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Abhandlungen Zur Methode Der Kleinsten Quadrate  - 1st Edition
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Abhandlungen Zur Methode Der Kleinsten Quadrate - 1st Edition

by Gauss, Carl Friedrich

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First Edition; First Printing
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Hardcover
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Berlin: Dr. A. Börsch & Dr. P. Simon. Near Fine. 1887. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A very handsome true first edition copy in Near Fine condition, title page little loose, small bumps to the marbled boards and spine ends, otherwise in Fine condition, nice contemporary bookplate and later name inscription on front board. Overall this scarce copy presents a most outstanding collectible of this fundamental work in science; The fundamental work of Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855) , ranked with Archimedes and Newton as the greatest of Mathematicians, in defining the method of least squares, the procedure used to this day to minimize the impact of measurement error. The first compository of Gauss' individual documentation (originally published in 1809) into a separate, comprehensive volume on the subject in the original German language, translated from Latin; 8vo; 208 pages .
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Angels And Demons  - 1st Edition/1st Printing

Angels And Demons - 1st Edition/1st Printing

by Brown, Dan

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First Edition; First Printing
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Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780671027353
ISBN 10
0671027352
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New York: Pocket Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0671027352 . A beautiful, very sharp first edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust jacket, this one is SIGNED and inscribed by author Dan Brown directly on the half title page. The inscription is to radio show host John Walters of "The Front Porch", a radio program aired by the New Hampshire Public Radio, it reads "John- Thanks for having me on 'The Front Porch'. Here's hoping you find time to read this one for recreation! Dan Brown". Crisp edges. A very scarce collectible, especially in this condition; When world-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to his first assignment to a Swiss research facility to analyze a mysterious symbol, he discovers evidence of the resurgence of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati. Angels & Demons marks Langdon's first appearance. Basis for the 2009 movie starring Tom… Read More
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Farthest North
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Farthest North

by Nansen, Fridtjof

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2nd UK Edition
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London: George Newnes, Ltd.. Near Fine. 1898. 2nd UK Edition. Cloth. The second English edition following the Archibald Constable publication from a year earlier. Elaborate silver and gilt pictorial cloth binding. Little foxing, mainly to endpapers, rear endpapers of Volume II cracked, hinge a trifle weak, else Fine in alike custom cloth-slipcase; The Nobel Laureate's account of his three-year long expedition. In 1893 Fridtjof Nansen set sail for the North Pole in the Fram, a ship specially designed to be frozen into the polar ice cap, withstand its crushing pressures, and so drift North. Given up for dead, he traveled 146 miles farther north than anyone else in the past four hundred years; Vol. 1 & 2; 8vo; xvi, 480; viii, 456 pages; Not listed in Arctic Bibliography .
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Gimpel The Fool And Other Tales  - 1st Edition/1st Printing

Gimpel The Fool And Other Tales - 1st Edition/1st Printing

by Singer, Isaac Bashevis

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London: Peter Owen Limited. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1957. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A Fine first edition/first printing in turquoise boards with gilt spine in very Nearly Fine dustwrapper, slightly faded, mainly along spine with only limited chipping. An attractive copy; When Isaac Bashevis Singer won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1979, the Swedish Academy praised his "impassioned narrative art which, with roots in a Polish-Jewish cultural tradition, brings universal human conditions to life. "Gimpel The Fool" is an important source of Jewish history, focusing on the lives of simple Jews, their struggles and joys; 8vo; [8], 205, [3] pages .
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His Dark Materials Trilogy [complete With Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass] - 1st Edition/1st Printing

by Pullman, Philip

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Hardcover
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London: Scholastic. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1995-2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. The complete series in first edition/first impression in Fine to Very Fine condition in alike dust-jackets. All titles have been directly signed by Philip Pullman and show all required first impression points. Northern Lights (1995) with in first state dust-jacket with 'POINT' on the jacket spine, price of 12.99 on jacket and 7-9 Pratt Street on rear flap; Subtle Knife (1997) and The Amber Spyglass (2000) with complete printing number line. Complete with signed Alethiometer; The trilogy follows the coming of age of the two main characters, Lyra Belacqua and Will Parry, as they wander through a multiverse of parallel universes and move between many alternate worlds. Winner of numerous prizes, Northern Lights, won the Carnegie Medal for children's fiction in the UK in 1995, The Amber Spyglass won the 2001 Whitbread Book of the Year award. Pullman was awarded the Astrid Lindgren… Read More
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Jonathan Swift  - 1st Edition / 1st Printing

Jonathan Swift - 1st Edition / 1st Printing

by Rowse, A. L.

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First Edition; First Printing
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Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780684145617
ISBN 10
0684145618
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. [1975]. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0684145618 . A lovely first edition / first printing in Near Fine condition with lightly rubbed bottom edges and corners of boards and head of spine in an alike clipped dust jacket with chipped bottom and top edges, and slightly yellowed inside panels. Twenty-five B & W illustrations; (Anthony Lomas)Jonathan Swift: A Life is the biography of the 17th century author, Jonathan Swift. It is written by the historian A. L. Rowse and was published in 1986. The book covers Swift's life from his birth in 1667 to his death in 1745.; B & W Plates; 8vo ; 240 pages .
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The Man With The Golden Gun  - 1st Edition/1st Printing/1st State

The Man With The Golden Gun - 1st Edition/1st Printing/1st State

by Fleming, Ian

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Hardcover
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London: Jonathan Cape. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1965. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. A rather attractive and scarce first state of the first edition in very near fine condition, minor spotting to top edge, little bumping to tips in bright dust-jacket with minor chips to edges. Only a very limited number of first state copies (said to be less than 1,000) were made with the famous golden gun embossed on the front cover prior to the design changes for quality reasons. Gilbert A13a,1.1. In custom clamshell case with leather spine; Fleming's thirteenth and last Bond novel, followed one year later by a collection of short-stories (Octopussy and The Living Daylights). A golden bullet with "007" etched in it is received by her Majesty's Secret Service. It is believed to come from Scaramanga, hired to assassinate Bond and sent to scare his new target. Basis for the James Bond movie starring Roger Moore, and Maud Adams as Bond girl Andrea Anders, the first of… Read More
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Stuart Little - 1st Edition/1st Printing

by White, E. B.

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First Edition; First Printing
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New York: Harper & Brothers. Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 1945. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. First edition with first printing (10-5 and I-U) labeling in just about Fine condition with limited browning and soiling in Very Good-, lightly chipped first State dustjacket with the Harper & Brothers, Publishers statement on the bottom of the front flap showing original price of $2.00; Elwyn Brooks White's classic children's book about Stuart Little, the shy, philosophical little mouse with a big heart and a taste for adventure; 8vo; [x], 131, [3] pages .
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Tolstoy

Tolstoy

by Troyat, Henri; Nancy Amphoux (trans.)

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Edition
Book Club Edition
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Hardcover
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Garden City, N. Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. [1967]. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. A Book Club edition in Very Good+ condition with lightly rubbed board edges, dusty upper edge, in a Very Good dust jacket with scored front cover, chipping to upper and lower edges, especially on head and tail of spine with light foxing to interior panels. Handsomely illustrated; Tolstoy is one of the most renowned Russian writers of all time. His novels, short stories, and plays explore the human condition in all its complexity and range. In this translation, Henri Troyat shares his expert insights into the life and work of this renowned author.; Book Club Edition; B & W Illustrations and Photographs; 8vo ; 792 pages; Cross check .
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