"H. L. OPERATION" [Rear Cover Title]
[ca. 1960s]
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.
20th century
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Original Photograph Album of Children with Polio
[ca. 1930-1959]
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.
Sales Sample Book of Watch Faces
[Ca. Mid-20th Century]
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.
WHAT TO DO AFTER YOU HIT RETURN
1975
First edition of this collection of early text-based computer game descriptions and code, an example of using digital play as an opportunity for education – with favorites like "Hunt the Wumpus" and "STTR1," a game based on STAR TREK.
A PHOTOGRAPHIC ATLAS OF SELECTED REGIONS OF THE MILKY WAY
1927
Stunning landmark achievement in astro-photography, completed and issued after Barnard's death in a limited edition of just 700 copies.
EXPERIMENTATION IN MAN
[1959]
Scarce early monograph on human subject research by the pioneering medical ethicist, whose work was foundational to the current understanding of informed consent.
FEMALE HOMOSEXUALITY: A Psychodynamic Study of Lesbianism
(1954)
Rare inscribed first edition of this long influential, but now discredited, early study of lesbian women.
THE PRINCIPLES OF QUANTUM MECHANICS
1935
Second edition of this early treatise on quantum mechanics, scarce in the original dust jacket.
GORILLAS IN THE MIST
1983
Inscribed first printing of Fossey's landmark scientific memoir.
THE HOME-LIFE OF BORNEO HEAD-HUNTERS: Its Festivals and Folk-Lore
1902
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.
JANE GOODALL: 50 Years At Gombe
2010
A superb association copy of this retrospective tribute to the legendary anthropologist, conservationist, and scientist, inscribed to a formative organization in her career, the National Geographic Society.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME
(1988)
First US edition, first issue of the epochal popular survey of quantum physics, Hawking's first book for non-specialists.
ANCIENT NORSE MESSAGES ON AMERICAN STONES
(1969)
Rare signed copy of this speculative argument for the early settlement of Minnesota and Oklahoma by Norse explorers, by a Manhattan Project physicist and passionate believer in assorted scholarly hoaxes.
THE SHAMBLES OF SCIENCE
1903
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.
MONTY MACLEVY'S FIGURAMA SALON-AT-HOME SLENDERIZING PLAN
[ca. 1950s]
Quintessentially 1950s booklet accompanying Monty MacLevy's Figurama, a "slenderizing table" marketed to women and intended for home use.
A SHORT HISTORY OF BALLOONS AND FLYING MACHINES
1907
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.
COMPUTER LIB / DREAM MACHINES
1974
First edition of this extraordinarily prescient classic of the early days of cyber culture, two titles in one that represent a powerful computer manifesto.
GENERAL CHEMISTRY
1941
The elusive "preliminary edition" of Pauling's foundational college textbook, printed at Caltech for small distribution to his own students years before the book's official issue by a general publisher.
Typescript with Original Photographs on the Medical Treatment of Burns
1966
A typescript on the medical and surgical treatment of burns, written by Army Nurse Corps Major Martha C. Peake.
COUNTERTRANSFERENCE AND RELATED SUBJECTS: Selected Papers
1979
Inscribed first edition of these classic papers on countertransference in psychoanalysis.
PHYSICIAN'S DAILY RECORD
(1957)
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.
BEHAVIORISM
(1925)
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.
THE PREPARATION OF PROGRAMS FOR AN ELECTRONIC DIGITAL COMPUTER
1951
First edition, important association copy of this early work on subroutines in computer programming, owned and annotated by Mary Lee Woods, noted computer scientist and programmer (and mother of World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee).
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