The Theory of Relativity Albert Einstein

Title: Relativity: The Special and the General Theory Author: Albert Einstein Publisher: Methuen & Co. Ltd., London Publication Date: 1922 Binding: Original cloth hardcover Condition: Good + (see description) Jacket Condition: No Jacket (as issued) Description: London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1922. Original blue-grey cloth, gilt-lettered spine. Solid boards with only light shelf wear to extremities. Spine cloth a shade faded, but gilt still legible. No inscriptions or ownership marks. Moderate foxing to preliminary pages, otherwise clean throughout. Text remains clear and fully legible on lightly toned paper. Binding sound and secure though slightly pulled at the inner hinge - no loose or missing leaves. A well-preserved early Methuen printing of Einstein's celebrated exposition of the theory of relativity, first published in English in 1920. A classic scientific work explaining both the special and general theories in accessible form, and among the most influential popular science books of the twentieth century.