Ilyin l a (3 risultati)

Condizione: Good. Good condition. (radition, accidents, protection) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition in English. Study of Soviet preparation for radiation accidents, reaction to the Chernobyl accident, evacuation & protection of the population, decontamination and its effect on workers, politics of resettlement of evacuees, assessments of international experts. The author, Professor Leonid Ilyin, was a member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, researching radiation biology & medicine, and was at Chernobyl as part of the clean-up team. 'Marble' grey/white covers, gilt titling. Light wear to book, jacket shows some rubbing, minor spots; yellow highlighting on page 10. Text otherwise clean; [398] pages + ad for a radiation protection firm; b/w photos. Size: Octavo.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 4to. 326 + (2)pp. Chapter headings decorated with ornamental capital & linear key pattern in rust brown. With coloured lithograph frontispiece & 367 illustrations in text from plans, photographs, engravings & diagrams, several full-page or half-page, 5 folding. Contemporary publisher's cloth, gilt title on cover, & within red base on spine, small photographic view of Moscow pasted on front cover, spine & corners a little worn. A history of town planning in respect of possibilities for Moscow. Extensively illustrated, showing classical forms of architecture from Egypt, Greece, Rome, Europe, England & the USA. Specific features are enlarged for commentary, and there is a bibliography in 14 sections (5pp) of relevant publications including works on Indian architecture. The architects who compiled the work during the Stalinist era (Andrei Bunin 1905-77, Lev Ilyin 1880-1942, Nicolai Polyakov 1898-1969, Vacheslav Shkvarikov, 1908-71) were members of the Architectural Academy. In good condition, binding a little worn at spine, & corners, unobtrusive stamp below title, 'printed in Soviet Union', & at end, stamp of Buenos Aires bookshop. The volume was owned by the eminent Argentinian architect & town planner, Carlos della Paolera (1890-1960) and has a few neat pencil notes. He lived in Paris during the early part of the 20th century, travelled widely & built an extensive working library. …