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TBCL The Book
Collector's Library - Einstein's RELATIVITY - Spring -
2011
E=mc2
RELATIVITY contains
Einstein's explanation of both the special & the general theories,
written for readers interested in the theory but not conversant with
the mathematical disciplines of theoretical physics. Presenting the
ideas in their simplest form, this three-part volume outlines the
special theory, the general theory, & in a final part, offers
considerations on the universe as whole. Orig. published as: Die
Grundlage Der Allgemeinen Relativitatstheorie, Leipsig: Annalen Der
Physik, 1916. See - Printing And The Mind Of Man #408, "The
theory's impact upon twentieth-century science & thought can
hardly be overstated" - [
Norman
625] [Weil 90a].
A C o l l e c t i o n
1st, 2nd & 3rd
US
Editions, All Signed By Einstein. All In Their Original Dustwrappers.
1st
UK In The Original Dustwrapper. Signed 4th UK & 1st of Die
Grundlage Der Allgemeinen
Relativitatstheorie &
More.
Rare
Signed
First Edition RELATIVITY In The Original Dustwrapper
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Einstein, Albert. RELATIVITY.
SIGNED. The Special and General
Theory. Translated by Robert W. Lawson. New York, Henry Holt and
Company 1920. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. 8vo., xiii + 168 pp. A very good
or better copy; gilt stamped upper cover, the gilt spine lettering a bit
faded. Signed By Einstein in full:
"Albert Einstein", in black fountain pen on the half title.
In the rare
original
first
edition dustwrapper - a very good or better example,
neatly restored at the extremities. Custom gilt-lettered, deep blue
cloth clamshell case. [Differs from the
UK
edition only in page arrangement - Weil] $78500
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Rare
Signed
Second Edition RELATIVITY In The Original Dustwrapper
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Einstein, Albert. RELATIVITY.
SIGNED. The Special and General
Theory. Translated by Robert W. Lawson. New York, Henry Holt and
Company 1921. SECOND AMERICAN EDITION. 8vo., xiii + 168 pp. A very
good copy; gilt stamped front cover,
[back panel a bit mottled], minor erasure on the ffe. Signed in full on the half title as "Albert Einstein, 1926"
in black fountain pen. In
a very good or better example of the rare Second Edition
Dustwrapper, with minor conservation at the
extremities. A nice tight example. Custom gilt-lettered deep blue cloth clamshell case with
E=mc2 embossed
in relief on the side. $38750
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Rare
Signed
Third Edition RELATIVITY In The Original Dustwrapper
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Einstein, Albert. RELATIVITY.
SIGNED. The Special and General
Theory. Translated by Robert W. Lawson. New York, Henry Holt and
Company 1921. THIRD AMERICAN EDITION. 8vo., xiii + 168 pp. A very good
copy showing modest use. Gilt stamped front cover, spine lettering
faded as usual, head & heel neatly
reinforced. Very
neatly signed "A. Einstein" in blue-black fountain pen on
the verso of the frontispiece. Bulks at 1"1/16, vs.
13/16" for the 2nd & 3/4" for the 1st.. The
rare Third Edition dustwrapper present in
very
good condition.
Some smartly executed conservation at the extremities
Custom deep blue clamshell case with E=mc2 embossed
in relief on the side. $18750
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Einstein's
Die Grundlage Der Allgemeinen
Relativitätstheorie. PMM 408
First
UK Edition RELATIVITY In Rare Original Dustwrapper
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Einstein,
Albert. RELATIVITY. The
Special And The General Theory. A
Popular Exposition. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., [1920]. First Edition in English, First
UK
Edition. A popular exposition translated by Robert W. Lawson. Small
8vo. xiii. 138pp., frontispiece portrait, five diagrams, eight pages
of Ads. Publisher's blind-stamped red cloth titled in gilt [not black]
at the spine. A
very good copy indeed in an excellent example of the rare
original dustwrapper with expert minor restoration
primarily at the extremities of the spine. In a fine custom blue cloth
slipcase with E=mc2 embossed
in relief on the side. $25000
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Signed
Einstein
Rarity - UBER
DIE SPEZIELLE UND DIE ALLGEMEINE RELATIVITATSTHEORIE
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Einstein, Albert. UBER
DIE SPEZIELLE UND DIE ALLGEMEINE RELATIVITATSTHEORIE [GEMEINVERSTANDLICH].
