30 LARGE HAND-COLORED LITHOGRAPHS BY CHAM
CHAM (pseudonym of NOÉ, Charles Amédée de). A la Guerre comme a la Guerre. BOUND WITH: Le Grand Magasin d’Images. Paris, 1880.
First edition of this suite of 30 full-page hand-colored lithographs of Cham caricatures documenting the French colonization of North Africa, bound with an intriguing publication of 790 French magazine illustrations. $2750.
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"COURTS FEEL IT IS NOT THEIR BUSINESS TO CONCERN THEMSELVES WITH THE CAUSES OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS. BUT IT IS THE BUSINESS OF AMERICANS"
MURRAY, Pauli and KEMPTON, Murray. Rights of Man Are Worth Defending. New York, 1942.
Second edition of this civil rights pamphlet, published the same year as the first, including an early printing (preceding the first separate publication) of Pauli Murray and Murray Kempton's important article on the improper conviction of Odell Walker for murder by an all-white jury selected from poll-tax payers. $350.
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“HIS WORK CAN STRIKE SPARKS”
RICHARDS, Eugene. Americans We. New York, 1994.
First edition of this exceptional collection by Richards, upholding “the gritty, documentary tradition of American photography” (Parr & Badger) with 95 powerful duotone plates (many double-page). $100.
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