1969 books for « h w wilson »Edit

‎PICTURESQUE PALESTINE, SINAI AND EGYPT.‎

‎Edited by Colonel Sir Charles Wilson (formerly engineer to the Palestine Exploration Society), assisted by the most eminent Palestine explorers. Virtue and Co., London, s.d. (1870 ca.) In-4 (mm. 318x242), 4 volumi, elegante legatura edit. in tela (lievi abras.) con decoraz. e tit. oro e a secco al piatto anter., tagli dorati, pp. X,240,(4); VI,240,(4); VI,240,(4); VI,236; titoli in rosso e nero, molto ben illustrati da centinaia di incisioni su legno nel t. (numer. a p. pag.) e da 44 pregevoli tavv. inc. su acciaio f.t. - per lo pi di vedute - incluse: 4 differenti antiporte, 4 grandi vignette ai frontespizi, 2 carte geografiche in tinta e a doppia pag. (Palestina - Egitto e Sinai), come da Indice. Questa importante opera, realizzata con il contributo di noti studiosi della Palestina, ci conduce attraverso Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Samaria, Nazareth, Galilee, Mount Hermon, Damascus, Palmyra, Baalbek, Lebanon, Acre (the key of Palestine), Mount Carmel, Lydda, The Dead Sea, The convent of St. Catherine, Sinai, Cairo, Memphis, Thebes, Edfu and Philae.Arross. ai soli risg., altrimenti fresco esemplare ben conservato, su carta distinta..‎

‎THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA.‎

‎Second edition. Trbner & Co., London, 1885-1887. In-8 p. (mm. 218x138), 14 volumi (di cui 1 di Indice), mz. pelle editoriale (con abras. e picc. mancanze; tracce d'uso ai piatti), ogni vol. di ca. 460/570 pagg. Seconda edizione, completa, di questa grandiosa opera statistica dell'intero Impero Britannico in India. La prima fu pubblicata in 9 volumi nel 1881.The publication of "The Imperial Gazetteer of India" marks the completion of the largest national enterprise in statistics which has ever been undertaken. This gigantic work has been carried out under the uninterrupted direction of Dr. Hunter, its original designer, from the initial stage of local inquiry in each of the 240 Districts of India to the final arrangement of the results in an alphabetical form.. The article "India" in volume IV (volume VI in this second ed.) is the touchstone of the work, and proves clearly enough the sterling metal of which it is wrought.. It is, moreover, the only attemps that has ever been made to show how the Indian people have been built up, and the evidence from the original materials have been for the first time sifted and examined by the light of the local researches in which the author was for so long engaged.. (see The Times, May 26, 1881).L'opera (che si occupa anche di geografia, storia, economia e governo dell'India) cos composta: 1 Abar to Balasinor - 2 Balasor to Biramganta - 3 Birbhum to Cocanada - 4 Cochin to Ganguria - 5 Ganjam to Indi - 6 India (pp. 747) - 7 Indore to Kardong - 8 Karens to Madnagarh - 9 Madras Presidency to Multai - 10 Multan to Palhalli - 11 Pali to Ratia - 12 Ratlam to Sirmur - 13 Sirohi to Zumkha - 14 Index. Ogni volume contiene una carta geografica a colori, pi volte ripieg. Sir William Wilson Hunter (1840-1900), funzionario e pubblicista, si laure nell'universit di Glasgow e nel 1861 entr nell'amministrazione dell'India, dove rimase 26 anni. Oltre a occupare varie cariche amministrative, fece importanti pubblicazioni economico-statistiche. Il vicer lord Mayo lo incaric di un vasto studio statistico di tutta l'India e nel 1871 lo nomin direttore generale della statistica. Il H. quindi ide il vasto Imperial Gazetteer of India', in cui si raccolse vasta messe di notizie su ogni provincia dell'impero, e mentre diresse tutto il lavoro, cur direttamente i volumi sul Bengala e l'Assam. In tutto furono pubblicati 128 volumi, che il H. riassunse nel 1881 in 9 volumi (IV ed., volumi 26, Oxford 1931). Lasciata l'India nel 1887, si stabil presso Oxford e divenne collaboratore del Times. Cos Enciclopedia Treccani,XVIII, p. 605.Tutti i testi della ns. raccolta sono ben conservati.‎

