Jacket. 31pp. b/w illustrations. Pencilled notes to a few margins. Suede-effect covers are a a little worn on the corners. Book published ca 1937 for private circulation.