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Preferred Books, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 11 August 2008
Illustrated with Black and White Photographs, Charts and Diagrams (illustrator). Hardcover in blue cloth, stamped in gilt. The tenth edition (stated). Blue top stain intact. Looks unread. Sharp corners, clean white pages, all gilt intact. Owners inscription to first FEP. No dust jacket. A beautiful copy. Seller Inventory # 011829
Title: The Evolution Of Physics The Growth Of Ideas...
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication Date: 1942
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
Seller: BookDepart, Shepherdstown, WV, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: UsedGood. Paperback; 9th printing; scuffing, light soiling, and shelf wear to exterior; former owner's name written on front endpaper; fade spots to page edges; small amount of underlining and a few margin marks; in good condition with firm binding. Seller Inventory # 90079
Seller: By Books Alone, Woodstock, NY, U.S.A.
Original Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Twelfth printing. Spine lettering faded; small stain on front flyleaf. Seller Inventory # 013953
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Unknown. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # GB002K286L6I3N10
Seller: Bryn Mawr Bookstore, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Octavo. pp. x, 319[iii]. First printing. Rubbing to edges of blue cloth boards, Review clipped from the New York Time, by Waldemar Kaempffert glues to front endpapers, age-toned. Bookplate. Seller Inventory # 009444
Seller: Minotavros Books, ABAC ILAB, Whitby, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. The Cambridge Library of Modern Science. Reprint. Orig. blue cloth. x, 319 pp. [3] B&W plates. Spine sunned, bruising to corners, chafing to edges, front board slightly bowed. Foxing to top edge of text block. Dust jacket is age toned, foxed, chipped to extremities, perforation to front fore edge and rear joint. Seller Inventory # 014416
Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.
Unknown. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Dust jacket in acceptable condition. Later printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Boards show signs of wear. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. All pages are intact and otherwise clean, binding is sound. Secure packaging for safe delivery. Seller Inventory # 1869216077
Seller: Row By Row Bookshop, Sugar Grove, NC, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. A Good or slightly better copy (1938 owner's name) in blue cloth lettered and decorated in gold, in an edge-rubbed Good dust jacket with a damp-stain at the lower spine (visible on the verso only, and not the book). Mild cover wear, clean/unmarked within. The first edition/first printing. (Not ex-library.). Book. Seller Inventory # 055294
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Blue Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs, Charts and Diagrams (illustrator). First American Edition. X, 319 Pp + 1 Pp Ads At Rear. Blue Cloth, Gilt, Yellow Endpapers. One Of 6000 Copies Of The American First Printing; Publisher's Note On Dj States That The Uk, Dutch And American Editions Were Being Issued Simultaneously. Book Is Very Good, Gilt Very Bright, Cloth Clean, Rear Hinge Cracked In Upper 2 3/4", Clean, Unmarked Pages; One Quarter Inch Square Area Of Fading At Upper Left Of Spine Panel. With Heraldic Bookplate On Front Pastedown, Mostly Under Flap Of Dj. First Issue Dj Priced $2.50 At Bottom Of Rear Flap, With Price Much Nearer The Gold Border Than The Bottom Edge; On Later Printings The Price Is Aligned Midway. Dj Clean, Spine Lettering Somewhat Browned, Light Wear, 1/2" Triangular Chip At Top Of Rear Panel, Still Present But Loose; Minute Losses At Corners; Browning To Edges Of White Rear Panel But No Browning At All To Front Panel. Seller Inventory # 035775
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Later printingĀof this classic work, which traces the development of ideas in physics. Octavo, original blue cloth. Boldly signed by both authors on the front free endpaper, "A. Einstein. 53" and "L. Infeld 1958." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. We have never seen another example signed by both authors. Rare and desirable. Upon publication The Saturday Review of Literature praised Evolution of Physics as "masterly Einstein and Infeld's book should do much to spread an understanding and appreciation one of the great dramas in the evolution of human thought.". Seller Inventory # 140033