robertson cecil a (6 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. First Printing. ----------------Red cloth covers, 7 1/4" tall. 200 pages, illustrated.-----------FINE CONDITION- - dust jacket Very Good Condition.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. (1972). First edition. A few tiny dots of stain to the upper and lower page edges, else near fine in a photo-pictorial dust jacket with a few closed edge tears, light staining, nicking, rubbing and age-toning to the extremities. 200 pages, twenty-three b&w plates. SIGNED and inscribed by Robertson to the title-page. An account of Robertson's return journey through the land that was his childhood home of South Africa, and an examination of the contemporary environment of the country. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. signed inscribed on title page as pictured First edition Very good condition hard cover nice dust jacket gently read clean pages. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condición: Poor. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. 2d ed ; 146 pages illustrations 20 cm ; OCLC 2340313 ; LC DS485.B84 R6 1949 ; Dewey 915.91 ; 8vo ; badly worn copy, a few pages starting ; photograph of train station at Calcutta, India 1951 and another of an un-named Rangoon couple, laid in ; signature of Maj. George L. Carley, Jr. on front endpaper, ; copy of Chief Justice George Holmes Carley (1938-2020). His father, Maj. George L. Carley, Jr. (1908-1986), was a member of the United States Public Health Service and while posted in Rangoon, Burma, His son, George Carley, attended the eighth and ninth grades at the Woodstock School in Mussoorie, India, from 1951 to 1953. He himself served in the United States Army, on active duty in 1956 and then in the Reserve until 1960. He received his A.B. from the University of Georgia in 1960 and his LL.B. from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1962, becoming a "Double Dawg". He married Sandra Marie Lineberger (1940-2025), a well-known Atlanta interior designer. George H. Carley was appointed to the Supreme Court of Georgia in 1993 by then-Gov. Zell Miller. In May 2012, he was sworn in as the 29th Chief Justice, serving as leader of Georgia's judicial system until Dec. 31, 2012 ; ; C. Harcourt Robertson (Cecil Harcourt Robertson) was an author and illustrator known for his charming book "Burmese Vignettes: (24 Sketches of Burmese Life and Character)," first published in 1930, featuring delightful illustrations of early 20th-century Burmese life, originally appearing in the Madras Mail before being collected and published by W. Thacker & Co. He was an observant chronicler of colonial Burma ; "These scenes of life in Burma , which are illustrated by sketches made by the author , are very pleasing , and also instructive and interesting for those who are unacquainted with the country" -- The Asiatic Review 1949 ; Contents: The Broker -- The Cigar-roller -- The Min Tha -- Pagoda slaves -- The Dacoit -- The Gold-beater -- The Pwe dancer -- The Phongyi -- The Payartaga -- The Royal wedding -- The Magistrate -- The Artist -- A Phongyi Biyan -- The Saya -- The Astrologer -- The Story-teller -- The Silversmith -- he Shikari -- The Lacquer-ware maker -- The Silk-weaver -- The Building of t he house -- Shandy day -- The Umbrella -- The Match-maker ; POOR. Book.

Soft Cover. Condición: Good. 8vo. 71 pp. signed presentation inscription from author, very good in original card covers, some edgewear and minor markings, good. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Signed by the Author.

46 signed letters [34 TLS, 12 ALS] comprising decades of correspondence between Frederick Gardner Cottrell and various notable figures of his day in U.S. politics, the international science community, and academia. All letters are housed in new archival mylar sleeves. Cottrell was a notable chemist, inventor, and philanthropist, best known today for his invention of the electrostatic precipitator - one of the first inventions to combat air pollution - and his founding of the Research Corporation for Science Advancement, which used the revenue from the electrostatic precipitator to fund further scientific research, and continues to do so today. While best remembered for these feats, Cottrell had a long and influential career both in the U.S. Federal Government and as a science consultant. He was well known nationally and internationally - in industry, in government, and in academia - for his support of and contributions to new ideas and new talent within the scientific community. The letters, which span from 1901-1941, track Cottrell over the course of 40 years, and evidence the many relationships he had over that period with some of the most influential people of the time. These include a letter of introduction from Alexander Graham Bell, a discussion of chemistry with Thomas Edison, replies from two Nobel Prize winning scientists - the discoverer of the noble gasses, William Ramsay, and discoverer of the electron, J. J. Thomson - to Cottrell's request to study in their labs, and exchanges with two presidents, Herbert Hoover and Woodrow Wilson. Other letters show his personal interactions with leading scientists of his day (Robert J. Van de Graaff, Georges Claude, George E. Hale) and heads of industry (Henry L. Doherty, Ivy Lee), and track the path of his career through his time as the director of the Bureau of Mines; to chairman of the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Technology on the National Research Council; to head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Lab, and beyond. These letters, the vast majority of which were sent by these notable figures to Cottrell, evidence his expertise, the depth and breadth of his professional interests, and his eagerness to collaborate and share research and ideas, coming together to trace the life of a man whose work was and continues to be consequential to the advancement of science as a whole. Shelved case 1. CONTENTS: 1-Page TLS from inventor of the telephone Alexander Graham Bell to a Mr. Fish, dated December 20, 1911, introducing Cottrell to him. In Very Good condition. In this letter, Bell is writing in his capacity as Regent of the Smithsonian Institution. On 1331 Connecticut Avenue letterhead. Faintly creased, with mild wrinkling along the edges. Signed in black ink by Bell: "Alexander Graham Bell". 1-page TLS from inventor of the light bulb Thomas Edison to Cottrell dated January 13, 1925, discussing the unexpected results of a past chemistry experiment of his in relation to the generation of ammonia. In Very Good condition. TLS is on Edison's personal letterhead ("From the Laboratory of Thomas A. Edison"). Lightly age toned, with some wrinkling and small closed tears along the top edge. Faintly creased from past folding. Signed by Edison in black ink: "Thos. A. Edison". Includes a lightly soiled 1-page facsimile of Cottrell's reply. 2-page ALS from Nobel Prize winning physicist Joseph John Thomson to an unnamed recipient, likely Cottrell, dated July 6, 1901, discussing the possibility of Cottrell coming to study at Thomson's lab. In Very Good condition. In 1901, Cottrell would have been studying in Europe at the University of Berlin, seeking to study in the laboratory of an accomplished scientist. Thomson was already a figure of some renown for his 1897 discovery of the electron, which represented the first identification of a subatomic particle, and would be awarded the 1906 Nobel Prize in Physics in recognition of his work. ALS is on Cavendish Laborat. Signed.