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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 One Giant Leap for Mankind; Signed by Walt Cunningham, Charles Conrad, and Nancy Conrad
CERNAN, Eugene A; Karl E. Kristofferson; Nancy Conrad; D.C. Agle; Bill Novarik; Hope Winsborough; Steven G. Brunner; Mitch Varnes; Holly Gordon; [Walt Cunningham]; [Charles Conrad].
One Giant Leap for Mankind: Commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the First Lunar Walk.
Largo, FL: Rococo International, Inc, 1993.
First edition of the official book for the 25th anniversary of one of mankind's greatest triumphs. Quarto, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated. Boldly signed by Walt Cunningham, Charles Conrad, and Nancy Conrad on the front cover. In near fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 147257
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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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"And so I am a revolutionary, and a most reluctant one": First Edition of The Reluctant Revolutionary; inscribed by Edward Teller
TELLER, Edward.
The Reluctant Revolutionary.
Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1960.
First edition of Teller's classic work on the role of the scientist in the nuclear age. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author Edward Teller on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146178
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First Edition of Antarctica: A Call to Action; Inscribed by Sebastian Copeland
COPELAND, Sebastian; Foreword by Orlando Bloom.
Antarctica: A Call to Action.
San Rafael, CA: Earth Aware, 2008.
First edition of the inspiring sequel to 'Antarctica: The Global Warning.' Oblong duodecimo, original pictorial boards, illustrated with breathtaking high-resolution photographs by Sebastian Copeland throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "January 2009 To Linda, Sebastian Copeland." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Author photograph by Orlando Bloom.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146836
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"And so I am a revolutionary, and a most reluctant one": First Edition of The Reluctant Revolutionary; Signed by Edward Teller
TELLER, Edward.
The Reluctant Revolutionary.
Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1960.
First edition of Teller's classic work on the role of the scientist in the nuclear age. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Edward Teller on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146105
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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
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First Edition of Return to Earth; Signed by Buzz Aldrin and Wayne Warga
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. Boldly signed by Buzz Aldrin and inscribed by co-author Wayne Warga on the front free endpaper. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Aulicino. Written with Wayne Warga.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 146504
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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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First Edition of Hope For Animals and Their World; Signed by Jane Goodall and Thane Maynard
GOODALL, Jane with Thane Maynard and Gail Hudson.
Hope For Animals and Their World: How Endangered Species Are Being Rescued from the Brink.
New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2009.
First edition of this work by this by Goodall. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Jane Goodall and Thane Maynard on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Flag.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 146167
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"Life is a circle you come back to a lot of interests that you had early in life": First Edition of In Search of Memory; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning Scientist Eric Kandel
KANDEL, Eric R.
In Search Of Memory.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2006.
First edition of the scientist's autobiography which deals with the groundbreaking work on the biological process of memory, which earned him the Nobel Prize. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For John Life is a circle you come back to a lot of interests that you had early in life. With warm regards Eric Kandel." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 110821
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"A scientist shouldn't be asked to judge the economic and moral value of his work. All we should ask the scientist to do is find the truth-and then not keep it from anyone"; First Edition of Enzymatic Structures of DNA; Inscribed by Arthur Kornberg
KORNBERG, Arthur.
Enzymatic Synthesis of DNA.
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1962.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning scientist. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed and dated by Arthur Kornberg on the front free endpaper. Small stamp of Biologist L.S. Baron on the front endpage. Fine in a dust jacket that shows just a touch of wear.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 747
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First Edition of Reason For Hope: A Spiritual Journey; Lengthily Inscribed by Jane Goodall
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, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Barbara and Nancy Together we can make this a better world for all. Jane Goodall." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jackie Merri Meyer and Flag.
Price: $425.00 Item Number: 146888
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First Edition of Buckminster Fuller: An Autobiographical Monologue Scenario; Warmly inscribed by Him
FULLER, Buckminster.
Buckminster Fuller: An Autobiographical Monologue Scenario.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1980.
First edition of this autobiographical work. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Fuller on the front free endpaper, "To: Harriet Nichols In warmest friendship Bucky Buckminster Fuller." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Kadi Tint. Documented and edited by Robert Snyder.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 124719
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Hannah Zeller's Wild Flowers of The Holy Land; illustrated with fifty-four beautiful color plates
ZELLER, Mrs. Hannah. Preface by H. B. Tristram. Introduction by Edward Atkinson.
Wild Flowers of The Holy Land.
London: James Nisbet and Co, 1883.
Third edition of this classic work on the field flowers of Palestine. Quarto, original publisher's pictorial cloth stamped in black and gilt, illustrated with fifty-four tissue-guarded plates by Hannah Zeller of Nazareth printed in color comprising detailed botanical illustrations of the flora of the Holy Land including the Palestine Bramble, Thistle, Egyptian Thrift, Apple of Sodom, Pink Anemone, Oleander, Wild Flax, Persian Cyclamen, Pomegranate, Hollyhock, Blue Lupin, and Indian Sage. In very good condition with rubbing to the extremities. A very bright example, rare in this condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 146422
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First Edition of Jane Goodall's Through A Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe; Signed by Her
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. Boldly signed by Jane Goodall on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper and note to the title page where this was signed. Jacket design by Lucy Bartholomay. Jacket photograph by Gerry Ellis. Rear Jacket photograph by Ken Regan.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 138182
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First Edition of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Seasons of Life and Land; Signed by Peter Matthiessen and Terry Tempest Williams
BANERJEE, Subhankar; Matthiessen.
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Seasons of Life and Land.
Seattle: The Mountaineer Books, 2003.
First edition of the most comprehensive, photographic documentation of the biodiversity and indigenous cultures of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Peter Matthiessen and Terry Tempest Williams on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 148029
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First Edition of How Did We Find Out About Germs; Inscribed by Isaac Asimov
ASIMOV, Isaac.
How Did We Find Out About Germs.
New York: Walker and Company, 1974.
First edition of this work by the award-winning writer. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author opposite the title page, "For Allen and Andrew Isaac Asimov." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Illustrated by David Wood.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 129739
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First Edition of Powershift: Knowledge, Wealth, and Violence at the Edge of the 21st Century; Warmly Inscribed by Alvin and Heidi Toffler
TOFFLER, Alvin.
Powershift: Knowledge, Wealth, and Violence at the Edge of the 21st Century.
New York: Bantam Books, 1990.
First edition of this work by the author of Future Shock. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Sergio and the Munoz Family With warmth and respect from Alvin Toffler and Heidi Toffler." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 132352