Our members list new acquisitions and recently cataloged items almost every day of the year. Below, you'll find a few highlights from these recent additions...
Original photograph of Tom Waits, circa 1980
by Tom Waits (subject); Fershid Bharucha (photographer)
N.p.: N.p., 1980. Vintage borderless photograph of Tom Waits onstage in Paris, circa 1980. Stamp of photographer Fershid Bharucha on the verso.
5 x 7 inches. Near Fine.
Offered by Royal Books.
by Nin, Anaïs
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Inscribed by Anaïs Nin on the front flyleaf. In this provocative work, Nin explores the act of creation - in film, art, and dance as well as literature - to chart a new direction for the young artist struggling against what she perceived as the sterility, formlessness, and spiritual bankruptcy afflicting much of mid-twentieth-century fiction. Nin offers, instead, an argument for and synthesis of the poetic novel and discusses her own efforts in this genre as well as its influence on the development of such writers as D.H. Lawrence, Henry Miller, Lawrence Durrell, Marguerite Young, and Djuna Barnes. Octavo: 214 p. Original burgundy cloth binding, with gilt titles. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
Offered by johnson rare books & archives.
by Gerald Durrell; Ralph Thompson [illus.]
New York: The Viking Press, 1956. Very Good +/Very Good +. New York: The Viking Press, 1956. First Edition. Octavo (22 cm); [6], 238pp. Publisher's illustrated dust jacket with price intact ($3.75). Boards full bound in mint green cloth with dark green stamping. Dust jacket generally scuffed and rubbed at margins with sunning to spine. Board margins lightly soiled with corners and spine ends bumped. Page edges toned and lightly soiled. Small sticker to back paste down. A Very Good or better copy in like dust jacket.
A recounting of British naturalist Gerald Durrell's trip to Argentina and Uruguay with his new wife to gather zoological data on the animals of the area and potentially the animals themselves.
Offered by Capitol Hill Books.
by Bulgakov, Mikhail
New York: Harper & Row, 1967. First printing. Near fine in a near fine jacket.. First US edition of Michael Glenny's superior translation, published the same year as the Grove Press first that lacked over 20,000 words. Written in the time of Stalin, this satirical black fantasy was not published until after the author's death - and then in censored form. Clearly influenced by Goethe and Dostoevsky, it's a daring philosophical novel of chaos and comedy, striking a tone that would feel cutting-edge and contemporary decades later, during its discovery in the 1960s. First translated into English by Mirra Ginsburg for Grove Press the same year, that version used the censored MOSKVA text, lacking approximately 23,000 words of the novel; this is the first translation into English that didn't use the abbreviated text. A great copy. 8.25'' x 5.75''. Original black cloth, spine lettered in red and gilt. In original unclipped ($5.95) color pictorial dust jacket designed by Mercer Mayer. Gold endpapers, yellow topstain, fore-edge machine deckle. vi, 394 pages. Small penned price to front flap. Some minor soil, toning overall. Else sharp and sound.
Offered by Type Punch Matrix.
by ROOSEVELT, Eleanor
1954. unbound. very good. T.L.S. to her UNESCO and Institute of International Education colleague, by the First Lady, author, and diplomat. 1 page on personal stationery, 6" x 7" (staple holes in upper left; pencil check mark through recipient's name; receipt stamp in upper right). Val-Kill Cottage, Hyde Park, New York. Dec. 27, 1954. "...I was indeed interested to see the material you sent him and appreciate your sending me copies. I do hope my numerous requests of you are not too troublesome!..."
Offered by Argosy Book Store.
by Thoreau, Henry David
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Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854. First edition. Near Fine. Original publisher's cloth binding embossed in blind. Yellow endpapers. Includes adverts at the rear dated May 1854 (The earliest date of adverts is April 1854, but the book was not published until July of that year. BAL states that advert dates are of "no known bibliographical significance"). A Near Fine copy, with slight discoloration to the front board and minor rubbing to the base of the spine. Darkening to the upper corner of the first fifty pages. But a copy that appears unused and unread, extremely clean and fresh. Housed in a custom slipcase with chemise. One of just 2,000 copies of the first edition, the importance of which cannot be overstated.
