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Typed Letter Signed with Autograph Annotation by EINSTEIN, ALBERT

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Title: Typed Letter Signed with Autograph Annotation
Author: EINSTEIN, ALBERT
Seller: The Manhattan Rare Book Company (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: 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 debated topics of twentieth-century physics. When introduced to the statistically-based quantum mechanics of Heisenberg, Born, and Jordan in 1926, Einstein famously wrote to Max Born that "Quantum mechanics is certainly imposing. But an inner voice tells me that it is not yet the real thing. The theory says a lot, but does not really bring us any closer to the secret of the 'old one.' I, at any rare, am convinced that He is not playing at dice." (Einstein letter to Born from 4 December 1926.)From the onset, "Einstein regarded the quantum theory as descriptively incomplete. What he meant was that, in typical cases, the probabilistic assertions provided by the theory for an individual quantum system do not exhaust all the relevant and true physical assertions about the system. Put briefly, according to Einstein, the typical statistical story told by quantum theory is not the whole story." (Arthur Fine, "What is Einstein's Statistical Interpretation, or, Is It Einstein for Whom Bell's Theorem Tolls?"). Einstein's discomfort with the new theory haunted him for the next three decades and his challenges to the theory were the cause of some of the most fertile and defining moments of modern science, notably the celebrated "Bohr-Einstein debates" begun at the Fifth Solvay Conference (1927) and his monumentally influential "EPR" paper of 1935 ("Can Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality Be Considered Complete?", written with Boris Podolsky and Nathan Rosen).As late as 1949, in his "Reply to Criticisms" (published in Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist), Einstein notes that Born and Wolfgang Pauli, in their contributions to the volume "deprecate the fact that I reject the basic idea of contemporary statistical quantum theory, insofar as I do not believe that this fundamental concept will provide a useful basis for the whole of physics" and spends the majority of the essay explaining his position (and distinguishing between his acceptance of the model for "ensembles of systems" while still rejecting it for an "individual physical system").The letter:Dated September 12, 1953, and written to his old colleague at the patent office in Bern, Joseph Sauter, the letter (translated from the original German) reads in full:Dear Mr. Sauter,If I am able to, I will gladly assist Mr. Keberle.I have heard of you often from my old friend Besso and I have also received a manuscript which deals critically with [handwritten] Dirac's presentation of the statistical approach to quantum theory. I have not been able to judge it myself because it is simply impossible for me to take a statistical foundation of physics seriously. But I have to admit that it is difficult to move beyond it.Yours sincerely, [signed] A. Einstein.Albert Einstein.The recipient, Joseph Sauter, worked with Einstein at the Bern Patent office during the years he was developing the ideas for his revolutionary papers of 1905. "Among his colleagues at the Patent Office Einstein discovered one with similar scientific interests-Dr. Josef Sauter, a French-Swiss, who had also studied at the Polytechnic and who had been Professor Weber's chief assistant for a while... Sauter, like Einstein, tried to fill the gaps in the Polytechnic's syllabus by private study, so that Einstein was able to discuss with him Maxwell's thermodynamics and Helmholtz's and Hertz's theoretical concepts... The two also discussed Einstein's publications on thermodynamics with the result that Sauter discovered a mistake in them, which Einstein accepted 'without being the least upset.' Fifty years later Einstein recalled 'that I had a lot of discussions with Sauter about... my thermal-statistical papers'... At least as important as his help with the 'rewriting and amending' were Sauter's connections with scientific circles in Bern, to which he soon introduced his new colleague." (Albrecht Fölsing, Albert Einstein). Edouard Keberle, mentioned in the first line by Einstein, was a Bulgarian physicist who, at the time of the letter, had just left the Institute of Theoretical Physics in Bern over a publication dispute. Not long after this letter - in early 1954 - Keberle accepted a post at the Midwest Research Institute in Kansas City. It is unclear if Einstein helped him in any way to get this position.Michele Besso - also mentioned in this letter - was Einstein's close lifelong friend.What prompts Einstein to declare that "it is simply impossible for me to take a statistical foundation of physics seriously" is the mention of a manuscript on the work of Paul Dirac. Philosophically, Dirac was almost the opposite of Einstein - he had no interest in probing the interpretations of quantum theory, wryly noting in his paper "The Inadequacies of Quantum Field Theory," that "The interpretation of quantum mechanics has been dealt with by many authors, and I do not want to discuss it here. I want to deal with more fundamental things."It is revealing in this letter that although Einstein re-states his objection to a statistical basis of quantum theory, he has doubts about his position, admitting - less than two years before his death - that he still has difficulty moving beyond it. Typed Letter Signed. Princeton, NJ: September 12, 1953. One 8.5x11 inch sheet with Einstein's embossed Mercer Street address at top. Custom silk presentation folder. With original mailing envelope with postmarks. A few small smudges, usual folds; fine condition.ONE OF EINSTEIN'S FINAL STATEMENTS ON ONE OF THE CENTRAL TENETS OF HIS SCIENTIFIC PHILOSOPHY.

