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195032820550<p>This photograph shows a reunion of friends. The Sternbergers and Einstein had known one other in Europe and met again in Princeton. Ilse was Sternberger's wife collaborator and perennial foil. She was a constant source of warmth during sometimes-contentious sittings. She also helped document their life publishing several articles on Sternberger's work and their sessions with famous sitters after his death.</p><br /><p>Gelatin silver print 20 x 30 in. Archivally framed. Estate Edition a limited edition of 10 copies embossed and numbered.</p><br /><p><b>$2500 unframed; framed: $3000 </b></p>
195032820558<p>In this portrait Sternberger shows Einstein dressed informally. Einstein was keenly aware of his public image and often attempted to show a cheerful visage. The common backgrounds of the two men helped the photographer to put Einstein in a relaxed state and to capture him in a more vulnerable pose.</p><p>Marcel Sternberger and Albert Einstein had known each other in Europe long before the two met again in Princeton New Jersey for this session. Before the men left Europe Einstein had furnished the preface to a book written by Sternberger.</p><p>After a warm welcome and lemonade the men settled in for the sitting. They discussed various topics including World War II and the state of American education. Although some photographs from the session show Einstein with a telltale twinkle in his eye here the great scientist appears fatigued. The seriousness of their conversation seems to have worn him down.</p><p>Still the conversation had its moments of levity. At one moment Sternberger asked Einstein to remove his suspenders. Einstein replied "I am going to lose my trousers! I can't." Einstein instead put on one of his trademark sweatshirts.</p><p>Here modern science's greatest mind is forever immortalized as only Sternberger could. He has found a depth of personality exceeding photographs produced without regard to the sitter's inner psychological state.</p><br /><p>Gelatin silver print 16 x 20 in. Archivally framed. Estate Edition a limited edition of 20 copies embossed and numbered.</p><br /><p><b>$1250 unframed; framed: $1650 </b></p>
19242905Berlin: Julius Springer 1924. First edition. original wrappers. Very Good. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS of the presentation of "Bose-Einstein statistics." “In 1924 Bose found a way to derive Planck’s equation for black body radiation using a statistical approach based entirely on the idea that light is made up of tiny particles photons. This echoed the statistical mechanics approach of Ludwig Boltzmann to the behaviour of gases but using a different statistical rule; it derives black body radiation entirely in quantum terms without using the idea of electromagnetic radiation at all. Bose wrote a paper about his discovery and sent it to Albert Einstein who immediately saw its significance translated it into German and arranged for its publication in the prestigious Zeitschrift für Physik. Einstein developed the idea to apply to other kinds of particle not just to a ‘gas’ of photons which is why this approach is usually referred to as ‘Bose-Einstein statistics’. Paul Dirac coined the name ‘bosons’ for particles which obey Bose-Einstein statistics" Gribbin Q is for Quantum.<br /> <br /> Particle Physics: One Hundred Years of Discoveries: “Discovery of new statistical counting rules for light quanta and a new derivation of Planck’s radiation law. Known as Bose-Einstein quantum statistics for particles with integer spins.â€<br /> <br /> WITH a follow-up paper by Bose: "Wärmegleichgewicht im Strahlungsfeld bei Anwesenheit von Materie": "Bose's first paper in 'Zeitschrift für Physik' was followed by another that was also translated by Einstein and published during 1924. In it Bose provided a general statistical treatment of emission and absorption processes for electromagnetic radiation in equilibrium with matter. This paper was accompanied by a note by Einstein expressing serious doubts about the method. In January 1925 Bose wrote to Einstein from Paris that he was working on a paper he felt would remove these doubts. But it seems never to have been completed" DSB.<br /> <br /> Plancks Gesetz und Lichtquantenhypothese. IN: Zeitschrift für Physik Vol 26 No. 3 August 1924 pp. 178-81. Berlin: Julius Springer 1924. “Wärmegleichgewicht†Vol 27 No. 5/6 September 1924 pp. 384-93. Octavo original wrappers. “Planks Gesetz†with small closed tear at rear wrapper edge; otherwise fine condition; “Wärmegleichgewicht†with small chip to base of front wrapper. SCARCE in original wrappers. Julius Springer unknown
19083660aLeipzig, Hirzel, 1908. 4 Tafeln, 928 S., Original-Halblederband. Zustand 2, Rücken u. Kanten berieben.
