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Oppenheimer, J. Robert; [George Little]

J. Robert Oppenheimer Typed Letter Signed. [WITH] Related Manhattan Project Ephemera.

Santa Fe : Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1945.

Rare typed letter signed by the Father of the Atomic Bomb, J.R. Oppenheimer. Quarto, one page on Oppenheimer’s Santa Fe stationary, dated October 13, 1945, the letter reads in part, ‘Dear Mr. Little This letter is to acknowledge your contribution to the development of the atomic bomb. The unequivocal success of the Los Alamos ProjectContinue reading "J. Robert Oppenheimer Typed Letter Signed. [WITH] Related Manhattan Project Ephemera."

$17,500.00

Item Number: RRB-147275

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Copeland, Sebastian; Foreword by Orlando Bloom

Antarctica: A Call to Action.

San Rafael, CA : Earth Aware, 2008.

First edition of the inspiring sequel to ‘Antarctica: The Global Warning.’ Oblong duodecimo, original pictorial boards, illustrated with breathtaking high-resolution photographs by Sebastian Copeland throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “January 2009 To Linda, Sebastian Copeland.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Author photograph by Orlando Bloom.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-146836

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Kranz, Gene and Sy Liebergot

Apollo 13 Eugene Kranz and Seymour Liebergot Signed Photograph.

April 13, 1970.

Signed photograph of the damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft. Satin-finish photograph of the damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft, boldly signed in gold felt tip by NASA’s heroic mission controllers Eugene Kranz, “Eugene F. Kranz, ‘Flight,'” and Seymour Liebergot, “‘We may have had an instrumentation problem, Flight.’ 4/13/70, Sy Liebergot, Apollo 13 EECOM.” Ironically, the station anomaly was far greaterContinue reading "Apollo 13 Eugene Kranz and Seymour Liebergot Signed Photograph."

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-147225

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Berkeley, Edmund C

Giant Brains or Machines That Think.

New York : John Wiley & Sons, 1949.

First edition of this important work which popularized cognitive images of early computers. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper to the author to his ACM collaborator, Austrian mathematician Franz Alt (who is also thanked in the acknowledgements), “To Franz, with thanks againContinue reading "Giant Brains or Machines That Think."

$20,000.00

Item Number: RRB-147369

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Sagan, Carl

Cosmos.

New York : Random House, 1980.

First edition of one of the best-selling science books ever published. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Carl Sagan on the title page. Near fine a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Aulicino, jacket painting by Adolph Schaller. Uncommon signed.

$3,200.00

Item Number: RRB-147395

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Sikorsky, Igor; Eddie Rickenbacker; James H. Doolittle; Alford J. Williams; Anthony Fokker; Charles E. Rosendahl; Sherman Fairchild; Roscoe Turner; Thomas Sopwith; George Stainforth; Richard Atcherley; Clyde Pangborn; Ruth Nichols; Glenn L. Martin; Hugh Herndon, Jr; Frank Hawks; William A. Bishop; Giuseppe Mario Bellanca

Aviator Autograph Collection.

1935-36.

Autograph collection with signatures from eighteen of the world’s famous aviation pioneers and fighter pilots. Octodecimo, eighteen pages mounted on carbon paper, the collection includes: postcard signed by Igor Sikorsky, “I. Sikorsky,” illustrated with a photograph of the Sikorsky S-42 flying boat; card signed by Edward Rickenbacker, “Capt Eddie Rickenbacker 1936,” mounted with a photographContinue reading "Aviator Autograph Collection."

$2,800.00

Item Number: RRB-147210

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Carpenter, Scott; Gordon Cooper; Wally Schirra

Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, and Wally Schirra Signed Project Mercury Decal.

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Unused decal honoring Project Mercury; signed by three of the Mercury Seven. Four-cent Project Mercury stamp decal, depicting an illustration of the Freedom 7 capsule in space, surrounded by the surnames of the Mercury Seven astronauts. Boldly signed along the outer border by Scott Carpenter and Gordon Cooper and by Wally Schirra. In very good condition.

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-147226

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Stafford, Thomas P with Michael Cassutt

We Have Capture: Tom Stafford and the Space Race.

Washington, D.C : Smithsonian Institution Press, 2002.

First edition, early printing of this exhilarating memoir of an Apollo space flight commander. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Ken, Tom Stafford.” Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-147235

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Haise, Fred

Fred Haise Signed Aquarius Moon Photograph.

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Rare photograph of the far side of the moon. Color satin-finish photograph of the cratered lunar surface. Boldly inscribed by Fred Haise, “The far side of the moon photo from ‘Aquarius’ on our journey home! Fred Haise, Apollo 13 LMP.” In fine condition. The piece measures 10 inches by 8 inches.

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-146746

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Haise, Fred

Fred Haise Signed Apollo 13 Photograph.

1970.

Rare photograph of the Apollo 13 service module. Small quarto, color satin-finish photograph of the crippled Apollo 13 service module floating in space. Boldly signed by Fred Haise, “Our view of the damaged Apollo 13 Service Module! Fred Haise, LMP, 4/17/70.” In fine condition. The piece measures 10 inches by 8 inches.

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-147067

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Mitchell, Edgar with Dwight Williams

The Way of the Explorer: An Apollo Astronaut’s Journey Through the Material and Mystical World.

New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1996.

