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192545497Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Cie 1925. FIRST FRENCH EDITION. Hardcover. Very good/No dust jacket. Published in the series ÒLes Maitres de la Pensee scientifiqueÓ. Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Cie 1925. Translated into French by M. Solovine. FIRST FRENCH EDITION. Frontis portrait of the author. 56 pp. Text in French. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Light brown stiff wrappers. Top quarter and bottom quarter of spine detached from binding but still present; small vertical tear to rear hinge; head and heel worn; corners and extremities lightly rubbed; wraps lightly soiled and toned at edges; pages untrimmed. Former ownerÕs signature and date to front free endpaper; pages toned especially at edges; publisherÕs promotional material laid in to pages 28/29. This is the first French edition to present translations of EinsteinÕs works ÒElektrodynamik bewegter KorperÓ and ÒIst die Tragheit eines Korpers von seinem Energieinhalt abhangigÓ. Very good/No dust jacket. Insurance required to ship this item. Gauthier-Villars et Cie hardcover books
193137424Berlin: Akad. Wiss 1931. Weil 180. Offprint from S. preuss. Akad. Wiss. Akad. Wiss unknown books
1922R5312Berlin: Slovo 1922. Third edition. Paperback. Good. Original wraps; pp. 152 with frontispiece portrait of the author and his preface to the Russian edition. Front cover and endpaper detached but present; cheap paper tanned along the edges and a bit brittle. <br/><br/> Slovo paperback books
1953137755New York: Dell Publishing 1953. First Edition. First Edition a paperback original. Basis for the 1956 film noir "While the City Sleeps" directed by Fritz Lang and starring George Sanders and Dana Andrews. <br/><br/>Near Fine in illustrated wrappers. Dell Publishing unknown books
188024284<p><i><b>A unique and important artifact of his childhood.</b></i></p> <b>ALBERT EINSTEIN.</b>Ephemera. Set of Anker-Steinbaukasten children's building blocks by F. Ad. Richter & Cie. Rudolstadt Germany c.1880s. Approximately 160 composite quartz sand chalk and linseed oil blocks in red limestone and slate gray in various sizes and shapes together with three or more sets of building plans all contained in two wooden boxes with printed Anker-Steinbaukasten labels.<p>Einstein spent his childhood building "complicated structures" with these Anker-Steinbaukasten blocks. Accepting his later theory that "Imagination is more important than knowledge" the toys that encouraged his imagination became building blocks for the most important scientific theories of the last millennium.</p><p>His sister Maja Winteler-Einstein describing his childhood recalled that "The games he played … were very characteristic of Albert's capacities. These were mostly puzzles fretsaw work the erection of complicated structures with the well-known Anker building blocks and above all the construction of multi-storied card castles with which he filled his leisure." "Beitrag für sein Lebensbild" in <i>The collected papers of Albert Einstein</i>. ed. John Stachel. Volume 1: The early years. 1879-1902. Princeton University Press 1987 p.lix. Translated from German.</p><p>Based on the work of German educator Friedrich Froebel who created the concept of kindergarten these composite stone blocks were a popular toy of the 1880s and 1890s. The blocks were designed to help develop childrens' tactile senses and manual dexterity and also to stimulate imagination creativity and three-dimensional perception. Fellow scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer as well as architects Frank Lloyd Wright and Walter Gropius are among the geniuses who are known to have played with Anker blocks. </p><p><b>Provenance</b></p><p>The set had passed by direct descent from Albert Einstein to the consignor from whom we acquired the blocks at Christie's London on July 13 2016. </p><p><b>Condition</b></p><p>A few blocks chipped and worn with original instructions and boxes worn soiled and defective.