Oldham Frank (28 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Hard Cover in Very Good condition. Clean, Strong binding and unmarked pages. No underlining or notes in the margins. Minor scuffing of the covers . Dust Jacket FAIR Good condition with numerous rips tears, staining. CAREFULLY PACKED in a sturdy BOX. All USA orders ship with tracking number and email confirmation. Because of the expensive cost of international shipping, INTERNATIONAL buyers MUST contact me first to arrange a shipping quote to your country.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. ---------Blueish patterned cloth covers, black lettering, book is 7 1/2" tall. 159 pages, with illustrations.VERY GOOD CONDITION, tight solid and clean- - no dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 159pp. Nice copy bound in cloth.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. ---------------Blue cloth covers, 8 1/2" tall. 355 pages with illustrations. . . . FINE CONDITION, dust jacket chipped with little edgepiece of dust jacket missing ( 1/2" square).

1st. This biography provides a detailed account of the life and work of Thomas Young (1773â"1829), one of the most versatile scientific minds of the early 19th century. Young is celebrated for his groundbreaking contributions to optics (establishing the wave theory of light), physics, linguistics (deciphering the Rosetta Stone), and medicine. The book explores his early education, medical studies, work as a physician, professorship at the Royal Institution, and his many diverse scientific achievements. The volume includes illustrations, diagrams, and photographs of Youngâs instruments, offering valuable historical context for his experiments. A memoir of Alexander Wood by Charles E. Raven is also included, making this both a biography of Young and a reflection on the historian who dedicated decades to studying him. This biography remains a key resource for historians of science, scholars of physics and optics, and collectors of works on natural philosophy. . Binding: Hardcover, strong and intact. Yellow cloth boards with blue spine label in good condition. Dust Jacket: Present, showing edge wear, age toning, and light soiling (see photos). Some foxing visible inside jacket. Pages: Clean and legible throughout, though some foxing/spotting on endpapers and edges (common in books of this age). Illustrations remain sharp and clear. Overall: Good to Very Good condition for age, with some cosmetic flaws due to age. Binding: Hardcover with original dust jacket (yellow cloth spine, blue title label).

Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Oldham, Frank (illustrator). 1st Edition. VG, Offset, Foxing, Ink Name,/VG, Chips, Tears, Browning. 1st Edition. Family drama. Jacket and page edges have lovely foliage pattern. Unfortunately 1 plate is loose. Photo on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Good to Worn - Marks. Dust Jacket Condition: Worn. Frank Oldham (illustrator). First Edition. Has an inscription in the front.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good ++. Oldham, Frank (illustrator). Green cloth hardcover without dust jacket, undated, 320 pages, plus full page black-and-white illustrations; front cover and spine lettering and embossed pictorial very clear, light wear at edges, both front and back free endpapers removed, interior clean and unmarked except for scattered foxing.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. First printing. 8vo. Frontispiece portrait. xix, 355 pp. Illustrated in B & W. Original blue cloth binding. Fore edge with faint foxing, top edge dusty else tight, near fine in a dust soiled very good DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo, Hardback with Clipped Dust Jacket. Xx + 355 Pages. Some Light Edge Wear and Marks to Dust Jacket. Some Light Spotting to End Papers. Overall A Very Good Copy in likewise Dust Jacket. Extra postage costs may apply to overseas orders. All books posted in sturdy book box.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition; First Printing. Tight unmarked book in clean orange cloth; in rubbed dust jacket with edgewear and 2 cm chip from lower rear edge. ; 353 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Frank Oldham. (illustrator). 1st Edition. First English Edition. With three illustrations by Frank Oldham. 117pp. Pages are slightly brown. Blue cloth with gilt titling. Slightly scuffed and bumped corners o/w very good.

LACKS FEP, octavo hardcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

hardback, 8vo, 320pp, 6 b/w plates, page edges browned, light scattered foxing, text clean and binding sound, pale green cloth pictorial, slightly rubbed, Good condition / no dustwrapper.

