"I BELIEVE THAT STRINDBERG RARELY SANG THE 'STAR-SPANGLED BANNER' OR ADDRESSED ROTARY CLUBS, YET SWEDEN SEEMS TO HAVE SURVIVED HIM"

(LEWIS, Sinclair). Prix Nobel en 1930. Stockholm, 1931.

First edition of the program from the Nobel awards for 1930, with Sinclair Lewis' speech accepting the prize for Literature printed in full. $850.

“THE FIRST WORK IN PHOTOFICTION”

MORRIS, Wright. The Inhabitants. New York and London, 1946.

First edition of this “first work in photofiction,” with 52 black-and-white photogravure plates of America at mid-century, an often haunting record of a people known by their imprint on the land. $1100.

“SKYLIGHTS INTO INFINITY”

(TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHS). Photograph Collection. Stereoscopic Cards. New York, circa 1900.

Collection of ten Victorian stereoscopic cards, circa 1900, each card with two vintage mounted albumen prints, with views of travel that feature images of the White House, a baptism in the River Jordan, Russia’s Peterhof Palace and more, issued by the leading firm of Underwood & Underwood. $450.

“THESE BITS AND PIECES TELL US HOW PEOPLE LIVE”

BACH, Laurence. Paros Dream Book. Rochester, 1982.

First edition of this series of photographs of the Greek island Paros, containing 31 finely screened duotones, accompanied by Robert Goolrick’s impressions on facing pages, with inscribed presentation postcard laid in. $225.

"INCOMPARABLY THE GREATEST MASTER IN OUR LANGUAGE"

SPENSER, Edmund. Works of Edmund Spenser. London, 1862. Five volumes. Splendid Chiswick Press edition of Spenser’s works, with biography by J. Payne Collier, very handsomely bound in full morocco-gilt. A lovely set. $900.

"ANTICIPATED ONE OF ADAM SMITH'S SHREWDEST INSIGHTS, THAT REGULATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS IMPEDED COMMERCE RATHER THAN PROTECTING IT… LET THE AMERICANS BE INDEPENDENT"

(AMERICAN REVOLUTION) (BURKE, Edmund) TUCKER, Josiah, D.D. Humble Address. Gloucester, 1775.

First corrected edition, second overall, issued within days of the same year's first edition of the "important and influential" British economist's seminal rebuke of Edmund Burke, charging him with a crucial misunderstanding how the political economics of self-interest would best prevent further "Disturbances and Disputes" with America, urging Britain in 1775 to "separate totally from the Colonies… to enter into Alliances of Friendship, and Treaties of Commerce , as with any other sovereign, independent States," handsomely bound. $3200.

FIRST EDITION OF HILDEBRANDT'S AQUARELLE, 1871-74, WITH 34 STUNNING LARGE FOLIO COLOR AQUARELLE PLATES OF SCENES FROM HIS WORLD TOUR, INCLUDING ALEXANDRIA, CAIRO, BOMBAY, HONG KONG, JAPAN, MACAO, PEKING, MANILA, AND SAN FRANCISCO

HILDEBRANDT, Eduard. Aquarelle. Auf seiner Reise um die Erde. Berlin, 1871-74.

First edition of this collection of 34 stunning color aquarelle plates finished by hand of scenes from the world tour of artist Eduard Hildebrandt, official Painter to the Royal Court of Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm IV, featuring scenes from Alexandria, Benares, Bombay, Cairo, Bangkok, Rangoon, Hong Kong, Macao, Peking, Singapore, Manila, Japan, and two famous views of San Francisco. In the publisher's magnificent deluxe portfolio box, with a large sepia portrait of Hildebrandt mounted under glass on the front board. $15,000.

“TO ARREST AND THEREBY ETERNALIZE THE CURRENT MOMENT”

COBURN, Alvin Langdon. Twelve Loose Views from "London" London and New York, 1909.

Loose collection of 12 hand-pulled gravure plates from Coburn’s first, groundbreaking photobook, each prepared by Coburn himself, representing a revolutionary “transition from pictorialism to modernism… a shift in attitude that triggered the final push towards photographic modernism” (Parr & Badger). $2400.

