![Anya v strane chudes [Anya in Wonderland; Alice in Wonderland]. VLADIMIR NABOKOV, SIRIN, LEWIS CARROLL.](/pictures/thumb/2148.jpg?v=1539364533)
Anya v strane chudes [Anya in Wonderland; Alice in Wonderland]
SCARCE FIRST EDITION OF NABOKOV’S RUSSIAN TRANSLATION OF ALICE IN WONDERLAND, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY ZALSHUPIN. A MAGNIFICENT COPY. More
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Photograph Signed
THEODORE ROOSEVELT IN YOSEMITE - THE BIRTH OF THE CONSERVATION MOVEMENT. OUTSTANDING SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF ROOSEVELT AS PRESIDENT ON GLACIER POINT, YOSEMITE; SIGNED AND INSCRIBED ON THE IMAGE: “To Conde Hamlin / with the best wishes / of / Theodore Roosevelt”. More
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![Autograph Letter Signed [ALS]; Typed Letter Signed [TLS]. J. R. R. TOLKIEN.](/pictures/thumb/2144.jpg?v=1538670747)
Autograph Letter Signed [ALS]; Typed Letter Signed [TLS]
REMARKABLY REVEALING LETTERS BY TOLKIEN PROVIDING INSIGHT INTO HIS THOUGHTS AND MOTIVATIONS IN THE CREATION OF THE LORD OF THE RINGS. More
Price: $48,000 .
![Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitatstheorien [The General Theory of Relativity]. ALBERT EINSTEIN.](/pictures/thumb/2143.jpg?v=1538591832)
Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitatstheorien [The General Theory of Relativity]
FIRST EDITION, monograph issue in original wrappers, of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity. PMM 408. More
Price: $7,500 .
![The First and second volumes of Chronicles, comprising 1 The description and historie of England, 2 The description and historie of Ireland, 3 The description and historie of Scotland... WITH: The Third volume of Chronicles... [The Chronicles]. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, RAPHAEL HOLINSHED.](/pictures/thumb/2142.jpg?v=1538590660)
The First and second volumes of Chronicles, comprising 1 The description and historie of England, 2 The description and historie of Ireland, 3 The description and historie of Scotland... WITH: The Third volume of Chronicles... [The Chronicles]
THE SECOND EDITION (1587) OF HOLINSHED’S “CHRONICLES”: THE BOOK AND THE EDITION USED BY SHAKESPEARE AS A SOURCE FOR A DOZEN OF HIS PLAYS. More
Price: $25,000 .
Zerstreuung von Röntgenstrahlen und Quantentheorie
FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS of Debye’s explanation of the dual wave-particle nature of electromagnetic radiation (the “Compton effect”). Precedes the full account by Compton. More
Price: $2,200 .
![Physikalische Grundlagen einer Gravitationstheorie [Physical Foundations of a Theory of Gravitation]; Mathematische Begriffsbildungen zur Gravitationstheorie [Mathematical Concept Formations of Gravitational Theory]. ALBERT EINSTEIN, MARCEL GROSSMANN.](/pictures/thumb/2139.jpg?v=1538512889)
Physikalische Grundlagen einer Gravitationstheorie [Physical Foundations of a Theory of Gravitation]; Mathematische Begriffsbildungen zur Gravitationstheorie [Mathematical Concept Formations of Gravitational Theory]
EXTREMELY RARE AUTHOR’S OFFPRINT (“Überreicht von den Verfassern”) IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS OF THE FIRST PRINTING OF EINSTEIN AND GROSSMANN’S FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE CRITICAL “ENTWURF” THEORY OF 1913. More
Price: $2,800 .
Francis Bacon: Paintings of the Eighties
FIRST EDITION, RARE HARDCOVER ISSUE, SIGNED BY FRANCIS BACON. More
Price: $3,200 .
![Typed Letter Signed [TLS]. WITH: Photogravure Signed. WERNER HEISENBERG.](/pictures/thumb/2137.jpg?v=1537546311)
Typed Letter Signed [TLS]. WITH: Photogravure Signed
HEISENBERG PROVIDES HIS RECOLLECTIONS OF THE ORIGINS OF NIELS BOHR’S CONCEPT OF “COMPLEMENTARITY”. A UNIQUE ITEM, OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE FOR THE LIGHT IT SHEDS ON THE PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF QUANTUM MECHANICS AS SEEN BY THE PIONEERS IN THE FIELD. More
Price: $20,000 .
