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Sale 759 - Selections from the Library of Gerald and Barbara Weiner
Oct 8, 2020
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EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955). Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist. Edited by Paul Arthur Schilpp. Evanston: Library of Living Philosophers, 1949.
8vo. Photographic frontispiece portrait and plates. Original brown textured cloth over bevelled boards, top edge gilt, others uncut, partially unopened; publisher's board slipcase.
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 532 of 760 copies signed by Einstein ("Albert Einstein. 49."). Einstein's "Autobiographical Notes" occupy the first 96 pages of the volume published in English with the German text on facing pages. He also contributed "Remarks to the Essays Appearing in this Collective Volume" (pp. 663-688). Einstein's "autobiographical notes" is actually an account of the development of his scientific thought, and is a major original contribution. It also includes a bibliography of Einstein's works. A FINE COPY.