EXCEPTIONALLY RARE FIRST FEMALE-AUTHORED MATHEMATICAL TEXTBOOK, INCLUDING ALL 59 PLATES AND BOUND WITH HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT REVIEW FROM THE FRENCH ACADEMY SCIENCES. More about <i>Instituzioni Analitiche</i> [<i>Analytic Institutions for the Use of Italian...
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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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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 APPARENTLY UNPUBLISHED.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] : <i>Appeal to the Friends of Abolition in...
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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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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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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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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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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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LARGE, ICONIC ROBE PAINTING BY LEGENDARY AMERICAN ARTIST JIM DINE. More about Two Standing by Indian Lake [Mixed Media Painting
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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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EINSTEIN ON THE CONCEPT OF PEACE: A POWERFUL AUTOGRAPH STATEMENT IN EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE FORMAT. . More about Autograph Manuscript Signed
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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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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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FIRST EDITION OF JOHNSON’S LANDMARK DICTIONARY. More about <i>A Dictionary of the English Language</i>
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THE RARE FIRST EDITION OF THE BOOK THAT INTRODUCED THE IDEA OF “SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION” AS A FUNDAMENTAL CHARACTERISTIC OF SOCIAL NETWORKS. More about Minden másképpen van. (Ötvenkét vasárnap) [Everything is Different. (Fifty-Two Sundays
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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
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EARLY CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN MAGRITTE AND HIS GOOD FRIEND, PAINTER AND POET PIERRE-LOUIS FLOUQUET, WITH PERSONAL COMMENTS ON LIFE AND ART. WITH ORIGINAL PENCIL DRAWING BY MAGRITTE. More about Four Signed Letters [ALS/TLS] with Original Pencil Drawing, 1920–21
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A BEAUTIFUL AND COLORFUL ARTIFACT BRINGING TOGETHER THE GREAT NAMES OF THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY PARISIAN AVANT-GARDE: THE PROGRAM FOR THE MAY 1917 SEASON OF DIAGHILEV’S “BALLET RUSSES” — A SEASON THAT INCLUDED THE PREMIERE OF THE BALLET "PARADE" (SCENARIO BY JEAN COCTEAU; CHOREOGRAPHY BY LÉONIDE MASSINE; SCORE BY ERIK..... More about Les Ballets Russes a Paris. Représentations Exceptionelles avec le gracieux Concours des...
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VERY RARE FIRST EDITION OF RIEMANN’S DISSERTATION: “ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ACHIEVEMENTS OF 19TH CENTURY MATHEMATICS,” “WHICH MARKED A NEW ERA IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE THEORY OF ANALYTIC FUNCTIONS.”. More about Grundlagen für eine allgemeine Theorie der Functionen einer veränderlichen complexen Grösse....
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ELEANOR ROOSEVELT’S OFFICIAL CONVENTION BADGES FOR THE 1960 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. With a signed letter from Roosevelt to her good friend Mayris Chaney concerning her arrival at the convention. More about Personal Badges for the 1960 Democratic National Convention; with Typed Letter Signed
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A DETAILED, IMPASSIONED LETTER ILLUSTRATING ROOSEVELT’S PROMINENCE IN PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS AND HER POSITION ON BANNING NUCLEAR TESTING. More about Typed Letter Signed with Autograph Corrections
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EARLIEST KNOWN COPY OF HARRY POTTER; NO OTHER COPIES LOCATED. More about Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
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Extremely rare first edition of this far-reaching exposé that provoked King James, inspired Shakespeare and was the first significant work to document the secrets of illusion and the occult. A magnificent copy from the Biblioteca Lindesiana. More about <b><p style="color:FireBrick;">The Discoverie of Witchcraft</b></p>
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RARE AND REVEALING COLLECTION OF FAMILY LETTERS WRITTEN BY KURT VONNEGUT. More about Signed Family Letters
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UNPUBLISHED SHORT STORY, TYPESCRIPT DRAFT; WITH FRAGMENT OF SECOND STORY. More about Early Unpublished Short Stories, including “One for ‘A’”
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