Condition: Very Good. 1954. Hardback. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. Ex-libris with usual labels, text not affected. Lacking dj, remains very good. . . . .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Good to Very good condition. Minor wear. Binding tight, pages clean but slightly age toned. Pictures available upon request.

Condition: Very Good. 1954. Hardback. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. Ex-libris with usual labels, text not affected. Lacking dj, remains very good. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Frank Oldham, Treyer Evans, Thomas Webb, and others (illustrator). 1st Edition. November 1932 - serial 'Big Business' (9) by A S M Hutchinson (illustrated by Arthur Watts), serial 'Young and Fair' (3) by Laetitia McDonald, illustrated by E M Jackson, and short stories by Coningsby Dawson, Lesley Smith, Claudia Cranston, Nelia Gardner White, and Frances Towers (illustrated by Rojan, Treyer Evans, Thomas Webb, Dan Content [incl full colour plate], uncredited [full colour plate], respectively), plus article by Vicki Baum, another illustrated by Charles Robinson, and many more, 206 pages packed with vintage advertisements, many in full colour, and poems, articles and colour cover by Jesse Wilcox Smith, usual staple rust, VG+ very scarce vintage magazine.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Frank Oldham, Arthur Watts, Thomas Webb, and others (illustrator). 1st Edition. September 1932 - serial 'Big Business' (7) by A S M Hutchinson (illustrated by Arthur Watts), new serial 'Young and Fair' (1) by Laetitia McDonald, illustrated by E M Jackson, and short stories by Lady Wilson, Nelia Gardner White, Juliet Wilbor Tompkins, and Jay Gelzer (illustrated by Gordon Nicoll, Robert Crowther, Hayden Hayden, and Thomas Webb [incl full colour plate] respectively), plus articles by Beverley Nichols, and many more, 170 pages packed with vintage advertisements, many in full colour, and poems, articles and colour cover by Jesse Wilcox Smith, usual staple rust, VG+ very scarce vintage magazine.

8vo. xx, 355 pp. Frontis., plates, figures, appendices, index. Gilt-stamped blue cloth, dust jacket; worn jacket. Bookplate of Roger Hahn. Very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 355 pages, frontispiece portrait plate, 3 black and white plates, illustrations in text, book in very good condition (edges of book spotted, top edge also slightly dust marked, text pages and illustrations in fine, clean condition) with good dust-wrapper (top corner of front flap clipped, rear panel dust marked, corners and edges creased with associated short tears).

First edition, xx, 355pp., illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w. torn.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Blue cloth cover, gilt sp. lettering, clean and unworn bar thin fading strip bottom sp. f/piece + 353, 24 text ills, 4 ills on 3 plates ex-pagination; colourless round impressed exlib stamp of Derek Gair Gibson to fr. end-paper, (he being an eminent British cardiology, 1935-2021), otherwise no obvuous faults. Unclipped jacket, seriously nicked and chipped to top edge, worst nicks now internally closed but 1st sp. title word visibly split, bottom edge has some small nicks and chips also, traces of surface dustiness to back, will add protective sleeve when ordered. Young contributed to a wide variety of fields including medicine, the theory of light, decoding Egyptian hieroglyphics, navigation and contributing numerous important entries to the Encyclopaedia Britannica from 1817-25, including one on tides. 15 cm x 22 cm.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Frank Oldham (illustrator). Undated. Circa 1949, as inscription dated 1949. 4 black and white illustrations as called for. Dustwrapper shows girl ski-ing.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st UK Edition. First established the undulatory theory of light, and revealed some of the hieroglyphics of Egypt, with a Memoir of Alex Wood by C.E. Raven, light wear to dustjacket, unmarked, 355pp, NF/VG. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 382 pages. 8.50x5.51x1.02 inches. In Stock.

Unknown Binding. Condition: Acceptable. NOT an ex-library book. Well read with some wear but still very useable. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 382 pages. 8.50x5.51x1.02 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.