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194733857New York: Hartsdale House 1947 Hartsdale House reissue of book first published by Methuen in London and Henry Holt in New York in 1920 in gilt-stamped dark blue full cloth NOT ex-lib no dj binding tight pages bright minor shelf wear & soil/stainnig to panel cloth spine sunned but titles clear & legible from collection of CSU Northridge philosophy professor Robert Garsen with his brief inked marginalia to 2 late pages and his small blindstamp to endpaper edge else clean tight copy of book scarce in cloth; 8vo; xiii 168pp indexed & illus. Hard Cover. Very Good. Hartsdale House hardcover
192118099New York: Henry Holt and Company 1921. THIRD EDITION. With frontispiece portrait Einstein dated 1920. Blue cloth small tear at top of spine corners slightly worn no dust wrapper; front hinge a bit loose otherwise a very clean copy. From the library of Martin J. Klein professor of the history of science at Yale and the first recipient of the Abraham Pais Prize for the History of Physics. This copy was given to Klein as a gift from his summer program NEH class of 1986 and is signed by 13 of his students. Third edition though the only change is the date on the title page of one of Einstein’s most renowned works intended for readers with a general scientific and philosophical background. Part I treats the special theory of relativity part II the general theory and part III considers the universe as a whole.<br /> <br /> Not in Weil or Boni. Henry Holt and Company unknown
192033088New York: Henry Holt and Company 1920. RELATIVITY: Custom Clamshell Case Only. Henry Holt and Company New York: 1920 Book Date Excellent Custom Clamshell Case Not A Book For The First Edition. <br /> <br /> Elegant BLUE LEATHER & fine black cloth Custom SILVER-Stamped Titles to spine. Embossed multi-layered multi-image sculpted design on the side inspired from the atom. Finished in rich Black velour on the interior. A superb & unique protective clamshell case for this first edition.<br /> <br /> This Handsome Collector's Custom Case fit for an important Collector. <br /> "Books definitely NOT included"<br /> <br /> When you place your order:<br /> Please confirm the actual size of your first edition as sizes may vary with age or if the edition is covered in Mylar. The text can be altered to add "signed" or other special requests.<br /> <br /> Generally over 100 in-stock titles. Custom Craft available upon request. Book definitely NOT included Size can be adapted to soft or hardcover first editions. Henry Holt and Company unknown
1998Q-1573920800Prometheus Books 1998-06-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Prometheus Books hardcover
1988Q-0517029618Wings Books 1988-10-05. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Wings Books hardcover
1995Q-0517884410Crown 1995-06-06. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Crown paperback
19507758Crown Publishers. Very Good in Good dust jacket. c. 1950. Hardcover. Red cloth cover is rubbed at corners and spine caps but clean bright and in very good condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. End sheets and paste downs toned. Pages are clean and in very good condition. Dust jacket is tattered and torn at extremities with a chip across the upper back panel but overall in good condition. Publisher's price of $2.50 on DJ flap. DJ protected by a brand new clear acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. If pictured shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. .; 7.9 X 5.4 X 0.8 inches; 168 pages . Crown Publishers hardcover
1920131697London: Methuen and Co 1920. First edition of the scientist's ground breaking work. Octavo original red cloth frontispiece of the author and with five diagrams. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with loss of section of rear panel and flap. Tape repairs to verso. Translated by Robert W. Lawson. Scarce in the original dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box by the Harcourt Bindery. It can hardly be disputed that the theories put forth in this book are among the most important in the history of modern science. "The imprint of Einstein's work on the different areas of physical science is so large and varied" writes Gerald Holton in a recent assessment "that a scientist who tries to trace it would be hard put to know where to start" Simmons The Scientific 100. Methuen and Co hardcover
