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First Edition of Darwin; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist James D. Watson
DARWIN, Charles; Edited by James D. Watson.
Darwin: The Indelible Stamp.
Philadelphia: Running Press, 2005.
First edition of this compilation of Charles Darwin's most influential works in their entirety contained for the first time in one volume. Thick Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by James Watson on the half-title page, "For Peter and Dori from Jim." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Text includes commentary by Nobel laureate James Watson.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 140401
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First Edition of Walter Cunningham's The All-American Boys; Signed by Him
CUNNINGHAM, Walter.
The All-American Boys.
New York: Macdonald and Co, 1977.
First edition of "the best of all the astronaut books" (Los Angeles Times). Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Signed by Walter Cunningham on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, owner name to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Robert Silverman. Written with the assistance of Mickey Herskowitz.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 142901
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First Edition of Beyond the God Particle; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning Physicist Leon Lederman
LEON LEDERMAN AND CHRISTOPHER HILL,.
Beyond the God Particle.
New York: Prometheus Books, 2013.
First edition of this "tour de force of physics" (Times Literary Supplement). Octavo, original boards. Signed by Leon Lederman on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Grace M. Conti-Zilsberger.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 75082
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First Edition of The Superorganism; Signed by Edward O. Wilson with a drawing of an ant
WILSON, Edward O. and Bert Holldobler.
The Superorganism: The Beauty, Elegance, and Strangeness of Insect Societies .
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2009.
First edition of this work by the award-winning biologists. Quarto, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Edward O. Wilson who has drawn an image of an ant on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 131084
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Rare original photograph of internet pioneer Leonard Kleinrock with the ARPANET; inscribed by him
KLEINROCK, Leonard.
Leonard Kleinrock Signed Photograph.
Large format color photograph of American computer scientist Leonard Kleinrock with the ARPANET, the forerunner to the Internet. Inscribed by him, "To Kent, Leonard Kleinrock." In fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 117384
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"The contemplation of a magnificent structure and of an extensive work are objects exceedingly pleasing to the imagination": John Campbell's A Political Survey of Britain
CAMPBELL, John.
A Political Survey of Britain: Being a Series of Reflections on the Situation, Lands, Inhabitants, Revenues, Colonies, and Commerce of This Island.
Dublin: T. Ewing and C. Jenkin, 1775.
Rare second edition of John Campbell's classic survey of late sixteenth century Britain. Octavo, four volumes, bound in full contemporary calf, raised bands, red and green morocco spine labels, gilt titles. In good condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 81166
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"Imagination is more important than knowledge ... imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution": First Edition of Albert Einstein's Cosmic Religion; Rare in the Original Dust Jacket
EINSTEIN, Albert.
Cosmic Religion: with other Opinions and Aphorisms.
New York: Covici Friede, 1931.
First edition of this multi-subject work of non-scientific thought from one of the world's most influential theoretical physicists in the rare original dust jacket. Duodecimo, original cloth. Near fine in a good dust jacket with some losses and a few closed tears to the extremities of the dust jacket. Rare in the original dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 146877
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Margaret Mead's From the South Seas; Inscribed by Her
MEAD, Margaret.
From the South Seas: Studies of Adolescence and Sex in Primitive Societies.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1939.
First edition, third printing of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Hardin S. Rarny Margaret Mead May 6, 1946." Near fine in a very good dust jacket, bookplate to the front pastedown.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 143499
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First edition of John Muir's The Boyhood of a Naturalist
MUIR, John.
The Boyhood of a Naturalist: Being Selected Chapters From “The Story of My Boyhood and Youth”.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913.
First edition of this brief biography in The Riverside Literature Series collection. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. In good condition. Ex-library. Scarce.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 126476
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Rare Signed Photograph of Legendary Scientist James D. Watson
WATSON, James D.
James D. Watson Photograph Signed.
Original black and white photograph of Nobel Prize-winning scientist James D. Watson holding a DNA model. Boldly signed by Watson in blue felt tip. In fine condition. The piece measures 4 inches by 6 inches.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 147844
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First Edition of A Long Way Up: The Story of Jill Kinmont; Inscribed by Jill Kinmont
VALENS, E.G. [Jill Kinmont].
A Long Way Up: The Story of Jill Kinmont.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1967.
First edition of this powerful biography of Jill Kinmont. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs by Burk Uzzle and others. Presentation copy, inscribed by Kinmont on the front front free endpaper, "To Dr. Robinson, Thank you for your nice letter. Best Wishes- Jill Kinmont 2-27-67." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ronald Clyne. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 124068
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First Edition of Buckminster Fuller's Ideas and Integrities, a Spontaneous Autobiographical Disclosure; Inscribed by Him
FULLER, Buckminster.
