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Berlin: Julius Springer, 1924. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition. Four papers by Max Born, "Uber Quantenmechnik" (On Quantum Mechanics), extracted from Zeitschrift fĂĽr Physik, Band 26, No. 6, pp. 379-395. Bound without wraps, though with title page. Verso of title page with pasted labels from Band 37, 38, 40, corresponding to the other three papers by Born in the volume being offered, plus a label with the ink ownership stamp of the German Physicist Otto Weiner, (1862-1927). Wiener is known for the experimental proof of standing light waves. In 1890 he succeeded in determining the wavelength of light. [Bound with] "Zur Quantenmechanik der Stossvorgange" (Quantem Mechanics of Collision), extracted from Zeitschrift fur Physik 37, pp.863-867, 1926. [And] "Quantenmechanik der Stossvorgange", extracted from Zeitschrift fur Physik 38, pp.803-827, 1926. [And] "Das Adiabatenprinzip in der Quantenmechanik" (The Adiabatic Principle in Quantum Mechanics), extracted from Zeitschrift fur Physik 40,…
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Uber Quantenmechnik (On Quantum Mechanics) [Bound with:] Zur Quantenmechanik der Stossvorgange (Quantem Mechanics of Collision), Quantenmechanik der Stossvorgange [and] Das Adiabatenprinzip in der Quantenmechanik (The Adiabatic Principle in Quantum Mechanics)
by Born, Max; [Otto Weiner]
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Uber Quantenmechnik (On Quantum Mechanics) [in] Zeitschrift fĂĽr Physik
by Born, Max
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Berlin: Julius Springer, 1924. First Edition. Very Good. First edition of a paper by Max Born, "Uber Quantenmechnik" (On Quantum Mechanics), in entire issue of Zeitschrift fĂĽr Physik, Band 26, No. 6, pp. 343-401. Born's paper is on pp. 379-395. Bound in publisher's original wrappers, with new spine. Ink stamp to front cover and pages toned.
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Uber quantentheorestische Umdeutung kinematischer und mechanischer Beziehungen; Zur Quantenmechanik; Zur Quantenmechanik II [in] Zeitschrift fĂĽr Physik. Vols. 33, 34 & 35
by Born, Max; Heisenberg, Werner; Jordan, Pasqual
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Berlin: Julius Springer, 1925. First Edition. Very Good. 1925-26. First edition. Three extremely influential papers marking the theoretical foundation for modern quantum mechanics and defining the discipline: "Uber quantentheorestische Umdeutung kinematischer und mechanischer Beziehungen" by Werner Heisenberg; "Zur Quantenmechanik" by Max Born and Pasqual Jordan; and "Zur Quantenmechanik II" by Born, Heisenberg and Jordan. In Zeitschrift fur Physik, Vols. 33, total pp.879-950 (Heisenberg paper pp. 879-893); Vol. 34, total pp. 795-953, lean to spine; (Born, Jordan paper 858-888); Vol. 35, total pages pp. 557-722; (Born, Heisenberg, Jordan pp 557-615). In publisher's original wrappers with new spines, ink stamp to top right of front wrappers, minor creasing and soiling to wraps. Heisenberg received the Nobel Prize for physics in 1932 for his establishment of quantum mechanics.
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Ubik
by Dick, Philip K.
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New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition stated, first printing. Very Good, with reading crease to spine, light touches of rubbing to cloth at tips, offsetting to gutters at front and rear end sheets. In a Very Good dust jacket with price of $4.50 intact, light toning and light rubbing, flap folds lightly worn. A lovely copy of the first trade edition.
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Ubu Roi
by Jarry, Alfred
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Paris: Mercure de France, 1896. First Edition. Very Good. First edition of the play which opened the door for Dadaism, Surrealism and the Theatre of the Absurd. In contemporary marbled paper boards over vellum spine with titles neatly hand-painted in red and black; with original front and rear wraps bound in. Very Good with rubbing to the binding, contents toned, small abrasion to the front pastedown, chipping to gutter of title page.
