The Meaning of Relativity. Fifth Ediition, including The Relativistic Theory of the Non-Symmetric Field by Einstein, Albert; Translated by Edwin Plimpton Adams, Ernest G. Straus, and Sonja Bargmann - 1956

Paris: Chez Bechet Jeune, Libraire, 1827. Bound in period marbled boards, leather spine, gilt titles, marbled end pages. 428 pp., 1 internal folding chart, 10 folding charts at rear. Book plate of Henry A. Rowland front paste down, with Johns Hopkins Univ. Library "disposed" stamp to book plate and title page. Library label to spine, no other library markings. Henry A Rowland was the first president of the American Physical Society and the first occupant of the chair of physics at the Johns Hopkins University. Book is Very Good, boards rubbed , internally clean, unmarked and tight. Tome I only. . First Edition. Marbled Boards. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Braunschweig: Verlag von Friedrich Vieweg Und Sohn , 1863. Both volumes dated 1863, and both are Very Good in original cloth, period prior owner name stamped 4 times to front end pages and once to rear paste downs, moderate foxing throughout both volumes, boards rubbed, fold-out color plate in vol. 2 with 2" tear at fold. Numerous wood engravings throughout both volumes. Wiedemann became famous through his works on electromagnetism, and made important contributions to the fields of chemistry and physics. . Later Printing. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Mount Morris, Illinois/ New York: Popular Book Corporation , 1932. Very Good plus, faded spot and faint prior owner name front wrapper, small corner creases, 1/4" loss of paper at bottom edge of spine. SCARCE in collectible condition. . First Printing. Magazine. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. Tall 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall.

Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institution, 1905. Pp. xii+ 269; 3 color plates. Fine, bound in 20th c. green cloth with gilt lettering, from the collection of Frederick B. Churchill, 1932-2017, who was Emeritus Professor of the History and Philosophy of Science at Indiana University, his signature in pencil at front end page and his tidy scholarly marginal pencil notations scattered throughout the text. The Rev. John T. Gulick, 1832-1923, is considered one of the pioneers of modern evolutionary thinking, based on his studies of Hawaiian snails of the genus Acatinella. Evolution, Racial and Habitudinal is his most complete examination of the subject. Uncommon in current commerce. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Balliere, Tindall & Cox, 1895. Bound in original chocolate brown cloth, gilt lettering. v111, 207, (8), 42 pages, illustration. Very Good Plus, light rubbing at corners and spine ends, rear board evenly faded 1/2" wide strip, small bookseller's ticket front paste down. 8 pp. ads for microscopes, followed by 42 pp. ads for Balliere, Tindall & Cox publications. RARE in current commerce. . Second & Enlarged Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Scribner's, 1998. A 2nd printing of this re-issue of the classic 1968 book, the work for which Watson won the Nobel Prize. SIGNED by Watson on the title page. Part of the Scribner's Classics Series, published in the 30th year after the original 1st edition was first printed. Fine in a Very Near Fine dustjacket, tiny crease top corner of the front flap. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

Paris: Gauthier- Villars, 1868. Both volumes Very Good in marbled paper boards with cloth spines, prior owner name stamp title page, lacking the title labels at spines, boards rubbed, binding solid and tight, moderate foxing throughout both volumes, contents unmarked. Joseph Alfred Serret (1819-1885) was best known for his work in differential geometry. . First Edition. Paper Covered Boards. Very Good -/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Heidelberg, Germany: Carl Winter's Universitatsbuchhandlung , 1890. RARE in the First Edition, and beautifully bound in half calf over marbled boards, 5 raised bands, gilt lettering and decorations at spine, matching marbled end pages. Near Fine, end pages a bit toned, slight scuffing to leather at spine ends and corners. Son of the renowned astronomer Arthur Auwers, while director of the Chemistry Department at Marburg Auwers taught two future Nobel Prize winners in chemistry : Karl Ziegler (1963) and Georg Wittig (1979).. First Edition. Half Calf Over Marbled Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Braunschweig: Verlag von Friedrich Vieweg Und Sohn , 1863. Both volumes dated 1863, and both are Very Good in original cloth, period prior owner name stamped 4 times to front end pages and once to rear paste downs, moderate foxing throughout both volumes, boards rubbed, fold-out color plate in vol. 2 with 2" tear at fold. Numerous wood engravings throughout both volumes. Wiedemann became famous through his works on electromagnetism, and made important contributions to the fields of chemistry and physics. . Later Printing. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Worthington Pump and Machinery Corporation, 1927. First Edition, First Issue, Total Issue 10,000, 1927. Publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering. 8vo, 74, 63, 19, 28, 144, 26, 47, 37 (Tables), 20 (Index), (4) pp. Profusely illustrated, with tables and 2 fold-out charts. Near Fine, prior owner name and city front paste down. Together with laid-in "Trade Standards in the Pump Industry", Recommended by The Hydraulic Society, 1921, published by Worthington Machinery Company, 8vo, printed brown stapled wrappers, 18 pages. Near Fine. Henry R. Worthington, (1817-1880), was the inventor of the direct acting steam pump and one of the founding members of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He started the Worthington Pump Works in 1845, which in 1899 became the Steam Pump Company. That was followed in 1916 by the Worthington Pump and Machinery Corp., which from 1952-1967 was the Worthington Corporation, and in 1967 merged into Studebaker. While the Handbook is not limited in… Read More