19132139Zürich: Zürcher & Furrer 1913. First edition offprint. Original wrappers. Very Good. EXTREMELY RARE AUTHOR'S OFFPRINT "Überreicht von den Verfassern" IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS OF THE FIRST PRINTING OF EINSTEIN AND GROSSMANN'S FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE CRITICAL "ENTWURF" THEORY OF 1913. "Einstein returned from Prague to Zurich in the summer of 1912. He had by then already formulated the fundamental physical principles of the general relativity theory of gravitation and was now searching for their mathematical structure. At the E.T.H. the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich where he now returned as professor of theoretical physics Einstein met again his old fiend and former fellow student Marcel Grossmann who was now a professor of mathematics and his colleague. With Grossmann and under his guidance Einstein studied the mathematical literature especially the theory of invariants and the absolute differential calculus of Chirstoffel Ricci Levi-Civita and others. Einstein developed the mathematical structure of his theory jointly with Grossmann and in his celebrated paper on the general theory of relativity in 1916 he acknowledged the help which his friend had given him. It was Grossmann's help which had Einstein said 'spared me not only the study of the relevant mathematical literature but who Grossmann also assisted me in searching for the field equations of gravitation.' This study of mathematical literature and the search for the proper mathematical tools led to several joint papers with Grossmann during Einstein's all too brief stay in Zurich. These papers contained the first attempts toward a generalized theory of relativity using new mathematical tools and gave full expression to Einstein's earlier physical insights" Jagdish The Golden Age of Theoretical Physics. The first of Einstein's papers to present his collaborative work with Grossmann the famous "Entwurf" paper appeared in the summer of 1913; the present paper based on a lecture given on September 9 1913 to the 96th annual meeting of the Swiss Society for Natural Sciences in Frauenfeld provides further details on the new generalized theory of relativity. The published paper contains more mathematics than in the given lecture. Weil 57. OFFPRINT FROM: Vierteljahrsschrift der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft vol. 58 pp. 284-290 Einstein; pp. 291-297 Grossmann. Zürich: Zürcher & Furrer 1913. Octavo original wrappers; custom box. Mild dampstaining to extreme top outer margin away from the text; crease down the center of issue. SCARCE. Zürcher & Furrer unknown books
1915000012055Leipzig: Verlag von B.G. Teubner 1915. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Large 8vo. 2 pages of publisher's advertisements 6 vi-viii 3 4-762 8 pages of publisher's advertisements pp. Contemporary half black morocco over brown paper boards with gilt lettering in a gilt border on the spine; all edges black. Dark green endpapers and pastedowns. With a blue silk ribbon bookmark bound in. With 106 in-text figures. The second title page states that this is the first volume of the third part of a series Die Kultur der Gegenwart Ihre Entwicklung und Ihre Ziele Herausgegebben von Paul Hinneberg. Dritter Teil Mathematik Naturwissenschaften Medizin. Dritte Abteilung Anorganische Naturwissenschaften unter Lietung von E. Lecher = Contemporary Culture . Part Three: Mathematics Natural Sciences Medicine . . Boni 69-70. Schilpp 76-77. This volume is dedicated to topics within physics: light mechanics motion electricity and other areas of research are illuminated by papers from several of the twentieth century's pre-eminent physicists including Einstein Planck Lorentz among others. This book contains Einstein's "Theoretische Atomistik" and "Die Relativitätstheorie" published here for the first time in book form "Die Relativitätstheorie" first appeared as a journal article. A lovely example. A touch of fading to the boards’ top edges overall an exceptional copy. Verlag von B.G. Teubner hardcover
1938165146Paris 1938. paperback. Pp. 5-19 IN: Zeitschrift fur Freie Deutsche Forschung. Jahrgang 1 Nummer 1. Herausgegeben von der Freien Deutschen Hochschule in Paris. 168p. printed wrappers. Paris Juli 1938.<br/><br/> First number of this scarce short-lived exile publication featuring German & Austrian writers and scholars. Fine.<br/><br/> unknown books