Principal Navigations, Voiages and discoveries of the English Nation, made by Sea or over Land, to the most remote and farthest distant Quarters of the earth at any time within the compasse of these 1500 yeeres by Hakluyt, Richard

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Title: Principal Navigations, Voiages and discoveries of the English Nation, made by Sea or over Land, to the most remote and farthest distant Quarters of the earth at any time within the compasse of these 1500 yeeres
Author: Hakluyt, Richard
Seller: John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller (United States)
Description: 1599. London: George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, Deputies to Christopher Barker, 1599-1600. Folio, 3 parts in 2 vols. (24), 1-620; (16), 1-312, 1-204; (16), 1-868 pp. Early 18th century mottled calf, rebacked, retaining original backstrips; a handful of leaves with repair and reinforcement. Edges dyed red. Pencil and ink annotations citing the Irish provenance of the Orrery Library, with ink shelf marks and engraved bookplates on the verso of the title-pages. § An internally sound and complete copy of the second edition (second issue) with good provenance. Lacking the map as almost always. Members of the Boyle family were Earls of Cork, Earls of Orrery, and Earls of Burlington. The earldoms of Cork and Orrery were united in 1753 when John Boyle, 5th Earl of Orrery, succeeded his third cousin as 5th Earl of Cork. This second edition is much expanded compared with the first edition of 1589 and can even be called "an entirely new work" (Parker), with its scope widened to include non-English explorations, and the text increasing threefold. Hakluyt himself never traveled further afield than France, but he met or corresponded with many of the great explorers, navigators and cartographers including Drake, Raleigh, Gilbert, Frobisher, Ortelius and Mercator. In addition to long and significant descriptions of the Americas in Vol. III, the work also contains accounts of Russia, Scandinavia, the Mediterranean, Turkey, Middle East, Persia, India, Southeast Asia, and Africa. "It is difficult to overrate the importance and value of this extraordinary collection of voyages" (Sabin). Church 322; Hill 743; Pforzheimer 443; PMM 105; Sabin 29595, 29597, 29598.

[WESTERN AMERICANA]. Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-'44 [Senate 174, 28th Congress, 2nd Session] by Fremont, John Charles and Jessie Benton Fremont

