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London: Edward Arnold and Co., 1922. [Chemistry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.viii; 152. Publisher's blue cloth, titles in gilt to spine. Ownership stamp to pastedown and neat inscription to title page of Danish engineer and physicist P.O. Pedersen. Occasional discreet pencil annotation else internally fine. Cloth very slightly rubbed to extremities, spine ends a little pushed. An excellent fresh copy with an interesting provenance. Fine. Aston was a chemist and physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1922 for his work on Isotopes. Item #51445
Price: £875.00