‎RELAZIONE DELLE ISOLE PELEW SITUATE NELLA PARTE OCCIDENTALE DELL'OCEANO PACIFICO.‎

‎Versione dal francese dal Sig. Natale Pianazza. Sonzogno, Milano, 1818. In-16 p. (mm. 163x95), 2 volumi in 1 tomo, mz. pelle coeva, fregi e titolo oro su tassello al dorso, pp. XXII,231; 246,(2); corredato fuori testo, come da Indice, di un ritratto dell'A., 1 carta geografica, pi volte ripiegata, delle isole Pelew e 8 belle tavole a colori fuori testo, inc. in rame. Composta sui giornali, e sulle notizie comunicate dal capitano Enrico Wilson e da alcuni de' suoi uffiziali che in Agosto del 1783 vi fecero naufragio sull'Antelope, nave mercantile della compagnia inglese delle Indie Orientali. L'opera fa parte della Raccolta di viaggi dopo quelli di Cook eseguiti tanto per mare quanto per terra, e non pubblicati finora in lingua italiana (Tomi V-VI). Esempl. ben conservato.‎

‎VITA DEL GENERALE SIR ROBERT WILSON (1777-1849).‎

‎Dalle sue memorie, diari di viaggio, lettere raccolte da Herbert Randolph. Longanesi, Milano, 1972. In-16 gr., p. pelle editoriale, pp. 858,(14), con ill. in b.n. a piena pagina nel testo. Volume 30 della collana I Cento Libri. In ottimo stato.‎

‎COPISTI E FILOLOGI. LA TRADIZIONE DEI CLASSICI DALL'ANTICHITA' AL RINASCIMENTO.‎

‎Traduzione di Mirella Ferrari. Con una premessa di Giuseppe Billanovich. Antenore, Padova, 1969. In-8 gr., brossura editoriale. pp. XVI,201, con 10 tavv. in b.n. fuori testo. Ben conservato.‎

‎RAMBLES IN NORTH AFRICA.‎

‎ Jonathan Cape Ltd., London, 1926. In-8 p., tela editoriale (dorso lievem. sbiadito), pp. 296, con 48 ill. tavv. fotografiche in b.n. f.t. Resconti di viaggio. Algeria. The anticipation and the journey, the origin and history of the north african races, etc. - Algeria and Constantine. Off to Michelet, Lambessa and Timgad, the Kabyle race and their homes, notes on birds, botany and geology, etc. - Tunisia. Description of Tunis, Carthage, Gabes-the troglodites, etc.. Qualche rara e lieve fiorit., altrimenti ben conservato.‎

‎LO STATO.‎

‎Biblioteca di Scienze Politiche ed Amministrative - Terza serie - Volume III. Unione Tipografico-Editrice Torinese, Torino, 1921. In-8 p., mz. tela coeva, pp. CLXXXVIII,598. Elementi di politica storica e pratica. Traduzione sull'ultima edizione originale. Con introduzione e note di Attilio Brunialti. In buono stato. ‎

‎CORSO COMPLETO DI MAGIA.‎

‎Traduzione di M. Boscaro. Troll Libri, Vicenza, 1998. In-8 p., brossura editoriale, pp. 459,(17), con centinaia d'ill. nel t. Ben conservato.‎

‎A History of British Quadrupeds including the cetacea. Second edition revised an partly re-written bin the author, assisted by Robert F. Tomes and Edward Richard Alston.‎

‎London, John van Voorst 1874. Gross-8°. XVIII, 474 S., 2 n.n. S.Anzeigen. Mit 160 Xylographien im Text. Dunkelgrüner Originalleinwandband.‎