Von A. Einstein. Signed.
Braunschweig: Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn, 1919. Vierte Auflage; iv, 83
pp., issued as Sammlung Vieweg, Heft 38; Thick wrappers printed in red
& black. Neatly signed at the top of the
title page: "A. Einstein"
in black fountain pen. A very good copy showing light wear,
neat contemporary name also on the title page [5.5.1919] the front cover
detached but headed for professional conservation. A nice copy rarely
available signed. [Einstein's General Theory on Relativity was first
published in the periodical Annalen der Physik in 1916; Printing and the
Mind of Man 408, Weil No. 90, 4th to 9th edition [1919-1920] of this
title] Custom ¼ leather clamshell case. $9750
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Signed Einstein
SIDELIGHTS ON RELATIVITY In Original Dustwrapper
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Einstein,
Albert. SIDELIGHTS ON
RELATIVITY: Ether and Relativity; II: Geometry and Experience.
Methuen & Co, London, 1922. SIGNED. Small 8vo., 56pp. + 8 pages
of adverts. ending with "Methuen
two shilling novels". Blind-stamped upper cover, gilt lettered
spine. A very good copy of this early & now uncommon Einstein
title showing some light wear at the head & heel of the spine; neatly signed "A. Einstein" in black
fountain pen at the top of the title page. In an
exceptional copy of the original publisher’s dustwrapper, black type
on a turquoise ground, [very minor restoration at the spine crown]. In
a fine custom gray cloth slipcase with E=mc2 embossed in
relief on the side. Weil 111c. Very nice indeed. $11750
SIDELIGHTS ON RELATIVITY: One of Einstein's scarcest
Methuen
titles, certainly as difficult as: RELATIVITY: The Special and General
Theory, published in 1920 & THE MEANING OF RELATIVITY, also in
1922.
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Signed Einstein Rarity - THE MEANING OF
RELATIVITY, 1st US Edition
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Einstein,
Albert. THE MEANING OF
RELATIVITY. SIGNED.
Four Lectures Delivered at Princeton
University, May, 1921. Princeton:
Princeton
University
Press, 1923. Translated by Edwin Plimpton Adams.
First
American Edition, printed in the
UK. [First published,
London: 1922. Sm. 8vo., [viii]+123+[1] pp. Publisher's gilt-lettered blue
cloth. With Four Diagrams & Index. A near fine copy [short tear
professionally & invisibly mended at the front hinge] Signed
in full "Albert Einstein. 1933." in black ink on the
title page. The rare dustwrapper present - a very good copy
archivally lined with otherwise minimal restoration. Signed
copies of RELATIVITY & THE MEANING OF RELATIVITY are Rarely
seen. The original dustwrapper is rarely seen. In a fine custom blue cloth slipcase with E=mc2 embossed
in relief on the side. Weil 124a. $17500
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Signed
The DRAMA Of Einstein 1st
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Einstein,
Albert. Vallentin, Antonina. THE
DRAMA OF ALBERT EINSTEIN. Signed.
New York:Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1945. First Edition. An intimate
portrait. Translated by Moura Budberg. With photographs by Lotte
Jacobi. 8vo., 312pp. Neatly
signed by Einstein in black fountain pen, "A. Einstein",
at the top of the verso of the frontispiece.
A near fine copy in like dustwrapper showing light use.
Uncommon signed. Custom clamshell case in fine condition. $3975
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First
Trade Edition Signed By Einstein
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Albert
Einstein. ALBERT EINSTEIN:
PHILOSOPHER-SCIENTIST. Edited by Paul Arthur Schilpp. Evanston, Ill.:
Library of Living Philosophers, 1949. First Trade Edition. Edited
by Paul Arthur Schilpp. SIGNED.
