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The Great Chain of History: William Buckland and the English School of Geology, 1814-1849
First Edition
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983. 322 pages. "[D]escribes the early nineteenth-century English contributions to the revolutionary discovery that the earth had existed long before man and that it had passed through a progressive sequence of changes" -- from the front flap. ISBN: 9780198229070.
First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "To Prof. Gould, with kind regards. Nicholas [sic] Rupke." From the Harvard office library of the paleontologist and leading advocate for evolution, Stephen Jay Gould. With a tipped in bookplate indicating the provenance.
Intellectually, Gould understood the true nature of these bookplates, but the book collector in him appreciated them. In his essay "A Seahorse for All Races" Gould writes about one of his prized possessions, a book from Charles Dickens' library: "Dickens made no annotations, but a bookplate on the cover, presumably inserted as a come-on for a sale after Dickens' death in 1870, does prove that [he] kept and shelved the book."
We offer our Gould bookplates, printed letterpress in two colors, in the same spirit.
Book ID: 212377More details Price: $150.00 -
The Theory of Everything: The Quest to Explain All Reality (The Great Courses)
(Chantilly, VA): The Teaching Company, (2017). Course Guidebook, plus 4-disc DVD set containing twenty-four 30-minute lectures on the topic of Physics. ISBN: 9781629973852.
DVD set in original case plus the guidebook. A fine copy in wrappers (paperback). DVDs fine in a fine case. Sealed together in the publisher's original shrinkwrap. As new.
Book ID: 196737More details Price: $135.00 -
Thermodynamics: Four Laws that Move the Universe (The Great Courses)
Chantilly, VA: The Teaching Company, (2014). 161-page Course Guidebook, plus a 4-Disc DVD set containing twenty-four 30-minute lectures on the topic of Physics. ISBN: 9781629970547.
DVD set in original case plus the guidebook. A fine copy in wrappers (paperback). DVDs fine in a fine case.
Book ID: 191372More details Price: $130.00 -
In Quest of Quasars
First Edition
(New York): Crowell-Collier Press, 1969. 198 pages. A relatively early book on quasars for a popular astronomy audience—the dense accretions of matter around black holes were only named in 1964. The author, at the time a marketing manager for a space contractor, went on to become a popular and respected science fiction author. ISBN: 281AIB0003312.
This copy is inscribed by the author, "To John Campbell--A book about something that puzzles and challenges scientists--what else? With very best wishes, Ben." Campbell was the editor of the science-fiction magazine Analog and a piece of his note stationery is laid in. A nice association as Bova would replace Campbell after his death. A near fine copy in a price-clipped, but otherwise fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 1835More details Price: $93.75 -
The RAE Table of Earth Satellites, 1957-1982, Compiled at The Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, Hants, England
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1983. 753 pages. The Table is a chronological list of the 2389 launches of satellites and space vehicles between 1957 and the end of 1982. Including fragments, more than 13000 satellites appear in the tabulation, and there is a full index. 11.5 x 8.75 inches. ISBN: 9780471879091.
Later printing. Near fine in blue paper over boards cover. No dust jacket.
Book ID: 82345More details Price: $80.00 -
The Instability of the Meson
First Edition Thus
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania. Reprint from The Physical review, Vol. 57, No. 1, 1940. 12 pages. Pomerantz was an American physicist and Director of the Bartol Research Institute and a leader in developing Antarctic astronomy. He received his PhD. from Temple University in 1951 with his thesis based on extensive scientific work at Bartol. ISBN: B0784Z3X3S.
First edition thus. A fine copy in printed wrappers (paperback).
Book ID: 265331More details Price: $80.00 -
Scientific Research I: The Search for System
First Edition
Springer-Verlag New York Inc, 1967. 536 pages. Studies in the Foundations, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, Volume 3/1. ISBN: 281AIB1048357.
First edition (first printing). A very good copy in orange cloth with black lettering. Mild soiling to rear cover. No dust jacket.
Book ID: 263400More details Price: $80.00 -
The Stars in Their Courses
First Edition
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1971. 199 pages. Non-Fiction essays by the "professional explainer" (as he once called himself) on matters of science and sociology. Individual essays first apperared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction between 1969-1970. ISBN: B001JKOHJU.
First edition (first printing). A very good copy with slightly cocked spine in a very good dust jacket showing moderate wear at the edges, with small publisher sticker on the back panel.
Book ID: 123054More details Price: $62.50 -
Fossil Prokaryotes and Protists
First Edition
Boston: Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1993. 342 pages. 8-1/2 by 11 inches. A textbook for an advanced paleontology course. Illustrated in black-and-white. ISBN: 9780865420731.
First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback). From the Harvard office library of the paleontologist and leading advocate for evolution, Stephen Jay Gould.
