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Historical Account

WITH EARLY MAPS OF THE CAROLINAS AND NORTHERN COLONIES

HUMPHREYS, David. Historical Account. London, 1730.

First edition of this report of missionary activity in North America, with two engraved folding maps by Herman Moll, one of the Carolinas and the other of New England, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. $3800.

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Proof Sheet of the poem 'Patroling Barnegat'

"FROM WALT WHITMAN'S NEW BOOK": PROOF SHEET OF THE POEM "PATROLING BERNEGAT," WITH NOTATION IN WHITMAN'S HAND, INCLUDING HIS SIGNATURE

WHITMAN, Walt. Proof Sheet of the poem 'Patroling Barnegat'. No place, 1881.

Proof sheet of the poem, "Patroling Barnegat," inscribed by Whitman across the top margin, "From Walt Whitman's new book." With an additional marginal correction of one word in line 12—"beach" for "edge"—also in Whitman's hand. $9200.

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Two original posters

COLORFUL GILBERT AND SULLIVAN POSTER

(GILBERT AND SULLIVAN) D'OYLY CARTE OPERA COMPANY. Two original posters. London, 1919.

Original poster depicting the headsman with axe from Gilbert and Sullivan's “The Yeoman of the Guard,” accompanied by a large billboard in parts announcing the season’s productions, with three poster designs: “The Yeoman,” “The Gondoliers,” and “The Mikado.” $900.

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Portrait de Mounet-Sully

ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATED TRIAL SHEETS FOR COCTEAU’S PORTRAIT DE MOUNET-SULLY, 1945, ONCE BELONGING TO GLENWAY WESCOTT

COCTEAU, Jean. Portrait de Mounet-Sully. Paris, 1945.

Original pre-publication sheets of line cuts by Cocteau, most before letters, four hand-colored in gouache by Cocteau, stamped number “16” and inscribed by "Cyril" to a member of the Shakespeare and Company literary circle: “Glenway [Wescott], in memory of Villefranche 1929, our 1st meeting and 40 years of enjoyment since. London 1970.” $1500.

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Souls of Black Folk

"THE PROBLEM OF THE 20TH CENTURY IS THE PROBLEM OF THE COLOR LINE"

DU BOIS, W.E. Burghardt. Souls of Black Folk. Chicago, 1903.

First edition of W.E.B. Du Bois' profoundly influential history of the African American struggle—"a seminal work on African-American history, culture and politics." $26,000.

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Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion [facsimile]

LAVISH TRIANON PRESS LIMITED EDITION FACSIMILE OF ALTERNATIVE COLORED VERSIONS OF THE FIRST 25 PLATES OF BLAKE'S JERUSALEM

BLAKE, William. Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion [facsimile]. London, 1974.

Fine Trianon Press limited edition facsimile, number 199 of only 500 copies (from a total edition of only 558), of alternative colored versions of the first 25 plates of Blake's Jerusalem. A fine copy, with publisher's prospectus (two copies) laid in. $1500.

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Competition As A Dynamic Process

INSCRIBED BY INFLUENTIAL ECONOMIST JOHN MAURICE CLARK TO HIS FRIENDS, WELL-KNOWN SCIENTISTS CARYL AND EDNA HASKINS

CLARK, John Maurice. Competition As A Dynamic Process. Washington, 1961.

First edition of this influential economics work framing labor as an overhead cost, inscribed to his friends, prominent scientists Caryl and Edna Haskins: “To Caryl and Edna Haskins with best wishes: J.M. Clark.” $850.

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Parijs, Fotos 1950-1954

"THE REBELS, THE GANGSTERS, THE BOHEMIANS, THE ARTISTS"

VAN DER ELSKEN, Ed. Parijs, Fotos 1950-1954. Amsterdam, 1981.

First edition of this revealing photo-essay on Parisian life in the early 1950s, illustrated with 172 pages of finely screened halftones, with a special segment on Australian “femme fatale” Vali Myers, featured in his first photobook, Love on the Left Bank. $800.

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Suburbia

“CAN YOU AVOID SUBURBIA?”

OWENS, Bill. Suburbia. (San Francisco), 1973.

Early edition of the pioneering photobook, boldly inscribed on the half-title, “Pat, Can you avoid suburbia? Bill Owens,” with 96 pages of black-and-white halftones, many paired with captioned quotes that add to the book’s “indelible poignancy” (New York Times). $600.

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