193842901Paris Freien Deutschen Hochschule 1938. Orig. printed wrappers. In. "Zeitschrift für Freie deutsche Forschung" Vol. I no. 1:pp. 5-19 a. no. 2 pp. 1-14. Whole issues present: "Nummer" 1 u. 2. pp. 1-168 a. pp. 1-144. <br/><br/><em>The German version from the same year in which the paper was printed in "Franklin Institute Journal" vol. 221 1936. - Weyl. 197. </em> unknown
1938165146Paris 1938. paperback. Pp. 5-19 IN: Zeitschrift fur Freie Deutsche Forschung. Jahrgang 1 Nummer 1. Herausgegeben von der Freien Deutschen Hochschule in Paris. 168p. printed wrappers. Paris Juli 1938.<br/> <br/> First number of this scarce short-lived exile publication featuring German & Austrian writers and scholars. Fine.<br/> <br/> unknown
199472747Heidelberg/Berlin, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, 1994. Eine Einführung in die spezielle Relativitätstheorie 495 S. (24,5 cm) illustrierter Pappband / gebundene Ausgabe
1938031895Leiden: A. W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij N. V. 1938. First Edition 1st Printing. Light Blue Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 9 7/8" Tall. Drawings. 222 Pp. True First Edition Of "The Evolution Of Physics" Issued Just Prior To The English Translation. Blue Cloth Printed In Black. Clean Unmarked. Covers With Slight Sunning To Spine Points Of Fraying At Two Front Tips Hinges Tight 1 1/2" Diameter Ring Mark At Left Fore Edge Of Rear Cover; Light Foxing Spots To Fore Edges Of Page Block But Pages Themselves Clean And Bright Without Spotting. <br/> <br/> A. W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij N. V. hardcover
1938009528Leiden: A. W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij N. V. 1938. First Edition 1st Printing. Light Blue Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Dust Jacket. 9 7/8" Tall. Drawings. Viii 222 Pp. Light Blue Cloth Stamped In Dark Blue. True First Edition Of "The Evolution Of Physics" Issued Just Prior To The English Translation. A Clean Unmarked Copy With Signs Of Removal Of A Single Bookplate On The Front Endpaper No Other Marks. Dust Jacket With Some Wear And Browning Also With A 1 3/8" X 1 5/8" V-Chip At Top Of Rear Panel Adjacent To The Spine Very Small Chips At Tips With A 1" X 1/8" Loss Along Top Of Front Flap Fold And A 1/2" Closed Tear At Top Of Rear Panel With A Few Small Chips And Very Short Closed Tears. A Nice Copy In The Nearly Complete And Scarce Jacket. <br/> <br/> A. W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij N. V. hardcover
1955058414New York: Pantheon Books 1955. First Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 86 Pp. Blue Cloth. First Edition. Book Near Fine Slight Rubbing At Corners Three Emphasis Marks Formulaic Marginalia Pp 40- 43. Dj Priced $4.50 Second State First State Is $4.00 With Wear 3/4" Chip Top Of Spine Panel Small Edge Tears And Minute Losses Small Ghosts From Some Tape Reinforcements Along Top And Bottom Edges. With Unrelated Receipt Found In This Book For "Nucleonics" Lent In 1956 At Pocatello Idaho To Clay Condit Nuclear Physicist For Ebr-1 An Historical Landmark Because It Was The First Power Plant To Produce Electricity Using Atomic Power. <br/> <br/> Pantheon Books hardcover
1955059673New York: Pantheon Books 1955. First Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 86 Pp. Blue Cloth. First Edition. Book Near Fine Slight Rubbing At Corners. Dj Priced $4.50 Second State First State Is $4.00 With Tiny Chip At Center Of Bottom Edge Of Spine. <br/> <br/> Pantheon Books hardcover
1955060140New York: Pantheon Books 1955. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good /Good. 86 Pp. Blue Cloth. First Edition. Book Very Good Dj First State Priced $4.00 Considerable Wear Chipping At Corners 2" Mostly Closed Tear Near Top Of Front Spine Edge No Marks. <br/> <br/> Pantheon Books hardcover
1925032126Physica / Nederlaandsch Tijdscrift Voor Natuurkunde 1925. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. Double Issue Nov-Dec 1925. Einstein Article Is In German. Einstein Temporarily Abandons The Search For A Unified Theory. Original Grey Card Covers Printed In Black Small "Lorentz" Printed On Label On Spine. Lightly Used Some Loss Of Paper On Spine Corner Crease On Front Cover Beginning To Split. <br/> <br/> Physica / Nederlaandsch Tijdscrift Voor Natuurkunde paperback
193842901Paris, Freien Deutschen Hochschule, 1938. Orig. printed wrappers. In. ""Zeitschrift für Freie deutsche Forschung"", Vol. I, no. 1:pp. 5-19 a. no. 2, pp. 1-14. Whole issues present: ""Nummer"" 1 u. 2., pp. 1-168 a. pp. 1-144.
