1911. Einstein, Albert (1879-1955). Berichtigung zu meiner Arbeit: “Eine neue Bestimmung der Moleküldimensionen.” Offprint from Annalen der Physik 34 (1911). 591-592pp. 224 x 146 mm. Original printed wrappers, a little chipped, splint in lower spine. Light toning but very good. First Edition, Offprint Issue. Einstein’s correction to his formula for..... More about Berichtigung zu meiner Arbeit: “Eine neue Bestimmung der Moleküldimensionen.” Offprint

1923. Einstein, Albert (1879-1955) and Paul Ehrenfest (1880-1933). Zur Quantentheorie des Strahlungsgleichgewichts. Offprint from Zeitschrift für Physik 19 (1923). 301-306pp. Original printed self-wrappers. 230 x 157 mm. Light toning but very good. First Edition, Offprint Issue. In 1916, after publishing his great work on general relativity, Einstein returned to the... More about Zur Quantentheorie des Strahlungsgleichgewichts. Offprint

1908. Einstein, Albert (1879-1955) and Jakob Johann Laub (1884-1962). Über die elektromagnetischen Grundgleichungen für bewegter Körper. Offprint from Annalen der Physik, 4th series, 26 (1908). 532-540pp. 225 x 146 mm. Original printed wrappers. Fine. First Edition, Offprint Issue. Einstein’s first paper written jointly with a collaborator, on the relativistic electrodynamics..... More about Über die elektromagnetischen Grundgleichungen für bewegter Körper. Offprint

1857. Hedde, Philippe (1801-80). (1) Revendication en faveur de Vaucanson de Grenoble de l’honneur de l’invention du mécanique qui porte aujourd’hui le nom de Jacquard de Lyon. Autograph manuscript signed (“par Mr. Ph. Hedde”). 10pp., on blue paper. N.p., n.d. 1857]. 266 x 208 mm. (2) Notes complementaires au mémoire..... More about Revendication en faveur de Vaucanson de Grenoble de l’honneur de l’invention du mécanique...

1807. Rare engraved portrait of James Fraser, a well-known London bookbinder, alluding to his role as one of “The Prosecuting Masters” in a late eighteenth-century labor dispute between bookbinding masters and journeymen. It may be the only print relating to social conditions in the English bookbinding industry published during this..... More about James Fraser, aged 67. Engraved portrait by Poole after Dighton

Cambridge: MIT, 1952. [Forrester, Jay Wright (1918-2016) and Charles W. Adams.] Digital computers and their applications. Lecture-notes summer session 1952. Mimeographed typescript. [123]ff., variously numbered. Text diagrams. Cambridge: Digital Computer Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1952. 286 x 220 mm. Original printed wrappers, a bit faded, in later cloth binder... More about Digital computers and their applications. Lecture notes

National Physical Laboratory, 1948-51. Wilkinson, James Hardy. (1) Confidential. Progress report on the Automatic Computing Engine. Mimeograph typescript. [1], 127ff. 12 plates. N.p.: National Physical Laboratory, April 1948. 324 x 202 mm. Original tan printed wrappers, green cloth spine, small tear in upper portion of backstrip, corners a bit worn... More about Confidential. Progress report on the Automatic Computing Engine. WITH: Report on the pilot model...

London: The Patent Office, May 26, 1954. ENIAC. Patent specification 709,407 . . . Electronic numerical integrator and computer. 188pp. 65 diagrams (all but 1 folding). London: The Patent Office, 26 May 1954. 275 x 191 mm. Library buckram. First edition. First Printed Edition of the Patent for the the... More about Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer. Patent Specification 709,407

London: 1867. Lombe, Thomas (1685-1739). A.D. 1718. No. 422. Specification of Thomas Lombe. Engines to wind, spin, and twist silk. 5pp. London: George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1867. 266 x 173 mm. Original printed wrappers, stitched. Fore-margin a bit trimmed, marginal tear on front wrapper, traces of glue from... More about Engines to Wind, Spin, and Twist Silk. Patent No. 422 (1718

1953. Watson, James D. (1928- ) and Francis H. C. Crick (1916-2004). Molecular structure of nucleic acids. A structure for deoxyribose nucleic acid. With: Wilkins, Maurice (1916-2004); A. R. Stokes; H. R. Wilson. Molecular structure of deoxypentose nucleic acids. With: Franklin, Rosalind (1920-58) and R. G. Gosling. Molecular configuration in... More about Molecular structure of nucleic acids + related papers. In Nature 171

Halle: Carl Marhold, 1909. Magnus-Levy, Adolf (1865-1955). Das Koma diabeticum und seine Behandlung. 54, [10, adverts.]pp. Halle: Carl Marhold, 1909. 233 x 151 mm. (unopened). Without wrappers. Light spotting but very good. First Edition. Magnus-Levy pioneered the study of human metabolism and its relation to such diseases as diabetes, goiter... More about Das Koma diabeticum und seine Behandlung. G-M 3963

Berlin: Springer, 1926. Pick, Ludwig (1868-1935). Der Morbus Gaucher und die ihm ähnlichen Erkrankungen. Offprint from Ergebnisse der inneren Medizin und Kinderheilkunde 29 (1926). 519-627pp. Text illustrations. 247 x 166 mm. Original buff printed wrappers, spine chipped, light soiling. Upper corners a bit creased but very good. Presentation Copy, with... More about Der Morbus Gaucher und die ihm ählichen Erkrankungen. Offprint. Pres. copy

Paris: Bachelier, 1835. Quetelet, Lambert Adolphe Jacques (1796-1874). Sur l’homme et le développement de ses facultés, ou essai de physique sociale . . . 2 volumes in 1, 8vo. [4], xii, 327; [4], viii, 327pp. 5 (of 6) plates; lacking Plate 1. Paris: Bachelier, 1835. 202 x 127 mm. Quarter... More about Sur l'homme et le developpement des ses facultes. 2 vols. in 1. First plate in photocopy