‎Überarbeitete Fassung der Ausgabe von 1837. - Wellcome 2, 138 (dort mit 1836 und only part III) des erfolgreichen populären zoologischen Werkes. - Auf dem fliegenden Vorsatz mit dem handschriftlichen Besitzvermerk "Edward A. Wilson. Oct. 1905", auf dem fliegenden Vorsatz, darunter von anderer Hand in Bleistift "Scott's last expedition. This book was taken to the Antarctic by E.A.Wilson 1910 - 1913". Obwohl die Innenfälze des Vorder- und Hinterdeckels angebrochen sind, das obere Kapital leicht angerissen und der Einbandbezug leicht fleckig, scheint mir persönlich der Zustand des Exemplares zu gut erhalten für einen Artefakten der berühmten Geschichte von Scotts 2. Antarktik Expedition, bei der Edward A. Wilson, zusammenn mit Scott und Henry „Birdie" Bowers am 29. März 1912 verstarb. Wilson (1872-1912), Mediziner und Zoologe, war bereits an der Discovery-Expedition von 1901-1904 als wissenschaftlicher Leiter beteiligt. Zurück von der mehrjährigen Reise erholte er sich im Sommer 1905 in Irland von den Strapazen der unzähligen öffentlichen Auftritten, Vorträgen und Einladungen. Dabei kam er in Kontakt mit dem Naturalisten Barrett-Hamiltonn der ihn als Illustrator für eine neue Monografie der " A History of British Mammals" engagierte. Wilson lebte im Herbst 1905 in Bushey, einem Künstlerort in der Nähe von London. Obwohl er keine akademische Kunstausbildung besass, wurden seine zoologischen Illustrationen zu Standards der Naturgeschichte Grossbritanniens. Über den Verbleib seiner Bibliothek scheint nichts bekannt zu sein. - Revised version of the 1837 edition - Wellcome 2, 138 (there with 1836 and only part III) of the successful popular zoological work. - With the handwritten ownership note 'Edward A. Wilson. Oct. 1905', on the flyleaf, underneath in another hand in pencil 'Scott's last expedition. This book was taken to the Antarctic by E.A.Wilson 1910 - 1913'. Although the inner folds of the front and back cover are cracked, the upper capital slightly torn and the cover slightly stained, the condition of the copy seems to me personally too well preserved for an artefact of the famous history of Scott's 2nd Antarctic expedition, during which Edward A. Wilson, together with Scott and Henry 'Birdie' Bowers, died on 29 March 1912. Wilson (1872-1912), a physician and zoologist, had already been involved in the Discovery Expedition of 1901-1904 as scientific director. After travelling for several years, he returned to Ireland in the summer of 1905 to recover from the strain of countless public appearances, lectures and invitations. He came into contact with the naturalist Barrett-Hamiltonn, who engaged him as an illustrator for a new monograph of 'A History of British Mammals'. In the autumn of 1905, Wilson was living in Bushey, an artists' village near London. Although he had no academic art training, his zoological illustrations became standards in the natural history of Great Britain. Nothing seems to be known about the whereabouts of his library.‎

‎Über die Expansionsapparat zur Sichtsbarmachung der Bahnen ionisierender Teilchen in Gasen, und über einige mittels dieses Apparats gewonnene Ergebnisse. Mit 23 Figuren im Text und auf 5 Tafeln. (Eingegangen 6. Oktober 1912). (On an Expansion Apparatu...‎

‎Leipzig, S. Hirzel, 1913. 8vo. Orig. printed wrappers, no backstrip. Wrappers loose. In ""Jahrbuch der Radioaktivität und Elektronik"", 10. bd., Heft 1. Pp. 1-138 (entire issue offered). Wilson's paper: pp. 34-54, textillustrations, showing apparatus and 5 photographic plates, showing ionizing by Alpha-, Beta- and Röntgen- radiation).‎

‎Together with the English version - published 1912 in the Proceedings of the Royal Society - this is Wilson's main paper relating ""that the track of an ionizing particle might be made visible and photographed by condensing water of the ions which is liberated"". The first trails were obtained in 1911 where he submitted a short note of this to the Proceedings. In the offered paper he published the first tracks made by the ionizing particles of alpha, beta and Röntgen-rays. This, Wilson Cloud-Chamber, became an extremely valuable instrument of fundamental research, the discovery of the positron in 1932 and the kaon in 1963 were made by using cloud chambers as detectors.""But the whole course of the particle appears infinitely more clearly by the method invented by C.T.R. Wilson in 1911 and named after him. The radiation is allowed to enter an expansion-chamber, containing a gas saturated with water vapour. A sudden expansion of the chamber cools the gas, and cloud-drops are then formed instantly around the ions produced along the tracks of the particles. By suitable illumination these tracks can be made to stand out clearly as if they had been described by luminous projectiles. The ""Altmeister"" of modern nuclear physics, Lord Rutherford, once called the Wilson chamber ""the most original and wonderful instrument in scientific history"".""Thomson Rees Wilson (1869-1959), a Scottish physicist, is credited with inventing the cloud chamber. Inspired by sightings of the Brocken spectre while working on the summit of Ben Nevis in 1894, he began to develop expansion chambers for studying cloud formation and optical phenomena in moist air. Very rapidly he discovered that ions could act as centers for water droplet formation in such chambers. He pursued the application of this discovery and perfected the first cloud chamber in 1911. In Wilson's original chamber the air inside the sealed device was saturated with water vapor, then a diaphragm is used to expand the air inside the chamber (adiabatic expansion). This cools the air and water vapor starts to condense. When an ionizing particle passes through the chamber, water vapor condenses on the resulting ions and the trail of the particle is visible in the vapor cloud. Wilson, along with Arthur Compton, received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1927 for his work on the cloud chamber. (Wikipedia).‎

