The Fundamental Equations of Quantum Mechanics
by DIRAC, PAUL
London: The Royal Society, 1925. First edition. Original wrappers. Very Good. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS of Dirac's first major paper; a major achievement in the advancement of the new quantum theory. "Dirac's first step into a new quantum theory was taken late in September 1925. R H Fowler, his research supervisor, had received a proof copy of an exploratory paper by Werner Heisenberg in the framework of the old quantum theory of Bohr and Sommerfeld, which leaned... Read More
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![Nursing Mother: Photograph Signed [Tasha Tudor and Child]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/285/909/1509909285.0.l.jpg)
Nursing Mother: Photograph Signed [Tasha Tudor and Child]
by DORR, NELL
np, 1940. Fine. RARE SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF AN ICONIC IMAGE BY NELL DORR. Wonder and magic are themes that American photographer Nell Dorr (1893 - 1988) explored throughout her life. She believed that terror and misery were already abundantly documented in American culture and thus committed herself to eliciting beauty. She had learned photography as a child (her father ran a successful photography studio) and began exhibiting her work professionally in order to support her young family after... Read More
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. WITH: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
by DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN
London: George Newnes, 1892. First edition. Bayntun Riviere. Fine. FIRST EDITIONS OF TWO MASTERPIECES OF ENGLISH LITERATURE. The story of Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes, and Strand Magazine began in April, 1891, when Doyle sent three stories, “A Case of Identity,” “The Red-Headed League,” and The Boscombe Valley Mystery” to The Strand for publication in their issues. Doyle had imagined a creating a series of stories centered around his detective Sherlock Holmes, but with each one self-contained in... Read More
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Photograph of Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, and Laurie Savage
by DUCHAMP; MARCEL; RAY, MAN; SAVAGE, NAOMI
np: np, 1963. First edition. Framed. Very Good. WONDERFUL SURREALIST PHOTOGRAPH OF DUCHAMP, MAN RAY, AND LAURIE SAVAGE. Inscribed by the photographer Naomi Savage: "Greetings of the Season from Naomi and David Savage, with Man Ray, Duchamp, and Laurie looking on.". Having met in 1915, Man Ray (American 1890 - 1976) and Marcel Duchamp (French, 1887 - 1968) were lifelong friends and frequent collaborators whose powerful intellectual chemistry allowed them to respond freely to each other's ideas in... Read More
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![Rrose Sélavy: Oculisme de precision, poils et coups de pieds en tous genres [Rose Sélavy: Precision oculism, complete line of whiskers and kicks]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/691/097/1545097691.0.l.jpg)
Rrose Sélavy: Oculisme de precision, poils et coups de pieds en tous genres [Rose Sélavy: Precision oculism, complete line of whiskers and kicks]
by DUCHAMP, MARCEL
