Nine Chains to the Moon.

FULLER, R. Buckminster.

Published by Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1938

About this Item

First edition, presentation copy, inscribed on the front pastedown, "To Miss Florence A. Sedgwick, very sincerely, R. Buckminster Fuller, Xmas 1938". This book outlines Fuller's technological strategy for maximising the social applications of energy resources and was endorsed to the publishers by Albert Einstein. The architect and inventor Richard Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) was expelled from Harvard, yet went on to earn 47 honorary doctorates and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honour in the US. After suffering the death of his young daughter in 1922 and unemployment in 1927, Fuller decided to "use his experiences and intellect in the service of others. As a consequence, he spent nearly two years as a recluse, deep in contemplation about the universe and how he could best contribute to humanity" (Biography). Nine Chains drew heavily on Einstein's theoretical work, amazing the scientist, who commented to Fuller, "I cannot conceive of anything I have ever done having the slightest practical application" (Everything I Know, Section 2, part 1). The recipient is likely Fuller's cousin. Buckminster Fuller Institute, Everything I Know, and Biography. Octavo. With 2 folding charts, diagrams to the text. Original metallic bronze cloth, spine and front cover lettered in black, endpapers illustrated with Fuller's "Dymaxion world map", fore edge untrimmed. With dust jacket. Spine ends and corners bumped and gently rubbed, contents clean; unclipped jacket worn and chipped at extremities, some loss to upper edge, panels a little rubbed, a few marks to reverse: a very good copy in like jacket.

Seller Inventory # 186727

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Nine Chains to the Moon.
• Publisher: Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1938
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)