Albert Einstein-1st ed-RELATIVITY-1920 first US edition

RELATIVITY

By

ALBERT EINSTEIN

Published by Henry Holt & Company (New York) in 1920. First US edition.

Original blue boards with gilt titles to front and green titles to spine. Portrait frontispiece by Hermann Struck. Pages [xiii] 168. 8vo.

Boards are in very good condition. Some fading to the titles, particularly on the spine. Light rubbing to spine tips and corners. Chipping (0.3cm) to surface cloth at head of spine (see photos). One corner lightly bumped.  Binding tight and square. Generally clean and very presentable.

Internally there is a previous owner's name to the front paste-down. There is a light mark to the verso of the rear endpaper only (see last photo). Otherwise pages are clean and in excellent condition throughout. No other inscriptions, marks or blemishes.

The book is now protected in a removable acetate dust jacket (not shown in the photos).

A very nice copy of one of the most important works in modern physics.  The US first edition.

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