FIRST PRINTING IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS of one of Einstein's most important papers: his landmark work of November 18, 1915, containing the development and confirmation of crucial elements of his general theory of relativity. More
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THE FIRST COMPLETE APPEARANCE OF MAXWELL’S EQUATIONS. More
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FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS of Compton’s report providing the data and experimental evidence for the dual wave-particle nature of electromagnetic radiation, later called “the Compton effect”. More
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FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE IN ORIGINAL PUBLISHER’S SHEEP BINDING OF “THE GREATEST WORK OF AMERICAN LEGAL SCHOLARSHIP.”. More
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EXQUISITE ICONIC PHOTOGRAPH OF ISADORA DUNCAN BY ARNOLD GENTHE. More
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THE DISCOVERY OF ELECTROMAGNETISM: THE EXTREMELY RARE TRUE FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT IN PRINT OF ØRSTED’S DEMONSTRATION OF THE MAGNETIC EFFECTS OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT, PRECEDING EVEN THE UNOBTAINABLE LATIN PAMPHLET THAT IS GENERALLY REGARDED AS THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF HIS DISCOVERY. More
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THE MAGNIFICENT FIRST TONSON EDITION OF LUCRETIUS’S CLASSIC; COMPLETE WITH SEVEN FULL-PAGE ENGRAVINGS (ONE A LARGE FOLD-OUT). More
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PRESENTATION COPY AND ASSOCIATION COPY OF THE RARE AUTHOR’S OFFPRINT OF PASTEUR’S FAMOUS LECTURE DISCREDITING THE THEORY OF SPONTANEOUS GENERATION, WITH HIS AUTOGRAPH NOTES TO FELLOW-SCIENTIST JOHN TYNDALL. More
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EXTREMELY RARE FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST WESTERN BOOK ON BUDDHISM. More
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EXTREMELY RARE LITHOGRAPH SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR GARTH WILLIAMS OF THE COVER ART FOR E.B. WHITE’S CLASSIC STUART LITTLE. WITH HAND-COLORING BY WILLIAMS. More
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RARE FIRST EDITIONS IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS OF TWO PIONEERING NINETEENTH-CENTURY PAPERS LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR THE MODERN SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING OF GLOBAL WARMING — THE 1824 INTRODUCTION OF THE IDEA OF THE “GREENHOUSE EFFECT” AND THE FIRST QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE PHENOMENON. More
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FIRST EDITIONS, OFFPRINT ISSUES (INCLUDING ONE SIGNED COPY AND ONE SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY), OF MILESTONE PAPERS ON THE DETERMINATION OF THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF PROTEINS, WORK FOR WHICH PAULING, KENDREW, AND PERUTZ ALL WON NOBEL PRIZES. More
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ONE OF THE FINEST C.S. LEWIS LETTERS TO APPEAR ON THE MARKET, OFFERING INSIGHT INTO THE CREATION OF THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA. WITH MENTION OF TOLKIEN’S “THE HOBBIT” AS A FAVORITE BOOK. More
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FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AMERICAN PHOTOBOOKS. More
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RARE ADVANCE READING COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION OF CHANDLER’S FIRST NOVEL AND INTRODUCING THE LEGENDARY DETECTIVE PHILIP MARLOWE. More
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VERY RARE FIRST EDITION OF AN IMPORTANT DOCUMENT OF 20TH-CENTURY JEWISH INTELLECTUAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY. More
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FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS OF MICHAEL FARADAY'S MOST FAMOUS AND INFLUENTIAL PAPER, REPORTING THE FIRST PRODUCTION OF ELECTRICITY BY ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION. More
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AGATHA CHRISTIE DISCUSSES HER LITERARY INFLUENCES: DOYLE, SHAKESPEARE, BRONTE, WODEHOUSE, ET AL. More
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RARE AUTOGRAPH LETTER WRITTEN BY ROOSEVELT FROM THE WHITE NILE (SUDAN) WHILE ON HIS AFRICAN SAFARI. More
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THE FIRST PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION BY BABBAGE OF HIS ANALYTICAL ENGINE, THE FIRST GENERAL PURPOSE COMPUTER. AN EXTRAORDINARY COPY: FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY BABBAGE TO EMPRESS EUGENIE AND IN A MAGNIFICENT ROYAL PRESENTATION BINDING. More
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FIRST EDITION, COMPLETE WITH TWELVE ORIGINAL COLOR LITHOGRAPHS, of the English language issue of the special double issue of Verve 29/30 dedicated to Picasso. A beautiful copy. More
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A REMARKABLE VOLUME OF THE FIRST EDTION OF THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION OF WHITMAN’S WORK, SIGNED BY WHITMAN ON THE TITLE PAGE. A PRESENTATION COPY SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY WHITMAN TO GABRIEL SARRAZIN AND WITH A LONG REVEALING AUTOGRAPH LETTER DISCUSSING HIS HEALTH AND LEAVES OF GRASS. More
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RARE 1726 THIRD EDITION OF NEWTON'S PRINCIPIA, THE LAST EDITION EDITED BY NEWTON AND THE BASIS FOR ALL SUBSEQUENT EDITIONS. ONE OF ONLY 1250 COPIES PRINTED. More
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RARE PHOTOGRAPH, INSCRIBED BY EINSTEIN TO THE PRESIDENT OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY, DR. SELIG BRODETSKY: “To Dr Selig Brodetsky / A. Einstein. 50”. More
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