![Slaughterhouse-Five or The Children’s Crusade [Slaughterhouse Five]. KURT VONNEGUT JR.](/pictures/thumb/2136.jpg?v=1537461485)
Slaughterhouse-Five or The Children’s Crusade [Slaughterhouse Five]
EXTREMELY SCARCE UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION, one of only 39 copies produced, of Vonnegut’s masterpiece; one of the classics of American literature. More
Price: $9,500 .
Opere di Galileo Galilei Nobile Fiorentino
SECOND EDITION, THE FIRST “COMPLETE” EDITION, of Galileo’s collected works; an important edition containing a wealth of material (nearly all of volume 3) not included in the 1655-56 first collected edition. More
Price: $7,500 .
Nova Stereometria doliorum vinariorum
SCARCE FIRST EDITION of one of the most significant works in the prehistory of calculus. With the rare errata leaf present in two variant states. More
Price: $48,000 .
Amazon Parrots
FIRST EDITION, ONE OF ONLY 70 “SPECIAL” COPIES ISSUED WITH A SIGNED AND NUMBERED HAND-COLORED ETCHING. COMPLETE WITH 27 ADDITIONAL STUNNING TIPPED-IN PLATES OF TROPICAL PARROTS. More
Price: $4,500 .
Typed Letter Signed
AN OUTSTANDING AND IMPORTANT LETTER REVEALING EINSTEIN'S VIEWS ON GOD AND THE NATURE OF REALITY, ILLUSTRATED WITH AN AMUSING ANECDOTE. More
Price: $35,000 .
Typed Letter Signed
EINSTEIN RESPONDS TO A STUDENT, EXPLAINING A CENTRAL TENET OF RELATIVITY. More
Price: $20,000 .
![Autograph Letter Signed [ALS]. WILLIAM FAULKNER.](/pictures/thumb/2129.jpg?v=1536270809)
Autograph Letter Signed [ALS]
WILLIAM FAULKNER GIVES ADVICE AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO A YOUNG ASPIRING WRITER. More
Price: $9,500 .
![Zur allgemeinen Relativitatstheorie [On the General Theory of Relativity]. ALBERT EINSTEIN.](/pictures/thumb/2125.jpg?v=1535656081)
Zur allgemeinen Relativitatstheorie [On the General Theory of Relativity]
FIRST PRINTING IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS IN FINE CONDITION of Einstein’s famous November 4, 1915 paper introducing his new version of general relativity. More
Price: $4,000 .
![Die formale Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie. [The Formal Foundation of the General Theory of Relativity]. ALBERT EINSTEIN.](/pictures/thumb/2124.jpg?v=1535570116)
Die formale Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie. [The Formal Foundation of the General Theory of Relativity]
FIRST EDITION, COMMERCIAL OFFPRINT ISSUE, of Einstein's important 1914 paper on the development of general relativity. More
Price: $4,500 .
Zur Quantentheorie aperiodischer Vorgänge
EXTREMELY RARE FIRST EDITION OFFPRINT of a critical paper by Max Born and Pascual Jordan that “defines the direction towards a valid Quantum Theory”. More
Price: $1,900 .
Les Miserables
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION AND FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH; complete in five volumes in original publisher’s cloth. More
Price: $5,000 .
A Mathematical Theory of Communication; Communication Theory of Secrecy Systems
FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS OF BOTH PARTS of Shannon’s extremely influential theory of communication and essential to the development of the computer. WITH: Shannon’s important paper on cryptography. Virtually all electronic forms of communication today are indebted to Shannon’s work. More
Price: $8,000 .
Grapefruit
EXTREMELY RARE FIRST EDITION of Yoko Ono's highly influential conceptual art book, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY YOKO ONO on the front free endpaper: "To Claire / Yoko / 1965, Summer". One of only 500 copies, published by Ono's own imprint, Wunternaum Press, in Tokyo. More
Price: $18,000 .
Paterson: Books I-V
FIRST EDITIONS, AN OUTSTANDING ASSOCIATION COPY: Theodore Roethke’s copies of Books III and V, with Book III inscribed in Roethke’s hand “Ted Roethke’s book, gift of W.C. Williams” and Book V inscribed by Williams “Ted from Bill”. With first editions of the remaining volumes... More
Price: $17,500 .
![Instauratio magna [Novum organum]. FRANCIS BACON.](/pictures/thumb/2116.jpg?v=1532119473)
Instauratio magna [Novum organum]
FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOKS IN THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE: FRANCIS BACON’S ARGUMENT FOR AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD. A BEAUTIFUL COPY. More
Price: $30,000 .