On a Method of Making a Direct Comparison of Electrostatic with Electromagnetic Force; With a Note on the Electromagnetic Theory of Light
by MAXWELL, JAMES CLERK
London: Taylor & Francis, 1868. First edition offprint. Original wrappers. Very Good. FIRST EDITION, THE EXTREMELY RARE OFFPRINT, OF THE LAST OF MAXWELL'S FIVE IMPORTANT PAPERS ON THE FOUNDATION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORY PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1855 AND 1868. WITH AN EXTRAORDINARY PROVENANCE: THIS COPY FROM THE ESTEEMED CAVENDISH LABORATORY, FOUNDED IN 1874 WITH MAXWELL AS ITS FIRST DIRECTOR. In "On a Method of Making a Direct Comparison of Electrostatic with Electromagnetic Force", Maxwell finally gives experimental... Read More
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Terms Of Endearment
by Mcmurtry, Larry
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1975. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. FIRST EDITION, the basis for the 1983 Academy Award winning film starring Shirley MacLaine and Jack Nicholson. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1975. Octavo, original cloth, original dust jacket. Usual mild age-toning to text, only the slightest wear to extremities of jacket. A beautiful copy.
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Mardi: and a Voyage Hither
by Melville, Herman
New York: Harper & Brothers. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION of Melville's third book, containing the first glimpses of the rich symbolism and allegorical style that would later be more fully developed in Moby Dick. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1849. Octavo, original brown blind-stamped cloth. Two volumes. Provenance: with bookplates of Albert Henry Wiggin, the noted book collector and famous Boston and New York banker who was considered for Time's Man of the Year for... Read More
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Ueber die Beziehungen der Eigenschaften zu den Atomgewichten der Elemente ("On the Relationship Between the Properties and Atomic Weights of the Elements"), IN Zeitschrift für Chemie (1869); WITH: Die Periodische Gesetzmässigkeit der Chemischen Elemente ("The Periodic Law of the Chemical Elements"), IN Annalen der Chemie und Pharmacie (1871)
by MENDELEEV, DMITRI IVANOVICH
Leipzig; Leipzig and Heidelberg: Quandt & Händel; C.F. Winter, 1871. First edition. Original wrappers. Very Good. INTRODUCING THE PERIODIC TABLE TO THE WESTERN WORLD: FIRST EDITIONS OF TWO KEY PAPERS RELATING TO MENDELEEV'S DISCOVERY OF THE PERIODIC LAW-ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES IN MODERN CHEMISTRY. One of the most consequential scientific discoveries of the last 150 years was Dmitri Mendeleev's realization that if the chemical elements were listed in a natural order (originally by atomic weight, and... Read More
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A New Modification of the Cloud Method of Determining the Elementary Electrical Charge and the Most Probable Value of that Charge
by MILLIKAN, ROBERT ANDREWS
London: Taylor & Francis, 1910. First edition. original wrappers. Very Good. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS of the account of Millikan's famous experiment, later known as the 'oil-drop experiment', in which he first provided the definitive proof that all electrical charges are exact multiples of a definite, fundamental value-the charge of the electron. Millikan's experiment is nowadays known as the 'oil-drop experiment' due to a later improvement by Millikan and his student Harvey Fletcher in 1910 - using... Read More
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Autograph Letter Signed on Women’s Suffrage
by MILL, JOHN STUART
Avignon: np, 1867. First edition. custom folder. Very Good. JOHN STUART MILL CHAMPIONS WOMEN’S RIGHTS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC, REVEALING HIS PASSION FOR EQUAL RIGHTS AND HIS DESIRE TO FIGHT FOR THEM “BY EVERY… INFLUENCE I POSSESS.”. John Stuart Mill, one of the most influential 19th-century philosophers of the English language, sought to combine the best of 18th-century Enlightenment thinking with new movements such as Romanticism and Historical Philosophy. This intellectual pioneering extended to Mill’s... Read More
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![Tapis de Tarragona. [The Tarragona Tapestry]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/681/378/1296378681.0.l.jpg)
Tapis de Tarragona. [The Tarragona Tapestry]
by MIRÓ, JOAN
