THE ISLES OF WISDOM
Moszkowski, Alexander
Verkäufer Jason Burley, Camden Lock Books, ABA, ILAB ., London, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Verkäufer Jason Burley, Camden Lock Books, ABA, ILAB ., London, Vereinigtes Königreich
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AbeBooks-Verkäufer seit 11. April 2012
Beschreibung
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. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 4138
Bibliografische Details
Titel: THE ISLES OF WISDOM
Verlag: London: George Routledge and Sons, Ltd.
Erscheinungsdatum: 1924
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Good
Auflage: 1st Edition
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