Frederick w m mills (3 resultados)

Encuadernación de tapa blanda. Condición: Muy bien. Idioma español. Ejemplar en muy buen estado. Dimensiones: 20x13 - 296 pp.

Cloth. Condición: Very Good. First edition. The very scarce first edition of this fascinating microscopy volume, exploring the intricacies of diatomaceae. The first edition. Very scarce. Presentation copy. "With the author's compts" to the first page. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated with a number of figures in the text. With eight pages of relevant advertisements to the rear. A fascinating scientific work on diatomaceae, the microscopic algae found in oceans and waterways, exploring their structure, movement and classification, among other subjects. From Huddersfield-born Frederick William Mills, a life-long diatom and microscopy enthusiast, whose interests also included photography. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Presentation copy. "With the author's compts" to the first page, accompanied by the signature of the previous owner. Externally, smart with slight bumping and rubbing, leading to minor loss of cloth to the spine head and tail and the top edge of the front board, and a few further marks. Internally, generally firmly bound, a little more delicate to the rear and between pages 56 and 66. More discoloured to the endpapers and first and last pages, otherwise bright and clean with the exception of occasional spotting. Very Good. Not Stated (ilustrador). signed by author. book. …

Single Issue Magazine. Condición: Good. First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: America's Murder Gangs Unmasked - A striking revelation of the forces at work behind the "murder-gangs," or organized criminal syndicates, of New York, Chicago, and other large American cities; My Menagerie - Photo-illustrated article about D. Maule and his odd experiences with his collection of animals, acquired in the wilds of Rhodesia; "Square-Pegs" - Part III of a story which should be studied by everyone considering settling in Canada - in this case a London family purchases a prairie farm; The Crowing Cock - How two Buddhist priests unmasked a cunning thief by a clever piece of 'divination'; on the outskirts of Colombo, Ceylon; Room Forty-Nine - A dangerous experience for an Englishman in Mexico; "Kruger's" Day Out - A bold, bad baboon is unfastened by mischievous troopers in South Africa; Hunting the "Moonshiners" - Interesting stories from the officers tasked with suppressing the flow of illegal liquor in the Prohibition-era United States - with photos; Photo of communal bakery in Brittany; "Tiger" - After 11 years in Malaya William Hodge saw his first live tiger; Two Girls on the Frontier - Part I - Two city-bred sisters take up homesteading in South Dakota - with photos; Nik's Homecoming - Life and death in a remote Albanian village last August is described, with photos, by Lieut-Colonel P.T. Etherton; Mart Dayton's Grizzly - It took him a year but he finally took revenge on the bear that killed his young partner in the remote MacGregor country in British Columbia; The Bridge-Builders - Two men knowing nothing of the business take on a contract to build a bridge across an obscure river in the wilds of Africa; Fire-Walkers of Mauritius - A Photo-illustrated account of an extraordinary ceremony; In Quest of Gold - Part II - Two young Americans in search of buried treasure are forced to turn around by the dreaded Yaqui Indians. 84 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Sutcliffe, Norman; Goss, G.W.; gale, W.G.; Sindall, A.W.; Moorsom, F.G.; tresilian, S.; Wood, Stanley L.; Brock, R.H.; Carruthers, G.P.; Saunderson, E.J.; Prater, Ernest; Cleaver, Reginald (ilustrador).…