"Henry David Thoreau lived for two years, two months, and two days by Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts. His time in Walden Woods became a model of deliberate and ethical living" as he grappled with the environmental and social challenges of his own time (Walden Project). A reformer seeking truth and balance in nature, Thoreau wrote of his experience in the present text; and his words continue inspiring world leaders, climate change activists, and those who simply aim to find their own best version of life.
"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms, and, if it proved to be mean, why then to get the whole and genuine meanness of it, and publish its meanness to the world; or if it were sublime, to know it by experience, and be able to give a true account of it in my next excursion" (Thoreau).
Offered by Whitmore Rare Books.
by William P. McGivern
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1954. First Edition. First Edition. Basis for the 1954 film noir directed by Roy Rowland and starring Robert Taylor and Janet Leigh. Price of $2.75 on the front flap, with a red topstain and an advertisement for Agatha Christie's "A Pocket Full of Rye" on the rear flap as called for. Extremely scarce in dust jacket.
Very Good plus in a About Very Good dust jacket. Board edges lightly rubbed. Jacket moderately faded on the spine, with chipped corners and spine ends, and several cello tape mends on the verso.
Offered by Royal Books.
AMBER. The Story of a Good Little Dog
by Willis, Fritz
Hollywood, CA: Mistletoe Press, 1944. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Quarto (4to). 32 pages of text. Original hardcover binding with a small bump at the bottom of the spine, and minimal shelfwear. Unclipped dustjacket with a tiny chip, several small tears, minor browning to the spine, and minor soiling and shelfwear; remaining bright and attractive; protected in archival mylar. Previous owner's bookplate on the front endpaper. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition.
Offered by ABAA-member Kurt Gippert Bookseller.
by Descartes, Rene
Leiden: Jan Maire, 1637. First Edition.. Full contemporary calf; modern drop down box.. Good; binding worn; outer margins of first few and last few leaves with a diminishing brown (the result of offset from the cover "turn-ins" or crude dentelle) stain "framing" the page; free endpapers excised.. 4to, [2], 3 - 78, [2 - divisional title], 1 - 413, [35 - index, privilege] pp. There are illustrations throughout the text.
A fundamental book in the history of science and philosophy. This copy from the Pulleyn [Pullein] family in England with the signature and statement of Octavian Pulleyn jeune on the inside surface of the rear board. The statement is dated in Feb. of 1662 by Pulleyn Jr., it is difficult to decipher but appears to be a pledge for the value of this book. Both Pulleyn Sr. and Jr. were printers for the Royal Society. Pulleyn Sr. was the printer for the first edition of Harvey's Exercitationes de Generatione Animalium. By 1670 John Collins (a mathematician and editor for Newton) remarked in correspondence that Pulleyn Jr. was "insolvent" in trade. The binding is a simple English blind stamped calf of the period; unfortunately the worse for wear.
Offered by Palinurus Antiquarian Books.
by Fisher, Harrison
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1913. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. A fine copy, apparently as a new, in original gift box as issued, inscribed by Fisher "Sincerely Yours" (as was his custom) with his typical flourish. With 32 portrait plates of American female beauty in signature Fisher style. The only defects in the original presentation are: the original glassine, besides incidental wear, is missing its rear flap; and, half of the right side of the top lid of the box, which has incidental surface wear, is missing. The collectible copy.
Offered by Johnnycake Books.
Two (2) Die-Cuts Depicting British Politicians -- Liberals and Tories c.1880
[London, England], 1880. Very good to near-fine. Some toning, minor surface wear.. Two (2) die-cut scraps depicting British politicians c.1880: one bench of Tories and one bench of Liberals, each rather cleverly caricatured and easily recognizable. The Liberals include Rosebery, Spencer, Granville, Derry, Kimberley, and Northbrook, while the Tories include Smith, Churchill, Hicks Beach, Gross, Hamilton, and Manners. Scarce, especially as a set. Each measures approx. 4" by 8.5". Die cut and embossed. Winston Churchill's grandfather and Princess Diana's great grand-uncle are present.
Offered by Eclectibles.
2020 Vision: Nineteen Wood Engravers, One Collector, and the Artists Who Inspired Them
by [Design Binding by Dominic Riley]. Hamway, Nigel (compiled and introduced). Lawrence, Peter (editor). Randle, Patrick (preface).
