Inscribed first edition in original first state dust jacket.

Also, signed backwards by co-author, Ralph Leighton

First edition, third printing.  W. W. Norton & Company, New York: 1985.  Original first state dust jacket with price of "$16.95" and "1-85" at bottom of inner flap.

Book condition: very good plus; original bright orange cloth and boards; vibrant gold print on spine; clean and fresh, except spine is slightly slip-cocked; interior pages clean and bright.  Inscribed page lightly toned by newspaper article that has been removed.  Dust jacket is clean, bright with almost imperceptible fading on spine; no tears or chips.  Original price still on inner front flap of dust jacket.

Original photograph of internationally known, Nobel Prize winning physicist, Richard P. Feynman with Diana Stickney of Carmel, California, 1985.  Photograph was located inside inscribed book.

Diana Stickney's receipt for purchasing Feynman material from Faustin Bray's Sound Photosynthesis, Mill Valley, California, signed by Ms. Faustin Bray, dated November 9, 1985.  This receipt was inside inscribed book.

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Note on the scarcity of Richard Feynman signatures.  Signed and/or inscribed copies of this book are particularly scarce because Feynman did not comprehend why individuals wanted to collect autographs, especially those of scientists.  He is supposed to have asked a collector to explain why anyone would indulge in such an odd hobby; of another, Feynman wrote, "I'm sorry to inform you that I do not send autographs," and then, ironically, Feynman signed the letter.  Requests for Feynman's signature were routinely relegated to his secretary, who returned a printed card firmly stating that "Professor Feynman refuses all requests for autographs."  And thus, since Richard Feynman's death (1988), his signature has become a legendary scarcity.  However, it is his discoveries and leadership in physics, advances in quantum electrodynamics, enthralling university lectures, and exceptional personality, that makes his signature valuable.