Paris: G.L.M., 1939. First edition. Half-morocco, wrappers bound-in. Very Good. FIRST EDITION: A REMARKABLE ASSOCIATION COPY. INSCRIBED BY DUCHAMP TO HIS GOOD FRIEND AND ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF SURREALISM, PAUL ÉLUARD. Inscribed in ink on the half-title: "Cher Eluard / Marcel Duchamp" Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) used his female alter ego Rrose Sélavy as the "author" for many of his most audacious works, including this collection of aphorisms. As an artist, Duchamp is associated with Dadaism, Cubism,... Read More
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A Portable Retrospective in Photographs: Autograph-Indexed Notebook of Duchamp's Work (c. 1950)
by DUCHAMP, MARCEL; ERNST, MAX; SIMA, MICHEL
France: np, 1950. Very Good. A PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD OF DUCHAMP’S WORK, WITH CAPTIONS IN HIS HAND. WITH ADDITIONAL PHOTOS OF MAX ERNST, MAN RAY, AND PEGGY GUGGENHEIM. WITH 57 VINTAGE IMAGES: 20 OF DUCHAMP AND 37 OF MAX ERNST. A unique, intimate photo-archive in which Michel Sima’s photographs and Duchamp’s autograph annotations converge to produce a firsthand, mid-century self-index of Duchamp’s major works, presented through staged photographic documentation and then named, dated, and linked by Duchamp himself.... Read More
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Biens Nouveaux": Rrose Sélavy; La Canne du Destin (The Cane of Destiny); Le Chasseur Gracchus (The Gracchus Hunter); Sondue (Sounded)
by DUCHAMP, MARCEL; CARROLL, LEWIS; KAFKA, FRANZ ; PRASSINOS, GISÉLE
Paris: GLM, 1939. FIRST EDITION, Deluxe issue. Original wrappers. Fine. EXCEEDINGLY RARE DELUXE SET OF AVANTE-GARDE WORKS BY FOUR LITERARY MASTERS. Each copy one of only 15 deluxe issues. Includes the deluxe issue of Duchamp's important collection of aphorisms, "Rrose Sélavy". This extraordinary and complete collection (collectively "Biens Nouveaux") of works by Marcel Duchamp, Lewis Carroll, Franz Kafka and Gisèle Prassinos demonstrates the significance of absurdism, magical realism and surrealism across Europe in the 1930s and 40s. Published... Read More
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DADA 1916-1923: Catalog of the Exhibition
by DUCHAMP, MARCEL; JANIS, SIDNEY
New York: Sidney Janis Gallery, 1953. First edition. Custom box. Very Good. DUCHAMP'S FAMOUS "CATALOG" FOR THE CELEBRATED 1953 DADA RETROSPECTIVE. "Duchamp planned, organized, and installed a major historical show of international Dada at the Janis Gallery in 1953. More than two hundred works of art and documents were on view, each one identified in a Duchamp-designed 'catalog' that was itself pure Dada - a tissue-thin broadsheet with written texts (by Jean Arp, Richard Huelsenbeck, Jacques-Henri Lévesque, and Tristan... Read More
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Autograph Letter Signed
by DUNCAN, ISADORA
Berlin: np, 1905. first edition. custom folder. Fine. A PRIMARY DOCUMENT ON THE FOUNDING OF THE GRUNEWALD SCHOOL, THE INSTITUTION THAT PRODUCED THE ISADORABLES AND ESTABLISHED THE PEDAGOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF MODERN DANCE. Writing from Berlin, Duncan describes the founding and early success of her "free school for the dance in Grunewald," opened on December 7, 1904, in a wooded district outside the city that she deliberately chose for its distance from academic conservatories and theatrical convention. The Grunewald... Read More
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A Determination of the Deflection of Light by the Sun's Gravitational Field, from Observations Made at the Total Eclipse of May 29, 1919
by EDDINGTON, ARTHUR. [DYSON, F.W.; DAVIDSON, C.; EDDINGTON,. A.S.]