19321864np: np 1932. First edition. nb. UNPUBLISHED CANDID PHOTOGRAPHS OF EINSTEIN AND LETTERS BY WILLIAM HUBBARD OFFERING AN INTIMATE VIEW OF THE SCIENTIST ON VACATION. On March 2 1932 at the height of his career and world fame Albert Einstein and his wife Elsa set off on a vacation to their German homeland departing from Los Angeles on the M. S. San Francisco. Another passenger aboard the ship was the renowned music scholar William Lines Hubbard. Famous in his own right Hubbard was the music critic for the Chicago Tribune and author of a definitive 11-volume work on the history of opera published 1908. Accompanying Hubbard was his companion Julia Reid their cabins adjacent to that of the Einstein's. As was the practice during this era Hubbard kept detailed journals and letters of his travel experiences. This collection from the estate of Hubbard contains the following items:
 1. Three unpublished small black-and-white and sepia photographs. The first photograph 4.5" x 2.5" pictures Einstein his wife Elsa the Ship's Captain Hubbard the tall figure and three other of the ship's passengers dated 3/14/32. The second photograph 3.5" x 3.25" is an outstanding full front image of Einstein his wife Elsa and the ship's Captain. The final photograph 4.5" x 2.5" is a full frontal image of Einstein and his wife Elsa both seated in deck chairs with the ship's Captain standing behind.
 2. Typed letter dated March 22 1932 written while sailing through the South Atlantic. Six pages typed front and back on two pieces folded of the ship's original stationary approx. 7.5x11 in. Excerpts on Einstein include:

 Of our Six Passengers two are Prof. Einstein and wife. They are proving very delightful companions-- sincere unaffected and jolly. At first they were very reserved and merely bowed and smiled and "Guten-Morgan-ed" when entering and leaving the dining room but when they had become rested and saw that none of the rest of us planned to intrude they came forward and have been very genial. She is a great talker but talks interestingly. He walks deck smoking his stubby black pipe or whistling cheerily his gray hair blowing in the breeze. Each forenoon and sometimes in the afternoon he goes to the piano and plays for half hour or so. Plays in that satisfying manner peculiar to a man to whom music is a comfort and who thinks musically. It is in no wise brilliant playing but it is throughly enjoyable to hear. The rest of the time he sits in his steamer chair or in his cabin reading or thinking. On the 14th he had his 53rd birthday and the Capt had ordered from La Libertad Salvador where we had taken cargo the day before large bunches of easter and tiger lilies which in the morning were on the Einstein table together with a birthday cake the ship's cook had made and countless cards and letters which friends had sent. It was all a complete surprise to them both and their happiness was childlike in its spontaneity and sincerity. It was heart warming to watch them. They seem to appreciate being left to themselves and not being lionized. It is the third time they have come through the canal on these boards an they enjoy it to the full.
