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Life Itself: Its Origin and Nature

Crick, Francis

Life Itself: Its Origin and Nature.

New York : Simon and Schuster, 1981.

First edition of this work on biology and the origin of life and man by the Nobel Prize-winning physicist. Octavo, original half-cloth, illustrated with diagrams. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication to his personal assistant on the front free endpaper, “For Betty with many thanks for all the hard work,Continue reading "Life Itself: Its Origin and Nature."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-148917

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Of Molecules and Men

Crick, Francis

Of Molecules and Men.

Seattle : University of Washington Press, 1966.

First edition of this work in which Crick explains the importance of the DNA discovery and emphasizes its wide-reaching implications. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by both Francis Crick on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Johsel Namkung. A very sharp example.

$1,100.00

Item Number: RRB-148916

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The Story of My Boyhood and Youth

Muir, John

The Story of My Boyhood and Youth.

Boston and New York : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913.

First edition, first issue with the biting criticism of his neighbor’s treatment of his son on p. 217: “…none was bold enough or kind enough to break the blacksmith’s jaw” (Kimes 315) of Muir’s autobiography of his youth. Octavo, original publisher’s illustrated cloth with gilt titles and black stamping to the spine and front panel,Continue reading "The Story of My Boyhood and Youth."

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-149353

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The Cruise of the Crown

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 of Muir’s account of his expedition aboard the USS Corwin. Octavo, original cream green cloth, color pictorial cover label, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece, illustrated with plates from photographs and from sketches by Muir. Edited by William Frederic Badè. (Kimes 348 BAL 14775). In near fine condition, period ownership inscription to the pastedown.Continue reading "The Cruise of the Corwin: Journal of the Arctic Expedition of 1881 in Search of De Long and the Jeannette."

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-114608-1

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Photo of Apollo spacecraft orbiting the Moon signed by astronauts

Aldrin, Buzz; Charles Conrad; Alan Bean; Edgar Mitchell; Dave Scott; Charlie Duke; Gene Cernan

Apollo Moonwalkers Signed Photograph.

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.

$3,200.00

Item Number: RRB-148897

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Return to Earth

Aldrin, Buzz

Return to Earth.

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."

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-149629

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Framed photo of Saturn V rocket launch signed by astronauts.

Armstrong, Neil; Buzz Aldrin; Michael Collins

Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins Signed Photograph of the Apollo 11 Launch.

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."

$15,000.00

Item Number: RRB-148470

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The World, The Flesh and the Devil.

Dyson, Freeman J. [Edward O. Wilson]

The World, The Flesh and the Devil.

London : Birbeck College, 1972.

First edition of this lecture given by Dyson at Birbeck College in London on May 16, 1972. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Association copy, inscribed by the author to fellow scientist Edward O. Wilson on the title page, “For Edward with best wishes Freeman Dyson.” In very good condition, with the ownership signature of WilsonContinue reading "The World, The Flesh and the Devil."

$4,500.00

Item Number: RRB-150268

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Armstrong, Neil; Buzz Aldrin; Michael Collins

Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins Signed Photograph of Descent Onto Lunar Surface.

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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."

$11,800.00

Item Number: RRB-148457

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Antique terrestrial globe mounted on a wooden stand with four turned legs.

Loring, Josiah

Loring’s Terrestrial Table Globe.

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."

$12,000.00

Item Number: RRB-149783

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Never Panice Early

Haise, Fred; Bill Moore [John Aaron]

Never Panic Early: An Apollo 13 Astronaut’s Journey.

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."

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-150282

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Whole Earth Discipline

Brand, Stewart

Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto.

New York : Viking, 2009.

First edition of this work challenging traditional environmentalism with pro-technology solutions. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Stewart Brand on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-148837

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Black-and-white photograph of an atomic bomb explosion

Bacher, Robert F. [Berlyn Brixner]

Robert Bacher Signed Trinity Nuclear Test Mushroom Cloud Photograph.

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Rare original vintage Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory photograph of the first mushroom cloud from the Trinity nuclear test, the first detonation of a nuclear weapon. Semi-glossy, black and white photographic print of the first mushroom cloud taken at 100 meters and 4.0 seconds after detonation as the mushroom cloud began to form. Boldly signed byContinue reading "Robert Bacher Signed Trinity Nuclear Test Mushroom Cloud Photograph."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-148771

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Einstein, Albert

Out of My Later Years.

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.

$250.00

Item Number: RRB-149411

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The Evolution of Physics

Einstein, Albert & Infeld, Leopold

The Evolution of Physics: The Growth of Ideas from Early Concepts to Relativity and Quanta.

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.

$28,500.00

Item Number: RRB-150250

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Gravitation of Cosmology

Weinberg, Steven

Gravitation And Cosmology: Principles and Applications of the General Theory of Relativity.

New York : Wiley, 1972.

First edition of this early work by the Nobel Prize-winning physicist. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Steven Weinberg on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-150221

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Malay Archipelago

Wallace, Alfred Russel

The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-utan, and the Bird of Paradise. A Narrative of Travel, with Studies of Man and Nature.

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."

$12,500.00

Item Number: RRB-149865

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Apollo: Expeditions to the Moon

Edited by Edgar M. Cortright. [Alan Shepard; Deke Slayton; Walter Cunningham; et al]

Apollo Expeditions to the Moon.

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."

$4,800.00

Item Number: RRB-148758

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On Formally Undecidable Propositions Of Principia Mathematica And Related Systems

Godel, Kurt

On Formally Undecidable Propositions of Principia Mathematica and Related Systems.

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.

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-150135

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Cloud rising above the horizon

Bacher, Robert F. [Berlyn Brixner]

Robert Bacher Signed Trinity Nuclear Test Mushroom Cloud Photograph.

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Rare original vintage Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory photograph of the first mushroom cloud from the Trinity nuclear test, the first detonation of a nuclear weapon. Semi-glossy, black and white photographic print of the first mushroom cloud taken at 100 meters and 2.0 seconds after detonation as the mushroom cloud began to form. Boldly signed byContinue reading "Robert Bacher Signed Trinity Nuclear Test Mushroom Cloud Photograph."

$1,100.00

Item Number: RRB-148772

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Photograph of the first atomic bomb test explosion

Agnew, Harold M. [Berlyn Brixner]

Harold M. Agnew Signed Trinity Nuclear Test Mushroom Cloud Photograph.

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Rare original vintage Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory photograph of the first mushroom cloud from the Trinity nuclear test, the first detonation of a nuclear weapon. Semi-glossy, black and white photographic print of the first mushroom cloud taken at 100 meters and 0.034 seconds after detonation as the mushroom cloud began to form. Boldly signed byContinue reading "Harold M. Agnew Signed Trinity Nuclear Test Mushroom Cloud Photograph."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-148773

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U.S Air Force

Carpenter, Scott; Gordon Cooper; John Glenn Jr.; Gus Grissom; Alan Shepard; Wally Schirra; D.K. Slayton

Project Mercury Astronauts Signed Photograph.

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."

$3,800.00

Item Number: RRB-148754

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Spacecraft in orbit above Earth

Stafford, Tom; Vance Brand; Deke Slayton; Vladimir Shatalov; Aleksei Yeliseyev

Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Signed Photograph and Artistic Depiction.

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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."

$1,200.00

Item Number: RRB-148639

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Farrington, S. Kip; Introduction by Ernest Hemingway

Fishing the Atlantic: Offshore and On.

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."

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-123827

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