1920134847London: Methuen & Co 1920. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Good. xiii 3 138 2 8 p. 20 cm. 5 diagrams and frontispiece portrait of the author. Red cloth with blank impressing on front black print on spine. Some soiling to covers corners bumped spine faded small tears in spine head. Front pastedown has bookplate for Brenda Mary O'Keefe and small chip to edge. Offsetting to free endpapers. Front hinge cracking internally. A few stains within. 8 p. of Methuen publications listed at rear. <br/><br/>First edition of the authorized translation into English of the "popular exposition" of Einstein's theory of relativity. Includes third appendix on "The Experimental Confirmation of the General Theory of Relativity" written by Einstein specially for this edition at the request of the translator. First published in German in 1916 "Relativity" gives readers an insight into the thought processes of one of the greatest minds of the 20th century. Methuen & Co hardcover
19310037-23-06New York: Peter Smith 1931. 157p cloth no DW significant spotting primarity on the spine and back of the bookscarce Good <br/><br/> Peter Smith hardcover
1921470336Henry Holt. Fair/No Dust Wrapper. 1921. Cover is Damaged. Hard Cover. Q77 This is not the 1st printing. . Henry Holt hardcover
192162573New York: Henry Holt and Company 1921. Hard cover. Very Good. 0 Very good. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. hb vg bk/ no dj 1st American edition dark blue cloth head and heel of spine bumped gilt lettering fading binding tight pages yellowing. Henry Holt and Company hardcover
192833903Berlin: Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften 1928. First Thus. Soft cover. First Thus. Soft cover. Einstein Albert 1879-1955. Riemann-Geometrie mit Aufrechterhaltung des Begriffes des Fernparallelismus. Berlin: Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften 1928. 4to. 7pp. Orange wrappers. A very fine copy of this uncommon offprint. First Edition; the rare off-print from the "Sitzungsberichten". 'The general relativity theory splendidly justified his work. In this mathematical apparatus developed from Riemann's address Einstein found the frame to fit his physicals ideas his cosmology and cosmogeny; and the spirit of Riemann's address was just what physics needed: the metric structure determined by physical data'. -cf. DSB XI 447-456 RiemannWeil No.161; Schilpp-Shields No. 217; Alicke No. 139. The early Offprints from "Sitzungsberichten." are called "Sonderabdruck" up to Weil No.165 including this. From Weil 166 they are called "Sonderausgabe.". - Before 161 up to 160 the Offprints do not have separate title and pagination the pagination follows the numbering in the periodical. From 166 the Offprint has both separate printed title and pagination. - So Weil Nos 161-165 is still "Abdruck" but with separate title and pagination. Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften unknown
1928270901928. S.Ber. Akad. Wiss. Berl. 1928/17. - Berlin Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften 1928 8° 7 S. orig. Broschur. First Edition; the rare off-print from the "Sitzungsberichte". 'The general relativity theory splendidly justified his work. In this mathematical apparatus developed from Riemann's address Einstein found the frame to fit his physicals ideas his cosmology and cosmogeny; and the spirit of Riemann's address was just what physics needed: the metric structure determined by physical data'. -cf. DSB XI 447-456 Riemann Weil No.161; Schilpp-Shields No. 217; Alicke No. 139. unknown
192828361Berlin Gruyter & Co. 1928. 4to. Orig. printed orange wrappers. Offprint/Sonderabruck aus Sitzungsberichten.pp. 1-7. Fine fresh copy. <br/><br/><em>First edition of the rare Offprint still called "Abdruck" but now having separate pagination and separate printed title see Weil No. 161 where this is not mentioned.The early Offprints from "Sitzungsberichten." are called "Sonderabdruck" up to Weil No.165 including this. From Weil 166 they are called "Sonderausgabe.". - Before 161 up to 160 the Offprints do not have separate title and pagination the pagination follows the numbering in the periodical. From 166 the Offprint has both separate printed title and pagination. - So Weil Nos 161-165 is still "Abdruck" but with separate title and pagination. These facts are not mentioned in the bibliographies. </em> unknown
