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Item #2526 Instituzioni Analitiche [Analytic Institutions for the Use of Italian...

Instituzioni Analitiche [Analytic Institutions for the Use of Italian Youth] (1748)

AGNESI, MARIA GAETANA.

EXCEPTIONALLY RARE FIRST FEMALE-AUTHORED MATHEMATICAL TEXTBOOK, INCLUDING ALL 59 PLATES AND BOUND WITH HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT REVIEW FROM THE FRENCH ACADEMY SCIENCES. More about Instituzioni Analitiche [Analytic Institutions for the Use of Italian...

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Item #2626 Autograph Manuscript Signed [AMS] : Appeal to the Friends of Abolition in...

Autograph Manuscript Signed [AMS] : Appeal to the Friends of Abolition in England (1833)

[ANTI-SLAVERY; ABOLITION]. GARRISON, WILLIAM LLOYD.

UNIQUE, AND IMPORTANT GARRISON ANTI-SLAVERY MANUSCRIPT. Demonstrates his poignant and steadfast commitment to the anti-slavery cause and the origin of his collaboration with British abolitionists. Precedes the critical National Anti-Slavery Convention held in Philadelphia in December 1833. APPARENTLY UNPUBLISHED. More about Autograph Manuscript Signed [AMS] : Appeal to the Friends of Abolition in...

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Photograph Signed: 24 Hour Worker

BOURKE-WHITE, MARGARET.

RARE, LARGE SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH BY FEARLESS FEMALE PHOTOJOURNALIST MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE. More about Photograph Signed: 24 Hour Worker

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Item #2238 Recherches sur Buddou ou Bouddou instituteur religieux de l’Asie orientale [Studies...

Recherches sur Buddou ou Bouddou instituteur religieux de l’Asie orientale [Studies on Buddsou or Bouddou, Religious Teacher of Eastern Asia]

[BUDDHISM]. OZERAY, MICHEL-JEAN-FRANÇOIS.

EXTREMELY RARE FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST WESTERN BOOK ON BUDDHISM. More about Recherches sur Buddou ou Bouddou instituteur religieux de l’Asie orientale [Studies on Buddsou...

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The Woman in White

COLLINS, WILKIE.

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

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Item #2180 Arrest memorable, du parlement de Tolose, Content une histoire prodigieuse, de nostre...

Arrest memorable, du parlement de Tolose, Content une histoire prodigieuse, de nostre temps, avec cent belles, & doctes Annotations, de monsieur maistre Jean de Coras, Conseiller en ladite Cour, & rapporteur du process… [The Return of Martin Guerre]

DE CORAS, JEAN.

THE RETURN OF MARTIN GUERRE — THE VERY RARE FIRST EDITION OF THE JUDGE’S FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT OF A SENSATIONAL SIXTEENTH-CENTURY TRIAL FOR IDENTITY THEFT; THE BASIS OF NUMEROUS LITERARY, DRAMATIC, AND CINEMATIC ADAPTATIONS. More about Arrest memorable, du parlement de Tolose, Content une histoire prodigieuse, de nostre temps, avec...

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Two Standing by Indian Lake [Mixed Media Painting]

DINE, JIM.

LARGE, ICONIC ROBE PAINTING BY LEGENDARY AMERICAN ARTIST JIM DINE. More about Two Standing by Indian Lake [Mixed Media Painting

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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

DOUGLASS, FREDERICK.

RARE FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL CLOTH WITH IMPORTANT PROVENANCE OF THE BEST KNOWN SLAVE NARRATIVE OF THE ANTEBELLUM PERIOD. OWNED BY CONTEMPORARY WOMAN ABOLITIONIST, SUSAN COPLEY CABOT. More about Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

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Marcel Duchamp

DUCHAMP, MARCEL; HUGNET, GEORGES.

ONE OF ONLY SIX COPIES ON HANDMADE JAPON NACRÉ. SIGNED BY BOTH HUGNET AND DUCHAMP. More about Marcel Duchamp

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Autograph Letter Signed

EINSTEIN, ALBERT.

AN EXTRAORDINARY LETTER BY EINSTEIN TO HIS SON OFFERING LIFE ADVICE AND DISCUSSING FREUD, SHAKESPEARE, AND SCHILLER. More about Autograph Letter Signed

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Autograph Letter Signed [ALS] Denouncing Racial Segregation

EINSTEIN, ALBERT.

