FIRST PRINTINGS OF THE FOUNDATIONAL PAPERS ON THE BIG BANG AND THE ORIGIN OF THE UNIVERSE. Including a fine copy of the famous “Alpha-Beta-Gamma” paper. More about The Origin of Chemical Elements. WITH: Expanding Universe and the Origin of Elements. WITH:...

FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY IN ORIGINAL BOARDS, of Babbage’s scathing and sensational critique of the English scientific establishment. An important association copy, inscribed by Babbage to Joseph Nicolas Nicollet: “To M. Nicollet / from the Author”. More about Reflections on the Decline of Science in England, and on Some of its Causes

EXTREMELY RARE FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS of Bergman’s study of chemical affinities, including a large fold-out table, “the finest achievement in the tradition of affinity tables,” and a major predecessor of the periodic table. More about Disquisitio de Attractionibus Electivis [Dissertation of Elective Attractions

FIRST EDITIONS of two critical papers in developing our understanding of the atom: 1) all three parts of Bohr’s landmark work marking the definitive break from using classical physics at the atomic level, often cited as the foundation of our modern understanding of the atom; 2) both parts of Moseley's..... More about On the Constitution of Atoms and Molecules (Bohr). WITH: The High-Frequency Spectra of the...

FIRST EDITION IN SCARCE ORIGINAL WRAPPERS OF CLAUSIUS’ INTRODUCTION OF THE TERM ‘ENTROPY’ AND THE CULMINATION OF HIS WORK ON THE SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS; PRECEDES THE PUBLICATION IN ANNALEN DER PHYSIK. More about Ueber verschiedene für die Anwendung bequeme Formen der Hauptgleichungen der mechanischen...

FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE IN ORIGINAL BOARDS of Dalton’s first book; one of the foundational works in meteorology. More about Meteorological Observations and Essays

FIRST EDITION of De Chancourtois’s presentation of his “telluric screw,” the first periodic representation of the elements; precedes Mendeleev’s table by seven years. More about Mémoire sur un classement naturel des corps simples ou radicaux appelé vis tellurique. WITH:...

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

FIRST EDITION, COMMERCIAL OFFPRINT ISSUE, of Einstein's important 1914 paper on the development of general relativity. More about Die formale Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie. [The Formal Foundation of the General...

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

RARE FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS OF THE REPORTS FROM THE HISTORIC FIRST SOLVAY CONFERENCE, “THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN PHYSICS EVER ORGANIZED” AND A CRITICAL MOMENT IN THE BIRTH OF QUANTUM PHYSICS. More about La Theorie du Rayonnement et les Quanta. Rapports et Discussions de la Reunion Tenue a Bruxelles...

FIRST EDITION, COMMERCIAL OFFPRINT ISSUE, of Einstein’s breakthrough work on general relativity: the famous “Entwurf” paper. More about Entwurf einer verallgemeinerten Relativitätstheorie und einer Theorie der Gravitation. [Outline...

EXTREMELY RARE COMPLETE SUITE OF SEVEN LARGE SILVER PRINTS FROM EINSTEIN’S FAMOUS PHOTO SHOOT AT PRINCETON WITH ROMAN VISHNIAC. Each print is signed by Vishniac and dated “At Princeton 1942” in his hand below the image and numbered on the back. More about Einstein at Work [Suite of Seven Photographs