Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, England & New York, 1986
ISBN 10: 0710202946 ISBN 13: 9780710202949
Seller: Terrence Murphy, Santa Fe, NM, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine+. 1st Edition. Original wine-colored cloth in FINE+ condition both externally and internally. Housed in the original dust jacket which is in like condition and now protected in a Mylar jacket cover. Heavily illus., notes, index, 218p. Far more interesting than it sounds, especially the search and rediscovery of the Oviedo Cathedral stall, which were thought to have burned in a fire but in fact not all had. This title was formerly in the library of Murray Gell-Mann. Each of the following numbers from our listings contains his personal Southwest designed book plate with his name prominently displayed. Gell-Mann was born in New York City on Sept. 29, 1929. He earned his degree at Yale and his PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He taught at the University of Illinois, Columbia University, and the University of Chicago for ten years before moving on to the California Institute of Technology where he taught from 1955 until he retired in 1993. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1969 for his contributions and discoveries concerning the classification of elementary particles and their interactions. Gell-Mann invented the names quark, antiquark, and gluon, which were soon established as the underlying elementatry objects in the study of the structure of hadrons. He subsequently moved to Santa Fe, N.M., where he established the Santa Fe Institute. He died in Santa Fe in 2019.
Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, England / New York, New York, 1987
ISBN 10: 0710209932 ISBN 13: 9780710209931
Seller: Andover Books and Antiquities, Andover, MA, U.S.A.
Softcover. xvi, 581 pp. History Workshop Series. Softcover. Good condition; on covers: creasing on spine, light soiling and touches of wear on edges; lightly faded pages.
Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul, London England / New York, 1987
ISBN 10: 0710211864 ISBN 13: 9780710211866
Seller: The London Bookworm, East Sussex, United Kingdom
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. First Edition. The Whale War. The chronicle of the prolonged battle to save the whale, this book is the dramatic account of people around the world and their deeds on behalf of the whale. They are fighting to save the largeast animals ever to exist on the planet from ruthless exploitation by an industry determined to extinguish them. It is a worldwide conflict, involving ecologists, scientists, entertainers, schoolchildren and people of every profession, political persuasion and race. The author has spent five years investigatig and documenting the intrigues, conspiracies and cover-ups of the whaling industry. He presents a penetrating analysis of the corrupt politics that permits the industry to continue and allow illegal pirate whaling to thrive. By establishing a wide network of contacts throughout the world, Day is able to describe in detail the outrages of pirate whaling operations and illegal whale meat smuggling activities. Covering every aspect of the conflict from pirate whalers to ecological terrorists, this book is a book of dramatic confrontation, of political intrigues - and of a vision of a peaceful world for man and beast. Illustrated. 168 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).
Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited; Columbia University Press, London, England; New York, New York, U.S.A., 1972
Seller: Gold Beach Books & Art Gallery LLC, Gold Beach, OR, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. NOTE: This oversize/heavy set will require additional charges for international shipping, please inquire prior to ordering; vol. I, xliv, 428, vol. II, pt. I, xxiv, 408, vol. II, pt. II, xii, 266 pages; various publication dates and editions as follows: vol. I, 1966, 2nd ed. 1st printing, vol. II, pt. I, 1971, 1st ed. 2nd printing, vol. II, pt. II, 1972, 1st ed. 1st printing; green cloth, gilt spine titles; top edges dyed light purple or blue; black & white frontispieces, black & white illustrations; glassine dust jackets; light wear to extremities, some rubbing to boards, scattered blemishes, sunning to top edges, fading dye near spines, interiors bright and unmarked, some scratches to jackets; very good copies in like jackets.