New York: Colt, Burgess & Co., 1839. Delafield, John, Jr. (1812-66). An inquiry into the origins of the antiquities of America . . . with an appendix, containing notes, and “A view of the causes of the superiority of the men of the northern over those of the southern hemisphere,”... More about An inquiry into the origin of the antiquities of America. S. G. Morton's copy
London: 1875-80. Royal Society. Fellows of the Royal Society. Autotype (carbon-process) composite photographic print by Herbert R. Barraud (1845-96), mounted on heavy paper. London, ca. 1875-80. Image measures 304 x 522 mm.; mount measures 405 x 600 mm. Minor dust-soiling, mount with a few marginal tears and a small crease... More about Fellows of the Royal Society. Autotype (carbon-process) composite photographic print by Herbert...
1923. Offprint from Sitzungsberichte der preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (1923). 359-364pp. 254 x 184 mm. Original printed wrappers. Very good. First Edition, offprint issue. Weil, Albert Einstein Bibliography, 137. More about Bietet die Feldtheorie Möglichkeiten für die Lösung des Quantenproblems? Offprint
Berlin: Springer, 1920. 15pp. 221 x 146 mm. Original printed wrappers, foxed. Minor internal foxing but very good. First edition? (cover title does not include the date Einstein delivered his lecture; see Weil). "By royal decree of June 24, 1920, a special chair in Leiden [University] was created for [Einstein]... More about Aether und Relativitätstheorie
1927. Offprint from Sitzungsberichte der preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (1927). 235-245pp. 255 x 183 mm. Original printed wrappers. Fine. On the problem of motion in general relativity theory; a follow-up to his and Grommer's paper of the same title published earlier in 1927. Weil, Albert Einstein Bibliography, 160. More about Allgemeine Relativitätstheorie und Bewegungsgesetz. Offprint
1931. Offprint from Sitzungsberichten der preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, phys.-math. Klasse, 25 (1931). 19pp. 258 x 185 mm. Original printed wrappers. Fine copy. First edition, offprint issue. "In October [1930] Einstein presented the the Prussian Academy a paper by him and Mayer in which a new unified field theory was... More about Einheitliche Theorie von Gravitation und Elektrizität. Offprint
1923. Einstein, Albert (1879-1955). (1) Zur allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie. Offprint from Sitzungsberichte der preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (1923). 32-38pp. 257 x 185 mm. Original printed wrappers. (2) Bemerkung zu meiner Arbeit “Zur allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie.” Offprint from Sitzungsberichte der preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (1923). 76-77pp. Single sheet, unbound as issued. 265 x.... More about Zur affinen Feldtheorie. Offprint
Savona: Francesco Silva, 1503. Nani Mirabelli, Domenico (ca. 1455 – after 1528). Polyanthea opus suavissimis floribus exornatum . . . Folio. [12], CCCXXXIX, [1]ff. Title-page and dedication printed in red. Hand-colored woodcut on first leaf of text showing the author surrounded by important religious and secular figures; decorative initials, the... More about Polyanthea opus suavissimis floribus exornatum
Stuttgart: F. Enke, 1916. xix, 266, [2]pp. Folding chart, text illustrations. 241 x 155 mm. Original cloth, covers slightly warped, light wear to corners. Traces of bookplate on front endpaper. Very good. First Edition of Härtel's classic textbook of local anesthesia. Härtel is known for "Härtel's method" of treating trigeminal..... More about Die Lokalanästhesie
London: Wellington, 1706. 1eng. 8vo. Contemporary panelled calf, rebacked retaining original spine. New morocco label. Minor browning and soiling but a very good crisp copy. Signatures of Middleton Beverly and John Richardson. More about Riverius reformatus: or the modern Riverius [Lazare Riviere]; ...the modern practice of physick
Leipzig & Berlin: Teubner, 1913. 38pp. 254 x 170 mm. Original printed wrappers, chipped. Library stamps, ownership inscription. Very good. First separate edition. "After his first discussions with Grossmann, Einstein had found the correct starting point for general relativity. The real work could now begin . . . The Einstein-Grossmann... More about Entwurf einer verallgemeinerten Relativitatstheorie und einer Theorie der Gravitation
1923. Offprint from Zeitschrift für Physik 16 (1923). Single sheet, unpaginated. 230 x 155 mm. One corner creased but very good. First edition, offprint issue. Einstein's second response to Friedmann's groudbreaking paper on equations governing the expansion of space, which made a valuable contribution to Einstein’s theory of relativity and... More about Notiz zu der Arbeit von A. Friedmann "Über die Krümmung des Raumes." Offprint
1923. Offprint from Sitzungsberichte der preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (1923). Single sheet (pp. 76-77). 265 x 184 mm. A few marginal chips and tiny tears but very good. First edition, offprint issue. The second of the four short papers Einstein published in 1923 on Eddington’s program for a unified field... More about Bemerkung zu meiner Arbeit "Zur allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie." Offprint
