Pearce Williams Editor (11 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 159 pp. NAP. Contents divided into 23 chapters and 4 Parts: PART I : "The Origins of the Special Theory of Relativity" [Contributors: Sir Isaac Newton, Ernst Mach, Albert A. Michelson and Edward M. Morley, H.A. Lorentz, Jules Henri Poincare, Albert Einstein]; PART II : "The Nature of Relativity Theory" [Albert Einstein]; PART III : "How Was Relativity Theory Born?" [Albert Einstein, Sir Edmund Whittaker, Gerald Holton, Adolf Grunbaum]; PART IV : [1] "The Scientific Reaction to Einstein" [William F. Magie, Louis Trenchard More, Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington]; [2] "The Lay Reaction" [The New York Times Editorial, "A Mystic Universe" (January 28, 1928), H. Wildon Carr, Hugh Elliot, Thomas Jewell Craven, Pau; Chatham Squires, Jose Ortega yGasset]. Shiny black wrappers with Title lettering at top center front cover above abstract art object, an arc composed of many adjacent sets of parallel curved lines; Editor name lettering in light gray across middle front cover; Series name lettering in smaller white letters across bottom front cover. Rubbing wear down spine edges and at spine and cover corners; 1" soft creases at front cover corners; many white mini-creases and some white speckles on front cover (NOT in evidence on inside covers), just general useage signs; 21 pp. (of 159 pp.) have small amounts of ink underlining or margin lines; 4 pp. were once dog-eared; previous owner phone number and extension at top right half-title page/ffep: describes worse than it is, but there you have it. For a paperback 55 years old, it is still in good shape: the way to read a Science and Society Classic collection of essays.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 44 pages. Illustrated. Tony Harrison - Two Poems, "Queuing for Charon" and "Uber al." / Hilary Mantel "The dead are all around us / Hugo Williams "Dear Room (poem)" / Perry Anderson "On Sebastiano Timpanaro" / Jonathan Ree "Tummy-Talkers" / Jeremy Harding At the British Museum / David Bromwich "Who had the most fun?" / Adewale Maja-Pearce "Onitsha Home Movies" / Frank Kermode "Nutmegged" / Michael Rogin "The Ugly Revolution".

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. Some cover, edge wear, rub. Pages good, some highlight. Saddle-stitch bind. Good reading copy. 74 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Slight shelf wear. Pages fine. 72 pages. Few bookstore marks. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Stapled Wrappers. Condition: Good. First Edition. 34pp. Light bumps, creases & nicks as well as foxing particularly on covers. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. This copy includes newspaper cuttings, a photo plus signatures of associates and family of Pearce Gilbert , a copy of poems published in 1951 for customers of A.P. Gilbert and sons. Used but stiill good condition. Size - 210mm. x 145mm.Pp. 96.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 480 pages. 8.50x5.43 inches. In Stock.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Valerie Grosvenor Myer's copy of this book which she has signed and dated in the year of publication on the front free endpaper. The book has also been signed by an astonishing additional 33 out of over 50 contributors: Holloway, Waller, Target, Evans, Gohorry, Meadowcroft, Harpley, Williams, Watson, Robinson, Evans, Abbott, Burns, Overhill, Jondorf, Booth, Avison, Cann, Cavaliero, Pollentine, Davies, Holbrook, Barker, Scott, Kramer, Edwards, Anderson, Beck, Worman, Juby, Meadows, Wilson and McMahon as well as on the rear free endpaper by children's author Althea Braithwaite who doesn't have a piece in the book. Bumping to the corners of the boards. Light browning to the edges of the pages. Browning to the endpapers but the pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. The jacket has a little light chipping at the base of the spine and some light surface and edge wear. First printing. Signed by Author(s).

4to. xii, 1079pp. Frontispiece to both volumes, plus a few text diagrams. In blue buckram with red title labels to spines. In blue dust wrappers in protective plastic sleeves. A near fine set. Extra postage will be required due to weight.