{"product_id":"the-philosophy-of-storms","title":"The Philosophy of Storms","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eBoston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1841. First edition. INSCRIBED by Espy to Secretary of the Navy George Bancroft on the front free endpaper. 9-1\/4 x 6 inches. xl,552pp + folding map. Brown cloth stamped in gilt to spine. Damp-staining to spine head and slightly to edges and corner of front board; cloth of spine head split and chipped, although binding is still strong; temoine to one leaf; two leaves roughly opened at top edge; many leaves unopened; light foxing. About Very Good.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eFirst edition of James Pollard Espy's influential work on his convection theory of storms, inscribed by him to historian and statesman George Bancroft, presumably sometime between 1845-46, when Bancroft was serving as Secretary of the Navy and Espy was the meteorologist reporting to that department.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eSABIN 22917.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"[Meteorology \/ Science]. Espy, James P.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44883748290629,"sku":null,"price":1250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0028\/6978\/8741\/files\/4014.jpg?v=1776372583","url":"https:\/\/mitasbooks.com\/products\/the-philosophy-of-storms","provider":"Kate Mitas, Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}