 3. Typed letter dated April 1 1932 written while entering the English Channel. Seven pages on two approx. 8.5x11in sheets folded of the ship's original stationary. Excerpts on Einstein include: 

We had good fun watching for crocodiles along the banks as we came up the cut and Prof Einstein was especially gleeful when he discovered one. Professor Einstein loves the roung sic weather and has reveled in it. He and the Mme are proving very delightful fellow passengers. She is very chatty but chats interestingly and he struts up and down deck smoking his stubby pipe or whistling like a jolly kid his white hair blowing in the breeze. We have some talks occasionally and he yesterday when he saw the copy of Living Philosophies which I had given me sic before I left San Diego and in which his article is the first took the book and autographed his picture and wrote in remembrance of the happy days on board the San Francisco. I don't think I told you of his birthday which occurred on the 14 of March the day before we reached the Canal. The Capt came to know if it and when the Einsteins came to their table at breakfast they found it decorated with three huge vases of Easter and Tiger lilies which the Capt had secured in La Libertad. The cook had made a gorgeously decorated Torte-- one of the filled and frosted German cakes-- and there were letters and telegrams from friends which had been sent in the Capt's care. It was a complete surprise to the Einsteins and they were like two happy kiddies. It was gladdening to watch their simple and keen enjoyment. Later we had pieces of the Torte which were a bit of muchness for breakfast but which of course we ate. 
4. Typed letter dated April 24 1932 written in Merano Italy. Six pages on five 5.5x7in sheets. 

While recalling a cargo transfer on the M. S. San Fransisco Hubbard writes: The Einsteins were especially enthusiastic and we had a great fun over the boss of the unloading. He was a huge and tremendously rotund gent wearing a soft felt hat and a short overcoat the buttons of which seemed fated to "bust off" at any moment. His chief employment seemed to be running about from side to side of the dock into the warehouse and out again clambering onboard and then clambering off and all the time shouting orders at the top of his voice and gesticulating wildly. Einstein had been reading the "Living Philosophies" which I had loaned him and was especially curious concerning Mencken and how he happened to be included in the great ones in the book. I gave him an outline of Mr. M's greatness and assured him that the book cold sic well largely on account of M being included. All of which amused the Einsteins greatly. So when this wild boss hove into sight that morning and began his excited directing Mrs E said "there is Mister Mencken" and thus he remained so long as we were in Rotterdam. The Einsteins were starting early the next morning for Berlin so they went about 9 pm to the custom house and had their 16 packages bundles and gifts examined. Frau Professor had a funny story to tell of their experience with the 150 pound bag of coffee that had been presented them in Salvador. 


5. An official passenger list from the M. S. San Francisco printed on the ship's original stationary 4.75" x 8.25" dated March 2 1932. With "Professor Albert Einstein" and "Mrs. Albert Einstein" shown under the list of cabin passengers going from Los Angeles to Bremen.


 6. A postcard depicting Hubbard's profile in black and white 3.45" x 5.45".

 All items in very good condition letters with wear and soiling at folds and housed in a custom cloth presentation folder. RARE FIRST-HAND TESTIMONY REVEALING THE PERSONALITY OF EINSTEIN IN RELAXED AND INFORMAL MOMENTS. np unknown books
19461827Princeton: Estate of Fred Stein 1946. Limited Edition. no binding. Fine. STUNNING LARGE GELATIN SILVER LIMITED EDITION PHOTOGRAPH; one of the most iconic images of the 20th century. One of only 450 in the edition. "In 1946 when Albert Einstein was in residence at Princeton University Fred Stein was granted ten minutes of the great man's time to take a portrait. After the time was up Einstein's secretary came in to usher Stein out. However Einstein insisted that he stay saying that their discussion was too interesting to cut short. The secretary came back repeatedly but the visit extended to two hours. The resulting portrait by Fred Stein pictures a deep intelligence engaged in thought. It became an iconic image and one of the most famous photographs ever taken of Albert Einstein" Dawn Freer "Fred Stein: A Retrospective". Printed later 1994 on behalf of the Fred Stein estate by Stein's son Peter Stein: "Printed and archivally processed by a master printer under Peter Stein's supervision and to his approval and matched as closely as possible to his father's vintage prints." Fred Stein website. Size: image 10.5 x 14 in.; with matte 16 x 20 in. Number 38/450. Limitation and "Albert Einstein Princeton 1946" on the front of the original matte beneath the photo; signed by Peter Stein and with stamp "Estate of Fred Stein" and "Authorised Estate print" on verso of matte. Estate of Fred Stein unknown books
