First edition science books now rank among the most dynamic areas of the rare book market. Growing interest in science history, artificial intelligence, cosmology, and evolutionary biology drives demand for our landmark titles.
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Charles Darwin – On The Origin of the Species – First Folio Society Edition 2006
£125.00A first Folio Society edition, first printing of ‘On The Origin of the Species’, published by The Folio Society, London in 2006. A fine book free from internal inscriptions, cloth…
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Samuel Smiles – Lives Of The Engineers – First Folio Society Edition 2006
£65.00A first Folio Society edition, first printing of ‘Lives of the Engineers’, published by The Folio Society, London in 2006. A fine book free from internal inscriptions, cloth bound pictorial…
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J. Bronowski – The Ascent of Man – SIGNED First Edition 1973
£875.00A first edition, first printing of ‘The Ascent of Man’ by J. Bronowski, published by BBC books in 1973. A very good book. No inscriptions. In a very good unclipped…
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David Attenborough – The Life Trilogy – SIGNED by Attenborough to each volume
£600.00First paperback edition, first printings of this trilogy. All in near condition. Collins/BBC Books, 1992. The Life Trilogy boxset including: Life on Earth- The Living Planet- The Trials of Life….
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Steve Wozniak [Gina Smith] – iWoz – SIGNED First Edition 2006
£185.00First edition, first printing. Published by Headline Review, London, in 2006. This is a near fine copy. The paper covered pictorial boards are bright and clean but suffer from some…
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Stephen Amidon – Splitting The Atom – Uncorrected Proof Copy 1990
£35.00An uncorrected proof copy of Splitting The Atom by Stephen Amidon, published by Bloomsbury, London in 1990. A near fine copy, with bumping to the spine tips and corners, light…
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Bertrand Russell – A Free Man’s Worship – With A Special Preface By Bertrand Russell – First US Edition 1923
£125.00First US edition, first printing of A Free Man’s Worship by Bertrand Russell, published by Thomas Bird Mosher, Portland, Maine in 1923, published in a limited edition of 950. A…
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B.V. Bowden [Alan Turing] – Faster Than Thought: A Symposium on Digital Computing Machines – First Edition 1953
£600.00A first edition, first printing published by Pitman in 1953. A very good copy in original cloth – without inscriptions. The book is famous due to the inclusion of Alan…
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James D. Watson – The Double Helix – SIGNED First Edition 1968
£600.00A first edition, first printing of ‘The Double Helix’ published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson in 1968. A near fine book (small name and date to the front endpaper). SIGNED on…
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Richard Dawkins – An Appetite For Wonder – First Edition SIGNED
£95.00First edition, first printing of ‘An Appetite for Wonder’, published by HarperCollins in the USA, 2013. This is a fine copy with internals free from inscriptions, bound in publisher’s original…
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Richard Dawkins – The Blind Watchmaker – First Edition 1986
£85.00First edition, first printing of ‘The Blind Watchmaker’ by Richard Dawkins, published by Longmans in London, 1986. This is a near fine copy free from internal inscriptions, boards bound in…
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James D. Watson – Avoid Other Boring People – First US Edition 2007
£50.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Avoid Other Boring People’ published by Knopf in 2007. A near fine book (or better – one small rough patch to the front endpaper)…
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Christiaan Barnard – Heart Attack – First Edition – SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the AuthorÂ
£185.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Heart Attack’ published by Delacorte Press in 1971. A near fine book SIGNED and inscribed and dated 29 April 1972/To Larry and Ellen/Thank you…
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Armin Hermann – The Genesis Of Quantum Theory (1899-1913) – First Edition 1972
£95.00First edition, first printing of ‘The Genesis of Quantum Theory’ by Armin Hermann, published by MIT in 1972. A fine book without inscriptions, boards bound in original publisher’s orange cloth…
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David Attenborough – The Trials Of Life – 2022 First Edition – SIGNED
£150.00First edition thus (originally published in 1990 as the third part of Attenborough’s Life Trilogy, and here updated and republished). Octavo, pp282, illustrated. Bound in white cloth covered hard boards…
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Richard Dawkins – Brief Candle In The Dark – SIGNED First Edition 2015
£85.00First edition, first printing of ‘Brief Candle in the Dark’, published by Bantam Press in London, 2015. This is a near fine copy with internals free from inscriptions, bound in…
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