(Einstein, Albert; and Thomas Mann) | Signed by Albert Einstein and Thomas Mann

The Passion of American Collectors: Property of Barbara and Ira Lipman

(Einstein, Albert; and Thomas Mann)

Going, Going, Gone! Rare Book Auction. New York: Joint Distribution Committee and Committee for Christian German Refugees, 1938

8vo (233 x 153 mm). Original printed wrappers with illustration by Rockwell Kent; word "signed" in pencil on upper cover. Red half morocco gilt slipcase, chemise; some wear, ribbon pull on chemise frayed.

Signed by Albert Einstein and Thomas Mann.

On 8 December 1938, a book auction dinner was held at the Plaza Hotel in New York to benefit the Joint Distribution Committee and Committee for Christian German Refugees, with Dr. A. S. W. Rosenbach serving as chairman of the event and Einstein and Mann as honorary chairmen. Mann contributed a foreword and Einstein a preface to the catalogue; both men have signed their contributions.