19542832Princeton NJ: np 1954. First edition. nb. Fine. EXTREMELY RARE AND BEAUTIFUL SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF EINSTEIN BY FREDERICK PLAUT. SIGNED ON THE IMAGE BY EINSTEIN: "A. Einstein 54". A fine photograph of Einstein in 1954 a year before his death sitting in his Princeton home surrounded by books and holding his pipe gazing slightly away from the camera. <br /> <br /> In his 1964 collection of photographs The Unguarded Moment the photographer Frederick Plaut explains the circumstances of his evocative photo of the elderly Einstein: <br /> <br /> "There must be a moment in every professional photographer's life when he is so in awe of his subject that he can scarcely focus his camera. That moment for me was when I met Albert Einstein at his home in Princeton. Certainly the great man was not formidable; he greeted my wife and me graciously and proceeded to chat with her while I went to work. I remember that she asked him about his music and when he told her that he no longer played his violin she murmured 'That's too bad.' He smiled 'Ah no. It would have been too bad if I went on.' In the final moments of our visit Einstein looked at me very seriously. 'I hope' he said 'you can sell these pictures for a good price.' Astounded I blurted out: 'Oh no Sir. I have nothing to sell. I just wanted to photograph you.' His face clouded. 'Not sell them If I had known that I never would have let you take them.' After we left I realized the significant of a delightful remark attributed to Mrs. Einstein. Someone once asked Mrs. Einstein whether she understood Professor Einstein's theory of relativity. She answered without hesitation 'No but I understand Professor Einstein'" Frederick Plaut The Unguarded Moment A Photographic Interpretation. <br /> <br /> The photographer Frederick Plaut moved to the United States from Europe in 1940. After being "discovered" by the legendary photographer Edward Steichen Plaut soon was invited to exhibit in numerous exhibitions. "At the Museum of Modern Art his photographs have been shown in many exhibitions including: 'The Family of Man' 'Music and Musicians' 'The Exact Instant' and others. Plaut's work has appeared in Time Life Esquire Look Saturday Review Vogue U.S. Camera Modern and Popular Photography andRealities et al" The Unguarded Moment. <br /> <br /> Provenance: Acquired directly from the family of the original recipient Arthur Klein with the original mailing envelope stamped "Jan 27 '54" from The Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton where Einstein was working at the time. Arthur Klein is primarily known for founding with his wife Luce Spoken Arts a highly influential company formed in the 1950s that created and distributed recordings of the works of famous writers and artists usually reading from their own works. <br /> <br /> Princeton NJ: 1954. Silver gelatin print approximately 4.75 x 6.75 inches. With Plaut's studio stamp on verso. Fine condition with Einstein signature - nicely centered at the base of the photograph - particularly strong. As Plaut mentioned in his account of the photographic session he never intended to sell this photograph and it is likely very few of these photos were printed and distributed. <br /> <br /> EXTREMELY RARE: WE CAN FIND NO OTHER EXAMPLE OF THIS PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED BY EINSTEIN. np unknown
