Leipzig: Georg Thieme, 1893. 8vo. vii, 208 pp. FIRST EDITION. Original printed wrappers, probably removed from old covers, fore-edges of the exterior insignificantly chipped; with the unidentified signature of G. Futteur. Preserved in a clamshell box. First edition of this classic paper. While working in the Koch Laboratory, Behring demonstrated... More
1928-1929. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. Three separate offprints from Proceedings of the Royal Society, London. Excellent copies in their original printed wrappers. First editions of these valuable studies from the Department of Physiological Hygiene at the University of Toronto. More
London: [various], 1921-42. Twenty-two offprints. FIRST EDITIONS. Most with original printed wrappers. All stapled as issued. We are pleased to offer the following collection of original offprints by SIR WILLIAM HENRY BRAGG (1862-1942), pioneer British scientist in solid-state physics who was a joint winner (with his son Sir Lawrence Bragg)... More
London: Macmillan, 1953. 2 vols. 4to. lxiv, 1168; lxxi, [i], 1200 pp. FIRST EDITIONS. Black buckram, library label on front endpaper. The entire Volume 171 for January through June, 1953 and Volume 172 for July through December, 1953 are offered. FIRST EDITIONS. “In these two papers Watson & Crick identified... More
New York: Scribner’s Sons; Basic Books, 1994; 1988. 8vo. xiv, 317, [2]; xiii, [i], 182 pp. FIRST EDITIONS. I: Original publisher’s cloth; dust wrapper in perfect condition. Signed by the author on the title page; II: Soft cover. Signed by the author on the title page. I: First edition of... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villers, et fils, 1895. 8vo. Pages 289-405. FIRST EDITION. Original printed wrappers; a fine copy, uncut and unopened. The first printing following the author's defense of his thesis on 6 March 1895 presented to the Faculty of Science, University of Paris, for the degree of Docteur dés Sciences Physiques... More
Leipzig: J.A Barth, 1916. 8vo. 64 pp. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. Original printed wrappers on rippled paper, covers lightly toned around edges; interior clean with underlining by previous owner, Dr. Sten Lothigius of Stockholm An excellent copy. First separate appearance in print of Einstein's fundamental statement of the General theory of... More
Cambridge: at the University Press, 1938. 8vo. x, 319, [1] pp. First British edition. With 3 plates and several text illustrations. Original cloth and dust jacket in very good condition, price clipped; interior very clean. With the bookplate of Arnold Thackray. First British edition. Intended as an explanation of the... More
October 24, 1935; March 3, 1979. 163 x 216 mm.; 93 x 165 mm. 1 p. Typed postal telegraph. [IN GERMAN]. To L.M. Ettlinger, a man who had spent the majority of his fortune helping Jewish refugees find safe havens. He enlisted Albert Einstein’s help for this purpose. More
Snell was the co-recipient of the 1980 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his work on the genetics of the mouse immune system which led to a better understanding of cancer cell behavior in humans. One of the leading authorities on the genetics of "transplant reaction," his work was key in... More
London: McMillan & Co., 1896. 8vo. viii, 240 pp. FIRST EDITION. Frontispiece portrait of Stephen Hales plus 7 additional portraits. Original cloth, spine somewhat faded; from the Norman library with his bookplate; another bookplate on front paste-down presumably removed. First edition. Ramsay wrote this popular history at the request of... More
London: [n.p.], 1878-1914. List provided upon request. The Royal Institution of Great Britain was founded in 1799 and has had a long and fruitful role both in scientific research and scientific communications. Some of the scientists from the Royal Institution include Humphrey Davy and Michael Faraday in the first half... More
Washington D.C. Smithsonian Institution, 1896. Folio. [4], 43 pp. Text figures. Original printed wrappers. A very good copy. More
Wurzburg: K. Hof, 1895-96. 8vo. 10, [2], including final blank; 9 pp., plus 3 pages publisher's advertisements. FIRST EDITIONS. Original printed wrappers. First edition (fourth issue of the first paper, with the two additional pages; see Klickstein) of the first published reports on the sensational discovery of X-rays -- a.... More
