"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.
Contemporary peepshow of the Great Industrial Exposition of Berlin, the "impeded world fair" that combined innovative technological exhibits with an amusement park.
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).
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.
Stunning landmark achievement in astro-photography, completed and issued after Barnard's death in a limited edition of just 700 copies.
Scarce early monograph on human subject research by the pioneering medical ethicist, whose work was foundational to the current understanding of informed consent.
Original two-dimensional particleboard presentation model of a proposed lunar spacecraft incorporating the Lunar Orbit Rendezvous concept, designed by Bell Telephone Laboratories and dated November 1962, the same month NASA awarded the contract for development of the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM) to Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation.
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.
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.
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.
Inscribed first printing of Fossey's landmark scientific memoir.
First edition of this important ethnographic work on turn-of-the-20th century Borneo by "the most artistically tattooed man in the world," with some of the earliest photographs of its inhabitants.
First printing of this discussion of industrial archaeology and its applications to the physical study of mines, mills, and factory sites, the communities lived in by industrial workers, and the "microgeography" of spatial and functional relations within industrial workplaces.
First US edition, first issue of the epochal popular survey of quantum physics, Hawking's first book for non-specialists.
Uncommon first US printing of this classic of cryptozoology.
First edition of this short historical survey of analytical chemistry, published at the joint invitation of the Science Museum and the Centenary Organizing Committee of the Society for Analytical Chemistry.
First edition of these collected essays, translated by Raymond Rosenthal and published shortly after Levi's death.
Riots-inspiring anti-vivisection exposé by two leading Swedish-British feminists, medical students, and early animal rights activists, withdrawn by its publisher after sparking a lawsuit.
Quintessentially 1950s booklet accompanying Monty MacLevy's Figurama, a "slenderizing table" marketed to women and intended for home use.
First paperback printing of this cultural history of celluloid, bakelite, nylon, and products beyond, covering both the scientific development of plastics and their impact on American society.
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.