1. Alexander, S.

Space, Time and Deity. The Gifford Lectures at Glasgow 1916-1918. With a new foreword by Dorothy Emmet. Frontispiece photograph of Samuel Alexander.

Reprint of the 1927-edition. Two Volumes (complete). Massachusetts, Peter Smith, 1979. 21cm x 14cm. lii, 355, xi, 436 pages. Original Hardcover. Some signs of external wear (staining to binding and edges). Internally as new !!

2. Bauer, Edmond.

Théorie de la relativité.

Paris, Librairie de l’Enseignement Technique, 1922. 8°. 128 pages. Reliure originale / Hardcover. Good condition with some minor signs of wear.

3. [Bridgman, Percy Williams] Alpert, Harry.

Operational Definitions in Sociology. [Inscribed by Harry Alpert: “To Professor P.W.Bridgman – Cordially, Harry Alpert”].

[New York], American Sociological Review, 1938. Octavo. 8 pages. Original Offprint / Stapled. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. From the library of Nobel Laureate, Percy Bridgman. [Reprinted from American Sociological Review – Volume III, No.6, December, 1938].

4. Cunningham, B.B. (Burris) [Manhattan Project] / Werner, L.B. [Manhattan Project Veteran].

The First Isolation of a Synthetic Element 94 Pu 239 [Paper 1.8]. [Stamped: “Radiation Laboratory Reprint Number 1949 – 8 6”].

Radiation Laboratory, c. 1949. Octavo. pages 51 – 78 of the 1949-Reprint of the original Metallurgical Project Report from the years 1942 – 1943. With images and diagrams. Original Offprint / Stapled Wrappers. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. From the library of american physicist, Gerald Holton. Also included is Paper 1.9 by J.W.Kennedy / M.L.Perlman / E. Segre and A.C. Wahl – “Formation of the 50-Year Element 94 from Deuteron Bombardment of U238” and also Paper 1.10 by C.S.Garner / N.A.Bonner / G.T.Seaborg – “Search for Elements 94 and 93 in Nature – Presence of 94 239 in Carnotite” – [″This article was issued as a secret report in connection with the Plutonium Project in August 1942”].

5. Derham, William [Philosopher and Scientist] / [John Senex (Cartographer)].

Astro-Theology: or, a Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, From a Survey of the Heavens [Including a Chapter on the “Attraction of Gravity”].

Sixth Edition. London, W. Innys, 1731. Octavo. [16], LVI, [8], 246 pages,[10 pages of Index], [with 3 astronomical foldout engravings by english Cartographer and Explorer John Senex / The Engravings show the Ptolemaic Geocentric System with the Earth as centre of the Universe and discuss other models as well by pointing to pages within the text that reflect on the illustrations / Two of the Engravings are showing the Stars and Constellations over Europe, the Mediterranean, Asia Minor, Asia etc.]. ]. Original Hardcover / bound in contemporary panelled calf. The book has been sympathetically rebacked to style. Besides a spot of hard green adhesive to the front board in very good condition. The armorial 18th century bookplate of one Dr. Blackett appears on the first pastedown [″A coat of arms divided into three portions, with three stars and three scallop shells throughout. At the helm is the head of an eagle, and elaborate mantling, flowers, and leaves surround the crest. Below is the motto ‘Nous Travailler ons dans L’Esperance’”] / The text of this rare and notoriously underrated book is complete and clean with the three foldout engravings of the cosmos to the rear with only a small archival paper restoration to one of the engravings.

6. [Einstein, Albert] / Lorentz, H.A. / [Holton, Gerard].

H.A.Lorentz – His Creative Genius and His Personality.

First Edition. Leiden, Rijksmuseum, 1953. Small Octavo. 8 pages including a reproduction of a photograph, showing Einstein and Lorentz by P. Ehrenfest in 1921. Original Softcover. Excellent, close to new condition. Small note in red ink by former owner of this pamphlet, american physicist Gerald Holton: “translation seen by AE [Albert Einstein]”

7. Feigl, Herbert / [Nagel, Ernest]

Manuscript Letter Signed [MLS] from Herbert Feigl to Ernest Nagel in which he looks foward to Nagel’s “Carus Lectures” and he says he will be “proud & honored to present you at Columbus”. Feigl talks about his upcoming decision on his presidential address and shares with Nagel his momentary topic being “Troubles of Transcendence”. Feigl also speaks about [Karl] Popper coming to Indiana and that he will “invite Gruenbaum, Salomon and other to discuss probabil., induction and if possible also logic of quantum mechanics”. Feigl also mentions “Popper’s intensity is remarkable” and “Feyerabend is a brilliant genius” etc. / Feigl closes by mentioning his success giving a guest speaker’s address to the American Philosophical Association in Washington (August 1958): “I had an audience of more than 3500 people – ‘Aristotle never had it so good’ said one of my friends’”.