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Title: [WESTERN AMERICANA]. Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-'44 [Senate 174, 28th Congress, 2nd Session]
Author: Fremont, John Charles and Jessie Benton Fremont
Seller: Michael Laird Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition: Good
Description: Washington DC: Gales and Seaton, 1845. First Edition. Good. Thick 8vo (23.5 x 16 cm). 693 [1 blank] pp., 5 lithographic maps (list below) including the huge 50" x 30" map, 22 lithographed plates (views, fossils, botany), 3 of the maps and 12 of the plates are attributed to Weber in image. Original blindstamped dark brown cloth, spine gilt-lettered (worn at extremities, particularly at head and tail of spine). Interior with moderate foxing and some browning, plates with moderate uniform foxing and browning, generally a good copy in original condition, unsophisticated. The large folding map is preserved in a separate mylar sleeve, good condition without any loss but with multiple characteristic splitting at folds as is always the case with this vastly oversized folding map (SEE IMAGES), original pocket at rear separating from lower board edge. With faults, and priced accordingly. FIRST EDITION -- A COMPLETE COPY -- OF ONE OF THE MONUMENTAL WORKS OF WESTERN EXPLORATION. This copy belongs to the PREFERRED SENATE ISSUE, containing the astronomical and meteorological observations that were omitted from the House issue and subsequent editions. Our copy is absolutely complete with all 22 plates and 5 maps, including the huge and justly famous 50" x 30" map (see below). "John C. Frémont's 'Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains...and to Oregon and California' can only be described as one of the monumental works of Western exploration. Although preceded by mountain men and immigrants, Frémont opened the West to an entire nation. By accurately describing this vast territory from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, his government report became the vade mecum of Manifest Destiny. Its words, maps, and pictures paved the way for future waves of overlanders culminating in the flood tide of the Gold Rush. Historians from Hubert Howe Bancroft to William H. Goetzmann bestowed upon the "Pathfinder" the highest praise for his accomplishments as a scientific explorer. The celebrated savant, Alexander von Humboldt, congratulated Frémont as a geographer and explorer and Brigham Young, the great Mormon prophet, read with keen interest his description of the Salt Lake Valley and its potential as a new Zion. Frémont, as he readily acknowledged, benefited from a superb supporting cast beginning with his wife and amanuensis, Jesse Benton Frémont; his powerful father-in-law, Senator Thomas Hart Benton; and his courageous and knowledgeable scouts and scientists including Kit Carson, Thomas Fitzpatrick, Alexis Godey, and Charles Preuss. His reports and those of his later expeditions made him a national hero and a charismatic symbol of American expansionism." (Gary Kurutz in Volkmann, Zamorano 80 catalogue). MAPS: 1. [Untitled emigrant route in Bear River Valley]. Sheet size: 49 x 22.5 cm. 2. Beer Springs [lower right] Lith by E Weber & Co. Sheet size: 22.5 x 14.5 cm. 3. The Great Salt-Lake. Sheet size 22.5 x 14.5 cm. 4. [Untitled map of the crossing of the Sierra Nevada by the South Fork of the American River] [lower center] Lith. by E. Weber & Co. Baltimore, Md. Sheet size: 22.5 x 64 cm. 5. Map of an Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842 and to Oregon & North California in the Years 1843-44 by Brevet Capt. J. C. Frémont of the Corps of Topographical Engineers under the Orders of Col. J. J. Abert, Chief of the Topographical Bureau. Lith. by E. Weber & Co., Baltimore, Md. [profile at top] Profile of the Route from the Mouth of the Kansas to Pacific by Capt. J. C. Fremont in 1843. Neat line to neat line: 78 x 129 cm (30" x 50"). Water courses and lakes highlighted in blue. Rumsey 1833 (House issue): "The large map of the west is one of the most interesting and beautiful government maps of the 1840s. It filled in many of the gaps in cartographic knowledge of the west. Charles Preuss was the cartographer." Wheat, Mapping the Transmississippi West, no. 497: "[Frémont's report and gigantic map] changed the entire picture of the West [and] represented as important a step forward from the earlier western maps of the period as did those of Pike, Long, and Lewis and Clark in their day.... [Frémont's map] represented trustworthy direct observation, a new, welcome, and long overdue development in the myth-encrusted cartography of the West. To Frémont and his magnificent map of his Second Expedition all praise. An altogether memorable document in the cartographic history of the West, and for it alone Frémont would deserve to be remembered in history.... This map marked not only the end but the beginning of an era." (See also Wheat, Maps of the California Gold Region 21). Alliott, p. 83. Cohen, Mapping the West, pp. 130-133. Cowan I, pp. 91, 269. Cowan II, pp. 223. Edwards, Enduring Desert, pp. 89-90. Field 565. Graff 1436. Grolier American Hundred 49. Hill I, pp. 112-113. Hill II:640. Holliday 396. Howell, California 50:88. Howes F370. Huntington Library, Zamorano 80...Exhibition of Famous and Notorious California Classics 39. Mintz, The Trail 165. Plains & Rockies IV:115:1. Sabin 25845. Schwartz & Ehrenberg, The Mapping of America, pp. 262, 271-78. Streeter Sale 3131: "Though the [large folding] map is unsigned, Lt. G. K. Warren in his Memoir, p. (45), says 'it was drawn by Charles Preuss, whose skill in sketching topography in the field and representing it on the map has probably never been surpassed.' Though the Oregon Trail and the Spanish Trail had been regularly used for a few years there were no dependable maps. For other parts of Frémont's route, much of the recording of his map was new, including the whole extent of the Sierra Nevada Range, the California rivers from the American River south, and the three Colorado rivers.-TWS." Tweney, The Washington 89 #22. Walgren, The Scallawagiana Hundred: A Selection of the Hundred Most Important Books about the Mormons and Utah 29. Zamorano 80 #39. PROVENANCE: Contemporary ownership inscription of George [Arthur?] Donald dated 1846 (lightly crossed out) -- bookplate and signature of Edward E. Bourne inside the front cover -- subsequently in Dorothy Sloan's private collection of Western Americana, which we purchased en bloc in 2020. CATALOGUER'S NOTE: We have made grateful use of Sloan's magisterial description of a copy which sold in her Auction 21 (lot 52: $2820 with buyer's premium).

