Meaning Relativity by Albert Einstein Edwin Plimpton Adams (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good + DJ. 4th Edition. 165, (Iii) Pp.+ The Loose "Supplement To Appendix Ii" Laid In Loosely. Beige Cloth, Lettered In Gilt. Book Very Good, Lightly Used, No Fraying, Name Label And Owner's Signature On Front Pastedown, Faint Ring Mark On Rear Cover. The First Printing Of This Edition With Einstein's 1953 Revisions To Appendix Ii, First Published Here, And A Further Addition In The Loose "Supplement To Appendix Ii" Which Is Laid In Loosely.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good + DJ. 3rd Edition. 150 Pp. With Errata Slip Bound In At P 147. Beige Cloth, Lettered In Gilt. The First Printing Of This Third Edition With Einstein's 1950 Appendix Ii, First Published Here. Book Near Fine, Gilt Brilliant, Very Clean, No Fraying Or Marks. Dj Price Clipped, With Author At Bottom Of Spine And Publisher At Top (In The Revised Second Printing Those Positions Are Reversed); Dj Is Very Good +, Spine With A Little Browning, 3/16" Loss Across Top Of Spine Edge, Minute Losses At Corners, 1/4" Tear At Top Of Front Panel.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good + DJ. 5th or later Edition. 166, (111) Pp. Gray Cloth, Lettered In Gilt. Book Near Fine, Slight Rubbing At Corners, No Names Or Marks, 1"X 5" Strip Of Browning To Front Endpapers From A Laid In Strip Of Paper. Blue Dj Printed In Brown, Light Wear, Price On Front Flap Neatly Inked Out, 1/8" Loss Along Top Edge Of Spine Panel, Minute Losses At Corners. The First Printing Of This Edition With Einstein's Final Changes And Additions.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. 135 Pp. Beige Cloth, Lettered In Gilt. The First Printing Of This Second Edition With Einstein's 1946 Appendix I, First Published Here. Book Near Fine, Gilt Brilliant, Very Clean, No Fraying, Former Owner's Signature On Front Free Endpaper. Dj Price Clipped, Would Be Very Good + But Most Of Bottom 1 7/8" Of Spine Is Chipped Away; Otherwise Very Slight Spine Browning, Minute Losses At Corners, Owner's Name At Top Of Front Panel.

FIRST EDITION, ownership of Kenneth J Maidment, Vice Chancellor of Auckland Univesity, dated Merton College 1930, octavo, orange/brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering to front board, unpaginated prelims + 123pp, VG (light fading & soiling to spine, light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to prelims, occasional minro markings throughout, aforementioned prev. ownership signature to ffep, occasional light cracking to gutters).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. second edition. a lovely copy of the 2nd edition. the jacket is shelf worn with a little loss at the top of the spine and fraying at the bottom. there is a previous owner's signature and place name. the paper is possibly a little darkened but no real foxing to talk of. square and neat binding. appears very little used. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Condition: Very Good. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1923. First U.S. Edition. Octavo (18 cm); publisher's gilt-lettered navy cloth;123pp. Boards bumped at corners, spine ends scuffed. Water staining to spine crown bleeding into upper cover, minor separation of head of spine material from book block. Last free endsheet creased. Endsheets toned. Endsheets, first few pages, last few pages, and pages 106-112 show water staining at top margin, but bulk of text block is clean and bright. Starting slightly after first free endsheet. A Very Good example overall. Collection of four lectures delivered by Einstein at Princeton for the Stafford Little Lectures in 1921. The majority of the lectures are an attempt to reconcile issues with his theory of relativity and defend it, as well as give a comprehensive overview of the physics and math involved in the theory in an accessible way.