R E Peierls (121 results)

Condition: Fine. first edition, first printing; 284 pp., hardcover, fine in an edge-rubbed dust jacket. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's cou…

110pp, (8 x 10.5 inches). Very good in stapled wrappers (softcover). White covers lightly sunned and soiled, corners rubbed, one corner of back cover creased. Otherwise clean and tight, no internal creases or tears, no markings. Nine essays reprinted from professional journals. (The date is taken from the list of publications on…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. In illustrated blue card covers. Covers in good condition, corners slightly bumped and spine slightly scuffed here and there. Foxing to cut edges, also first and last few pages and intermittently throughout book. Text is unmarked. Binding is good. Black and white line illustrations. No dust…

Condition: Very Good. 1950. Revised and Expanded Wdition. Paperback. 'When the first Pelicans were published the intention behind them was to provide the serious general reader with authoritative books on a wide range of intellectual interests. There was at the time no deliberate design of building a library of modern knowledge…

Condition: Very Good. 1950. Revised and Expanded Wdition. Paperback. 'When the first Pelicans were published the intention behind them was to provide the serious general reader with authoritative books on a wide range of intellectual interests. There was at the time no deliberate design of building a library of modern knowledge…

Hard Cover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First U.S Edition. Bound in blue cloth with white lettering to spine, has black and white illustrations throughout volume. Shows some warping to last third of top page edges, and wear to extremes. Dustjacket shows some scuffing to top edges and wear to extremes. 284 pgs. Siz…

Condition: Good. 1950. Revised Edition. 200 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages are moderately tanned. Mild cracking to hinges, however binding remains firm. Notable water rear pages and reverse of rear cover. Paper cover has mild edge wear with mild corner curling. Mod…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. Taped along its edges, otherwise a nice copy. A clean copy; with no writing, no highlighting, and no marks of any kind. ; Oxford Classic Texts In The Physical Sciences; 9.1 X 6.1 X 0.6 inches; 229 pages; This is an earlier edition than the book in this listing. NOTE: It has a diff…

Condition: Good. 1958. 385 pages. First Edition in Spanish. In Spanish. Black dust jacket with yellow lettering over brown cloth. Clean pages. Notable tanning to endpapers and page edges. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing and soiling to boards. Minor sunning to spine and board edges. Unclippe…

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. No marks or inscriptions. Very minor faint creasing to covers. Clean very tight pages with slightly dusty unmarked boards, tanning to pages and small rub to front of book. 168pp. The whole of this issue was devoted to the spectacularly new chemistry and physics of atomic science. We do not use stock…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1955. 1st ed. "This is the contemporary physicist's world expounded in lucid English. It is a book which can be read by an engineer, by a general practitioner or by a philosopher". Pp. 284/3(ads), 67 figures, bookplate to fep.…