[Rarebooks] FS: Albert Einstein's only Signed Limited Edition

[Charles Agvent]

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EINSTEIN,  Albert  (Schilpp,  Paul   A.  [editor]).  ALBERT  EINSTEIN:
PHILOSOPHER-SCIENTIST.  Evanston,  IL:   Library  Living  Philosophers
1949.  First Edition. Volume VII of the Library of Living Philosophers
in  publisher's brown leather-like cloth with gilt lettering. This  is
Copy  #616  of 760 SIGNED by the author and subject with  his  scarcer
full  signature  and the publication date added after his name in  his
hand.  Contents  include essays by 25 leading scientists such  as  Max
Born  and Niels Bohr, Einstein's reply to their essays, a bibliography
of  Einstein's  works,  and  a   47-page  revealing  autobiography  by
Einstein  printed  in  both  German   and  English  on  facing  pages.
Illustrated  with  several  photographs,  a facsimile  of  a  page  of
Einstein  manuscript, and diagrams. An increasingly scarce book,  this
copy  is  largely  unopened.  A number of pages have  a  mostly  faint
dampstain  along  the outer margins, visible really only on the  title
page  and  just a handful of other pages. The page with the  signature
shows  hardly  any  effect.  Still   Near  Fine,  lacking  the  scarce
slipcase.                                                     $6500.00

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