B. J. Van Eyk
Atomistiek Zonder Atoommodel
D. B. Centen's Uitgevers Maatschappij, Amsterdam: 1942
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8vo. Green cloth. 222 pp. Text in Dutch. Inscribed by Van Eyk to fellow scientist Arthur Loeb on the front free endpaper. Light shelfwear. Spine sun-faded, with some slight fraying at the ends. Stain to bottom edge of pastedowns, with toning to endpapers and offsetting to front endpapers from a couple laid-in pieces of paper. Very good, no jacket.
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