Book ID: 232924More details Price: $60.00 -
Understanding Science: An Introduction to Concepts and Issues
First Edition
Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, (1992). 409 pages. ISBN: 9780879757243.
First edition (first printing). Corners bumped else a fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Errata slip pasted to dedication page. Inscribed by the author: "For Steve -- with my warmest personal regards. Hope you will find a few items of interest in here. Art." From the Harvard office library of the paleontologist and leading advocate for evolution, Stephen Jay Gould.
Book ID: 218219More details Price: $50.00 -
Leonardo e l'eta della ragione
First Edition
Milano [Milan]: Scientia, 1982. 479 pages. Papers on Leonardo da Vinci, with particular emphasis on his notebooks. Some essays are in English, others are in Italian; many are illustrated with reproductions from Leonardo's notebooks. ISBN: 281AIB1043118.
First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback). A large, heavy book. With an additional paper, "Leonardo in Piemonte" by Luigi Firpo laid in.
Book ID: 217453More details Price: $50.00 -
Understanding Cultural and Human Geography (The Great Courses)
(Chantilly, VA): The Teaching Company, (2014). 172-page Course Guidebook, plus 4-disc DVD set containing 24 30-minute lectures. ISBN: 9781629970981.
DVD set in original case plus the guidebook. A fine copy in wrappers (paperback). DVDs gently used in a fine case.
Book ID: 191379More details Price: $40.00 -
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The Phenomenon of Science: A Cybernetic Approach to Human Evolution
First Edition
New York: Columbia University Press, 1977. 348 pages. A theory of evolution by the Soviet nuclear physicist and computer scientist that includes "intellectual creations of man, particularly in the domain of scientific knowledge" -- from the front flap. ISBN: 9780231039833.
First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in a dust jacket that's a bit scuffed and worn.
Book ID: 232966More details Price: $40.00 -
Medium-Capacity Communications Satellite for Experimental Purpose (CS)
(N.-pl.): Mitsubishi Electric / Philco-Ford, 1974. A promotional piece, probably for marketing purposes, about a Japanese communications satellite. 53 pages, most printed rectos (one side) only. ISBN: 281AIB1018333.
A crease to right side from front cover, otherwise a near fine copy in wrappers (paperback).
Book ID: 81459More details Price: $35.00 -
To the Ends of the Universe
First Edition Thus
New York: Walker & Company, 1976. A revised edition of a 1967 book on astronomy for middle-school readers. ISBN: 9780802762368.
First printing of this revised edition (number line ends in one). Very good in a very good dust jacket with some wear to the spine ends. This book comes from a large collection of Isaac Asimov first editions, including many signed and especially fine copies.
Book ID: 14379More details Price: $30.00 -
Destiny Matrix: Making Star Trek Real: The Matrix Engineering of Warp Drive and Star Gate Time Travel. The World According to Jack: The Life and Times of a Theatrical Physicist
First Edition
Printed in Bloomington, Indiana: 1st Books, 2002. 398 pages. Sarfatti is a theoretical physicist whose work emphasizes quantum physics and consciousness. He was a leading member of the Fundamental Fysiks Group, an informal group of physicists in California in the late 1970s. This book is the sequel to Space-Time and Beyond. ISBN: 281AIB1049736.
First edition (first printing). A very good copy in dark blue paper over boards cover with bright gilt lettering on spine. No dust jacket. Seems scarce in hardback covers.
Book ID: 265682More details Price: $30.00 -
The Body: A Guide for Occupants
Doubleday, 2019. ISBN: 9780385539302.
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Book ID: 259794More details Price: $30.00 -
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014. ISBN: 9780544272996.
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Book ID: 257153More details Price: $27.00 -
The Scientific Worldview
First Edition
Berkeley: Progressive Science Institute, (1984). 343 pages. 8-1/2 by 11 pages. Presents the author's theory of the univironment -- "that the motions of a thing are determined equally by what is inside of it and by what is outside of it." Printed in typescript. ISBN: 9780917929007.
First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in red printed wrappers (paperback) with velo binding. Light creasing to covers and corners a bit flared.
Book ID: 215199More details Price: $25.00 -
Observations in Particle Physics from Two Neutrinos to the Standard Model
First Edition
Batavia, IL: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, 1992. 36 pages. 7 by 8-1/2 inches. Transcript of Lederman's 1988 lecture delivered on the occasion of his award of the Nobel Prize in Physics. Selected from the Fermilab archives and published in commemoration of the physics lab's 25th anniversary. Illustrations in black-and-white. ISBN: 281AIB1042302.
First edition (first printing). A fine copy in stapled gold wrappers (paperback).
Book ID: 213062More details Price: $25.00
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