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Rare color photograph of the launch of Apollo 4, the first uncrewed test flight of the Saturn V rocket that later carried astronauts to the Moon, lengthily inscribed by Wernher von Braun to the Leader of Germany’s V-2 Rocket Program, “To Dr. Walter R. Dornberger, who opened the road to space which is now traveledContinue reading "Wernher von Braun Apollo 4 Signed Photograph."
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1969.
Series 1969 dollar bill from the United States of America, the year Armstrong and Aldrin touched the moon. Boldly signed by Apollo 11 crew members Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins on the portrait side in black felt tip. Mounted and framed. In fine condition. The entire piece measures 9.5 inches by 6 inches.Continue reading "Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins Signed Dollar Bill."
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London : Williams and Norgate, 1887.
First edition of this comprehensive guide to salmon and trout species in Britain and Ireland. Imperial octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine, ruling to the front and rear panels stamped in blind, errata to the rear, with black and white illustrations and diagrams throughout, and 12 colored plates tipped in atContinue reading "British and Irish Salmonidae."
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Washington, D.C : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1989.
First edition of this commemorative book published in celebration of the twenty year anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 lunar mission. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated with color photographs throughout. Boldly signed on the front cover by Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins. In fine condition. The piece measures 9 inches by 12 inches.Continue reading "The First Lunar Landing As Told by The Astronauts."
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Washington, D.C : Smithsonian Books, 2022.
First edition of the extraordinary autobiography of astronaut Fred Haise, one of only 24 men to fly to the moon. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper on a Apollo XIII bookplate, “Fred Haise Apollo 13 LMP.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Gary Tooth. ForewordContinue reading "Never Panic Early: An Apollo 13 Astronaut’s Journey."
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New York : The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1988.
First edition of this comprehensive account of the NASA Apollo moon missions. Octavo, original half-cloth, illustrated with photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by Alan Shepard on the title page, “To LK and Bill – Alan Shepard.” Alan Shepard was one of NASA’s Mercury Seven—the first group of American astronauts selected in 1959 for Project Mercury, theContinue reading "For All Mankind."
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New York : Simon and Schuster, 1962.
First edition, early printing of this first-hand account of the genesis of America’s manned space program. Octavo, original half-cloth, top stain orange, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with black and white photographs. Boldly signed by Mercury Seven astronaut Scott Carpenter on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with chipping. Jacket designContinue reading "We Seven. By the Astronauts Themselves."
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Florida : Kennedy Space Center, 1971.
Rare original 1971 Apollo 14 launch day cover signed by Neil Armstrong, Jack Swigert, and Dave Scott. Apollo 14 “Man on the Moon” envelope depicting an astronaut in his space suit walking on the moon, ink stamped by the official NASA postal station “Kennedy Space Center FL Jan 31, 1971 PM”, First Man on theContinue reading "Neil Armstrong, Jack Swigert, and Dave Scott Signed Apollo 14 Launch Day Cover."
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Rare photograph signed by moonwalkers Alan Bean, Edgar Mitchell, and Charlie Duke. Satin finish photograph of a lunar bootprint on the moon. Boldly signed by Bean in blue felt tip at the top left corner, “Alan Bean Apollo XII LMP Ocean of Storms 19 November 1969″; Mitchell in silver felt tip at the bottom left corner,Continue reading "Alan Bean, Edgar Mitchell, and Charlie Duke Signed Photograph."
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New York : Published by J. J. Audubon. Philadelphia: J. B. Chevalier, 1840-1844.
First octavo edition of Audubon’s landmark work; one of the most spectacular collections of ornithological prints ever produced. Royal octavo, 7 volumes bound in full 19th-century morocco by P. Low of Boston with their ticket, gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front andContinue reading "The Birds of America, From Drawings Made In The United States And Their Territories."
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London : Thomas Radcliffe and Nathaniel Thompson, 1672.
First edition in English of Nostradamus famous prophetical work. Folio, contemporary calf, title page printed in red and black. In very good condition. Rare and desirable in contemporary calf.
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New York : Gnome Press, Inc. Publishers, 1950.
