Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Selections from the Collection of Barbara and Ira Lipman
Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Selections from the Collection of Barbara and Ira Lipman
The Passion of American Collectors: Property of Barbara and Ira Lipman
(Einstein, Albert) | Limited signed edition of Albert Einstein, Philosopher-Scientist
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December 16, 07:51 PM GMT
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5,000 - 7,000 USD
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The Passion of American Collectors: Property of Barbara and Ira Lipman
(Einstein, Albert)
Paul Arthur Schlipp, ed. Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist. Evanston, Illinois: Library of Living Philosophers, 1949
8vo (239 x 161 mm, uncut and partially unopened). Photographic frontispiece after Yousuf Karsh, photographic and facsimile illustrations. Publisher's brown cloth, spine and upper cover gilt-stamped, top edges gilt. Original slipcase.
First edition. Copy 246 of 760 numbered copies, signed and dated by Albert Einstein.
Contributors to this volume include Wolfgang Pauli, Louis de Broglie, Max Born, Kurt Godel, and Niels Bohr.
A fine copy.