EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955). Autograph letter signed (''A. Einstein'') to Ruth Daman, Princeton, 22 March 1947 [With:] Autograph note signed (''A. Einstein”) to Ruth Daman, n.p. 12 March 1950 [And:] Autograph note signed (''A.E.'') to Ruth Daman,...

EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955). Autograph letter signed ("A. Einstein") to Ruth Daman, Princeton, 22 March 1947 [With:] Autograph note signed ("A. Einstein”) to Ruth Daman, n.p. 12 March 1950 [And:] Autograph note signed ("A.E.") to Ruth Daman, n.p., 31 March 1950.

In German, one page, 235 x 209mm on his embossed Mercer Street letterhead (small loss at top center not affecting text, light toning from previous framing, mounted to a board). The note, in German, one page each, both 112 x 212mm (light toning from previous framing, mounted to boards).

Einstein recalls childhood play, describing the game of “Pig in the sty” with a diagram and expresses his joy upon receiving a gift of a kaleidoscope. "It was lovely of you to have thought of me on my birthday. What you sent caught me on one of my weaknesses, which is of course a truly female knack. Apart from that, I know that these little things are currently not at all easy to find. The puzzle with the marbles is a simplified version of one which did the rounds during my childhood under the name ‘Pig in the sty." Beneath this line, Einstein sketches a diagram, illustrating the box with internal walls, the 'poke' and the marbles. The two additional notes were written in 1950 in response to another a gift: a kaleidoscope. In the first note, Einstein admits that he "can do nothing else but look at the constantly changing star-pattern." The gift moved him so much that he wrote again a week later: "I must write to you again, as I take such pleasure in the kaleidoscope. It always stands on my table and I peek in it from time to time, as it were in between times when I am working. You really hit the mark with this one."

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PROPERTY OF A LADY AND A GENTLEMAN