Jowett : a portrait with background
1957, 1st edition. London : Faber & Faber. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Previous owner's signature. Item #400015
Physical description; 456 pp., portraits, genealogical tables, 23 cm. Contents; Introduction: modern topology, by P.J. Hilton. -- What is a curve? By G.T. Whyburn. -- Some results on surfaces in 3-manifolds, by W. Haken. -- Semisimplicial homotopy theory, by V.K.A.M. Gugenheim. -- The functors of algebraic topology, by E. Dyer. -- On the geometry of differentiable manifolds, by V. Poénaru. Subjects; Jowett, Benjamin 1817-1893. Balliol College (University of Oxford). Biography. Education, Higher. Theologians. Scholars 19th century. Classicists.
Price: €14.95