19502896Princeton: np 1950. Very Good. A beautiful photo of Einstein at work in his study seemingly absorbed with his thoughts. The photographer Hermann Landshoff like Einstein was a German-Jewish émigré who settled in the United States in the 1930s. His large body of work encompasses portraits of some of the most influential figures of the century. Landshoff was highly respected by his peers with his work prompting the American photographer Richard Avedon to claim "I owe everything to Landshoff."<br /> <br /> Landshoff visited Einstein to photograph him several times in the 1940s and early 1950s showing Einstein in quieter moments at his home or study in Princeton.<br /> <br /> With Landshoff's copyright stamp on verso marking this as a "Sample copy" and "Not for sale or reproduction." Also with Landshoff's signature on the original matte board. The original non-archival matte was removed during framing to better preserve the photo but the signature was preserved and is now displayed on verso. <br /> <br /> Gelatin silver print with sepia tones. Taken c.1950 likely a contemporary or early printing. Approx. 9.25 x 10.5 in 235 x 263 mm. Archivally framed under museum glass to a size of 16 x 17.5 in. A few tiny spots to image generally in fine condition handsomely framed. np unknown
19321864np: np 1932. First edition. nb. UNPUBLISHED CANDID PHOTOGRAPHS OF EINSTEIN AND LETTERS BY WILLIAM HUBBARD OFFERING AN INTIMATE VIEW OF THE SCIENTIST ON VACATION. On March 2 1932 at the height of his career and world fame Albert Einstein and his wife Elsa set off on a vacation to their German homeland departing from Los Angeles on the M. S. San Francisco. Another passenger aboard the ship was the renowned music scholar William Lines Hubbard. Famous in his own right Hubbard was the music critic for the Chicago Tribune and author of a definitive 11-volume work on the history of opera published 1908. Accompanying Hubbard was his companion Julia Reid their cabins adjacent to that of the Einstein's. As was the practice during this era Hubbard kept detailed journals and letters of his travel experiences. <br /> <br /> This collection from the estate of Hubbard contains the following items: <br /> <br /> 1. Three unpublished small black-and-white and sepia photographs. The first photograph 4.5" x 2.5" pictures Einstein his wife Elsa the Ship's Captain Hubbard the tall figure and three other of the ship's passengers dated 3/14/32. The second photograph 3.5" x 3.25" is an outstanding full front image of Einstein his wife Elsa and the ship's Captain. The final photograph 4.5" x 2.5" is a full frontal image of Einstein and his wife Elsa both seated in deck chairs with the ship's Captain standing behind. <br /> <br /> 2. Typed letter dated March 22 1932 written while sailing through the South Atlantic. Six pages typed front and back on two pieces folded of the ship's original stationary approx. 7.5x11 in. Excerpts on Einstein include: <br /> <br /> Of our Six Passengers two are Prof. Einstein and wife. They are proving very delightful companions-- sincere unaffected and jolly. At first they were very reserved and merely bowed and smiled and "Guten-Morgan-ed" when entering and leaving the dining room but when they had become rested and saw that none of the rest of us planned to intrude they came forward and have been very genial. She is a great talker but talks interestingly. He walks deck smoking his stubby black pipe or whistling cheerily his gray hair blowing in the breeze. Each forenoon and sometimes in the afternoon he goes to the piano and plays for half hour or so. Plays in that satisfying manner peculiar to a man to whom music is a comfort and who thinks musically. It is in no wise brilliant playing but it is throughly enjoyable to hear. The rest of the time he sits in his steamer chair or in his cabin reading or thinking. On the 14th he had his 53rd birthday and the Capt had ordered from La Libertad Salvador where we had taken cargo the day before large bunches of easter and tiger lilies which in the morning were on the Einstein table together with a birthday cake the ship's cook had made and countless cards and letters which friends had sent. It was all a complete surprise to them both and their happiness was childlike in its spontaneity and sincerity. It was heart warming to watch them. <br /> <br /> They seem to appreciate being left to themselves and not being lionized. It is the third time they have come through the canal on these boards an they enjoy it to the full. <br /> <br /> 3. Typed letter dated April 1 1932 written while entering the English Channel. Seven pages on two approx. 8.5x11in sheets folded of the ship's original stationary. Excerpts on Einstein include:<br /> <br /> We had good fun watching for crocodiles along the banks as we came up the cut and Prof Einstein was especially gleeful when he discovered one.