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2010Best.-Nr. 55597Folio Society. Fine. 2010. Hardcover. Fine in fine slipcase. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall . Folio Society hardcover
1977Best.-Nr. 18100501n.p.: Margaret Shepherd 1977. Limited Edition. No binding. Fine. One of 200 copies broadside inscribed by Margaret Shepherd. Margaret Shepherd is a prominent artist and teacher of calligraphy with a career spanning forty-five years; Shepherd has published numerous books about the history of calligraphy and correspondence as well as instructional books on the art form itself and has taught classes and workshops at the Rhode Island School of Design and Stanford University among others n. b. from the website of Margaret Shepherd. This broadside features her elegant lettering with the large "T" foil-stamped the text printed by photo-offset depicting a quote from Albert Einstein; per the artist about 200 were printed and were used as gifts and professional examples with "a few sold occasionally". ___DESCRIPTION: Broadside with photo-offset printed red and black calligraphy with a large initial "T" decorated wtih an acorn and oak leaf embossed and foil stamped in gilt bottom edge uncut; 15.5" by 11.5" one of 200 copies unnumbered inscribed in pencil "for Ruth Shelby" dated 2011 by Margaret Shepherd. ___CONDITION: Fine clean with bright colours without wear. ___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Margaret Shepherd unknown
1923Best.-Nr. 7029The Meaning Of Relativity by Albert Einstein first edition hardcover Publisher: Princeton University Press 1923 Condition: Very Good- - some wear to the spine and covers name written on the front end paper no other writings tight binding Princeton University Press hardcover
1905Best.-Nr. 32820546FIRST EDITION. "On the Movement of Small Particles Suspended in a Stationary Liquid Demanded by the Molecular Kinetic Theory of Heat" appears here on pp. 549-560. This landmark paper on Brownian motion is one of the three great papers from 1905 Einstein annus mirabilis. Although most physicists and chemists accepted the idea of atoms as a useful concept in 1905 many still questioned whether they actually existed. Einstein later claimed that "my major aim in this research was to find facts which would guarantee as much as possible the existence of atoms of finite size." In 1827 botanist Robert Brown had used a microscope to look at dust grains floating in water. He found that the floating grains were moving about erratically a phenomenon that became known as "Brownian motion." In this paper Einstein proved the reality of these molecules and their motions by producing the first statistical physics analysis of Brownian motion. French physicist Jean Perrin used Einstein's results to experimentally determine the mass and the dimensions of atoms thereby conclusively verifying Dalton's atomic theory first proposed in 1808. "Eventually the experimental evidence supporting Einstein's theory of Brownian motion became so compelling that the naysayers were forced to accept the existence of material atoms. His fundamental work on applying statistical methods to the random motions of Newtonian atoms also led to his insights into the photo electric effect through the discovery of a critical connection between his statistical theory of heat and the behavior of electromagnetic radiation. This was the first step in his goal to unify the two fields" APS. Complete issue removed from bound volume. Very good.
