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.

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.

“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.

"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.

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.

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.

“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.

KNIGHT'S LONDON, SPLENDIDLY ILLUSTRATED

(LONDON) KNIGHT, Charles. Knight's Cyclopaedia of London, 1851. London, 1851.

First edition of this encyclopedic survey of London, presumably produced to coincide with the Great Exhibition of 1851, richly illustrated and very handsomely bound in full contemporary morocco-gilt. $950.

WITH 32 SPLENDID PHOTOGRAVURES OF CHILDREN

(WALTHER, Hedda) EIPPER, Paul. Menschenkinder. Berlin, 1930.

First edition of this lovely photobook on childhood, with text in German by Paul Eipper and 32 black-and-white photogravure plates by Hedda Walther. $300.

1823 LAND INDENTURE SIGNED BY ARTIST AND NATURALIST RUBENS PEALE

PEALE, Rubens. Document signed. Philadelphia, October 13, 1823.

Original land indenture signed by naturalist and painter Rubens Peale. $350.

"THE WHIP, THE GUN, OR PISTOLS, WERE COMPANIONS OF THE OVERSEER"

CAULKINS, Nehemiah. Narrative of Nehemiah Caulkins. New York, 1849.

First separate edition of Caulkins' devastating Narrative documenting slavery's unrelenting brutality on a North Carolina plantation, exceptional in original self-wrappers. $1600.

“OH, THIS IS HEAVINKLY, PERFECTLY HEAVINKLY!”

WOOLF, Michael Angelo. Sketches of Lowly Life in a Great City. New York and London, 1899.

First edition of a collection of Woolf’s late 19th-century cartoons, with over 150 black-and-white sketches of street urchins that inspired the first newspaper comic strips. $600.

JANE AUSTEN'S LANDMARK FIRST NOVEL, IN COMIC-BOOK STYLE

BUTLER, Nancy. LIEW, Sonny, illustrator. Sense and Sensibility. New York, 2010. Five issues.

First printing of the beloved story as reimagined in graphic novel form by an award-winning writer and artist. $950.

“AN INVALUABLE RECORD OF THE PERIOD”

EVELYN, John. Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn. London, 1854. Four volumes. Mid 19th-century edition of Evelyn’s diaries and correspondence, with three engraved plates and a folding genealogical chart, handsomely bound. $450.

"WOMEN HAVING ONCE GOTTEN THE POLLS WILL HAVE THEM TO THE END… THAT IS THE END OF OUR NEW-BORN, MORE BENEFICENT CIVILIZATION"

BUSHNELL, Horace. Women's Suffrage; The Reform Against Nature. New York, 1869.

First edition of this passionate 19th-century Christian-based argument against women's suffrage, in original cloth. $400.

EXCEPTIONAL FIRST FOUR ISSUES OF VERVE, AMERICAN EDITION, 1937-1939

TÉRIADE, Efstratios (ELEFTHERIADES, Efstratios). Verve. Paris, 1938-1939.

First American editions of the second, third and fourth issues of Verve, published in Paris from 1938-39, featuring cover art by Braque, Bonnard and Rouault, original lithographs by Miró, Chagall, Matisse, Derain, Kandinsky and Klee, along with numerous héliogravure photographs (including Bill Brandt and Brassaï), first appearances of select writings by Hemingway and Joyce, and articles by Lorca, Sartre, Gide, Bataille, Malraux and Valéry. Assembled in a single folio volume with the three original lithographic front covers bound in. $2200.

“THE EVENT EXCITED THE KEENEST INTEREST IN BOTH HEMISPHERES”

(BOXING). Original Boxing Lithograph. London, 1860.

Original lithograph printed in color depicting the World Championship boxing match between Tom Sayers and John Heenan held at Farnborough on April 17, 1860, one of the most exciting and famed events in the history of pugilism. $3500.

TWO VOLUMES BY “THE PRINCE OF GASTRONOMY” AND INVENTOR OF THE CULINARY MOTOR TOUR

CURNONSKY. Bien Manger. WITH: La France Paradis du Vin. Paris, 1931. Two volumes.

First editions of this pair of pamphlets by the “Prince of Gastronomy.” $300.

"TO MARK… WHO WAS SUCH A PLEASANT PART OF THAT LOVELY TWENTY FOUR HOURS"

STEIN, Gertrude. Portraits and Prayers. New York, 1934.

First edition of this collection including Stein's impressions of famous 1930s personalities, inscribed to the Virginia journalist Mark Lutz, Stein's friend and the partner of one of Stein's closest friends, Carl Van Vechten (who shot the cover photograph for this book): "To Mark, Who so pleasantly kept the numbers(?) of all these lovely photographs, and was such a pleasant part of that lovely twenty four hours. Gertrude Stein." $1800.

“A GREAT DEAL OF POLITICS AND PIETY”

(STEELE, Richard, et al.). The Guardian. London, 1804 [1814]. Two volumes.

Later edition of one of the leading series of 18th-century British periodical essays, handsomely bound by Lauriat. $600.