Lot 184
"Trial and Error", by Chaim Wezimann – Published by Shoken, 1949 – First Edition – A Numbered Copy, Signed by Weizmann
"Massa Ve'Ma'as" [Trial and Error: The Autobiography of Chaim Weizmann], by Chaim Weizmann. Translated by Asher Barash. Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv: Shoken, 5709 [1949]. First edition. A signed and numbered copy (of 171 copies).
The first edition of Chaim Weizmann's autobiography, "Trial and Error", which was published four years prior to his death. This book was the first to use the Shoken font designed by Franzisca Baruch. 171 copies of the book were numbered and signed by Chaim Weizmann. This is copy no. 46, hand-signed by Chaim Weizmann on the colophon page.
487, [1] pp + [8] plates, 21 cm. Good overall condition. Stains. Leather-covered binding, with abrasions and blemishes to spine, partly detached. In a cardboard slipcase.