Ideas and Integrities: A Spontaneous Autobiographical Disclosure.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1963.
First edition of this work by Fuller. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Ed Westhoff in friendship Buckminster Fuller." Edited by Robert W. Marks. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 125971
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First Edition of Philip Stern's The Oppenheimer Case: Security on Trial; Inscribed by Him in the Year of Publication
STERN, Philip M.
The Oppenheimer Case: Security on Trial.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1969.
First edition of this early biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "For Joan and Arthur Gardner With the warmest and fondest wishes of their friend Phil S. November, 1969." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 143398
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First Edition of A Traveler's Guide to Mars; Inscribed by William K. Hartmann to Apollo 13 Astronaut James Lovell
HARTMANN, William K.; [James Lovell].
A Traveler’s Guide to Mars: The Mysterious Landscapes of the Red Planet.
New York: Workman Publishing, 2003.
First edition of this complete and accessible guidebook to Mars. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated with color photographs and a folding map of Martian markings charted by Earth-based telescopes in the 1960s. Association copy, boldly inscribed by the author to James Lovell on the title page, "For Jim Lovell with admiration! William K Hartmann." The recipient, James Lovell, was an Apollo 8 and Apollo 13 astronaut who was one of the first three astronauts to fly and orbit the moon alongside Frank Borman and William Anders. In near fine condition. From the collection of James Lovell. Accompanied by a sticker…
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 147320
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First Edition of Jonathan Safran Foer's We Are The Weather: Saving The Planet Begins At Breakfast; Accompanied By a Manuscript note from Barbra Streisand to Secretary Madeleine K. Albright
FOER, Jonathan Safran [Barbra Streisand] [Madeleine K. Albright].
We Are The Weather: Saving The Planet Begins At Breakfast.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019.
First edition of this urgent work on global warming. Octavo, original publisher's boards, bookplate to the front pastedown from “The Private Collection of Secretary Madeleine K. Albright.” Accompanied by a manuscript note laid in, "Secretary Madeleine Albright, From Barbra Streisand." Singer, Songwriter, and environmental activist, Streisand and Albright were close friends since they met in 1993 while Albright was serving as Ambassador to the United Nations. The recipient, Madeleine K. Albright, was the first woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State. She acted under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001, leading the United States through foreign policy in the…
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 147595
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First Edition of Buzz Aldrin and Wayne Warga's Return to Earth; Signed by Buzz Aldrin
ALDRIN, Buzz .
Return to Earth.
New York: Random House, 1973.
First edition of this work by the second man to walk on the moon. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Boldly signed by Buzz Aldrin on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Aulicino. Written with Wayne Warga.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 146590
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"Sadly, it's much easier to create a desert than a forest": Rare First Edition of Gaia
LOVELOCK, James E.
Gaia: A New Look At Life on Earth.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1979.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Cover illustration by Henri Rousseau. First editions are uncommon.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 146379
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"with thanks for friendly help": First Edition of Steven Weinberg's To Explain the World: The Discovery of Modern Science; Warmly Inscribed by Him
WEINBERG, Steven.
To Explain the World: The Discovery of Modern Science.
New York: Harper, 2015.
First edition of this “thoughtful history of science” (The New Yorker). Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by on the title page, "To Roy Snodgrass with thanks for friendly help Steven Weinberg." The recipient was a close friend of the authors. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Milan Bozic.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 125653
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"Perhaps, one day, you will visit Africa and meet wild chimpanzees. I hope so": First Edition of Through A Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe; Warmly Inscribed by Jane Goodall
GOODALL, Jane.
Through A Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1990.
First edition of this “engrossing account” of her time among the chimpanzees of Gombe, Tanzania" (Publishers Weekly). Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Alan, Perhaps, one day, you will visit Africa and meet wild chimpanzees. I hope so. Jane Goodall." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lucy Bartholomay. Jacket photograph by Gerry Ellis. Rear Jacket photograph by Ken Regan.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 145836
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Limited Edition of The Dictionary of Garden Plants; Signed by Roy Hay and Patrick M. Synge
HAY, Roy and Patrick M. Synge.
The Dictionary of Garden Plants in Colour with House and Greenhouse Plants.
London: The Arcadia Press, 1970.
Signed limited edition of this photographic plant dictionary. Quarto, bound in the original full crushed morocco by Zaehnsdorf of London with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, decorative gilt morocco inlays and gilt patterning to the front panel, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, generously illustrated with over 2,000 full-color photographs of alpine and rock gardens, annuals and biennials, greenhouse and house, bulbs, perennial, trees and shrubs, and climbers and conifers. One of only two hundred and sixty-five copies signed by the authors on the limitation page, this is number 53.…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 145563