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[EINSTEIN & RELATIVITY]. Collection of 27 publications concerning Einstein's relativity theory, with important contributions by him and early receptions of his work. V.p., 1915-79. Including the following; complete list available on request.
EINSTEIN, Albert and Hermann MINKOWSKI. The Principle of Relativity. Translated by M.N. Saha and S.N. Bose. University of Calcutta, 1920. 8o. Original cloth (light wear and fading). Articles about Einstein tipped to endpapers (some offsetting). Publisher's compliments slip pasted to the half-title. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH of two fundamental papers on relativity: Einstein's "Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Körper" (1905) and "Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie (1916). Weil 9b.
FREUNDLICH, Erwin. Die Grundlagen der Einsteinschen Gravitationstheorie. Foreword by Albert Einstein. Berlin: J. Springer, 1916. 8o. Original printed wrappers. Provenance: Janus Foundation (bookplate). FIRST EDITION.
Theodore von Kármán. Anniversary Volume. Pasadena: California Institute of Technology, 1941. 4o. Frontispiece portrait. Original cloth. Includes first appearance of Einstein and the Bargmanns' "On the five-dimensional representation of gravitation and electricity". FIRST EDITION. Weil 207.
LECAT, Maurice. Bibliographie de la relativité. Brussels: Maurice Lamertin, 1924. 8o. Original printed wrappers (starting to detach at spine).
BORN, Max. Einstein's Theory of Relativity. New York: Dover, 1962. 8o. Original pictorial wrappers (light rubbing to edges). Provenance: MARIA GOEPPERT-MAYER (presentation inscription). Second edition, revised. PRESENTATION COPY inscribed and signed to Joe and Maria Mayer on the title page. Maria Goeppert-Mayer would share the Nobel Prize in 1963 for her discoveries in the shell structure of nuclear particles; she was a student of Born's at Göttingen.
KAMERLINGH ONNES, H. editor. Het Natuurkundig laboratorium der Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden in de jaren 1904-1922. Leiden: E. Ijdo, 1922. 8o. Illustrations by Kamerlingh Onnes. Original printed wrappers (light foxing). FIRST EDITION, including Einstein's paper: "Theoretische Bemerkungen zur Supraleitung der Metalle". Weil 128.
EINSTEIN, Albert. Investigations on the Theory of the Brownian Movement. Edited by R, Fürth. London: Methuen, [1926]. 12o. Original cloth. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH.
EINSTEIN, Albert and Leopold INFELD. Physik als Abenteuer der Erkenntnis. Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff, 1938. 8o. FIRST EDITION IN GERMAN. Weil 201.
EINSTEIN, Albert. "Physik und Realität" Parts 1-2. In: Zeitschrift für freie deutsche Forschung, 1 Jahrgang, Nummer 1-2. Paris: Science et Litterature, 1938. 2 volumes, 8o. Original printed wrappers.
LORENTZ, H.A., A. EINSTEIN, et al. The Principle of Relativity. London: Methuen, 1923. 8o. Original cloth (hinges weak, light fading). FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Weil 59a.
Die Kultur der Gegenwart. Leipzig and Berlin: Teubner, 1915. 3 Teil, 3 Abteilung, Volume One only. 4o. Original cloth (minor rubbing). FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM of Einstein's articles, "Theoretische Atomistik" and "Die Relativitätstheorie". Weil 70 & 71.
EINSTEIN, Albert. Sidelights on Relativity. New York: E.P. Dutton, [1923]. 12o. Original cloth. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Weil 111c.
Scripta universitatis atque bibliothecae Hierosolymitanarum. Mathematica et physica. Volumen I. Edited by Albert Einstein. Jerusalem, 1923. 4o. Original printed wrappers. In various languages and Hebrew translation. Includes Einstein and J. Grommer's "Beweis der Nichtexistenz eines überall regulären zentrisch symmetrischen Feldes nach der Feld-Theorie von Th. Kaluza". FIRST EDITION. Weil 136.
