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“THOSE WHO HAVE EYES ON OUR MODERN WORLD WILL TAKE THIS AS A THRILLING INTRODUCTION TO THE MEN WHO SHAPE IT FOR US”: FIRST EDITION OF LEWIS W. HINE’S ICONIC BOOK OF PHOTOGRAPHY MEN AT WORK
HINE, Lewis W.
Men at Work: Photographic Studies of Men and Machines.
New York: The Macmillan Co, 1932.
First edition of Hine’s only book published in his lifetime, a landmark photobook in its celebration of “the dignity of labour and… the American skyscraper” (Parr & Badger). Small quarto, original green cloth, illustrated with 51 black-and-white photogravures. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Frederick A Blossom with many memories Feb. 21, 1933 Lewis W. Hine." The recipient, Frederick Blossom worked in the Patterson, New Jersey silk mills and was the union secretary. In very good condition with some toning and wear to the extremities.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 96378
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Rare Counterfeit edition, based on the first edition of 1570 of Palladio‘s monumental work I Quattro Libri dell' Architettura
PALLADIO, Andrea.
I Quattro Libri dell’ Architettura di Andrea Palladio. [The Four Books of Architecture].
Venetia [Venice]: Appresso Dominico de' Franceschi, 1570 [c. 1768].
Rare counterfeit edition, based on the first edition of 1570 of Palladio‘s monumental work, I Quattro Libri dell' Architettura, "the most valuable illustrated architectural publication that had existed up to that time" (Burns). Folio, four parts in one volume, bound in printed patterned paper over boards, re-backed with the original gilt-lettered vellum spine laid-down, lacking head of spine, engraved title page to each part, illustrated with architectural figures and plans included in pagination, printer's device above imprint. "Counterfeit edition, based on the first edition of 1570, with copper-plate copies of the original woodcuts. This edition was published through the bequest…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 144264
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First Edition of Pen Pictures of Pioneers of Wilberforce; Signed by Hallie Q. Brown
BROWN, Hallie Q.
Pen Pictures of Pioneers of Wilberforce.
Xenia, OH: The Aldine Publishing Company, 1937.
First edition of this snapshot of early life at Wilberforce, Ohio by the legendary African-American educator and activist. Small octavo, original green pictorial cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs and etchings. Boldly signed by Hallie Q. Brown on the front pastedown. In near fine condition. Accompanied by two advertisements for this and one of Brown's other books. Books signed by Brown are exceptionally rare.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 146641
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First Edition of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Human Work; Inscribed by Her
GILMAN, Charlotte Perkins.
Human Work.
New York : McClure, Phillips & Co, 1904.
First edition of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's ground breaking work and what she considered "her greatest work" (New York Times). Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To a friend of mine and of progress, Alva Adams, with good will of the author, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 1905." The recipient Alva Adams served three terms as Governor of Colorado where he made significant progress for the labor movement and human rights by establishing the Bureau of Labor Statistics which forbade child labor, and passing a bill that ended public executions in Colorado. In very good condition. An…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 89123
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First edition of William Wilkins' The Antiquities of Magna Graecia
WILKINS, William.
The Antiquities of Magna Graecia.
Cambridge: Printed at the University Press by Richard Watts for Longman, Hurst, Orme and Rees, 1807.
First edition of this ambitious and influential work on the classical architecture of the Magna Graecia by one of the leading figures of the English Greek Revival movement of the early 19th century. Folio, bound in full green buckram, engraved vignette to the title page, illustrated with 73 full-page engraved plates including 20 aquatint views, maps, and illustrations, subscribers list. In near fine condition with the plates remarkably clean. Library stamp to the title page and bookplate to the pastedown.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 116938
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First Edition of The End of Ideology; Inscribed by Daniel Bell to Irving Kristol and Gertrude Himmelfarb
BELL, Daniel [Irving Kristol].
The End of Ideology: On the Exhaustion of Political Ideas In the Fifties.
Glencoe, Ill: The Free Press, 1960.
