SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY
Branson, E.B., And W.A. Tarr "Introduction to Geology" McGraw-Hill, 1935 Cloth. No Jacket. First Edition, third impression. The 470 page hardbound book is in very good condition, fresh and clean inside and out except for a previous owners name stamp and address inside the front cover. Nicely illustrated. Price: $ 10.00.
Kugler, Edwin L. (editor); Steffgen, F. W. (editor) "Hydrocarbon Synthesis from Carbon Monoxide & Hydrogen (Advances in Chemistry Ser., No. 178) " Washington, DC, U.S.A.: American Chemical Society, 1979 ISBN: 0841204535 The 181 page hardbound book is in good+ condition. It is an ex-library copy, with the usual property stamps and card pouch. Otherwise very clean. Price: US$ 5.00.
Bartok, William (editor) "Combustion of Synthetic Fuels (ACS Symposium Ser.) " Washington, DC, U.S.A.: American Chemical Society, 1983 ISBN: 0841207739 The 246 page hardbound book is in fine condition, in a very nice dust jacket. Price: $ 10.00.
Conant, James Bryant (editor) "Harvard Case Histories in Experimental Science, Volume 1" Harvard University Press, 1957 Cloth. The 321 page hardbound book is in very good condition, clean with no page tears or pen marks, in a good+ dust jacket. Volume 1 (of a 2 volume set) which relates developments in science to those in the other fields of human activity. This volume examines Robert Boyle's experiments in pneumatics; the overthrow of the phlogiston theory, the chemical revolution of 1775-1789; early development of the concepts of temperature and heat; and atomic-molecular theory. Price: $ 10.00.
"Surgical Treatment; A Practical Treatise
on the Therapy of Surgical Diseases" by James Warbasse and Calvin Smyth, in 3 Volumes with a 4th
separate General Index, published in 1937. This is a very nice set. Volume I is 906 pages, Volume II is
782 pages, Volume III is 798 pages, and the Index is 131 pages. All are in very good condition, clean
with no page tears or pen marks other than a previous owners name inside the front covers. Includes
2,486 illustrations, some in color. Burgundy cloth covers with gold lettering on the spines. A very
attractive set. Available for $30.
"Surgical Pathology of the Diseases of the Neck" by Arthur Hertzler, published in 1937. Includes 206 illustrations. The 237 page hardbound book is in
excellent condition, fresh and clean inside and out. Burgundy cloth covers
with crisp gold lettering on the spine. Available for $12.
"How We Travel" by James
Chamberlain, published in 1933. The 182 page hardbound book is in very good
condition, clean with no page tears or pen marks other than a property stamp
inside the front cover. The book covers the different modes of transportation
worldwide of the day, including auto, train, bicycle, plane, camel, dogsled,
balloon, etc. Also covered is the delivery of the mail, the telephone, and
wireless communication. Available for $7.
Pechenik, Jan A. "A Short Guide to Writing About Biology" published by Harper Collins, 1993 Soft Cover. Very Good The 240 page softbound book is in very good condition. Second edition. Available for $5.00.
Snow, C.P. "Science and Government' published by Harvard University Press, 1961 Fine/No Jacket. The 88 page hardbound book is in fine condition, fresh and clean inside and out except for a previous owners name inside the front cover. Available for $5.00.
"A German-English Dictionary for
Chemists" by Austin Patterson, published in 1924 by John Wiley & Sons. The 343
page hardbound book is in very good condition, clean with no page tears or pen
marks other than the front blank end page having been cleanly removed.
Otherwise nice. Burgundy cloth covers with gold lettering on the spine.
Available for $8.
"Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science for 1937", published by the State of Iowa. The 222 page hardbound book is in very good condition, clean with no page tears or pen marks. Green cloth covers, with a gold seal embossed on the front cover. Contains a condensed version of each of the papers presented at the conference. Available for $8.
ECONOMICS
"The Relevance of Adam Smith" by Robert Hetzel, published in 1977 by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond in conjunction with the American Bicentennial celebration. The 16 page booklet is magazine sized, with card covers. In very good condition, clean inside and out. Available for $5.
"The Investments Reader" edited by Jay Wilbanks, published in 1989. The 435 page hardbound book is in near-mint condition, fresh and clean inside and out. The book is a collection of 30 readings covering a broad spectrum of viewpoints about investments, portfolios, and markets. Available for $7.
"The Principles of Political Economy and Taxation" by David Ricardo, published in 1943 by J.M. Dent & Sons for the Everymans Library. This is a reprint of the 1817 original text by Ricardo. The 300 page hardbound book is in good+ condition. No page tears, and a strong binding. However, several pages in the beginning of the text have sections underlined in pencil. All pages after 55 are fresh and clean. A classic economics text. Available for $7.
"German Economics Reader", by S.D. Stirk, published in 1939 by Sir Isaac
Pitman and Sons in London. The 121 page hardbound book is in very good
condition, suffering only from a previous owners name and inscription
inside the front cover, and two property stamps. The dust jacket is in
very good condition. The text is designed to help Economics students
acquire a reading knowledge of German in Economics. Available for $7.
"Dangerous Currents, The State of Economics" by Lester Thurow, published in 1983. The 247 page hardbound book is in excellent condition, in a very nice dust jacket. Available for $6.
"It Could Only Happen in the U.S.", by Benjamin Fairless, published in
1957 by Time Inc. The 54 page hardbound book is an account of the rise of Benjamin Fairless to the president and chairman of the board of the United States Steel Corporation. The book is in fine condition, very clean inside and out. Available for $4.
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