Communication and Control in Society by Klaus Krippendorff - 1979

Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1925. First French edition of Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Korper (On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies) and 1st die Tragheit eines Korpers von seinem Energieinhalt abhangig? (Does the Inertia of a Body Depend on its Energy Content?). Both 1905 treatises are "beyond compare and without precedent, one of the greatest scientific achievements in content and one of the most brilliant in style" (Gosling, Albert Einstein). The first paper is "a landmark in the development of physics, one of the two papers that laid out the theory of special relativity, formulated a new conception of time. By assuming that the speed of light is the same to every observer moving at a constant velocity, Einstein showed that space and time were not independent: spacetime was born. According to Hermann Weyl in 1918, this theory ‘led to the discovery that time is associated as a fourth coordinate on an equal footing with the other three coordinates of space, and that the scene of material events,… Read More

Halle im Magdeburgischen: Renger Buchhandlung, 1728. Hardcover. Near Fine -. [14], 568, [8] p., engraved frontispiece and xiv folded leaves of handcolored plates: tables; 18 cm. Signatures: ):(7 A-Z8 Aa-Nn8 (8vo). Contemporary vellum with handwritten spine title in red and black. All page edges dark green. Title page in red and black. Woodcut head- and tail-pieces. Narrow ribbon bookmark. Small former owner's stamp reading "Joseph Goger" on title page verso and the verso of every plate. At foot of p. 568 is a former owner's stamp reading "Joseph Jacob Goger." Christian von Wolff (1679-1754) was a German philosopher who wrote extensively about all branches of science. In this volume his various scientific experiments are illustrated with 14 nicely handcolored, folded plates. In Near Fine- Condition: vellum slightly soiled; light foxing throughout; otherwise, clean and tight.

New York: Hutchinson & Co, 1958. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine Book/Near Fine DJ. 192 Pp.Black Cloth Stamped In Silver. First Printing. Book Clean, Gilt Bright, No Wear, No Marks. Dj Not Price Clipped (16S Net), Slightly Used And Soiled, No Tears Or Chips, Browning To Spine And Edges.

London: George Bell And Sons, 1896. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. 170 Pp. Red Cloth Stamped In Black, With Original Black Endpapers. First Printing. Richardson's Spirited Philosophical Defense Of Medical And Biological Experimentation. Near Fine, Slight Use, Spine Cloth A Little Faded, All Lettering Very Strong, Small Fray Near Bottom Of Spine, Hinges Tight, Pages Immaculate, No Names Or Marks.

Frericum Leonard: Paris, 1679. Hardcover. Very Good. Frontispiece By Edelinck, Headpieces, Engraved Illustrations In Text. 26, [66], 448, 88. Full Calf, Red Morocco Spine Label, Five Raised Bands, Elaborate Gilt In All Compartments. Very Clean, Well Preserved, Pages Square, Edges Of Page Block Still Red In Color. Chipping To Top And Bottom Edges Of Spine, And To Front Pastedown; Corners Rounded; Professionally Conditioned And Furbished And With New Spine Label. Marcus Manilius (Fl. 1St Century Ad) Was A Roman Poet Of Uncertain Biography And Ancestry, An Astrologer, And Author Of A Poem In Five Books Called Astronomica.

Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1925. First French edition of Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Korper (On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies) and 1st die Tragheit eines Korpers von seinem Energieinhalt abhangig? (Does the Inertia of a Body Depend on its Energy Content?). Both 1905 treatises are "beyond compare and without precedent, one of the greatest scientific achievements in content and one of the most brilliant in style" (Gosling, Albert Einstein). The first paper is "a landmark in the development of physics, one of the two papers that laid out the theory of special relativity, formulated a new conception of time. By assuming that the speed of light is the same to every observer moving at a constant velocity, Einstein showed that space and time were not independent: spacetime was born. According to Hermann Weyl in 1918, this theory ‘led to the discovery that time is associated as a fourth coordinate on an equal footing with the other three coordinates of space, and that the scene of material events,… Read More

Halle im Magdeburgischen: Renger Buchhandlung, 1728. Hardcover. Near Fine -. [14], 568, [8] p., engraved frontispiece and xiv folded leaves of handcolored plates: tables; 18 cm. Signatures: ):(7 A-Z8 Aa-Nn8 (8vo). Contemporary vellum with handwritten spine title in red and black. All page edges dark green. Title page in red and black. Woodcut head- and tail-pieces. Narrow ribbon bookmark. Small former owner's stamp reading "Joseph Goger" on title page verso and the verso of every plate. At foot of p. 568 is a former owner's stamp reading "Joseph Jacob Goger." Christian von Wolff (1679-1754) was a German philosopher who wrote extensively about all branches of science. In this volume his various scientific experiments are illustrated with 14 nicely handcolored, folded plates. In Near Fine- Condition: vellum slightly soiled; light foxing throughout; otherwise, clean and tight.

New York: Hutchinson & Co, 1958. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine Book/Near Fine DJ. 192 Pp.Black Cloth Stamped In Silver. First Printing. Book Clean, Gilt Bright, No Wear, No Marks. Dj Not Price Clipped (16S Net), Slightly Used And Soiled, No Tears Or Chips, Browning To Spine And Edges.

London: George Bell And Sons, 1896. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. 170 Pp. Red Cloth Stamped In Black, With Original Black Endpapers. First Printing. Richardson's Spirited Philosophical Defense Of Medical And Biological Experimentation. Near Fine, Slight Use, Spine Cloth A Little Faded, All Lettering Very Strong, Small Fray Near Bottom Of Spine, Hinges Tight, Pages Immaculate, No Names Or Marks.

Frericum Leonard: Paris, 1679. Hardcover. Very Good. Frontispiece By Edelinck, Headpieces, Engraved Illustrations In Text. 26, [66], 448, 88. Full Calf, Red Morocco Spine Label, Five Raised Bands, Elaborate Gilt In All Compartments. Very Clean, Well Preserved, Pages Square, Edges Of Page Block Still Red In Color. Chipping To Top And Bottom Edges Of Spine, And To Front Pastedown; Corners Rounded; Professionally Conditioned And Furbished And With New Spine Label. Marcus Manilius (Fl. 1St Century Ad) Was A Roman Poet Of Uncertain Biography And Ancestry, An Astrologer, And Author Of A Poem In Five Books Called Astronomica.