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Auction archive: Lot number 97

EINSTEIN, Albert--A collection of 16 works relating to the development of Relativity Theory, comprising

Auction 08.06.2005
8 Jun 2005
Estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
ca. US$1,818 - US$2,727
Price realised:
£2,280
ca. US$4,146
Auction archive: Lot number 97

EINSTEIN, Albert--A collection of 16 works relating to the development of Relativity Theory, comprising

Auction 08.06.2005
8 Jun 2005
Estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
ca. US$1,818 - US$2,727
Price realised:
£2,280
ca. US$4,146
Beschreibung:

EINSTEIN, Albert--A collection of 16 works relating to the development of Relativity Theory, comprising: MATTHIESEN, Ludwig. 'Gibt es unendlich große Geschwindigkeiten?'. Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1904, offprint from: Bolzmann-Festschrift , pp.141-145. 8° (224 x 142mm). Original printed wrappers (edges lightly chipped). FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY printed 'Überreicht vom Verfasser' on the upper wrapper--MINKOWSKI, Hermann (1864-1909). 'Raum und Zeit', in: A. WANGERIN (ed.) Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft deutscher Naturforscher und Ärtze. Leipzig: F.C.W. Vogel, 1909. Pts I and II, i-ii, 3 vols 8° (238 x 167mm). (Lacking publisher's advertisements.) Contemporary cloth, original wrappers bound in. Provenance : Bergschule Bochum (inkstamps). FIRST EDITION. Cf. Norman 1514--KOHL, Emil. 'Über den Michelsonnschen Versuch'. Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1909, offprint from: Annalen de Physik , series IV, vol. 28, pp.259-306 and 662. 8° (223 x 145mm). Original printed wrappers (chipped and split on spine). FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY printed 'Überreicht vom Verfasser' on the upper wrapper--BORN, Max (1882-1970). 'Die träge Masse und das Relativitätsprinzip'. Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1909, offprint from: Annalen de Physik , series IV, vol. 28, pp.571-584. 8° (221 x 145mm). Original printed wrappers (lightly creased). FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY printed 'Überreicht vom Verfasser' on the upper wrapper--LAUE, Max von (1879-1960). 'Ist der Michelsonversuch beweisend?'. Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1910, offprint from: Annalen de Physik , series IV, vol. 33, pp.186-191. 8° (221 x 145mm). Original printed wrappers (lightly creased). FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY printed 'Überreicht vom Verfasser' on the upper wrapper--LAUE, M. von 'Zwei Einwände gegen die Relativitätstheorie und ihre Widerlegung'. [S.l.: s.n.], 1912, offprint from: Physikalische Zeitschrift , vol. 13, pp.118-120. Broadsheet (278 x 199mm). (Lightly marked, margin punched.) FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY printed 'Überreicht vom Verfasser' at the head--LORENTZ, Hendrik Antoon (1853-1928), Albert EINSTEIN and H. MINKOWSKI. Das Relativitätsprinzip. Eine Sammlung von Abhandlungen . Leipzig and Berlin: B.G. Teubner, 1913. 8° (242 x 160mm). Half-tone portrait frontispiece of Minkowski. Original cloth (corners bumped, slightly faded). FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. Norman 1390; Weil 59--LORENTZ, H.A. Das Relativitätsprinzip. Drei Vorlesungen . Edited by W.H. Keesom. Leipzig and Berlin: B.G. Teubner, 1914. 8° (243 x 162mm). (Some light spotting.) Cloth-backed boards, original wrappers pasted onto boards--WEYL, Hermann (1885-1955). Raum. Zeit. Materie . Berlin: Julius Springer, 1918. 8° (241 x 161mm). Original printed wrappers (a little worn). Provenance : Alfred Wenzel (ownership inscriptions)--EDDINGTON, Sir Arthur S. Raum, Zeit und Schwere . Translated by W. Gordon. Braunschweig: Friedr. Wieweg & Sohn, 1923. 8° (210 x 139mm). Original cloth-backed boards (extremities a little rubbed and faded). Provenance : extensive pencil annotations and ink inscriptions on pastedowns. FIRST GERMAN EDITION--BORN, M. Die Relativitätstheorie Einsteins und ihre physikalischen Grundlagen . Berlin: Julius Springer, 1920. 8° (232 x 152mm). Original cloth-backed boards (extremities rubbed and bumped)--LAUE, M. von. Die Relativitätstheorie . Braunschweig: Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn, 1921. 2 vols, 8° (212 x 135mm). (Vol. I lightly browned.) Original cloth-backed boards (extremities rubbed and faded). Fourth edition of vol I, first of vol. II--PAULI, Wolfgang (1900-1958). 'Relativitätstheorie'. Leipzig and Berlin: B.G. Teubner, 1921, offprint from: Der Encyklopädie der mathematischen Wissenschaften . 8° (233 x 160mm). Contemporary half vellum (boards slightly bowed)--GRAETZ, Leo. Der Äther und die Relativitätstheorie . Stuttgart: J. Engelhorn's Successors, 1923. 8° (223 x 150mm). Modern cloth--GAWRONSKY, D. Das Trägheitsgesetz und d

