Collection: All Books

Anthology of science fiction short stories, each of which pertains to a different scientific discipline, as collected and introduced by Arthur C. Clarke. Contributors include Robert A. Heinlein (mathematics), Robert Silverberg (archaeology), Isaac Asimov (physics), Jack Vance (chemistry), et al. NY: Delacorte Press, 1966. First... More

A nice first printing of the 20th century philosopher's best-known work, an incendiary attack on the scientific method. Using as his principal case study Galileo's theory of heliocentrism, Feyerabend argues that few scientific advances can be ascribed purely to empiricist methodology, and that instead an... More

Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1970. First edition. Octavo; 298pp., indexed; blue cloth, gilt spine titles, in dust jacket. Migraine is the first book by the celebrated physician, neurologist and author. After finishing his neurology residency in California, Sacks moved to the... More

First edition of this 1975 collection of non-fiction essays gathered almost exclusively from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. NY: Doubleday & Company, 1975. First edition. Octavo (5.75 x 8.5 in.); xi, 223pp.; red and brown papered boards, silver spine lettering, in dust jacket.... More

First edition of this collection of Asimov's mid-70s nonfiction essays gathered from various sources other than The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. NY: Doubleday & Company, 1977. Octavo (5.75 x 8.5 in.); xii, 248pp.; black papered boards backed with black cloth, gold spine lettering,... More

Handsome reprint of this intellectual autobiography by the German atomic scientist and winner of the 1932 Nobel Prize in Physics. NY: Harper & Row, 1971. Translated by Arnold J. Pomerans. Second printing, per number line on final leaf. Octavo (8.5 x 5.75 in.); xviii +... More

Old Greenwich, CT: Devin-Adair Company, 1981. Hardcover. 8vo. xiv+108pp. Presumed first (no statement of printing). Full tan cloth with orange spine titles. Fine in a fine, price-clipped jacket. A sharp, collectible copy of the uncommon seventh book by the noted entomologist, ornithologist, and natural philosopher.... More