The Three Editions of Rutherford' "Radioactivity"

Rutherford,  Ernst.  Radio-activity.  Cambridge:  Cambridge University Press,  1904.  1st edition.  8vo.  Cloth.  Very good condition.  Very nice, bright copy of this massively influential and important book. 

Offered with:

_____.  Radioactive Substances and their Radiations.  Cambridge University Press,  1913.  699  Cloth.  Superior copy of this superb work--ostensibly this is the second edition, really, of his 1904 Radio-Activity, but this and the subsequent third edition are such vastly different works that they might as well be considered--at least in my mind--three different works.  

Offered with:

_____, and Chadwick, Ellis.  Radiations from Radioactive Substances.  Cambridge University Press,  1930.  Lovely copy in a FINE DUSTJACKET.  We simply do not see this work anymore with the dust jacket. This is the third and final installment on Rutherford's earlier work, "Radio-activity", and is considered to be the third edition of that masterwork. However, as I have said with the second installment of this book, the three are so very different that it is hard to distinguish them as "one" book--they can each stand on their own merits. 

The three: $1500.