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19341396463New York: Covici Friede 1934. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 290 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in publisher's dark gray cloth with mildly worn silver lettering to spine. Mild general shelf wear. Textblock clean. Shelved in Case 10. Originally publisher in German as "Mein Weltbild." 1396463. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Covici Friede hardcover
1949013382New York New York Usa: Philosophical Library 1949. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. USA. In Very Good Condition. No Notes or Markings. Wear To Dust Jacket Corners Edges and Spine. For More Information On Condition. Please View All Images. Vintage 1949 - 112 Pages. Composed of assorted articles addresses letters interviews and pronouncements it includes Einstein's opinions on the meaning of life ethics science society religion and politics. <br/> <br/> Philosophical Library hardcover
1941465337London : J. Lane 1941. Second Edition. Hardcover. Second cheap edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Small tears to exterior cloth. Boards warped and stained corners bumped. Text remains clear and without blemish. Physical description; x 214 pages. Notes; Translation of the German: Mein Weltbild. Contents; The world as I see it.--Politics and pacificism.--Germany 1933.--The Jews.--Scientific. Subjects; Physics. Jews. Peace. Jews. Philosophy. Physics Addresses essays lectures. Jews Addresses essays lectures. Peace Addresses essays lectures. Philosophy German 20th century. Philosophy Modern. Pacifism. London : J. Lane hardcover
1935055004London: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited 1935. First British Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. A Good copy in purple hard covers lettered in white with the cloth sun-faded at the spine only minor effect on the lettering. Mild cover wear. Tanning/foxing to the endpapers. The binding is sound the text is clean/unmarked and not ex-library. No dust jacket. The first British edition/first printing of 1935 a year later but scarcer than the U.S. edition. <br/> <br/> John Lane The Bodley Head Limited hardcover
194932820624Original yellow cloth. Near fine dust jacket supplied from another copy. Early typed slip stating "Professor Albert Einstein / Princeton New Jersey 1950" mounted to top of front free endpaper. Light soiling. Very good <p><b>Signed and dated 1950 by Albert Einstein</b> on the front free endpaper.</p><p>This is the English translation of Einstein's <i>Mein Weltbild</i> first published in German in 1934 and then in English as <i>The World As I See It</i>in the same year. This abridged edition of 1949 omits the scientific essays preserving the extensive essays concerning philosophy religion Judaism economics current events government politics war and peace.</p> Philosophical Library hardcover
196871878Simon. Good/Good. 1968. Second Printing. Hard Cover. 0671200720 B193 . Simon hardcover
1998Q-1567312470Fine Communications 1998-04-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Fine Communications hardcover
1921553355Boston: Talmud Society 1921. Softcover. Fine. First edition. 12mo. 64pp. Original cord-tied wrappers printed in red and black. The first and last leaf toned from interaction with the wrappers else about fine. An August issue of the magazine apparently used in October to promote the short-lived magazine this copy with a printed slip affixed to the front wrap: “October 1921. Specimen Copy. Containing an article on the Einstein Theory of Anti-Semitism.†Photographic portrait of Einstein on page 14; along with an English translation of his essay: "Jewish Nationalism and Anti-Semitism: Their Relativity" which originally appeared in the London Jewish Chronicle. Talmud Society unknown
1994Q-1884944000Elizabeth Einstein 1994-02-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Elizabeth Einstein paperback
1975161331Burbank CA: NBC 1975. Final Draft script for the twelfth episode of the thirteen episode 1975 comedy and variety show television series SIGNED on the front wrapper "Tom & Dick" by Tom and Dick Smothers with an inscription on the top left partially lost due to dampstaining "illegible Wishes from the Smothers Brothers." Copy belonging to uncredited cast or crew member David Carroll with manuscript marker and pencil annotations of his name or partial name "David C." on the top of the title page and two other pages with manuscript ink and marker annotations on 32 pages marking music cues.<br /> <br /> NBC's tamer and largely unsuccessful revival of CBS's 1967-1969 variety series "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" which aired for thirteen episodes January 13 through May 19 1975. The episode on offer here was the penultimate episode which was taped on March 28 1975 and aired on May 12 1975 featuring guests Florence Henderson and David Gates.<br /> <br /> Of note the script is labeled as "Production #011 / Air Sequence #11" with a manuscript marker annotation of "12" over the air date of "May 5 1975." The May 5 episode of the series featured guests Kris Kristofferson Rita Coolidge and Arlo Guthrie and the episode found here featuring Henderson and Gates was aired as the twelfth episode on May 12 1975.<br /> <br /> Front wrapper integral with title page dated March 26 1975 noted as FINAL DRAFT. 90 leaves with last page of text numbered 77. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue pink yellow and green revision pages throughout undated. Pages Very Good with dampstaining throughout and silverfish damage to the extremities of the first three leaves. NBC unknown
