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  • Nine Chains to the Moon.

    FULLER, R. Buckminster.
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    First edition, first printing of Fuller's first book, a nice copy in the jacket.Nine Chains to the Moon is a collection of forty-four essays on va...

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  • The Question of Lay Analysis.

    FREUD, Sigmund.
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    First edition in English. The first edition in English of Freud's work defending the right of non-medics to practice psychoanalysis.The Question of...

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  • The Moon:

    NASMYTH, James; CARPENTER, James.
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    Third edition, originally published in 1874, of this remarkable astronomical work by the Scottish engineer James Nasmyth (1808-1890).Nasmyth made ...

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  • Chemical Essays.

    WATSON, R[ichard].
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    A charming mixed set in contemporary bindings, comprising the second edition of volumes 1-3, the third edition of volume 4, and the second edition...

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  • Excursions.

    THOREAU, Henry David.
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    Art nouveau publisher's cloth. A lovely copy of this 1910s edition of Thoreau's Excursions (originally published in 1863) with elaborate Art Nouvea...

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  • Reaching for the Moon.

    ALDRIN, Buzz & MINOR, Wendell (illustrator).
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    Signed by Buzz Aldrin. First edition, first printing of this picture book autobiography of Buzz Aldrin, signed by both Aldrin and illustrator Wende...

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  • Outlines of Astronomy.

    HERSCHEL, John.
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    Handsome prize binding. Ninth edition one of the most influential books by astronomer John Herschel, in a handsome red red calf prize binding. This...

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  • The Tee-Square Magazine Christmas 1918 [and] Christmas 1919.

    VICKERS AIRSHIP DRAWING OFFICE.
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    Rare in-house publication. A remarkable survival, two issues of a magazine created in-house by staff of the Vickers Airship Drawing Office at Barro...

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  • Observationes Medicae circa Morborum Acutorum Historiam et Curationem.

    SYDENHAM, Thomas.
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    A landmark in the science of disease. First edition of the founding text of epidemiology. 'Although technically the third edition of his Methodus c...

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  • A Familiar Introduction to the History of Insects;

    [ETOMOLOGY]. NEWMAN, Edward.
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    Beautifully bound Victorian book on insects. Second edition, an expanded and improved version of the text originally published in 1835 as the Gramm...

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  • Three rare offprints from the early career of x-ray crystallographer Kathleen Lonsdale.

    [LONSDALE] YARDLEY, Kathleen.
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    Paving the way for dorothy hodgkin and rosalind franklin. Three rare, early offprints by Kathleen Lonsdale, one of the first women elected to the R...

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  • Our Wandering Continents.

    DU TOIT, ALEX. L.
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    The first comprehensive evidence for continental drift, in the rare dust jacket. First edition, first impression, an attractive copy in the rare du...

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  • Sensations of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music.

    HELMHOLTZ, Hermann L.F.
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    From the library of oliver sacks. First English language edition, from the library of neurologist Oliver Sacks, with his octopus bookplate.This Eng...

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  • Palaeontology or

    OWEN, Richard.
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    Inscribed presentation copy. First edition, presentation copy inscribed 'from the author' on the title and 'B Cockray, March 20, 1860, from Mr. Owe...

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  • A Treatise on Diseases of the Nervous System.

    PRICHARD, J.C.
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    Important early account of epilepsy. First edition of this volume on mental illness that contains 'the best early account of epilepsy after [Thomas...

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