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First Edition of The Theory of Island Biogeography; Signed by Edward O. Wilson Who has drawn a picture of an ant
WILSON, Edward O. & Robert H. MacArthur.
The Theory of Island Biogeography.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1967.
First edition of this landmark work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Edward O. Wilson on the half-title page, who has drawn a picture of an ant. Fine in a fine dust jacket. An exceptional example, most rare and desirable signed.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 149668
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First Edition of Charles Darwin's Insectivorous Plants
DARWIN, Charles.
Insectivorous Plants.
London: John Murray, 1875.
First edition of this classic work by Darwin. Octavo, original green cloth with gilt titles to the spine, woodcut illustrations by Darwin and his sons, George and Francis Darwin. In very good condition. Bookplate and Henry Southeran's bookseller ticket to the pastedown.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 132980
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First Edition of R. Buckminster Fuller's Nine Chains To The Moon; Inscribed by him
FULLER, R. Buckminster .
Nine Chains to the Moon.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1938.
First edition of Fuller's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his sister on the front pastedown, "To Rog and K With dearest love Bucky." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. An exceptional association.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 124952
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"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up": Photograph of Thomas Edison in His Library; Signed by Him
EDISON, Thomas Alva.
Thomas A. Edison Signed Photograph.
Large signed photograph of Thomas Edison. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 15.5. inches by 18.5 inches.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 55002
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Limited Edition 'The Eagle's Last Flight' Lithograph; Signed by Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins
ALDRIN, Buzz; Michael Collins.
Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins Signed ‘The Eagle’s Last Flight’ Lithograph.
Rare limited edition lithograph of 'The Eagle's Last Flight,' signed by Apollo astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins. Oversized color limited edition lithograph depicting the Apollo 11 command and lunar modules in orbit with the Earth rising in the distance. One of one thousand nine hundred and sixty nine copies boldly signed by Buzz Aldrin in gold and Michael Collins in black, this is number 42. Additionally signed by the artist, Dan Witkoff, in pencil. Framed. In fine condition. An exceptional example with uninscribed autographs. The piece measures 31 inches by 37 inches.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 147415
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From the library of Stephen Hawking
TAYLOR, J.C. [Stephen Hawking].
Gauge Theories of Weak Interactions.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1976.
First edition of this work on gauge theory. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of Stephen Hawking, with his signature on the front free endpaper. Stephen Hawking was a theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge at the time of his death. Hawking's scientific works included a collaboration with Roger Penrose on gravitational singularity theorems in the framework of general relativity and the theoretical prediction that black holes emit radiation, often called Hawking radiation. He was the first to set out a theory of cosmology explained…
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 119299
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First edition of The Self and its Brain: An Argument for Interactionism; inscribed by Karl Popper to Lionel Charles Robbins
POPPER, Karl and John C. Eccles.
The Self and its Brain: An Argument for Interactionism.
Berlin, New York, London: Springer-Verlag, 1977.
First edition of Popper and Eccles' groundbreaking work. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, warmly inscribed by Karl Popper in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "To Lionel, with love from Karl 3rd November 1977." The recipient, British economist Lionel Charles Robbins, was a prominent member of the economics department at the London School of Economics. He and Popper were colleagues for over twenty years and formed a strong inter-departmental alliance, fortified by their mutual friendship with Friedrich von Hayek. In a letter to Hayek on 20th October 1964, Popper wrote, "I should also mention that, through your…
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 101425
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"Part of life's mystery depends on future possibilities": BUZZ ALDRIN LUNAR MODULE EAGLE OVERSIZED PHOTOGRAPH; SIGNED BY MICHAEL COLLINS
COLLINS, Michael.
Michael Collins Signed Lunar Module Eagle Oversized Photograph.
