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Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo. Publisher's navy blue cloth. The 1921 on title-page making this the 3rd printing. First was 1920. Portrait of Einstein by Hermann Struck from 1920 as frontispiece, with facsimile Einstein signature beneath image. Top of spine worn with light chipping to spine ends, corners bumped. Internally a very solid copy. Old Brentanos bookplate.
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$380.00 + shipping
Description: RELATIVITY: Custom Clamshell Case Only. Henry Holt and Company New York: [1920, Book Date] Excellent Custom Clamshell Case [Not A Book] For The First Edition. Elegant BLUE LEATHER & fine black cloth, Custom SILVER-Stamped Titles to spine. Embossed multi-layered, multi-image [sculpted] design on the side inspired from the atom. Finished in rich Black velour on the interior. A superb & unique protective clamshell case for this first edition. This Handsome Collector's Custom Case fit for an important Collector. "Books definitely NOT included" When you place your order: Please confirm the actual size of your first edition as sizes may vary with age or if the edition is covered in Mylar. The text can be altered to add "signed" or other special requests. Generally over 100 in-stock titles. Custom Craft available upon request. Book definitely NOT included Size can be adapted to soft or hardcover first editions.
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
Price: US$795.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: With a tan spine label pasted over the original lettering, otherwise a VG hardcover first edition copy in the blue cloth binding. Lacking the original DJ but now in a new facsimile DJ. Photos on request.
Seller: Reader's Corner, Inc., Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.
Einstein, Albert. Relativity: The Special and General Theory. Henry Holt & Company, New York, 1920.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original dark blue cloth boards lettered in gilt with upper board ruled in blind. Very Good with light wear and soiling to cloth, spine darkened, slightly worn at the ends and with gilt rubbed. Former owner name and inkless emboss to front free endpaper, pages toned and with a faint odor of cigar smoke. A nice copy of the groundbreaking first appearance of Einstein's theories for a general American audience.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$1665.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. pp. xiii, 168. frontis. portrait. biblio. index. cloth (spine ends just beginning to fray). Very good copy. First American Edition. The English translation contains an additional chapter, 'Appendix III The Experimental Confirmation of the General Theory of Relativity.' See Printing and the Mind of Man 408.
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
Einstein, Albert. Relativity: The Special and General Theory. Henry Holt & Company, New York, 1920.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original dark blue cloth boards lettered in gilt with upper board ruled in blind. Very Good with light edge wear, cloth lightly mottled in raking light, spine sunned and lettering there rubbed, pages lightly toned. The groundbreaking first appearance of Einstein's theories for a general American audience.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Einstein, Albert. Relativity The Special and General Theory. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1920.
Price: US$6000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing. An attractive copy of this true first edition. The book is in great shape. The binding is tight with light wear to the boards. The pages are clean with minor discoloration to the endpapers and slight foxing. There is NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy with a facsimile dustjacket. We buy Einstein First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Einstein, Albert. Relativity The Special and General Theory. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1920.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing. A beautiful copy bound in the ORIGINAL publisher's blue cloth. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a wonderful copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION with a beautiful facsimile dustjacket from the original. We buy SIGNED Einstein First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.