Stephen Hawking (1942-2018)

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Lot 113 | Stephen Hawking (1942-2018)
Stephen Hawking (1942-2018)

The Universe in a Nutshell. 2001

HAWKING, Stephen (1942-2018). The Universe in a Nutshell. London: Bantam Press, 2001.



A fine copy, 'signed' with an authorial thumbprint on title of Hawking's bestselling sequel to A Brief History of Time.



Small quarto (250 x 190mm). Later printing. Half-title, text-illustrations (internally fine). Publisher's black boards, black pictorial dustjacket (fine copy). [Sold with:] – and Gene STONE, editors. Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time. A reader's companion (London, 1992). [And:] – The Illustrated A Brief History of Time. Updated and expanded edition (London, 1996). Provenance: Stephen Hawking (thumbprint presentations on all titles to:) – David Howard (Hawking’s laryngologist).

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