BEAUTIFUL COLOR POSTER FOR CORSARO AND SENDAK'S BOOK ABOUT THEIR OPERA PRODUCTION OF PROKOFIEV'S LOVE OF THREE ORANGES, INSCRIBED BY SENDAK FOR PRESENTATION TO HIS CLOSE FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR

SENDAK, Maurice. Poster inscribed ["The Love for Three Oranges"]. New York, 1984.

Lovely color poster, illustrated by Maurice Sendak, promoting the 1984 book companion to Corsaro and Sendak's 1982 adaptation of Prokofiev's opera, inscribed in the lower margin for presentation to Sendak's close friend and neighbor: "For Elizabeth—from Maurice Sendak. Dec. '85." $1800.

DOCUMENTARY OF THE TRADITIONAL CHINESE SYSTEM OF PEDDLING,
WITH 61 COLOR PRINTS AND 31 MOUNTED PHOTOGRAPHS

CONSTANT, Samuel Victor. Calls, Sounds and Merchandise of the Peking Street Peddlers. Peking, circa 1935.

First edition of this unusual documentation of Peking street-vendors, their instruments and their calls, illustrated with 61 color-printed lithographs, mounted paper cut-out and 16 mounted halftone photographs. $4500.

FIRST PUBLICATION OF JOULE'S KEY WORK "ON THE MECHANICAL EQUIVALENT OF HEAT," 1850, BOUND TOGETHER WITH FOUR OTHER IMPORTANT PAPERS ON THERMAL EFFECTS AND MAGNETIC INDUCTION

JOULE, James Prescott. Five Scientific Papers. London, 1849-55.

First appearances of five important scientific papers by Joule—including his important 1850 paper "On the Mechanical Equivalent of Heat"—each extracted from the journal Philosophical Transactions where they originally appeared and bound together, complete with three engraved plates, one folding. $3800.

"THE PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN NOT ONLY MAYBUT MUST TAX THE COLONIES…": 1765 DEFENSE OF THE STAMP ACT

(AMERICAN COLONIES) (STAMP ACT) WHATELEY, Thomas. Regulations Lately Made Concerning the Colonies. London, 1765. First edition of this important 1765 English pamphlet defending the Stamp Act, the first direct tax by Parliament on the American colonies and the catalyst for the American Revolution, issued anonymously by Secretary of the Treasury Whately—an "arch-foe" of American patriots—proclaiming Britain's right to tax Americans, sparking colonial outrage and putting the "colonies on the road to revolution." The copy of renowned collector Frank C. Deering, with his morocco bookplate. $4500.

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.

ONE OF ONLY 500 COPIES SIGNED BY BUZZ ALDRIN

ALDRIN, Buzz. Magnificent Desolation. Reno, Nevada, 2009.

Signed limited first edition of this richly photo-illustrated commemoration of the Apollo 11 space mission, number 481 of only 500 copies signed on the half title by Buzz Aldrin. $850.

“IF I COLLAPSE, IT WILL BE FOR ETERNITY”

HERGESHEIMER, Joseph. Bright Shawl. New York, 1922.

First edition of Joseph Hergesheimer’s romantic novel of the Cuban revolt. $400.

"HE THAT COMPLIES AGAINST HIS WILL IS OF HIS OWN OPINION STILL"

BUTLER, Samuel. Hudibras, a Poem. London, 1822. Two volumes.

Later edition of this bitingly humorous 17th-century poem dealing with scholastic pedantry, Aristotelian logic, theological controversy, witchcraft, alchemy, astrology and war, with 12 striking hand-colored aquatints by John Heaviside Clark. $325.

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.

BOLDLY SIGNED BY ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG

RAUSCHENBERG, Robert. Photograph signed. No place, 1985.

Original color photograph of Robert Rauschenberg standing next to a friend, boldly signed by Rauschenberg along the side of the image. $300.

“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.

“GOODBYE, TOBY… WE ARE SORRY YOUR LINE IS CLOSING DOWN”

AWDRY, Wilbert. Toby the Tram Engine. Leicester, England, 1952.

First edition of the scarce 7th book in the Railway Series, with 30 vibrant color illustrations. $850.