"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.
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).
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.
First edition 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 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.
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.
First edition of Friedman's classic text on the role of economic capitalism in liberal society, expanded from a series of lectures originally delivered in 1956 at Wabash College.
Inscribed first printing of the book Colson Whitehead described as "[a] bleak, illuminating chronicle of racism in the name of 'science.'"
First edition of this promotional brochure for the Apple Macintosh aimed at college students, heavily illustrated by Matt Groening.
Uncommon first US printing of this classic of cryptozoology.
First edition of this scarce and important work on the geometrical consequences of Einstein's postulates, by the mathematician who famously solved Einstein's Unified Field Theory equations in 1953.