Arthur H. Compton, “A Quantum Theory of the Scattering of X-Rays by Light Elements”, in Physical Review, 1927, vol 21 (second series) no.5. May 1923, pp 483-502. Offered in a very simple library quick-binding cloth-backed paper-covered boards (serviceable if not attractive) containing the issues for April – June, pp 391-722. Exlibrary, with a stamp on the cover and a stamp of several interior pages though not on the title page of the Compton (which was the lead article for May). So, a GOOD copy. $950
Compton shared the Nobel Prize in physics in 1927 “for his discovery of the effect named after him” and Charles Thomson Rees Wilson “for his method of making the paths of electrically charged particles visible by condensation of vapour.”
“Arthur Holly Compton will always be remembered as one of the world’s great physicists. His discovery of the Compton effect, so vital in the development of quantum physics, has ensured him a secure place among the great scientists” (DSB)