[Minnesota], 1962. A 4. 4 pages on 2. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed: “As ever, cordially yours, Herbert”.

8. Fischer, Ernst Gottfried.

[Monochord] Versuche über die Schwingungen gespannter Saiten, besonders zur Bestimmung eines sichern Maßstabes für die Stimmung .

Erste Ausgabe. Berlin, Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1825. Quarto (22 cm x 26.5 cm). 28 Seiten (Seiten 187 – 215 des Jahrgangsbandes 1822-1823), plus ein grossformatiger, gefalteter Kupferstich, welcher ein “Monochord” [Kanon / Sonometer] von zwei Seiten darstellt (Untertitel: “Monochord – zu genauen Versuchen über die Schwingungen der Saiten”). Moderne Broschur mit eingebundener Originalabhandlung. Sehr guter Zustand. Es handelt sich hier um die seltene, originale Erstausgabe der Publikation. Extrahiert aus dem Sammelband der Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Der originalen Publikation wurde eine Replika des Reihentitels vorgebunden. [Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Aus den Jahren 1822 und 1823].

9. [Holton, Gerald] / Wheeler, John Archibald.

Elementary Particle Physics – Original Offprint from the library of John Archibald Wheeler and subsequently from the library of Gerald Holton, with a postcard attached which Holton sent/addressed to Wheeler, requesting this offprint and which Wheeler subsequently sent to Holton.

[Princeton], Reprinted from “American Scientist”, 1947. Octavo. 20 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Manuscript entry of titles Holton requested from Wheeler on the postcards / in ink. Postcard stamped with “Jefferson Physical Laboratory – Harvard University”

10. Holton, Gerald James.

Einstein, history, and other passions.

Woodbury, N.Y., The American Institute of Physics, [1995]. 24 cm. XIII, 312 pages with illustrations, facsimiles, portraits. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Former library copy in excellent (close to new) condition with some very minor signs of external wear. Decent library signs to lower spine of dustjacket and the volume itself. [Masters of modern physics].

11. [Holton, Gerald] Petzold, Joseph / Einstein, Albert / Baege, M.H.

Die Relativitätstheorie der Physik. [Former copy of Harvard College Library with ownership-stamp of Prof. Gerald Holton. Some annotations in pencil by Holton in Joseph Petzoldt’s contribution on the “Theory of Relativity of Physics”. Holton notes for instance: “Embarrassing, no wonder AE [Albert Einstein] refused P invite to join Blackmore + H. [J. T. Blackmore and K. Hentschel]”.

Berlin, Arthur Tetzlaff, 1914. 8°. (4), 230, (2) Seiten. Hardcover / Library Binding. Bibliotheksbindung. Ehemaliges Exemplar der Harvard College Library. Mit dem Besitzvermerk von Prof. Gerald Holton. Die private Bibliotheksbindung mit mehreren Defekten. Vorsatzblatt lose und stark angerändert. Mit zahlreichen handschriftlichen Annotationen Holton’s im Beitrag von Joseph Petzoldt: “Die Relativitätstheorie der Physik”. Holton verweist in einem Absatz auf eine Peinlichkeit in Petzoldt’s Aeusserung und merkt dazu an: “Embarrassing, no wonder AE refused P invite to join Blackmore + H. [J. T. Blackmore and K. Hentschel]” / Former copy of Harvard College Library with ownership-stamp of Nobel Laureate, Prof. Gerald Holton. Several annotations in pencil by Holton in Joseph Petzoldt’s contribution on the “Theory of Relativity of Physics”. Holton notes for instance: “Embarrassing, no wonder AE refused P invite to join Blackmore + H. [J. T. Blackmore and K. Hentschel]” [Zeitschrift für positivistische Philosophie. 2. Band.]

12. [Holton, Gerald] Smyth, H.D.

A General Account of The Development of Methods of Using Atomic Energy For Military Purposes Under The Auspices of the United States Government 1940 – 1945.

Washington D.C., U.S. Government Printing Office, 1945. 14 cm x 23 cm. II, 182 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of american physicist Gerald Holton, with his name in pencil on front cover as well as “Smyth Report” on spine. Some further annotations in pencil inside the book on pages I, 115 and 127.

