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1st English ed. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), green cloth boards, black & white photos, top edge foxed, small hole jacket spine (minimal foxing & edge tears), pages lightly toned as usual, non-author written dedication front free flyleaf, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. 579 pp. The autobiography of an Hungarian-born medical doctor who attended to high society and many famous people in Berlin during the 1930s. He was also active in medical research, and is best known for his research on the circulation of the blood. However, he was also the doctor for, and friend of, Albert Einstein for 25 years, and his two chapters on Einstein provide the most authentic and intimate record of the character and activities of Einstein during these years. First English edition. Translated by Edward Fitzgerald from the German.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 579pp. 8 inches / 20cm. No dw. Green buckram, gilt titles on spine. Covers vg, gilt faded. Internally, vg, neat owner's name on endpaper. Contents about as new, except a few light margin marks. Profusely illustrated with b/w photographs of people, places, artwork. Autobiography of Hungarian doctor whose experiences span both World Wars, and who was a friend of Einstein, and of many of the eminent cultural figures of the period. 600g before packaging. Overseas postage would require addition. (Medicine, Medical, Biography, Hungarian, Einstein, History, World War 1, World War 2) Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

JANOS Ein Arzt erzählt sein Leben (Autobiografie) Paul List Verlag, München Leipzig Freiburg i.Br., 1. Auflage 1949, ERSTAUSGABE, 1.-5. Tsd., 414 SS. gebunden (Hardcover,8°), gut erhalten. In einer Lasche lose dabei : Eigenhändiger Brief mit Ort, Datum, Unterschrift signiert Baur au Lac Zürich, 26.12.1951 2 S. 8° - launiger Brief in deutscher Sprache " Ich weiss von Loerke über sie und mich haben sie in orientalischer Tracht auf dem Orlik-Fresco im Garten von L. gesehen Oh du lieber Augustin ", weiter über seine Schwierigkeiten einen geeigneten, zuverlässigen Chaffeur zu finden.