EINSTEIN OFFERS STRONG AND PRESCIENT WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE LEADER OF THE NAACP IN THE FIGHT AGAINST RACIAL SEGREGATION AND DISCRIMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES. More about Autograph Letter Signed [ALS] Denouncing Racial Segregation

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Autograph Manuscript Signed

EINSTEIN, ALBERT.

EINSTEIN ON THE CONCEPT OF PEACE: A POWERFUL AUTOGRAPH STATEMENT IN EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE FORMAT.  . More about Autograph Manuscript Signed

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Typed Letter Signed

EINSTEIN, ALBERT.

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

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Typed Letter Signed

EINSTEIN, ALBERT.

EINSTEIN RESPONDS TO A STUDENT, EXPLAINING A CENTRAL TENET OF RELATIVITY. More about Typed Letter Signed

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Typed Letter Signed with Autograph Annotation

EINSTEIN, ALBERT.

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

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Autograph Letter Signed [ALS]

FEYNMAN, RICHARD.

FEYNMAN OFFERS ADVICE AND ENCOURAGEMENT FOR A SCIENTIFIC ENDEAVOR. More about Autograph Letter Signed [ALS

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Item #2516 Mathematical Formulation of the Quantum Theory of Electromagnetic Interaction. WITH:...

Mathematical Formulation of the Quantum Theory of Electromagnetic Interaction. WITH: An Operator Calculus Having Applications in Quantum Electrodynamics

FEYNMAN, RICHARD.

EXTREMELY RARE OFFPRINTS OF FEYNMAN’S FINAL TWO PAPERS ON QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS, DESCRIBING THE MATHEMATICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR HIS PATH-INTEGRALS AND FEYNMAN DIAGRAMS. More about Mathematical Formulation of the Quantum Theory of Electromagnetic Interaction. WITH: An Operator...

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Autograph Letter [Signed “A toi”] to Louise Colet

FLAUBERT, GUSTAVE.

A LONG, EARLY, AUTOGRAPH LETTER BY FLAUBERT TO HIS MUSE LOUISE COLET, WITH REVEALING REFLECTIONS ON LIFE AND ART. More about Autograph Letter [Signed “A toi”] to Louise Colet

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Het Achterhuis [The Secret Annex; Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl]

FRANK, ANNE.

RARE FIRST EDITION; AN OUTSTANDING COPY IN THE EXCEEDINGLY RARE FIRST ISSUE DUST JACKET. More about Het Achterhuis [The Secret Annex; Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl

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Item #2613 Fighting Chances: The History of Game Theory...

Fighting Chances: The History of Game Theory from Zermelo to Thaler

[GAME THEORY]; [COURNOT, ANTOINE AUGUSTIN; ZERMLEO, ERNST; NASH, JOHN FORBES; AUMANN, ROBERT; SHAPLEY, LLOYD; THALER, RICHARD].

UNPARALLELED COLLECTION CHARTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF GAME THEORY ACROSS THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY. Click on the PDF to view the complete list of the collection's contents. More about Fighting Chances: The...

Price: $90,000 .

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Typed Letter Signed [TLS]. WITH: Photogravure Signed

HEISENBERG, WERNER.

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

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La Septieme Face Du Dé

HUGNET, GEORGES; DUCHAMP, MARCEL. [SURREALISM].

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

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A Dictionary of the English Language

JOHNSON, SAMUEL.

FIRST EDITION OF JOHNSON’S LANDMARK DICTIONARY. More about A Dictionary of the English Language

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Ulysses

JOYCE, JAMES.

THE MOST IMPORTANT OBTAINABLE COPY OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL NOVEL OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: “TO STANNIE | JIM” ONE OF THE FIRST PRESENTATION COPIES OF THE FIRST EDITION OF ULYSSES, INSCRIBED BY JAMES JOYCE TO HIS BROTHER STANISLAUS. More about Ulysses

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Typed Letter Signed [TLS] to Philip Whalen (7 February 1963)

KEROUAC, JACK.

SIGNED LETTER FROM KEROUAC FEATURING RARE DRAWING AND DISCUSSIONS OF FELLOW WRITERS. More about Typed Letter Signed [TLS] to Philip Whalen (7 February 1963

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