1958100167Simon & Schuster 1958. New York. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition third printing. Two inch tear at top hinge of dust jacket and one-inch triangle missing from top spine of dust jacket. Otherwise DJ is fully intact with white background showing wear typical of age. 395 pp illustrated with more than 100 b/w photographs drawings and cartoons. Clean unmarked text with no owner attribution. A compilation of over 100 stories articles letters and spot reports and offbeat sidelights on the game of baseball from many famous writers and former players. Introduction by Ted Williams. Front free endpaper contains artistic representation of a ball player cast against the kaleidoscopic background of stadium and crowd by Edmond Kohn. Back free endpaper and pastedown depict a photograph of Opening Day 1958 in the Los Angeles Coliseum. Contributing authors include Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio Grover Cleveland Alexander Whitey Ford and Birdie Tebbetts Zane Gray and many other writers poets and sports journalists. Simon & Schuster hardcover
1952201H0779USA: The Curtis Publishing Company. Fair. 1952. First Edition. Paperback. 84 pages. Features: Mexico clamps down on Stalin - fascinating photo-illustrated article explains how Mexico was once Moscow's secret entrance to the U.S.A. until President Aleman proved that Mexico is no easy mark for Stalin; Helen Hayes tries Hollywood again - nice photo-illustrated article; California's weird overflowing Salton Sea - photo-illustrated article; Are all women crazy; What has John L. Lewis done with his $400000000 - fascinating photo-illustrated article about the miners' welfare fund; The World's Worst Department Store - H.O. Kaufhous in Alexanderplatz East Berlin is Soviet Germany's largest department store; I'm a Gyppo Logger's Wife - Margaret Elley Felt hauls dynamite drives a truck raises kids keeps books and lives in an all-male lumber camp in Washington State; May the better half win; Editorial - Britons Discover That China's Reds Are Communists!. Fiction: Mountain Massacre; The Doctor Wants a Wife; Welcome Back Soldier; The Old Pro; Father Came Home part 1 of 7; House of Fear part 5 of 6. Ads: Color ad for Mercury cars; Boeing Stratocruiser ad features large photo of Pan Am plane over the Eiffel Tower; Prest-O-Lite battery ad features nice photo of footballer Otto Graham quarterback of the Cleveland Browns; Nice two-page GMC truck ad shows a 470 pulling trailer. Above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue.; Magazine; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; The Saturday Evening Post August Aug. 30 1952: Lombardo Toledano Morton Sobell Ernesto Uruchurtu Miguel Aleman William O'Dwyer U.M.W.A. Mexico clamps down on Stalin - fascinating photo-illustrated article explains how Mexico was once Moscow's secre . The Curtis Publishing Company paperback
1996Q-0691026963Princeton University Press 1996-09-16. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Princeton University Press hardcover
1923140949178London: Methuen & Co 1923. First Edition. Very Good. First British edition first printing. viii 216 8 ads pp. Bound in publisher's red cloth lettered in blind on front board and in gilt on spine; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with fading light wear and soiling to covers. Evidence of bookplate removal to front pastedown offsetting to free endpapers rear hinge starting. Contents lightly toned with foxing to first and last few pages and textblock edges.<br /> <br /> <p>An influential collection of eleven papers on relativity. Seven are authored by Einstein two by Henrik Lorentz and one each by Hermann Minkowski and Hermann Weyl. The first edition of this translation of Das Relativitaetsprinzip taken from the fourth German edition. Methuen & Co unknown
192320260506001New York: Dodd Mead and Company 1923. Hardcover. Good. 23 cm. Dodd Mead and Company Published 1923. Hardcover viii 216 pp.; 23 cm; First Edition dated 1923 on title page with no additional printings; with seven diagrams; printed at the University Press Aberdeen. In Good condition lacking the dust jacket. Blue cloth-covered boards with the original printed paper label on the spine bearing the title and authors. Mild to moderate shelf wear with some color loss along the edges and soiling and toning to the spine cloth. The paper spine label has chipping along the right edge with loss to the upper right corner. A few razor-thin cracks to the binding but the text block remains very solid in the boards. Pages mildly toned with heavier toning to the endpapers and pastedowns. Otherwise unmarked.The first English-language collection of original memoirs on the special and general theory of relativity. Translated by W. Perrett and G. B. Jeffery from the German collection "Des Relativitätsprinzip" Teubner 4th ed. 1922 with notes by A. Sommerfeld. Gathers key papers in the development of modern physics including Einstein's "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies" 1905 Minkowski's "Space and Time" 1908 Einstein's "The Foundation of the General Theory of Relativity" 1916 and Weyl's "Gravitation and Electricity" along with contributions by Lorentz on Michelson's interference experiment and electromagnetic phenomena.Contents: Michelson's Interference Experiment by H. A. Lorentz; Electromagnetic Phenomena in a System Moving with Any Velocity Less Than That of Light by H. A. Lorentz; On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies by A. Einstein; Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy-Content by A. Einstein; Space and Time by H. Minkowski; On the Influence of Gravitation on the Propagation of Light by A. Einstein; The Foundation of the General Theory of Relativity by A. Einstein; Hamilton's Principle and the General Theory of Relativity by A. Einstein; Cosmological Considerations on the General Theory of Relativity by A. Einstein; Do Gravitational Fields Play an Essential Part in the Structure of the Elementary Particles of Matter by A. Einstein; Gravitation and Electricity by H. Weyl. Dodd, Mead and Company hardcover
