The Evolution of Physics
Signed by Albert Einstein
Third printing, signed by Albert Einstein, praised on publication as "masterly." $19,000. | More...
The Anatomy of Humane Bodies
William Cowper
Second edition of Cowper’s splendid large folio anatomical atlas, one of the greatest of all artistic anatomies. Superbly illustrated with engraved title page and 114 magnificent folio engraved plates (two folding and one double-page), including 105 plates originally drawn by Rembrandt’s rival, Gerard de Lairesse for Bidloo’s Anatomia (1685). $14,500. | More...
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Thomas Kuhn
First edition, first issue of Thomas Kuhn's landmark work, an exceptionally pristine copy in original wrappers. $7800. | More...
The Behavior of Organisms
B. F. Skinner
First edition of the foundational work in behavioral analysis and experimental analysis of behavior, in scarce original dust jacket. $4200. | More...
The Anatomy of the Brain & Series of Engravings
Charles Bell
First editions of two seminal early works by Scottish surgeon Bell—Anatomy of the Brain (1802) and Series of Engravings (1803), with Anatomy wonderfully illustrated with 12 stipple-engraved anatomical plates (11 hand-colored)—-"engraved by Thomas Medland after Bell's own drawings… probably Bell's most beautiful work on neuroanatomy and one of the most beautifully illustrated in the entire literature"—and nine copper-engraved plates (three folding) in Series of Engravings, all after richly detailed and expressive original drawings by Bell, a splendid volume in contemporary calf and marbled boards. $17,500. | More...
"An Example of a New Type of Cosmological Solutions of Einstein's Field Equations of Gravitation" in Reviews of Modern Physics
Kurt Godel
First printing of Godel's groundbreaking work on relativity introducing the possibility of time travel. The copy of Clair Farrand, the inventor and creator of the cone radio loudspeaker, and of Morton Saunders, developer of the first fiber optic cable. $4200. | More...
Genetics in the Atomic Age
Charlotte Auerbach
First edition of a key work on genetic mutations by Auerbach—"one of the first scientists to understand the dangers of nuclear radiation"—with numerous full- and in-text illustrations, in original dust jacket. $450. | More...
The Genetic Code
Parts I & III signed by Francis Crick,
Part II inscribed by Marshall Nirenberg
First offprint editions of a three-part article on DNA by Francis Crick and Marshall Nirenberg originally published in Scientific American, with Parts I and III signed by Francis Crick and Part II inscribed: "with best wishes Marshall Nirenberg." $9500. | More...
Einfuhrung in die Quantentheorie der Wellenfelder
Gregor Wentzel; the copy of Richard Feynman
First edition of the first book ever published on quantum theory. The copy of Richard Feynman, with his owner signature and pencil annotation. Text in German. $13,500. | More...
