Berlin [Ann Arbor]: Julius Springer [J. W. Edwards], 1945. [Shannon, Claude E. (1916-2001).] Alexandrov, Pavel (1896-1982); Heinz Hopf (1894-1971). Topologie. xiii, 636, [2]pp. Berlin: Julius Springer, 1935 [i.e., Ann Arbor, MI: J. W. Edwards, 1945]. Original cloth, slight edgewear. Very good. From the library of Claude E. Shannon, with his..... More
1867. Broca, Paul (1824-80). A.L.s. to an unidentified colleague ("Cher et savant confrere"), dated 15 Feb. 1867. 3pp. 128 x 102 mm. Creased horizontally, mounted. Accompanied by a halftone reproduction of a photographic portrait of Broca. Correcting a misunderstanding that had arisen during a conversation about Broca's Traite des tumeurs..... More
London: W. Richardson, 1794. Engraved portrait by Thomas Trotter (1750-1803) after Robert White (1645-1703) of Peter Chamberlen the third (1601-83), physician and member of the famous family that developed the obstetrical forceps. Peter Chamberlen the third was the nephew of Peter Chamberlen the Elder (1560-1631), who is credited with inventing..... More
Brussels: Erik Speeckaert, 1989. More
1932. Dirac, Paul A. M. (1902-84). (1) Relativistic quantum mechanics. Offprint from Proceedings of the Royal Society, A, 136 (1932). 453-464pp. 254 x 177 mm. Original printed wrappers, a bit dust-soiled, vertical creasing. Very good. (2) (with Vladimir Fock [1898-1974] and Boris Podolsky [1896-1966]) On quantum electrodynamics. Offprint from Physikalische..... More
1937-38. Dirac, Paul A. M. (1902-84). (1) The cosmological constants. Offprint from Nature 139 (1937). Single sheet. [2]pp. 215 x 134 mm. Corners a bit creased, light toning but very good. From the library of H. A. Kramers (1894-1952), with his stamp on the first page. (2) A new basis..... More
1935-36. Dirac, Paul A. M. (1902-84). (1) The electron wave equation in De-Sitter space. Offprint from Annals of Mathematics 36 (1935). 657-669pp. 256 x 176 mm. Original printed wrappers, slightly sunned. (2) Wave equations in conformal space. Offprint from Annals of Mathematics 37 (1936). 429-442pp. 255 x 175 mm. Original..... More
1938. Dirac, Paul A. M. (1902-84). Classical theory of radiating electrons. Offprint from Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, A, 167 (August 1938). 148-169pp. 257 x 172 mm. Original printed wrappers, vertically creased, slight soiling. Very good. From the library of physicist Gregor Wentzel (1898-1978), with his name in..... More
1938. Dirac, Paul A. M. (1902-84). Classical theory of radiating electrons. Offprint from Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, A, 167 (1938). 148-169pp. 257 x 172 mm. Original printed wrappers, slightly stained. Very good. From the library of H. A. Kramers (1894-1952), with his stamp on the front wrapper..... More
1937. Dirac, Paul A. M. (1902-84). Complex variables in quantum mechanics. Offprint from Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 160 (1937). 48-59pp. 256 x 179 mm. Original printed wrappers, slightly creased. Very good. From the library of H. A. Kramers (1894-1952), with his stamp on the front wrapper. First..... More
1927. Dirac, Paul A. M. (1902-84). The Compton effect in wave mechanics. Offprint from Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 23 (1927). 500-507pp. 219 x 142 mm. Original printed wrappers, one corner slightly bent. Very good. First Edition, Offprint Issue. Dirac’s treatment of the Compton effect using wave mechanics. “With..... More
Rome: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, 1974. Dirac, Paul A. M. (1902-84). The development of quantum mechanics. Offprint from Contributi del Centro Linceo Interdisciplinare di Scienze Mathematiche e loro Applicazioni, no. 4 (1974). 11pp. 270 x 185 mm. Original printed wrappers. Very good. First Edition, Offprint Issue. From the library of..... More
