SCARCE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST STATE WITH THE FIRST ISSUE BINDING of one of the first and most influential detective novels. A beautiful copy.
Note: We can find no other examples of the first issue with first state ads in public auction records. More about The Woman in White
EXTREMELY RARE FIRST APPEARANCES IN ORIGINAL MONTHLY ISSUES IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS of the first twenty-four Sherlock Holmes stories to appear in The Strand Magazine; includes all of the stories that would later be collected in book form in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. With..... More about The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes in The Strand Magazine
AN IMPORTANT SIGNED LETTER (in English) by Einstein, revealing his reservations of associating with communism even in the fight against fascism. More about Typed Letter Signed
TOWARDS THE END OF HIS LIFE, EINSTEIN WRITES TO ONE OF HIS FRIENDS FROM THE PATENT OFFICE CONCERNING ONE OF THE CENTRAL STRUGGLES OF HIS SCIENTIFIC LIFE.
COMMENTING ON THE WORK OF DIRAC, EINSTEIN ADMITS THAT ALTHOUGH HE “CAN’T TAKE A STATISTICAL FOUNDATION OF PHYSICS SERIOUSLY” HE FINDS IT..... More about Typed Letter Signed with Autograph Annotation
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 about Typed Letter Signed [TLS]. WITH: Photogravure Signed
FIRST EDITION, THE PRINTER JACQUES GROU-RADENEZ’S COPY, WITH TWO LONG PERSONAL INSCRIPTIONS BY HUGNET. WITH COVER MY MARCEL DUCHAMP. ONE OF ONLY 294 COPIES IN THE EDITION; AN OUT-OF-SERIES COPY LABELED “EXEMPLAIRE NO. G.H.”. More about La Septieme Face Du Dé
USED TO LAUNCH THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION, TWICE: This oscilloscope was used to design Pong, the birth of the video game industry, and the Apple II, the first personal computer with hi-res color graphics. More about Tektronix 465 Oscilloscope
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 about Autograph Letter Signed
[LOVELACE, ADA; BABBAGE; CHARLES; DE MORGAN, AUGUSTUS]. LACROIX, SILVESTRE FRANÇOIS.
ADA LOVELACE’S PERSONAL ANNOTATED COPY OF CHARLES BABBAGE’S FIRST SIGNIFICANT PUBLICATION. A MAJOR MATHEMATICAL TEXT IMPORTANT FOR HER INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT.
WITH AT LEAST 35 INK ANNOTATIONS IN LOVELACE’S HAND – THE MAJORITY CORRECTIONS TO MATHEMATICAL EQUATIONS – AND AT LEAST 18 PENCIL ANNOTATIONS IN THE HAND OF HER TUTOR..... More about An Elementary Treatise on the Differential and Integral Calculus