Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
First edition, first impression. Signed by the author on the dedication page. With the certificate of authenticity from the signing session at Hatchard's laid in. The post Harry Potter and the Goblet...
View ArticleA Young Man About to Commit Suicide.
First edition, first printing, inscribed to publisher William J. McElwee Jr., "To Bill McElwee - who actually bought this book - not borrowed it! Anthony Gudaitis", on the front free endpaper. This is...
View ArticleLittle Children.
First edition, first printing, inscribed by Saroyan to publisher William J. McElwee Jr., "For William J. McElwee, Jr., with sincere good wishes from Wiliam Saroyan, Philadelphia April 1940" on the half...
View ArticleEssays in Criticism.
First edition, first issue, presentation copy inscribed "From the Author" in the hand of the publisher on the half-title. This is the first of Arnold's two influential Essays in Criticism, published by...
View ArticleSchools and Universities on the Continent.
First edition, presentation copy inscribed "with the author's sincere regard" in the author's hand on the half title. This copy also contains an autograph letter signed from Arnold to Mr Osborne Turner...
View ArticleArms and the Covenant.
First edition, only printing. Presentation copy from Churchill to the celebrated journalist Hannen Swaffer, inscribed on the front free endpaper: "To Hannen Swaffer from Winston S. Churchill, January...
View ArticleNature’s Robots.
First edition, first impression. With a jointly signed autograph letter from the authors to Frederick Sanger tipped onto the front free endpaper: "Dear Fred, Our book on the history of proteins has now...
View ArticleA Life Decoded. My Genome: My Life.
First UK edition, first printing. With a publisher's sticker to the front panel of the jacket, "Embargoed: Not for review before 18 October 2007." J. Craig Venter "is the first person in history not...
View ArticleThe Biological Time-Bomb.
Octavo. Original red cloth, spine lettered gilt. With the dust jacket (torn). A good copy in a jacket with two closed tears and lightly soiled extremities. The post The Biological Time-Bomb. appeared...
View ArticleThe Bacteriophage Lambda.
First edition, first printing, of this collection of articles and essays resulting from a conference on the bacteriophage Lambda, held at Cold Spring Harbor in 1970. From the library of biochemist...
View ArticleAn Introduction to the Study of Enzymes.
First edition, first impression. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "With all good wishes, Herbert 8 Sept 65". From the library of biochemist Frederick Sanger...
View ArticleA Skeptical Biochemist.
First edition, first printing. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to biochemist and twice winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Frederick Sanger (1918–2013) on the front free endpaper: "For...
View ArticleHarenberg Lexicon der Nobelpreisträger. Alle Preisträger seit 1901, Ihre...
First edition, first impression, of this dictionary of Nobel Prize Winners from 1901 to 1998. From the library of biochemist Frederick Sanger, who is featured twice, for the years 1958 and 1980....
View ArticleHopkins and Biochemistry 1861–1947.
Octavo. Original red cloth, spine lettered gilt. With the dust jacket. Frontispiece and eleven plates. Spotting to edges of text block. A very good copy in a jacket with loss to bottom edge of rear...
View ArticlePeptide Chemistry
Octavo. Original blue buckram-backed red buckram sides, spine lettered gilt. Faint spotting to fore edge of text block. An excellent copy. The post Peptide Chemistry appeared first on Peter Harrington.
View ArticleDNA for Beginners.
First edition, first printing. Presentation copy, inscribed by Ziff to biochemist Frederick Sanger on the first page of text, "To Fred, in remembrance of the ways DNA has been special for all of us! Ed...
View ArticleStrangers and Brothers.
Octavo. Original green cloth, titles to spine in red. With the dust jacket. Small ownership signature to front pastedown. Spine gently rolled and faded, light foxing to edges of text block. An...
View ArticleLe Morte Darthur.
First edition of the first truly scholarly edition of Malory's Arthurian epic, presentation set inscribed by the editor Dr H. Oskar Sommer on the half title of the first volume, "To Mr Herbert Beerbohm...
View ArticleOne page autograph letter signed to the then teenage future novelist.
Charming response of the great Antarctic explorer to a fan letter sent by the later renowned crime writer. Following the publication of The Heart of the Antarctic in October 1909, Shackleton embarked...
View ArticleThe Soul of London:
First edition, first impression. Presentation copy from the author, inscribed in blue-green ink on the front free endpaper: "Walter Jerrold, affectionately from Ford Madox Hueffer. June 15th 1905" (the...
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