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Fuller, Buckminster

Buckminster Fuller: An Autobiographical Monologue Scenario.

New York : St. Martin's Press, 1980.

First edition of this autobiographical work. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Fuller on the front free endpaper, “To: Harriet Nichols In warmest friendship Bucky Buckminster Fuller.” Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Kadi Tint. Documented and edited by Robert Snyder.

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-124719

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Fuller, Buckminster

Ideas and Integrities: A Spontaneous Autobiographical Disclosure.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ : Prentice-Hall, 1963.

First edition of this work by Fuller. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed “To Brooke, with great love, Bucky 3/30/80.” The recipient, Brooke Maxwell, along with one of Fuller’s other nieces Sarah Abbot, was one of Fuller’s key assistants on his Synergetics Project. Edited by Robert W. Marks. Near fine in a very good price-clippedContinue reading "Ideas and Integrities: A Spontaneous Autobiographical Disclosure."

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-124570

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Valens, E.G. [Jill Kinmont]

A Long Way Up: The Story of Jill Kinmont.

New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1967.

First edition of this powerful biography of Jill Kinmont. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs by Burk Uzzle and others. Presentation copy, inscribed by Kinmont on the front front free endpaper, “To Dr. Robinson, Thank you for your nice letter. Best Wishes- Jill Kinmont 2-27-67.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket designContinue reading "A Long Way Up: The Story of Jill Kinmont."

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-124068

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von Braun, Wernher

The Mars Project.

Urbana : University of Illinois, 1953.

First edition of this classic work. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Bob Mabon from one space man to another- Wernher von Braun.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some small chips. First editions are rare, signed and inscribed examples exceptionally so, thisContinue reading "The Mars Project."

$12,500.00

Item Number: RRB-123721

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[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Presidential Cruise Pamphlet Collection.

City of Washington : Published by the Smithsonian Institution, 1939-1942.

First editions of ten botanical and zoological pamphlets published as a result of collections and investigations made during Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Presidential Cruise of 1938 to the Galapo, six being presentation copies inscribed and signed “FDR” on the front wrapper. Octavo, ten pamphlets, original brown printed paper wrappers, illustrated. Presentation copies, 6 pamphlets are signedContinue reading "Franklin Delano Roosevelt Presidential Cruise Pamphlet Collection."

$12,500.00

Item Number: RRB-123500

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Mead, Margaret

Male and Female: A Study of the Sexes in a Changing World.

New York : William Morrow and Company, 1949.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “To Harry Shapiro from Margaret Mead September 1949.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. With the compliments of Margaret Mead laid in. Rare and desirable signed.

$1,100.00

Item Number: RRB-122351

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Wilson, Edward O

Sociobiology: The New Synthesis.

Cambridge MA : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1975.

First edition of Wilson’s classic work. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrations by Sarah Landry. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Helen Vaitaitis with best wishes and thanks for your help Edward O. Wilson Museum of Comparative Biology Harvard University October 22, 1976.” Additionally signed again in full on theContinue reading "Sociobiology: The New Synthesis."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-122579

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Frank, Pat

Mr. Adam.

Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott Company, 1946.

First edition of the author’s classic first novel, which has went on to sell over two million copies. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: “For Cynthia – With best regards, Pat Frank, Tarrytown, ’47”. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Uncommon signed and inscribed.

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-122192

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Muir, John

The Mountains of California.

New York : The Century Co, 1922.

New and enlarged edition of Muir’s first book. Octavo, original pictorial cloth decorated in gilt, frontispiece, illustrated. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Uncommon in the original jacket.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-126367

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Wilson, Edward O

Tales from the Ant World.

New York : Liveright Publishing Corp, 2020.

First edition of this work which recalls Wilson’s lifetime with ants, from his first boyhood encounters in the woods of Alabama to perilous journeys into the Brazilian rainforest. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Signed by Edward O. Wilson on the title page with a drawing of an ant. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket designContinue reading "Tales from the Ant World."

$650.00

Item Number: RRB-120823

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Wallace, David Foster

Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity.

New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2003.

First edition of this work which examines the history of infinity, focusing primarily on the work of Georg Cantor, the 19th-century German mathematician who created set theory. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by David Foster Wallace on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Base Art Co./ Terry Rohrbach.

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-120564

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Matzner, Richard A. and L.C. Sheply (editors), [Stephen Hawking]

Spacetime and Geometry: The Alfred Schild Lectures.

Austin : University of Texas Press, 1982.