Oversized photograph of LMP Buzz Aldrin and the Lunar Module Eagle. Glossy color oversized photograph of LMP Buzz Aldrin working next to the Lunar Module Eagle during the Apollo 11 mission, with the Solar Wind Composition Experiment and the American flag visible to the left side. Boldly signed in silver by American astronaut Michael Collins, "Michael Collins Apollo XI CMP." In fine condition. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Novaspace. The entire piece measures 20 inches by 16 inches.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 145781
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Collection of Aviation Autographs; Signed by 18 Aviators, Including Igor Sikorsky, Eddie Rickenbacker, and James H. Doolittle
SIKORSKY, Igor; Eddie Rickenbacker; James H. Doolittle; Alford J. Williams; Anthony Fokker; Charles E. Rosendahl; Sherman Fairchild; Roscoe Turner; Thomas Sopwith; George Stainforth; Richard Atcherley; Clyde Pangborn; Ruth Nichols; Glenn L. Martin; Hugh Herndon.
Aviator Autograph Collection.
1935-36.
Autograph collection with signatures from eighteen of the world's famous aviation pioneers and fighter pilots. Octodecimo, eighteen pages mounted on carbon paper, the collection includes: postcard signed by Igor Sikorsky, "I. Sikorsky," illustrated with a photograph of the Sikorsky S-42 flying boat; card signed by Edward Rickenbacker, "Capt Eddie Rickenbacker 1936," mounted with a photograph of Rickenbacker in uniform; card signed by Major James Harold Doolittle, "J.H. Doolittle," mounted with a photograph of Doolittle; card signed by Major Alford J. Williams, "Major Al Williams / U S Marine Corps (R)"; card signed by Anthony Fokker in green ink, "Fokker," mounted…
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 147210
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"Part of life's mystery depends on future possibilities": BUZZ ALDRIN lunar module PHOTOGRAPH; SIGNED BY MICHAEL COLLINS
COLLINS, Michael.
Michael Collins Signed Lunar Module Oversized Photograph.
Oversized photograph of a lunar module foot pad. Glossy color oversized photograph of a lunar module foot pad on the surface of the moon. Boldly signed in silver by American astronaut Michael Collins, "Michael Collins Apollo XI CMP." In fine condition. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Novaspace. The entire piece measures 20 inches by 16 inches.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 145790
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Rare tool that built the atomic bomb; inspection mirror used by Oppenheimer's foreman Gus Schultz at Los Alamos during the Manhattan project; with rare photograph of the Hiroshima mushroom cloud signed by Paul Tibbets and George Caron
SCHULTZ, Gus; Paul Tibbets; George Caron; J. Robert Oppenheimer.
Inspection Mirror That Built the Atomic Bomb Used By Oppenheimer’s Foreman Gus Schultz. [with] Paul Tibbets and George Caron Signed Photograph.
Los Alamos, New Mexico: c. 1943-1945.
Inspection mirror used in the construction of the atomic bomb by Gus Schultz, foreman of the drafting room and machine shop at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project. Schultz was a key member of J. Robert Oppenheimer's team, earning high praise from Oppenheimer himself. The mirror was essential for use in hard to see areas, allowing for the user to look into an obstructed space without the need to dissemble parts. In fine condition. The tool measures 8.5 inches. Accompanied with a distinctive photograph of the Hiroshima mushroom cloud by two crew members of the Enola Gay. Black and white…
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 148078
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First Edition of Bertrand Russell's The Scientific Outlook; Signed by Him
RUSSELL, Bertrand.
The Scientific Outlook.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1931.
First edition of this classic work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Bertrand Russell on the front pastedown. With a note from the recipient that it was signed in 1931. An exceptional example with noted provenance.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 119625
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First edition of Joseph Priestley's A Familiar Introduction to the Study of Electricity
PRIESTLEY, Joseph.
A Familiar Introduction to the Study of Electricity.
London: Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall; T. Cadell, Sucessor to Mr. Millar, in the Strand; and J. Johnson, in Pater-Noster Row, 1768.
First edition of Priestley's beginner's introduction to The History and Present State of Electricity with Original Experiments; the first book published on the subject. Quarto, bound in three quarter calf over marbled boards, illustrated with four plates. In very good condition. Rare.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 133012
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The Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle; finely bound and illustrated
BOYLE, Robert.
The Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle. In Six Volumes to which is prefixed The Life of the Author.
London: Printed for J. and F. Rivington, L. Davis, E. Johnston, S. Crowder, et al., 1772.