‎Pure littérature‎

‎ Paris, C. Georges-Bazile, "les Cahiers britanniques et américains", (15 août) 1919. 1 vol. (140 x 200 mm) de 60 pp. et 2 ff. Broché. Édition originale de la traduction française. Un des 30 premiers exemplaires sur hollande (n° 27). ‎

‎Exemplaire des archives de l'éditeur, Georges-Bazile, dédicacé par le président Wilson : " Cordially & respectfully yours, Woodrow Wilson ". Remarquable revue britannique fondée et animée par le seul Cecil Georges-Bazile pendant la guerre de 14-18, dans le but de faire connaître auprès du public français la littérature d'outre-Manche et d'outre-Atlantique. Georges-Bazile traduire et publiera de nombreux textes deKipling, Wells, G.-B. Shaw et Oscar Wilde. Introduction et portrait de l'auteur par Theodore Stanton, qui était un collaborateur de Cécil Georges-Bazile. Correspondant du New York Tribune de nombreuses années à Berlin, il gagne ensuite Paris et travailla dans le journalisme militant pacifisme. La revue donne ici livraison de trois textes de Wilson : "Mere literature", paru dans "Atlantic monthly, December 1893, "The author himself" [L'Auteur lui-même], paru dans "Atlantic monthly, September 1891" et "On an author's choice of company" [De la Compagnie d'un auteur], paru dans "Century magazine, March 1896". En juin 1918, plus de deux millions de soldats américains sont engagés dans la guerre et la victoire est acquise. W. Wilson espère alors modifier radicalement l'ordre mondial, promouvoir les démocraties et la paix. Il participe aux négociations avec les trois autres puissances européennes victorieuses (le Royaume-Uni, la France et l'Italie) qui se terminent par le Traité de Versailles (1919).Le 8 janvier 1918, Wilson prononce un discours au Congrès donnant la liste des 14 points nécessaires à l'obtention de la paix. « The world must be made safe for democracy » (La paix dans le monde pour l'établissement de la démocratie) réclame notamment la création d'une « League of Nations » (SDN). Les autres points serviront de base au traité de Versailles de 1919 - à l'origine de la création de la SDN. Après la signature de l'Armistice, le gouvernement allemand accepte d'ouvrir les négociations de paix à partir des « 14 points » développés par le président Wilson ; un mois après, le président Wilson embarque pour la France afin d'assister à la Conférence de paix de Paris. C'est la première fois qu'un président américain en exercice se rend dans un pays étranger durant son mandat. En juin 1919, Wilson présentera en personne le Traité de Versailles à la ratification par le Congrès. Les Républicains y sont opposés ainsi qu'une partie significative des démocrates, conduite par Henry Cabot Lodge qui souhaite la soumettre à d'importantes restrictions. Les raisons de cette opposition sont multiples : certaines sont économiques, d'autres politiques (il y a beaucoup de citoyens de souche allemande dans le middle-west, or le Traité de Versailles est jugé trop sévère envers les vaincus auxquels le droit des peuples à disposer d'eux-mêmes est refusé).En septembre, alors que le Congrès n'a toujours pas ratifié le Traité de Versailles, Wilson décide de parcourir les États-Unis pour prononcer des discours en faveur de sa ratification et pour promouvoir son idée de Société des Nations. La dégradation de sa santé l'empêchera de finir sa tournée. Il reçoit en novembre le Prix Nobel de la paix pour son action pendant la Première Guerre mondiale. Entretemps, Georges-Bazile lui aura fait parvenir cet exemplaire, tiré sur grand papier, lequel lui renverra avec l'ex-dono autographe adressé à l'éditeur. Bon exemplaire ; marges brunies en tête. 23304 ‎

‎Investigations on X-Rays and Beta-Rays by the Cloud Method.. Part I. - X-Rays. Part II. - Beta-Rays. (2 Papers).‎

‎London, Harrison and Sons, 1923. Royal8vo. Contemp. full cloth, gilt lettering to spine. A small stamp to verso of titlepage and on foot of a few leaves.. In: ""Proceedings of the Royal Society"", Series A, Vol. 104. VI,(6),676,XXXII pp., textillustr. and plates. (Entire volume offered). Wilson's papers: pp. (1-) 24 and 12 plates + pp. 192-212 and 9 plates.‎

