Morley L W Editor (3 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 159 pp. NAP. Contents divided into 23 chapters and 4 Parts: PART I : "The Origins of the Special Theory of Relativity" [Contributors: Sir Isaac Newton, Ernst Mach, Albert A. Michelson and Edward M. Morley, H.A. Lorentz, Jules Henri Poincare, Albert Einstein]; PART II : "The Nature of Relativity Theory" [Albert Einstein]; PART III : "How Was Relativity Theory Born?" [Albert Einstein, Sir Edmund Whittaker, Gerald Holton, Adolf Grunbaum]; PART IV : [1] "The Scientific Reaction to Einstein" [William F. Magie, Louis Trenchard More, Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington]; [2] "The Lay Reaction" [The New York Times Editorial, "A Mystic Universe" (January 28, 1928), H. Wildon Carr, Hugh Elliot, Thomas Jewell Craven, Pau; Chatham Squires, Jose Ortega yGasset]. Shiny black wrappers with Title lettering at top center front cover above abstract art object, an arc composed of many adjacent sets of parallel curved lines; Editor name lettering in light gray across middle front cover; Series name lettering in smaller white letters across bottom front cover. Rubbing wear down spine edges and at spine and cover corners; 1" soft creases at front cover corners; many white mini-creases and some white speckles on front cover (NOT in evidence on inside covers), just general useage signs; 21 pp. (of 159 pp.) have small amounts of ink underlining or margin lines; 4 pp. were once dog-eared; previous owner phone number and extension at top right half-title page/ffep: describes worse than it is, but there you have it. For a paperback 55 years old, it is still in good shape: the way to read a Science and Society Classic collection of essays.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 722pp, illustrated, bound in original cloth covers, sl sunned on rear cover and spine; Quarto.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1923. First Edition. Vol XI, No. 4, for 1923. This was published during a several-year time period when the Sierra Club did not stipulate the month of an issue, just the volume, the number, and the year - monthly designations for such an infrequent publication having always been somewhat unnecessary in any case. Original printed wrappers, 9 1/4" x 6 1/4", 115 pp. + numerous unpaginated photographic plates, features and ads, including a fold-out map (Grouse Meadows to Vidette Meadow) and a fold-out wide-angle photograph by W.H. Wright. Gray stapled wraps, rather than the usual medium brown. Very Good; circuit binding (yapp binding) was used, in which cover edges were intentionally extended out beyond page edges, but over time the extended part becomes pressed inward somewhat (see scan). Some damage at inside front hinge area, and some spine sunning and abrasion. A handsome copy. See scans. Binding sturdy, contents fine. See scan of contents page for the lineup of stellar club writers and their always engaging and adventurous topics. In addition to the graphics mentioned above, this issue is chock full of photographic plates by the club's best photographers, as well as others, including Robert L. Lipman, A.C. Lovekin, J.S. Hutchinson, James K. Moffitt, Ansel F. Hall, Frank A. Williamson, C.O. Schneider, W. Harris (an 1867 shot), Con L. Grover, Frederick H. Morley, Walter L. Huber, Chester Versteeg and several uncredited artists. SC2. Robert L. Lipman, A.C. Lovekin, J.S. Hutchinson, James K. Moffitt, Ansel F. Hall, Frank A. Williamson, C.O. Schneider, W. Harris, Con L. Grover, Frederick H. Morley, Walter L. Huber, Chester Versteeg (illustrator).…