2009Best.-Nr. 345j1635New York: St. Martin's Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. 0312362285 . "Focuses on correcting a widely accepted story that Einstein was a major supporter a 'champion' of the state of Israel - a story told and retold primarily by the mainstream media. While Einstein was a secular Jew had mixed feelings about Zionism and supported the goal of a Jewish 'homeland' within Palestine he never wavered from arguing forcefully for equal rights and equal power for the Arabs - whom he called 'kinfolk' of the Jews. Some of these essays and letters covering the years from 1919 to 1955 have never been translated or published." - dust jacket. "It's a pity that the Zionist movement as embodied in the State of Israel took a direction so divergent from the path advocated by the Jewish people's greatest intellect." - Michael Palumbo. "While sadly it seems Einstein's fear that Israel would become a 'captive of narrow nationalism' has been realized his humanism and call for equal rights and equal power between Jews and Palestinians in Israel/Palestine remain an inspiration and model today." - Adam Horowitz. xviii 334 pp. Bibliography List of Sources Notes Index. Occasional tiny marginal pencil marks otherwise book tight and clean with very light wear. Moderate wear to complete dust jacket now in glossy new archival-grade protection. A quality example of this important study. ; 8vo . St. Martin's Press hardcover
1931Best.-Nr. 345H4370New York: The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited. Good. 1931. First American Edition. Hardcover. 8 9-94 pages. Select Bibliography. First published in London in 1930. "Professor Einstein is better known as a physicist than as a Zionist. Yet for many years he has given abundant proof both of a keen interest in Zionism and of a penetrating insight into its underlying ideas. He is impelled to Zionism by his acute consciousness of the excessive price at which the blessings of assimilation are bought by the Jewish communities of the Western world which for him are mainly represented by that of Germany. The price is a loss of solidarity of moral independence and self-respect. These in his view can be regained only if assimilated Jews find some common task of absolute human value to which they can bend their corporate energies as Jews. Such a task is to be found in the restoration of Jewish national life in Palestine." - Introduction. Unmarked with average wear. Backstrip lettering faded. Binding tight. A sound copy of this important compilation. Emanuel p.51. Boni Russ & Laurence 306.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Zionism Albert Einstein Politics Israel Palestine Theodor Herzl Zionist Organisation Jewish Colonial Trust Balfour Declaration Keren Hayesod Palestine Foundation Fund . The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited hardcover
1920Best.-Nr. 134847London: Methuen & Co 1920. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Good. xiii 3 138 2 8 p. 20 cm. 5 diagrams and frontispiece portrait of the author. Red cloth with blank impressing on front black print on spine. Some soiling to covers corners bumped spine faded small tears in spine head. Front pastedown has bookplate for Brenda Mary O'Keefe and small chip to edge. Offsetting to free endpapers. Front hinge cracking internally. A few stains within. 8 p. of Methuen publications listed at rear. First edition of the authorized translation into English of the "popular exposition" of Einstein's theory of relativity. Includes third appendix on "The Experimental Confirmation of the General Theory of Relativity" written by Einstein specially for this edition at the request of the translator. First published in German in 1916 "Relativity" gives readers an insight into the thought processes of one of the greatest minds of the 20th century. Methuen & Co hardcover
1933Best.-Nr. 13747Los Angeles 1933. Signed by the photographer Aaron Tycko of Los Angeles. Prominently signed “Albert Einstein. 1933” below image. Rarely seen photograph of the famous scientist taken during his last visit to Southern California in January 1933 the month Hitler took power in his native Germany. During the five-month trip Einstein 1879-1955 spent most of his time at the Mount Wilson Observatory and the California Institute of Technology where he was offered a position. Later that year he renounced his German citizenship and accepted a professorship at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Princeton New Jersey. Tycko 1893-1975 was based in Los Angeles and often photographed Einstein along with other Hollywood icons of the early twentieth century including Irving Berlin. At the time this photograph was taken Tycko also shot a well-known photograph of Einstein with his wife Elsa. Interestingly Tycko is mention in Einstein’s FBI files because a Hollywood informant reported that the photographer believed Einstein was a communist. This informant contended that Tycko thought Einstein was “the brain that was setting up Hollywood in the 1930’s for the big Communist push . . . He was one of the most dangerous and powerful figures in what has become the Communist movement.” Jerome The Einstein File: J. Edgar Hoover’s Secret War Against the World’s Most Famous Scientist. unknown
