"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.
Original photograph album of family of Chicago, focusing on their daughter (b. 1936) who had polio, and covering primarily the 1940s, in the years just before the vaccine.
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.
First edition of the first ballooning book to contain illustrations that depict the overhead aerial view from within the balloon.
Stunning landmark achievement in astro-photography, completed and issued after Barnard's death in a limited edition of just 700 copies.
Rare inscribed first edition of this long influential, but now discredited, early study of lesbian women.
First edition of the first published treatise to argue the mysterious construction of Stonehenge was not by the Romans but by the Danes, evocatively illustrated with woodcuts of the monument and featuring a poem celebrating the Scientific Revolution by Dryden.
Inscribed first printing of Fossey's landmark scientific memoir.
A superb association copy of this retrospective tribute to the legendary anthropologist, conservationist, and scientist, inscribed to the National Geographic Society.
Rare suppressed first issue of the epochal popular survey of quantum physics, Hawking's first book for non-specialists.
Inscribed first edition account of the author's unusual machine-aided artistic techniques, alternatively titled "THE HOPEFUL MONSTER: A Subjective Report About Art-Robots."
First edition, scarce signed issue, one of an unknown number signed by Carver on a special leaf before the half title.
Signed limited first (and only) edition, one of 50 copies produced by offset on fine handmade, watermarked paper.
Quintessentially 1950s booklet accompanying Monty MacLevy's Figurama, a "slenderizing table" marketed to women and intended for home use.
First edition of this lively popular history of aeronautics, from Daedalus to the Wright brothers, with a particular emphasis on historical ballooning anecdotes of the most sensational kind.
First edition of the first study to foreground, in a systematic way, the cultural barriers women face in pursuing careers in science.
Archive of working materials from the tenure of the Tobacco Institute's Vice President of Public Relations, in office during the industry's last great stand against the health and welfare of the American public.
A typescript on the medical and surgical treatment of burns, written by Army Nurse Corps Major Martha C. Peake.
A complete, two volume patient ledger covering the entirety of the year 1957 from the office of Dr. John Melvin Thomason, a general practitioner operating out of Bruce Hospital in Florence, SC.
Visual history of Apple through the lens of employee-designed company t-shirts.
Signed first printing of the classic and controversial firsthand account of Watson and Crick's race to prove a theory "too pretty not to be true".
First book edition of these twelve lectures delivered by Watson at the People's Institute, whose publishing arm would soon become the legendary W.W. Norton.