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Vorlesungen zur Einfuhrung in die Psychoanalyse
Inscribed by Sigmund Freud to Rudolf Reitler
First edition in original wrappers of all three volumes of one of Freud's most popular works, the Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis, inscribed in Volume II on the front wrapper to Rudolf Reitler, a friend and colleague of Freud who was instrumental in the development of psychoanalysis as a discipline and the first person after Freud himself to perform analysis on patients: "Herr Dr. R. Reitler mit herzlichen Gruss. Verf[asser]" [Dr. R. Reitler with warm regards. The Author.]. $25,000. | More...
The History and
Present State of Electricity

Joseph Priestley

First edition of the earliest history of electricity, authored by Priestley, one of Franklin's close friends in England, and published with Franklin's assistance, featuring previously unpublished details on Franklin's revolutionary kite experiment, containing seven folding copper-engraved scientific plates after drawings by Priestley, a handsome copy in contemporary calf. $15,000. | More...


Monograph of the Pittidae [Tropical Birds]
John Gould

First edition of this lovely Gould monograph, with ten beautiful hand-colored plates, in original printed boards as issued. $22,000. | More...
Experimental Researches in Chemistry and Physics
Michael Faraday
First edition of Faraday's collected papers in chemistry and physics, documenting important discoveries from one of the world's greatest scientists, with three engraved plates (one folding). A very nice copy in the original cloth. $2800. | More...
Orang-Outang, sive Homo Sylvestris
Edward M.D. Tyson
First edition of Tyson's "epoch-making" anatomical study that laid a foundation for the theory of evolution, "the first work to demonstrate scientifically the structural relationships between man and anthropoid ape" (Norman), heralded as a "forerunner of Blumenbach, Buffon, Huxley and Darwin" (PMM), with eight striking copper-engraved folding plates. A handsome wide-margined volume in contemporary paneled calf boards. $18,500. | More...
Einfuhrung in die Quantentheorie der Wellenfelder
With Richard Feynman's ownership signature and pencil annotations
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...

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...


Silent Spring
Rachel Carson

First edition of Rachel Carson's pioneering work in environmental pollution, a lovely copy in the original dust jacket. $750. | More...
On Stresses in Rarified Gases arising from Inequalities of Temperature
James Clerk Maxwell

First edition of Maxwell's major third and final paper on his kinetic theory of gases—it “created the science of rarefied gas dynamics” (DSB)—published the year of his death, containing his important 1879 notes, the complete volume of Philosophical Transactions with 35 plates and diagrams (one color, one folding), uncut and unopened in original wrappers. $2800. | More...

An Account of the Breeding of Worms in Human Bodies
Nicholas Andry

First edition in English of the first medical parasitology text, published just one year after the French first edition, with four copper-engraved plates on two leaves and large folding plate. Also notably includes a 23-page appendix on tobacco use asserting that "the frequent use of tobacco shortens the life," making Andry one of the first physicians to oppose the use of tobacco. $2200. | More...
The Complete Works
Benjamin Franklin
First collected edition of Franklin's Complete Works, including his autobiography, "Way to Wealth," numerous political writings including "Causes of the American Discontents before 1768" and works on the Stamp Act, and adding for the first time his scientific writings, with an engraved frontispiece portrait, engraved vignette title pages, 13 plates (nine folding, one double-page) and a folding map of the Gulf Stream. $4500. | More...
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