Lot 197
Curie, Marie. Pierre Curie (1867-1934) Polish-born physicist and chemist who pioneered the study of radioactivity. She was the first person to win two Nobel prizes, one in 1903 (physics) with her husband Pierre (1859-1906) and Henri Becquerel (1852-1908) and one in 1911 by herself in chemistry. First edition of Pierre Curie, the biography Marie Curie wrote of her late husband, inscribed and signed "To Dr. Livingston Farrand with the best wishes of M. Curie" on the first flyleaf. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1923. First edition in English, precedes the French edition that was issued in 1924.8vo, 242 pp. Translated by Charlotte and Vernon Kellogg. Illustrated with photographs. Includes autobiographical notes of Marie Curie. Cloth covers are a little worn. Housed in a custom-made navy case with leather and gilt spine.
Estimated Value $5,000 - 6,000.
Ex Christies, Oct. 4, 2002, Lot 62.
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