"H. L. OPERATION" [Rear Cover Title]
Stirring series of photographs captured by a skilled photographer documenting the many diverse aspects of an operation involving a probable heart-lung ("H.L.") bypass.
Stirring series of photographs captured by a skilled photographer documenting the many diverse aspects of an operation involving a probable heart-lung ("H.L.") bypass.
Elaborate sales sample book containing over 700 watch faces representing a wide variety of styles and sizes from Besançon, France, a world center for watch production. One of the most striking sales catalogues we've encountered.
First edition of this impassioned paean to the history of the American coke industry (that is to say: coke, the fuel byproduct of coal or petroleum distillation, not the other one, or the other other one).
Inscribed first printing of this groundbreaking work by a psychologist and Islamic scholar, presenting an "integrated theory of personality development that takes into account a universal understanding of both humankind and culture" (Knabb and Welsh).
Early publication on anthropogenic global warming by Swedish scientist and Nobel laureate (1903) Svante Arrhenius, "On the heat absorption by carbon dioxide and its influence on the temperature of the Earth's surface."
First edition of these collected papers on Mesoamerican archaeoastronomy, contributed by attendees of an interdisciplinary conference held in Mexico City in 1973.
First state of this provocative thesis written by a French astronomer in response to Voltaire, arguing that modern civilization owes its scientific roots to Asia rather than Europe.
Stunning landmark achievement in astro-photography, completed and issued after Barnard's death in a limited edition of just 700 copies.
Scarce first edition of the pioneering Chicago School economist's best-known work, on the importance of investing in one's workforce — a gorgeous copy.
Scarce early monograph on human subject research by the pioneering medical ethicist, whose work was foundational to the current understanding of informed consent.
Second revised and augmented edition of Bellamy's scarce first book on the Moon's surprising origins and terrible destiny, in the gorgeous original dust jacket designed by Eric Fraser.
Rare inscribed first edition of this long influential, but now discredited, early study of lesbian women.
Signed first edition of Chomsky's first book, a landmark of linguistics and cognitive science, containing the first appearance of his famous sentence "Colorless green ideas sleep furiously."
First printing of a scarce volume in Corliss's Catalog of Biological Anomalies.
Uncommon astronomical volume in Corliss's grand and ambitious Catalog of Anomalies.
Mysterious weather, collected and categorized with impressive thoroughness and intermittent reliability.
First printing of Corliss's handbook to the geologic mysteries of this terrestrial globe.
First edition of this "essay about basic research" from the Carnegie Institution of Washington, exploring the ways in which biogeochemists apply their tools to questions of human prehistory.
Signed first printing of the autobiography of the (in)famous evolutionary biologist and giant of the modern atheist movement, reflecting on his career and the fame brought about by his best-selling books.
Midcentury edition of this wildly amusing survey of mathematical and scientific paradoxes and paradoxers, the uncommon 1954 unabridged reprint of the 1915 second edition, with a new introduction by Ernest Nagel.
Second edition of this early treatise on quantum mechanics, scarce in the original dust jacket.
First edition of these collected essays, papers, and letters on contraception and related scientific matters, by the research chemist responsible for the development of the first birth control pill.
Scarce limited French edition of Carroll's mathematical logic primer, illustrated by his great Surrealist admirer.
Scarce first printing of Feynman's first volume of highly entertaining memoirs, an unusually bright copy.
Inscribed first printing of Fossey's landmark scientific memoir.