First edition of this groundbreaking collection of stories. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Isaac Asimov on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom clamshell box. Easily one of the nicest examples we have seen, rare and desirable in this condition and signed.
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New York : For Sale by the Author, c. 1847.
The new and improved edition of this work in early American gardening literature. Duodecimo, half cloth over boards with paper titles and ruling to the front and rear panels, frontispiece of Thomas Bridgeman, with the copyright page printed upside down. In good condition with rubbing to the panels and toning throughout. Uncommon.
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New York : Fords, Howard, & Hulbert, 1881.
First edition of this late nineteenth-century medical work. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. In very good condition with spotting to the panels, bookplate to the front pastedown. Exceptionally rare with only one example appearing at auction in 100 years.
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New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2001.
First edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to fellow author Peter Matthiessen, “For Peter Thank you! with warm regards Louis Menand.” From the library of National Book Award-winning author Peter Matthiessen with his bookplate to the front free endpaper. TheContinue reading "The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America."
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Original black and white photograph of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition party signed by all twelve members of the team. One page, the photograph shows all twelve members of the team in front of a snowcat with the Union Flag. Signed on the lower margin, “V. Fuchs, Hal Lister, Ralph Lenton, Ken Blaiklock, George Lowe, AlanContinue reading "Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition Party Signed Photograph."
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Rare Apollo XI quarantine image signed by President Richard Nixon and Apollo XI astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins. The image shows Apollo XI crew members in quarantine being congratulated by President Nixon through a microphone. The oversized color photograph appears to be a blow-up of a contemporary magazine page, complete with printedContinue reading "Richard Nixon, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins Signed Quarantine Image.."
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London : Cassell and Company Limited, 1931.
First edition of “the first modern textbook of biology.” Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. From the library of James D. Watson with his ownership signature to the front free endpaper. James D. Watson was a molecular biologist, geneticist, and biophysicist, best known for co-discovering the structure of DNA in 1953 alongside Francis Crick and Rosalind Franklin.Continue reading "The Science of Life."
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Official NASA color print of the Apollo VIII liftoff. Glossy color lithograph of the liftoff of the Apollo VIII space mission from Cape Kennedy on December 21, 1968. Boldly signed in blue felt tip by Neil Armstrong. Official NASA picture number 1. In fine condition. The piece measures 8 inches by 10 inches.
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984.
First edition of this classic work, which ranks with “Goodall’s In the Shadow of Man and Fossey’s Gorillas in the Mist” (Chicago Tribune). Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers by Lorraine Sneed, illustrated with color photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by Mark Owens and signed by Delia Owens on the title page, “For Sandra and EldonContinue reading "Cry of the Kalahari: Seven Years in Africa’s Last Great Wilderness."
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Cincinnati, Ohio May 7, 1974.
Printed Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company stock certificate boldly signed in full by American astronaut Neil Armstrong. One page, printed on recto and verso, the certificate is entitled “Form 4, Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership of Securities” and dated May 7, 1974. It includes Armstrong‘s relevant personal information, including his Social Security number andContinue reading "Neil Armstrong Signed Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company Stock Certificate."
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London : William Collins Sons & Co Ltd, 1971.
First edition of this “absolutely fascinating to read as a story of discovery . . . The whole book is enthralling” (Boston Globe). Octavo, original cloth, illustrated endpapers, illustrated with photographs throughout. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light toning. Photographs by Hugo Van Lawick.
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New York : Atheneum, 1968.
First edition of Watson’s ground breaking work regarding the discovery of DNA for which the author, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1962. Signed by both James Watson and Francis Crick on the title page. Lengthily signed with a quote written by Watson on the half-title page, “IContinue reading "The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA."
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Cologne : Apud haeredes Arnoldi Birckmanni, 1570.
Edmond Halley’s sixteenth-century copy of Flemish mathematician Joannes Stadius’ widely consulted astronomical almanac, first published in 1554. Quarto, bound in full English calf with an elaborate gilt lozenge to the center of each panel, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, printer’s device to the title page. From theContinue reading "Ephemeris Anno Christi 1554."
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