RARE LIMITED EDITION BOOK ‘ PEIRRE CURIE’ BOLDLY SIGNED BY MARIE CURIE IN 1923
Polish-born French physicist (1867–1934), she and her husband Pierre discovered two new elements, polonium and radium; for this work they received the 1903 Nobel Prize for Physics. Curie was also the sole winner of the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Rare signed book: Pierre Curie. First edition, limited issue, numbered 30/100. NY: MacMillan, 1923. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.5, 242 pages. Signed on the colophon in black ink, “M. Curie.” Black cloth-covered spine and blue paper-covered boards. A stunning example of this book, which rarely comes to market.