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New York : W.W. Norton Company, 2017.
First edition of this Pulitzer Prize-winning work, “the best novel ever written about trees, and really just one of the best novels, period” (Ann Patchett). Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Richard Powers. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Evan Gaffney.
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New York : W.W. Norton Company, 2017.
First edition of this Pulitzer Prize-winning work, “the best novel ever written about trees, and really just one of the best novels, period” (Ann Patchett). Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Richard Powers. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Evan Gaffney.
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London : Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1947.
First edition, early printing of this classic British nature novel. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, frontispiece, illustrated throughout with wood engravings. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Illustrated by Denys Watkins-Pitchford. Foreword by Sir Charles Frederick.
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New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2009.
First edition of this inspiring collection of success stories on endangered species being rescued from the brink of extinction. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with photographs. Boldly signed by Jane Goodall on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Written with Thane Maynard and Gail Hudson. Jacket design by Flag.
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Princeton : Princeton University Press, 1985.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning physicist regarding quantum electrodynamics, which James Gleick calls it “a model of science writing.” Octavo, original cloth with violet titles to the spine, and no advertisement for Peierls’s Bird of Passage to the jacket. Boldly signed by Richard Feynman with an original Feynman diagram on theContinue reading "QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter."
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Princeton : Princeton University Press, 1985.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning physicist regarding quantum electrodynamics, which James Gleick calls it “a model of science writing.” Octavo, original cloth with violet titles to the spine, and no advertisement for Peierls’s Bird of Passage to the jacket. Boldly signed by Richard Feynman with an original Feynman diagram on theContinue reading "QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter."
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Englewood Cliffs, NJ : Prentice-Hall, 1967.
Rare first edition of Minsky’s first book, the father of AI. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper, owners stamp to the half-title page. Rare, especially in the original dust jacket.
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London : Heinemann Educational Publishers, 1973.
First edition of this comprehensive survey of physical, surviving industrial sites in the United Kingdom. Quarto, original publisher’s cloth with industrial vignette stamped in silver, cartographic endpapers, richly illustrated. Signed by Stephen Hawking in blue ballpoint. Additionally signed by fifteen colleagues in various inks, as a presentation to a faculty member. The inscription in oneContinue reading "The Archaeology of the Industrial Revolution."
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New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1967.
First edition of this historical and cultural study of Florida that traces the region’s development from early exploration through the modern era. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, cartographic endpapers. Signed by the author on the half-title page, “With best wishes, Marjory Stoneman Douglas.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Uncommon in this condition and signed.
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New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1967.
First edition of this historical and cultural study of Florida that traces the region’s development from early exploration through the modern era. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, cartographic endpapers. Signed by the author on the half-title page, “With best wishes, Marjory Stoneman Douglas.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Uncommon in this condition and signed.
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New York : George H. Doran Company, 1926.
First edition of this collection of essays. Octavo, original publisher’s red cloth. In very good condition. Shakespeare and Company ex libris bookplate to the front pastedown.
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Color close-up photograph of Nobel Prize-Winning physicist Peter Higgs, who discovered The Higgs mechanism which predicted the existence of a new particle, the Higgs boson, the detection of which became one of the great goals of physics. Boldly signed by Peter Higgs. In fine condition. The piece measures 5.75 inches by 4 inches.
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Color close-up photograph of Nobel Prize-Winning physicist Peter Higgs, who discovered The Higgs mechanism which predicted the existence of a new particle, the Higgs boson, the detection of which became one of the great goals of physics. Boldly signed by Peter Higgs. In fine condition. The piece measures 5.75 inches by 4 inches.
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Washington, D.C. : NASA, 1974.
First edition of this work on the historic first lunar landing era. Quarto, original pictorial cloth, illustrated with color photographs. Boldly signed by Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins in black felt tip on the front free endpaper. Additionally signed on the front pastedown by NASA administrators Thomas O. Paine, James C. Fletcher, andContinue reading "Apollo."
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1946.
First edition of Hersey’s classic work, which has sold over three million copies. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edgesContinue reading "Hiroshima."
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1946.
First edition of Hersey’s classic work, which has sold over three million copies. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edgesContinue reading "Hiroshima."
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Sarasota, Florida : Pineapple Press, Inc, 1987.
First edition, early printing of this autobiography of Marjory Stoneman Douglas, detailing her life as a pioneering environmentalist, journalist, and feminist who championed the protection of the Florida Everglades. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the verso of the half-title page, “For Will DurhamContinue reading "Voice of the River."
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Sarasota, Florida : Pineapple Press, Inc, 1987.
First edition, early printing of this autobiography of Marjory Stoneman Douglas, detailing her life as a pioneering environmentalist, journalist, and feminist who championed the protection of the Florida Everglades. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the verso of the half-title page, “For Will DurhamContinue reading "Voice of the River."
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Boston, Massachusetts : The Stratford Company, 1927.
Special autographed first edition of this autobiographical account of Ernest H. Wilson’s adventures and discoveries as a renowned British plant collector. Octavo, two volumes, bound in full green faux leather cloth, cartographic endpapers, frontispiece to volume one, with 128 illustrations mostly from photographs taken by the author. Boldly signed by Ernest H. Wilson on theContinue reading "Plant Hunting."
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New York : Rinehart & Company, Inc, 1947.
First edition of this environmental classic and foundational text in American conservation literature about the Everglades. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine, pictorial endpapers, with black and white illustrations. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Mildred and Elmer In recognition of their care for Florida inContinue reading "The Everglades: River of Grass."
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1950.
First edition of this classic study of administrative theory and governmental organization. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Fine in a very good dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.
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Antwerp : Abraham Ortelius, ca. 1592-1601.
Abraham Ortelius’ seminal map of Florida and the North American south with additional maps of Central and South America from the 1609 Spanish edition of Oretlius’ Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. One page, engraved map with hand-coloring, divided into three smaller maps of Peru, Florida, and Guasteca based upon Spanish sources, specifically Geronimo de Chaves, the RoyalContinue reading "La Florida. [The Earliest Separately Printed Map of Florida from Oretlius’ Theatrum Orbis Terrarum]."
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Budapest : Athenaeum, 1929.
Rare first edition of this collection of stories in the original Hungarian which introduced the sociological phenomena of “six degrees of separation.” Octavo, original wrappers with titles in red and black. In very good condition. Exceptionally rare in the original wrappers.
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New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 1999.
First edition of this introduction to string theory. Octavo, original publisher’s boards, illustrated with graphs and diagrams throughout. Boldly signed by the author on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by The ATTIK, NY. Author photograph by Dan Dieth.
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