Collins, Michael
Michael Collins Signed Photograph.
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Original color photograph of Michael Collins, signed by him. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 15.25 inches by 13.25 inches.
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Item Number: RRB-101681
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Alhazen (Hasan Ibn al-Haytham)
Opticae Thesaurus Alhazeni Arabis. [Alhazen’s Book of Optics].
Basel : Eusebius Episcopius, 1572.
First edition of Alhazen’s fundamental work on optics and vision, which influenced Galileo and Kepler and paved the way for the modern science of physical optics. Folio, bound in full contemporary Basel vellum with central arabesques blind-stamped to the front and rear panels, titles stamped in black and five raised bands to the spine, woodcutContinue reading "Opticae Thesaurus Alhazeni Arabis. [Alhazen’s Book of Optics]."
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Item Number: RRB-90395
Saunders, Richard [Benjamin Franklin]
An Old Man’s Experience, or Poor Richard’s Maxims Improved.
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Rare printing of Benjamin Franklin’s An Old Man’s Experience, or Poor Richard’s Maxims Improved, published under the pseudonym Richard Saunders in full, “An Old Man’s Experience, or, Poor Richard’s Maxims Improved. Reader, if you buy this Book, and seriously consider its contents, though it cost thee but a Trifle, it may save thee Many Pounds.” Small octavo,Continue reading "An Old Man’s Experience, or Poor Richard’s Maxims Improved."
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Item Number: RRB-96182
Kandel, Eric R
In Search Of Memory.
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2006.
First edition of the scientist’s autobiography which deals with the groundbreaking work on the biological process of memory, which earned him the Nobel Prize. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Mayshan with best wishes Eric Kandel.” Fine in a fine dust jacket.
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Item Number: RRB-39334
Freud, Sigmund
Die Medizin der Gegenwart in Selbstdarstellungen.
Leipzig : Felix Meiner, 1925.
First offprint edition of this work by Freud. Octavo, original wrappers, frontispiece of Freud. Association copy, inscribed by Freud to his niece Lucy Wiener on the front panel, “onkel Sigm.” In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise box.
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Item Number: RRB-102984
Yeager, Chuck
Chuck Yeager Signed Bell X-1 Speed of Sound Auto Rocket.
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Model of the Bell X-1, boldly signed by pilot Chuck Yeager. The piece measures 14 inches in length, 10 inches in height and 11 inches in width. In near fine condition.
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Item Number: RRB-100398
Yeager, Chuck
Chuck Yeager Signed Bell X-5 Experimental Research Plane.
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Display model of the Bell X-5 experimental research plane, boldly signed by pilot Chuck Yeager. The piece measures 8.5 inches in height, 13 inches in height and 8.5 inches in width. In fine condition.
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Item Number: RRB-103598
Feynman, Richard P.; Robert P. Leighton; Matthew Sands
The Feynman Lectures On Physics.
Reading, Massachusetts : Addison-Wesley Publishing Company for California Institute of Technology, 1975-76.
Early printings of each volume of one of the greatest physics books ever written. Quarto, original red printed wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in volume one, “May 5, 1982, To my friend, Al Seckel.” The recipient, Alfred Paul Seckel, authored several books on the nature of illusion and perception and edited two ofContinue reading "The Feynman Lectures On Physics."
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Item Number: RRB-95373
Muir, John
The Writings of John Muir: The Manuscript Edition.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916-24.
The Manuscript edition of The Writings of John Muir. One of only 750 numbered copies, this is number 461. Octavo, 10 volumes, bound in the original green with morocco spine labels with gilt titles, containing the original gelatin silver photographic frontispiece to each volume with tissue guards present, illustrated with numerous photogravure and halftone plates;Continue reading "The Writings of John Muir: The Manuscript Edition."
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Item Number: RRB-96258
Berger, Peter L. and Thomas Luckmann
The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge.
New York : Doubleday & Company, 1966.
First edition of one of the most important sociological texts of the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Norman Ives.
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Item Number: RRB-102244
Muir, John
The Cruise of the Corwin: Journal of the Arctic Expedition of 1881 In Search of De Long and the Jeannette.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1917.
First edition, large paper copy, one of five hundred and fifty copies, this is number 260. Octavo, original cloth. Edited by William Frederic Badè. Illustrated with plates from photographs and from sketches by Muir. Fine in the rare original dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Kimes 348; BAL 14775
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Item Number: RRB-97365
Morris, Desmond
The Human Zoo.
Toronto : Clark, Irwin & Company Limited, 1969.
First edition of this work, which examines how the biological nature of the human species has shaped the character of the cultures of the contemporary world. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Edward Glover Best wishes Desmond Morris.” The recipient Edward Glover was a British psychoanalyst, whose lasting achievements in the combinedContinue reading "The Human Zoo."
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Item Number: RRB-96342
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 title page, “For John Rogers Edward O. Wilson, who has added a drawing of an ant. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing.
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Item Number: RRB-100332
Fletcher, Colin
River: One Man’s Journey Down the Colorado, Source to Sea.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.
First edition of this epic adventure by Fletcher, a renowned traveler and writer. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with 15 maps and 42 photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, “For Jimmie Stanley, Colin Fletcher 6/8/97.” Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket designContinue reading "River: One Man’s Journey Down the Colorado, Source to Sea."
