![Item #2399 Typed Letter Signed [TLS]. ANSEL ADAMS](https://manhattanrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2399.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1605043630)
Typed Letter Signed [TLS]
A LONG LETTER TO A FELLOW PHOTOGRAPHER WITH REVEALING TECHNICAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESS. More about Typed Letter Signed [TLS
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“Mémoire … De l’Action mutuelle de deux courans électriques”
THE ORIGINS OF ELECTROMAGNETISM. AMPÈRE’S FIRST DISCUSSION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ELECTRIC CURRENT-FLOW AND MAGNETISM. More about <b><p style="color:SteelBlue;">“Mémoire … De l’Action mutuelle de...
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A Chapter on Street Nuisances. Extracted from “Passages from the life of a philosopher.”
EXCEPTIONALLY SCARCE FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS; PRECEDING THE APPEARANCE IN “PASSAGES FROM THE LIFE OF A PHILOSOPHER”. More about A Chapter on Street Nuisances. Extracted from “Passages from the life of a philosopher.”
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Determination of the Surface-Tension of Water by the Method of Jet Vibration
FIRST EDITION OFFPRINT, PRESENTATION COPY, of Bohr's first published scientific paper, written while he was a 20-year-old student at Copenhagen University. Inscribed by Bohr in Danish on front wrapper to Poul Heegaard, mathematician and professor at Copenhagen University. In original wrappers. More about Determination of the Surface-Tension of Water by the Method of Jet Vibration
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Photograph Signed: 24 Hour Worker
RARE, LARGE SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH BY FEARLESS FEMALE PHOTOJOURNALIST MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE. More about Photograph Signed: 24 Hour Worker
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Recherches sur Buddou ou Bouddou instituteur religieux de l’Asie orientale [Studies on Buddsou or Bouddou, Religious Teacher of Eastern Asia]
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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Artists in Exile
CATALOG FOR THE LANDMARK ARTISTS IN EXILE EXHIBITION, SIGNED BY ALL 14 ARTISTS, INCLUDING ANDRÉ BRETON, MARC CHAGALL, MAX ERNST, AND PIET MONDRIAN. More about Artists in Exile
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“A View from the Ranks”: The Civil War Diaries and Manuscripts of Charles E. Smith, 32nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry
A REMARKABLY EXTENSIVE ARCHIVE OF A UNION SOLIDER, INCLUDING DIARIES FROM 1861-1865 SPANNING HIS ENTIRE CIVIL WAR CAREER. THE SOLDIER, CHARLES E. SMITH, PARTICIPATED IN SOME OF THE MOST CRITICAL CAMPAIGNS OF THE WAR, INCLUDING THE SEIGE OF VICKSBURG, THE FALL OF ATLANTA, AND SHERMAN’S MARCH TO THE SEA. More about “A View from the Ranks”: The Civil War Diaries and Manuscripts of Charles E. Smith, 32nd Ohio...
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Grant’s Petersburg Progress
EXTREMELY RARE FIRST ISSUE OF “GRANT’S PETERSBURG PROGRESS” PRINTED BY UNION SOLDIERS ON A CONFEDERATE PRESS THE DAY PETERSBURG AND RICHMOND WERE SEIZED, SIX DAYS BEFORE LEE’S SURRENDER. More about Grant’s Petersburg Progress
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The Woman in White
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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Canones, et Decreta Sacrosancti Oecumenici, et Generalis Concilii Tridentini sub Paulo III, Iulio III, Pio IIII, Pontificibus Max [Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent]
EXTREMELY RARE 1564 FIRST PRINTING of the Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent, one of the most important publications in the history of the Catholic Church; printed by Paulus Manutius and Aldus the Younger of the Aldine Press and the request of Pope Pius IV. More about Canones, et Decreta Sacrosancti Oecumenici, et Generalis Concilii Tridentini sub Paulo III, Iulio...
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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]
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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![Item #2478 Two Standing by Indian Lake [Mixed Media Painting]. JIM DINE](https://manhattanrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2478.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1634316241)
Two Standing by Indian Lake [Mixed Media Painting]
LARGE, ICONIC ROBE PAINTING BY LEGENDARY AMERICAN ARTIST JIM DINE. More about Two Standing by Indian Lake [Mixed Media Painting
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Rrose Sélavy: Oculisme de precision, poils et coups de pieds en tous genres [Rose Sélavy: Precision oculism, complete line of whiskers and kicks]
FIRST EDITION: A REMARKABLE ASSOCIATION COPY. INSCRIBED BY DUCHAMP TO HIS GOOD FRIEND AND ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF SURREALISM, PAUL ÉLUARD. Inscribed in ink on the half-title: "Cher Eluard / Marcel Duchamp" More about Rrose Sélavy: Oculisme de precision, poils et coups de pieds en tous genres [Rose Sélavy:...
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Marcel Duchamp
ONE OF ONLY SIX COPIES ON HANDMADE JAPON NACRÉ. SIGNED BY BOTH HUGNET AND DUCHAMP. More about Marcel Duchamp
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![Item #2659 Il nome della rosa [The Name of the Rose]. UMBERTO ECO](https://manhattanrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2659.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1673302153)
Il nome della rosa [The Name of the Rose]
SIGNED FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING OF ECO’S LITERARY MASTERPIECE. More about Il nome della rosa [The Name of the Rose
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Autograph Letter Signed
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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![Item #2376 Autograph Letter Signed [ALS] Denouncing Racial Segregation. ALBERT EINSTEIN](https://manhattanrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2376.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1599766663)
Autograph Letter Signed [ALS] Denouncing Racial Segregation
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 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
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 with Autograph Annotation
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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![Item #2424 Autograph Letter Signed [ALS]. RICHARD FEYNMAN](https://manhattanrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2424.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1611180371)
Autograph Letter Signed [ALS]
FEYNMAN OFFERS ADVICE AND ENCOURAGEMENT FOR A SCIENTIFIC ENDEAVOR. More about Autograph Letter Signed [ALS
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Mathematical Formulation of the Quantum Theory of Electromagnetic Interaction. WITH: An Operator Calculus Having Applications in Quantum Electrodynamics
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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![Item #2402 Autograph Letter [Signed “A toi”] to Louise Colet. GUSTAVE FLAUBERT](https://manhattanrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2402.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1605737164)
Autograph Letter [Signed “A toi”] to Louise Colet
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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![Item #2572 Het Achterhuis [The Secret Annex; Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl]. ANNE FRANK](https://manhattanrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2572.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1657227185)
Het Achterhuis [The Secret Annex; Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl]
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
Price: $35,000 .