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Philadelphia : Running Press, 2005.
First edition of this compilation of Charles Darwin’s most influential works in their entirety contained for the first time in one volume. Thick octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by James Watson on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Text includes commentary by Nobel laureate James Watson.
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London : Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1920.
First British edition of Einstein’s ground-breaking work. Octavo, original red cloth, frontispiece of Einstein, illustrated with five diagrams. In very good condition with toning to the spine. Translated by Robert Lawson.
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London : The Cresset Press, 1935.
First British edition of this sociopolitical commentary of the United States during the interwar period. Octavo, original publisher’s blue cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket with toning and shelf wear. From the collection of British science fiction author Christopher Priest with his ownership signature to the front free endpaper. Priest’s most famousContinue reading "The New America: The New World."
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New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2014.
First edition of this work by the renowned naturalist and scientist. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Jane Goodall on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Tom McKeveny. Foreword by Michael Pollan.
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Swannanoa, Virginia : University of Science and Philosophy, 1958.
First edition of this work containing a vital world-message and “a blue print for the one way to peace and prosperity”. Octavo, original publisher’s purple cloth, frontispiece, illustrated with a folding table. Presentation copy, inscribed by Lao Russell on the half-title page, “To Ann Harwood This book was written to give the cause of ourContinue reading "The World Crisis: Its Explanation and Solution."
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Rare original photo album commemorating J. Robert Oppenheimer’s return to the Los Alamos Laboratory on May 18th, 1964. Square octavo, blue boards with white plastic comb binding, with 30 black and white photographs. Nearly two decades after the Trinity test and only three years before his death, J. Robert Oppenheimer revisited the Los Alamos Laboratory.Continue reading "J. Robert Oppenheimer Photo Album Commemorating his Return to the Los Alamos Laboratory."
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London : Cassell and Company Limited, 1931.
First edition of “the first modern textbook of biology.” Quarto, original cloth, top stain black, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Wells in the year of publication on the second free endpaper, “For Lady Wavetree devotion H.G. Wells Cannes. Feb 16. 1931.” Very good in the rare dust jacket, which is in very good condition. SignedContinue reading "The Science of Life."
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Full-color glossy photograph of Jane Goodall with a chimpanzee. Inscribed by Goodall in the lower right corner of the photograph, “For Bernd – Together we make a difference Jane Goodall.” In near fine condition. The photograph measures 7.5 inches by 5 inches.
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New Haven : Yale University Press, 1990.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning scientist, inscribed by him and the discoverer of DNA, James Watson. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper and additionally signed by Nobel Prize-winning scientist James Watson below. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirableContinue reading "The Design of Life."
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New York : W.A. Benjamin, Inc, 1965.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning scientist’s first book. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by James Watson on the title page. Editor’s foreword by Cyrus Levinthal. Near fine in good dust jacket with chips and wear. The hardcover edition is rare.
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New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1976.
First edition of this biography on legendary theoretical physicist Edward Teller. Octavo, original publisher’s orange cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Ruby M. Ness with thanks Edward Teller.” Fine in a very good dust jacket with wear to the extremities, signature toContinue reading "Energy and Conflict: The Life and Times of Edward Teller."
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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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Oversized photograph of the first sign of mankind’s exploration to the moon. Glossy color oversized photograph of Buzz Aldrin’s footprint on the lunar surface. Boldly signed in black felt tip by American astronaut Michael Collins, “Michael Collins Apollo XI.” In fine condition. The piece measures 20 inches by 16 inches. Triple matted and framed. TheContinue reading "Michael Collins Signed Buzz Aldrin Moon Footprint Oversized Photograph."
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London : Smith, Elder & Co, 1913.
First edition of Scott’s diaries from his ill-fated expedition to the South Pole. Quarto, two volumes, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to spine and front panel, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece to each volume, illustrated with 18 color plates, eight folding maps (one color), and over 250 other illustrations and folding panoramas. In veryContinue reading "Scott’s Last Expedition."
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New York : Basic Books, Inc., Publishers, 1988.
First edition of Crick’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by Francis Crick in the year of publication to his personal assistant on the front free endpaper, “For Maria with grateful thanks for all her efforts love Francis.” The recipient was also thanked in the acknowledgements on page xiii, “Finally, my warmest thanksContinue reading "What Mad Pursuit: A Personal View of Scientific Discovery."
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1988.
First edition of “one of the very best novels ever written about the inner world of Soviet intelligence” (Thomas Powers). Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Jake, All good things, Alan Furst.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Louise Noble.
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London : Hodder and Stoughton, 1910.
First British edition of Peary’s illustrated account of his journey to the North Pole. Thick quarto, original cloth with a polar bear and gilt titles to the spine, gilt titles and disk to the front panel, double ruling to the front panel stamped in white, a polar bear in white to the rear panel, tissue-guardedContinue reading "The North Pole."
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Illinois 1972.
Program for the “Seminar on Space Exploration” held at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, on February 10-12, 1972. Signed on the cover by astronaut Neil Armstrong and space physicist James Van Allen. Additionally signed by noted scientists Roald Fryxell, Edward Olsen, and Thor Karlstrom. James Van Allen was an American space scientist whose pioneeringContinue reading "Neil Armstrong and James Van Allen Signed “Seminar on Space Exploration” Program."
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New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1994.
First edition, first printing of this “well-constructed and comprehensive overview of visual neuroscience” (The Washington Post). Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by Francis Crick in the year of publication to his personal assistant on the front free endpaper, “For Maria with many thanks for all the hard, tedious work you did on it.Continue reading "The Astonishing Hypothesis: The Scientific Search for the Soul."
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London : George Newnes, Limited, 1901.
First edition of Borchgrevink’s detailed account of the first expedition to establish a base on the main body of the continent. Octavo, original publisher’s blue cloth with gilt titles and explorer to the spine, gilt titles to the front panel with ship vignette in gilt and silver, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded photogravure portrait frontispiece, 32Continue reading "First on the Antarctic Continent: Being an Account of the British Antarctic Expedition 1898-1900."
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1955.
First edition of Frankl’s classic work which explores topics on the meaning of life in general as well as the meaning of specific areas of one’s life, such as work and personal relationships. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Viktor Frankl on the title page. near fine in a good dust jacket. Typography, binding andContinue reading "The Doctor and the Soul: An Introduction to Logotherapy."
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Evanston : The Library of Living Philosophers, Inc., 1949.
Finely bound edition of Einstein’s singular autobiography. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, top edge gilt, frontispiece of Einstein by Yousuf Karsh. Edited by Paul Arthur Schilpp. In near fine condition.
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London : Duckworth & Co, 1921.
First edition of this first hand account of Captain Scott’s ill-fated last expedition. Octavo, original publisher’s blue cloth with gilt titles and British Antarctic Expedition vignette to the spine and front panel, frontispiece, with 164 photographic illustrations by the author, 11 by Captain Scott and others, a map, and 2 drawings. In good condition withContinue reading "The Great White South: Being an Account of Experiences with Captain Scott’s South Pole Expedition and of the Nature Life of the Antarctic."
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Boston and New York : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994.
First edition, early printing of this work, the basis of the 1995 film adaptation Apollo 13, directed by Ron Howard, starring Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Ed Harris, and Gary Sinise. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth, illustrated endpapers, illustrated with black and white photographs. Boldly signed by James Lovell and Academy Award-winning actor TomContinue reading "Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13."
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