First edition of this engrossing evaluation of the contributions of space exploration to the future by the sixth man to walk on the moon. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Dr. Edgar Mitchell on the title page, “To Bud Best wishes Edgar Mitchell.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket designContinue reading "The Way of the Explorer: An Apollo Astronaut’s Journey Through the Material and Mystical World."

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-147174

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Green, Michael B.; John H. Schwarz and Edward Witten. [Stephen Hawking]

Superstring Theory.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1987.

First edition of the fundamental text on superstring theory. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of Stephen Hawking. Hawking was a theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge at the time of his death. Hawking’s scientific works included a collaboration withContinue reading "Superstring Theory."

$9,800.00

Item Number: RRB-119483

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Collins, Michael; Foreword by Charles A. Lindbergh

Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut’s Journey.

New York : Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1974.

First edition, early printing of one of the finest memoirs of space travel. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For David A. Stanfield, with all good wishes – Michael Collins.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert T. McCall. Foreword byContinue reading "Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut’s Journey."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-147170

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Worden, Al with Francis French

Falling to Earth: An Apollo 15 Astronaut’s Journey to the Moon.

Washington, D.C : Smithsonian Books, 2011.

First edition of this unprecedented and exhilarating account of Al Worden’s experience with NASA. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Boldly signed by the authors on the half title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Foreword by Dick Gordon. Epilogue by Tom Stafford. Jacket design by Brian Barth.

$175.00

Item Number: RRB-147208

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Frank, Philipp [Albert Einstein]

Einstein: His Life And Times.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1947.

First edition of this classic work by Frank, a famed contemporary of Einstein. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the subject in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “A. Einstein 47.” Translated from a German manuscript by George Rosen. Edited and Revised by Shuichi Kusaka. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase. RareContinue reading "Einstein: His Life And Times."

$9,800.00

Item Number: RRB-147192

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Einstein, Albert

Albert Einstein Signed Photograph.

1952.

Rare original black and white silver gelatin photograph of Albert Einstein. Signed “A Einstein 52.” Full-length group portrait showing Albert Einstein standing with Hadassah National President Rebecca Beldner Shulman and others at his Princeton home in June of 1952 during a celebration marking the commencement of building of the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center in Jerusalem.Continue reading "Albert Einstein Signed Photograph."

$12,000.00

Item Number: RRB-72091

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Reiser, Anton. [Albert Einstein]

Albert Einstein: A Biographical Portrait.

New York : Albert & Charles Boni, 1930.

First edition, early printing of this Einstein biography written by Rudolf Kayser, a German literary historian and husband to Albert Einstein’s stepdaughter Ilse under the pseudonym Anton Reiser. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Einstein. In near fine condition.

$125.00

Item Number: RRB-144683

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Vesalius, Andreas; Illustrated by Jan Stephan van Calcar

Andreae Vesalii Bruxellensis Icones Anatomicae.

New York and Munich : Printed by the Bremer Presse for the New York Academy of Medicine and the University of Munich, 1934.

The Bremer Press edition and final edition of the Fabrica and Epitome, printed from the original Vesalian woodblocks which were subsequently destroyed in the bombing of Munich in 1943. Folio, original publisher’s half pigskin over cloth with gilt titles to the front panel, illustrated with two woodcut title-pages by Jos. Lehnacker, leaf with woodcut portraitContinue reading "Andreae Vesalii Bruxellensis Icones Anatomicae."

$6,000.00

Item Number: RRB-147205

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Carson, Rachel

Silent Spring.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1962.

First edition of Carson’s landmark work. Octavo, original green cloth. Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket, small ownership label to the front pastedown. Drawings by Lois and Louis Darling. An exceptional example.

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-146417

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Freud, Sigmund

Totem and Taboo: Resemblances Between the Psychic Lives of Savages and Neurotics.

New York : Moffat, Yard and Company, 1918.

First American edition of Freud’s classic collection of Wilhelm Wundt and Carl Jung inspired essays. Octavo, original light blue cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket, ownership inscription to the front pastedown and light marginalia. An excellent example, rare in the original publisher’s dust jacket with $2.00 price and publisher’s list.

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-147070

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Lovelock, James E

Gaia: A New Look At Life on Earth.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1979.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Cover illustration by Henri Rousseau. First editions are uncommon.

$500.00

Item Number: RRB-146379

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Card, Orson Scott

Ender’s Game.

New York : Tor Books, 1991.

Limited first edition, one of 25 examples given to the author of this Nebula and Hugo award-winning novel. Octavo, bound in black leather with gilt titles to the spine, marbled endpapers, illustrated with a full-color plate. One of only 225 copies signed by Orson Scott Card on the limitation page, of which 200 were releasedContinue reading "Ender’s Game."

$3,800.00

Item Number: RRB-146923

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Sacks, Oliver

An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1995.

First edition of this astounding collection of unique medical histories. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with color plates. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to his editor in the year of publication, “For Stanley Holwitz, editor, guide, friend – with all my thanks and best wishes – 2/12/95 Oliver.” NearContinue reading "An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales."

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-146916

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Smythe, William R. [Richard P. Feynman]

Static and Dynamic Electricity.

New York : McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1950.

Richard Feynman’s copy of Smythe’s central work on static and dynamic electricity. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with mathematic equations and diagrams. Signed in ink by Feynman on the front free endpaper, “R.P. Feynman 6688 Cal Tech Physics,” beneath the previous owner’s inscription. Feynman acquired this copy from a fellow member of the Caltech physics department,Continue reading "Static and Dynamic Electricity."

$9,500.00

Item Number: RRB-145207

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