First edition of this landmark in American social thought. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "For Irving and Bea- Butforis - prim, prima with affection Dan - 2/12/60." The recipients were Irving Kristol and his wife Gertrude Himmelfarb, who were close friends of Bell's. Kristol was a journalist who was dubbed the "godfather of neoconservatism." Historian Gertrude Himmelfarb, also known as Bea Kristol, was an American historian who was a leader of conservative interpretations of history and historiography. Bell and Kristol were close friends, who jointly…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 117637
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Rare First Edition of The Life of William J. Brown, of Providence, R. I. With Personal Recollections of Incidents in Rhode Island
BROWN, William J.
The Life of William J. Brown, of Providence, R. I. With Personal Recollections of Incidents in Rhode Island.
Providence: Agnell, 1883.
Very rare first edition of the narrative of William J. Brown, born in 1814 the son of a free Black man and Native American woman in Providence, Rhode Island. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. Rare as only one example has appeared at auction in the last 80 years.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 130502
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"The most influential and enterprising paper in Massachusetts after the Revolution": Rare Original 18th century printing of the Massachusetts Centinel; issued on Wednesday, October 21, 1789 during the presidency of George Washington
The Massachusetts Centinel. Wednesday, October 21, 1789.
Boston: Russell, Benjamin, October 21, 1789.
Number II, of Vol. XII of "the most influential and enterprising paper in Massachusetts after the Revolution", Benjamin Russell's Massachusetts Centinel, issued on Wednesday, October 21, 1789 (Hudson, 147). Folio, one page, folded. The issue includes front-page articles on recently enacted acts allowing compensation for Members of the Senate and House of Representatives and the temporary establishment of the Post-Office and appointment of a Post-Master General, both approved by Speaker of the House Frederick Augustus Muhlenburg, President George Washington and Vice President John Adams on September 22nd, 1789. The issue also includes sections on Foreign Intelligence, News From France, and…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 116337
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“What is most personal is most universal": First Edition of Carl Rogers' On Becoming a Person; Signed by Him
ROGERS, Carl R.
On Becoming a Person: A Therapist’s View of Psychotherapy.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1961.
First edition of this classic work by the most influential psychotherapist in history. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by the author on the title page, "Carl Rogers 7/31/68." Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 118203
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Rare First Edition of W.E.B. Du Bois' The Negro Church
DU BOIS, W.E. Burghardt [W.E.B. DuBois].
The Negro Church.
Atlanta: The Atlanta University Press, 1903.
First edition. Octavo, original wrappers. In good condition, lacking the front panel. Housed in a custom clamshell box. Exceptionally rare, without any record of this title appearing at auction in the last 100 years.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 133316
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ROYAL 1964 CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S CARD; SIGNED BY QUEEN ELIZABETH AND PRINCE PHILIP
ELIZABETH, Queen and Prince Philip.
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Signed Royal 1964 Christmas Card.
1964.
Royal 1964 Christmas and New Year Card featuring a black-and-white photograph of the Royal family. Signed by Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, “Elizabeth R 1964" and "Philip." In near fine condition. The card measures 7.25 by 19.25 inches.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 137583
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First edition of Frederick Law Olmsted: Landscape Architect 1822-1903; inscribed by Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. to publisher George Haven Putnam
OLMSTED, Frederick Law. Edited by Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. and Theodora Kimball.
Frederick Law Olmsted: Landscape Architect 1822-1903: Central Park as a Work of Art and as a Great Municipal Enterprise 1853-1895.
New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1928.
First edition of the second volume of the autobiography of one of the foremost figures in American landscape architecture, Frederick Law Olmsted. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Olmsted. Edited by Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. and Theodora Kimball. Association copy, inscribed by Frederick Law Olmsted on the front free endpaper, “To George Haven Putnam in appreciation alike of old friendships and of his constant helpfulness in the preparation of this book. Frederick Law Olmsted.” The recipient, American publisher George Haven Putnam, was the eldest son of George Palmer Putnam, the founder of G. P. Putnam's Sons. Putnam published…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 129463
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“THE INEQUALITY OF RIGHTS BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN HAS NO OTHER SOURCE THAN THE LAW OF THE STRONGEST”: FIRST EDITION, Publisher's Presentation copy OF John Stuart Mill's The Subjection of Women
MILL, John Stuart.
