Condition Continued: Scrolling through I found only two pages (and only on one side) with a speck-sized spot at their margin. I didn't see any creasing, no turned-down corners, no placeholder creases. There are no markings in the book. No attachments of any kind. And no one has written their name or anything else anywhere. 

You can see the dust jacket in the first few photos. It has held up quite well as it approaches its 100th birthday. I've always had the jacket in a fitted protective cover. The jacket is very clean. I don't see any conspicuous soiling. There is a sliver of loss off the top edge of the spine and two chips off the bottom edge of the spine, not reaching the print. There is also a small loss off the bottom front corner, and the typical little losses at the top and bottom corners of the middle edges. The spine is clearly tanned, and there is a little scuffing and discoloration at the top of the spine and just adjacent on the front and rear. That was caused by a previous owner placing a piece of tape over that area. By the time I purchased the book only a little residue of the tape remained. It's difficult to gauge why any tape was needed in the first place as no tear is apparent. There is no tape or residue of tape on the inside of the dust jacket. The flaps are in very nice shape, perfectly clean. They have a sliver of toning at their top edges, also a slight bit of crinkling and a tiny nick at the rear flap's top edge. The jacket is not clipped. The price is on the front flap a quarter of the way up from its bottom edge. 

Harcourt, Brace And Company, New York, 1927. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Written by Bertrand Russell. First American Edition (NAP, 1927 on the title page). Once listed, this will be the Only original edition, from either England or the United States, possessing its dust jacket. 

'The Analysis of Matter is one of the earliest and best philosophical studies of the new physics of relativity and quantum mechanics. In it Russell develops his views on the philosophy of science building  from the theories of  Einstein, Bohr and Heisenberg.' 

From the dust jacket: 'While he ranks high today as a popular writer, it must not be forgotten that before he turned to sociological and educational subjects Mr. Russell had made his name with a more select audience as a mathematician and philosopher. This book is mathematics and philosophy. In three parts, it first carries out the Logical Analysis of Physics, discussing pre-relativity physics, atoms, relativity, tensors, matter and space, etc. After this consideration of abstract physics, it examines in the second part perception as a source of knowledge. And in Part III the author seeks to reconcile Parts I and II with a metaphysic: he considers the questions: What are the ultimate existents in terms of which physics is true (assuming that there are such)? And what is their general structure? And what are the relations of space-time, causality, and qualitative series respectively?'