1923355490722985London: Methuen 1923. First Edition. Hard Cover. First UK Edition First Printing. . first edition first printing; viii 216. A fine copy recently rebound in brown cloth with gilt lettering to the spine and pale green end-papers. From the library of the "Central Library for Students" neatly stamped on the front and verso of the title page. The stamp to the front of the title page has an additional stamp; DOCUMENT SUPPLY CENTRE/ DUPLICATE FOR DISPOSAL. Notwithstanding the library origins of this copy it appears to have been little read if read at all and is in excellent condition. The interior is remarkably clean. Many of the papers appear here in book form for the first time notably Einstein': "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend on its Energy Content". This paper is better known as the E = mc2 or E = MC Squared. This is the most important theory in Physics and often referred to as the Theory of Mass Energy Equivalence. An important book and genuinely rare. Looks very smart in its acetate protector. Photographs/scans available upon request. Methuen hardcover
192360195London: Metheun & Co. VG. 1923. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Hardback in Very Good condition without dust jacket. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 216 pages. Book spine faded. Bound in original red cloth with gilt spine title lettering. 8 pages of ads at the rear. Book is solid straight and no ownership markings. Pages are clean and do not show any signs of foxing or soiling. Corners still sharp while spine ends slightly bumped . Quick shipping excellent customer service. All books carefully packaged in boxes and ship with tracking information. . Metheun & Co. hardcover
1995030660Las Vegas: Mike O=Callagghan Middle School. A near fine or better copy. Has some little known history of Las Vegas. Illustrated Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall . Near Fine. 1995. Mike O=Callagghan Middle School unknown
195523282New York: Dell First Edition 1955. Softcover. Fine. Paperback original. Pages slightly yellowed else a fine unread copy. Leo Durocher blurb. Novel by the compiler of The Fireside Book of Baseball about an aging player-manager taking one last shot at the big time. McCue p.38. Dell First Edition unknown
1925H36806Brooklyn: Zionist Organization of America 1925. Wraps. Good. 12 x 8.5 inches pictorial softcover good or better with wear and tanning to covers slight 1/2" loss to spine head light chipping and loss to upper rear corner contents mainly very good and clean pp. 281-456 illustrated. Articles by Maurice Samuel Chaim Weizmann. Schmarya Levin Albert Einstein. Pierre Van Paassen. Chaim Nachman Bialik Achad Ha-am Harry Torcziner et al. including "The University Emerges" by Weizmann "Judaism Articulate" by Kaplan the founder of Reconstructive Judaism "The Mission of Our University" by Einstein Van Paassen on Balfour and much else. A terrific issue of this rare journal. Co-founded by Einstein and Weizmann Hebrew University first opened its doors in April 1925. Zionist Organization of America unknown
1991Q-0670835048Viking Adult 1991-04-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Viking Adult hardcover
199122928New York: Viking Press. 1991. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0670835048 . SIGNED and inscribed on half-title page by contributors Jim Murray and Robert Creamer; fine in fine jacket in fresh mylar ; a clean tight crisp copy; Signed by Collection of Signatures . Viking Press hardcover
19941596653539Easton Press 1994. Unknown. Like New. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.A clean copy in excellent condition appears unread. Sealed in plastic for shipping. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Easton Press unknown
192332639Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press 1923. Very Good. Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press 1923. First U.S. Edition. Octavo 18 cm; publisher's gilt-lettered navy cloth; 123pp. Boards bumped at corners spine ends scuffed. Water staining to spine crown bleeding into upper cover minor separation of head of spine material from book block. Last free endsheet creased. Endsheets toned. Endsheets first few pages last few pages and pages 106-112 show water staining at top margin but bulk of text block is clean and bright. Starting slightly after first free endsheet. A Very Good example overall.<br /> <br /> Collection of four lectures delivered by Einstein at Princeton for the Stafford Little Lectures in 1921. The majority of the lectures are an attempt to reconcile issues with his theory of relativity and defend it as well as give a comprehensive overview of the physics and math involved in the theory in an accessible way. Princeton University Press unknown
19237029<p>The Meaning Of Relativity by Albert Einstein <br />first edition<br />hardcover<br />Publisher:<br />Princeton University Press 1923<br />Condition: <br />Very Good- - some wear to the spine and covers name written on the front end paper<br />no other writings tight binding</p> Princeton University Press hardcover
