EINSTEIN, AlfredABAA
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1962rif. 439676New York: Oxford University Press 1962. Softcover. Very Good. Later printing. Trade paperback. 492pp. Translated by Arthur Mendel and Nathan Broder. Pages lightly age-toned edges rubbed very good. Oxford University Press unknown books
rif. 13973988Munich: Kurt Wolff Verlag, 1920 in-8, xxvii-(3)+108 planches. Cartonnage illustré et titré d'édition, dos toile, marques d'usage, bon état.
rif. 13979526Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1956 in-8, vi-179 pages. Broché.
1948rif. 3094Princeton: np 1948. first edition. Very Good. ONE OF EINSTEIN'S MOST DIRECT STATEMENTS ON GOD: A POWERFUL AND CONCISE PRECURSOR TO HIS CELEBRATED "GOD LETTER". In the letter dated September 25 1948 and addressed to the Indiana University student Barbara Homans Einstein writes: "I believe that the idea of a personal God is too anthropomrphic sic and childlike to be considered seriously. We have to content ourselves with that modest insight which is accessible to us." The letter is a strikingly concentrated statement of Einstein's religious philosophy. In two sentences he rejects the notion of an anthropomorphic personal deity while setting against it a characteristically modest view of human knowledge: rather than claiming access to metaphysical certainty "we have to content ourselves" with the limited understanding available to us. That formulation places the letter squarely within one of the most important recurring themes of Einstein's later correspondence: his distinction between conventional belief in a personal God and his own sense of awe before the rational order of the universe. Six years later in his famous letter to the philosopher Eric Gutkind of 3 January 1954 Einstein would return to the same subject in far greater detail describing the word "God" as an expression of human weakness and rejecting traditional religious conceptions with exceptional directness. Christie's described the Gutkind letter as Einstein's most fully articulated statement of his religious and philosophical views; it sold in 2018 for $2892500 at Christie's. The present letter is remarkable because the essential position of the later "God Letter" is already present here in distilled form. The shared target is the anthropomorphic personal God: a conception Einstein repeatedly rejected while maintaining that a profound sense of wonder before the structure of nature could still be called religious. It is a direct statement of Einstein's mature religious philosophy anticipating the central argument of the 1954 "God Letter" by more than five years. Typed letter signed "A. Einstein" to Barbara Homans. Princeton 25 September 1948. One page 8 1/2 x 11 in typed on Einstein's Princeton stationery with embossed address at head; signed "A. Einstein" in ink. Folded for mailing with light toning and a few small stains. np unknown books
1946rif. 376560Princeton New Jersey 1946. 1 1/2 pages on recto and verso of quarto sheet of letterhead for the Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists. Folded for mailing else Fine. Folding green cloth slipcase. 1 1/2 pages on recto and verso of quarto sheet of letterhead for the Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists. An invitation written in Einstein's capacity as Chairman of the Trustees of the Committee to Lesser to attend a three day conference in Princeton the following month and asking him to be his special guest at a luncheon on the 17th of November. Einstein writes Lesser "as one who shares with American scientists a sense of the responsibility and urgency with which this great new force has impressed upon our lives ." and notes that one of the chief aims of the conference will be for "the scientists to reach final agreement on our program of education for survival ." Perhaps it was in his capacity as film producer that Lesser was considered a potential contributor beyond simple monetary help. The letter is addressed to Lesser at the Paramount Building 1501 Broadway NYC. Lesser 1890-1980 was a successful film producer a career that spanned the silent era up through such productions as THUNDER OVER MEXICO 1939 and OUR TOWN 1940 to the long string of post 1943 Tarzan films when he once again reacquired the rights after having produced the Buster Crabbe serial of 1933. He received the 1960 Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. unknown books
1938rif. 366717Princeton New Jersey 1938. 