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.

"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.

“THEIR ARCHITECTURE BEARS SILENT WITNESS”

BANKA, Pavel. Terezin-Mansfield / Mansfield-Terezin. Prague, 2003.

First edition of this souvenir booklet from Banka’s 2003 expedition at the National Gallery in Prague, with 25 full-page photographs, 13 in color. $125.

RUSSIAN CHESS CHAMPION GARRY KASPAROV’S FIRST BOOK, SIGNED BY HIM

KASPAROV, Garry. Russian Test of Time. Baku, 1985.

First edition of the Russian chess champion’s first book, a combination of game analysis and autobiography, signed by Kasparov in Cyrillic on the title page and dated 12/03/2006. $450.

INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH OF NAT “KING” COLE

COLE, Nathaniel Adams. Photograph inscribed. New York, 1945.

Publicity photograph of a youthful and sharply dressed Cole holding a microphone, inscribed: “To Macie, Best Wishes, Nat King Cole.” $1200.

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.

"THE TREACHERY AND VIOLENCE OF REVOLUTION"

CONRAD, Joseph. Under Western Eyes. London, 1911.

First edition of Conrad’s political novel, “set in Switzerland and Russia and centered on the tragedy of student Razumov, caught up in the treachery and violence of revolution” (Drabble, 225). $350.

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.

"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.

“YOU CAN’T ALWAYS EXPLAIN MYSTIQUE”

TAPPLY, William G. The Dutch Blue Error. New York, 1984. First edition of the second Brady Coyne mystery, a tale of fatal intrigue among philatelists, boldly signed by the author on the title page. $200.

"THIS ABSOLUTELY DARLING LITTLE SWEETNIK"

THOMPSON, Kay. Eloise in Moscow. New York, 2000.

Signed limited edition of Kay Thompson's fourth Eloise book, number 36 of 300 copies signed by illustrator Hilary Knight. $950.

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.

"THE CAPSTONE TO SCHUMPETER'S SYSTEM"

SCHUMPETER, Joseph. Imperialism and Social Classes. Oxford, 1951.

First English edition of two seminal essays by the founder of evolutionary economics, issued the year after Schumpeter's death, a handsome copy. $650.

‘TEACHING THE PEOPLE THEMSELVES TO KNOW AND TO VALUE THEIR OWN RIGHTS”

(UNITED STATES CONGRESS). Journal of the Second Session of the Senate. New York, 1790.

Scarce first edition of the official record of the Second Session of the First United States Senate, containing an early printing of Washington’s eloquent State of the Union Message delivered in the Senate Chamber, and notices of ratification of the Bill of Rights, as well as a record of debate over Hamilton’s fiscal policy, laws on Western expansion, the establishment of the judiciary, negotiation of Indian treaties, the census and the controversial location of a permanent seat of government. $5250.

INSCRIBED BY J.M. BARRIE

BARRIE, J. M. Farewell Miss Julie Logan. Hodder and Stoughton, 1932.

First book edition of Barrie’s last work of prose fiction, inscribed by the author in the year of publication, “To William, affectionately from J.M. Barrie, Nov. 1932.” $550.

"LOST TIME WAS LIKE A RUN IN A STOCKING. IT ALWAYS GOT WORSE"

LINDBERGH, Anne Morrow. Steep Ascent. New York, 1944.

First edition, signed by Lindbergh on the half-title and signed and inscribed on the front free endpaper: “For Mary Sheridan Rubin from Anne Lindbergh, March 15th, 1944” (the year of publication). $700.

“AN ATMOSPHERE OF NAMELESS DREAD, OF UNSPEAKABLE FOREBODING"

HIGHSMITH, Patricia. Found in the Street. London, 1986.

First edition of Highsmith’s novel about sexual obsession. The true first edition, preceding the first American edition by one year. $450.

“IN THE CARTIER-BRESSON TRADITION”

STETTNER, Louis. 10 Photographs. Paris and New York, 1949.

Limited first edition, unnumbered, one of only 265 copies, an exceptional portfolio collection of ten striking exhibition-size duotones after photographs by Louis Stettner, inscribed by him in French on the dedication leaf in the year of publication, “à le Sheriff. Avec … [unclear] Louis Stettner, Paris, Oct 22, 1949.” $3200.

"FIFTY IS NO AGE TO GO OUT AND SEEK YOUR FORTUNE"

FOWELL, Edith Anne. Mama Was a Drummer. New York, 1956.

First edition, inscribed by the author, "All Good Wishes to the Friendship Club of Worcester N.Y. Edith Anne Fowell." $300.

“TAKE NO EXAMPLE NEITHER TO BEGINNE, FOR SOME BY PRESIDENT DELIGHT TO SINNE

FLETCHER, John. Rule a Wife and Have a Wife. Oxford, 1640.

First edition of one of Fletcher’s “best unaided productions” (Pforzheimer), a scarce and desirable 17th-century quarto. $2200.