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.

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).

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 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.

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.

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.

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."

Uncommon astronomical volume in Corliss's grand and ambitious Catalog of Anomalies.

First printing of Corliss's handbook to the geologic mysteries of this terrestrial globe.

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.

Second edition of this early treatise on quantum mechanics, scarce in the original dust jacket.

Scarce limited French edition of Carroll's mathematical logic primer, illustrated by his great Surrealist admirer.

Inscribed first printing of Fossey's landmark scientific memoir.