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Item Number: RRB-100432
Ptolomaeus, Claudius. Edited and with Commentary by Federico Commandino
Ptolemaei Planisphaerium. Iordani Planisphaerium. Federici Commandini Urbrinatis in Ptolemaei Planisphaerium Commentarius.
Venice : Paulus Manutius (Aldine Press), 1558.
First separate edition and first edition of Commandino’s commentary of Ptolemy’s Planisphaerium, the original Greek text of which is no longer extant. Octavo, two volumes bound into one in eighteenth century vellum, all edges speckled red, Aldine device on both titles and both final pages, woodcut initials, numerous woodcut diagrams. The Ptolemaei is printed inContinue reading "Ptolemaei Planisphaerium. Iordani Planisphaerium. Federici Commandini Urbrinatis in Ptolemaei Planisphaerium Commentarius."
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Item Number: RRB-95289
Yeager, Chuck
Chuck Yeager Signed Glamorous Glennis III F-15 Aircraft Model.
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Model of the Glamorous Glennis III F-15 speed of sound aircraft, boldly signed by pilot Chuck Yeager. The piece measures 16 inches in length, 10 inches in height and 12 inches in width. In fine condition.
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Item Number: RRB-106598
Darwin, Charles
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life.
London : John Murray, 1860.
Rare second edition, second issue, in Freeman’s binding variant “a” of Darwin’s magnum opus. Freeman 376; Norman 594. Octavo, original publisher’s green cloth. In excellent condition with the spine gilt bright, contemporary owner’s signature to the title, marginalia on pages 72 and 132. A nice example.
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Item Number: RRB-96973
Feynman, Richard P
QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter.
Princeton : Princeton University Press, 1985.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning physicist regarding quantum electrodynamics. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the title page, “Richard P. Feynman.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Preface by Ralph Leighton. Rare and desirable signed.
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Item Number: RRB-96977
Watson, James D; Francis Crick; Maurice Wilkins; Arthur Kornberg, Joshua Lederberg
Nobel Lectures: Physiology or Medicine 1942-1962.
Amsterdam : Elsevier Publishing Company, 1964.
First edition of this collection of Nobel Lectures in physiology or medicine from the years 1942-1962. Thick Octavo, original yellow cloth. Signed by all three Nobel Prize-winning scientists Francis Crick, James D. Watson and Maurice Wilkins on the title page. They were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1962, “for their discoveries concerning theContinue reading "Nobel Lectures: Physiology or Medicine 1942-1962."
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Item Number: RRB-95688
Feynman, Richard P
“Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!” Adventures of a Curious Character.
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 1985.
First edition of this collection of reminiscences by the Nobel Prize-winning physicist and one of the greatest scientific minds of the twentieth century. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Richard Feynman on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. Jacket design by Mike McIver. Told toContinue reading "“Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!” Adventures of a Curious Character."
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Item Number: RRB-90244
Jones, John
Plain Concise Practical Remarks, on the Treatment of Wounds and Fractures.
Philadelphia : Robert Bell, 1776.
Exceptionally rare edition of the first surgical work by an American and printed in North America. Octavo, bound in nineteenth century three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, frontispiece. Jones’ work was the accepted guide to surgical practice during the American Revolutionary War” G&M 2155; Austin 1843; Evans 15100Continue reading "Plain Concise Practical Remarks, on the Treatment of Wounds and Fractures."
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Item Number: RRB-91322
Fletcher, Colin
River: One Man’s Journey Down the Colorado, Source to Sea.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.
First edition of this epic adventure by Fletcher, a renowned traveler and writer. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with 15 maps and 42 photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Alan and Lotte with best wishes Colin Carmel Valley, California 4/30/97.” Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dustContinue reading "River: One Man’s Journey Down the Colorado, Source to Sea."
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Item Number: RRB-54787
Penrose, Roger
The Emperor’s New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics.
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1989.
First edition of this work by Penrose, which won The Science Book Prize. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by Roger Penrose on the title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Foreword by Martin Gardner. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
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Item Number: RRB-87509
Sacks, Oliver
Awakenings.
London : Duckworth, 1973.
First edition of Sacks’ classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For John Rogers, with best wishes, Oliver Sacks Aug 2015.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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Item Number: RRB-95790
Opticae Thesaurus Alhazeni Arabis. [Alhazen’s Book of Optics].
Fine Bindings and Sets
$142,000.00
RRB-90395
The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge.
Gifts - Graduation and Celebrations
$975.00
RRB-102244
The Cruise of the Corwin: Journal of the Arctic Expedition of 1881 In Search of De Long and the Jeannette.
First Edition
$3,000.00
RRB-97365
Ptolemaei Planisphaerium. Iordani Planisphaerium. Federici Commandini Urbrinatis in Ptolemaei Planisphaerium Commentarius.
Fine Bindings and Sets
$8,800.00
RRB-95289
Chuck Yeager Signed Glamorous Glennis III F-15 Aircraft Model.
Art and Architecture
$1,250.00
RRB-106598
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life.
Gifts - Graduation and Celebrations
$11,000.00
RRB-96973
Nobel Lectures: Physiology or Medicine 1942-1962.
Gifts - Graduation and Celebrations
$16,000.00
RRB-95688
“Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!” Adventures of a Curious Character.
First Edition
$20,000.00
RRB-90244
Plain Concise Practical Remarks, on the Treatment of Wounds and Fractures.
Americana
$25,000.00
RRB-91322
The Emperor’s New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics.
First Edition
$1,750.00
RRB-87509