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"Trial and Error", by Chaim Wezimann – Published by Shocken, 1949 – First Edition –Signed by Weizmann
"Massa Ve'Ma'as" [Trial and Error], the autobiography of Chaim Weizmann. Translated by Asher Barash. Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv: Shocken, 5709 [1949]. First edition. Copy signed by Weizmann.
The first edition of Chaim Weizmann's autobiography, "Trial and Error. This book was the first to use the Shocken font designed by Franzisca Baruch. The edition numbered 171 copies. This copy is not numbered; hand-signed by Chaim Weizmann on the justification page.
487, [1] pp. + [8] plates, 21 cm. Good condition. Stains (mostly to first and last leaves and to edges). Minor blemishes to cover. Original dust jacket, with tears to edges and spine.
