HAWKING, Stephen. My Brief History. A Memoir. (FIRST LONDON EDITION FIRST PRINTING BEARING THE BLACK INK THUMB PRINT OF HAWKING - 2013)

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HAWKING, Stephen. My Brief History. A Memoir. (FIRST LONDON EDITION FIRST PRINTING BEARING THE BLACK INK THUMB PRINT OF HAWKING - 2013)

AUTHOR: HAWKING, Stephen. 

TITLE: My Brief History. A Memoir.

PUBLISHER: London: Bantam Press, 2013.

DESCRIPTION: FIRST LONDON EDITION FIRST PRINTING BEARING THE BLACK INK THUMB PRINT OF HAWKING. 1 vol., illustrated, hardbound, FINE, with the DJ, not price clipped, VERY GOOD.  Hawking’s thumb print appears to a clear area at the base of the half title page alongside a black ink annotation signed by his nurse, Nikki O'Brien, stating "Right thumbprint of Professor S Hawking witnessed by N O'Brien May 2014. Rare in this form.  Housed in a open ended slipcase.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Nikki worked very closely with Stephen as his nurse for 14 years.