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Signed Photograph by TESLA, NIKOLA

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Title: Signed Photograph
Author: TESLA, NIKOLA
Seller: The Manhattan Rare Book Company (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: New York: n.p., 1896. First edition. Fine. STUNNING LARGE HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPH OF TESLA, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY TESLA TO EDWARD EVERETT BARLETT. Albumen print, signed and inscribed by Tesla on the original gray mount: "To my friend E. E. Bartlett, New York, June 9, 1896, Nikola Tesla." The photograph shows Tesla in profile seated before the spiral coil of his high-voltage transformer at his East Houston St., New York, laboratory. The photograph, in addition to being arguably the most famous and dramatic portrait of Tesla, is scientifically significant, for it served as a demonstration of the power of his new technique of providing illumination with vacuum tubes. A reproduction of the photograph appeared in the May 20, 1896 issue of Electrical Review, alongside an article where a reporter interviewed Tesla about the novel circumstances of the creation of this photo: "As to his continuous efforts to improve his system of lighting by vacuum tubes, with which he has been identified during a number of years, Tesla said that he has been more successful than he had ever dared to hope. His methods of conversion from ordinary to high-frequency currents are rendered simple in the extreme, the devices are thoroughly reliable and require no attention. Last, but most important of all, he has succeeded in increasing the candle-power of the tubes to practically any intensity desired. "A remarkable and most telling result of the advances he has made in the last direction is a portrait, which he has reluctantly allowed us to use, and which was obtained by two seconds' exposure to the light of a single vacuum tube of small dimensions. Tesla stated further that photographs obtained by the light of such powerful tubes show an amount of detail which no picture taken by the sun or flash light is capable of disclosing. This feature is only faintly shown in the reproduction on this page. The photograph was made by Tonnelé & Company, artists' photographers, who aided Mr. Tesla in his attempts to photograph by the light of phosphorescent tubes about two years ago. "When asked, Mr. Tesla said, in explanation of the picture, speaking with deep feeling, that the volume he was reading was one of the 'Scientific Papers,' of Maxwell, given to him as a token of friendship by Professor Dewar; the chair a gift of his warmest friend, Mr. E. D. Adams; and as to the queer coil to his left, Mr. Tesla hesitatingly remarked that it was the object 'dearest of all in his laboratory,' having been a most valuable instrument in his many-sided investigations. "Mr. Tesla added, good humoredly, that, had it not been for the extraordinary manner in which the photograph was taken, he would not have given this explanation even to such an important personage as the representative of the ELECTRICAL REVIEW." Tesla was correct in insisting that the lighting from the vacuum tubes produced a high-level of detail in the photograph; the intricacies of the coil, in particular, appear remarkably sharp. Overall, the photograph has an orange tint, almost certainly the result of his novel lighting technique. Although this is the only signed example of this photograph we are aware of, it has been reproduced in recent years many times, including serving as the cover image for Marc J. Seifer's groundbreaking biography of Tesla, Wizard. Provenance: The recipient, Edward Everett Bartlett (1863-1942) was a celebrated New Yorker (both he and Tesla were featured in Moses King's Notable New Yorkers, 1896-1899), who founded Bartlett & Co., (later Bartlett Orr Press) on lower Broadway, in 1888. Variously described as an artist, illustrator, printer, and engraver, Bartlett was internationally known as "an expert on newspaper type, and he was credited with the development of much of the linotype type used in newspaper offices throughout the country"; additionally he published several works on the art of the book. (New York Times, Obituary, 1942). Size: Image, 7 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches; with mount, 8.5 x 11 inches. Archival matting and framed with UV-protecting museum glass to an overall size of 16.5 x 19 inches. Small closed tear in extreme blank bottom margin (matted out). Fine condition. SIGNED TESLA PHOTOGRAPHS ARE EXCEEDINGLY RARE ON THE MARKET AND THIS IS, WITHOUT QUESTION, THE FINEST WE'VE SEEN.

On the Influence of Magnetism on the Nature of the Light Emitted by a Substance (Parts I and II and Appendix) [Zeeman]; WITH: Radiation in a Magnetic Field [Michelson] by ZEEMAN, PIETER; MICHELSON, ALBERT

