Proof edition of A Brief History of Time
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Proof edition of A Brief History of Time

Stephen Hawking. 1988

已結束2019年5月23日

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Proof edition of A Brief History of Time
Stephen Hawking. 1988
Stephen Hawking (1942-2018).

A Brief History of Time. From the Big Bang to Black Holes. New York: Bantam Books, 1988.

Proof edition of A Brief History of Time, with the printed note on the half-title: 'This bound copy consists of uncorrected page proofs. Material for quotation should be checked against the regular edition.'

Octavo (230 x 153mm). Half-title, no text-illustrations, but blank spaces indicating their position and noted with numeration and size, e.g. 'Fig 2.6 ½ page' (blank verso of final leaf unevenly stained). Publisher's printed grey wrappers (upper cover with one small red mark and lower corner creased, extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: Judy Fella (Hawking's first secretary and later PA and nursing co-ordinator: Fella worked with Hawking on the first draft of A Brief History of Time).