BEETHOVEN (LUDWIG VAN) [Symphonies 1-4 in 3 vol.], FIRST GERMAN EDITIONS, engraved throughout, comprising: Ire. Grande simphonie en ut majeur (C dur)... Oeuvre XXI Partition, title and pp.3-108 (as issued), [Kinsky-Halm 55], plate no. 1953 [1822]; IIme. Grande simphonie en Rè majeur (D dur)... Oeuvre XXXVI Partition, title and pp.1-162 [Kinsky-Halm 91], plate no. 1959 [1822]; Sinfonia eroica composta per festiggare il sovenire di un grand'uomo dedicata a sua Altezza Serenissima il Principe di Lobkowitz... Op. 55. No. III... Partizione, title, dedication and pp.1-231, title with slight adhesion and tear at foot of gutter [Kinsky-Halm 131], Bonna e Colonia presso N. Simrock, plate number 1973 [1822]; 4me. Grande simphonie en si b majeur (B dur) composée et dediée a Monsr. Le Comte d'Oppersdorf... Op. 60. Partition, second issue with "4me.", title and pp. 1-195, [Kinsky-Halm 145], plate no. 2078 [1823], together 4 works in 3 vol., blank leaves following title where called for, occasional cropping of page numbers and one headline, titles soiled, third and fourth with slight adhesion signs, slightly later green half calf, spines worn and repaired with loss of 2 of the 6 red morocco labels, large 8vo, Bonn & Cologne, N. Simrock, [1822-1823]

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First German and first authorised editions of the full scores of Beethoven's first four symphonies, including the Eroica.

The scores had previously only been published in Cianchettini & Sperati's 1809 volume of symphonies by Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. Although this is very rare in its original form, it became available again in 1975 as a facsimile reprint of the 1809 edition, whilst the Simrock editions remained out of print until much more recently. Although Beethoven had not been involved in the editing, these editions saw the introduction of the metronome markings which he had specified in 1817. They also served as a template for the first Beethoven complete edition, issued by Breitkopf and Hartel in 1862.

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Please note that Symphonies 1 to 3 are later issues as follows: 1-3: have engraved metronome markings at the beginnings of each movement. 1: title-page reads "partition" instead of "partiture". 3: has bis measures bracketed at the end of the exposition of the first movement.

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X-15 & NEIL ARMSTRONG: 8 PHOTOGRAPHS

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APOLLO 16: EVA PANORAMA Large format chromogenic color photograph printed on fiber-based photographic paper with "A Kodak Paper" water mark, 36 x 28 cm (14 x 11 inches),

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MERCURY-ATLAS 2: LAUNCH, FEBRUARY 21, 1961 Large format chromogenic color photograph printed on fiber-based photographic paper with "A Kodak Paper" water mark, 36 x 28 cm (14 x 11 inches),

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APOLLO 11: ALDRIN STANDING BESIDE LUNAR MODULE

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MUSIC
BEETHOVEN (LUDWIG VAN) [Symphonies 1-4 in 3 vol.], FIRST GERMAN EDITIONS, Bonn & Cologne, N. Simrock, [1822-1823]

Johnston, Robert
Travels Through Part of the Russian Empire and the Country of Poland, first edition, London: Printed for J.J. Stockdale, 1815.

VIKING1 LANDER & ORBITER: 12 PHOTOGRAPHS
11 black and white and one (1) chromogenic color print, each 20 x 25 cm (8 x 10 inches), as follows:

APOLLO 16: EVA PANORAMA
Large format chromogenic color photograph printed on fiber-based photographic paper with "A Kodak Paper" water mark, 36 x 28 cm (14 x 11 inches),

GEMINI I: GEMINI-TITAN II LAUNCH
Large format chromogenic color photograph printed on fiber-based photographic paper with "A Kodak Paper" water mark, 36 x 28 cm (14 x 11 inches),

GEMINI V: GEMINI-TITAN V LIFTS OFF FROM LAUNCH COMPLEX 19
Large format chromogenic color photograph printed on fiber-based photographic paper with "A Kodak Paper" water mark, 36 x 28 cm (14 x 11 inches),

EARLY U.S. SPACE PROGRAM: 7 PHOTOGRAPHS OF LAUNCHES, 1958-1963
7 black-and-white photographs, each 20 x 25 cm (8 x 10 inches), as follows:

MERCURY-ATLAS 2: LAUNCH, FEBRUARY 21, 1961
Large format chromogenic color photograph printed on fiber-based photographic paper with "A Kodak Paper" water mark, 36 x 28 cm (14 x 11 inches),

MERCURY-ATLAS 6: LAUNCH OF FIRST CREWD AMERICAN ORBITAL SPACEFLIGHT
Large format chromogenic color photograph printed on fiber-based photographic paper with "A Kodak Paper" water mark, 36 x 28 cm (14 x 11 inches),

APPLE COMPUTER, INC.
THINK DIFFERENT: MAHATMA GANDHI.
Printed vinyl banner with metal rail, 1562 x 692 mm, [Cupertino, c.1997/1998], the recto featuring an image of Mahatma Gandhi, the verso featuring "Apple" in white letters against a red ground.