New edition of the complete works of the first modern chemist and pioneer in modern experimental scientific method. Quarto, six volumes, bound in full calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, red morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated with 24 engraved plates (most folding), frontispiece portrait of Boyle to volume one. In near fine condition. Rebacked.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 131348
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Rare Scientific Pamphlets Compiled During President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's 1938 Smithsonian-Sponsored Scientific Expedition to the Galapagos Islands; Both Inscribed by Him to his Personal White House Physician Admiral Ross McIntire
ROOSEVELT, Franklin D.
Franklin D. Roosevelt Signed Presidential Cruise Pamphlets.
City of Washington: Published by the Smithsonian Institution, 1939.
First editions of two zoological pamphlets published as a result of collections and investigations made during Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Presidential Cruise of 1938 to the Galapagos, both being presentation copies inscribed and signed “FDR” on the front wrapper. Octavo, two pamphlets, original brown printed paper wrappers, illustrated. Presentation copies, inscribed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt to his White House doctor, "Ross McIntire from FDR." The pamphlets include: A New Dicrocoeliid Trematode Collected on the Presidential Cruise of 1938 (Allen McIntosh, June 8, 1939) and The Polychaetous Annelids Collected on the Presidential Cruise of 1938 (Olga Hartman, June 9, 1939). The recipient…
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 146601
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Rare First edition of Joseph Moxon's A Tutor to Astronomie and Geographie
MOXON, Joseph.
A Tutor to Astronomie and Geographie: Or an Easie and Speedy way to know the Use of both the Globies: Celestial and Terrestrial. [Astronomy and Geography].
London: Printed by Joseph Moxon, 1659.
First edition of this important work concerning geography and astronomy. Octavo, bound in full early calf with gilt titles to the spine, additional engraved allegorical title in Latin, engraved illustrations and woodcut diagrams in the text. First edition with the following issue points: a variant of the title page without "of" before spherical triangles; Numbers "2...6." are enclosed within braces on title page; the words "astronomical...triangles" are gathered by a left brace; With added engraved title (A1v); Caption title on 2C4v: "Ancient stories of the several stars...collected from Dr. Hood." Crone Library 221; ESTC R23159; Wing M3021. In very good condition, period…
Price: $2,750.00 Item Number: 149261
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“this is the story of a great inventor, the most conspicuous figure of the age of electricity”: First edition of the Boy's Life of Edison; Signed by Thomas A. Edison
MEADOWCROFT, William H. [Thomas A. Edison].
The Boy’s Life of Edison.
New York and London: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1911.
First edition of Meadowcroft's biography of Thomas Edison, written for children. Octavo, original cloth with paper label portrait of Edison to the front panel, illustrated with eight photographic portraits of Edison including tissue-guarded frontispiece. With Edison's autobiographical notes. Boldly signed on the second free endpaper, "Thomas A. Edison." In very good condition. First printings are uncommon signed.
Price: $2,750.00 Item Number: 110225
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Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species
DARWIN, Charles.
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life.
London: John Murray, 1892.
Sixth edition, one of 2,000 copies of "certainly the most important biological book ever written" (Freeman). Octavo, bound in original cloth, gilt titles to the spine. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom full morocco clamshell box. A nice presentation.
Price: $2,750.00 Item Number: 119959
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Signed Limited First Edition of William Beebe's Galapagos: World's End
BEEBE, William.
Galapagos: World’s End.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1924.
Signed limited first edition, one of only 100 numbered copies, this is number 54, boldly signed by William Beebe, the father of modern ecology. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated endpapers. Illustrated with 24 tipped-in color plates by Isabel Cooper, and 83 photographs mostly by John Tee-Van. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $2,600.00 Item Number: 84953
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Rare Apollo Saturn V Launch Vehicle Diagram; Signed by Buzz Aldrin
ALDRIN, Buzz.
Buzz Aldrin Signed Apollo Saturn V Launch Vehicle Diagram.
Rare Apollo Saturn V Launch Vehicle diagram. Oversized print diagram of the Apollo Saturn V Launch Vehicle, boldly signed by Buzz Aldrin in black felt tip toward the top, "Buzz Aldrin, Apollo XI." Framed. In near fine condition. The entire piece measures 16.75 inches by 42.5 inches.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 148456