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Einstein, Albert (1879-1955) Two Titles.

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Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 3012TLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: May 23, 2017 12:00PM

Description:

Einstein, Albert (1879-1955) Two Titles. Including: Relativity the Special & the General Theory, a Popular Exposition, London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., [1920], second edition, in publisher's red cloth, some foxing to contents, minor worming to inner front board and preliminaries, two corners bumped, 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 in.; [and] Philipp Frank's Einstein his Life and Times, New York: Knopf, 1945, first edition of the English translation, publisher's cloth, spine sunned, 9 1/4 x 6 in. (2)

Provenance: From the collection of B. Leonard Holman, M.D., Philip H. Cook Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, and Chairman, Department of Radiology at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.
Estimate $200-300


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Keywords

Methuen & Co. Ltd., B. Leonard Holman, Philipp Frank, London