<br /> <br /> Professor Einstein loves the roung sic weather and has reveled in it. He and the Mme are proving very delightful fellow passengers. She is very chatty but chats interestingly and he struts up and down deck smoking his stubby pipe or whistling like a jolly kid his white hair blowing in the breeze. <br /> <br /> We have some talks occasionally and he yesterday when he saw the copy of Living Philosophies which I had given me sic before I left San Diego and in which his article is the first took the book and autographed his picture and wrote in remembrance of the happy days on board the San Francisco. I don't think I told you of his birthday which occurred on the 14 of March the day before we reached the Canal. The Capt came to know if it and when the Einsteins came to their table at breakfast they found it decorated with three huge vases of Easter and Tiger lilies which the Capt had secured in La Libertad. The cook had made a gorgeously decorated Torte-- one of the filled and frosted German cakes-- and there were letters and telegrams from friends which had been sent in the Capt's care. It was a complete surprise to the Einsteins and they were like two happy kiddies. It was gladdening to watch their simple and keen enjoyment. Later we had pieces of the Torte which were a bit of muchness for breakfast but which of course we ate.<br /> <br /> 4. Typed letter dated April 24 1932 written in Merano Italy. Six pages on five 5.5x7in sheets. While recalling a cargo transfer on the M. S. San Fransisco Hubbard writes: <br /> <br /> The Einsteins were especially enthusiastic and we had a great fun over the boss of the unloading. He was a huge and tremendously rotund gent wearing a soft felt hat and a short overcoat the buttons of which seemed fated to "bust off" at any moment. His chief employment seemed to be running about from side to side of the dock into the warehouse and out again clambering onboard and then clambering off and all the time shouting orders at the top of his voice and gesticulating wildly. Einstein had been reading the "Living Philosophies" which I had loaned him and was especially curious concerning Mencken and how he happened to be included in the great ones in the book. I gave him an outline of Mr. M's greatness and assured him that the book cold sic well largely on account of M being included. All of which amused the Einsteins greatly. So when this wild boss hove into sight that morning and began his excited directing Mrs E said "there is Mister Mencken" and thus he remained so long as we were in Rotterdam.<br /> <br /> The Einsteins were starting early the next morning for Berlin so they went about 9 pm to the custom house and had their 16 packages bundles and gifts examined. Frau Professor had a funny story to tell of their experience with the 150 pound bag of coffee that had been presented them in Salvador.<br /> <br /> 5. An official passenger list from the M. S. San Francisco printed on the ship's original stationary 4.75" x 8.25" dated March 2 1932. With "Professor Albert Einstein" and "Mrs. Albert Einstein" shown under the list of cabin passengers going from Los Angeles to Bremen. <br /> <br /> 6. A postcard depicting Hubbard's profile in black and white 3.45" x 5.45". <br /> <br /> All items in very good condition letters with wear and soiling at folds and housed in a custom cloth presentation folder. <br /> <br /> RARE FIRST-HAND TESTIMONY REVEALING THE PERSONALITY OF EINSTEIN IN RELAXED AND INFORMAL MOMENTS. np unknown
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1954ABE-156270779175884 PAGES-26,5 CM X 5,5 CM-EN COUVERTURE MARTINE CAROL DANS LE ROLE DE LA DU BARRY-LE DECLIN DE McCarthy COMMENCE LA TELEVISION A OSE LUI DIRE NON-DEVANT LES JURES DE BORDEAUX L'ENIGME D'UN VISAGE: MARIE BESNARD, 6P-A 75 ANS EINSTEIN REVELE SES REMORDS, 2P-CHEZ LES LUMIERE DANS LA MAISON NATALE DU CINEMA, 9 PAGES PAR GEORGES REYER-DIEN BIEN PHU A L'HEURE H, 3P-SOUS LES PERRUQUES BLONDES DE L'HISTOIRE MARTINE CAROL VIT UN REVE DE MIDINETTE, 4 PAGES-LES TEMOINS DU CHRIST-25e VISA POUR MOSCOU A LA COQUETTE DU FRANCAIS, MARIE SABOURET-BAYLOT A OFFERT A LA TV SON PREMIER FAIT DIVERS LA MAISON D'ANDRE GIDE EN ETAT DE SIEGE 2 PAGES, 9 PHOTOS-LE PRIX DE LA CHARITE POUR DANIELE DELORME SIX MOIS DE PIANO ET UN SOIR DE LARMES, 2P, 6 PHOTOS
1955ABE-1563625963377EN COUVERTURE GRACE KELLY, PHOTO HALSMAN-CHINE ROUGE-EINSTEIN DEVANT DIEU, PAR JEAN MAQUET-LA BATAILLE DES NATIONS A CANNES, DU RIFIFI CHEZ LES HOMMES"-VAN JOHNSON ET DORIS DAY OSCARS DES TACHES DE ROUSSEURS-LE GANGE-BRIGITTE BARDOT POUR PUBLICITE PSCHITT-AU BALCON DE L'ADIEU LA FIANCEE DESESPEREE, MALKI, "CROISSANT FERTILE"-SAIGON EN REVOLUTION-DALI MARIE POUR SE LIBERER UNE DENTELLIERE ET UN RHINOCEROS, 1 PAGE, 5 PHOTOS-LA CONFESSION DU REBELLE DE L'ATLAS, EL RIFFI-ACQUITTEE AUX ASSISES ELLE A CHOISI LA GUYANE LA SECONDE VIE D'YVONNE CHEVALLIER