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Title: On the Influence of Magnetism on the Nature of the Light Emitted by a Substance (Parts I and II and Appendix) [Zeeman]; WITH: Radiation in a Magnetic Field [Michelson]
Author: ZEEMAN, PIETER; MICHELSON, ALBERT
Seller: The Manhattan Rare Book Company (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Leiden: various, 1896. First edition. Very Good. FIRST APPEARANCE IN ENGLISH IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS OF THE DISCOVERY ("THE ZEEMAN EFFECT") THAT EARNED ZEEMAN THE SECOND EVER NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS; WITH MICHELSON'S REPORT (IN OFFPRINT FORM) OF ONE OF THE EARLIEST OBSERVATIONS OF QUANTUM EFFECTS, "THE ANOMALOUS ZEEMAN EFFECT." Although it was not entirely unexpected following the work of Faraday, Zeeman was the first to observe the influence of a magnetic field on spectral emission lines - what would quickly become known as the Zeeman effect. "Initially, in late October 1896, Zeeman could only observe a diffuse line broadening that had actually been predicted by Joseph Larmor's electron theory... [But by] the spring of 1897, Zeeman first recorded distinct splittings of spectral lines into doublets and triplets." (Hentschel). Although the result may have been anticipated, Zeeman shared his observations with Hendrik Lorentz, "who showed Dr. Zeeman that the widening could be predicted from Lorentz's theory that light is generated by the vibrations of electrically charged particles or ions; and that the same theory indicated that the edges of the widened lines should be plane-polarized or circularly-polarized". (Reese). Zeeman confirmed Lorentz's predictions, and the two of them would share the 1902 Nobel Prize in physics "in recognition of the extraordinary service they rendered by their researches into the influence of magnetism upon radiation phenomena." Albert Michelson (winner of the 1907 Nobel Prize in physics) was among those who repeated Zeeman's experiments, and in 1897 his work "cast severe doubts" on Lorentz's results. (del Toro Iniesta). Although both the details of his observations and the theory he presented was recognized as problematic almost immediately (as can be seen, for example, in Reese's article in Science from 1900), what he observed was that Zeeman's spectral lines could be resolved into an even finer splitting. "Such splitting, which soon became known as the 'anomalous' Zeeman effect, remained absolutely mysterious in the classical electron theory and deeply problematic for Bohr's atomic model as well." (Hentschel). (The discovery of the anomalous Zeeman effect is often attributed to Preston, who independently also observed the splitting of Zeeman's spectral lines. (del Toro Iniesta). The attribution is therefore likely due to a defect in Michelson's experimental setup.) A number of explanations were offered for the anomalous Zeeman effect in the years that followed Michelson's observations, but these were almost entirely ad hoc. In fact, the anomalous Zeeman effect would become one of the problems that sent quantum theory into a "crisis period" in the early 1920s. (Hentschel). It would eventually be explained by appealing to electron spin, making Michelson's observations in the papers offered here one of the first experimental results only explicable by quantum mechanics. The first two of the Zeeman papers offered here are English translations of Zeeman's original papers in Dutch. Together (with the Appendix also included in a separate issue where Zeeman defends his priority), they form a single article with the same title that appeared in the Philosophical Magazine for March 1897. However, these issues of the Communications from the Physical Laboratory of the University of' Leiden were published between April 1896 and January 1897, predating the Philosophical Magazine publication. The first two Michelson offprints offered here are of a single paper printed in both the Astrophysical Journal and the Philosophical Magazine reporting early spectral line splitting observations that had not been yet been reported by Zeeman. The third is Michelson's report of the further splitting of the spectral lines, which marks the anomalous Zeeman effect. The first paper is inscribed with "Compliments of the Author" written on front wrapper but we have not been able to confirm that this is in Michelson's hand. References: Hentschel K. (2009) "Zeeman Effect". In: Greenberger D., Hentschel K., Weinert F. (eds) Compendium of Quantum Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. Hentschel K. (2009) "Quantum Theory, Crisis Period 1923-Early 1925" ". In: Greenberger D., Hentschel K., Weinert F. (eds) Compendium of Quantum Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. del Toro Iniesta, J.C. (1996) On the discovery of the Zeeman effect on the sun and in the laboratory. Vistas in Astronomy 40(2). Reese, H. (1900). The Zeeman Effect. Science, 12(295), 293-297. -------------- P. Zeeman, 'On the Influence of Magnetism on the Nature of the Light Emitted by a Substance (Part I)', Communications from the Physical Laboratory of the University of Leiden 33 (1896). l-8. WITH PART II (same issue). Spine perished (but issue held together with mylar); chips to front wrapper. [With Appendix issue, 1897]. A. Michelson. 'Radiation in a Magnetic Field'. The Astrophysical Journal, Vol VI, No. 1, June 1897. Offprint. Original grey printed wrappers. Small tear in top edge throughout the offprint, not near text. Light soiling to wrappers. A. Michelson. 'Radiation in a Magnetic Field'. Philosophical Magazine (5), 44 (1897), pp. 109-115 (Reprint of the previous item, published slightly later). Offprint. Original printed wraps. Some soiling to wrappers. A. Michelson, 'Radiation in a Magnetic Field'. Philosophical Magazine (5), 45 (1898), pp. 348-356. Original printed wraps. (This is a different paper in which Michelson shows that the spectral lines are split into more than 3 components in a magnetic field - this is the anomalous Zeeman effect). Some soiling to wrappers. Issues handsomely boxed together. A RARE SET IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS DOCUMENTING AN IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN PHYSICS.