Barcelona: Sala Gaspar, 1972. FIRST EDITION. Chemise, slipcase, box. Fine. EXTREMELY RARE SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION, THE COMPLETE SET OF TEN STUNNING LARGE COLOR LITHOGRAPHS (EIGHT DOUBLE PAGE), PROVIDING A VISUAL NARRATIVE DOCUMENTING THE CREATION OF ONE OF MIRÓ'S MASTERPIECES, THE TARRAGONA TAPESTRY. ONE OF ONLY 100 COPIES SIGNED BY MIRÓ. The Tarragona Tapestry was one of Miró's most ambitious works. Originally conceived of as a gift to the doctor who treated Miró's daughter after she was hit... Read More
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![D'Aci i d'Allà [1934 Christmas Issue], Containing Figures davant el mar](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/504/419/826419504.0.l.jpg)
D'Aci i d'Allà [1934 Christmas Issue], Containing Figures davant el mar
by MIRÓ, Joan
Llibreria, Catalonia: np, 1934. 1st Edition. Very Good. FIRST EDITION, with the EXTREMELY RARE AND SOUGHT-AFTER POCHOIR BY MIRÓ (From Here and There: Figures by the Sea); one of only five pochoirs created in his career. "After their first encounter, Miró and [the architect] Sert continued to meet often through the group of painters, sculptors, and art critics of the cultural group known as ADLAN (1932-1936)." Through the joint efforts of ADLAN and GATCPAC, a group of architects... Read More
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Typed Letter Signed [TLS]
by MITCHELL, MARGARET
Atlanta: NP, 1936. Letter. Very Good. LETTER WRITTEN AND SIGNED BY MARGARET MITCHELL DETAILING NAMING OF CLASSIC CHARACTER SCARLETT O’HARA. Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind was published in the summer of 1936 to almost instantaneous success—reaching one million in sales by December at the unheard-of price of three dollars, a monumental fee in an America still recovering from the Great Depression. Immediately, the book polarized public debate. On one side were the critics: so-called ‘serious’ writers and... Read More
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![Ueber die Bestimmung des Inhaltes eines Polyëders (1865). WITH: Theorie der elementaren Verwandtschaft (1863) [The Möbius Strip]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/496/991/1278991496.0.l.jpg)
Ueber die Bestimmung des Inhaltes eines Polyëders (1865). WITH: Theorie der elementaren Verwandtschaft (1863) [The Möbius Strip]
by MÖBIUS, AUGUST FERDINAND
Leipzig: Hirzel, 1865. First edition. Original wrappers. FIRST EDITIONS (JOURNAL ISSUES IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS) OF TWO LANDMARK PAPERS IN THE EARLY HISTORY OF TOPOLOGY, IN WHICH IN WHICH, AMONG OTHER THINGS, MÖBIUS DESCRIBED THE MÖBIUS STRIP, DEFINED THE TOPOLOGICAL CONCEPTS NOW KNOWN AS GENUS AND ORIENTABILITY, AND SHOWED THAT ALL CLOSED ORIENTABLE SURFACES OF A PARTICULAR GENUS ARE TOPOLOGICALLY EQUIVALENT TO EACH OTHER. The two papers offered here contain three key discoveries that pioneered the branch of mathematics known... Read More
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The High-Frequency Spectra of the Elements
by MOSELEY, HENRY GWYN JEFFREYS
London: Taylor and Francis, 1913. First edition. Original wrappers. Very Good. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS of both parts of Moseley's groundbreaking work providing the scientific basis for our understanding of atomic numbers and the ordering of the periodic table. PMM 407. "Moseley, working under Rutherford at Manchester, used the method of X-ray spectroscopy devised by the Braggs to calculate variations in the wavelength of the rays emitted by each element. These he was able to arrange in... Read More
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![Il dissoluto punito osia il Don Giovanni. Dramma giocoso in due atti. [Don Giovanni]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/078/662/1717662078.0.l.jpg)
Il dissoluto punito osia il Don Giovanni. Dramma giocoso in due atti. [Don Giovanni]
by MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1801. First edition. original wrappers. Very Good. THE ULTIMATE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION – IN BEAUTIFUL ORIGINAL WRAPPERS WITH THE LEGENDARILY SCARCE LIBRETTO. A remarkable copy of the first edition of the full orchestral score — complete as issued with the German libretto — of Don Giovanni, Mozart’s greatest dramatic achievement and one of the most influential works in the history of Western music. Copies surviving in their original light blue wrappers are... Read More
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World Without Men
by Newton, Helmut
New York: Xavier Moreau Inc. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION of one of Newton's most successful books, illustrated with 180 black-and-white photographs. Although the limitation is not stated, it is believed that the edition was limited to 200 copies. (New York): Xavier Moreau Inc., (1984). Tall quarto, original silver-stamped gray cloth, original slipcase. A fine copy.
