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

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

EINSTEIN RESPONDS TO A STUDENT, EXPLAINING A CENTRAL TENET OF RELATIVITY. More

FIRST PRINTING IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS IN FINE CONDITION of Einstein’s famous November 4, 1915 paper introducing his new version of general relativity. More

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

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

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

An collection of works written by William Gibson, an author widely considered to be the chief architect of the science fiction genre. Five items, all signed first editions. More

PASSIONATE AND IMPORTANT LETTER BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT DEFINING THE NATURE OF THE PROGRESSIVE PARTY. More

BEAUTIFUL SIGNED AND INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT. More

FIRST EDITION OFFPRINT of the first of the papers documenting McClintock’s discovery of ‘control elements,’ for which she was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. More

ONE OF THE MOST MAGNIFICENT ILLUSTRATED BOOKS OF THE 20TH CENTURY: de Chirico’s series of original lithographs illustrating The Apocalypse, complete with 20 large lithographs - 10 hand-colored with pastels - EACH SIGNED BY DE CHIRICO.

 With an important provenance: An out-of-commerce copy (out of an edition of only... More