The present first edition is much rarer than the journal issue. In 1922, however, a third (revised) edition was translated into English, French, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish, pushing Wegener's theory of continental drift to the forefront of debate in the earth sciences. In 1915 he published a book-length extension of his work on continental displacements now entitled "Die Entstehung der Kontinente und Ozeane." Because of the First World War, Wegener's book went unnoticed outside Germany. Although it was thought ludicrous at first, it has since been confirmed and is now quite acclaimed. Wegener became widely known for his pioneering theory on continental drift, which he published in two papers in 1912, both entitled "Die Entstehung der Kontinente" (The origin of continents). After his habilitation in the fields of astronomy, meteorology and cosmic physics in Marburg, he became the director of the local observatory in 1910 and in parallel worked as a lecturer at the physical institute. Wegener began his university career at the physical institute of the University Marburg in 1909, where he worked until 1919. Description, New York : Dover Publications, c1966 viii, 246 p. Later editions appeared in 1920,19 foreign editions after 1922. Uniform Title, Entstehung der Kontinente und Ozeane. The text appeared first in Petermanns Mitteilungen 1912. First edition in book form of the famous work on the continental drift, the mainwork of Wegener. Alles über Kontinente und Ozeane Was sind eigentlich Kontinente Wie viele Kontinente gibt es und wie heißen sie Wie viele Ozeane gibt es Wo liegen die Ko. DSB XIV, 217 Norman 2192 (journal issue).
A very good copy, rarely found in original publishers binding. Engelbert van Bevervoorde (pencil signature to title-page). Internally clean and unfoxed, a few pencil annotations and markings. Original publisher's printed wrappers (chipping at lower spine repaired with partial loss of printed title), pages untrimmed.
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