‎First printing of the paper in which Wilson had brought his Cloud Chamber to perfection and showed the photographic tracks of the particles. The Cloud Chamber was the first detector of radioacticity and nuclear transmutations and it played an importent role in experimental particle physics e.g. the discovery of the positron. Wilson received the Nobel prize - together with Arthur Compton - in physics in 1927 for his work on the Cloud Chamber.""The 21 cloud chamber pictures of X-rays and beta-rays on coated stock printed recto only were the culmination of many years research by Wilson and at last showed the full potential of this method as a tool for particle physicists. Early in 1911 (Wilson) was the first person to see and photograph the tracks of individual alpha-particles and electrons. The event aroused great interest as the paths of the alpha-particle were just as W.H. Bragg had drawn them in publication some years earlier. But it was not until 1923 (the paperoffered) that the clous chamber was brought to perfection and led to his two, beautifully illustrated classic papers on the track of electron."" (The Nobel Foundation).‎

‎Partition de la chanson : Friends ‎

‎ Francis Day 1968‎

‎ Bon état Format Coquille Piano ‎

‎On the Condension Nuclei produced in Gases by the Action of Röntgen Rays, Uranium Rays, Ultra-violet Light, and other Agents. Received October 29, - Read November 24, 1898.‎

‎(London, Harrison and Sons, 1899). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"", Vol. 192 - Series A. Pp. 403-453. Textillustrations. Clean and fine.‎

‎First printing of Wilson's second importent paper describing his further experiments with his ""Cloud Chamber"".""To the period 1895-1912 belongs the development of an instrument which to my mind is the most original and wonderful in scientific history.I refer to the cloud or expansion chamber of C.T.R. Wilson...It was a wonderful advance to be able to se, so to speak, the details of the adventures of these particles in their flight through the gas....""(Lord Rutherford).""C.T.R. Wilson had been developing his cloud-chamber, which was to provide the most powerfull of all methods of investigation in atomic physics. In moist air, if a certain degree of supersaturation is exceeded this can be secured by a sudden expansion of the air) condensation takes place on dust-nuclei, when any are present: if by preliminary operations condensation is made to take place on the dust-nuclei, and the resulting droplets are allowed to settle, the air in the chamber is thereby freed from dust. If now X-rays or radiation from a radioactive substance are passed into the chamber, and if the degree of supersaturation is sufficient, condensation again takes place: this is due to the production of ions by the radiation. Thus the tracks of ionising radiations can be made visible by the sudden expansion of a moist gas, each ion becoming the centre of a visible globule of water. Wilson showed that the ions produced by uranium radiation were identical with those produced by X-rays."" (Whittaker in ""A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity."" II, p. 4).‎

‎Condensation of Water Vapour in the Presence of Dust-free Air and other Gases. Communicated by J.J. Thomson. Received March 15, - Read April 8, 1897.‎

‎(London, Harrison and Sons, 1897). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" Year 1897, Volume 189 - Series A. - Pp. 265-307. Clean fine. Textillustrations, depicting Wilson's famous apparatus‎

‎First printing of this groundbreaking paper in which Wilson describes the invention which made it possible to view the track of a single atomic projectile or electron. The invenvention of the ""Dust-Chamber"" made it possible for J.J. Thomson in 1897 to calculate the charge of the electron, and thereby finding its mass, since the ratio between the two was known. In most cases it was found that the track of the particle is a straight, or nearly straight line.""C.T.R. Wilson had been developing his cloud-chamber, which was to provide the most powerfull of all methods of investigation in atomic physics. In moist air, if a certain degree of supersaturation is exceeded this can be secured by a sudden expansion of the air) condensation takes place on dust-nuclei, when any are present: if by preliminary operations condensation is made to take place on the dust-nuclei, and the resulting droplets are allowed to settle, the air in the chamber is thereby freed from dust. If now X-rays or radiation from a radioactive substance are passed into the chamber, and if the degree of supersaturation is sufficient, condensation again takes place: this is due to the production of ions by the radiation. Thus the tracks of ionising radiations can be made visible by the sudden expansion of a moist gas, each ion becoming the centre of a visible globule of water. Wilson showed that the ions produced by uranium radiation were identical with those produced by X-rays."" (Whittaker in ""A History of the Theories of Aether & Electricity"" II:p.4).‎

‎The Ephemera of Adrian Wilson : an annotated list, 1944-1988‎

‎Tuscany Alley, San Francisco 1994, 27x39cm, 2 volumes reliures en de l'éditeur, sous étui.‎

‎Edition originale, un des 75 exemplaires numérotés sur Rives, seul tirage avec 10 également sur Rives signés par Adrian Wilson et 3 hors commerce. Reliures en pleine toile crème, dos lisses, exemplaire bien complet de son étui. Ouvrage illustré de nombreux bois originaux d'Adrian Wilson. Notre exemplaire est bien complet de sa chemise qui renferme une cinquantaine de pièces imprimées représentatives du travail d'imprimeur d' Adrian Wilson. Rare et très bel exemplaire. - Photos sur www.Edition-originale.com - ‎