THE BOOK OF THE HOMELESS [Large Paper Copy] by Wharton, Edith

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Title: THE BOOK OF THE HOMELESS [Large Paper Copy]
Author: Wharton, Edith
Seller: Sumner & Stillman (United States)
Description: 1916. (Le Livre des Sans-Foyer). Original Articles in Verse and Prose / Illustrations reproduced from Original Paintings & Drawings. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1916. Original blue-grey paper-covered boards with tan cloth spine. First (and only) Edition, of which this is Copy No. 70 of the 125 numbered large-paper copies printed on Van Gelder paper, signed by D.B. Updike of The Merrymount Press. (In addition to 2000 trade copies, there were 175 large-paper copies -- #s 1-50 on French hand-made paper, and #s 51-175 on Van Gelder paper.) Edited and organized by Edith Wharton, this book's proceeds went to the people of Belgium and France made homeless by the Great War -- especially the child refugees from Flanders. Following an introduction by Theodore Roosevelt, the literary contributors include Sarah Bernhardt, Laurence Binyon, Rupert Brooke, Jean Cocteau, Joseph Conrad ("Poland Revisited"), John Galsworthy, Thomas Hardy, Henry James, Alice Meynell, George Santayana, Igor Stravinsky, Edith Wharton and W. B. Yeats; the artistic contributors include Max Beerbohm, Charles Dana Gibson, Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Auguste Rodin and John Singer Sargent. Condition is very good (rear cover soiled, endpapers cracked, a few leaves' lower margin eroded and repaired toward the rear); this is a hefty, sizable volume (13 by 10 inches). Garrison D1 (Wharton); Edel & Laurence B35a (James).

WHEELS AND BUTTERFLIES by Yeats, W.B.

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Title: WHEELS AND BUTTERFLIES
Author: Yeats, W.B.
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Description: 1934. London: Macmillan and Co., 1934. Original bright blue-green cloth, with dust jacket. First Edition, which consisted of 3000 copies -- dedicated to Lady Gregory, co-founder of the Abbey Theatre, who had died in 1932. This volume consists of four plays that had appeared onstage at the Abbey Theatre -- "The Words upon the Window-pane," "Fighting the Waves," "The Resurrection" and "The Cat and the Moon." "Fighting the Waves" appears in book form here for the first time; the other three had appeared only as numbers of the Cuala Press, but are here accompanied by long Introductions written by Yeats for this book. The final section of the book is the music, by George Antheil, for "Fighting the Waves." This volume is in fine condition, the leaves still unopened; the dust jacket is just about fine as well (a few stray marks). Wade 175.

ORIGINAL PRINT TITLED "THE AVIARY" [Signed] by Wittfooth, Martin

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Title: ORIGINAL PRINT TITLED "THE AVIARY" [Signed]
Author: Wittfooth, Martin
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: 2015. Limited Edition, #30/50. Condition of print is Near Fine Signed and numbered by artist. Print measures 30 in. x 21 in. PO Consignment. Shelved in Rockville, D2. 1390494. Special Collections - Upstairs.

PRELIMINARY STUDIES FOR THE "PHILOSOPHICAL INVESTIGATIONS," GENERALLY KNOWN AS THE BLUE AND BROWN BOOKS by Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951

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Title: PRELIMINARY STUDIES FOR THE "PHILOSOPHICAL INVESTIGATIONS," GENERALLY KNOWN AS THE BLUE AND BROWN BOOKS
Author: Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1958. Hardcover. Octavo, xiv, 185 pages. In Fair plus condition. Spine is tan with gold print. Boards in blue cloth. Wear to spine caps and corners, toning to spine, light shelf wear. Text block has name stamp on front flyleaf, underlining and marginal notation in ink through page 18. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column P. 1389959. FP New Rockville Stock.

HIGH ON A HILL: A Book of Chinese Riddles by Young, Ed

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Title: HIGH ON A HILL: A Book of Chinese Riddles
Author: Young, Ed
Seller: Type Punch Matrix (United States)
ISBN: 9780529055538
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Description: New York and Cleveland: Collins, 1980. First printing. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. Signed first edition of this collection of animal riddles printed in Chinese and English, inscribed to folklorist and storyteller Diane Wolkstein. Wolkstein, who became New York City's "official storyteller" in 1967, led a revival of storytelling traditions. 8'' x 6.5''. Original tan cloth and blue paper boards with gilt lettering. Original price-clipped pictorial dust jacket. Endpapers red. Illustrated in black and white with red borders. [28] leaves. Inscribed by Young on front flyleaf to Diane Wolkstein, with Young's personal chop underneath: "To Diane - with due admiration and appreciation / from Ed 1982." Book with faint lean. Jacket with a touch of soil and rubbing. A sharp copy.

The Season's Greetings: Advice to a Prophet by WILBUR, Richard

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Title: The Season's Greetings: Advice to a Prophet
Author: WILBUR, Richard
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: np: Richard and Charlee Wilbur, 1959. First edition. Single sheet folded twice to create 4 pages. Includes the poem "Advice to a Prophet" which first appeared in The New Yorker. A very near fine copy. Inscribed by Wilbur "our love to you both-" but not signed. Uncommon.

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