Biography of Alfred Nobel by H. Schück and R. Sohlman 1929.
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| Hus | Stockholms Auktionsverk Nybrogatan 32 |
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NOBEL. SCHÜCK, HENRIK - SOHLMAN, ROLF. Alfred Nobel. London, William Heineman Ltd, 1929.
4:o (about 290x225) mm. (11), xii-xiv, 1-304 pp. Frontispiece portrait, 20 photographic plates, 1 photo facsimile of Alfred Nobels testimony.
Original half vellum, slightly soiled, gilt upper edge, otherwise uncut. Partly unopened.
Edition specially printed for the Nobel Foundation and Dr. Emanuel Nobel, limited to 100 copies, this is number 82.
Provenance: Gustaf Oscar Ludvig (Gösta) Nobel (1886-1955), youngest son of Ludvig and Edla Nobel, was in Baku between 1914-17 and later took over as Managing Director over Branobel or "The Nobel Brothers Company". The oil company was founded in Baku by his father and the two brothers Alfred and Robert. He and his family had to flee Russia 1918 during the Russian revolution.
See catalogue text.