1916Best.-Nr. 19266Leipzig: J.A Barth 1916. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. Original printed wrappers on rippled paper; wrappers and interior soiled and spotted mostly likely with minor water damage. From the library of Einstein protege Dr. Kurt Eisenmann with his siganture and stamps. First separate printing of Einstein’s classic paper. Not an offprint from the Annalen der Physik as is often thought but a completely new setting of type with significant and important additions and revisions including an introduction published here for the first time which was not in the journal issue. Printing & the Mind of Man 408; Weil 80a. J.A Barth unknown
1954Best.-Nr. 195551954. in German black ink. Signed “A. Einstein”. A poem written by Einstein to his colleague and collaborator Ernst Straus and his son Daniel. “Dear Strausse both! My best wishes and greetings in poetic form. It brings even more happiness If it has been anticipated for so long also in one’s circle of friends the event is doubly appreciated. This is what I wish: Let Daniel be like his father thoroughly intelligent and not less joyous so few humans are like that. Many - alas - are born few are chosen to bring light and joy. Let such gift be his drive. Yours A. Einstein” In German “Strauss” means bunch bouquet etc. or ostrich and “Strausse” is plural. Ernst G. Straus 1922-1983 was a mathematician who helped found the theories of Euclidean Ramsey theory and of the arithmetic properties of analytic functions. He was Einstein’s assistant and collaborator both at Princeton and afterwards when he moved to become a professor of mathematics at UCLA. His son Daniel is a professor of chemistry at Cal State San Jose. unknown
1929Best.-Nr. 19299Berlin: Verlag der Akademia der Wissenschaften in Kommission bei Walter de Gruyter 1929. FIRST EDITION. Original printed orange wrappers; a fine copy unopened and bound into morocco-backed cloth boards spine labeled in gilt. First edition first issue in the rare author’s offprint form with a newly set title-page. One of Einstein’s last important scientific works this publication of the unified field theory caused quite a sensation. It was the first separate printing of one of a series of five papers published between 1925 and 1929 in which Einstein attempted to develop a unified field theory reconciling in a single formula the laws of electromagnetism and gravitation. Weil 165; Printing & the Mind of Man 418. Verlag der Akademia der Wissenschaften in Kommission bei Walter de Gruyter unknown
1917Best.-Nr. 19286Leipzig: S. Hirzel 1917. FIRST EDITION. Contemporary half cloth and marbled boards preserved in a morocco slipcase. An excellent clean copy. First edition of this classic work on the quantum theory of radiation by Einstein in which he predicts the existence of the phenomenon of stimulated emission of radiation. He here analyzes the properties of photons and demonsrtrtes that Planck’s law is directly deducible from quantum theory and the concept of transition probabilities. Four decades later MASER and LASER devices are operated to prove him right. Boni 95; Weil 91. S. Hirzel unknown
1921Best.-Nr. 18099New York: Henry Holt and Company 1921. THIRD EDITION. With frontispiece portrait Einstein dated 1920. Blue cloth small tear at top of spine corners slightly worn no dust wrapper; front hinge a bit loose otherwise a very clean copy. From the library of Martin J. Klein professor of the history of science at Yale and the first recipient of the Abraham Pais Prize for the History of Physics. This copy was given to Klein as a gift from his summer program NEH class of 1986 and is signed by 13 of his students. Third edition though the only change is the date on the title page of one of Einstein’s most renowned works intended for readers with a general scientific and philosophical background. Part I treats the special theory of relativity part II the general theory and part III considers the universe as a whole. Not in Weil or Boni. Henry Holt and Company unknown
1938Best.-Nr. 15852New York: Simon and Schuster 1938. FIRST EDITION THIRD PRINTING. Original cloth; interior clean. A newspaper article pasted onto the paste-down plus the flaps from the dust jacket pasted in. Ownership signature of Charles Schuchert 1858-1942 American paleontologist that was the leader in the development of paleogeography on the fly-leaf. First edition third printing. Intended as an explanation of the totality of Einstein’s accomplishments for the layperson the publication of this extraordinarily successful work was also used in an attempt to find Infeld a university position he eventually ended up in Canada. According to the preface “the book is a simple chat between you and us. You may find it boring or interesting dull or exciting but our aim will be accomplished if these pages give you some idea of the eternal struggle of the inventive human mind for a fuller understanding of the laws governing physical phenomena.” Weil 201. Simon and Schuster unknown