1928374171928. Weil 161. Offprint from S. preuss. Akad. Wiss. unknown
193010508Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1930. First Edition. Cloth. Near fine/good. First edition of Roosevelt: His Mind in Action by Lewis Einstein in scarce dust jacket. Octavo vii 5 259pp. Maroon buckram cloth title printed on label affixed to cover and spine. Some leaves unopened. Uncut outer edge. No additional printings mentioned on copyright page. Previous ownership inscription on front free endpaper. In publisher's scarce dust jacket $3.00 retail price on front flap long closed tear to front cover large chipping to spine and back panel archival repair to verso bright illustrations. A rare find in the publisher's dust jacket. Houghton Mifflin unknown
1949827981TIPOGRAFIA GIUNTIA 1949. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Signed by Authors. TIPOGRAFIA GIUNTIA 1949 VG PARCHEMENT COVERED WRAPS 1 OF 200 The work is tight and white with slight chipping at ends of hinges. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. FLORENCETIPOGRAFIA GIUNTIA 1949. 1ST ED. 140 pp. Signed by Author. Wraps. TIPOGRAFIA GIUNTIA Paperback
19201123Berlin: Akademie der Wissenschaften 1920. 1st Edition. First edition bound extract of a paper The Propagation of Sound in Partially Dissociated Gases "that is a bit off the beaten track for Einstein though its subject fluids liquids and gases is one he dabbled in throughout his life" Calaprice Einstein Almanac. Weil 110; Boni 119.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Recognizing that while the "chemical equilibrium properties of gases were well understood precise knowledge of the velocity of gas reactions was not sufficiently available" Einstein sought to establish a method for the calculation of the rate of chemical reactions in a gas by means of observations on the propagation of sound Mason Physical Acoustics 13. CONDITION & DETAILS: Berlin: Akademie der Wissenschaften. Octavo. First edition bound extract. The binding is marbled paper boards over black cloth. Inside and out near fine condition. Akademie der Wissenschaften hardcover
1920374021920. Weil 110. Offprint from S. preuss. Akad. Wiss. unknown
19811BislDb0036New York: Da Capo Press Inc. 1981. Book. Like New. Decorative Hardcover Canvas. © 1981. 8vo or 8° Medium Octavo: 7¾" x 9¾" tall. 343 pp. A rare hard-to-find out-of-print collectible gem! A wonderful copy! An excellent spotlessly clean copy! Clean fresh sharp tight essentially flawless copy with crisp pages clean text and very light shelf wear. No dust jacket. Da Capo Press, Inc. Hardcover
1923N178Jerusalem: Hebrew University Library 1923. First Edition . Original Wraps. Very Good. 4to. ca. 200 unnumbered pages. Text in English German Italian with the Hebrew translation of the above.FIRST AND RARE publication of the Hebrew University edited by Albert Einstein with original articles by A.Einstein E. Landau H.BohrJ.Popper-Lynkeus etc. Some foxing otherwise very good copy. <br/> <br/> Hebrew University Library paperback
1932433001932. Offprint from Sitzungsberichte der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 32 1932. 31pp. 256 x 183 mm. Original printed wrappers a little chipped and darkened small splits in spine. Very good. First edition offprint issue. Einstein's work on semivectors "was stimulated by Ehrenfest's insistence on a better understanding of the relation between single-valued and double-valued representations of the Lorentz group . . . Einstein and Mayer went on to relate semivectors to the Dirac equation and to generalize the formalism to general relativity" Pais Subtle is the Lord pp. 451-452. Weil Albert Einstein Bibliography 186. unknown
193222769Berlin 1932. Orig. printed orange wrappers. Back strengthend with matching paper. Fresh copy. Offprint/Sonderabdr. aus "Sitzungsberichten". pp. 1-32. <br/><br/><em>First edition. Weil No. 186. </em> unknown
193237427Berlin: Akad. Wiss 1932. Akad. Wiss unknown