Large 8vo., xvi, 781pp. Signed in black fountain pen: "Albert Einstein / Princeton / 1950" on the title page.
[Neat previous owner's gift inscription on the front fly leaf].
A nice copy in the original dustwrapper showing light use. Includes
essays by 25 leading scientists; Einstein's reply to their essays, a
bibliography of Einstein's works, & an interesting 47-page
autobiography by Einstein printed in both German & English on
facing pages. Nicely illustrated throughout with photographs, a
facsimile of a page of Einstein manuscript, & diagrams.
Bibliography of the writings of Albert Einstein, to October 1949,
compiled by M. C. Shields, pp. 689-758. Contributors include:
Arnold
Sommerfeld, Wolfgang Pauli, Max Born, Niels Bohr, Hans Reichenbach,
P. W. Bridgman, Karl Menger, Max Von Laue, Kurt Gödel, Gaston
Bachelard, & others. Signed trade editions are decidedly
uncommon. Custom slipcase. Weil page 41 Appendix. $6975
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Presentation
Copy OUT OF MY LATER YEARS
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Einstein, Albert.
OUT OF MY LATER YEARS. SIGNED.
New York
: The Philosophical Library, [1950]. 8vo., quarter beige cloth
over gray boards bulking at 1"1/4, rose topstain, with
Einstein’s frontispiece portrait by Lotte Jacobi, 282pp. A fine,
fresh copy in a very good gray & maroon dustwrapper. Inscribed
by Einstein with a thick nib fountain pen in black ink on the
front free endpaper: "To Dr. Margate / Albert Einstein /
Princeton
1950". The least common variant of the first
edition of this title & likely the earliest issue, “1” at
the base of the copyright page present as it is with the thinner
variants bulking at 13/16" in black cloth gilt. Collects 60
essays, some of which are published for the first time & on a
wide variety of topics: science, of course, but also many societal
issues such as education, religion, race relations, war &
peace, & the Jewish people. An extremely nice copy. Custom red
cloth clamshell case. Weil p.42. $6750.
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Einstein
Presentation Gift Binding OUT OF MY LATER YEARS - Signed
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Einstein,
Albert. [1879-1955].
OUT OF MY LATER YEARS.
SIGNED.
New York: The Philosophical Library, [1950]. Very neatly signed by Einstein:
"A. Einstein" in black fountain pen on the ffe. A near
fine copy of the 1st in a unique presentation gift binding of red
polished calf & matching
custom slipcase with Einstein's signature gilt-stamped on the spine
& front cover. [a bit of rubbing at the extremities]. The book
was gifted in 1957-1958 to the First President of the Friends Of The
Hebrew University Of Jerusalem In Mexico in recognition of her
various contributions. Einstein had a close affiliation with The
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel's oldest University & one
of
Israel
's largest and most important academic centers. Mounted on the front
endpaper is a miniature of a letter dated December 9th, 1957 from
Miss Helen Dukas, the late Professor's Einstein's secretary,
addressed to the Amigos de la Universidad Hebrew de Jerusalem in
Mexico, authenticating the Einstein signature in the book. 8vo., pp
282. Frontispiece [Lotte Jacobi] photo of Einstein. Contents bright,
hallmark & number 1 on the copyright page. Collects 60 essays,
some pub. for the first time: science of course, but also many
societal issues such as education, religion, race relations, war
& peace, & the Jewish people. Weil p.42.
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Signed
EINSTEIN HIS LIFE AND TIMES
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Frank,
Philipp. EINSTEIN: His Life
And Times. Signed. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1947. The Second Printing. Signed
By Einstein in full on the front free endpaper. A very
good copy in dustwrapper showing moderate use. *Previous owner's
neat name stamps in 4 or 5 locations. Tape shadows from an old
jacket protector. A much loved copy of a very good book. $4950
*This
book belonged to Robert E. Doyle, Professor at the Dept. of
Engineering Mechanics at the University of Wisconsin.
