THEORETISCHE GRUNDLAGEN DER ORGANISCHEN CHEMIE
Leipzig: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft M.B.H., 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Text in German. A widely read text on organic chemistry. Its interdisciplinary approach spoke as well to chemists as it did to physicists. From the library of Franz Sondheimer, the German-born scientist who, with Robert Burns Woodward, was the first to completely synthesize a nonaromatic steroid, with his bookplate to the front pastedown. Octavo, two volumes: xii, 410 p. (publisher's ads) + iv, 352 p. (publisher's ads). Original blue cloth bindings, with gilt and black titles. Ex-Balliol Trinity Science Library (Oxford), with a bookplate and ink stamp to each front endpaper. Sporadic pencil marginalia. Period previous owner's ink signature and date to each front flyleaf. Some general dust staining to the top edges. The spines are sun faded, with a bit of wear to the corners and tips. Good. Item #73530
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