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Rare books on important science, medicine, and technology, from medieval alchemy and astrology to the revolutions of Copernicus, Newton, and Darwin, and 20th century advancements in genetics, computing, and nuclear physics.

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  • First edition of the first book devoted entirely to tobacco, De herb Panacea by Giles Everard
    First edition of the first book devoted entirely to tobacco, De herb Panacea by Giles Everard

    EVERARD, Giles.
    De Herba Panacea, 1587
    £15,000.00

  • An unusually lovely copy of the important sixth edition of Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species, the first edition in which the term evolution is used
    An unusually lovely copy of the important sixth edition of Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species, the first edition in which the term evolution is used

    DARWIN, Charles.
    The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, 1897.
    £1,250.00

  • First edition of the first conventionally published book on the Berkeleye cyclotron, by Wilfrid B. Mann, a student of Ernest O. Lawrence.
    First edition of the first conventionally published book on the Berkeleye cyclotron, by Wilfrid B. Mann, a student of Ernest O. Lawrence.

    MANN, W.B.
    The Cyclotron. 1940
    £1,250.00

  • First edition of physicist G.P. Thomson's collection of ten lectures presented at Cornell in 1929, The Wave Mechanics of Free Electrons.
    First edition of physicist G.P. Thomson's collection of ten lectures presented at Cornell in 1929, The Wave Mechanics of Free Electrons.

    THOMSON, G.P.
    The Wave Mechanics of Free Electrons. 1930.
    £250.00

  • The second edition of Emanational Physics, a rare and unusual self-published text by Stephen Harrison proposing to correct the field of physics by reframing it metaphysically.
    The second edition of Emanational Physics, a rare and unusual self-published text by Stephen Harrison proposing to correct the field of physics by reframing it metaphysically.

    [SANDAGE, Allan] HARRISON, Stephen.
    Emanational Physics. 1988.
    £1,250.00

  • First edition of production of Soft Secondaries by Mesotrons by Robert Oppenheimer, a significant early work in particle physics and the path to the discovery of the pion and muon.
    First edition of production of Soft Secondaries by Mesotrons by Robert Oppenheimer, a significant early work in particle physics and the path to the discovery of the pion and muon.

    OPPENHEIMER, Robert; SERBER, Robert; SNYDER, Hartland.
    'The Production of Soft Secondaries by Mesotrons' January 15, 1940.
    £500.00

  • First edition of Paul Dirac's authoritative textbook The Principles of Quantum Mechanics, a landmark work that deeply influenced a generation of physicists.
    First edition of Paul Dirac's authoritative textbook The Principles of Quantum Mechanics, a landmark work that deeply influenced a generation of physicists.

    DIRAC, Paul.
    The Principles of Quantum Mechanics. 1930.
    £5,750.00

  • A first edition of the well-illustrated copy of The Tesla High Frequency Coil by George F. Haller and Elmer Tilling Cunningham
    A first edition of the well-illustrated copy of The Tesla High Frequency Coil by George F. Haller and Elmer Tilling Cunningham

    [TESLA, Nikola]. HALLER, George F.; CUNNINGHAM, Elmer Tilling.
    The Tesla High Frequency Coil. 1910.
    £2,500.00

  • Fifth edition of Newton's Opticks, the first published since the fourth edition of 1730, and the first with Albert Einstein's foreword. An unusually nice copy in the uncommon diust jacket.
    Fifth edition of Newton's Opticks, the first published since the fourth edition of 1730, and the first with Albert Einstein's foreword. An unusually nice copy in the uncommon diust jacket.

    NEWTON, Isaac; EINSTEIN, Albert.
    Opticks or a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections & Colours of Light. 1931.
    £650.00

  • A rare souvenir newsletter titled Bomb Gone, celebrating the supposed detonation of Britain's first hydrogen bomb as part of Operation Grapple in 1957.
    A rare souvenir newsletter titled Bomb Gone, celebrating the supposed detonation of Britain's first hydrogen bomb as part of Operation Grapple in 1957.

    Mid Pacific News.
    Bomb Gone. H-Bomb Puts Britain on Level Terms. Special Souvenir Edition. May 15, 1957.
    £500.00

  • First edition, the complete set with both text and photo volumes, of this important, early scientific report on the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by representatives f the Manhattan Project.
    First edition, the complete set with both text and photo volumes, of this important, early scientific report on the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by representatives f the Manhattan Project.

    [Manhattan Project]. Manhattan Engineer District.
    The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki [and] Photographs of the Atomic Bombings [June 29, 1946].
    £5,700.00

  • A rare an unusual set of three newsletters titled Radiation Matters, by the Network Opposing Nuclear Ecocide, edited by Lawrence Skinner in Las Vegas in 1991.

