The Quadrupeds of North America
Audubon, 1849. first octavo edition. softcover. First octavo edition, in original wrappers. This is vol. 10 only. With 5 colored plates. In very good condition, rear cover almost separated from spine.
Science
We Seven
Easton Press, 1997. signed limited. hardcover. SIGNED limited edition, #2307 of 3000. Signed by three astronauts. Comes with 3 certificates of authenticity printed by and from Easton Press. Book fine.
The Origin of Species
London: John Murray, 1869. 5th. Fifth edition, tenth thousand, as stated on title page and copyright page. Book very good, repair at front and rear gutters. Page 29/30 missing. Comes with custom-made slipcase.
The Descent of Man
John Murray, 1881. 2nd. hardcover. Second edition, 1881. Book very good, gutters somewhat cracking, foxing mainly in front and back.
The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals
D. Appleton and Co, 1873. first. hardcover. First US edition, 1873 stated on title page. Book very good, former owner's bookplate attached to front paste-down, gutters have been repaired but still cracked.
A Naturalist's Voyage
1882. 15th thousand. 15th thousand edition. Book very good, paper tape to gutter of 1st and 2nd front free end papers, some foxing mostly to front and rear papers, former owner's name and date on 2nd front free end paper, some bubbling to verso of front free end paper.
The Origin of Species
London, UK: John Murray, 1875. 6th. hardcover. Sixth edition, Fifteenth Thousand. Book very good, cracking along front and rear gutters, some wear, previous owner's name on half-title and title page. Housed in provided fold-out case.
The Origin of Species
London: John Murray, 1888. 6th. hardcover. 6th edition, with additions and corrections to 1872. Book very good. Comes in custom-made slipcase.
The Origin of Species
London: Murray, 1885. 6th. 6th Edition, 28th Thousand, very good in original cloth.
The Origin of Species
D. Appleton and Co, 1860. first. hardcover. First US edition, second state (three reviews). Book very good, some bubbles on front cover, some wear on spine ends, foxing throughout, a couple of handwritten names by same former owner. Housed in a custom-made slipcase.
The Origin of Species
London: Murray, 1891. Sixth. hardcover. A beautiful near fine copy, with bright gold lettering and decoration on the spine. Appears unread. Some offsetting on the endpapers. Forty-first thousand.
The Origin of Species
London: Murray, 1860. Second. hardcover. The second edition in original cloth, very good but for moisture stain in top corner of front endpapers. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Second edition, second issue (with "fifth thousand" on title page), one of only 3000 copies and yet the largest printing of.....
The Origin of Species
London: John Murray, 1888. 6th edition. hardcover. 6th edition, with additions and corrections to 1872 (thirty-third thousand). Book very good, wear to corners and spine ends, cracking to front and rear gutter, some foxing to front and rear pages, handwritten name and date on 2nd front free end paper.
The Origin of Species
London: John Murray, 1892. 6th. hardcover. 6th edition, as stated on title page. Book very good, minor rubbing along edges, minor wear to spine ends. Housed in custom-made slipcase.
The Selfish Gene
Oxford: Oxford, 1976. First. A fine first edition in a fine dust jacket, price clipped. 1976 on the title page and no mention of later printings on the copyright page.
The Meaning of Relativity
Princeton University Press, 1923. first. hardcover. First edition with 1923 stated on title page. Book in very good condition, minor rubbing at corners and spine ends, rear end paper detached from binding but not loose and is attached to rear paste-down along gutter with small tear at bottom of paper.....
Out of My Later Years
Philosophical Library, 1950. hardcover. Collected essays by Albert Einstein, 2nd volume, covers 1934-1950. Book very good.
Yosemite The Big trees and the High Sierra
University of California Press, 1948. first. hardcover. First edition, 1948 stated on title and copyright page. Book near fine, very slight rubbing to corners and spine ends, former owner's bookplate attached to front paste-down. Dust jacket good, piece missing on spine, big tear to front panel going to front flap.....
The Interpretation of Dreams
London: George Allen, 1913. First. hardcover. A near fine first UK edition, first edition in English. Housed in a custom-made slipcase.
The Interpretation of Dreams
New York: MacMillan, 1913. First. hardcover. A very good first American edition. 1913 on the title page and no mention of later printings on the copyright page.
Lettere Copernicane
unaluna, 1999. limited. hardcover. Leather bound, one of 1,400 limited copies, in Italian. This edition includes the collection of letters for Benedetto Castelli, Piero Dini and Cristina di Lorena, and other documents annotated and chosen by Giorgio Stabile. The Lettere Copernicane (1612-1615) describe the relationship between science and faith. Thin.....
Lost Moon
Houghton Mifflin, 1994. 3rd printing. hardcover. SIGNED third printing, with number line from 10-3 on copyright page. Book and dust jacket fine.
The Wilderness World of John Muir
Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin, 1954. First. hardcover. Near fine first edition in a very good dust jacket with some tape on inside of jacket not visible from the outside. Former owner's name on front free end paper.
The World of Mathematics, Four Volumes
Simon & Schuster, 1956. 9th printing. 9th printing. All 4 volumes in fine condition.
The Island of the Colorblind
New York: Knopf, 1997. Advance review copy. softcover. A fine signed advance review copy, still sealed in publisher's shrink-wrap. In publisher's slipcase.