</p><p><b>Albert Einstein </b>1879-1955 was a German-Swiss born theoretical physicist internationally recognized as one of the greatest physicists of all time. He enunciated the general theory of Relativity with law explaining the relationship between the speed of light and its consequence the equivalence of mass and energy E=MC2. For his work in theoretical physics—largely for his 1905 paper on photons and photo-electricity—Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics announced in November 1922 retroactive for 1921. Working on a unified field theory he then attempted to explain gravitation and electromagnetism within one set of laws. With the expulsion of Jewish scholars from Germany after Hitler's rise to power Einstein joined the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton New Jersey 1933 which became the most celebrated research center in the world. In 1939 he signed a letter written to President Franklin Roosevelt warning him of the possibility of Germany developing a nuclear bomb. He urged the U.S. to begin uranium research thus beginning the top secret "Manhattan Project." Later at Princeton he tried to develop a unified field theory and to refute the accepted interpretation of quantum physics both unsuccessfully. Einstein received U.S. citizenship in 1940. <br /></p> books
1987UEINCOL00FBPrinceton University Press 1987. Fine. Einstein Albert. The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein volume 1: The Early Years 1879-1902. Stachel John. Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press 1987. 433pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. 4to. Cloth. Book condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine; in clear plastic protector. Princeton University Press hardcover books
19981322768Princeton: Princeton University Press 1998. First Edition. Softcover. Quarto; VG- Paperback; White spine with Black text; Covers have some edgewear some shelfwear covers bowing towards fore edge red marks on spine otherwise clean; Textblock has bending to top corner of page 713 otherwise clean; 714 pp; English Translation. 1322768. FP New Rockville Stock. Princeton University Press unknown books
198742951Princeton: Princeton University Press 1987. First American Edition. Large thick octavo 26cm.; publisher's cloth in black photo-illustrated dust jacket; lxvi2433pp.; 10 leaves of illus. printed on rectos and versos. Some wear to top jacket extremities else Very Good and sound. Inscribed and signed by Stachel on front free endpaper. Princeton University Press unknown books
1987S9126Princeton NJ:: Princeton University Press 1987. 1987. Two volumes. Large 8vo. lxvi 433; xxii 196 pp. Figs. bibliog. index. Gilt-stamped navy cloth dust jacket; wrappers. Fine. ISBN: 0691084076 Princeton University Press, 1987. hardcover books
1987286088Princeton: Princeton University Press 1987. hardcover. near fine/fine. Volumes 1 & 2 of a 13 volume set. 4to blue cloth dust wrappers. Princeton: Princeton University Press 1987 1989. Top edges are just a bit foxed else a near fine copy.<br/><br/> Princeton University Press unknown books
199815679Ewing New Jersey U.S.A.: Princeton Univ Pr 1998. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. First Edition. Original white wrappers mildly soiled with creasing front and rear covers. Clean internally a great reading copy. This is the English translation. Title: The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein: The Berlin Years Correspondence 1914-1918 Volume 8. Trade Paperback. Princeton Univ Pr paperback books
1964142774Greenwich Conn.: Fawcett Publications 1964. Small octavo pictorial wrappers. First edition. Gold Medal K1446. A prolonged drought turns much of New York City into a concrete wasteland. "This Near-Future novel . depicts a water shortage . in New York which comes to a crisis in the drought of 1967. A hurricane then saves the city and its politicians." - John Clute SFE online. Cover a bit dusty a very good or better unread copy. #142774 Fawcett Publications unknown books
1938180902007New York: Simon and Schuster 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition first printing. Previous owner signature of Albert K. Chapman to front free end paper. Chapman served as the president of the Eastman Kodak Company from 1952-1960 then as chairman until he retired in 1967.Publisher's navy blue cloth binding stamped in gilt. Near Fine with a small scuff to front cover. In a Very Good dust jacket with price intact moderate rubbing and edge wear and a slightly toned spine panel. Simon and Schuster hardcover books
1949044767Princeton: Princeton University Press 1949. Translated by Alexander H. Krappe Roger H. Session and Oliver Strunk. 3 vols. xvi 887 3; xxx 333p. b/w illus. music dj. Princeton University Press unknown books