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Bestimmung des Gesetzes, nach welchem Metalle die Contactelektricität leiten, nebst einem Entwurfe zu einer Theorie des Voltaischen Apparates und des Schweiggerschen Multiplicatorsi
by Ohm, Georg Simon
Halle: Journal für Chemie und Physik. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. FIRST EDITION of the experimental proof of Ohm's law, "the fundamental law of electric circuits" (Dibner 63). Ohm "made a study of the laws of galvanic currents, and while investigating the relative conductivity of metals finally discovered the relation known as 'Ohm's law,' which underlies all electrical theory and measurement. The experimental proof of this law was first published in a paper in Schweigger's Journal fur Chemie und... Read More
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Photograph: Georgia O’Keeffe After Supper, Ghost Ranch, 1975
by O’KEEFFE, GEORGIA; BUDNIK, DAN
Ghost Ranch, New Mexico: np, 1975. Fine. ARTIST’S PROOF, SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER BUDNIK. A wonderful, evocative photograph of O’Keeffe at 87 years old, taken at her beloved Ghost Ranch, just north of Abiquiú, New Mexico. By March 1975, when this photograph was taken, O’Keeffe had begun to explore pottery as her chief artistic medium. The photographer Budnik powerfully foregrounds the hands that shaped the clay, reminding us of O’Keeffe’s relentless pursuit of art and creativity. At... Read More
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Alfred Stieglitz Presents One Hundred Pictures: Oils, Water-Colors, Pastels, Drawings, by Georgia O’Keeffe, American
by O’KEEFFE, GEORGIA; STIEGLITZ, ALFRED
New York: Anderson Galleries, 1923. first edition. Very Good. EXHIBITION PROGRAM FOR O’KEEFFE’S FIRST MAJOR ART SHOW, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY O’KEEFFE. Inscribed by O’Keeffe on cover in pencil: “I am sorry you cant come – / Hope all is well with you / Sincerely / Georgia O’Keeffe.”. O’Keeffe’s first major show – opening at Anderson Galleries in New York on January 29, 1923 –was a sensation. “The reviews were excellent. Henry McBride pleased O’Keeffe ‘immensely’ when his... Read More
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Typed Letters Signed
by O'KEEFFE, GEORGIA
Abiquiu, New Mexico: np, 1969. first edition. Fine. GEORGIA O’KEEFFE AS ART DEALER FOR HER OWN WORK: A fascinating correspondence between O’Keeffe and disgraced art dealer Andrew Crispo, revealing O’Keeffe’s reluctance to sell her paintings. On September 27, 1969, the 24-year-old art dealer Andrew Crispo (who later became infamous through his connection with the “Death Mask Murder” case), visited O’Keeffe at her home in Abiquiu, New Mexico. While there, Crispo – perhaps trying to make a big splash in... Read More
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![Yoko at Indica [Unfinished Paintings and Objects]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/098/765/1685765098.0.l.jpg)
Yoko at Indica [Unfinished Paintings and Objects]
by ONO, YOKO
London: Indica Gallery, 1966. First edition. Very Good. The exhibition catalog for Yoko Ono’s transformative one-woman show at London’s Indica Gallery. Famous for the place where she and John Lennon first met. A REMARKABLE SURVIVAL: THE ONLY COPY WE CAN LOCATE WITH ALL THE PHOTOGRAPHS AND SLIPS INTACT. The “Yoko at Indica” catalog is an interactive work of performance art, much like her actual exhibit, held in November 1966. There are eight leaves of black and white images... Read More
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![Museum of Modern [F]art: Yoko Ono-one woman show, Dec. 1st - Dec. 15th](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/344/930/1602930344.0.l.jpg)
Museum of Modern [F]art: Yoko Ono-one woman show, Dec. 1st - Dec. 15th
by ONO, YOKO; LENNON, JOHN
New York: Yoko Ono, 1971. First edition. Original wrappers. Very Good. FIRST EDITION OF THE CATALOG FOR ONO'S FICTITIOUS ART SHOW, SIGNED BY ONO AND LENNON, AND WITH A CARICATURE DRAWING BY LENNON. Inscribed on the cover in Ono's hand: "To Jonas / Peace & Love, Yoko" and in Lennon's hand "+ John" and with a caricature of both his and Ono's faces. The recipient, Jonas Mekas (1922-2019) was the internationally renown Lithuanian-born but New York-based filmmaker, poet... Read More
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Experimenta circa Effectum, etc. Expériences sur l'effet du conflict électrique sur l'aiguille animantée