London: Printed and Published for the Royal Society, 1920. First edition. Original wrappers. Very Good. SCARCE FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS OF ARTHUR EDDINGTON'S REPORT CONFIRMING EINSTEIN'S GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY. "On November 7, 1919, the Einstein legend began," for on that day the London Times boldly reported in a triple-headline: REVOLUTIONS IN SCIENCE NEW THEORY OF THE UNIVERSE NEWTONIAN IDEAS OVERTHROWN What the Times was reporting were the results, delivered the previous day at a... Read More
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![[Untitled] Vintage Photograph, c. 1965](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/011/192/1768192011.0.l.jpg)
[Untitled] Vintage Photograph, c. 1965
by EGGLESTON, WILLIAM
np, 1965. framed. Very Good. RARE, ALMOST CERTAINLY UNIQUE, VINTAGE BLACK-AND-WHITE PRINT FROM THE YEARS BEFORE EGGLESTON'S SWITCH TO COLOR. SIGNED BY EGGLESTON ON VERSO. In the early 2000's the William Eggleston Artistic Trust discovered in their archives a box containing Eggleston's earliest photography which, surprising to later students of Eggleston's famous work in color, were in black and white. The photographs were later exhibited by Cheim & Read gallery in their landmark show: William Eggleston, Precolor: The... Read More
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Photograph of Albert Einstein in his Study
by EINSTEIN, ALBERT; LANDSHOFF, HERMANN
Princeton: np, 1950. Very Good. A beautiful photo of Einstein at work in his study, seemingly absorbed with his thoughts. The photographer, Hermann Landshoff, like Einstein, was a German-Jewish émigré who settled in the United States in the 1930s. His large body of work encompasses portraits of some of the most influential figures of the century. Landshoff was highly respected by his peers, with his work prompting the American photographer Richard Avedon to claim "I owe everything to... Read More
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Photographs and Letters, March-April 1932
by EINSTEIN, ALBERT; HUBBARD, WILLIAM
np: np, 1932. First edition. nb. UNPUBLISHED CANDID PHOTOGRAPHS OF EINSTEIN AND LETTERS BY WILLIAM HUBBARD OFFERING AN INTIMATE VIEW OF THE SCIENTIST ON VACATION. On March 2, 1932, at the height of his career and world fame, Albert Einstein and his wife Elsa set off on a vacation to their German homeland, departing from Los Angeles on the M. S. San Francisco. Another passenger aboard the ship was the renowned music scholar, William Lines Hubbard. Famous in his own right,... Read More
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![Über das Relativitätsprinzip und die aus demselben gezogenen Folgerungen [On the Relativity Principle and the Conclusions Drawn from It]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/526/723/1447723526.0.l.jpg)
Über das Relativitätsprinzip und die aus demselben gezogenen Folgerungen [On the Relativity Principle and the Conclusions Drawn from It]
by EINSTEIN, ALBERT
Leipzig: S. Hirzel, 1908. First edition. original wrappers. Very Good. THE BIRTH OF GENERAL RELATIVITY: FIRST PRINTING IN RARE ORIGINAL WRAPPERS OF ONE ONE EINSTEIN'S MOST IMPORTANT PAPERS; containing the beginning of general relativity, the derivations of the equivalence principle, gravitational redshift, and the gravitational bending of light. "Einstein's road to general relativity began in November 1907, when he was struggling against a deadline to finish an article for a science yearbook explaining his special theory of relativity.... Read More
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![Die formale Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie. [The Formal Foundation of the General Theory of Relativity]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/036/127/1133127036.0.l.jpg)
Die formale Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie. [The Formal Foundation of the General Theory of Relativity]
by EINSTEIN, ALBERT
Berlin: Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1914. FIRST EDITION OFFPRINT. Original wrappers. Fine. FIRST EDITION, COMMERCIAL OFFPRINT ISSUE, of Einstein's important 1914 paper on the development of general relativity. "In summer 1914, Einstein felt that the new theory [general relativity] should be presented in a comprehensive review. He also felt that a mathematical derivation of the field equations that would determine them uniquely was still missing. "Both tasks are addressed in a long paper, presented in... Read More