13. Hooton, David John.

The Language of Physics – An inaugural lecture given on 18 September 1963 by David John Hooton.

New Zealand, University of Auckland, 1963. 8°. 15 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition.

14. Jacyna, Witold.

Über kausale Natur der „statistischen Gesetzlichkeit“. [First Edition Offprint / Sonderabdruck aus der Zeitschrift “Zeitschrift fuer Physik”].

Berlin, Julius Springer, 1936. Octavo. 4 Seiten / 4 pages. Original Offprint / Stapled Wrappers. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. From the library of Percy Bridgman.

15. Jeffreys, Sir Harold / [Norman Robert Campbell].

Original Offprint – Review by British Mathematician and Astronomer, Sir Harold Jeffreys, on two books on Relativity and Physics by Norman Robert Campbell: “Physics, the Elements” and “Modern Electrical Theory – Chapter XVI: “Relativity”.

Philosophical Magazine, 1923, Octavo. 4 pages. Original Offprint. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear. From the library of Percy Bridgman student, Gerald Holton.

16. McMillan, Edwin Mattison.

Clock Paradox of Relativity [Original, First Edition offprint from “SCIENCE, January 1958].

SCIENCE, 1958. Folio (21 cm x 28,5 cm). 3 pages. Original Offprint. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear and some fraying only. From the library of Percy Bridgman student, Gerald Holton.

17. Milne, E.A. [Edward Arthur].

The Fundamental Concepts of Natural Philosophy.

Edinburgh, Oliver & Boyd, 1943. Quarto (17,5 cm x 25,5 cm). 14 pages. Original Offprint. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear. One corner bumped. From the library of Percy Bridgman student, Gerald Holton.

18. Pound, R.V. / Rebka Jr., G.A. / Snider, J.L.

Apparent Weight of Photons / Effect of Gravity on Nuclear Resonance [Both original offprints of these landmark physics – experiments are loosely inserted inside something really scarce: the original, printed thesis of Glen Anderson Rebka, Jr.: “Gravitational Shift of Frequency” – with a handwritten note in pencil on cover: “& other papers” (these other papers are the original offprints described in this position here)].

First Edition of both offprints and the original edition of Rebka’s Thesis. Cambridge, Harvard, 1960-1964. Quarto (20 cm x27 cm). Pagination: “Apparent Weight of Photons” pages 337 – 341 from Physical Review Letters (April 1, 1960) / “Effect of Gravity on Nuclear Resonance″page 539 – 540 from Physical Review Letters (November 2nd, 1964). Original Offprint / Stapled. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. Even though no sign of it, these original offprints come from the library of Robert Vivian Pound. The two original offprints are accompanied by xeroxed reviews of the “Clock Paradox” and the Pound-Rebka-experiments “dependence of the Mössbauer effect in Fe” by C.W.Sherwin. Also included is a xerox of the original Pound-Rebka Experiment “Gravitational Red-Shift in Nuclear Resonance”.

19. Schlick, Moritz.

Causality in Contemporary Physics [Includes: “Indeterminateness of Nature and Freedom of the Will”]. Translated by D.Rynin (First published in “Die Naturwissenschaften,1931”).

Edinburgh, 1961. 8°. 21 pages. Softcover. Offprint form “The British Journal for The Philosophy of Science” – 1967.

20. Seebeck, Thomas Johann.

Magnetische Polarisation der Metalle und Erze durch Temperatur-Differenz.

Erste Ausgabe. Berlin, Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1825. Quarto (22 cm x 26.5 cm). 108 Seiten (Seiten 265 – 373 des Jahrgangsbandes 1822-1823) plus zwei Tabellen und zwei Tafeln mit Abbildungen zu Magnetismus und Temperatur-Differenz im Anhang. Moderne Broschur mit eingebundener Originalabhandlung. Sehr guter Zustand. Es handelt sich hier um die seltene, originale Erstausgabe der Publikation. Extrahiert aus dem Sammelband der Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Der originalen Publikation wurde eine Replika des Reihentitels vorgebunden. [Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Aus den Jahren 1822 und 1823].

21. Westmann, Stephan K.

Radiation of Cavities of the Body – Experimental and Clinical Results. [First Edition Offprint from “The British Journal of Physical Medicine”].

British Journal of Physical Medicine, 1936. Folio (22 cm x 28,5 cm). 4 pages. Original Offprint. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear and some fraying only. From the library of Percy Bridgman student, Gerald Holton.