‎Relation des Îles Pelew, situées dans la partie occidentale de l'Océan Pacifique ; composée sur les journaux et les communications du Capitaine Henri Wilson, et de quelques-uns de ses officiers, qui en Août Mil Sept Cent Quatre-Vingt-Trois, y ont fait naufrage sur l'Antelope, Paquebot de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales.‎

‎Paris, Maradan, 1793. 1788 2 vol. in-8° (195 x 131 mm) de : I. [2] ff., 280 pp., [1] f.bl. ; II. [2] ff., 272 pp., [2] ff. bl.; 1 portrait frontispice, 1 carte dépliante, 16 planches gravées. Plein maroquin rouge d'époque, dos lisse orné, pièces de titre et de tomaison de maroquin fauve, filet et frises encadrant des plats, roulette dorée sur les coupes, tranches dorées.‎

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‎Seconde édition française, parue la même année que l'originale anglaise (EO: 1788). En 1783, le capitaine de vaisseau Henry Wilson (décédé en 1810) qui était au service de la compagnie des Indes fait naufrage près de la petite île, appelée Ouroulong, près des Pelew. Ce récit est la relation du séjour prolongé de ce groupe danglais sur les îles Pelew de Mindanao. Ce contact avec les insulaires donne lieu à des descriptions de leur comportement, de leurs murs, de leur mode de vie qui sont du plus haut intérêt. Aba-Thoulé, chef du pays, reçut Wilson avec beaucoup d'humanité, lui donna un petit bâtiment pour rentrer dans sa patrie et lui confia même son fils, Li-Bon pour l'éduquer et introduire dans les moeurs et les arts de l'Europe. Le jeune homme mourut de la petite vérole à la fin de 1784. Un vocabulaire de la langue Pelew occupe les pages 251 à 267. Boucher de la Richarderie est assez sceptique quant au portrait idyllique de ces îles brossé alors par lauteur : "L'existence de ces îles, où Wilson et son équipage ont trouvé un peuple dont les nations les plus civilisées de l'Europe pourraient envier les vertus morales, a paru douteuse à quelques personnes et surtout en France, malgré tous les droits que le rédacteur paraît avoir à la confiance à ses lecteurs. Mais ce doute pourrait bien ne tenir qu'à l'espèce de fatalité qui, depuis la publication en Angleterre du Voyage original, jusqu'à sa traduction en français, semble avoir toujours dérobé l'approche et la connaissance de ces îles aux navigateurs." L'ouvrage est illustré de dix-sept planches : frontispice représentant le capitaine Wilson d'après Russel et gravé par Mme Massard, des cartes, portraits, vues... Bel exemplaire. Cox III, 302-303 - Chadenat 3258: "Relation très recherchée" - Boucher de la Richarderie VI, 552. 2 vol. 8vo. 1 frontipiece portrait, 16 engraved plates. First French edition, published the same year than the London OE, of this classical relation of the shipwreck of Henri Wilson and his crew on Ouroulong, little island nearby the Pelew Islands. They stayed a long time there, long enough to bring back very precious ethnographical informations, and a description of an "idyllic" society, a people "from whom the most civilized European nations should envy their virtue." (Boucher de la Richarderie). Fine copy.‎

‎Relation des îles Pelew, situées dans la partie occidentale de l'océan Pacifique.‎

‎Paris Chez Maradan 1793 2 vol. relié 2 vol. in-8, basane tabac racinée, dos lisses avec pièces de titre et de tomaison de maroquin rouge et de filets, fleurons et dentelle dorés (mors supérieur fendillé sinon élégante reliure d'époque un peu usée), 280 et 272 pp. Seconde édition de la traduction française établie par le comte de Mirabeau. Notre exemplaire comporte 16 planches (sur les 17 annoncées) : un portrait-frontispice du navigateur Wilson (gravé par Mme Massard), les portraits d'Abba Thullé, roi de Koror, de l'une de ses épouses et du prince Lee Boo, la grande carte dépliante des îles Pelew et 11 planches dépliantes (dont 6 représentant des objets ethnographiques). Découvert par les Espagnols dès 1543, l'archipel Palaos (en Micronésie) a été décrit pour la première fois sous le nom d'Iles Pelew par le capitaine britannique Henry Wilson, qui fit naufrage en 1783 sur l'îlot d'Ulong entre Koror et Peleliu, et y séjourna le temps de réparer son navire avec l'aide du grand chef de Koror, Ibedul. Wilson put regagner Macao après un séjour de trois mois, accompagné de Lee Boo, le second fils du roi qui est de fait l'un des premiers océaniens à visiter l'Angleterre (cf. son beau portrait en habits européens). Hélas, Lee Boo mourut de la petite vérole cinq mois après son arrivée... Ce récit a largement contribué à conforter les mythes du bon sauvage et des îles paradisiaques. Un précieux lexique de vocabulaire de la langue Pelew occupe les pages 251 à 267. Il manque à notre exemplaire la planche-objet n° 1 (qui est souvent retranchée). On joint un tome I seul de la même édition auquel manquent la carte et deux planches mais dont on a très soigneusement aquarellé les portraits du capitaine Wilson, du roi de Thullé et un paysage. Bonne réunion en dépit des manques.‎

