Description
The World As I See It by Albert Einstein, signed by the author in 1951.
Twelvemo, xiii, [1], 112pp. Blue cloth, title stamped in blue on the spine. Publication statement on the copyright page, noting this copy was published in 1949 by The Philosophical Library. Light rubbing to tips of the spine. Lacking the rear endpaper. In the publisher’s near fine dust jacket, $2.75 on the front flap, a few short closed tears, a near fine example. Includes documentation from “Pieces of the Past,” item #112653.
This copy is signed on the front free endpaper: “Albert Einstein. 51.”
The World As I See It was first published in 1934 by Rudolf Kayse of Amsterdam under the title “Mein Weltbild”. The first American edition was published in 1934 by Covici Friede Publishers, and translated into English by Alan Harris. This New Abridged edition is divided into four topic areas: The World as I see it, Politics and Pacifism, Germany 1933, and The Jews. (Boni, Russ & Laurence 357a)
