Cincinnati: Morgan, Lodge and Fisher, 1826. First Edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo. [i-v], vi-vii, [viii-xiii], 14-163 pages. The first formal exposition of the Hollow Earth theory of John Cleves Symmes, Jr. by one of his acolytes. Supposes the Earth is composed of concentric habitable spheres which are open at the poles and..... More
Clarksburg, WV: Saucerian Books, (1970). First Edition. Cloth hardcover. Octavo. 151 pages. First book to deal with the mysterious "Mothman" sightings and their possible connection to the 1967 collapse of the Silver Bridge in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. A cornerstone book of American UFO-ology. More
Amstelodami [Amsterdam]: Viduam Sebastiani, & Christianum Petzoldum, 1710. Second edition. Vellum. Duodecimo. [xvi], 296, [8] pages. Dr. Johannes Bohn was a noted 17th century German physician, professor of medicine, and pioneer in forensic science. He introduced the policy of thorough autopsies of the deceased. Bohn's specialty was the investigation of..... More
New York: Huntington and Savage, 1835. New Edition. 1 plate, 7 colored maps. Printed thin boards. Folio (14 3/8" x 16 1/2" ). Not paginated. Originally published in 1833, this is the second edition of Burritt's famous star atlas. The sky maps inside show the visible stars their locations by..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1962. First Edition. Drawings by Lois and Louis Darling. Hardcover. Octavo. (xvi), 368 pages. Carson was inspired to research and write this landmark work when people noticed an absence of birds in farming areas of Massachusetts. "Silent Spring" exposed the environmental and health dangers of indiscriminate..... More
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1867. Large fold-out maps. Original cloth over boards. Octavo. 37 pages, 14 fold-out maps. Fascinating report on various proposed ship canals and railroad routes across the isthmuses of Central America. The various advantages, disadvantages, and particular complications of various routes are discussed in the 37-page report..... More
New York: P. S. Wynkoop & Son Publishers, 1868. First Edition. Cloth over boards. Octavo. [i-iii], iv-v, [vi-vii], viii, [9], 10-91 pages. Fascinating theory of matter and the universe in which gaseous matter is expelled by the sun, condenses into liquid in space, forms comets with tails which are drawn..... More
New York: Independent Book Associates, (1945). First printing. Black and white photographic illustrations. Pictorial wraps. Quarto. 32 pages. Scarce and hastily produced booklet published shortly after the atomic bombings of Japan in 1945. It provides a brief history of the development of nuclear physics and the Manhattan Project, as well..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1964. First edition. 3 black and white plates. Cloth over boards. Octavo. [vi], 392 pages. Marx's first book. A fascinating study of the tension between the traditional view of America as a rural paradise and the view of America as an urban, industrialized nation that..... More
London: Printed for L. Davis and C. Reymers, Printers for the Royal Society, 1769. Folding plates. Paper over boards with leather spine. Octavo. xii, 382, [2] pages. First publication of Mason and Dixon’s landmark geodetic paper: “Observations for Determining the Length of a Degree of Latitude, in the Provinces of..... More
New York: Atheneum, 1968. First printing. Cloth over boards. Octavo. xvi, [1-2], 3-226 [227-237] pages. Inscribed and signed by Watson on preliminary blank leaf. Here is Watson's story of his work with Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins--the three merging data from chemistry, physics, and biology--to solve the molecular structure of..... More