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  First Edition of John McPhee's The Deltoid Seed; Inscribed by Him

  MCPHEE, John.

  The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed.

  New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973.

  First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by the author, "For Mike Hutcheson many thanks and all the best John McPhee Bradford 1/23/89." Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

  Price: $100.00     Item Number: 2544

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  First edition of John Hutchinson's The Families of Flowering Plants

  HUTCHINSON, John.

  The Families of Flowering Plants. Arranged According to a New System Based on Their Probable Phylogeny.

  London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1926.

  First edition of Hutchinson's classic work on the classification of flowering plants. Octavo, two volumes, original cloth, with illustrations by W.E. Trevithick and the author. In very good condition. Small ownership name to each volume.

  Price: $75.00     Item Number: 137296

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  "Objective mathematical notions must be thought of as timeless entities": First Edition of Roger Penrose's The Road to Reality

  PENROSE, Roger.

  The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe.

  New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.

  First American edition of this comprehensive and sophisticated account of the physical universe and its underlying mathematical components. Octavo, original half cloth, 390 illustrations of mathematical diagrams. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson. Jacket photograph by Brenda Tharp. Author photograph by Jerry Bauer.

  Price: $75.00     Item Number: 145173

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  First Edition of Contributions to the Theory of Nonlinear Oscillations; Edited by Solomon Lefschetz

  LEFSCHETZ, Solomon; S. P. Diliberto; L. L. Rauch; F. H. Brownell; M. L. Cartwright; J. G. Wendel; C. E. Langenhop; A. B. Farnell; W. Wasow.

  Contributions to the Theory of Nonlinear Oscillations.

  Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1950.

  First edition of this collection of seven mathematical research papers on the topic of nonlinear oscillations. Medium octavo, original orange wrappers, illustrated with equations and graphs. In very good condition. Accompanied by a typed list of errata printed circa publication.

  Price: $50.00     Item Number: 147030

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  “The four most common chemically active elements in the universe—hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, and nitrogen—are the four most common elements of life on Earth. We are not simply in the universe. The universe is in us": First Edition of Neil deGrasse Tyson's Space Chronicles

  TYSON, Neil DeGrasse; edited by Avis Lang.

  Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier.

  New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 2012.

  First edition of the astrophysicist's humorously provocative scientific commentary. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chin-Yee Lai. Author photograph by Chris Cassidy.

  Price: $50.00     Item Number: 145143

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  “Not only do we live among the stars, the stars live within us:" First Edition of Neil deGrasse Tyson's Death by Black Hole

  TYSON, Neil deGrasse.

  Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries.

  New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 2007.

  First edition of this vibrant collection of essays from America's best-known astrophysicist. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Keenan. Jacket photograph by NASA. Author photograph courtesy of Dan Deitch.

  Price: $35.00     Item Number: 145179

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