THE ISLES OF WISDOM

Moszkowski, Alexander

Published by London: George Routledge and Sons, Ltd., 1924

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Translation by H. J. Stenning of DIE INSELN DER WEISHEIT (1922).Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v [vi] 1-322, original blue paper covered boards. edges of some leaves lightly foxed, otherwise in good condition; in original blue publisher's paper covered boards, spine faded, blue lettering, corners bumped, head and foot of spine very slightly worn. OCLC locates one copy (British Library), COPAC finds 6 further copies at Senate House, Oxford, Cambridge, Trinity College Dublin, the London Library, and the National Library of Wales. First English edition of Alexander Moszkowski s dystopian satire. Narrative trip to a group of South-East Asian islands that subscribe completely to various belief systems. Moszkowski spread the Theory of General Relativity through his 1920 biography of friend Albert Einstein, and one of the islands in this book is the imaginary island of relativity, where births and deaths are not registered. A remarkable and curious work of fiction.

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THE ISLES OF WISDOM

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London: George Routledge and Sons, Ltd.

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1924

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Hardcover

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1st Edition

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Jason Burley, an accredited full member of the ABA and of ILAB, has owned his own bookshop continuously since 1984, been a past Chair of the PBFA (London) for over four years and exhibited at the PBFA monthly Russell Hotel antiquarian bookfairs & other specialist bookfairs for over a decade. At Firsts London 2024, the Rare Book Fair Committee selected Jason of Camden Lock books for the Award of Best Display of the four-day event. Jason is also co-founder and co-owner of Burley and Fisher Books LLP. - located between Haggerston and Dalston Kingsland Stations, the bookshop has an events space with a bar where we hold over 100 literary events each year, a basement of second-hand books, and a Risograph Printing department. Our stock of new books includes independent publishers and local authors, with general, collectable second-hand books, as well. Our older, rare books include collectable miniature books, our specialism.

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