First edition of this work on space. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of Stephen Hawking with his name written on the front free endpaper. Stephen 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 hisContinue reading "Spacetime and Geometry: The Alfred Schild Lectures."

$4,000.00

Item Number: RRB-119377

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Schatzman, Evry (editor), [Stephen Hawking]

Cargèse Lectures in Physics, Volume Six.

New York : Gordon and Breach, 1973.

First edition of this work. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of Stephen Hawking with his name written on the front free endpaper. Stephen 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’sContinue reading "Cargèse Lectures in Physics, Volume Six."

$3,500.00

Item Number: RRB-115754

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Kramer, D; H. Stephani, E. Herlt and M. MacCallum, edited by E. Schmutzer [Stephen Hawking]

Exact Solutions of Einstein’s Field Equations

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1980.

First edition of this work on Einstein. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of Stephen Hawking with his name written on the front free endpaper. Stephen 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 hisContinue reading "Exact Solutions of Einstein’s Field Equations"

$4,000.00

Item Number: RRB-119458

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Berry, Michael [Stephen Hawking]

Principles of Cosmology and Gravitation.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1976.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original wrappers. From the library of Stephen Hawking with his name written on the front free end page. Stephen 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 hisContinue reading "Principles of Cosmology and Gravitation."

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-119527

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Collins, P.D.B. [Stephen Hawking]

An Introduction to Regge Theory and High Energy Physics.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1977.

First edition of this work on Regge Theory. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of Stephen Hawking, with his signature to the front free end page, from his secretary. Stephen Hawking was a theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge atContinue reading "An Introduction to Regge Theory and High Energy Physics."

$3,000.00

Item Number: RRB-119369

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Taylor, J.C. [Stephen Hawking]

Gauge Theories of Weak Interactions.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1976.

First edition of this work on gauge theory. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of Stephen Hawking. Stephen 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 "Gauge Theories of Weak Interactions."

$3,000.00

Item Number: RRB-119299

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Rutherford, Ernest [Stephen Hawking]

The Collected Papers of Lord Rutherford of Nelson O.M., F.R.S

London : George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1962.

First editions of this work, from the library of Stephen Hawking with a presentation inscription, “To Stephen Hawking To mark the International Relativity Conference, Cambridge, June 1976, the papers of the Cambridge genius of an earlier generation. G. L. W.” Stephen Hawking was a theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research atContinue reading "The Collected Papers of Lord Rutherford of Nelson O.M., F.R.S"

$7,500.00

Item Number: RRB-119358

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Russell, Bertrand

The Scientific Outlook.

New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 1931.

First edition of this classic work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Bertrand Russell on the front pastedown. With a note from the recipient that it was signed in 1931. An exceptional example with noted provenance.

$2,800.00

Item Number: RRB-119625

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Penrose, Roger

Reviews in Modern Physics: A Remarkable Property of Plane Waves in General Relativity.

New York : The American Physical Society by the American Institute of Physics, 1965.

First edition of Reviews of Modern Physics: Volume 37 Number 1, containing Nobel Laureate in Physics Roger Penrose’s fundamental article on spacetime: A Remarkable Property of Plane Waves in General Relativity. Quarto, original wrappers. Signed and dated by the mathematical physicist on page 215, the first page of his contribution, “Roger P 20 Sept 2016.”Continue reading "Reviews in Modern Physics: A Remarkable Property of Plane Waves in General Relativity."

$9,800.00

Item Number: RRB-119437

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Schrödinger, Erwin

What Is Life? The Physical Aspect of the Living Cell.

Cambridge : University Press, 1944.

Rare first edition of this collection of lectures by the Nobel Prize-winning physicist in which he presents the early theoretical description of the storage of genetic information cited by Crick and Watson as a source of inspiration for their initial research into the discovery of DNA. Small octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rareContinue reading "What Is Life? The Physical Aspect of the Living Cell."

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-119034

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Thomas, Lewis

Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher.

New York : The Viking Press, 1974.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Margaret Carson with regards Lewis Thomas.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed.

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-118459

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Armstrong, Neil

Neil Armstrong Signed Portrait.

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Portrait of American astronaut Neil Armstrong, boldly signed by him. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 13 inches by 11.75 inches. Rare and desirable signed and uninscribed by Armstrong.

$4,800.00

Item Number: RRB-117764

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Armstrong, Neil

Neil Armstrong Signed Photograph.

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Original color photograph of Neil Armstrong, boldly inscribed by him, “To ___ ____ _____- Congratulations on a century of achievement Neil Armstrong.” Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 15.25 inches by 13.25 inches.

$2,250.00

Item Number: RRB-117575

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