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First edition of Al Gore's Earth in the Balance; Inscribed by Him to Fellow Senator Larry Pressler
GORE, Al.
Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit.
New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1992.
First edition, first printing of the author's classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "For my friend and colleague Larry Pressler, with respect + best wishes, Al Gore." The recipient, Senator Larry Pressler served in the United States Senate from 1979 to 1997, representing South dakota. After completing his Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford, he joined the United States Army and served in Vietnam from 1966 to 1968, retiring with the rank of Lieutenant. He was the first Vietnam veteran to be elected to the…
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 144920
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"The noble goals of science have something to do with the attainment of truth": First edition of Philip Kitcher's The Advancement of Science; Inscribed by him to Hilary Putnam
KITCHER, Philip.
The Advancement of Science: Science Without Legend, Objectivity Without Illusions.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993.
First edition of well-known philosopher Philip Kitcher's treatise on the philosophy of science. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to fellow philosopher Hilary Putnam, "For Hilary, with very best wishes, Philip." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ann Lowe. An exceptional association.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 88090
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First Edition of THE GOD PARTICLE; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning Physicist Leon Lederman
LEDERMAN, Leon with Dick Teresi.
The God Particle: If the Universe Is the Answer, What Is the Question?
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1993.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning scientist. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Leon Lederman on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michaela Sullivan.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 144353
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First edition of Patch Adams' Gesundheit!; warmly inscribed by him
ADAMS, Patch [Hunter Doherty] with Maureen Mylander.
Gesundheit! Bringing Good Health to You, the Medical System, and Society through Physician Service, Complementary Therapies, Humor, and Joy.
Rochester, Vermont: Healing Arts Press, 1993.
First edition of the story of Patch Adams' lifetime quest to transform the healthcare system. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication, "2/93 For Joan, for all your generous support my heartfelt thanks in peace #." In near fine condition.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 134159
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First Edition of Wrinkles in Time; Lengthily Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning Physicist George Smoot
SMOOT, George and Keay Davidson.
Wrinkles in Time.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1993.
First edition of the story of "the scientific discovery of the century, if not all time" (Stephen Hawking). Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated endpapers, illustrated with 8 pages of color photographs and 50 line drawings. Inscribed by Smoot on the half-title page, "For John There is something about looking at the night sky that makes a person wonder Best Wishes George Smoot." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Gamarello.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 62011
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First Edition of THE GOD PARTICLE; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning Physicist Leon Lederman
LEDERMAN, Leon with Dick Teresi.
The God Particle: If the Universe Is the Answer, What Is the Question?
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1993.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning scientist. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Leon Lederman on the title page. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with light shelfwear.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 141416
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"Darwin's Finches will keep their covenant with Darwin's islands, witnessed by a heap of stones": First Edition of The Beak of the Finch; Lengthily Inscribed by The Author and signed three times Jacket Illustrator Chip Kidd
WEINER, Jonathan.
The Beak of the Finch: The Story of Evolution in Our Time.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993.
First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "To Betsy and Joe with best wishes Jonathan Weiner May 1994." Additionally signed three times by jacket designer Chip Kidd, on the front panel, on the half-title page and the jacket rear flap. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd. Drawings by K. Thalia Grant. A unique example.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 137989
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First Edition of THE GOD PARTICLE; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning Physicist Leon Lederman to Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lois Wille
LEDERMAN, Leon with Dick Teresi.
The God Particle: If the Universe Is the Answer, What Is the Question?
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1993.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning scientist. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author opposite the title page, "To Wayne and Loise Wille We really miss you all. Enjoy! Leon Lederman." An excellent association, as one of the recipients, Loise Wille, was a two time Pulitzer Prize winning Chicago journalist. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 142078
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"Darwin's Finches will keep their covenant with Darwin's islands, witnessed by a heap of stones": First Edition of The Beak of the Finch; Lengthily Inscribed by The Author and Jacket Illustrator Chip Kidd
WEINER, Jonathan.
The Beak of the Finch: The Story of Evolution in Our Time.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993.
First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers. Lengthily inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For John Rogers, With Best Wishes Jonathan Weiner 'Darwin's Finches will keep their covenant with Darwin's islands, witnessed by a heap of stones.' May 2016." Also, includes a signed letter on the author's letterhead to the same recipient. Fine in a near fine dust jacket that shows light shelfwear. Jacket design by Chip Kidd and signed by him on the rear flap. Drawings by K. Thalia Grant. A unique example.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 112993
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Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13; Signed by Jim Lovell
LOVELL, Jim and Jeffrey Kluger.
Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13.
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994.
First edition, early printing of this work, the basis of the 1995 film adaptation Apollo 13, directed by Ron Howard, starring Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Ed Harris, and Gary Sinise. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated endpapers, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Tom Best Wishes James Lovell." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 120544
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First Edition of About Time: Einstein's Unfinished Revolution; Signed by Paul Davies
DAVIES, Paul.