Folio. Whittington, UK: Nomad Letterpress and The Society of Wood Engravers, 2020. Folio, 325 x 250 mm, 100 pp., printed on Zerkall mould-made paper using Monotype Perpetua (Series 239) cast by Neil Winter at the Whittington Press in an addition of 340 copies. Numerous illustrations in black and white throughout. One of 30 copies numbered I-XXX with an extra suite of plates, this is copy XX, in a magnificent design binding by Dominic Riley.
Published in 2020 to mark the Centenary of the Society of Wood Engravers. A year on press, this book links past with present, and provides a fitting tribute to the skills of the engravers and the part played by the Society in the history of wood engraving. For 2020 Vision, Nigel Hamway asked nineteen engravers to choose a major artistic influence, write an introduction, and create a new engraving which sits side-by-side in the book with an engraving or illustration by their 'inspirer'. This places the engravings of twentieth century greats – John Farleigh, John Nash, Monica Poole, Geoffrey Wales, Gertrude Hermes et al. – alongside today's artists and presents the viewer with a snapshot of the changing nature of the engravers' craft.
Featured artists:- Leonard Baskin (1922–2000), George Minne (1969)- Thomas Bewick (1753–1828), The Fieldfare & detail from The Ring Ouzel. Reproduced from pages 116 & 122 of A History of British Birds (Newcastle, 1826 [6th edition]).- Neil Bousfield, The Waves (2019).- Simon Brett, Combined title-page and frontispiece for Amelia (1995).- Harry Brockway, Printing Severn Bore (2019).- Chris Daunt, TBC (2019).- Anne Desmet, Brooklyn Bridge: New Day (2015).- Andy English, Charmouth Beach (2019).- John Farleigh (1900–1965), Park Gate (1956).- Derrick Harris (1919–1960), Frontispiece to Tom Jones (1959).- Gertrude Hermes (1901–1983), Stonehenge (1959).- Gertrude Hermes (1901–1983), Yoke (1954).- Paul L Kershaw, Hackfall View II (2019).- John Lawrence, Scene from The Shepherd's Calendar (1978).- John Lawrence, Three engravings for Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy; The Subtle Knife (1997), Northern lights (1995), The Amber Spyglass (2000).- Peter Lawrence, New Quay (2019).- Simon Lawrence, Insert printed at his Fleece Press, 2019.- Miriam Macgregor, Thorne in August for Midwinter (2013).- Henry Moore (1898–1986), Figures, Sculptures (1931).- Robert Motherwell (1915–1991), In Black With Yellow Ochre (1963). Lithograph in two colours.- Paul Nash (1889-1946), Title-page for Places (1922), printed from reproduced artwork.- Sarah van Niekirk (1934–2018), Jacobs in Shropshire (TBC).- Sarah van Niekirk (1934–2018), Severn Bore (TBC).- Hilary Paynter, Inspired by Henry Moore (2019).- Howard Phipps, Eggardon Hill (2019).- Monica Poole (1921–2003), After the Storm (1988).- Monica Poole (1921–2003), Underwater (TBC).- Eric Ravilious (1903–1942), Downs in Winter (1935). Reproduction of watercolour and pencil painting.- Abigail Rorer, Robert Frost (2019).- Sue Scullard, Into the Woods (2019).- Yvonne Skargon (1931–2010), Boxford Garden (TBC).- Ian Stephens, Dipper on the river Conway (2004) & Swale Dipper (2019).- Reynolds Stone CBE (1909–1979), Bookplate for Edgar Wind, and Apostate Part VI (1926).- George Tute, Dandelion Field (1962).- Geri Waddington, The Little Barn (2019).- Edward Wadsworth (1889–1949), Turret ship in Dry Dock (1918).- Richard Wagener, Umbraculo Series #21 (2018).- Geoffrey Wales (1912–1990), The Waves (1969).
Offered by John Windle Bookseller.
Five original photographs of Henri Matisse with his model Micaela Avogadro in Vence
by Henri Cartier-Bresson (photographer); Henri Matisse, Micaela Avogadro (subjects)
Lyon: Editions Braun, 1944. Five vintage borderless photographs of artist Henri Matisse with his model, Micaela Avogadro, at his home in Vence in 1943 and 1944. One photograph with the copyright stamp of Editions Braun and photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson on the verso, along with annotations in manuscript pencil in Cartier-Bresson's hand. Three photographs with annotations on the verso noting collation numbers, also in Cartier-Bresson's hand.