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Signed
Einstein ESSAYS IN SCIENCE
Einstein.
Albert. ESSAYS IN SCIENCE.
Signed. New York. The Philosophical Library, (1934). Signed
in full on the half-title. Red cloth, stamped in black,
12mo., 114pp. A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper showing
minimal use. The signature; “Albert Einstein”, in black fountain pen that is a bit faded
with age but quite present. First PL
edition. The authorized translation from the volume originally
published as: ‘Mein Weltbild' [Weil page 41
Appendix] translated as, 'The World As I See It'. Contains essays
on The Principles Of Research, The Theory Of Relativity,
Scientific Truth, Kepler, Bohr, The Problems Of Space, Ether And
The Problem Of Physics, etc. In a fine custom gray cloth
slipcase with E=mc2 embossed
in relief on the side. This title Rarely found signed. $7350
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Signed
Einstein THE WORLD AS I SEE IT
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Albert. THE WORLD AS I
SEE IT. SIGNED.
New York: Philosophical Library, [1949]. 8vo., 112pp, gray
cloth, printed black. First thus. Translated from the German by
Alan Harris. Originally published in Amsterdam. ‘The authorized translation from the volume: 'Mein
Weltbild' [Weil page 41 Appendix] translated as, 'The
World As I See It'. Very
neatly signed; "A.
Einstein", in black fountain pen at the top of the ffe.
A fine copy in a near fine red & black printed dustwrapper.
Very nice. Custom clamshell case, with E=mc2 embossed in
relief on the side. $6950.
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Superb
Copy Signed By Einstein
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Garbedian, H. Gordon. ALBERT
EINSTEIN: MAKER OF UNIVERSES.
New York: Funk And Wagnalls Company, 1939. SIGNED.
First Edition. Large 8vo., pp 328, brown cloth with gilt titles at the
spine. Top edge brown. Very nicely signed in full in blue fountain
pen: “Albert
Einstein.
Princeton
1954.” On the half title page. Frontispiece + 15 photos.
A very good or better copy in an especially fine original dustwrapper.
Superior copy. $7350
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Excellent
Association Copy with Presentation TLS
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[Einstein] Hecht, Selig.
EXPLAINING THE ATOM. Signed. New York: The Viking Press, 1947. First Edition. Early 'Post War', Einstein Association Copy of Selig Hecht's EXPLAINING THE ATOM presented by Dr. Einstein. to Lawrence Northcote Upjohn, President of The Upjohn Pill And Granule Company. 8vo., 205pp. Publisher's blind embossed light blue cloth, faded at the spine. A very good copy.
L.N. Upjohn received Selig Hecht's book "Explaining the Atom" on 5-5-47. At that time, he signed his name along with that date on the inside cover. The dustwrapper was removed & tipped in sections to the verso of the ffe & half title as well as the rfe & final pastedown. Just four months later, Selig Hecht's obituary dated 9-19-47 was also pasted to the verso of the first half-title along with his photo on the title page. Upjohn's reference notes about Atomic particles & the Atom dated June '48 & July 59 reflects his more than just passing interest. The Einstein presentation Signed Letter is neatly tipped to the second half-title page; 1 page on the letterhead of the Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists, dated April 29, 1947. The letterhead lists Albert Einstein as Chairman & Selig Hecht as Hon. Vice-Chairman of the Committee along with Linus Pauling, Philip Morse & other scientists as officials*. The letter reads:
"Dear Mr. Upjohn, / I am glad to have the opportunity to send you the enclosed book, Explaining the Atom, by Selig Hecht, honorary vice-chairman of the Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists. Dr. Hecht has succeeded in giving, clearly and simply, and authoritative account of the scientific steps, both theoretical and experimental, that have led to our present knowledge of nuclear fission. I believe also that from this book the discerning reader can gain the information necessary to form an independent opinion of the practical problems of atomic energy confronting the world today. Remembering your concern for these problems, and your interest in the work of our committee, I hope that you may also share my admiration and respect for this distinguished book. / With kind regards, Faithfully yours, A.