1926. Dirac, Paul (1902-84). The elimination of the nodes in quantum mechanics. Offprint from Proceedings of the Royal Society A111 (1926). 281-305pp. 252 x 180 mm. Original printed wrappers, some marginal dust-soiling. Very good. First Edition, Offprint Issue. A continuation of Dirac’s work on the hydrogen atom, in which he..... More
Princeton: Institute for Advanced Study, 1946. Dirac, Paul A. M. (1902-84). Lectures on quantum electrodynamics . . . Fall, 1946. Notes taken by S. Kusaka. Mimeograph typescript. [2], 57ff. Princeton, NJ: Institute for Advanced Study, 1946. 282 x 220 mm. In light cardboard binder with metal fastenings, slightly worn. Very..... More
1930. Dirac, Paul A. M. (1902-84). Note on the interpretation of the density matrix in the many-electron problem. Offprint from Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 27 (1931). 240-243pp. Bifolium; without wrappers as issued. Creased vertically but very good. First Edition, Offprint Issue. In this paper Dirac developed methods of..... More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1930. Dirac, Paul A. M. (1902-84). The principles of quantum mechanics. x, 257, [1]pp. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1930. 237 x 156 mm. Original cloth, dust-jacket (minor wear and chipping). Very fine copy. From the library of British applied mathematician Louis Melville Milne-Thomson (1891-1974), with his signature on..... More
1943. Dirac, Paul A. M. (1903-84). Quantum electrodynamics. Communications of the Dublin Institute for Advanced Sciences, series A, no. 1. Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1943. [2], 36pp. 257 x 183 mm. Original printed wrappers, slight wear. Very good. First Edition. A continuation of Dirac’s 1939 theory of the..... More
1926. Dirac, Paul A. M. (1902-84). Relativity quantum mechanics with an application to Compton scattering. Offprint from Proceedings of the Royal Society A111 (1926). 405-423pp. 252 x 178 mm. Original printed wrappers, slightly sunned. Very good. Sheet with ink notations and pencil equations laid in. First Edition, Offprint Issue. The..... More
Leipzig: S. Hirzel, 1928. Dirac, Paul A. M. (1902-84). Zur Quantentheorie des Elektrons. Offprint from H. Falkenhagen, ed., Leipziger Forträge 1928: Quantentheorie und Chemie (Leipzig: S. Hirzel, 1928). 85-96pp. 224 x 148 mm. Without wrappers as issued. Tiny marginal tear in first leaf, but very good. First Edition, Offprint Issue..... More
1941. Dirac, Paul A. M. (1902-84); Rudolf Peierls (1907-95); Maurice H. L. Pryce (1913-2003). On Lorentz invariance in the quantum theory. Offprint from Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 38 (1941). 193-200 pp. 257 x 180 mm. Without wrappers as issued. Vertically creased, light toning but very good. First Edition..... More
Jena: Fischer, 1903. More
Jena: Gustav Fischer, 1914. First edition. Original Wraps. viii, 668pp. Frontispiece portrait. 257 x 173 mm. Original orange printed wrappers. Fine copy, uncut and unopened, of this festschrift prepared for Ehrlich's 60th birthday, which covers all the major areas of Ehrlich's research. Included is a bibliography of Ehrlich's writings to..... More
Berlin: Hirschwald, 1891. iv, [2], 137pp. Half cloth, mottled boards ca. 1891, spine a bit faded, light wear at extremities. 212 x 141 mm. Very good. More
Berlin: August Hirschwald, 1904. xii, 776pp. Text illustrations. 235 x 160 mm. Half morocco, cloth boards, light wear and rubbing, minor toning. Very good. "Reprints Ehrlich’s writings on immunology to date, as well as three papers by Kyes" (Garrison-Morton.com). More
London: Rebman, 1911. xv, 181pp. plus 1 leaf adverts. 5 plates, 2 folding tables; text illustrations. 249 x 155 mm. Original cloth, spine a bit faded, slight edgewear but very good. "After many experiments on the action of synthetic drugs upon spirochetal diseases, Ehrlich and Hata in 1909 discovered Arsphenamine..... More