1921. Offprint from Sitzungsberichte der preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (1921). Single sheet (pp. 882-883). 256 x 184 mm. Minor marginal tears, one corner chipped, but very good. First ediiton, offprint issue. "Since, after 1917, Einstein firmly believed that light-quanta were here to stay, it is not surprising that he would... More about Über ein den Elementarprozeß der Lichtemission betreffendes Experiment. Offprint
1930. Offprint from Sitzungsberichte der preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (1930). Single sheet (pp. 1-2). 256 x 184 mm. Upper edge a bit creased, light toning, but very good. First edition, offprint issue. One of Einstein's last papers on Riemann metrics and distant parallelism, written the year before he abandonded this... More about Zur Theorie der Räume mit Riemann-Metrik und Fernparallelismus. Offprint
1907. Offprint from "Zeitschrift für Elektrochemie" (1907). Single sheet (pp. 41-42). 287 x 206 mm. Chipped, several marginal tears, some toning. Fair. First edition, offprint issue. "In 1907, Einstein published a paper entitled 'Theoretical Observations on the Brownian Motion' in which he considered the instantaneous velocity of a Brownian particle... More about Theoretische Bemerkungen über die Brownsche Bewegung. Offprint
1941. Offprint from Universidad Nacional de Tucuman Revista, Serie A, 2 (1941). 11-15pp. 270 x 179 mm. Original printed wrappers. Very good. "Address to joint meeting of the American Physics Society and the American Association of Physics Teachers, Princeton, Dec. 29, 1941, under the title: 'Solutions of finite mass of... More about Demonstration of the non-existence of gravitational fields with a non-vanishing total mass free...
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1921. 19pp. 228 x 147 mm. Original printed wrappers, foxed, lower corner chipped. Some toning but very good. French translation, by M. Solovine, of Einstein's "Geometrie und Erfahrung". Weil 115b. More about La geometrie et l'experience
1938. Offprint from Mitt. Inst. Math. Mech. Kujbyschew Univ. 2 (1938). 53-62 [2]pp. Without wrappers as issued. 220 x 145 mm. Browned but very good. Russian reprint of Einstein and Rosen's paper (first published in the Franklin Institute Journal 223 [1937]: 43-54). Weil *200 (n). More about On gravitational waves. Offprint
1921. Offprint from "Der Festschrift der Kaiser Wilhelm Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften zu ihrem 10jährigen Jubiläum" (Berlin: Julius Springer, 1921). 50-52pp. 260 x 175 mm. Original printed wrappers, a little chipped. Very good. First separate edition. Title translation: A simple application of Newton's law of gravitation to globular clusters..... More about Eine einfache Anwendung des Newtonschen Gravitationsgesetze auf die kugelförmingen Sternhaufen....
1930. Offprint from Mathematische Annalen 102 (1930). 685-697pp. Original printed self-wrappers. 233 x 157 mm. Very good apart from small split in lower spine. Weil, Albert Einstein Bibliography, 171. More about Auf die Riemann-Metrik und den Fern-Parallelismus gegründete einheitliche Feldtheorie. Offprint
Leipzig & Berlin: Teubner, 1913. 38pp. 254 x 170 mm. Original printed wrappers, chipped. Library stamps. Very good. First separate edition. "After his first discussions with Grossmann, Einstein had found the correct starting point for general relativity. The real work could now begin . . . The Einstein-Grossmann paper, published... More about Entwurf einer verallgemeinerten Relativitätstheorie und einer Theorie der Gravitation
1932. Offprint from Sitzungsberichte der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 32 (1932). 31pp. 256 x 183 mm. Original printed wrappers, a little chipped and darkened, small splits in spine. Very good. First edition, offprint issue. Einstein's work on semivectors "was stimulated by Ehrenfest's insistence on a better understanding of the relation... More about Semi-vektoren und Spinoren. Offprint
1907. Einstein, Albert (1879-1955). Berichtigung zu meiner Arbeit: “Die Plancksche Theorie der Strahlung etc.” Offprint from Annalen der Physik 22 (1907). Single sheet (p. 800). Unbound as issued. 223 x 145 mm. Lower corner lightly creased, but very good. First Edition, Rare Offprint Issue. Einstein’s important correction to his paper... More about Berichtigung zu meiner Arbeit: “Die Plancksche Theorie der Strahlung etc.” Offprint
1915. Einstein, Albert (1879-1955) and Wander Johann de Haas (1878-1960). Notiz zu unserer Arbeit “Experimenteller Nachweis der Ampèreschen Molekularströme.” Offprint from Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft 17 (1915). 1 sheet (p. 420). 228 x 156 mm. Original printed wrappers. Fine copy. First Edition, Offprint Issue. In 1915 Einstein and Dutch... More about Notiz zu unserer Arbeit “Experimenteller Nachweis der Ampèreschen Molekularströme.” Offprint
