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FIRST EDITION OF The World of Albert Schweitzer; with a RARE BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH OF ALBERT SCHWEITZER DURING HIS YEARS AS A MEDICAL MISSIONARY IN AFRICA SIGNED BY HIM AND AN ADDITIONAL SIGNED AUTOGRAPH NOTE
[SCHWEITZER, ALBERT]. PHOTOGRAPHS BY ERICA ANDERSON. TEXT AND CAPTIONS BY EUGENE EXMAN.
The World of Albert Schweitzer: A Book of Photographs by Erica Anderson. [With] Albert Schweitzer Autograph Note and Signed Photograph.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers 1955.
First edition of this magnificent volume of 169 photographs recording Albert Schweitzer’s life and work; with a rare black and white photograph of Albert Schweitzer on a bank of the Ogooué River, signed by him, “Albert Schweitzer.” Also accompanied by a letter in English from Schweitzer’s nurse and personal secretary Ali Silver to Fred and Eleanor Peck, on the bottom portion of which Schweitzer has added an autograph note in French which translates into English as, “Dear Sir, dear Madam, I thank you from the heart for the medicines for my hospital. Let me also tell you how much I am touched by the sympathy that you show in your Christmas card. With my good thoughts, Albert Schweitzer.” Dated December 29th, 1955, Silver’s portion of the letter thanks the recipients for their gift, pointing out that the volume of Schweitzer‘s correspondence has become unprecedentedly large, noting that Schweitzer has been spending more time lately renovating the leper village, and remarking that there are now about 250 patients plus about 150 lepers at the compound. With three additional notes from various senders to Mr. or Mrs. Peck and Eleanor Peck’s signed bookplate to the front free endpaper of the book. Also with and typed letter signed and autograph note on the verso of a photograph of Schweitzer signed by Lee Ellenbrock. The book is very good in a very good dust jacket. The photograph measures 4 inches by 5 inches and is in near fine condition.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 142709
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“one of the transcendent moral influences of our century" (John F. Kennedy) Albert Schweitzer's Out of My Life and Thought: An Autobiography; Inscribed by him
SCHWEITZER, ALBERT.
Out of My Life and Thought: An Autobiography.
New York: Henry Holt and Company 1949.
First edition, early printing of the Nobel laureate’s classic autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by Schweitzer on the recto of a photograph to Miss Margaret Lial and additionally inscribed and signed by him in French on verso and additionally inscribed by conductor and pianist Antonia Brico. The Dutch born conductor and pianist, Antonia Brico had an enduring friendship with Dr. Albert Schweitzer, the organ-playing doctor who practiced medicine in the wilds of Africa. The two shared a love of Bach’s music, and she detoured home from an engagement in Europe to visit Schweitzer in Africa in 1950. This copy was inscribed by Brico to music shop owner in Monterey CA, Margaret Lial, who arranged concerts in a hall above her shop where the two met. In July 1938, Brico was the first woman to conduct the New York Philharmonic. With a postcard photograph depicting a nursing care scene in Lambarene, in western Gabon, where Schweitzer’s hospital was built to treat tropical diseases. With a photograph of Brico conducting the Denver Orchestra in 1950, inscribed and signed by her on the verso and a two-page photostat Christmas letter from Brico outlining her travels, including her lecture on Schweitzer and being his guest at his French headquarters in Gunsbach, inscribed to Margaret Lial and signed at end, with envelope; an unsigned photograph portrait of Schweitzer; and several newspaper clippings related to Brico laid in. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Ann King. With a postscript by Everett Skillings. Housed in a custom slipcase. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 140103
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Rare black and white photograph of Albert Schweitzer during his years as a medical missionary in Africa; warmly inscribed by him
SCHWEITZER, ALBERT.
Albert Schweitzer Signed Photograph.
: January 18, 1963.
Rare black and white photograph of Albert Schweitzer in Lambaréné, inscribed by him, “En canoe sur la fleuve Ogooué a monsieur Glarvey Robbins avec ma profon de reconnniass avec Lambaréné Albert Schweitzer 18.1.63.” Schweitzer’s philosophy was expressed in many ways, but most famously in founding and sustaining the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Lambaréné, which up to 1958 was situated in French Equatorial Africa, and after this in Gabon. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 135832
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Le monde d'Albert Schweitzer; Inscribed by Nobel Peace Prize Winner Albert Schweitzer
ANDERSON, ERICA; EUGENE EXMAN. [ALBERT SCHWEITZER].
Le Monde D’Albert Schweitzer.
Paris: A. Michel 1955.
First edition of this work on the Nobel laureate. Quarto, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Schweitzer on the front free endpaper, “To Mr. Jean Marie Dubernard upon leaving Lambaréné with my good thoughts, Albert Schweitzer Lambaréné, 18 March 1957.” Photographs by Erica Anderson. Text by Eugene Exman. Preface by Daniel Halevy. In near fine condition. Books signed by Schweitzer are rare.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 120738
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Original Photograph signed by Nobel Peace Prize Winner Albert Schweitzer
SCHWEITZER, ALBERT.
Albert Schweitzer Autograph Signed Photograph.
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Large photograph of Albert Schweitzer in Lambarene purchasing supplies for the hospital, signed and inscribed by him. The entire piece measures 13 inches by 11 inches. One of the largest signed photographs we have seen or handled.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 117846
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Rare Autograph Letter signed by French polymath Albert Schweitzer
SCHWEITZER, ALBERT.
Albert Schweitzer Autograph Letter Signed.
: 1960.
Rare autograph letter signed by and entirely in the hand of French physician and Nobel Laureate Albert Schweitzer. One page, text in French. The letter is addressed to Miss Mary Hebe Degler of Lancaster, Pennsylvania and reads in part, “Thank you for very much for the beautiful photographs. The are very natural. All is well at the hospital but the number of hospitalizations increase with each year. Best Regards, Albert Schweitzer.” Accompanied by the original transmittal envelope post dated December, 27, 1960. In fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 116818
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Large Lithograph of Nobel Peace Prize-Winner Albert Schweitzer; Signed by Him and Artist William Sharp
SCHWEITZER, ALBERT; ARTIST WILLIAM SHARP.
Albert Schweitzer Signed Lithograph.
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Signed by the artist William Sharp in pencil. Inscribed by Nobel Peace Prize winner Albert Schweitzer, “A Mr John Zuber avec mes bonnes pensees Albert Schweitzer. Lambarene 13. Juin 1960.” The translation reads, “To Mr John Zuber with my good wishes Albert Schweitzer Lambarene 13th June 1960.” Schweitzer received the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize for his philosophy of “Reverence for Life”, expressed in many ways, but most famously in founding and sustaining the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Lambaréné, now in Gabon, west central Africa. The lithograph measures 14.5 inches by 11.5 inches. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 19 inches by 22.5 inches. A unique piece, rare and desirable.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 41060