Auction archive: Lot number 97
Auction:
Datum:
8 Jun 2005
Auction house:
Christie's
London, King Street
Beschreibung:

EINSTEIN, Albert--A collection of 16 works relating to the development of Relativity Theory, comprising: MATTHIESEN, Ludwig. 'Gibt es unendlich große Geschwindigkeiten?'. Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1904, offprint from: Bolzmann-Festschrift , pp.141-145. 8° (224 x 142mm). Original printed wrappers (edges lightly chipped). FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY printed 'Überreicht vom Verfasser' on the upper wrapper--MINKOWSKI, Hermann (1864-1909). 'Raum und Zeit', in: A. WANGERIN (ed.) Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft deutscher Naturforscher und Ärtze. Leipzig: F.C.W. Vogel, 1909. Pts I and II, i-ii, 3 vols 8° (238 x 167mm). (Lacking publisher's advertisements.) Contemporary cloth, original wrappers bound in. Provenance : Bergschule Bochum (inkstamps). FIRST EDITION. Cf. Norman 1514--KOHL, Emil. 'Über den Michelsonnschen Versuch'. Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1909, offprint from: Annalen de Physik , series IV, vol. 28, pp.259-306 and 662. 8° (223 x 145mm). Original printed wrappers (chipped and split on spine). FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY printed 'Überreicht vom Verfasser' on the upper wrapper--BORN, Max (1882-1970). 'Die träge Masse und das Relativitätsprinzip'. Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1909, offprint from: Annalen de Physik , series IV, vol. 28, pp.571-584. 8° (221 x 145mm). Original printed wrappers (lightly creased). FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY printed 'Überreicht vom Verfasser' on the upper wrapper--LAUE, Max von (1879-1960). 'Ist der Michelsonversuch beweisend?'. Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1910, offprint from: Annalen de Physik , series IV, vol. 33, pp.186-191. 8° (221 x 145mm). Original printed wrappers (lightly creased). FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY printed 'Überreicht vom Verfasser' on the upper wrapper--LAUE, M. von 'Zwei Einwände gegen die Relativitätstheorie und ihre Widerlegung'. [S.l.: s.n.], 1912, offprint from: Physikalische Zeitschrift , vol. 13, pp.118-120. Broadsheet (278 x 199mm). (Lightly marked, margin punched.) FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY printed 'Überreicht vom Verfasser' at the head--LORENTZ, Hendrik Antoon (1853-1928), Albert EINSTEIN and H. MINKOWSKI. Das Relativitätsprinzip. Eine Sammlung von Abhandlungen . Leipzig and Berlin: B.G. Teubner, 1913. 8° (242 x 160mm). Half-tone portrait frontispiece of Minkowski. Original cloth (corners bumped, slightly faded). FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. Norman 1390; Weil 59--LORENTZ, H.A. Das Relativitätsprinzip. Drei Vorlesungen . Edited by W.H. Keesom. Leipzig and Berlin: B.G. Teubner, 1914. 8° (243 x 162mm). (Some light spotting.) Cloth-backed boards, original wrappers pasted onto boards--WEYL, Hermann (1885-1955). Raum. Zeit. Materie . Berlin: Julius Springer, 1918. 8° (241 x 161mm). Original printed wrappers (a little worn). Provenance : Alfred Wenzel (ownership inscriptions)--EDDINGTON, Sir Arthur S. Raum, Zeit und Schwere . Translated by W. Gordon. Braunschweig: Friedr. Wieweg & Sohn, 1923. 8° (210 x 139mm). Original cloth-backed boards (extremities a little rubbed and faded). Provenance : extensive pencil annotations and ink inscriptions on pastedowns. FIRST GERMAN EDITION--BORN, M. Die Relativitätstheorie Einsteins und ihre physikalischen Grundlagen . Berlin: Julius Springer, 1920. 8° (232 x 152mm). Original cloth-backed boards (extremities rubbed and bumped)--LAUE, M. von. Die Relativitätstheorie . Braunschweig: Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn, 1921. 2 vols, 8° (212 x 135mm). (Vol. I lightly browned.) Original cloth-backed boards (extremities rubbed and faded). Fourth edition of vol I, first of vol. II--PAULI, Wolfgang (1900-1958). 'Relativitätstheorie'. Leipzig and Berlin: B.G. Teubner, 1921, offprint from: Der Encyklopädie der mathematischen Wissenschaften . 8° (233 x 160mm). Contemporary half vellum (boards slightly bowed)--GRAETZ, Leo. Der Äther und die Relativitätstheorie . Stuttgart: J. Engelhorn's Successors, 1923. 8° (223 x 150mm). Modern cloth--GAWRONSKY, D. Das Trägheitsgesetz und d

Auction archive: Lot number 97
Auction:
Datum:
8 Jun 2005
Auction house:
Christie's
London, King Street
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