RARE FIRST EDITION of a classic treatise on the subject of relativity and the dynamics of crystal lattices by Max Born (1882-1970), an eminent German physicist and mathematician who was instrumental in the development of quantum mechanics. After the publication of `Dynamik der Kristallgitter` in 1915, the second revised edition was published in 1923 under the title `Atomtheorie des festen Zustandes` (`Atomic Theory of Solid States`). The definitive edition was published by Born in cooperation with Kun Huang under the title "Dynamical Theory of Crystal Lattices" in 1954 (Oxford, Clarendon Press), and later reedited many times. 245x170mm. VII+122 pages. Green cloth Hardcover. Black lettering on front cover and spine. Cover yellowing/age-stained and slightly curved. Cover edges stained. Sticker residues on cover edges near spine. Cover corners and spine edges bumped. Spine upper edge tattered. Ex-library copy with stamp on title page and page III upper corner, and last page upper edge. Rear page upper corner slightly chipped. Fold-out color table edges creased. Pages yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare first edition of an important work in physics by the Nobel Prize laureate in Physics in 1962 is in good condition.