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Ukridge
by Wodehouse, P. G.
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London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1924. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original green cloth stamped in darker green. Very Good or better with foxing to spine, light mottling to cloth at bottom edges of covers. Pages tanned and with foxing to textblock edges, preliminary and terminal sheets, small bookseller ticket to rear pastedown. In a Nvery Good dust jacket with publisher's correct price of 3/6 at the foot of the spine; lightly soiled and edge worn, with foxing and tanning to the blindside and with a crease to the rear flap. Rare in the dust jacket, unrestored and entirely in original condition.
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The Ultimate Evil: An Investigation into America's Most Dangerous Satanic Cult
by Terry, Maury
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New York: Dolphin Books / Doubleday, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. xiii, [1], 512 pp. Publisher's cloth and paper-covered boards, spine lettered in gilt.Near Fine with slightly foxed edges in Very Good dust jacket with light edge wear. A controversial investigatory book linking the Son of Sam murders with Charles Manson and a nationwide network of clandestine satanic groups including the Process Church. This year Maury Terry's story was dramatized in the Netflix documentary Sons of Sam.
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The Ultimate Evil: An Investigation into America's Most Dangerous Satanic Cult
by Terry, Maury
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New York: Dolphin Books / Doubleday, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+/Very Good. First edition. Signed by Maury Terry on the half title with an early inscription to the former owner, dated 5/18/88. xiii, [1], 512 pp. Publisher's red cloth and black paper-covered boards, spine lettered in gilt. Good+, slightly scuffed and soiled boards, faint tidemark to bottom of pages at beginning of book and slight wrinkling to bottom edge of first half of book. In Very Good dust jacket, wear and a few short tears to edges, dampstain to verso of foot. Rare signed. A controversial investigatory book linking the Son of Sam murders with Charles Manson and a nationwide network of clandestine satanic groups including the Process Church. This year Maury Terry's story was dramatized in the Netflix documentary Sons of Sam.
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Ultimo: An Imaginative Narrative of Life Under the Earth
by Vassos, John; Vassos, Ruth
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New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1930. First Trade Edition. Fine/Near Fine. First edition, trade issue with plain binding. Unpaginated. Blue cloth with black lettering. Fine in Near Fine original dust jacket, spine slightly sunned and rubbed along edges. An attractive, very clean copy. Dystopian phobia-inspired science-fiction by distinguished industrial designer John Vassos about human inhabitation of the inner earth, outer space, and the sky in the face of environmental collapse.
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Ulysses
by Joyce, James
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London: The Egoist Press, 1922. First British edition. First British edition. (Published by John Rodker in London, October of 1922, following the Paris printing in February the same year. Technically printed in France, but for British private distribution.) [vi], 732 pp. Bound in publisher's printed wraps, on handmade paper. Copy #275 in a limitation of 2000. Near Fine with the fragile wraps in truly excellent shape; very rarely found unsophisticated with such little wear, especially on the spine, which typically has much, much more chipping and wear; no restoration done to it. Typical toning to contents, bump to bottom right corner with a hint of creasing. A literary milestone in wonderful shape.
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Ulysses
by Joyce, James
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New York: Random House, 1934. First American Edition. Near Fine. First American edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's oatmeal cloth lettered in black and red, lacking the dust jacket. [xvii], 768pp. Near Fine with cloth slightly rubbed, light soiling at edges. Contents lightly toned, overall bright and fresh. A clean copy of Joyce's masterwork.
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Ulysses
by Joyce, James
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Paris: Shakespeare and Company, 1926. Hardcover. Very Good. Eighth printing, and the first to have the type entirely re-set. Bound without wraps in mid-twentieth century cloth, utilizing the title from original front cover to title the spine; cloth lightly lifted at seams. Very Good. Several James Joyce-related clippings tipped in to preliminary pages, offsetting to rear endsheets from laid in clipping. A nice, early copy of Joyce's modernist masterpiece, from it's original Paris publisher.
