New Acquisitions Spring 2022 – 21 – Bauman Rare Books Signed And Dated By Einstein In The Year Of His Death 23. EINSTEIN, Albert. Out of My Later Years. New York, 1950. Octavo, original gilt-stamped blue cloth, dust jacket. $13,500. First edition of Einstein’s second collection of social science-related articles, addresses, speeches, letters and papers covering the period before, during and after the Second World War, an exceptionally scarce fine copy signed and dated by him in the year of his death, 1955. In this continuation of his first collection of essays, The World As I See It (1934), Einstein offers further thoughts crossing that divide, mirroring his political, social, philosophical and scientific concerns. Drawn from articles, speeches, letters and various papers, all written from 1934 to 1950, with many published here for the first time, the book includes selections on science, ethics, public affairs, issues in Jewish history, the dilemma of modern war and tributes to figures such as Marie Curie, Isaac Newton and Mahatma Gandhi. This work was issued in a number of different cloths and dust jackets, and there continues to be bibliographic uncertainty about some points. This copy has three points we have identified as indicating a first edition: it is 225 millimeters tall, has a 4-page Table of Contents, and has Essays in Science and Philosophy as the first book listed on the back panel of the dust jacket. Book fine, dust jacket very nearly so. A lovely, scarce and desirable signed copy.
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