1971186152Princeton N.J.: Princeton University Press 1971. Hardcover. Good/Good Ex-library with stamps and labels on spine inside front and rear covers ffep and block. Overall light shelfwear to boards and block. Binding is tight and pages are otherwise clear. Three volumes bound in burgundy cloth with gilt spine lettering; tan dust jackets with mylar covers. Illustrated title pages bw illustrations throughout each volume. Text in English songs in Italian with English text translations. Vol. 3 contains "Texts of songs revised and translated by Antonio Illiano and Howard E. Smither" and scores of 97 madrigals. Princeton University Press hardcover books
1923140940078Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press 1923. First American Edition. Very Good. First American edition first printing. Bound in publisher's dark blue cloth lettered in gilt; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good. Cloth lightly edge worn patch of rubbing to front cover ding to top edge of front board. Pages toned. Previous owner inkless emboss to front free endpaper and name and date inked to following blank sheet where hinge is also over-exposed at the top edge. Pages toned. Princeton University Press unknown books
1923171111001Princeton: Princeton University Press 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition first printing. Near Fine with slight fade to spine cloth gilt stamping very sharp on front cover. Previous owner bookplate to front paste down with patch of abrasion at nearby gutter. Pages toned with several hinges just slightly over-opened. In a Very Good dust jacket with a large chip and tear at the top of the spine toning to spine and edges and several small edge tears. A very nice copy in the scarce dust jacket. Princeton University Press hardcover books
19849023330New York: MJF 1984. Hardcover. fine/fine. Bound in the publisher's original quarter cloth and paper covered boards spine stamped in gilt. <br/><br/> MJF hardcover books
1923108095Princeton University Press 1923. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition with Published 1922 on copyright page and 1923 on title page very good in the very rare dust jacket which had some wear and chips. Short tear at bottom of rear free endpaper. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Princeton University Press hardcover books
19561326923Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press 1956. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. 10mo; pp 166; G/Fair; dark beige spine with brown text; fifth edition including the Relativistic Theory of the Non-Symmetric Field; last edition corrected by Einstein before his death; dust jacket has noticeable sun darkening to exterior; few chips to edges; cloth shows lightly sunned exterior; strong boards; text block has only light foxing to exterior edges; interior clean; illustrated;. 1326923. FP New Rockville Stock. Princeton University Press hardcover books
1953134019Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press 1953. Hardbound. VG exlibrary with minimal marks clean and fresh. Greyish cloth boards sideways title on spine. 165 1 3 pp index. A delightful copy. Princeton University Press hardcover books
1950134020Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press 1950. Hardbound. VG exlibrary with minimal marks slighly soiled with signs of use perforation stamp to first page. Greyish cloth boards sideways title on spine. 162 3 pp index. A well-used copy but lacking the errata slip so don't use it to build anything! Princeton University Press unknown books
1988S8998Princeton:: Princeton University Press 1988. 1988. 8vo. 166 pp. Printed wrappers. Fine. Fifth edition. ISBN: 069102352 Princeton University Press, (1988). unknown books
1958188282New York: Dover 1958. Near Fine. Reprint. Near fine. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information. Dover unknown books
1923170926001New York: Dodd Mead and Company 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. First American edition. 216 pp. Blue cloth with spine label. Near Fine in Fair original dust jacket. Book itself in unusually nice shape. Bookplate on paste down. Faint stain to spine label light foxing to cloth. Dust jacket price intact on spine $4.00; rubbing; spine panel missing a number of chips dampstained; masking tape on verso as well as a bit of archival mending tissue; chips missing along edges especially at top edge. Scarce in jacket nonetheless. An influential collection of papers on relativity with many contributions from Einstein as well as three other leading physicists and mathematicians of the early 20th Century. Includes notes by A. Sommerfeld. Dodd, Mead and Company hardcover books
