Riverside, CA: Defenders of the Geocentric Universe, 1976. A single issue of the organ of the Defenders of the Geocentric Universe, an informal group of physicists and astronomers interested in geocentrism, or the belief that earth is the center of the universe. The “Braheian Debater” provided a forum for supporting..... More

[Cambridge?]: n.p., 1922. The physics notebook of the noted economist Dorothy C. Bacon kept during her 1922 academic year at Radcliffe College, in which she records eight experiments. These include 1.) plotting a graph of wavelengths and spectroscope readings 2.) comparing the absorption spectra for different thicknesses of dye 3.)..... More

[Palm Beach, Florida]: Closer Up, 1958. A ‘Special Supplement’ of the far right newsletter founded by Upton Close (b. Josef Washington Hall) and edited by Don Bell, which focuses on the mechanism of heredity and the molecular differences between the races. The mutation that causes sickle cell anemia is used..... More

Santa Barbara: Annular Publications, 1970-73. First edition. Tabloid newspaper format printed on newsprint; various pagination, from 8 to 18 pp.; all illustrated. A scarce semi-unbroken run of this newsletter edited and published by engineer and amateur space enthusiast, Donald Lee Cyr. Cyr self-published Life on Mars (1944) at the age..... More

London: Britons Publishing Society, 1961. First printing. This booklet combines a lecture given by George at Dartmouth College in 1956 (Human Progress and the Race Problem) and his pamphlet, “Race, Heredity and Civilization.” The publisher’s forward addresses a British audience and the “major colour problem in Britain.” George’s consistent thesis..... More

Los Angeles: Elysium Inc., [1967]. First edition. An account of an experimental nude psychotherapy session held at Deer Park Nudist Resort and presided over by Drs. William E. Hartman and Paul Bindrim in which the author “found herself caught up in the turbulent reactions which resulted when repressed hostilities and..... More

London: The Fuller Engineering Company, 1920? 24.5 x 18.5 cm; 24 pp.; illus. Saddle-stapled booklet, staples oxidized and bleeding a little. Some general rubbing with a few marks of soiling to rear cover, but overall a Very Good copy. This article was originally printed in "The Textile Recorder" and seems..... More

London: John Van Voorst, 1852. First English language edition. Octavo; viii, 158, [2] pp.; one illustrative plate and numerous woodcuts. Publisher's blind-ruled, green, pebbled cloth; gilt titling to spine. Top corners are chipped and rounded with some chipping to crown (slight loss, not affecting title); dust-soiled top edge; owner's name..... More

Chicago: The Aries Press, 1982. First edition. Comb-bound wrappers, 137, [5] pp, charts, tables. Scribbled numbers to title page, some underlining and marginalia. One copy in OCLC at Rice Univ., none others in commerce. Scarce.The author researched hundreds of earthquake horoscopes in order to predict where and when major earthquakes..... More

Trenton: John L. Murphy Pub. Co., 1892. First edition. Folio (30 cm); 402 pp.; L (50) plates, most with numerous figures. Black, gilt-stamped cloth with gilt to spine nearly worn away. Cloth is dust-soiled with wear and fraying to edges and upper front joint; front hinge cracked, but secure, rear..... More

[Vista, California: Borderland Sciences Research Associates], [1960]. First edition. Corner-stapled, mimeographed leaves with cover illustration of Edison and Steinmetz, 31 pp, illus. Pulp stock is brittle, browned and chipped along the edges; a later staple has been added for reinforcement, although the last leaf is loose. No record for this..... More