by ØRSTED [OERSTED], HANS CHRISTIAN
Paris: Crochard, 1820. First edition. Original wrappers. Fine. ONE OF THE FIRST TRANSLATIONS OF ØRSTED'S FAMOUS AND UNOBTAINABLE LATIN PAMPHLET ON THE DISCOVERY OF ELECTROMAGNETISM, PUBLISHED IN THE FOLLOWING MONTH IN FRANCE, AND IMPORTANT FOR ITS CONNECTION TO AMPÈRE'S EXTENSIONS OF ØRSTED'S RESEARCH ON ELECTROMAGNETIC PHENOMENA. A MAGNIFICENT COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS. In July of 1820 the Danish scientist Hans Christian Ørsted announced his discovery that a magnetized needle could be deflected by an electric current. The... Read More
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Sur les corpuscules organisés qui existent dans l'atmosphère: Examen de la doctrine des générations spontanées (1861)
by PASTEUR, LOUIS
Paris: Ch. Lahure et Cie, 1862. first edition offprint. original wrappers. Very Good. PRESENTATION AND ASSOCIATION COPY OF THE RARE AUTHOR'S OFFPRINT OF PASTEUR'S FAMOUS LECTURE DISCREDITING THE THEORY OF SPONTANEOUS GENERATION, WITH HIS AUTOGRAPH NOTES TO FELLOW SCIENTIST JOHN TYNDALL. Spontaneous generation - the theory that living organisms are routinely created from inanimate matter - goes back to ancient times. Although the theory had been cast into doubt by the observations and experimental work of Redi, Spallanzani,... Read More
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![Über das Wasserstoffspektrum vom Standpunkt der neuen Quantenmechanik [On the Hydrogen Spectrum from the Standpoint of the new Quantum Mechanics]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/815/926/1573926815.0.l.jpg)
Über das Wasserstoffspektrum vom Standpunkt der neuen Quantenmechanik [On the Hydrogen Spectrum from the Standpoint of the new Quantum Mechanics]
by PAULI, WOLFGANG
Berlin: Julius Springer, 1926. First edition. Original wrappers. Fine. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS of Pauli's influential paper demonstrating the superiority and validity of the new quantum mechanics. Following the development of quantum mechanics by Heisenberg, Born, and Jordan, "the first nontrivial and physically important application of quantum mechanics was made soon afterwards by Wolfgang Pauli [On the Hydrogen Spectrum from the Standpoint of the new Quantum Mechanics], who calculated the stationary energy values of the hydrogen atom... Read More
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Arithmetices Principia Nova Methodo Exposita
by PEANO, GUISEPPE
Turin: Bocca Brothers, 1889. First edition. original wrappers. Fine. EXTREMELY RARE FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS OF PEANO'S MOST IMPORTANT WORK, CONTAINING THE "PEANO AXIOMS" FOR THE NATURAL NUMBERS; OF SEMINAL IMPORTANCE IN MATHEMATICS AND MATHEMATICAL LOGIC. "Peano's most important contribution to the development of the theory and practice of the axiomatic method was his system of axioms for the arithmetic of the natural numbers... On the basis of his axiomatization, Peano constructed the entire theory of natural... Read More
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On the Criterion that a Given System of Deviations from the Probable in the Case of a Correlated System of Variables is such that it Can Reasonably Be Supposed to have Arisen from Random Sampling
by Pearson, Karl
London: Taylor & Francis. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. FIRST EDITION of one of the most important papers in the history of statistics, introducing the 'chi-squared' test of goodness of fit, "one of the most useful of all statistical tests" and "one of Pearson's greatest single contributions to statistical methodology" (DSB). "Specification or stochastic modeling of data is an important step in statistical analysis of data. Karl Pearson was the first to recognize this problem and introduce criterion, in... Read More
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The Seven Deadly Sins
by PENCZ, GEORG
np, 1541. Very Good. RARE SET OF 1541 ENGRAVINGS THAT PIONEERED THE USE OF ANIMALS AND WOMEN TO SYMBOLIZE ALL SEVEN DEADLY SINS. The seven deadly sins have provided creative fodder for a diverse group of artists ranging from Dante's The Divine Comedy to the Hollywood film Seven. A lesser known, but equally significant representation of the seven deadly sins dates back to German engraver Georg Pencz in 1541. Georg Pencz's set of seven engravings that we have on offer... Read More
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