About Time: Einstein’s Unfinished Revolution.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995.
First edition of this work by the award-winning scientist. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Paul Davies on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Cheung Tai.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 133205
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First Edition of The Golden Helix; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist Arthur Kornberg
KORNBERG, Arthur.
The Golden Helix: Inside Biotech Ventures.
Dulles, Virginia: University Science Books, 1995.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning physicist's autobiography. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "July 29, 2005 To Matthew Greetings! A Kornberg." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 138915
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First Edition of Daniel Dennett's Darwin's Dangerous Idea; Inscribed by him to Edward O.Wilson
DENNETT, Daniel C. [Edward O. Wilson].
Darwin’s Dangerous Idea.
New York : Simon & Schuster, 1995.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to biologist Edward O. Wilson on the title page, "For Edward Daniel Dennett." With Edward O. Wilson's signature to the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 133315
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The Double Helix; Signed by James D. Watson
WATSON, James D.
The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996.
Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated. Signed by James Watson on the title page. In fine condition. Foreword by Sir Lawrence Bragg.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 74031
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"This is the only one of my books that has pictures, but unfortunately the Harvard Press could not afford to print them in color": First Edition of Imagined Worlds; Lengthily Signed by Freeman Dyson
DYSON, Freeman.
Imagined Worlds.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1997.
First edition of this work by Freeman Dyson. Octavo, original half cloth. Lengthily signed by the author on the title page, "For ______ ______ Freeman Dyson, February 2010 This is the only one of my books that has pictures, but unfortunately the Harvard Press could not afford to print them in color." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jill Breitbarth.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 111009
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First Edition of River: One Man's Journey Down the Colorado, Source to Sea; Inscribed by Colin Fletcher
FLETCHER, Colin.
River: One Man’s Journey Down the Colorado, Source to Sea.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.
First edition of this epic adventure by Fletcher, a renowned traveler and writer. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with 15 maps and 42 photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Alan and Lotte with best wishes Colin Carmel Valley, California 4/30/97." Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Susan Carroll.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 54787
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First Edition of Imagined Worlds; Inscribed by Freeman Dyson to Edward O. Wilson
DYSON, Freeman [Edward O. Wilson].
Imagined Worlds.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1997.
First edition of this work by Freeman Dyson. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Edward Freeman Dyson." The recipient, Edward O. Wilson was a biologist, naturalist and writer. Wilson has been called "the father of sociobiology" and "the father of biodiversity" for his environmental advocacy, and his secular-humanist and deist ideas pertaining to religious and ethical matters. Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket, with Wilson's signature to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Jill Breitbarth. An exceptional association, linking these two great minds of the twentieth century.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 138177
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First Edition of River: One Man's Journey Down the Colorado, Source to Sea; Inscribed by Colin Fletcher
FLETCHER, Colin.
River: One Man’s Journey Down the Colorado, Source to Sea.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.
First edition of this epic adventure by Fletcher, a renowned traveler and writer. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with 15 maps and 42 photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "For Jimmie Stanley, Colin Fletcher 6/8/97." Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Susan Carroll.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 100432
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First Edition of John McPhee's Annals of the Former World
MCPHEE, John.
Annals of the Former World.
New York: Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 1998.
First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, Original black cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Maps by Allan Cartography. Endpapers designed by Tom Funk. Jacket art by John Clerk.
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 145124
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First Edition of Jane Goodall's Reason For Hope: A Spiritual Journey; Inscribed by Her
GOODALL, Jane with Phillip Berman.
Reason For Hope: A Spiritual Journey.
New York: Warner Books, 1999.
First edition of Goodall's moving memoir. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Caroline Together we make a difference Jane Goodall." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jackie Merri Meyer and Flag.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 138205
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"To Dolores YOU and BOB are such admirable role models": First Edition of The Return; Inscribed by Apollo 11 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin to Bob and Dolores Hope
ALDRIN, Buzz and John Barnes.
The Return: A Novel of Human Adventure.
New York: Forge/ Tom Doherty Associates, 2000.
First edition of Apollo 11 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin’s compelling work of fiction. Octavo, original glossy boards. Association copy, inscribed Buzz Aldrin to Bob and Dolores Hope on the title page, "To Dolores You and Bob are such admirable role models Buzz Aldrin." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 117397
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First Edition of A Life of Magic Chemistry; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Chemist George Olah
OLAH, George A.
Life of Magic Chemistry: Autobiographical Reflections of A Nobel Prize Winner.
New York: Wiley-Interscience, 2001.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning chemist. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Inscribed by George Olah on the front free endpaper. In fine condition, without a dust jacket as issued.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 15069
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First Edition of A Life of Magic Chemistry; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Chemist George Olah
OLAH, George A.
Life of Magic Chemistry: Autobiographical Reflections of A Nobel Prize Winner.
New York: Wiley-Interscience, 2001.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning chemist. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For James with best regards George Olah." In fine condition, without a dust jacket as issued.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 127679