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WINSTON CHURCHILL Photograph at Normandy Nine Days after the Invasion

WINSTON CHURCHILL Photograph at Normandy Nine Days after the Invasion

by CHURCHILL, WINSTON

CHURCHILL, WINSTON. Nine days after the Allied invasion of France, this   official British press photograph of Churchill was taken.    Churchill in dark clothing stands between Field Marshal Alan Brooke and General Bernard Law Montgomery at Montgomery's headquarters in France. South Africa's Prime Minister Jan Smuts stands last on the other side of Montgomery. The news service stamp on verso is Acme NewsPictures with the usual warnings of republication without crediting the news service. The... Read more about this item
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£379.83
BECKETT, SAMUEL. Autograph Letter SIGNED

BECKETT, SAMUEL. Autograph Letter SIGNED

by BECKETT, SAMUEL

SAMUEL BECKETT. Autograph Letter SIGNEDBeckett is best known for his play, "Waiting for Godot," published in 1952 with its original French title, "En attendant Godot" and first performed in 1953. He wrote many of his best known works in French as he did this letter. Before the start of World War II, Beckett moved to France, joined the Resistance during the war and settled there permanently after the war. in French, 8v0, March 30, 1960. Translation: "Dear old Frank, I am very touched by your sweet letter... Read more about this item
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£870.85
THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE LECTURE

THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE LECTURE

by CARTER, Jimmy

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2002). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with a price sticker shadow on the front panel. The true first printing and without the ubiquitous remainder mark. INSCRIBED "Best wishes to Joyce" and SIGNED by the author as "J. Carter" on the page with the publisher's logo. Laid in is a promotional card for the 2008 Plains Peanut Festival featuring the Carters.
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£152.18
ELECTRONS AND HOLES IN SEMICONDUCTORS with Applications to Transistor Electronics

ELECTRONS AND HOLES IN SEMICONDUCTORS with Applications to Transistor Electronics

by Shockley, William

New York; (1950): D. Van Nostrand Co. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Octavo. First printing of the 'First Book on Semiconductors'. by the co-inventor of the transistor (Nobel Prize winner, 1956) 558pp. Bound in light blue cloth, spine lettering gilt over black, rear end sheets are appendixes B-D to the periodic table of elements and energy conversion chart i.e. energy in electron volts. Previous owner and inventor's name Haskell Ginns to front fly leaf; long extracted book review of... Read more about this item
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£568.12
Gamlet. Prints Datskii [Hamlet. Prince of Denmark].

Gamlet. Prints Datskii [Hamlet. Prince of Denmark].

by Shakespeare William

Translation by Boris Pasternak. Preface and comments - M. Morozov.
Signed to print 7/VIII 1942. The book was issued during the Second World War.
Second book edition of Hamlet in Pasternak's translation.
Vsevolod Meyerkhold, Soviet theater director, asked to Pasternak translate this play in 1938. Meyerhold decided that Hamlet should be played by two actors: man and woman. One should read tragic monologue another mimicking him.
Meyerkhold tested for Hamlet his wife, an actress Zinaida Reich.
Pasternak... Read more about this item
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£856.24
ON POETRY

ON POETRY

by [AUDEN, W. H.] PERSE, St.-John

(New York): Bollingen Series, (1961). First Edition. wraps. Fine. Bloomfield & Mendelson B77. Published in an edition of 2500 copies, none of which were for sale, in white card covers with a grayish green printed wrapper. This is St.-John Perse's Nobel Acceptance Speech translated by Auden and printed here in both the original French and Auden's English translation. SIGNED by Auden on the title page. Quite uncommon, especially signed.
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£405.80
Autograph Letter Signed; "Sinclair," to Luigino and Dorothy, Baron and Baroness Franchetti, July 18, 1949

Autograph Letter Signed; "Sinclair," to Luigino and Dorothy, Baron and Baroness Franchetti, July 18, 1949

by Lewis, Sinclair

-. Folded, corners slightly bent, fine.. 2 pages, written on one leaf of personal printed stationery, approx 7-1/4 X 7-1/2 in. Lewis writes to announce his plans for sailing to Europe and travel itinerary together with his recently retired brother, who has never been out of the country. Lewis received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1930, the first American to be so honored.
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£405.80
Signed Feldpost Card

Signed Feldpost Card

by MEITNER, Lise (1878-1968)

Berlin, 1917. unbound. very good(+). Exceedingly rare Feldpost card "Lise Meitner", 3.5" x 5", Berlin Lichterfelde, Ziethen Str. 15, May 23rd 1917, in German (translated), to Lieutenant Otto Hahn, Inspectorate of Gas Regiments, Great Headquarters, German Feldpost #344, in full: "Thank you very much for your letter, which I plan to answer more detail in the coming days. Of course it would be even better if you could come personally. So far the results are not so clear that they... Read more about this item
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£1,623.20
Eine Darstellung seines wissenschaftlichen Wirkens . . . Festschrift zum 60. Geburtstag des Forschers