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![Autograph Letter Signed [ALS] Denouncing Racial Segregation](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/897/910/1349910897.0.l.jpg)
Autograph Letter Signed [ALS] Denouncing Racial Segregation
by EINSTEIN, ALBERT
Princeton, NJ: np, 1943. First edition. nb. Fine. EINSTEIN OFFERS STRONG AND PRESCIENT WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE LEADER OF THE NAACP IN THE FIGHT AGAINST RACIAL SEGREGATION AND DISCRIMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES. Background: Einstein's fight against racial discrimination in the United States:The imperative "to protect the rights of the individual... was Einstein's most fundamental political tenet. Individualism and freedom were necessary for creative art and science to flourish. Personally, politically, and professionally, he was repulsed by any restraints.... Read More
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![Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Korper [Special Relativity]; WITH: Über einen die Erzeugung und Verwandlung des Lichtes betreffenden heuristischen Gesichtspunkt [Light Quanta]. WITH: Über die von der molekularkinetischen Theorie der Warme geforderte Bewegung von in ruhenden Flussigkeiten suspendierten Teilchen [Existence of Atoms]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/993/093/1627093993.0.l.jpg)
Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Korper [Special Relativity]; WITH: Über einen die Erzeugung und Verwandlung des Lichtes betreffenden heuristischen Gesichtspunkt [Light Quanta]. WITH: Über die von der molekularkinetischen Theorie der Warme geforderte Bewegung von in ruhenden Flussigkeiten suspendierten Teilchen [Existence of Atoms]
by EINSTEIN, ALBERT
Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1905. First edition. original wrappers. Very Good. FIRST PRINTINGS WITH EXTREMELY RARE ORIGINAL WRAPPERS of Einstein's revolutionary papers of 1905 including the first edition of the initial paper on special relativity; three of the most important papers in the history of science. Beautiful, clean copies without any institutional stamps. In the first paper ("On a Heuristic Viewpoint Concerning the Production and Transformation of Light"), published in March, "Einstein postulated that light is composed of individual quanta... Read More
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Report on the Relativity Theory of Gravitation
by [EINSTEIN, ALBERT]. EDDINGTON, ARTHUR S.
London: Fleetway Press, 1918. FIRST EDITION. Original wrappers. Fine. THE FIRST INTRODUCTION OF EINSTEIN'S GENERAL RELATIVITY TO THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING WORLD. The groundbreaking first edition (1918), with the second edition (1920), containing the account of Eddington's 1919 expedition proving Einstein's theory, both in original wrappers. "Einstein's discovery of the General Theory of Relativity was communicated to the Berlin Academy of Sciences in 1915. Because of the First World War, direct communication with physicists in Germany was not possible, but... Read More
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![Strahlungs-Emission und -Absorption nach der Quantentheorie [Emission and Absorption of Radiation in Quantum Theory]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/672/816/1335816672.0.l.jpg)
Strahlungs-Emission und -Absorption nach der Quantentheorie [Emission and Absorption of Radiation in Quantum Theory]
by EINSTEIN, ALBERT
Braunschweig: Druck und Verlag von Friedr Vieweg and Son, 1916. First edition. Original wrappers. Very Good. FIRST PRINTING IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS OF ONE OF EINSTEIN'S MAJOR WORKS: HIS FIRST PAPER ON THE DERIVATION OF PLANK'S LAW AND PROVIDING THE THEORETICAL BASIS FOR THE LASER. "Einstein commended the 'unparalleled boldness' of Planck's derivation of 1900, meaning not only the problem itself but also the fact that it was based on assumptions that were not entirely free of contradictions. Einstein... Read More
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![La Theorie du Rayonnement et les Quanta. Rapports et Discussions de la Reunion Tenue a Bruxelles du 30 Octobre au 3 Novembre 1911, Sous les Auspices de M. E. Solvay. [The First Solvay Conference]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/007/770/1447770007.0.l.jpg)
La Theorie du Rayonnement et les Quanta. Rapports et Discussions de la Reunion Tenue a Bruxelles du 30 Octobre au 3 Novembre 1911, Sous les Auspices de M. E. Solvay. [The First Solvay Conference]
by EINSTEIN, ALBERT; CURIE, MARIE; PLANCK, MAX; RUTHERFORD, ERNEST; LANGEVIN, PAUL; et al.
