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New York : The Century Co, 1912.
First edition of this seminal work relaying Muir’s first experience in the Yosemite Valley which inspired to him to establish Yosemite National Park. Octavo, original publisher’s pictorial cloth stamped in gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece, illustrated with numerous plates and three folding maps. In very good condition, inscription to the front free endpaper. An excellent example.
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916.
First edition, early printing of this classic work by Muir. Octavo, original grey cloth lettered in white, color illustrated pictorial paper onlay, top edge gilt, illustrated with plates from photographs, tissue-guarded frontispiece. In very good condition, name to the front free endpaper.
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1969.
Rare color satin-finish photograph of the Apollo spacecraft over the lunar surface. Boldly signed around the Apollo spacecraft in black felt tip by seven moonwalkers: Buzz Aldrin, Charlie Duke, Gene Cernan, Charles Conrad, Alan Bean, Edgar Mitchell, and Dave Scott. In fine condition. The piece measures 10 inches by 8 inches.
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New York : Random House, 1973.
First edition of this work by the second man to walk on the moon. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Boldly signed by Buzz Aldrin on the front free endpaper and inscribed by the co-author “To Jerry A. Griffin with best wishes Wayne Warga.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. JacketContinue reading "Return to Earth."
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1969.
Official NASA color photograph of the Apollo 11 liftoff. Color satin-finish photograph of the liftoff of the Apollo 11 mission from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A on July 16, 1969. Boldly signed in black felt tip by the Apollo 11 crew members Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins. Official NASA photograph. In fineContinue reading "Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins Signed Photograph of the Apollo 11 Launch."
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Photograph of Buzz Aldrin descending the ladder of the Apollo 11 lunar module ‘Eagle’ onto the surface of the moon. Color glossy photograph of Buzz Aldrin descending the ladder of the Apollo 11 lunar module “Eagle” onto the surface of the moon. Boldly signed by the Apollo 11 crew on the mount by Neil Armstrong, BuzzContinue reading "Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins Signed Photograph of Descent Onto Lunar Surface."
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Boston : Josiah Loring, c. 1833.
Rare early 19th century American terrestrial table globe published by Josiah Loring. The terrestrial globe measures 17 inches in diameter with a calibrated brass meridian ring and 17 inch mahogany horizon ring decorated with mounted hand colored decorations. Mounted on an ebonized oak stand. The globe is comprised of 12 richly detailed hand-colored gores withContinue reading "Loring’s Terrestrial Table Globe."
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Washington, D.C : Smithsonian Books, 2022.
First edition, early printing of the extraordinary autobiography of astronaut Fred Haise, one of only 24 men to fly to the moon. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed twice by the author on the half-title page, Fred Haise Apollo 13 LMP” and again opposite the title page on a Apollo XIII bookplate, “Fred Haise Apollo 13Continue reading "Never Panic Early: An Apollo 13 Astronaut’s Journey."
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New York : Philosophical Library, 1950.
First edition of Einstein’s collection of social science-related articles, addresses and speeches. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Einstein. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1938.
First edition of this classic work, which traces the development of ideas in physics. Octavo, original blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Albert Einstein on the half-title page, “To Dr. Montrell Albert Einstein Princeton 1943.” Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
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London : Macmillan and Co, 1869.
First edition of one of the greatest travel narratives of the nineteenth century and one of the most important early contributions to the theory of evolution. Octavo, 2 volumes, original publisher’s gilt-decorated green cloth with gilt central vignette of an orangutan to each front panel, tissue-guarded wood-engraved frontispiece to each volume, pictorial vignette to eachContinue reading "The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-utan, and the Bird of Paradise. A Narrative of Travel, with Studies of Man and Nature."
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Washington, D.C : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1975.
First edition of this profusely illustrated collection of essays documenting NASA’s Apollo Missions. Quarto, original illustrated boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with photographs, charts, and maps. Boldly signed by thirty astronauts on the title page and facing page, including: Alan Bean, Karol J. Bobko, Vance Brand, Jerry Carr, Gene Cernan, Bob Crippen, Walter Cunningham, Joe Engle,Continue reading "Apollo Expeditions to the Moon."
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Edinburgh and London : Olivier & Boyd, 1962.
First edition of Godel’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, small name to the title page. Translated by B. Meltzer. Introduction by R.B. Braithwaite. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.
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London : The Nonesuch Press, 1928.
The Nonesuch Press limited edition of the tercentenary celebration of the first publication of the text of De Motu Cordis. Octavo, bound in full russet morocco with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panel, top edge gilt, inner dentelles stamped in blind,Continue reading "The Anatomical Exercises of Dr. William Harvey. De Motu Cordis 1628: De Circulatione Sanguinis 1649: The First English Text of 1653 Now Newly Edited By Geoffrey Keynes."
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Langley Air Force Base 1961.
Large color semi-glossy photograph of the Project Mercury astronauts, signed by six of the Mercury Seven. This group shot was taken in front of a Convair F106-B aircraft at Langley Air Force Base on January 20, 1961. Inscribed or signed next to their respective images in black felt tip: “We are seven privileged men, ScottContinue reading "Project Mercury Astronauts Signed Photograph."
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Rare original photograph and artistic depiction of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. Official NASA color glossy photograph with an artistic depiction of the docking of the Apollo spacecraft and the Soviet Soyuz capsule during the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. Boldly signed on the original mount above the photograph by astronauts Tom Stafford, Vance Brand, and Deke Slayton, and by cosmonautsContinue reading "Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Signed Photograph and Artistic Depiction."
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New York : Coward-McCann, 1949.
First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work on fishing. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Lynn Bogue Hunt, illustrated endpapers. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication, “For Dr. Bledsoe, a great afternoon, ___ ___ and shot, who knows the game offshore and on. America’s With bestContinue reading "Fishing the Atlantic: Offshore and On."
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New York : Life Magazine, 1969.
Rare original Life Magazine July 20, 1969 commemorative issue celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission. Quarto, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed on the cover by Buzz Aldrin in blue felt tip at far left middle. In fine condition. Housed in its original Life Collector’s Series presentation folder with an accompanyingContinue reading "Buzz Aldrin Signed Life Magazine: Anniversary Edition of Apollo 11."
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1969.
Rare original photograph of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin raising the United States flag at the Apollo 11 lunar landing site. Vintage matte-finish photograph of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin at Tranquility Base. Boldly signed by Neil Armstrong, “Neil Armstrong, Tranquility Base, Moon Landing of Apollo 11, 20 July 1969″ and signed by Michael Collins.Continue reading "Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins Signed Photograph of Man’s First Landing on the Moon."
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New York : Farrar & Rinehart Incorporated, 1931.
First edition of Sanger’s remarkable first autobiography with the publisher’s device to the copyright page. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with twenty black and white photographs. Presentation copy, with a full page inscription by the author, “Wash D.C. Jan 18, 1934 To R.L. Rollio With my appreciation and gratitude for courteous consideration to the members ofContinue reading "My Fight For Birth Control."
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