The Subjection of Women.
London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1869.
First edition of Mill's classic work defending the rights of women, publisher's presentation copy, with a blind stamp to title, "Presented by the Publishers." Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition, names to the half-title page. Rare and desirable.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 144100
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First Edition of Isaac M. Wise's The Combat of the People; Published by the oldest Jewish Printing House in America
WISE, Isaac Mayer.
The Combat of the People; or Hillel and Herod: A Historical Romance of The Time of Herod I.
Cincinnati: Bloch & Co, 1859.
First edition of American Reform Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise's historical account of the era of Herod I. Octavo, contemporary cloth over boards, lacking the front free endpaper, library bookplate to the front pastedown, later collector's stamps to the title page, with some rubbing and wear to the extremities. In good condition. Rare.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 82600
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"We copy you down eagle!": Large black and white Apollo 11 Mission Control room photograph; signed by Charlie Duke and Fred Haise
DUKE, Charlie and Fred Haise.
Charlie Duke and Fred Haise Apollo 11 Mission Control Signed Photograph.
Large black and white photograph of Apollo 11 Mission Control Capsule Communicator Charlie Duke, Fred Haise, and James Lovell, boldly signed by Duke with his famous words, "We copy you down eagle!" Signed by Duke in full, '"We copy you down eagle!' Charlie Duke Apollo 11 CAPCOM July 20, 1969" and by Haise, "Mission Control during man's first lunar landing July 20, 1969 Fred Haise Apollo 11 BULMP." In April 1966, Duke was one of nineteen men selected for NASA's fifth group of astronauts. In 1969, he was a member of the astronaut support crew for Apollo 10. He served…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 135611
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Long Walk to Freedom; Inscribed by Nelson Mandela To Ambassador Jean-Pierre Masset
MANDELA, Nelson.
Long Walk To Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela.
South Africa: MacDonald Purnell, 1994.
First South African edition, early printing of the autobiography of one of the greatest moral leaders of the twentieth century which has went on to sell over six million copies worldwide. Octavo, original black cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with photographs. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Ambassador Jean-Pierre Masset of France. Compliments & best wishes. NMandela 29.1.96." The recipient, His Excellency Jean-Pierre Masset served as the French Ambassador to Pakistan from 1989 to 1993, a period of intense bilateral relations between France and Pakistan, marked by the state visit of President François Mitterrand, the first…
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 89081
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Rare Time Magazine cover signed by the greatest rocket engineer of the 20th century, Wernher von Braun
VON BRAUN, Wernher.
Wernher von Braun Signed Time Magazine Cover.
Havana: Time Magazine Latin American Edition, 1958.
Rare Time Magazine Latin American Edition cover signed by legendary German-American aerospace engineer Wernher von Braun. Quarto, the cover is from the February 17, 1958 issue and features a reproduction of a bust portrait of von Braun painted by Boris Chaliapin captioned "Missleman Von Braun." Signed by von Braun on the lower right corner of the cover. In very good condition with light creasing. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 18.75 inches by 15.25 inches. A unique example signed by the greatest rocket engineer of the 20th century.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 138504
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Rare First Edition of The History of Printing in America; Signed by Thomas’s grandson, Benjamin Franklin Thomas
THOMAS, Isaiah.
The History of Printing in America.
Worcester: Isaiah Thomas, 1810.
First edition of this work by the famed printer. Octavo, bound in contemporary sheep, morocco spine labels, illustrated with five engraved plates (four folding). Gift inscription of Thomas's grandson, Benjamin Franklin Thomas, on each of the front free endpapers, as well as his signature on title page in first volume. Benjamin Franklin Thomas was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts and an associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. In good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise and clamshell box. Grolier American 29; Howes T 168; Sabin 95495; Streeter 7:4176.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 133261