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1912. First edition. Original wrappers, custom box. Very Good. RARE FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS OF THE REPORTS FROM THE HISTORIC FIRST SOLVAY CONFERENCE, "THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN PHYSICS EVER ORGANIZED" AND A CRITICAL MOMENT IN THE BIRTH OF QUANTUM PHYSICS. In the short time that followed Planck's hypothesis of the universal constant that would bear his name, the greatest minds in physics were largely at a loss about how to deal with the bizarre... Read More
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Typed Letter Signed with Autograph Annotation
by EINSTEIN, ALBERT
Princeton, NJ: np, 1953. First edition. custom folder. Very Good. TOWARDS THE END OF HIS LIFE, EINSTEIN WRITES TO ONE OF HIS FRIENDS FROM THE PATENT OFFICE CONCERNING ONE OF THE CENTRAL STRUGGLES OF HIS SCIENTIFIC LIFE.COMMENTING ON THE WORK OF DIRAC, EINSTEIN ADMITS THAT ALTHOUGH HE "CAN'T TAKE A STATISTICAL FOUNDATION OF PHYSICS SERIOUSLY" HE FINDS IT "DIFFICULT TO MOVE BEYOND IT". Background:Einstein's struggle with accepting a strictly statistical quantum theory has been one of the most discussed and... Read More
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Typed Letter Signed
by EINSTEIN, ALBERT
Princeton: np, 1934. 1st Edition. No Binding. Very Good. AN IMPORTANT SIGNED LETTER (in English) by Einstein, revealing his reservations of associating with communism even in the fight against fascism. Written from Princeton, NJ, to Professor Albert Sprague Coolidge of Harvard University, and dated February 16, 1934, the letter reads: My dear Professor Coolidge: I had an opportunity of meeting personally Lord Marley and has [sic] very favorably impressed by his personality. It became known to... Read More
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Portrait Photograph of Albert Einstein, signed by Yousuf Karsh
by EINSTEIN, ALBERT; KARSH, YOUSUF
Princeton, NJ: np, 1948. framed. Fine. ONE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED IMAGES OF EINSTEIN, SIGNED BY MASTER PHOTOGRAPHER, YOUSUF KARSH. On February 11, 1948, Yousuf Karsh, perhaps the most accomplished portrait photographer of his generation, visited The Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton to fulfill a dream of his: to photograph Albert Einstein. As he later explained: "Among the tasks that life as a photographer had set me, a portrait of Albert Einstein had always... Read More
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![Entwurf einer verallgemeinerten Relativitätstheorie und einer Theorie der Gravitation. [Outline of a Generalized Theory of Relativity and of a Theory of Gravitation]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/505/336/1094336505.0.l.jpg)
Entwurf einer verallgemeinerten Relativitätstheorie und einer Theorie der Gravitation. [Outline of a Generalized Theory of Relativity and of a Theory of Gravitation]
by EINSTEIN, ALBERT; GROSSMANN, MARCEL
Leipzig and Berlin: Teubner, 1913. First edition. Original wrappers. Very Good. FIRST EDITION, COMMERCIAL OFFPRINT ISSUE, of Einstein's breakthrough work on general relativity: the famous "Entwurf" paper. "In this book, Einstein and Grossman investigated curved space and curved time as they relate to a theory of gravity. They presented virtually all the elements of the general theory of relativity with the exception of one striking omission: gravitational field equations that were not generally covariant. Einstein soon reconciled himself... Read More
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![Einstein at Work [Suite of Seven Photographs]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/749/897/1498897749.0.l.jpg)
Einstein at Work [Suite of Seven Photographs]
by EINSTEIN, ALBERT; VISHNIAC, ROMAN
New York: np, 1980. First edition. Clamshell box. Fine. EXTREMELY RARE COMPLETE SUITE OF SEVEN LARGE SILVER PRINTS FROM EINSTEIN'S FAMOUS PHOTO SHOOT AT PRINCETON WITH ROMAN VISHNIAC. Each print is signed by Vishniac and dated "At Princeton 1942" in his hand below the image and numbered on the back. "One day [Vishniac] decided to visit Albert Einstein at Princeton to offer greetings from mutual friends in Berlin. Uninvited, he hoped Einstein would pose for a portrait, but... Read More
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