Einstein" Signed by Einstein in black ink. Custom medium blue slipcase with three darker blue gilt-lettered spine labels, custom stiff blue cloth chemise. -
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$13750
L.N. Upjohn (Lawrence Northcote Upjohn) the nephew of William Erastus Upjohn, the founder of the Upjohn Pill and Granule Company. In 1904, Lawrence
Northcote, joined the firm at the age of 31, beginning as association as an employee that would last almost half a century. In May of 1930,
L.N. Upjohn was named president a position he held until 1953. *Background: In May, 1946, Albert Einstein,
R.F. Bacher, Hans A. Bethe, Edward U. Condon, Thorfin R. Hogness, Leo Szilard, Harold C. Urey, &
V.F. Weisskopf joined together to form the Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists. These scientists in turn were later joined by Selig Hecht, Harrison Brown, and H.J. Mueller. The object of the Committee as stated in their by-laws was to encourage and further the peaceful uses of atomic energy. To attain this objective the "Committee was to solicit private contributions in support of the work of the National Committee for Atomic Information." On August 6, 1946 the Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientist s was incorporated in Princeton, New Jersey in order "that the contributions it received might be devoted to other groups interested in the field of atomic information & education as well as the
NCAI." Included among these groups were the Association of Scientists for Atomic Education, the Federation of American Scientists, & the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. The ECOAS while supporting these various groups of scientists' organization whose ends were the education of the public & the United States' government in the potential uses & misuses of atomic energy, also carried on extensive educational programs. These programs had as their objective in addition to the raising of funds the eliciting of support for some form of international control of the atomic bomb such as the Baruch Plan submitted to the United Nations in 1946. BRL 270.
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Bird,
J. Malcolm & Albert Einstein
EINSTEIN'S
THEORIES OF RELATIVITY AND GRAVITATION. SIGNED. A Selection of Material from the Essays Submitted in
the Competition for the Eugene Higgins Prize of $5000. New York: Scientific American Publishing Co., 1921. First Edition. Signed
in blue fountain pen as: "A. Einstein" at the top of
the title page. 8vo., 345pp. Original brown cloth stamped
white at the spine, blind embossed cover graphic depicting
Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington's experiment proving Einstein's
theorem. Frontispiece portrait. A very good copy with some neat
archival repair to a small damage mid spine & with the
joints neatly strengthened, endpapers a bit darkened, without
the very uncommon dustwrapper. Custom clamshell case. $6750
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Einstein,
Albert. COSMIC RELIGION. WITH OTHER OPINIONS AND APHORISMS. New York: Covici Friede, 1931. An
excellent
First Edition of this very scarce and
sought-after philosophical book written by the great physicist
Albert Einstein. Einstein argues for a "cosmic"
religion not based on rules of doctrines or specific views of
"God". he argues that science and religion are
compatible and that science is the basis for a more enlightened
religion. This book also includes essays on Pacificism,
disarmament, Zionism, and even the new influence of the radio. A
fine copy in a very nice example of the very uncommon
dustwrapper which has had a few chips professionally restored.
Of particular note is the light weight, easily damaged grade of
stock used for the wrapper. A very nice copy. $1800
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April, 1921,
New York: 5"x 7" Vintage
Photo of Albert Einstein taken prior to his arrival in
New York
on the SS Rotterdam. Image by Underwood & Underwood /
CORBIS. Photograph issued by International [pre-International
News] depicting a youthful Einstein. Original press stamp and
caption on the verso explaining that Einstein will elaborate
upon his "Theory of Relativity" while visiting the
United States
. A minor chip on the lower right restricted solely to the
corner's border and not affecting the central image. At the
time, Einstein was also traveling with Chaim Weizmann on a
mission in support of Hebrew University of Jerusalem. A truly
striking period photograph of one of the 20th Century's most
influential figures. $1575
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