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Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1966. Hardcover. Good/Good. Fourth Printing, 1966. A good hardcover with a dust jacket. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square. Blue cloth boards with some surface nicks at hinge of rear board. Gold gilt titling on spine is lightly dulled though it remains clearly readable. Previous owner's small stamp on front endpaper. Pencil underlining and marginalia on 10-12 pages, text is always readable. Price clipped dust jacket has edgewear, some small surface abrasions, rubbing. Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges may apply for international shipping. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Harvard University Press, 1/1/1959. Volume I-second printing, volume. Hardcover. Very Good. Blue cloth. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. May have fading to title on spine. This is an oversized or heavy book that requires additional postage for international delivery outside of Canada and the US.

Belgium: The Saint Cath, 1936. Hardcover. Good. . Ex-library copy with usual markings. Cover shows minor wear and fading, bumped corners and soiling. Pages are clean.

A History of Science (Two Volume Set); Volume 1. Ancient Science Through the Golden Age of Greece; Volume 2. Hellenistic Science and Culture in the Last Three Centuries B.C. By George Sarton. Published by Harvard University Press in 1952 (Volume 1), 1959 (Volume 2). Hardcover, 646 pages (Volume 1) + 554 pages (Volume 2). (In L3 box614).

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1952, 1959. First edition.
ANCIENT SCIENCE BY FOUNDER OF HISTORY OF SCIENCE GEORGE SARTON--INSCRIBED TO ABRAHAM FLEXNER, REFORMER OF AMERICAN MEDICAL EDUCATION.
Two 16x24.5 hardcover volumes, blue cloth binding, gilt title to spines. Vol 1, inscribed front free endpaper, "To Dr. Abraham Flexner/ in admiration & friendship/ George Sarton." i-xxvi, 646 pp, 103 figures, general bibliography, index; Vol 2, i-xxvi554 pp, 112 figures, general bibliography, index. Corners bumped, wear to spine ends, very good in very good minus dust jackets with edge tears and light soiling.
GEORGE SARTON (1884-1956) was a Belgian chemist and historian who is considered the founder of the discipline of history of science. Sarton's ultimate goal was to achieve an integrated philosophy of science that provided a connection between the sciences and the humanities, which he referred to as "the new humanism". Sarton intended to complete an exhaustive nine-volume history of science; By the… Read More