    SKINNER, Lawrence W. (ed.)
    Radiation Matters 1-3. 1991.
    £100.00

  • First edition, the rare offprint of astronomer and mathematician Karl Schwarzschild's doctoral dissertation on the theories of Poincaré, Die Poincarésche Theorie, published in 1896.
    First edition, the rare offprint of astronomer and mathematician Karl Schwarzschild's doctoral dissertation on the theories of Poincaré, Die Poincarésche Theorie, published in 1896.

    SCHWARZSCHILD, Karl.
    Die Poincarésche Theorie des Gleichgewichts einer Homogenen Rotierenden Flüssigkeitsmasse. 1896.
    £1,250.00

  • First edition of John Hersey's Hiroshima, with an original handwritten letter signed by the author.
    First edition of John Hersey's Hiroshima, with an original handwritten letter signed by the author.

    HERSEY, John.
    Hiroshima. 1946.
    £2,750.00

  • First edition, inscribed presentation copy of nuclear scientist Harrison Brown's anti-weapons text Must Destruction Be Our Destiny.
    First edition, inscribed presentation copy of nuclear scientist Harrison Brown's anti-weapons text Must Destruction Be Our Destiny.

    BROWN, Harrison.
    Must Destruction Be Our Destiny? 1946.
    £600.00

  • A rare lecture series on nuclear chemistry headed by Glenn Seaborg, originally presented to Manhattan Project participants in 1942 and declassified and published by the US Atomic Energy Division in 1946.
    A rare lecture series on nuclear chemistry headed by Glenn Seaborg, originally presented to Manhattan Project participants in 1942 and declassified and published by the US Atomic Energy Division in 1946.

    SEABORG, Glenn, et al.
    An Introduction to Nuclear Chemistry. 1946.
    £4,500.00

  • First English language edition of The Primeval Atom, Georges Lemaitre's popular account of his big bang theory. An unusually attractive copy in the uncommon dust jacket.
    First English language edition of The Primeval Atom, Georges Lemaitre's popular account of his big bang theory. An unusually attractive copy in the uncommon dust jacket.

    LEMAÎTRE, Georges.
    The Primeval Atom. An Essay on Cosmogony. 1950.
    £1,250.00

  • First edition of the first textbook of nuclear physics, George Gamow's Constitution of Atomic Nuclei & Radioactivity, in the rare dust jacket.
    First edition of the first textbook of nuclear physics, George Gamow's Constitution of Atomic Nuclei & Radioactivity, in the rare dust jacket.

    GAMOW, George.
    Constitution of Atomic Nuclei and Radioactivity. 1931.
    £1,250.00

  • A signed copy of the second edition of Freeman Dyson's Advanced Quantum Mechanics, published in 1961.
    A signed copy of the second edition of Freeman Dyson's Advanced Quantum Mechanics, published in 1961.

    DYSON, Freeman.
    Advanced Quantum Mechanics. [c. 1961].
    £2,500.00

  • First edition of a rare pamphlet on nuclear-powered space travel, Robert Esnault-Pelterie's De la Bombe Atomique a l'Astronautique, a presentation copy inscribed by the author.
    First edition of a rare pamphlet on nuclear-powered space travel, Robert Esnault-Pelterie's De la Bombe Atomique a l'Astronautique, a presentation copy inscribed by the author.

    ESNAULT-PELTERIE, Robert.
    De la Bombe Atomique a l'Astronautique. 1946.
    £500.00

  • First edition, the rare offprint of a talk given by Einstein at the University of Glasgow while fleeing the Nazis.
    First edition, the rare offprint of a talk given by Einstein at the University of Glasgow while fleeing the Nazis.

    EINSTEIN, Albert.
    The Origins of the General Theory of Relativity. 1933.
    £1,750.00

  • First edition of Beta Decay, physicist Chien-Shiung Wu's important book on the emission of electrons by decaying atoms.
    First edition of Beta Decay, physicist Chien-Shiung Wu's important book on the emission of electrons by decaying atoms.

    WU, C.S. [Chien-Shiung].
    Beta Decay. 1966.
    £1,750.00

  • A rare, mimeographed report on the effects of nuclear weapons, produced in 1952 by the Association of Scientific Workers, a British trade union.
    A rare, mimeographed report on the effects of nuclear weapons, produced in 1952 by the Association of Scientific Workers, a British trade union.

    Atomic Sciences Committee, Association of Scientific Workers.
    Atomic Energy Progress Notes. Volume II (Military). July 1952.
    £1,250.00

  • A set of letters and drafts of the nomination of Edward Appleton for the Nobel Prize in Physics, from the files of nominator Edward Neville da Costa Andrade, 1945.
    A set of letters and drafts of the nomination of Edward Appleton for the Nobel Prize in Physics, from the files of nominator Edward Neville da Costa Andrade, 1945.

