Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. "To commemorate the 300th anniversary of the publication of Isaac Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, Stephen Hawking and Werner Israel assembled a series of unique review papers... More about THREE HUNDRED YEARS OF GRAVITATION
Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. "The Tang dynasty is often called China’s 'golden age,' a period of commercial, religious, and cultural connections from Korea and Japan to..... More about CHINA'S COSMOPOLITAN EMPIRE: The Tang Dynasty
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007. Trade paperback. Tall octavo. Original gold paper wrappers. An unread copy, with some mild wear to the extremities. Better than very good. More about OPERA IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY VENICE: The Creation of a Genre
Berkeley: Oyez, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. This is number 60 of 250 copies signed by the author, with the prospectus laid in. A powerful narrative poem exploring the archetypal syzygy of the sexual act. Situated... More about RIVER-ROOT: A Syzygy for the Bicentennial of These States
Dublin: Printed for S. Price, [et al], 1779. First Edition. Hardcover. Having served in a Massachusetts regiment during the French and Indian Wars, Carver was sent in 1766 by Robert Rogers, then governor of Mackinac... More about TRAVELS THROUGH THE INTERIOR PARTS OF NORTH-AMERICA, IN THE YEARS 1766, 1767, AND 1768
Jefferson, North Carolina and London: McFarland, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. From the library of Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner, accompanied by a letter of provenance from the Hugh M. Hefner Foundation. "The most complete reference... More about DARK CITY: The Film Noir
Jefferson, North Carolina and London: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. From the library of Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner, accompanied by a letter of provenance from the Hugh M. Hefner Foundation. Octavo... More about THE SOUNDIES DISTRIBUTING CORPORATION OF AMERICA: A History and Filmography of Their...
Jefferson, North Carolina and London: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. From the library of Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner, accompanied by a letter of provenance from the Hugh M. Hefner Foundation. "Monogram... More about THE MONOGRAM CHECKLIST: The Films of Monogram Pictures Corporation, 1931-1952
Jefferson, North Carolina and London: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. From the library of Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner, accompanied by a letter of provenance from the Hugh M. Hefner Foundation. Definitive... More about CHARLIE CHAN AT THE MOVIES: History, Filmography, and Criticism
Portland: Oregon Historical Society, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. This is No. 46 of 150 copies signed by the editor, Edmund Hayes, and the illustrator, Hewitt R. Jackson, on the half-title. "John Boit first visited the... More about LOG OF THE UNION: John Boit's Remarkable Voyage to the Northwest Coast and Around the World,...
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1933. Hardcover. Limited to 500 copies. "This book consists of sketches of life in old Oregon, most concerning the Indians, with incidental information on the fur trade. At one time... More about TRAITS OF AMERICAN INDIAN LIFE & CHARACTER
Seattle: Superior Publishing Company, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited to 250 copies signed by the author. Pictorial biography of Elizabeth Bacon Custer (1842-1933). In the aftermath of her husband's death at the Battle of Little... More about GENERAL CUSTER'S LIBBIE
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. Trade paperback. Octavo. Original glossy paper wrappers. Ink initials to the front flyleaf. Some general mild wear; otherwise very good. More about ALL THE MATHEMATICS YOU MISSED: But Need to Know for Graduate School
Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press, 1980. Trade paperback. Second Revised Edition, with an English translation by J.L. Austin, M.A. Octavo. Original glossy paper wrappers. A fine copy. More about THE FOUNDATIONS OF ARITHMETIC: A logico-mathematical enquiry into the concept of number
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. "The greatest challenge in fundamental physics attempts to reconcile quantum mechanics and general relativity in a theory of 'quantum gravity.' The project suggests a profound revision of... More about PHYSICS MEETS PHILOSOPHY AT THE PLANCK SCALE: Contemporary Theories in Quantum Gravity
Singapore: World Scientific, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. "Extra dimensions - beyond space and time - are the best methods for unifying gravity with particle physics. The basic extension is to five dimensions (5D), as in... More about FIVE-DIMENSIONAL PHYSICS: Classical and Quantum Consequences of Kaluza-Klein Cosmology
Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1992. Trade paperback. Octavo. Original tan paper wrappers. A fine copy. More about THE EMPEROR IN THE ROMAN WORLD
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. "This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to modern cosmology, at a level suitable for advanced undergraduates and graduate students. The essential concepts and key equations used by... More about COSMOLOGICAL PHYSICS
Singapore: Springer, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. "...contains a series of important subjects such as stellar structure and evolution, stellar oscillation and stellar atmosphere. This text is divided into four parts. The first part gives a.... More about STELLAR ASTROPHYSICS
New York: Springer, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. This book presents the Riemann Hypothesis, connected problems, and a taste of the body of theory developed towards its solution. CMS Books in Mathematics. Octavo. Original printed boards;... More about THE RIEMANN HYPOTHESIS: A Resource for the Afficionado and Virtuoso Alike
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. Hardcover. Reprint. "This volume deals with four non-Chinese regimes: the Khitan dynasty of Liao; the Tangut state of Hsi Hsia; the Jurchen empire of Chin; and the Mongolian Yuan dynasty... More about THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF CHINA, Volume 6: Alien Regimes and Border States, 907-1368
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Hardcover. The complete six volume set: The Formation of the Islamic World, Sixth to Eleventh Centuries; The Western Islamic World, Eleventh to Eighteenth Centuries; The Eastern Islamic World, Eleventh to... More about THE NEW CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF ISLAM
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1992. Hardcover. Collector's Edition. This volume contains the complete screenplay as well as a behind-the-scenes look at how the Oscar-winning movie was made, by one of its writers, Howard Koch... More about CASABLANCA: Script and Legend
Berkeley, California: Howell-North Books, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Presentation copy, inscribed by Wurm to fellow railroad historian Hank Johnston on the half-title. "The story of the uniquely equipped railroad that serviced the camps, dams, tunnels... More about HETCH HETCHY AND ITS DAM RAILROAD
Los Angeles and Palo Alto: Dawson's Book Shop and William P. Wreden, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited to 300 copies. A comprehensive sequel to Francis P. Farquhar's Yosemite, the Big Trees and the High Sierra... More about BIBLIOGRAPHY OF YOSEMITE, THE CENTRAL AND THE SOUTHERN HIGH SIERRA, AND THE BIG TREES, 1839-1900