Pierre Curie SIGNED by MARIE CURIE Limited First Edition 1923 1/100 Radium
By Marie Curie Translated by Charlotte & Vernon Kellogg. Limited first edition signed by two-time Nobel laureate Marie Curie. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1923. Original blue paper covered boards, black cloth spine lettered and rule and gilt. First edition, #47 of only 100 copies in the limited issue signed by Marie Curie. Very Good+ with small stain to cloth, exposed tips, small dampstain to back board slightly effecting rear endpaper. A rare signed biography of acclaimed physicist Pierre Curie by his widow and scientific partner, two-time Nobel laureate Marie Sklodowska-Curie. Among her many accomplishments were discovering the elements radium and polonium, coining the term "radioactivity" and developing its theory, and bringing portable X-ray machines to medical facilities on the front of World War I. We specialize in rare and out-of-print books!
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- Year Printed: 1923
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Topic: Science & Pyschology
- Binding: Hardcover
- Region: North America
- Author: Marie Curie
- Subject: Biography & Autobiography
- Original/Facsimile: Original
- Language: English
- Publisher: The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication: New York
- Special Attributes: 1st Printing