DARWIN, Charles. Rare Second Edition. Published by John Murray, London, 1860. On the Origin of Species was voted the most influential academic book ever written. It was hailed as "the supreme demonstration of why academic books matter" and "a book which has changed the way we think about everything." The.....
Teller, Edward. The Deadly Secrets. Signed manuscript, no date. 11 pages handwritten. Draft by one of the world's most influential scientists, known as the Father of the Hydrogen Bomb. The Hungarian physicist was an early part of the Manhattan Project, the United States' project to develop the nuclear bomb during.....
Archive on women's crucial role in the creation and development of vaccines, especially it’s accessibility to children regardless of economic class, and the global eradication of smallpox. Containing 3 early and rare pieces that show how women emerged as a driving force in developing and sharing immunization techniques that continue.....
SYNOPSIS: Albert Sabin. Unlike Salk' vaccine, Sabin's oral vaccine broke the chain of transmission allowing for the eradication of polio. The development of his polio vaccine led to the first modern mass inoculations of 100 million people, which is discussed at length in our manuscript. Important 16 page entirely handwritten.....
Signed Second Edition Copy of "The exposition of 1851; or, views of the industry, the science, and the government, of England." London: John Murray, 1851. Inscribed on the half-title in Babbage's own hand: "M. C. Plowden Esqre. M. P. from the Author." Second edition. The Great Exhibition of 1851, which.....
EMERSON, Ralph Waldo. Representative Men. Seven Lectures. First London Edition: 1850. The Lord Lovelace presentation copy, inscribed “Right Honble Earl of Lovelace With the Author’s Compliments” on the front free endpaper (likely in the hand of Emerson's publisher). Original plum cloth, elaborately decorated in blind (Myerson’s binding A), spine gilt.....
Robert Koch, Nobel Laureate and discoverer of the tubercle bacillus and the cholera pathogen, 4 page Autograph Letter Signed "R Koch" on malaria. Dated February 4, 1899, in German, weeks before departing on a malaria expedition to Italy, the East Indies, and New Guinea. Robert Koch was the first person.....
Inscribed signed photo by all three Apollo 11 astronauts: Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins. Glossy 10" x 8" black and white photo of the Apollo 11 crew on their first evening out of quarantine after their return to earth posing with three executives of the Rice Hotel on.....
First Edition . Symposium on Large-Scale Digital Calculating Machinery: Proceedings Jointly Sponsored by the Navy Department Bureau of Ordnance and Harvard University at the Computation Laboratory, 7-10 January 1947. (Cambridge: Harvard U. P., 1948). Volume XVI in the Annals of the Computation Laboratory of Harvard University. 302 pages. Text illustrations.....
Grace Hopper. A Manual of Operation for the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator. Cambridge, 1946. First Edition. Thick Quarto. Condition: Very Good. Publisher's blue cloth binding. Minor signs of use on spine and covers. This copy belonged to the United States Air Force. Library number on spine, with two stamps of.....
Synopsis: Archive of 25 pieces celebrating the rise of nursing as the first medical profession for women. The first trained nurses entered the field in the 1860s, and their knowledge of antisepsis and hygiene immediately reduced fatalities in hospitals and on the Civil War battlefronts. Amidst their life-saving duties, these.....
Gregory Pincus. Father of The Oral Contraceptive Pill. Bound collection of 31 rare offprints of Pincus’s scientific publications on fertility research and the first oral contraceptive. 10.5 x 7.5 in. Dark red textured cloth boards. “Gregory Pincus Vol. 3 (1950-1959)” gilt on front cover. “Gregory Pincus Vol. 3” gilt on.....
WILKES, Charles. Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. New York: G.P. Putnam & Co., 1856. 5 volumes. Octavo. Original blind-stamped cloth with eagle emblem in gilt on upper boards. Complete with all 13 maps and 64 engraved plates. The naval expedition.....
Patent Document Signed by James Madison as President, 2 pages, 12” x 14.75”, April 4, 1810. The first patent ever issued in the United States for improving the aqueduct—the primary technology in conveying clean water for human consumption. Sanitation and delivery of clean water remain a major issue to the.....
[Science] [Contraception] Gregory Pincus. Father of The Oral Contraceptive Pill. Bound collection of 29 rare offprints of Pincus’s scientific publications on fertility research and in vitro fertilization. 10.5 x 7.5 in. Dark red textured cloth boards. “Gregory Pincus Vol. 1 (1926-1936)” gilt on front cover. “Gregory Pincus Vol. 1” gilt.....
First Female Ph.D. in Germany. Gottingen, Germany: 1895. Grace Chisolm's German language doctoral dissertation "Algebraic group-theoretical studies on sparse trigonometry" at the University of Gottingen made her the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in any field from a German university, and it led her to a fruitful research career.....
Einstein, Albert. Nobel Prize winning physicist. Vintage Signed Photo. A sepia candid photo of Einstein talking to another man, Signed by Einstein on the blank verso in ink "Albert Einstein". Photo is aprox 3.5 in x 5 in and verso is a blank postcard as it was fashionable in the.....
Florence Nightingale was an English social reformer, and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale came to prominence while serving as a manager and trainer of nurses during the Crimean War, in which she organised care for wounded soldiers. ALS, London, 1864. on her '115 Park Street W' stationery. To Richard.....
[Contraception] Gregory Pincus. Father of The Oral Contraceptive Pill. Bound collection of 36 rare offprints of Pincus’s scientific publications on fertility research and in vitro fertilization. 10.5 x 7.5 in. Dark red textured cloth boards. “Gregory Pincus Vol. 2 (1937-1949)” gilt on front cover. “Gregory Pincus Vol. 2” gilt on.....
Gregory Pincus. Father of The Oral Contraceptive Pill. Bound collection of 32 rare offprints of Pincus’s scientific publications on fertility research, conducted in the aftermath of the FDA approval for Enovid, the first Oral Contraceptive Pill. 10.5 x 7.5 in. Dark red textured cloth boards. “Gregory Pincus Vol. 4 (1960-1969)”.....
Gregory Pincus. Father of The Oral Contraceptive Pill. Bound collection of 54 rare offprints of Pincus’s scientific publications from his entire career, including the period when he was working to develop the first oral contraceptive pill. 10.5 x 7.5 in. Original red cloth boards. “Gregory Pincus Vol. 5 (1926-1971)” gilt.....
Suslowa [Suslova], Nadeschda. First Edition. Beitrage zur Physiologie der Lymphherzen. Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung der Doctorwurde in der Medicin, Chirurgie und Geburtshulfe vorgelegt der hohen medicinische Facultat der Universitat Zurich: Zurich, 1867. 24 pages. Original paper wrappers, with single loose leaf: “Praelectio inauguralis.” Suslova was one of seven women who pioneered medical.....
[Aerospace] Archive of eight scarce courses and technical reports relating to Jet Propulsion and Aero-Elasticity, published between 1945 and 1950, a key period in the development of these fields. Included material was published by the California Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the US Air Force, and Boeing Aircraft.....
Molecular biologist, co-discoverer of the molecular structure of DNA. Francis Crick 2 letters. One signed "Francis"; the other signed "Francis Crick". Both letters are one page TLS and dated September 22, 1977 on Salk Institute letterhead where Crick was doing his research at the time. In the first letter, Francis.....
French chemist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur Inscribed Portrait Signed. Measuring 8.75" x 11.75",1886 portrait bust by Legamey. Below the image is a facsimile signature. Pasteur has then added in his hand an inscription: "Souvenir of May 11, 1886, to Mr. Maurice Vallery-Radot / [signed] L. Pasteur." Vallery-Radot could be the.....