Sidelights on Relativity
by EINSTEIN ALBERT
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Leicester, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Methuen, 1922. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. Contains 2 Essays: "Ether and Relativity" and "Geometry and Experience". Translated by G.B. Jeffrey and W. Perrett. Publisher's original blue boards with gilt spine lettering. Foxing to the page block edges and slight fading to the edges of the boards otherwise a VG copy, In the RARE, FRAGILE D/W priced 3/6 net to the spine (as called for). The D/W is in good condition with chipping at the head of the spine removing most of "SIDE" and at the base of the spine (not affecting any lettering. At the edge of the rear flap a former owner has written in fountain pen: 13 6/- per week. It looks much better than it sounds. Rare.
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Details
- Bookseller
- James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA. (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 355490717346
- Title
- Sidelights on Relativity
- Author
- EINSTEIN ALBERT
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Methuen
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1922
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
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About the Seller
James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
Biblio member since 2006
Leicester
About James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
James M Pickard (Rare Books) is proud to be a full member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) and The Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PBFA).
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...