FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY WHITE: PERHAPS THE BEST POSSIBLE ASSOCIATION COPY, WITH A WARM AND LENGTHY INSCRIPTION TO HIS GOOD FRIEND SYDNEY COCKERELL — CONNOISEUR, BIBLIOPHILE, AND DIRECTOR OF THE FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM. More
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THE VERY RARE FIRST EDITION (1514), EDITIO PRINCEPS, OF SAXO’S HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL DENMARK, CONTAINING THE STORY THAT BECAME SHAKESPEARE’S HAMLET. More
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THE SECOND EDITION (1534) OF SAXO’S HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL DENMARK, CONTAINING THE STORY THAT BECAME SHAKESPEARE’S HAMLET. More
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FIRST EDITION, ONE OF ONLY 750 COPIES, OF HOPKINS'S FIRST BOOK. More
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FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH OF ALEXANDER EXQUEMELIN’S “BUCANIERS OF AMERICA” (1684), AN IMPORTANT SOURCE FOR HISTORIANS OF PIRACY AND A MAJOR INFLUENCE ON OVER THREE CENTURIES OF PIRATE FICTION. More
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STUNNING FULL-PAGE MINIATURE OF SAINT BARNABAS FROM A 15TH-CENTURY BOOK OF HOURS. More
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ROOSEVELT’S HISTORIC LETTER INVITING MAUD NATHAN TO LEAD THE SUFFRAGE COMMITTEE OF THE PROGRESSIVE PARTY. More
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SCARCE FIRST EDITION OF NABOKOV’S RUSSIAN TRANSLATION OF ALICE IN WONDERLAND, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY ZALSHUPIN. A MAGNIFICENT COPY. More
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REMARKABLY REVEALING LETTERS BY TOLKIEN PROVIDING INSIGHT INTO HIS THOUGHTS AND MOTIVATIONS IN THE CREATION OF THE LORD OF THE RINGS. More
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FIRST EDITION, monograph issue in original wrappers, of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity. PMM 408. More
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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
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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
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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
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FIRST EDITION, RARE HARDCOVER ISSUE, SIGNED BY FRANCIS BACON. More
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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
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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
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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
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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
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EINSTEIN RESPONDS TO A STUDENT, EXPLAINING A CENTRAL TENET OF RELATIVITY. More
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FIRST PRINTING IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS IN FINE CONDITION of Einstein’s famous November 4, 1915 paper introducing his new version of general relativity. More
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FIRST EDITION, COMMERCIAL OFFPRINT ISSUE, of Einstein's important 1914 paper on the development of general relativity. More
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FIRST AMERICAN EDITION AND FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH; complete in five volumes in original publisher’s cloth. More
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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
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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
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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
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