Eine Darstellung seines wissenschaftlichen Wirkens . . . Festschrift zum 60. Geburtstag des Forschers

by Ehrlich, Paul

Jena: Gustav Fischer, 1914. First edition. Original Wraps. Fine. viii, 668pp. Frontispiece portrait. 257 x 173 mm. Original orange printed wrappers. Fine copy, uncut and unopened, of this festschrift prepared for Ehrlich's 60th birthday, which covers all the major areas of Ehrlich's research. Included is a bibliography of Ehrlich's writings to 1914, prepared by Hans Sachs.
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£284.06
Ein Weg zur experimentellen Prufung der Richtungquantelung im Magnetfeld [and] Der experimentelle Nachweis. .

Ein Weg zur experimentellen Prufung der Richtungquantelung im Magnetfeld [and] Der experimentelle Nachweis. .

by Stern, Otto and Walther Gerlach

1921. First edition. Stern, Otto (1888-1969). et al. (1) Ein Weg zur experimentellen Prüfung der Richtungsquantelung im Magnetfeld. In Zeitschrift fur Physik 7 (1921): 249-253. (2) (with Walter Gerlach [1889-1979]). Der experimentelle Nachweis des magnetischen Moments des Silberatoms. In ibid. 8 (1921): 110-111. Together 2 whole volumes. [iii]-vi, 414; iv, 419pp. Braunschweig: Fried. Vieweg & Sohn; Berlin: Julius Springer, 1921-22. 224 x 149 mm. Vol. 7 in half morocco, cloth boards, a little rubbed;... Read more about this item
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£771.02
The Le Chatelier principle in linear programming. U.S. Air Force Project RAND report RM-210

The Le Chatelier principle in linear programming. U.S. Air Force Project RAND report RM-210

by Samuelson, Paul A

Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1949. Samuelson, Paul Anthony (1915-2009). The Le Chatelier principle in linear programming. U.S. Air Force Project RAND report RM-210. Offset typescript. 18ff. Santa Monica, CA: The RAND Corporation, 4 August 1949. 280 x 217 mm. Original printed wrappers with author and title of paper supplied in original typescript, three or four small marginal tears, but fine otherwise. Samuelson's copy, no. 25 of most likely 50 copies or fewer, assigned to Samuelson on the title... Read more about this item
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£3,043.50
Die gegenwartige Situation in der Quantenmechanik

Die gegenwartige Situation in der Quantenmechanik

by Schroedinger, Erwin

1935. First edition. Schrödinger's Cat Schrödinger, Erwin (1887-1961). Die gegenwärtige Situation in der Quantenmechanik. In Die Naturwissenschaften 23 (1935): 807-12; 823-28; 844-49. Whole volume. xix, [1], 870, 12pp. Berlin: Julius Springer, 1935. 264 x 192 mm. Quarter cloth ca. 1935, hand-lettered paper spine label, light wear to corners. 4 library stamps on general title and 1 on first leaves of some numbers., but otherwise a very good copy. First Edition, journal issue. Schrödinger's paper... Read more about this item
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£1,217.40
An Introduction to the Study of Wave with Fourteen Diagrams

An Introduction to the Study of Wave with Fourteen Diagrams

by De Broglie, Louis Victor Pierre Raymond

New York; Nd(ca.1928): E.P. Dutton and Co. Octavo. 249 pages, index, and 14 diagrams, translated from the French by H.T. Flint. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1929 after the wave-like behavior of matter was first experimentally demonstrated in 1927. De Broglie suggested in 1924 that particles might have wave properties in addition to particle properties. Three years later the wave nature of electrons was detected experimentally. Objects of everyday experience, however, have a computed... Read more about this item
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£133.91
Autograph Quotation SIGNED, on post card size stationery card , n.p., Sept. 15, 1919

Autograph Quotation SIGNED, on post card size stationery card , n.p., Sept. 15, 1919

by GALSWORTHY, JOHN

Galsworthy pens a quotation from "The Pigeon: A Fantasy in Three Acts" (New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1915.) "but our spirits they cannot touch, for they never understand. Without that, Monsieur, all is dry as a parched skin of orange." "Fernand the Pigeon." The light cream card shows a thin turquoise border, slightly soiled from aging, slight removal of paper on verso at former point of attachment. Remnant of attached backing shows on upper right corner. Autograph
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£344.12
Autograph Letter Signed; "Mommsen," to an unidentified recipient, August 18, 1863

Autograph Letter Signed; "Mommsen," to an unidentified recipient, August 18, 1863

by Mommsen, Theodor

Berlin. -. Faint toning, folded for mailing, slight roughness to upper edge.. Two pages, on recto and verso of a single bifolium, approx. 5-1/2 X 4-1/4 in. Theodor Mommsen (1817-1903) was a lawyer, historian, scholar, and political figure. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1902.
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£608.70
The Birthday Party and The Room. New York, Grove Press, Signed

