Duncan ronald editors (10 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A fascinating collection of essays examining the limits of human knowledge and the great unanswered questions of science. The Encyclopaedia of Ignorance, edited by Ronald Duncan and Miranda Weston-Smith, brings together contributions from leading scientists and thinkers including Linus Pauling, Roger Sperry, J. A. Wheeler, Sir Hermann Bondi, and others. Each contributor explores the unresolved problems in their field -- ranging from cosmology and relativity to consciousness and the nature of knowledge. Published in 1977 by Pergamon Press, this first edition flexicover volume remains an engaging snapshot of scientific thought at the edge of discovery. Condition: Very Good. Flexible laminated boards with light shelf wear; no dust jacket as issued for this format. Binding tight and interior pages clean. An intriguing addition to collections of history of science, cosmology, and philosophy.…

Good plus or better, light general wear, lightly soiled. hardbound.

Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket; Edgewear, Previous owner's name. DJ is worn and torn at edges. DJ is missing pieces at edges; 263 pages. Illustrated by Milein Cosman (ilustrador).

Cloth Over Boards. Condición: Fair to Good. No Jacket. First American Edition. Solidly bound but with slight lean. Cloth of boards is heavily frayed at head and foot of spine and on board edges, especially the bottom. Corners are bumped. Rubbing and some soiling on faded green boards. Interior pages unmarked except for previous owner's inked information on FFE. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Cosman, Milein (ilustrador). Songbook.…

Condición: Good. Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. (sheet music, songbook, childrens) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Soft cover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. This is 'sheet/score music' in a book, with words etc. / Choosing only songs which are a pleasure to sing, the compilers have created a delightful and very effective anthology. The selection illustrates the European tradition from the songs of the Elizabethan lutanists to miniatures of the 1960's. With arrangements by Percy Young. / This is a 1st edition paperback in good condition-the edges of the cover slightly rubbed. (248 pages & 7 pages of book advertisments). Originally published 1964.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good+. First Edition. First Edition. Hardcover. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks, the renowned neurologist, author, and educator. He was, in his life, celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing so, he highlighted the profound impact of neurological disorders on human identity and experience. His library is a reflection of this remarkable polymath's questing mind. Posthumously designed book plate by a friend of Oliver's, incorporating his longstanding love of cephalopods. Collection of studies on color blindness, perception, senses, and psychology. Light shelfwear to head and tail, spine, bumped corners, discoloration and toning, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Illustrated paper boards. 8vo. 443pp. Illus. (b/w).…

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. Vii, 253 Pp. Red Cloth, Gilt. First Printing Indicated. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket. Portraits, Drawings, Tables (ilustrador).

Pamphlet. [28p] 6.5x8.5 inches, very good poetry & literary journal, mimeographed booklet in stapled silkscreened pictorial brown wraps. Limited to no more than 250 copies according to introduction. Scarce poetry journal/Little Magazine founded by Rosemary Deval, Stuart Mills and later Simon Cutts. The three began publishing out of the Trent Book Shop in Nottingham in 1962. Eleven issues of Tarasque were published between 1965 and 1971 (nos. 1?11/12). This issue contains a lengthy critique by V. Slade of "Briggflatts" by Basil Bunting. …

wrapper. Condición: Almost fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: no dj, as issued. 1st edition. San Francisco, Ark, 1956, 48 pp. (8vo) saddle-stitched wrappers. --- --- Signed by Joanna McClure. --- --- Important postwar American underground literary magazine. This issue, co-edited with Michael McClure, contains early appearances by major Beat writers and other contemporary voices. With work by Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Charles Olson, Robert Duncan, Robert Creeley, Gary Snyder, Denise Levertov, Kenneth Rexroth, Edward Dorn, Kenneth Patchen, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Paul Cox, et al. --- ---- --- Faint sunning and wear to wrappers; else fine. Ronald Bladen (ilustrador). …