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Opera Philosophica (Principia Philosophiae; Specimina Philosophiae; Passiones Animae)
by Descartes, René
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1656
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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New York, New York, USA
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$4,000.00
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Amsterdam: Ludovicum & Danielem Elzevirios, 1656 Third edition. Contemporary brown calf with sides ruled in blind, four raised bands to spine, and red leather label lettered in gilt to spine. Very good, with light wear and chipping to calf on joints and edges, rebacked, 19th century inscriptions to front fly leaf and half-title page, biographical clippings affixed to front endpapers,… Read more about this item Item Price
$4,000.00
Man for Himself: An Inquiry into the Psychology of Ethics
by Fromm, Erich
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Edition
- First Edition
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- 1947
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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New York, New York, USA
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$2,250.00
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New York: Rinehart and Company, 1947 First edition, first printing, with "R" in a circle on copyright page. Inscribed by Fromm on front free endpaper: "With cordial regards / from / E Fromm." Publisher's blue cloth, with titles stamped in silver foil to spine; in its original gray dust jacket, printed in darker gray, white, and red. Near fine book,… Read more about this item Item Price
$2,250.00
On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for Life
by Darwin, Charles
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- Used - Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1860
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- Hardcover
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New York, New York, USA
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$9,500.00
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London: John Murray, 1860 Second edition, second issue (with "fifth thousand" on title page), one of only 3000 copies and yet the largest printing of any edition or issue in Darwin's lifetime, and the last English edition to contain the whale-bear story. Folding lithographed plate, 32pp. of publisher's advertisements at rear. Original publisher's green cloth, covers stamped in blind, gilt… Read more about this item Item Price
$9,500.00
Archive of Letters
by [Schlüdi, Dr. Harry]
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 1958
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New York, New York, USA
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$500.00
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1958 February 3, 1958 - June 4, 1958. From German nuclear physicist Dr. Harry Schlüdi to Gerda Ellington: 13 ALS with original envelopes. Included with the group is a 1958 International Banking Holidays booklet, 3 small AL written in German, and 1 tiny notecard signed "Happy Xmas / Harry." Near fine collection with usual creasing to letters, light wear and… Read more about this item Item Price
$500.00
Aeronautics Aircraft Spotters Handbook [Feller's Personal Copy]
by [Feller, Bob]; Guthman, L. C. (Editor)
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1943
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- Paperback
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- 1
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New York, New York, USA
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$750.00
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New York: National Aeronautics Council, 1943 Seventh edition. Signed on title page by Bob Feller with Feller Library stamped above. Publishers pictorial wrappers with planes and globe illustration to front panel, titles in white and red. Very good book with light wear to spine and edges, a tiny hole to front wrapper, a touch of soiling to rear wrapper, some… Read more about this item Item Price
$750.00
The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals.
by Darwin, Charles
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1872
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- Hardcover
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New York, New York, USA
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$1,250.00
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London: John Murray, 1872 First edition, second issue with "htat" misprint on the first line of page 208. One of 7000 copies. Publisher's green cloth with decorative borders in blind to front and rear boards, titles and decorations in gilt to spine, green endpapers, seven Heliotype Plates numbered in Arabic. Very good or better with light wear to spine hinges… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,250.00
Albert Einstein: A Biographical Portrait.
by Reiser, Anton. [Einstein, Albert]
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1930
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- Hardcover
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New York, New York, USA
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$10,000.00
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New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1930 First edition, second printing. Presentation copy; signed and inscribed by Albert Einstein in full to the front endpaper: "For Mrs. Kahn/ Albert Einstein/ Pasadena 1931." Original publisher's red cloth, front board lettered in black and ruled in gilt, spine lettered in gilt and black. About very good copy; spine faded, upper spine worn… Read more about this item Item Price
$10,000.00
The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication
by Darwin, Charles
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1868
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- Hardcover
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New York, New York, USA
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$2,250.00
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London: John Murray, 1868 Two volumes. First edition, first issue. One of 1500 copies. Bound in three-quarter contemporary brown calf over red marbled boards, spines lettered and decorated in gilt, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers. A very good set with some wear and rubbing along edges and spines, former owner bookplate to front pastedowns, some foxing to the first… Read more about this item Item Price
$2,250.00
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Exercitatio anatomica de cordis et sanguinis motu. Cum praefatione Zachariae Sylvii Medici Roterodamensis. Accessit Differtatio de Corde Doct. Jacobi de Back, Urbis Roterodami Medici Ordinarii
by Harvey, William
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1648
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- Hardcover
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New York, New York, USA
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$10,000.00
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Rotterdam: Arnold Leers, 1648 12mo. Fourth edition. With additional engraved title page and 2 full-page engraved illustrations. Contemporary speckled brown calf, double ruled in blind to covers, horizontal rules in blind and paper library labels to spine, red speckled edges. Very good, with shallow chipping to bottom of spine, light wear to hinges and corners, sound binding with strong hinges,… Read more about this item Item Price
$10,000.00
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Account of a New Hygrometer
by Deluc, Jean Andre
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1774
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- Paperback
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New York, New York, USA
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$2,000.00
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London: Printed By W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, 1774 Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to noted British astronomer and mathematician Thomas Hornsby to front pastedown: "Pour Mons. Hornsby de la part d l'Auteur". Small 4to. [2], 57, [1] pp. First separate edition, originally published in the periodical Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society in the previous year. Containing one… Read more about this item Item Price
$2,000.00