1915Best.-Nr. 14657Leipzig and Berlin: B.G. Teubner 1915. With frontispiece portrait of Minkowski and text figures. Boards spine and corners frayed and cracking. Sammelband containing the original papers on the special and general theories of relativity with a foreword by O. Blumenthal. It is in Minkowski's famous paper Raum und Zeit Space and time that he proposes the concept of time as the fourth dimension and initiates a mathematical study that became the basis of the later development of the theory. Included here is the re-issue of that work by Einstein and Lorentz with notes by A. Sommerfeld published after Minkowski's untimely death along with other papers by the two scientists whose works led to the abandonment of space and time as separate entities. Weil 59; see Printing & the Mind of Man 401. B.G. Teubner unknown
1922Best.-Nr. B1001-This is the true first edition published by Methuen in May 1922 — it preceded the more familiar Princeton edition by one month. It's stamped on the title page as a publisher's presentation copy identifying it as a copy distributed by Methuen at the time of publication. The Methuen issue is scarce in any state but in presentation form it is especially uncommon which gives this particular copy a distinctive place among other surviving examples. The text is based on Einstein's 1921 Stafford Little Lectures at Princeton his first sustained attempt to explain the theory of relativity to an English-speaking audience. Delivered only months before he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics the lectures marked a turning point in his career extending his influence beyond European academia and onto the broader international stage. Methuen hardcover
1923Best.-Nr. 4609Praze Prague: Fr. Borový 1923 1923. First and only edition of the Czech translation of Einstein's Über die spezielle und die allgemeine Relativitätstheorie first published in German in 1916 with the English translation appearing in 1920. It was intended by Einstein as a brief popular introduction to his theory of relativity. This Czech edition has a special preface by Einstein written for this translation. Einstein worked in Prague for seventeen months in 1911-12 and retained a fondness for the city. 8vo. 210x135mmpp. 103 21bl. Original Blue card wrappers with striking design. Some toning and creasing to edges of wrappers but otherwise in very good condition and excellent internally. Title page has ownership inscription of Robert Knuwehil . This Czech translation is rare OCLC recording only five copies worldwide. Praze [Prague]: Fr. Borový, 1923 unknown
1982Best.-Nr. 015731New York: Abrams 1982. Book. Near fine condition. Hardcover. Revised edition. Quarto 4to. 296 pages of text. Original hardcover binding with a small bump to the top of the spine; otherwise almost new condition. Unclipped dustjacket with minimal shelfwear and minor sunning to the spine; protected in archival mylar. Contains 217 illustrations including 82 plates in full color. The text is clean and unmarked. First published in 1975 this full-scale book on Francis is enlarged and brought up to date. First printing of the Revised Edition. Abrams Hardcover
2004Best.-Nr. 24035Huntsville Texas U.S.A.: Office of Intl Criminal Justice 2004. Trade paperback in fine condition. Soft cover. Fine. Huntsville, Texas, U.S.A.: Office of Intl Criminal Justice Paperback
1981Best.-Nr. 1BislDb0036New York: Da Capo Press Inc. 1981. Book. Like New. Decorative Hardcover Canvas. © 1981. 8vo or 8° Medium Octavo: 7¾" x 9¾" tall. 343 pp. A rare hard-to-find out-of-print collectible gem! A wonderful copy! An excellent spotlessly clean copy! Clean fresh sharp tight essentially flawless copy with crisp pages clean text and very light shelf wear. No dust jacket. Da Capo Press, Inc. Hardcover
1982Best.-Nr. 1iiCd0019Stuttgart Germany/ Deutschland: B.G. Teubner Verlagsgesellschaft 1982. Book. Like New. Hardcover Canvas. 8vo or 8° Medium Octavo: 7¾" x 9¾" tall. 159 pp. Clean fresh copy with very light shelf wear crisp pages and clean text. No dj. Text in German. B.G. Teubner Verlagsgesellschaft Hardcover
1950Best.-Nr. 2896Princeton: np 1950. Very Good. A beautiful photo of Einstein at work in his study seemingly absorbed with his thoughts. The photographer Hermann Landshoff like Einstein was a German-Jewish émigré who settled in the United States in the 1930s. His large body of work encompasses portraits of some of the most influential figures of the century. Landshoff was highly respected by his peers with his work prompting the American photographer Richard Avedon to claim "I owe everything to Landshoff." Landshoff visited Einstein to photograph him several times in the 1940s and early 1950s showing Einstein in quieter moments at his home or study in Princeton. With Landshoff's copyright stamp on verso marking this as a "Sample copy" and "Not for sale or reproduction." Also with Landshoff's signature on the original matte board. The original non-archival matte was removed during framing to better preserve the photo but the signature was preserved and is now displayed on verso. Gelatin silver print with sepia tones. Taken c.1950 likely a contemporary or early printing. Approx. 9.25 x 10.5 in 235 x 263 mm. Archivally framed under museum glass to a size of 16 x 17.5 in. A few tiny spots to image generally in fine condition handsomely framed. np unknown
1928Best.-Nr. 038046Berlin DE: Propylaen 1928. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/N/A. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. None. Text in German. Second edition with additional illustrations to the first edition. 576pp with numerous black and white plate illustrations and several mounted tipped in and tissue-guarded colour plates. Green cloth-covered boards with gilt decoration and lettering on red and black relief on spine. Marbled endpapers. Heavy 4to. Boards are generally clean and crips a little rubbed and faded over spine. Internally a hint of toning with some faint staining affecting the lower margin of text pages not affecting plates and illustrations. A few minor signs of handling. This copy from the library of Turkish-born artist Anita Rambonnet-Da Ponte 1895-1955 with her bookplate on the front paste down. One the first significant assessment of modernism in art from controversial art critic Carl Einstein also known as Savine Ree Urian 1885-1940. Sculptor Ernesto de Fiori is said to have slammed a copy of this heavy volume over Einstein's head because he was described as 'decently mediocre'. Beautiful illustrations. Propylaen hardcover
2012Best.-Nr. 0691156743_usedPrinceton University Press 2012-10-21. Paperback. Like New. 0x0x0. Princeton University Press paperback
1954Best.-Nr. 2832Princeton NJ: np 1954. First edition. nb. Fine. EXTREMELY RARE AND BEAUTIFUL SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF EINSTEIN BY FREDERICK PLAUT. SIGNED ON THE IMAGE BY EINSTEIN: "A. Einstein 54". A fine photograph of Einstein in 1954 a year before his death sitting in his Princeton home surrounded by books and holding his pipe gazing slightly away from the camera. In his 1964 collection of photographs The Unguarded Moment the photographer Frederick Plaut explains the circumstances of his evocative photo of the elderly Einstein: "There must be a moment in every professional photographer's life when he is so in awe of his subject that he can scarcely focus his camera. That moment for me was when I met Albert Einstein at his home in Princeton. Certainly the great man was not formidable; he greeted my wife and me graciously and proceeded to chat with her while I went to work. I remember that she asked him about his music and when he told her that he no longer played his violin she murmured 'That's too bad.' He smiled 'Ah no. It would have been too bad if I went on.' In the final moments of our visit Einstein looked at me very seriously. 'I hope' he said 'you can sell these pictures for a good price.' Astounded I blurted out: 'Oh no Sir. I have nothing to sell. I just wanted to photograph you.' His face clouded. 'Not sell them If I had known that I never would have let you take them.' After we left I realized the significant of a delightful remark attributed to Mrs. Einstein. Someone once asked Mrs. Einstein whether she understood Professor Einstein's theory of relativity. She answered without hesitation 'No but I understand Professor Einstein'" Frederick Plaut The Unguarded Moment A Photographic Interpretation. The photographer Frederick Plaut moved to the United States from Europe in 1940. After being "discovered" by the legendary photographer Edward Steichen Plaut soon was invited to exhibit in numerous exhibitions. "At the Museum of Modern Art his photographs have been shown in many exhibitions including: 'The Family of Man' 'Music and Musicians' 'The Exact Instant' and others. Plaut's work has appeared in Time Life Esquire Look Saturday Review Vogue U.S. Camera Modern and Popular Photography andRealities et al" The Unguarded Moment. Provenance: Acquired directly from the family of the original recipient Arthur Klein with the original mailing envelope stamped "Jan 27 '54" from The Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton where Einstein was working at the time. Arthur Klein is primarily known for founding with his wife Luce Spoken Arts a highly influential company formed in the 1950s that created and distributed recordings of the works of famous writers and artists usually reading from their own works. Princeton NJ: 1954. Silver gelatin print approximately 4.75 x 6.75 inches. With Plaut's studio stamp on verso. Fine condition with Einstein signature - nicely centered at the base of the photograph - particularly strong. As Plaut mentioned in his account of the photographic session he never intended to sell this photograph and it is likely very few of these photos were printed and distributed. EXTREMELY RARE: WE CAN FIND NO OTHER EXAMPLE OF THIS PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED BY EINSTEIN. np unknown
