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A treatise on electricity and magnetism

A treatise on electricity and magnetism by MAXWELL, J.

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Seller: Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts
Title
A treatise on electricity and magnetism
Author
MAXWELL, J.
Seller
Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1873. FIRST EDITION. Complete with both half-titles and all blanks. With 20 plates and 15 pages publisher’s advertisements (unopened). Rebound in modern cloth, author and title in gilt on spine; interior excellent. From the library of W[illiam[ H[enry] Dines (1855-1927), British meteorologist who was the leading inventor of meteorological instruments to measure atmospheric properties, with his small bookplate on both paste-downs. First edition, first issue of this classic work on the electromagnetic theory of light by Maxwell (1831-79), probably the greatest theoretical physicist of the nineteenth century. Here he demonstrates that electromagnetism travels through space in transverse waves similar to those of light and having the same velocity, advancing the hypothesis that light and electricity are the same in their ultimate source. “A generation later Einstein’s work on relativity was founded directly upon Maxwell’s celebrated contribution to electro-magnetic theory; it was this that led him to equate Faraday with Galileo and Maxwell with Newton” (PMM). Norman characterizes this copy as the first issue of the first edition in that it does not contain the errata. Dibner, Ten Founding Fathers of the Electrical Sciences, pp. 45-46; Horblit, 72; Norman, II, 1466; Printing & the Mind of Man, 355.
The Town and the City (Signed first edition)

The Town and the City (Signed first edition) by Kerouac, Jack [John Kerouac]

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Seller: Whitmore Rare Books
Title
The Town and the City (Signed first edition)
Author
Kerouac, Jack [John Kerouac]
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Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
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Near Fine
Description
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950. First edition. Near Fine/Very Good +. Signed "John Kerouac" to upper free endpaper - an early example of Kerouac's signature, before he began signing as Jack. The Town and the City was the only book he published under the name John Kerouac, and the only one he signed as such. A Near Fine copy in Very Good+ dust jacket. Publisher's red cloth stamped in gilt. Dark blue topstain, somewhat faded. One corner a bit bumped, some foxing to closed edges of text block, and some foxing to endpapers and preliminaries. Dust jacket with two stains to front panel and some wear and crinkling to edges. Small colored pencil numeral to front flap and some foxing to dust jacket verso. Housed in a custom clamshell case. A scarce signed copy of Kerouac's debut novel. The Town and the City, Kerouac's first novel, is the semi-autobiographical story of a Massachusetts family in the fictional town of Galloway, inspired by Kerouac's own experiences growing up in Lowell. The novel also explores Kerouac's recollections of the Beat circle - including his friendships with Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, and Lucien Carr - in 1940s New York City. The Town and the City was not a major success, and Kerouac would largely abandon its conventional style for the "spontaneous writing" method he adopted for his blockbuster second novel On the Road (1957), but Kerouac's debut demonstrated literary mettle and a strong interest in the autobiographical that would remain with the author throughout his career. "In this big, rambling first novel, Kerouac tells of a Massachusetts family that is gradually dissolved by the recent war, the forces of modern life and the passage of time...a rough diamond of a book" (contemporary New York Times review). Near Fine in Very Good + dust jacket.

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