7 lines typed in German on letterhead of the Institute for Advanced Study School of Mathematics watermarked Chieftain Bond signed in ink. 4to 9-7/8 x 7-1/8 inches. Old folds. Fine. 7 lines typed in German on letterhead of the Institute for Advanced Study School of Mathematics watermarked Chieftain Bond signed in ink. 4to 9-7/8 x 7-1/8 inches. Im Jahre 1837 habe ich ein Affidavit für meine Verwandte Fräulein Ursula Einstein ausgestellt. Ich erkläre hiermit dass ich dieses Affidavit aufrechterhalte und bereit bin di notwendigen Unterlagen neu zi liefern wenn es gewünscht wird. den 31. Oktober 1938 signed Professor Albert Einstein. "In the year 1937 I signed an affidavit on behalf of my relative Miss Urusula Einstein. I hereby state that I continue to certify this affidavit is correct and am ready to submit the necessary documents anew if this is requested." Albert Einstein 1879-1955 German-born physicist renowned for developing the theory of relativity in papers published in 1905 and 1916 was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921 and left Germany in 1933. He was associated with the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton. This statement was almost certainly prepared in connection with efforts to assist his relative in emigrating. In a letter to his sister Maja Winteler-Einstein then resident in Switzerland dated December 1938 Einstein wrote "I am now working as some sort of itinerant relief committee and buckets of letters are coming in . I am helping the Ulm relatives with emigrating". Ursula Einstein born 1916 was able to get out; in 1940 she was a refugee in Port-au-Prince and later reached Brazil. Her younger sister Barbara was not so fortunate. Barbara Einstein born 1918 took her own life in March 1943 after her fiancé Harry Jacob was taken off to the concentration camps. A choice Einstein autograph. unknown books
1925rif. 333269New York: Société Anonyme Inc 1925. First edition. 6 black and white illustrations 11 pp. 8vo. Side-stapled printed wrappers somewhat soiled. First edition. 6 black and white illustrations 11 pp. 8vo. Published in conjunction with an exhibition of Leger's work by the Société Anonyme from November 16th to the 28th 1925. Includes an introduction by Dreier a creative piece translated from the French of Karl Einstein and "Notations on Plastic Values" by Léger. Scarce OCLC only records a copy at Yale from the papers of Katherine S. Dreier. Collection of the Société Anonyme p. 218 Société Anonyme, Inc unknown books
1940rif. 3293321940. Black and white photographic print. 6 1/2 x 4 7/8 in. Fine. Black and white photographic print. 6 1/2 x 4 7/8 in. unknown books
rif. 4703Paris, Club Mondial du Livre, 1957 14 x 20, 245 pp., cartonnage éditeur, bon état
rif. 24924Paris, Albin Michel, 1922. 12 x 19, 235 pp., broché, bon état (cachets du Collège jésuite Saint Stanislas à Mons, dos insolé).
rif. 75299Paris, Flammarion, 1990. 11 x 18, 188 pp., broché, très bon état (sauf dos insolé).
rif. 79659Paris, Payot, 1963. 11 x 18, 280 pp., broché, bon état.
rif. 79911Paris, La Pensée, 1947. 19 x 28, 160 pp., 2 illustrations en N/B, broché, bon état.
rif. 107.624Louvain/Bruxelles, Vander, Editeur, 1971. 16 x 24, 180 pp., broché, bon état.
1996rif. 1418697New York: George Braziller 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto 92 pages. In Very Good condition and housed in publisher's Very Good blue cloth and tan paper slip case. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with tan lettering to spine. Minor shelf wear. Small indentations on top of first few pages. Shelved on the Front Table. 1418697. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. George Braziller hardcover books
1955rif. 65597NY: Dell 1955. Mass market paperback. Very good. Mass market paperback. Slight spine lean wraps creased and rubbed pen markings on the front and back else very good. Dell First Edition 47. Cover art by Fletcher Martin. Dell unknown books
1956rif. 65595NY: Dell 1956. Mass market paperback. Very good. Mass market paperback. Spine lightly creased wraps lightly rubbed else very good. Dell First Edition A-121. Cover art by John Fernie. Dell unknown books
1950rif. 6682New York: Philosophical Library 1950. First edition. Very Good in pretty good dust jacket. 21 cm; 279 pages portrait frontispiece. Turquoise cloth in plain cream-colored dust jacket. Dust jacket chipped at top of spine. Of the variant dust jackets and issues this is the one with the fewest number of titles advertised on the rear and the price of $4.75 on the inside flap. Philosophical Library hardcover books
1930rif. 10508Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1930. First Edition. Cloth. Near fine/good. First edition of Roosevelt: His Mind in Action by Lewis Einstein in scarce dust jacket. Octavo vii 5 259pp. Maroon buckram cloth title printed on label affixed to cover and spine. Some leaves unopened. Uncut outer edge. No additional printings mentioned on copyright page. Previous ownership inscription on front free endpaper. In publisher's scarce dust jacket $3.00 retail price on front flap long closed tear to front cover large chipping to spine and back panel archival repair to verso bright illustrations. A rare find in the publisher's dust jacket. Houghton Mifflin unknown books
1960rif. 18958Gauthier-Villars Couverture souple Paris 1960
1989rif. 46024Seuil / CNRS Jaquette en très bon état Couverture rigide toile Paris 1989
1979rif. 46566Hermann Couverture souple Paris 1979
1979rif. 118025Gallimard, 1979, in-8°, 452 pp, catalogue des lieder, index des noms et des oeuvres, broché, couv. illustrée, pelliculage décollé sur les bords au 2e plat, bon état
rif. 74322New York: Monthly Review n.d. 9p. staplebound pamphlet small ink mark at lower left corner crease otherwise very good. Reprinted from the May 1949 issue of Monthly Review. Monthly Review unknown books
rif. 19100Paris, Club des Libraires de France (coll. "Biographie"), 1958. In-8°, 323p. Reliure pleine toile imprimée d'éditeur.
