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New York: Macmillan. Good. 1930. Hardbound. 514 pages .

New York, NY, U.S.A.: The Macmillan Company, 1944. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. This Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged, was published in 1944. (First edition was 1929; Second edition 1930.) Hardcover in very good condition. Dusty gray boards with black spine lettering; corners & head & heel of spine bumped. Text block is clean & tight with no writings or markings noted. Endpapers and all text papers show age toning & dust dulling. Heavy papers have deckle edges on bottom and side. Two or three pages of the index show ghost of leaves of a pressed plant (plant no longer in book). Dust jacket in fair condition. All intact but shows shelf & edge wear and many chips along edges (see photos.) DJ not price clipped ($2.95.); in mylar cover. Title page notes title as listed here; dust jacket, however, just indicates ""A History of Science."" 574 numbered pages.

New York: Macmillan Company, 1930. hardcover. Book VG- : offset/shadow to front board, mild shelf wear to boards and spine, spine sunned, toning to endpapers, name on endpaper./no DJ. 8vo 514pp. from Preface: "The vast and imposing structure of modern science is perhaps the greatest triumph of the human mind. But the story of its origin, its development and its achievements is one of the least known parts of history, and has hardly yet found its way into general literature. Historians treat of war, of politics, of economics; but of the growth of those activities which have revealed the individual atom and opened to our vision the depths of space, which have revolutionized philosophic thought and given us the means of advancing our material welfare to a level beyond the dreams of former ages, most of them tell us little or nothing." #01654.

New York: Macmillan, 1930. Spine lettering faded.. Second Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket.

The Macmillan Company, 1929. hardcover. Good. . Cover and edges shows wear. Few pages shows underlining and notes.

Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1942. 574 pp including index, bookplate on front paste-down, spine faded, else very good copy in maroon, cloth boards.. Third edition.

London: Cambridge University Press, 1929. Very Good +. The vast and imposing structure of modern science is perhaps the greatest triumph of the human mind. But the story of its origin, its development and its achievements is one of the least known parts of its history, and has hardly yet found its way into general literature. Historians treat of war, of politics, of economics; but of growth of those activities which have revealed the individual atom and opened to our vision the depths of space, which have revolutionised philosophic thought and given us the means of advancing our material welfare to a level beyiond the dreams of former ages, most of them tell us little or nothing. The author began the studies of which this volume is the outcome in an attempt to clarify his own ideas on the all-important subjects with which it deals and hopes the reader may find his labours useful. Cloth bound; slight marking to front cover and fading to spine, bumped corners. some foxing to inside pages but clean… Read More

A History of Science & Its Relations with Philosophy & Religion - Dampier Whetham 1930 HCDJ New Edition
Published in 1930 by The Macmillan Company Publishers (New York)' stated 'New Edition Revised and Corrected' on the dust jacket. Dust jacket is price clipped. It shows significantwear to include worn edges and hinges, nicks, tears, and chips along the edges, nick on the spine, and severestaining or soiling. Blue hardcover has minor edge-wear, spots on the spine, and bumped rear top corner. Textblock has soiled top-edge and paint transfer on the bottom-edge. Tanning pages with periodic pages with foxing spots. Pages throughout have smudges and several in the back have small tears or creases at the fore-edge. Previous owner's name on the front free endpaper; no other writing. Overall, it is in Good condition.

NY, Cambridge University Press, 1958, 1958. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Octavo, hardcover, near fine in gray tweed boards. Stamp on endpapers, and School book No. on inside cover else clean and unmarked. Appears unused. No dj. 527 pp. including index. first published in 1929 , considerably revised and enlarged in its fourth edition here in 1958.

USA/England: Cambridge at the University Press/The Macmillan Company, 1944. Hardback. Slightly sunned spine. Grey cloth with black lettering. Contents: Preface. Introduction. Science in the Ancient World. The Middle Ages. The Renaissance. The Newtonian Epoch. Nineteenth-Century Physics. Nineteenth-Century Biology. Nineteenth-Century Science and Philosophic Thought. Recent Develeopment in Biology and Anthropology. The new Era in Physics. Scientific Philosophy and its Outlook. 1930-1940. Index. 573 pp. Hand cut pages. We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.). 3rd Edition Revised and Enlarged. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Harback.

Cambridge: University Press, 1930. 2d Edition. [xxii] 514p., blue leather with gilt trim and spine lettering on a red morocco spine label, marbled edges, former school library bookplate inside the front cover.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy in the original g-blocked cloth. Panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical description: xxi, 514 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Contents: 1. Science in the Ancient World; 2. The Middle Ages; 3. The Renaissance; 4. The Newtonian Epoch; 5. Nineteenth-Century Physics; 6. Nineteenth-Century Biology; 7. Nineteenth-Century Science and Philosophic Thought; 8. Further Development in Biology and Anthropology; 9. The New Era in Physics; 10. The Stellar Universe; 11. Scientific Philosophy and its Outlook. Subject: Science - History. Philosophy. History of science. Religion and science. History of science. TECHNOLOGY/ General. Genre: Bibliography, Illustrated.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

Literary Licensing, LLC. paperback. New. 5x1x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing