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Autograph Letter Signed [ALS] Denouncing Racial Segregation
by EINSTEIN, ALBERT
Princeton, NJ: np, 1943. First edition. nb. Fine. EINSTEIN OFFERS STRONG AND PRESCIENT WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE LEADER OF THE NAACP IN THE FIGHT AGAINST RACIAL SEGREGATION AND DISCRIMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES. Background: Einstein's fight against racial discrimination in the United States:The imperative "to protect the rights of the individual... was Einstein's most fundamental political tenet. Individualism and freedom were necessary for creative art and science to flourish. Personally, politically, and professionally, he was repulsed by any restraints.... Read More
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On some new Electro-Magnetical Motions, and on the Theory of Magnetism. WITH: New Electro-Magnetic Apparatus. WITH: Description of an Electro-Magnetical Apparatus for the Exhibition of Rotary Motion. WITH: Note on New Electro-Magnetical Motions
by FARADAY, MICHAEL
London: John Murray, 1822. First edition. Contemporary three-quarter calf rebacked. Very Good. FARADAY INVENTS THE ELECTRIC MOTOR: FIRST EDITION of Faraday’s first paper on electromagnetism, recording “the first conversion of electrical into mechanical energy. It also contained the first notion of the line of force” (DSB). The former was the basis of the electric motor; the latter “in the hands of James Clerk Maxwell, was to be the basis of classical field theory” (Pearce Williams, Michael Faraday). "In... Read More
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![Experimental researches in electricity - twenty-eight series. On the Lines of Magnetic Force; their definitive character; and their distribution within a Magnet and through Space. [With:] Ibid. - twenty-ninth series. On the employment of the Induced Magneto-electric Current as a test and measure of Magnetic Forces](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/693/298/1053298693.0.l.jpg)
Experimental researches in electricity - twenty-eight series. On the Lines of Magnetic Force; their definitive character; and their distribution within a Magnet and through Space. [With:] Ibid. - twenty-ninth series. On the employment of the Induced Magneto-electric Current as a test and measure of Magnetic Forces
by FARADAY, MICHAEL
London: Taylor and Francis, 1852. First edition. Original Wrappers. Very Good. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS of two papers containing Faraday's detailed investigations of the nature of the 'lines of force'; an extension of work he had begun in his first paper (1821) on electromagnetism. These investigations laid the foundations of field theory. "Faraday's work on electromagnetic rotations led him to take a view of electromagnetism different from that of most of his contemporaries. Where they focused on... Read More
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Mathematical Formulation of the Quantum Theory of Electromagnetic Interaction
by FEYNMAN, RICHARD
Lancaster and New York: American Physical Society, 1950. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS of Feynman's paper providing a rigorous justification and proof for his famous "Feynman diagrams" and "Feynman rules". "Nobody but Dick [Feynman] could use his theory, because he was always invoking his intuition to make up the rules of the game as he went along. Until the rules were codified and made mathematically precise, I could not call it a... Read More
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Space-Time Approach to Non-Relativistic Quantum Mechanics
by FEYNMAN, RICHARD
Lancaster, PA: American Physical Society, 1948. First edition. Original wrappers. Very Good. First edition, first printing, of Feynman's path integral formalism, his revolutionary approach to solving the fundamental equations of quantum mechanics and the basis for his later famous formulations of "Feynman rules" and "Feynman diagrams".. "In mid-1947 friends of Feynman persuaded him - threats and cajoling were required - to write for publication the theoretical ideas they kept hearing him explain. When he finally did, he used... Read More
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Autograph Letter Signed [ALS]
by FEYNMAN, RICHARD
np: np, 1983. First edition. custom folder. Very Good. FEYNMAN OFFERS ADVICE AND ENCOURAGEMENT FOR A SCIENTIFIC ENDEAVOR. An exceedingly rare two-page autograph letter from Richard Feynman from 1983, signed once in full cursive, once with a printed last name, once with his initials, and once with a printed "alias" "DR. -". Background: The recipient of the letter - Stephan Arnold Mascari - has provided (in an included letter of provenance) the context of the... Read More
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Les Prix Nobel En 1965: The Development of the Space-Time View of Quantum Elektrodynamics Nobel Lecture
by FEYNMAN, RICHARD P.
Stockholm: The Nobel Foundation, 1966. First Edition. Original Wrappers. EXTREMELY RARE SIGNED FIRST EDITION OFFPRINT OF FEYNMAN’S NOBEL PRIZE LECTURE. Feynman fancied himself a man who could see through the fluff. When asked by the BBC whether his findings deserved a Nobel Prize, Feynman classically responded: “I’ve already got the prize. The prize is the pleasure of finding the thing out, I don’t believe in honors.” This attitude—what Feynman himself coined, “a disrespect for the respectable,”—was a... Read More
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Social Graces
by Fink, Larry
Millerton NY: Aperture. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION, illustrated with 69 black and white images of Fink's photographs. One of 250 signed and numbered copies issued with an original photograph, "Tavern on the Green", signed and dated on the back. Millerton, NY: Aperture, 1984. Quarto (262 x 224mm), gilt-lettered brown cloth; matching slipcase. A fine copy. Rare.
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Autograph Letter [Signed "A toi"] to Louise Colet
by FLAUBERT, GUSTAVE
Croisset: np, 1847. First edition. Letter; custom case. Very Good. A LONG, EARLY, AUTOGRAPH LETTER BY FLAUBERT TO HIS MUSE LOUISE COLET, WITH REVEALING REFLECTIONS ON LIFE AND ART. On Louise Colet: "Louise Colet was truly Flaubert's muse and a midwife for his Emma Bovary. It is to her that the hermit of Croisset chronicled, in over a hundred letters, the progress of his first published novel: It is exclusively to Louise that he wrote his famous... Read More
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Autograph Letter [Signed "Ton G"] to Louise Colet
by FLAUBERT, GUSTAVE
Croisset: np, 1854. First edition. Letter; custom case. Very Good. AN EXTRAORDINARY LETTER TO LOUISE COLET DURING THE FINAL DAYS OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH INSIGHTS INTO HIS PHILOSOPHY OF WRITING, THE COMPLETION OF MADAME BOVARY, AND HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS "MUSE". On Louise Colet: "Louise Colet was truly Flaubert's muse and a midwife for his Emma Bovary. It is to her that the hermit of Croisset chronicled, in over a hundred letters, the progress of his first... Read More
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A Letter of Benjamin Franklin, Esq: to Mr. Peter Collinson, F.R.S. concerning an electrical Kite. WITH: A Letter from Mr. Franklin to Mr. Peter Collinson, F.R.S. concerning the Effects of Lightning
by FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN
London: C. Davis, 1753. First edition. Contemporary calf. FIRST PRINTING OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S ACCOUNT HIS KITE EXPERIMENT, ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY. WITH AN EARLIER PAPER DISCUSSING HIS THEORIES OF THE NATURE OF LIGHTNING. "Franklin was the first American scientist to achieve an international reputation, with his work on electricity...The most dramatic result of Franklin's researches was the proof that lightning is really an electrical phenomenon. Others had made such a suggestion... Read More
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Au Pays des Visages
by FREUND, GISÈLE. [WOOLF, VIRGINIA; JOYCE, JAMES; SACKVILLE-WEST, VITA; SARTRE; JEAN-PAUL]
Washington, DC: Lunn Gallery/Graphics International Ltd, 1977. First edition. Orignial publisher's box. Very Good. A COLLECTION OF THE MOST CELEBRATED COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHS OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY ARTISTS. NUMBER 1 OF 6 COPIES RESERVED FOR ARTIST AND PUBLISHERS, OUT OF A TOTAL OF 36. The present portfolio of Freund's photographic portraits assembles the most celebrated of her innovative colour images. The portfolio is comprised of Freund's portraits of: 1. Colette (1873-1954) 2. Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) 3. André Gide (1869-1951) 4.... Read More
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On the Origin of Great Nebulae. WITH: Energy Production in Red Giants
by GAMOW, GEORGE; TELLER, EDWARD
Lancaster and New York: American Institute of Physics. FIRST EDITION OFFPRINTS. nb. Very Good. RARE FIRST EDITION OFFPRINTS of Gamow and Teller's early papers on cosmology, including "a kind of blueprint" for Gamow's later theory of the Big Bang. In "On the Origin of Great Nebulae," "written jointly with Edward Teller, his friend and colleague at George Washington University, Gamow dealt for the first time explicitly with the Friedmann-Lemaitre equations. The two authors concluded that, 'our theory of... Read More
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An Open Letter to Hobbyists
by GATES, BILL
Albuquerque: Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems, 1976. First edition. Very Good. FIRST PUBLISHED EDITION. This landmark work marks the birth of the commercial software industry, a critical moment in the digital revolution. Gates' letter is the software equivalent of Steve Jobs' prescient insight, on the hardware side, that personal computers could be a mass market consumer product for everyday people and not merely diverting contraptions for tech-savvy hobbyists. "Bill Gates saw the need for software to be a... Read More
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Symmetries of Baryons and Mesons
by GELL-MANN, MURRAY
Lancaster, PA and New York, NY: American Inst, 1962. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. FIRST EDITION of Murray Gell-Mann's Nobel-Prize winning work on the discovery of the "Eightfold Way" "Gell-Mann, as naturalist, collector, and categorizer, was well primed to interpret the exploding particle universe of the 1960s. New technology in the accelerators- liquid hydrogen bubble chambers and computers for automating the analysis of collision tracks- seemed to have spilled open a bulky canvas bag from which nearly a... Read More
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An Experiment in Modern Music: Rhapsody in Blue
by GERSHWIN, GEORGE
New York: Aeolian Hall, 1924. First edition. Very Good. ORIGINAL PROGRAM FOR THE FIRST PERFORMANCE OF GERSHWIN'S RHAPSODY IN BLUE. About six weeks before the premiere of Rhapsody in Blue, George Gershwin was shooting pool at the Ambassador Billiard Parlor, on Broadway and 52nd Street when his brother, Ira, entered the hall carrying an early edition of the New York Tribune. Ira proceeded to read an article from the paper, announcing a new experimental music concert organized by... Read More
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An Enquiry concerning Political Justice and its Influence on General Virtue and Happiness
by Godwin, William
London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. FIRST EDITION of one of the most important political tracts of the 18th century. "The Enquiry was, and remained, the work by which [Godwin] was best known. It was one of the earliest, the clearest, and most absolute theoretical expositions of socialist and anarchist doctrine. Godwin believed that the motives of all human action were subject to reason, that reason taught benevolence, and that therefore all rational... Read More
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Security Analysis
by GRAHAM, BENJAMIN; DODD, DAVID L.
New York: Whittlesey House / McGraw Hill, 1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. FIRST EDITON, SECOND PRINTING, INSCRIBED BY GRAHAM. Inscribed in ink by Graham on the front free endpaper: "To Meyer Willett / with the regards of / Benj. Graham / Oct. 1935". With the recipient's bookplate on the front pastedown. Inscribed copies of Security Analysis are exceedingly rare. Also with front panel and front flap of legendarily rare original dust jacket. Security Analysis marked the... Read More
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Albumen Photograph Signed
by GRANT, ULYSSES S.
Rome: Henri Le Lieure, 1878. First edition. Framed. Very Good. ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPH OF GRANT IN MILITARY DRESS, SIGNED BY GRANT ON THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S MOUNT. A very handsome bust-length portrait of Grant taken by photographer Henri Le Lieure during Grant's visit to Rome in 1878. Signed "U.S. Grant" in ink on the original mount beneath the photograph. A handwritten note on the paper backing of the frame reads: "This photograph was autographed by... Read More
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Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant
by GRANT, ULYSSES S.
New York: Charles Webster and Co, 1885. First edition. Original deluxe sheep. Very Good. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL PUBLISHER'S DELUXE SHEEP BINDINGS of Grant's important and fascinating memoirs, illustrated throughout with numerous steel engravings, facsimiles, and over forty maps. Written during the final days of Grant's life and seen through publication by Mark Twain, the Memoirs provide a personal and poignant record of some of the most significant events in American history. The first edition of the Memoirs... Read More
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Large Albumen Photograph
by GRANT, ULYSSES S.
First edition. Framed photograph. Very Good. MAGNIFICENT LARGE ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPH OF ULYSSES S. GRANT BY ABRAHAM BOGARDUS. An unusually large late (c.1880) photograph of Grant, post-presidency, in formal dress, sitting and in partial profile. Mounted on thick card with the photographer's credit and address ("A. Bogardus / 872 Broadway, NY") on matte below the photo. The photographer, Anthony Bogardus, was a photographic pioneer, described by the New York Times as "the best-known photographer in... Read More
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Commerce of the Prairies
by Gregg, Josiah
New York: Henry G. Langley, 1844. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE (with only New York in imprint), complete with large folding map. One of the most valuable and comprehensive sources for understanding pioneer life in the Great Plains and Southwest. The large folding map is the first to display the Staked Plains of Texas. Hailed as a cartographic landmark, it includes the locations of forts, military roads, and trading posts. It also identifies the... Read More
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On the correlation of physical forces: Being the substance of a course of Lectures delivered in the London Institution in the year 1843
by GROVE, WILLIAM ROBERT
London: Charles Skipper. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE of Grove's proposal of the conservation of energy: "the earliest general account of the principle." In 1842, "Sir W.R. Grove, English judge and man of science, known by his invention of a voltaic cell, explained in a lecture the idea of the interrelation of natural powers, an elaborated it in a book published in 1846 under the title of The Correlation of Physical Forces. This and... Read More
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Vegetable Staticks: Or, An Account of some Statical Experiments on the Sap in Vegetables (1727); I: Statical Essays: containing Vegetable Staticks and II: Statical Essays: containing Hæmastaticks (1731-33)
by HALES, STEPHEN
London: W. and J. Innys and T. Woodward; W. Innys, T. Woodward and J. Peele; W. Innys, R. Manby and T. Woodward, 1733. First edition. Rebound; contemporary binding. Very Good. FIRST EDITION AND FIRST COMPLETE TWO-VOLUME EDITION OF LANDMARK STUDIES ON CIRCULATION IN PLANTS AND HUMANS [PMM 189]. First published in 1727 as Vegetable Staticks, Stephen Hales's seminal work on plant nutrition made groundbreaking advancements in understand sap movement and the discovery of root pressure-setting the stage for... Read More
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Typed Letter Signed [TLS]. WITH: Photogravure Signed
by HEISENBERG, WERNER
Munich: np, 1973. first edition. nb. Very Good. HEISENBERG PROVIDES HIS RECOLLECTIONS OF THE ORIGINS OF NIELS BOHR'S CONCEPT OF "COMPLEMENTARITY". A UNIQUE ITEM, OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE FOR THE LIGHT IT SHEDS ON THE PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF QUANTUM MECHANICS AS SEEN BY THE PIONEERS IN THE FIELD. It is by now a commonplace observation that until their properties are determined by a particular experiment or measurement, quantum systems can have a dual or multiple nature - light... Read More
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