First edition of this popular history of science work by the prolific science-fiction giant, part of his educational series meant for the junior high level.

First edition of this popular history of science work by the prolific science-fiction giant, part of his educational series meant for the junior high level.

Near-Regency-era collection of almanacs bound together — appealingly bound with slips of vellum, titled in manuscript, extending as tabs beyond the fore-edge, marking each imprint within the volume.

First edition of this 3-volume work on mineralogy, botany, and zoology — with 56 engraved plates and a large folding table on fossils.

First US edition of this obstetrics treatise by the British surgeon and authority on midwifery — the earliest use of "abortion" in the title of an American medical imprint according to Austin.

Signed first printing of this radical proposal from the famed biologist for "an historic partnership between scientists and religious leaders to preserve Earth's rapidly vanishing biodiversity" (publisher).

First edition of this "influential" (Olive and Triggle) and early monograph on the therapeutic uses of LSD from the pioneering Czech psychiatrist and psychedelic researcher.

First printing of the environmental classic that almost single-handedly led to the banning of DDT, and which the Boston Public Library included on their list of the 100 Most Influential Books of the 20th Century.

Signed fourth impression of the UK edition, in which Dawkins explores evolutionary biology — summarizing the complexities of genes, DNA, and natural selection.

Inscribed first printing of the book Colson Whitehead described as "[a] bleak, illuminating chronicle of racism in the name of 'science.'"

First edition of the first book published on the efficacy of marijuana use in cancer treatment.

First edition of the "first Italian book on electricity" (Bensaude-Vincent) — a popular text that spread word of early electrical experiments to fascinated amateurs, including many Italian women.

Scarce inscribed first printing of Bethe's course on the fundamental theory of nuclear forces, from lectures originally presented to the engineers and scientists of the General Electric Company.