ISBN: 9780660193229 - George J. Klein: The Great Inventor (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. No edition remark, presumed first. NRC Press Biography Series No. 2. Black boards with silver title and attributions to spine - silver title to front. Tilted towards front board. Light rubbing to front lower corner. Handful of faint stains to text block fore edge. Black and white map on front endpaper. Black and white frontispiece. Inscribed by author on title page. (xii)289pp. Textual interior unmarred. Black and white images interspersed throughout. NRC wind tunnel schematics on rear endpaper and rear pastedown. Complete jacket has wear and rubbing to corners, edges, crown, heel, and surfaces. Octavo. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. First Edition. Signed by author upon half-title. "George J. Klein (1904-1992) a design engineer who spent 40 years at the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) laboratories in Ottawa, has been called 'a Northern Edison' and is quite likely 'the most productive inventor in Canada in the 20th century'. Spurred by the needs of great sicentists and supported by talented technicians, he produced hundreds, possibly thousands, of ingenious devices, techniques and tools: many of which influenced the growth and development of his country." - dust jacket. "An engaging and eminently readable book about a technical genious who designed and created everything from radio antennas and nuclear reactors to the first practical electric powered wheelchair for quadriplegics." - Arthur J. Carty. 289 pages. Footnotes, index. Numerous black and white reproductions of photos. Small bookplate inside front board otherwise book very clean, bright, tight and unmarked with very light wear. Somewhat above-average wear to dust jacket now in glossy new archival-grade protection. A quality signed example of this extraordinary life story. ; NRC Press Biography Series No. 2; 8vo; Signed by Author.…

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good. Dust Jacket may NOT BE INCLUDED.CDs may be missing. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. SIGNED by the author on the half-title page. 289 pages in excellent condition. Many illustrations. Previous owner's name on the title page. Illustrated endpapers. Black cloth with silver titles. Corners not bumped. Illustrated DJ with white titles. Spine faded, light wear on corners and edges. NEAR FINE/VG+. Signed by Author(s). Book.…