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Auction: 316 - The Collector's Series
Lot: 1214

Authors: Curie, Ève. French and American writer, journalist and pianist, daughter of the pioneering physicists Marie and Pierre Curie; known as the "First Lady of UNICEF" for her devoted work with that organization (her husband, Henry Richardson Labouisse, Jr., winner of the 1965 Nobel Prize, was its Executive Director). First edition in French of her acclaimed biography of her mother, "Madame Curie". Paris, Gallimard, 1938. Paperback, 304pp, 8vo. Signed "Pour Monsieur Charles Loridans avec ma gratitude pour accueil charmant et toutes les penses de sympathie d´ Eve Curie". After the death of her mother in 1934, Ève withdrew from social life to pay a loving homage to Marie. She rented a small flat in Auteiul, Yvelines where she gathered her mother´s letters and documents. In the autumn of 1935, she visited her family in Poland for insights into her mother´s early years. She composed the biography in 1937 focusing on Marie´s life while also portraying her own growing-up years with her sister Irène in the Curie household. Cover separated, back cover folded, front endpaper fraying, About Good.

Estimate
$500 to $750