SILENT SPRING
1962
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.
Natural History
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BIOLOGICAL ANOMALIES: Birds
(1998)
First printing of a scarce volume in Corliss's Catalog of Biological Anomalies.
BRIEF CANDLE IN THE DARK
(2015)
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.
ON THE TRACK OF UNKNOWN ANIMALS
(1958)
Uncommon first US printing of this classic of cryptozoology.
NEDERLANDSCHE VOGELS
[circa 1934]
Rare and gorgeous album of 12 color plates by Sjoerd Kuperus, with commentary on the birds of the Netherlands by famed naturalist and conservationist J.P. Thijsse.
REMARKS ON SOME FOSSIL IMPRESSIONS IN THE SANDSTONE ROCKS OF CONNECTICUT RIVER
1854
First edition of the first American scientific book illustrated with a photograph, an exploration of fossilized dinosaur tracks (what Warren calls "footsteps of an unknown animal") inscribed to fellow surgeon and Benjamin Franklin's great-grandson, Franklin Bache.
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