Penrose Etc (10 results)

SOFTCOVER. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st printing. Small square 4to in stiff card covers, 59pp, numerous illustrations in text, etc. With amended acknowledgements by Roland Penrose pasted over the original printed version on the verso of the front cover (as issued) . [CONDITION: A well preserved FINE very clean and tight copy (covers faintly tanned). An excellent copy ] . . . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.

Blue Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine DJ. First Edition. 345 Pp. Blue Cloth, Gilt. First Printing. Fine In A Fine Price-Clipped Dj. No Marks.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ. First Edition. 432 Pp. Maroon Cloth, Gilt. First Printing. As New, Bright And Clean, No Names Or Marks Or Wear.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Entire Issue In Original Blue-Green Wrappers. Near Fine.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine DJ. First Edition, First Printing. 491 pp. Touch of wear at corners, 1/2" closed tear at top and bottom of front spine edge of DJ, small bump to lower spine edge of book, indecipherable signature of previous owner hidden under front flap [J--- M --- P-----?].

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. VERY GOOD/VERY GOOD; the pages are clean and umarked and the binding is very good; the dust jacket has some rubbing and a little edge wear but remains in very nice condition; there are no signatures or book plates present; Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE; both volumes are in gorgeous condition with clean unmarked pages and tight binding; the covers have some minor rubbing yet remains in very collectible condition; extra cost for shipping 2 large books;

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. VERY GOOD; FIRST EDITION; SIGNED ON THE FLYSHEET BY - S. CHANDRASEKHAR - NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS IN 1983 AND DATED 1972 SEPTEMBER 27; ALSO CONTAINS HIS BOOK PLATE ON THE BACK FLYSHEET WITH HIS 1983 NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS DESIGNATION; the pages are clean and unmarked and the binding is very good; FROM HIS PERSONAL LIBRARY: ONE OF A KIND: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. VERY GOOD; signed by previous owner on front and back flysheets; a colloquium occurred in Paris on June 21-27 1959 known informally as GR-2, with papers on general relativity and gravitation by most of the world leaders in the field; papers were given by: Synge, J.L.; Fock, V.; Dirac, P.A.M.;Penrose, R.; Kursunoglu, B.; De Witt, B.S.; De Witt, C.; Bergmann, P.G.; Hoffmann, B.; Bonnor, W.B.; Bondi, H.; Moller, C.; some of the discussions were presided over by Wheeler, John A. and Hlavaty, V. followed by questions on the topics; about half of the 46 papers are in English and the rest in French; 475 pp.; a really unique statement of general relativity and gravitation known at the time; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. 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. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1904 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 and contains approximately 17 pages. 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.