‎On a Method of making Visible the Paths of Ionising Particles through a Gas.‎

‎London, Harrison and Sons, 1911. Small 4to. Contemp. full cloth. Spine gilt and with gilt lettering. A stamp to verso of titlepage and a few other leaves. In: ""Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A."", Vol. LXXXV. XXIII,605,XXIV pp. and 11 plates. (Entire volume offered). Wilson's paper: pp. 285-288 a. 1 plate. Clean and fine.‎

‎First appearance of the paper which describes the final version of his invention, the famous Cloud-Chamber, - the first Cloud Chamber was invented by him in 1896 - for making visible and photographing the paths of charged particles, an invention for which Wilson received a share of the Nobel Prize in 1827. By using the Cloud Chamber he was here (1911) able to observe the track of an alpha ray by condensing water drops onto the ions produced by its passage.The Cloud Chamber, which Rutherford called ""the most original apparatus in the whole history of physics"", became standard equipment in physics laboratories, and made possible numerous important discoveries in the fields of particle and nuclear physicsAfter 1896 ""Wilson continued to experiment with ultraviolet radiation and other techniques for producing condensation effects, but soon concentrated on atmospheric electricity, not returning to the cloud chamber until December 1910. He designed an improved chamber with new methods of illumination and the possibility of photographing the results. At this time Wilson realized that it might be possible to reveal the track of an a ray by condensing water drops onto the ions produced by its passage. During March 1911 he saw this effect produced in his apparatus. Thus, the elucidation of phenomena seen in the Scottish hills led to the possibility of studying the processes of radioactivity, and the Wilson cloud chamber became an important piece of laboratory equipment. But it was in the study of cosmic rays that it achieved its full power, particularly in the refined form developed by Patrick Blackett, in which it was possible to study particles of very high energy and the production of electron-positron pairs with the chamber situated in a strong magnetic field."" (DSB).‎

‎Nancy Wilson-Pajic‎

‎Paris Centre Georges Pompidou 1991 In-4 Broché, couverture illustrée, étui ‎

‎Second volume de la collection "Photographes contemporains", publié à l'occasion de l'exposition de la photographe du 16 janvier au 17 février au Musée d'Art Moderne. Préface d'Alain Sayag. 25 photographies hors texte de Nancy Wilson-Pajic sur le cirque, commentée par l'artiste. Tirage à 600 exemplaires numérotés. >>> UN DES 50 EXEMPLAIRES signés par la photographe, comportant encartée une EPREUVE ORIGINALE tirée en bleu à la gomme bichromatée. TRES BON ETAT 0‎

‎Dzhek iz Piterloo. In Russian /Jack from Peterloo ‎

‎Short description: In Russian. Wilson, Theodora Wilson. Jack from Peterloo. Moscow: Subsoil, 1925. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKU9176347‎

‎Dzhek iz Piterloo. In Russian /Jack from Peterloo ‎

‎Short description: In Russian. Wilson, Theodora Wilson. Jack from Peterloo. Moscow: Subsoil, 1925. The image is provided for reference only. It may reflect condition of one of the available copies or only help in identifying the edition. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKU9176347‎

‎Collection de M.John W. Wilson. Tableaux anciens et modernes / Collection de M.John W.Wilson expos e dans la Galerie du Cercle artistique et litt raire de Bruxelles *seconde edition**‎

‎Paris, Jules Claye, 1873 Reliure de l' poque en plein veau, Sm. folio., 189 feuilles, [6] pages Non pagin . [68] pl. engr. (y compris des portraits). **** Seconde dition, publi e en tirage limit 500 exemplaires num rot s. Il s'agit de l'exemplaire n 194 imprim sur vendus exclusivement au profit des pavres de la vill Bruxelles.‎

‎Collection de M.John W.Wilson expos e dans la Galerie du Cercle artistique et litt raire de Bruxelles‎

