Three Distinguished Brits
Autograph inscriptions signed, to photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt.
London: 12, 13, 14, November, 1951.
Price: $200.00
About the item
On recto of a leaf from Eisenstaedt's notebook. 1 vols. 7-1/4 x 6-1/4 inches. Three Distinguished Brits. Very good.
Item #224167
Incriptions to Life photographer Eisenstaedt from three distinguished Brits: (1) Henry Hallett DALE , co-winner of the Nobel Prize in 1936 with Loewi for identifying the chemical acetylcholine as a neuro-transmitter ("for a relatively painless operation"); (2) Whitney STRAIGHT, the American-born race-car driver and head of British Overseas Airway Corporation ("a most pleasant ordeal"); and (3) Sir David Maxwell FYFE, British Home Secretary and jurist ("in gratitude").