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Ulysses
by Joyce, James
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London: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1937. First British trade edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First British trade edition, first printing. [viii], 766, [2] pp. Publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering. Very Near Fine with subtle bowing to boards, a little offsetting to endpapers and few tiny stains, in an unclipped dust jacket, very lightly shelfworn, else Fine. An attractive copy of the classic novel.
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Ulysses
by Joyce, James
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London: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1937. First Edition Thus. Near Fine. An exceedingly scarce presentation copy of the first English edition printed in England, limited issue signed by James Joyce. One of 100 copies (from a total edition of 1000 copies, this copy unnumbered) printed on mould-made paper and bound in full calf vellum. This copy was reserved for presentation by the author, unnumbered at the colophon with the words "Presentation Copy" inscribed in calligraphy below the limitation. The only other copy of this edition of 100 that we could locate that bears the presentation inscription (this copy also unnumbered) was from Joyce's private library now housed in the Poetry Collection at the University at Buffalo. They also hold two other copies of the Bodley Head Ulysses (1/900) that also bear the words "Presentation Copy" on the edition statement: one having been owned by Joyce and the other by Sylvia Beach. Bound in publisher's original full calf vellum with gilt Homeric bows designed by…
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Umbra
by Pound, Ezra
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London: Elkin Mathews, 1920. First Edition. Very Good. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's grey paper covered boards over linen spine cloth, printed in dark blue. Very Good with light bowing to boards, rubbing to corners, toning to spine cloth, previous owner bookplate to front paste down and name to front free end paper, contents toned. A nice copy.
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Umbra
by Pound, Ezra
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London: Elkin Mathews, 1920. First Edition, Signed Limited Issue. Near Fine. First edition, signed limited issue. Number 98 of 100 copies numbered and signed by Ezra Pound. Bound in publisher's grey paper covered boards over vellum spine lettered in gilt. Jack Yeats-designed bookplate of former owner San Francisco poet Frederick Reid and his wife to front paste down. Near Fine with light toning to edges of boards and endsheets. A beautiful copy. Gallop A20b.
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Umbra
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London: Elkin Mathews, 1920. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's grey paper covered boards over linen spine cloth, printed in dark blue. Near Fine with light bumping to edges, toning to edges and spine cloth. Small bookseller ticket to front paste down, endsheets offset, faint cigar smoke odor to page. A nice copy.
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Un-Man and Other Novellas
by Anderson, Poul
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London: Dennis Dobson, 1972. First edition. First British edition. Signed by Poul Anderson on title page. [ii], 158 pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth, spine stamped in silver. Fine with a little age-toning to contents, in a price-clipped dust jacket with a tiny price handwritten in pencil on the front flap, else Fine. A collection of three long stories previously published in magazines: the titular story, "Margin of Profit," and "The Live Coward." The first edition published in hardcover. Currey p.14.
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Una Nueva Actitud ante el Trabajo [A New Attitude Toward Work]
by Guevara, Che
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Havana, Cuba: Editorial CTC-R, 1962. Very Good. 16 pp. Pale green stapled wraps, signed and inscribed "Libertad o muerto [freedom or death]" by Che Guevara on the front cover. Light general wear to wraps, with light foxing and light fading at edges. Pages toned and foxed at first and last pages. A transcript of a speech titled "A New Attitude Toward Work" which Guevara gave to union workers who beat production records. Signed.
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Unacknowledged Legislation: Writers in the Public Sphere
by Hitchens, Christopher
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London & New York: Verso, 2000. First edition. First edition. Signed by Christopher Hitchens on the title page, inscribed to former owner. xx, 358 pp. Bound in publisher's quarter cloth with black spine lettering. A little foxing to fore edge, else Fine in a bright dust jacket with an old bookstore sticker on the rear panel, else Fine. A signed copy of the contrarian essayist's thoughts on writers (Oscar Wilde, Rudyard Kipling, Anthony Powell, Roald Dahl, Dorothy Parker, etc.) in public life.
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