Robert D Forster Editor (4 results)

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. Soft Cover, Digest.Folded page on how to build a badminton court in your own backyard is laid in. Contains articles and statistics on badminton including the official rules. We ar at edges, piece missing on bottom of spine, former owners name on bottom of front cover, creases and soiling on book. Size: 5 1/8" x 6 3/4". TRADE PAPERBACK.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Original publisher's red and white paper wrappers with staple binding. 5 1/4" x 6 3/4." 96 pages, complete. Black-and-white illustrations, complete. Pages are very clean and intact. Covers are intact overall but have light soiling and age toning throughout, slight wear to extremities, and splitting and moderate soiling along the spine. A Good copy. A guide to Canadian badminton. Most of the pamphlet is about championships throughout Canada and results for each match or tournament. Includes men's, women's, and mixed singles among other tournaments. Following the information about championships are the rules to Canadian badminton which are on Pages 75-86. The remaining pages after Page 86 are advertisements for Spalding brand badminton sports equipment. The following are some of the places with listed championships: Ontario, Twin Cities, Toronto, Border City, Niagara District, Hamilton City, Oxford County, St. Lawrence, Ottawa, Quebec, Montreal, Maurice Valley, Halifax County, Moncton City, Manitoba, Winnipeg, Saskatchewan, Moose Jaw City, Alberta, Calgary, British Columbia, Vancouver, Victoria, Saanich, and East Kootenay. No. C2X and part of the Spalding Athletic Library, a book series published from 1892-1941.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good condition. No jacket. First Printing of the First Edition. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1955. This is the 1955 hardcover first edition -- not a cheaply-made modern reprint. Very Good condition. NOT a library discard. Square and tight. Corners are NOT bumped. Hinges are perfect. NO owner's name. NOT a remainder. Pages are crisp and creamy white. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Illustrated with diagrams in the text and two plates. Includes technical papers as well as a few historical papers. Arranged into 3 parts: The Microbe as a Living System; Metabolism of Microorganisms; Microorganisms and Higher Forms of Life. Among 16 contributors are H. A. Barker, Bernard D. Davis, Harry Eagle, Jackson W. Forster, Michael Heidelberger, Frank L. Horsfall, Lewis Webster Jones, Albert J. Kluyver, Joshua Lederberg, Andre Lwoff, Robert L. Starkey, Perry Wilson, etc. The editor, the American microbiologist Selman Abraham Waksman (1888-1973) was awarded the 1952 Nobel Prize in medicine for his discovery of streptomycin, the first antibiotic effective against tuberculosis. Bound in the original rust-colored cloth, stamped in black and shiny gold on the spine and front cover. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket. 8vo. x, 220pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. No jacket. First Printing of the First Edition. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1955. This is the 1955 hardcover first edition -- not a cheaply-made modern reprint. Near Fine condition. NOT a library discard. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. Hinges are perfect. NO owner's name. NOT a remainder. Pages are crisp and creamy white. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Illustrated with diagrams in the text and two plates. Includes technical papers as well as a few historical papers. Arranged into 3 parts: The Microbe as a Living System; Metabolism of Microorganisms; Microorganisms and Higher Forms of Life. Among 16 contributors are H. A. Barker, Bernard D. Davis, Harry Eagle, Jackson W. Forster, Michael Heidelberger, Frank L. Horsfall, Lewis Webster Jones, Albert J. Kluyver, Joshua Lederberg, Andre Lwoff, Robert L. Starkey, Perry Wilson, etc. The editor, the American microbiologist Selman Abraham Waksman (1888-1973) was awarded the 1952 Nobel Prize in medicine for his discovery of streptomycin, the first antibiotic effective against tuberculosis. Bound in the original rust-colored cloth, stamped in black and shiny gold on the spine and front cover. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/No jacket. 8vo. x, 220pp.