William Scoresby junior, the great Arctic explorer, was actively engaged on scientific research into magnetism and published several papers on the...

The beginning of air quality monitoring. First and only edition of the first book on the results of air quality monitoring, a pioneering work in th...

Uncommon, early 20th-century anatomical relief of the European lizard species Lacerta agilis (the sand lizard). The publisher's archive copy, in e...

Uncommon, early 20th-century anatomical relief plaque of the European frog species Rana esculenta (the common European water frog, or green frog)....

A milestone in embryology. First edition, first printing of a foundational work in our understanding of how fertilised eggs develop cell-by-cell. T...

The Bents travelled in Southern Arabia during seven journeys in 1893-1897. The book is divided into sections on Southern Arabia, Maskat, the Hadhr...

The precursor to bohr's quantum theory. First edition of this significant work that lays out the empirical formulae governing the frequencies of at...

The true offprint of the final paper on the discovery of nuclear fission. The true offprint, in the orange wrappers, of the third of Hahn and Stras...

The discovery of nuclear fission. The Abhandlungen offprint of the first of Hahn and Strassman's 'three fundamental papers on nuclear fission, cont...

Women in cosmology, from the library of a nobel prize winner. First edition of this collection of eight cosmology papers from the New York Academy ...

Inspiration for darwin's origin of species. First edition, presentation set inscribed by the author on each title, 'Mary Edmonds from the Author, H...

The first authoritative account of british nuclear research and policy. First editions, possible second impression of the first volume, which has n...

Preventing malaria by understanding its transmission. First edition of this comprehensive work on the epidemiology of malaria by the doctor who ide...

Inscribed by the author. First edition, inscribed by the author on the title, 'Paige Williams, Tucson Book Festival, March 2, 2019'.This best-selli...

Early work on tissue culture by a pioneering female cell biologist. First edition of 'the first German textbook that provided detailed instructions...

Nicholson had been working with Heinemann since the mid-1890s. As well as designing their windmill device, Nicholson created a number of books for...

True first edition, preceding the Methuen hardback edition of the same year. Pinter's first commercial success, first performed at the Arts Theatr...

First edition of a major English Stage Company play. 'A drama of striking power, intensity and conviction' (New York Post).First edition, first im...

First edition of one of the scarcest Maclaren-Ross titles.First edition, first impression; 8vo; unmarked internally; publisher's red cloth, silver...

The author's scarce second novel, banned in Ireland by the Censorship Board for obscenity in 1965.First edition, first impression; 8vo; unmarked i...

The author's third novel and the second in his series of books dealing with Islam and the countries of the East, beginning with Midnight's Childre...

Signed by the author. First edition of this biography of Sir Walter Scott, signed by the author in black ink on the title page.First edition, first...

The author's second book and first Science Fiction novel. Preceded by her earlier novel, The Colour of Rain (1964), published under the pseudonym ...

First edition of this satirical novel set in a boys school.First edition, first impression; 8vo; unmarked internally; publisher's blue cloth, gilt...