signed first edition
1991 · [New York]
by Weisskopf, Victor
[New York]: BasicBooks, 1991. First printing. Near fine in near fine jacket.. Inscribed first edition of this autobiography of the theoretical physicist and early advocate of nuclear responsibility — covering his European childhood, his time at Cambridge, and his experience working on the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos. 9.25'' x 6''. Original quarter plum cloth over grey paper boards, lettered in gilt and silver to spine. In original unclipped ($24.95) photographic jacket designed by Richard Adelson. Illustrated in black and white. xiv, 336 pages. Signed by Weisskopf to front fly leaf: "To F— V — / from the author / Vick F. Weisskopf / Nov 1992." Jacket with touch of edgewear. Book with touch of bumping to board edges, else fresh and tight.
(Inventory #: 53203)
(301) 589-0789
