Morton j a introduction (4 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st edition ; 1st printing ; slate-gray cloth with gold lettering, in gold, black, white and red colored dustjacket ; "Han Wei T'ien, a man who spent twenty-six years in the prison camps of Communist China, recalls spending two years down a well, mass executions in the Tilan prison, and braving temperatures as low as fifty degrees below zero" ; FINE/FINE. Book.…

Soft cover. Condición: As New. 1st Edition. 1st edition ; 1st printing ; SIGNED by author Pu Ning ; paper wrappers with colorful decoration ; Abstract: Stories on the Chinese Cultural Revolution. In A Glass of Water, an old woman is denied water because of her family's anti-revolutionary politics, in The Fossil, a wife shows her loyalty to the Party by not speaking to her husband for three years, while in the title tale a man attracts suspicion when he buys flowers, considered a frivolous purchase. ; A collection of vignettes based mostly on Pu Ning's personal life in China between 1950's and 1970's" ; Contents: Pu Ning and his writing -- Preface -- The fossil -- A glass of water -- Flower terror -- Reunion -- The turtle -- A type -- Silken veil -- Duck's tongue cap -- Onto the bridge -- Flower play -- The secret on the Pamirs -- The day Mao died. ; AS NEW [This listing contains text written in Chinese GB script]. Signed by Author(s). Book. …

Hardcover. Condición: New. 1st Edition. 1st edition ; 1st printing ; SIGNED by author Pu Ning ; paper wrappers with colorful decoration ; a much-praised collection of vignettes based on Pu Ning's life in China between 1950's and 1970's portraying the absurdity of the times and the oppress ive atmosphere that made the appearance of flowers evoke feelings of terror ; NEW. Signed by Author(s). Book.…

Paperback. Condición: Very good. First Edition, First Printing. Thick quarto. 8.5 x 11 in. 792 pp. Occasionally illustrated with black & white reproductions of photographs, schematics, diagrams, etc., including a fold-out. Very good in original grey vinyl wrappers that have isolated stains on the front and back covers, some rubbing to hinges, and age-toned pages that otherwise remain clean and free of foxing or other markings. This text, prepared by Bell Telephone Laboratories for Western Electric Co., contains a series of essays on the theory, properties, design principles, application, and characteristics of transistors under development in the 1950s. Included among the various authors is William Shockley, inventor of the junction transistor, who won the 1956 Nobel Prize for Physics alongside Bell Labratory scientists John Bardeen and Walter Brattain.…