Zur Relativitäts Theorie. Issue of: Annalen der Philosophie, 2 Band, 3 Heft. Leipzig: F. Meiner, 1921. 8o. Original printed wrappers (light creasing and soiling). FIRST EDITION.
LEVI-CIVITA, Tullio. Collection of five bound offprints from Rendiconti della R. Accademia nazionale dei Lincei. Rome, 1926-34, including: Caratteristiche e bicaratteristiche delle equazioni gravitazionali di Einstein. 4o. Modern buckram, original printed wrappers preserved. Provenance: United States Air Force Scientific Library (ink stamps). FIRST EDITIONS, offprint issues.
EINSTEIN, Albert. H.A. Lorentz: als Schöpfer und als Persönlichkeit. Offprint from: Rijksmuseum voor de Geschiedenis der Natuurwetenschappen, Mitteilung 91. Leiden, 1953. 12o. Original printed wrappers. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION.
VILLAMIL, Richard. Newton: The Man. Foreword by Albert Einstein. London: G. Knox, [1931]. 8o. Original cloth (spine lightly faded). Concerning Newton's library. FIRST EDITION.
[With]: Photograph of Albert Einstein, Comtesse Noailles, Emile Borel and Paul Painlevé, ca 1922. 240 x 178 mm. -- And two others. (27)
EINSTEIN, Albert and Hermann MINKOWSKI. The Principle of Relativity. Translated by M.N. Saha and S.N. Bose. University of Calcutta, 1920. 8
FREUNDLICH, Erwin. Die Grundlagen der Einsteinschen Gravitationstheorie. Foreword by Albert Einstein. Berlin: J. Springer, 1916. 8
Theodore von Kármán. Anniversary Volume. Pasadena: California Institute of Technology, 1941. 4
LECAT, Maurice. Bibliographie de la relativité. Brussels: Maurice Lamertin, 1924. 8
BORN, Max. Einstein's Theory of Relativity. New York: Dover, 1962. 8
KAMERLINGH ONNES, H. editor. Het Natuurkundig laboratorium der Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden in de jaren 1904-1922. Leiden: E. Ijdo, 1922. 8
EINSTEIN, Albert. Investigations on the Theory of the Brownian Movement. Edited by R, Fürth. London: Methuen, [1926]. 12
EINSTEIN, Albert and Leopold INFELD. Physik als Abenteuer der Erkenntnis. Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff, 1938. 8
EINSTEIN, Albert. "Physik und Realität" Parts 1-2. In: Zeitschrift für freie deutsche Forschung, 1 Jahrgang, Nummer 1-2. Paris: Science et Litterature, 1938. 2 volumes, 8
LORENTZ, H.A., A. EINSTEIN, et al. The Principle of Relativity. London: Methuen, 1923. 8
Die Kultur der Gegenwart. Leipzig and Berlin: Teubner, 1915. 3 Teil, 3 Abteilung, Volume One only. 4
EINSTEIN, Albert. Sidelights on Relativity. New York: E.P. Dutton, [1923]. 12
Scripta universitatis atque bibliothecae Hierosolymitanarum. Mathematica et physica. Volumen I. Edited by Albert Einstein. Jerusalem, 1923. 4
Zur Relativitäts Theorie. Issue of: Annalen der Philosophie, 2 Band, 3 Heft. Leipzig: F. Meiner, 1921. 8
LEVI-CIVITA, Tullio. Collection of five bound offprints from Rendiconti della R. Accademia nazionale dei Lincei. Rome, 1926-34, including: Caratteristiche e bicaratteristiche delle equazioni gravitazionali di Einstein. 4
EINSTEIN, Albert. H.A. Lorentz: als Schöpfer und als Persönlichkeit. Offprint from: Rijksmuseum voor de Geschiedenis der Natuurwetenschappen, Mitteilung 91. Leiden, 1953. 12
VILLAMIL, Richard. Newton: The Man. Foreword by Albert Einstein. London: G. Knox, [1931]. 8
[With]: Photograph of Albert Einstein, Comtesse Noailles, Emile Borel and Paul Painlevé, ca 1922. 240 x 178 mm. -- And two others. (27)