Lot 125
  • 125

ALBERT EINSTEIN: PHILOSOPHER- SCIENTIST, EVANSTON IL, 1949, SIGNED BY EINSTEIN

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2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • Albert Einstein: philosopher-scientist [edited by Paul Arthur Schilpp]. Evanston IL: The Library of Living Philosophers, 1949
8vo (238 x 155mm.), SIGNED BY EINSTEIN beneath the limitation statement, copy no. 279 of a limited edition of 750 copies, 2 photographic plates, illustrations, original brown cloth with Einstein's signature stamped in gilt on upper cover, slipcase, uncut, in modern brown morocco-backed folding box containing remains of glassine wrapper

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Catalogue Note

FIRST EDITION of Einstein's autobiography in German with facing English translation. It also includes a bibliography of Einstein's works.