Explication des Peintures, Sculptures et Gravures, de Messieurs de l’Académie Royale… by (PARIS SALON)

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Title: Explication des Peintures, Sculptures et Gravures, de Messieurs de l’Académie Royale…
Author: (PARIS SALON)
Seller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description: Woodcut royal coat-of-arms to title. 59 pp. 12mo (164 x 98 mm.), 20th-cent. green morocco-backed marbled boards (by Blanchetière), spine ornately gilt, t.e.g. Paris: l’Imprimerie des Bâtimens du Roi & de l’Académie Royale de Peinture, 1787. Scarce livret produced for the 1787 Salon in Paris. Ca. 115 artists exhibited 327 paintings, drawings, sculptures, engravings, etc. The exhibition presented the work of Brenet, Suvée, Vernet, Weyler, Callet, Vigée-Lebrun (pp. 19-20), Labille-Guiard (pp. 21-22), David, Wertmuller, Peyron, Perrin, Hall, Bilcoq, Pajou, Bridan, Boizot, Houdon, Comte de Parois, Porporati, Venon, Monot, etc. A finely bound copy of this rarity, livrets of the Paris Salon are now rare on the market. ❧ Documenting the Salon: Paris Salon Catalogs 1673-1945 (National Gallery of Art Library: 2016).

Abstraction, création, art non figuratif 1933 (no. 2). by Abstraction, création, art non figuratif 1933 (no. 2).

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Title: Abstraction, création, art non figuratif 1933 (no. 2).
Author: Abstraction, création, art non figuratif 1933 (no. 2).
Seller: Ars Libri Ltd (United States)
Description: Paris (Association Abstraction Création), 1933.. 52pp. Prof. illus. 4to. Orig. wraps. (slightly worn, with small stains). Important journal of abstract art in the 1930s with Arp, Barbara Hepworth, Béothy, Buchheister, Calder, Delaunay, Drier, Freundlich, Gabo, Gleizes, Herbin, Kupka, Moholy-Nagy, Mondrian, Nicholson, Pevsner, Schwitters, Seligmann, Taeuber-Arp, Van Doesburg, Vantongerloo, Villon, Vordemberge-Gildewart, et al.

PHOTOGRAPH (INSCRIBED) by AMOS AND ANDY

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Title: PHOTOGRAPH (INSCRIBED)
Author: AMOS AND ANDY
Seller: Houle Rare Books & Autographs (United States)
Description: Photograph, original vintage sepia pose, costumed as "Amos & Andy" by Radio Pictures [ca. 1930], signed and inscribed: "To Bert Kalmar with sincere kindest regards and many thanks from "Amos n" Andy" (Freeman Gosden)(C.J. Correll."10 1/4" x 13 1/4" (minor surface damage, small tears at margins, inscription slightly faded). AUTOGRAPHS VERY GOOD. Signed by Author(s).

Hopgad or the Gnomes of the Black Forest, A Christmas Story for Young Folks by PLUMB, Master A. Per Lee

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Title: Hopgad or the Gnomes of the Black Forest, A Christmas Story for Young Folks
Author: PLUMB, Master A. Per Lee
Seller: Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: Paris: No publisher listed, 1887. Cloth. Very good. F. A. BANNISTER. F.A. BANNISTER, illustrator. Printed in London by the National Press Agency, Limited. 8vo; 31pp; gilt-stamped bright blue cloth over beveled board, gilt-stamped vignettes of flowers, and a fairy on a mushroom to front; all edges gilt; black endpapers; 4 full-page woodcut illustrations in sepia; head-piece each chapter; light scuffing to board bottom edge, black mark and scuff to rear cover, front hinge paper has 2" split at head but holding tight, some foxing; very good. No listing in OCLC. Beautifully bound and illustrated, the author, Master A. Per Lee Plumb identifies himself as a 12 year old living in Paris and dedicates his book to his friends living in America. Ownership on verso of the ffep, is "Mrs. Stephen C. Toof", perhaps referring to the wife of Stephen Toof, founder of the S.C. Toof & Company printing business founded in Memphis in 1864.

A Happy English Child by ZILINSKY, Ursula

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Title: A Happy English Child
Author: ZILINSKY, Ursula
Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Doubleday, 1988. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Very good or better in very good dust jacket. Corners lighlty rubbed/ dust jacket faded, bumped and rubbed w. Chipping at edges.

Let's Talk about Port by Valente-Perfeito

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Title: Let's Talk about Port
Author: Valente-Perfeito
Seller: White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Porto: Instituto do Vinho do Porto. Tip. J. R. Goncalves, Limitada, 1948. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. xxxiii, [1], 100, [1] pp. DJ with a few small holes on spine. Now protected by mylar.

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