Through Alchemy to Chemistry (first printing) A Procession of Ideas and Personalities.

Read, John

Verlag: G. Bell & Sons, London, 1957

Beschreibung

G. Bell & Sons, London. 1957. 206 pages including index. First edition, first printing. Book is tight. Binding and hinges are sound. Vermilion panels are bright and clean; stamped in gold on backstrip. Book has two flaws: toning towards gutters on endpapers, and vintage ownership stamp on title page and rear endpaper. Unlike the VG+ book, the DJ shows rubbing along edges with tiny chips at fold corners/edges. 18s 6d net price intact on flap. This is John Read's classic chemistry title, and last published book in his lifetime. The book takes a broad, humanistic treatment that concentrates on the great figures of chemistry, and the ideas that revolutionized the field, from earliest history to the modern era. Much of the book is devoted to alchemy, but also the development of modern chemistry, atomic theory, nature of the elements, beginning of organic chemistry, and much more. First edition, first printing. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 003698

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Through Alchemy to Chemistry (first printing...

Verlag: G. Bell & Sons, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1957

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good

Auflage: 1st Edition