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A first edition of A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking, from the personal library of former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara and signed by him on the front free end paper. Octavo, x, 198pp. Black hardcover, black cloth spine, title in silver on the spine. In publishers dust jacket, retail price on front flap, shelf wear to both covers. Occasional pencil marks throughout. A unique association copy.
Comments: From the personal library of former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara. Provenance: The Robert McNamara Estate & Diane Byfield McNamara Book Collection (The Potomac Company, October 2019)
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