    [APPLETON, Edward] ANDRADE, [Percy] Edward Neville da Costa.
    Successful Nobel Prize nomination for Edward Appleton. 1945.
    £4,750.00

  • A rare anti-weapons flyer published by the Council of Labor Unions of Tsukuba Science City, Japan, on May 1st, 1982.

    [ATOMIC BOMBINGS].
    Appeal from Tsukuba, Japan. May 1, 1982.
    £100.00

  • First English language edition, first impression of Einstein's first popular treatment of his revolutionary theory, Relativity, The Special & the General Theory
    First English language edition, first impression of Einstein's first popular treatment of his revolutionary theory, Relativity, The Special & the General Theory

    EINSTEIN, Albert.
    Relativity. The Special & the General Theory. 1920.
    £2,500.00

  • Initialled autograph letter by Albert Einstein correcting the work of graduate student and future theoretical physicist Behram Kurşunoğlu on the unified field theory
    Initialled autograph letter by Albert Einstein correcting the work of graduate student and future theoretical physicist Behram Kurşunoğlu on the unified field theory

    EINSTEIN, Albert; KURŞUNOĞLU, Behram.
    Initialled autograph letter correcting a young colleague's work. early December 1950.
    £18,500.00

  • On Thermonuclear War.
    On Thermonuclear War.

    KAHN, Herman.
    On Thermonuclear War. 1960.
    £450.00

  • Set of the first and the second edition of physicist Arthur Compton's book X-Rays and Electrons,<em> </em>from the library of physicist David Webster with his extensive annotations.
    Set of the first and the second edition of physicist Arthur Compton's book X-Rays and Electrons,<em> </em>from the library of physicist David Webster with his extensive annotations.

    COMPTON, Arthur & ALLISON, Samuel K.
    X-Rays and Electrons [with] X-Rays in Theory and Experiment. 1926 & 1935.
    £1,250.00

  • A handsoem copy of the first edition of Pemberton's classic introduction to Sir Isaac Newton's natural philosophy, illustrated with engraved plates

    [PEMBERTON, Henry].
    A View of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy. 1728.
    £1,850.00

  • Fourth printing, an exceptional copy of Foundations of Potential Theory by Oliver Dimon Kellog, in a beautiful example of the dust jacket.
    Fourth printing, an exceptional copy of Foundations of Potential Theory by Oliver Dimon Kellog, in a beautiful example of the dust jacket.

    KELLOG, Oliver Dimon.
    Foundations of Potential Theory. 1970.
    £250.00

  • First edition of W. Golden Mortimer's classic work, Peru. History of Coca, the most comprehensive book on the plant and its cultivation and use published up to that time.
    First edition of W. Golden Mortimer's classic work, Peru. History of Coca, the most comprehensive book on the plant and its cultivation and use published up to that time.

    MORTIMER, W.G.
    Peru. History of Coca. 1901.
    £350.00

  • First and only edition of this uncommon microscopical work on invertebrates, Natuurkundige Verlustigingen by Martinus Slabber, published in eighteen parts between 1769 and 1778.
    First and only edition of this uncommon microscopical work on invertebrates, Natuurkundige Verlustigingen by Martinus Slabber, published in eighteen parts between 1769 and 1778.

    SLABBER, Martinus.
    Natuurkundige Verlustigingen, 1769-1778.
    £950.00

  • The first edition of philosopher Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples's condensed version of Boethius's De Arithmetica (On Arithmetic), published by Hneri Estienne in 1503.
    The first edition of philosopher Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples's condensed version of Boethius's De Arithmetica (On Arithmetic), published by Hneri Estienne in 1503.

    BOETHIUS; D'ÉTAPLE, Lefèvre; BOVELLES, J. & C.; CLICHTOVE, J.
    Epitome compendiosaq(ue) introductio in libros Arithmeticos diui Seuerini Boetij: 1503.
    £7,500.00

  • First edition of this early work by the prominent surgeon and anatomical illustrator Charles Bell, A Series of Engravings, Explaining the Course of the Nerves, published in 1803.
    First edition of this early work by the prominent surgeon and anatomical illustrator Charles Bell, A Series of Engravings, Explaining the Course of the Nerves, published in 1803.

    BELL, Charles.
    A Series of Engravings, Explaining the Course of the Nerves. 1803.
    £1,250.00

  • Offprint of Report on the Separation of Ionium and Actinium from Certain Residues, a paper following from Boltwood's discovery of the parent element of radium, the isotope thorium-230.
    Offprint of Report on the Separation of Ionium and Actinium from Certain Residues, a paper following from Boltwood's discovery of the parent element of radium, the isotope thorium-230.

    BOLTWOOD, Bertram Borden.
    Report on the Separation of Ionium and Actinium from Certain Residues and on the Production of Helium by Ionium. 1911.
    £100.00

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