‎Collection [Tableaux Anciens & Modernes] De M. John W. Wilson, Exposee Dans La Galerie Du Cercle Artistique Et Littéraire De Bruxelles Au Profit Des Pauvres De Cette Ville - Troisieme Edition ‎

‎ 1873 [Imprimerie De Jules Claye, Paris,1873 - IN FOLIO demi basane noire ,manques au haut du dos.Cet ouvrage expose la magnifique collection d'oeuvres d'art du collectionneur belge John W. Wilson. Sa collection classée par écoles et peintres anciens et modernes regroupe des oeuvres des plus grands maîtres tels que Watteau, Rubens, Delacroix, Géricault, Turner, Millet (dont l'Angélus du soir est aujourd'hui exposé au musée d'Orsay) etc. Cet ensemble expose le goût certain et les connaissances pointues en Histoire de l'Art de John W. Wilson.Text pristine & unmarked, crisp, tight to the spine - LIMITED EDITION, NUMBERED COPY. Text in French. Pages and plates not numbered. 68 plates (incl. Ports. ) , facsimile signatures of the artists whose works are represented ; 51 cm. Among the artists represented: F. Bol, N. Maas, Molenaar, Diaz, Rousseau, Milet, Plassan, and others. Decorated endpapers and edges.‎

‎Troisième édition. Un des 200 exemplaires numérotés sur Hollande, complet des 68 gravures hors texte.texte frais bon tirage bien noir sur hollande,Eaux-fortes originales par Gaucherel, J. Jacquemart, Gustave Greux, A.J. Gilbert, Edmond Hedouin, Ch. Waltner, Adolphe Lalauze, N. Martinez, Aug. Lancon, F. Laguillermis, J.C. Lemaire, Marie Duclos, Adrien Didier, Leopold Flameng, Paul Le Rat, Ch. Courtry, Charles Deblois, A.P. Martial, Maxime Lalanne, Marie Louveau, A. Brunet-Debaines, Edmond Boilvin, Eugene Pirodon, Th. Chauvel, Alph. Masson & Aug. Mongin.Photo et description sur demande.Picture and description upon request. ‎

‎Current Trends in British Psychology (inscribed by C.A. Mace) , (1. Fields of applied psychology : Field research in industrial psychology - Vocational guidance in Britain - Applications of psychology in the Defence Department - Applications of psychology in the Civil Department - Educational selection and allocation - The psychology of basic educational techniques - Current trends in clinical psychology - Objective psychiological studies in psychiatry - Social change in structured groups - Social psychology of everyday life - 2. Concepts and methodology : Contemporary studies of motivation -The place of experiment in psychology - Statistical analysis in educational psychology - Studies in animal learning - The use of intelligence tests in social surveys - Personality tests as research tools -Social attitude research - Scientific tasks for the psychological clinic -Psychological research in the field of neurology - The teaching of psychology)‎

‎Methuen and Co Ltd, London Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1953 Book condition, Etat : Bon hardcover, under editor's grey printed dust-jacket In-8 1 vol. - 271 pages‎

‎3 plates with black and white illustrations (complete) 1st edition, 1953 Contents, Chapitres : Preface, Contents, List of Plates, ix, Text, 262 pages - 1. Fields of applied psychology : C.B. Frisby : Field research in industrial psychology - A. Rodger : Vocational guidance in Britain - N.A.B. Wilson : Applications of psychology in the Defence Department - E. Anstey : Applications of psychology in the Civil Department - D. McMahon : Educational selection and allocation - W.D. Hall : The psychology of basic educational techniques - M.A. Davidson : Current trends in clinical psychology - S. Crown : Objective psychiological studies in psychiatry - A.T.M. Wilson : Social change in structured groups - T.H. Pear : Social psychology of everyday life - 2. Concepts and methodology : A.J. Laird and A.R. Knight : Contemporary studies of motivation - R.C. Oldfield : The place of experiment in psychology - C. Banks and C. Burt : Statistical analysis in educational psychology - G.C. Drew and F.H. George : Studies in animal learning - J. Maxwell : The use of intelligence tests in social surveys - H.T. Himmelweit : Personality tests as research tools - H.J. Eysenck : Social attitude research - J.D. Sutherland : Scientific tasks for the psychological clinic - O.L. Zangwill : Psychological research in the field of neurology - J. Drever : The teaching of psychology - Index of names, of subjects near fine copy, the spine of the dust-jacket is lightly browning, with a minor wear on the top part of the spine-ends and a small missing on the top of the bottom part, the dust-jacket remains near fine, binding is fine, inside is clean, no markings, the book is inscribed by C.A. Mace to the French Psychologist René Zazzo, 1953‎