The Birthday Party and The Room. New York, Grove Press, Signed

by PINTER, HAROLD

This edition bound in black and tan boards has no publication date and is in very good condition overall with some rubbing at the spine. Autograph
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£379.83
Nobel Laureates 1901-2000

Nobel Laureates 1901-2000

by Symons, Alan

London: Polo Publishing. 2000. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. DJ now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Excellent condition - looks as new. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 437 pages + Alphabetical Index. Record of the achievements of 703 people from 55 countries. Brief biographies including a summary of world events for each year. Alphabetical index of recipients by each Award. Robust, professional packaging... Read more about this item
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£15.78
Lunnyi serp [The Crescent Moon]

Lunnyi serp [The Crescent Moon]

by Tagore Rabindranath

B. Vasin - translation from English.One of 2.000 copies printed.
First separate edition of the translation, that was previously appeared in Collected works by Tagore in 1916.Original edition published in London in 1913.Very rare.We couldn't trace any copy in OCLC. Two copies kept by National Russian Library.
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£121.74
Autograph Postcard Signed; to Otto Stern, July 25, 1953

Autograph Postcard Signed; to Otto Stern, July 25, 1953

by Meitner, Lise; Franck, James; Laue, Max von, et al

Hamburg. -. Fine. Written on one side of a picture postcard, approx. 4 X 6 in., with a color photo of tulip gardens on the other side, stamp cancelled with a postmark from the Internationale Tagung Wissenschaft und Freiheit, from which the scientists wrote to their colleague. A remarkable postcard, sent from this group including two Nobel Prize-winning physicists -- and one who most certainly should have received a Nobel Prize -- to another Nobel Prize-winning physicist. The bulk of the text here is... Read more about this item
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£2,840.60
Les Prix Nobel En 1945

Les Prix Nobel En 1945

by Siegbahn, K. M. G. and Other [Eds. ]

Stockholm: P. A. Norstedt & Söners Förlag. Good with no dust jacket. 1945. First Edition. WRAPS. Folio folio; 213 pages; Nobel prizes. Rather worn in heavy paper wraps. Unopened, pages not slit apart. Errata bound in. .
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£39.77
Mysterien [Mysterier][The Mysteries] (Original script for the 1976 play)

Mysterien [Mysterier][The Mysteries] (Original script for the 1976 play)

by Knut Hamsun (novel)

N.p.: Theater-Verlag Kurt Desch, 1976. Draft script for the 1976 German play. Text in German. The first known dramatic production of Nobel Prize-winning Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun's 1892 novel "Mysterier," premiering at Oslo's National Theater in the summer of 1976. Whether the stage adaptation was done by Hamsun or another unnamed party is not clear. The novel was adapted a few years later into a Dutch film called "Mysteries" in 1978, starring Sylvia Kristel and Rutger Hauer. An itinerant stranger... Read more about this item
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£223.19
ELMER GANTRY

ELMER GANTRY

by LEWIS, Sinclair

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1927). First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Second state of the binding. Made into a 1960 film about a con man and a female evangelist selling religion to small town America. It won three Academy Awards for Best Actor (Burt Lancaster), Best Supporting Actress (Shirley Jones) and Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (Richard Brooks). It was also nominated for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture, and Best Picture.
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£50.72
The Grapes of Wrath (First Edition)

The Grapes of Wrath (First Edition)

by John Steinbeck

New York: Viking Press, 1939. First Edition. First Edition. First issue dust jacket with first edition statement at the bottom front jacket flap. Wraparound jacket art by Elmer Hader, whose work graced four Steinbeck titles. Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece, literature's lasting testament to the Great Depression, singled-out in his citation for the Nobel Prize decades later. Basis for the 1940 John Ford film starring Henry Fonda as Tom Joad. Ford and supporting actress Jane Darwell won... Read more about this item
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£6,087.00
THE LAST ANALYSIS. HOLOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF SAUL BELLOW'S ONLY PLAY

THE LAST ANALYSIS. HOLOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF SAUL BELLOW'S ONLY PLAY

by BELLOW, Saul

First Edition. hardcover. Near Fine and quite exceptional. An undated early holograph version of Saul Bellow's only full-length play contained in a ledger-type notebook (8-1/4" x 11-3/8") with marbled paper boards and a black cloth spine. Bellow has subtitled this as "A Work in Progress." Acts I and II of this version are complete in 71 pages with 4 pages of preliminary material for an Act III, all handwritten by Bellow. The 1964 staged version was reduced to two acts. Bellow appears to have written... Read more about this item
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£20,290.00
Signed Photograph

Signed Photograph

by HERZBERG, Gerhard

1971. unbound. Black-and-white head shot measuring 7 x 5 inches. Signed in full near the bottom. No place, no date, circa 1971. Near fine.<br/> <br/> German-born Canadian scientist and winner of the 1971 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.<br/> <br/>
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£81.16
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