Description
Signed first edition of To Dr. Albert Schweitzer: A Festschrift Commemorating His 80th Birthday From a Few of His Friends.
Octavo, [8], 178pp, [6]. Gray hardcover, title in gilt on front cover and spine. No additional printings listed. Solid text block, sunning and rubbed gilt on spine, faint dust remnants to top edge, a near fine copy.
Inscribed on the half-title: “Avec mes bonnes pensees [with my good thoughts] / Albert Schweitzer.” Includes a tipped-in leaf transcribed by hand with two Schweitzer quotes from a letter to Ernest Metzler. Laid in at rear are two typescript copies of “An Elephant in Ebony” by Dr. Clement C. Chesterman, a poem written for Schweitzer. Also includes a signed and dated postcard featuring Schweitzer.
A unique collection of pieces relating to the Nobel Peace Prize recipient.
Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) had a multifaceted career as a theologian, philosopher, musician, and humanitarian. He gained renown for his groundbreaking work as a medical missionary in Africa, founding a hospital in Gabon to serve the local population. Schweitzer’s philosophy of “reverence for life” and his commitment to alleviating human suffering earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1952.