Annotations note: "je prefere le no. 16-je vous enverrai plus tard les épreuves marquent comme par ex. le 16-elle me varie que par des détails-de plus cette epreuve est mal tirée." ["I prefer No. 16-I will send you the missing prints later, such as, for example, No. 16-it varies only in details-moreover this print is poorly printed."]
In 1943, hiding out in France after escaping a concentration camp, Henri Cartier-Bresson was employed by publisher Pierre Braun to photograph artists and writers for a book project. The project allowed him to meet many of the creative luminaries of the period, with Henri Matisse among the most prominent. He traveled to Matisse's villa, Le Rêve, in Vence, a commune in the southwest of France, several times in 1943 and 1944, capturing the artist and his models in the daily course of their lives.
Although a 1941 surgery for duodenal cancer left Matisse with limited mobility, Cartier-Bresson's images of the artist's life in Vence revealed a still-vibrant creative practice in spite of his physical limitations and advanced age. Matisse spent much of his time in Vence exploring decoupage, or "cut-outs," a medium that he had initially innovated over twenty years prior, for his design of Stravinsky's opera "Le chant du rossignol." Cut-outs allowed Matisse to continue working in spite of his ill health, using scissors to cut fluid shapes out of sheets of paper that had been painted by his assistants, with the assistants then helping to arrange and mount the resultant forms in place. He produced his first major cut-out project for his artist's book, "Jazz," in 1943, and would go on to create larger, increasingly intricate cut-outs through the ensuing decade, culminating in mural- and room-size compositions.
While Braun's planned book ultimately failed to materialize, Cartier-Bresson would nevertheless use his photographs of Matisse and others eight years later, in his groundbreaking 1952 photography book "The Decisive Moment." At the urging of his friend and publisher Tériade, Matisse would create an original cut-out artwork for the book's cover.
Photographs range in size from 6.5 x 5 inches to 4.5 x 3.5 inches. Light age toning on the margins, else about Near Fine.
Offered by Royal Books.
Signed Photograph (Nikola Tesla)
New York: n.p., 1896. First edition. Fine. STUNNING LARGE HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPH OF TESLA, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY TESLA TO EDWARD EVERETT BARLETT. Albumen print, signed and inscribed by Tesla on the original gray mount: "To my friend E. E. Bartlett, New York, June 9, 1896, Nikola Tesla." The photograph shows Tesla in profile seated before the spiral coil of his high-voltage transformer at his East Houston St., New York, laboratory.
The photograph, in addition to being arguably the most famous and dramatic portrait of Tesla, is scientifically significant, for it served as a demonstration of the power of his new technique of providing illumination with vacuum tubes.
A reproduction of the photograph appeared in the May 20, 1896 issue of Electrical Review, alongside an article where a reporter interviewed Tesla about the novel circumstances of the creation of this photo:
"As to his continuous efforts to improve his system of lighting by vacuum tubes, with which he has been identified during a number of years, Tesla said that he has been more successful than he had ever dared to hope. His methods of conversion from ordinary to high-frequency currents are rendered simple in the extreme, the devices are thoroughly reliable and require no attention. Last, but most important of all, he has succeeded in increasing the candle-power of the tubes to practically any intensity desired.
"A remarkable and most telling result of the advances he has made in the last direction is a portrait, which he has reluctantly allowed us to use, and which was obtained by two seconds' exposure to the light of a single vacuum tube of small dimensions. Tesla stated further that photographs obtained by the light of such powerful tubes show an amount of detail which no picture taken by the sun or flash light is capable of disclosing. This feature is only faintly shown in the reproduction on this page. The photograph was made by Tonnelé & Company, artists' photographers, who aided Mr. Tesla in his attempts to photograph by the light of phosphorescent tubes about two years ago.
"When asked, Mr. Tesla said, in explanation of the picture, speaking with deep feeling, that the volume he was reading was one of the 'Scientific Papers,' of Maxwell, given to him as a token of friendship by Professor Dewar; the chair a gift of his warmest friend, Mr. E. D. Adams; and as to the queer coil to his left, Mr. Tesla hesitatingly remarked that it was the object 'dearest of all in his laboratory,' having been a most valuable instrument in his many-sided investigations.
"Mr. Tesla added, good humoredly, that, had it not been for the extraordinary manner in which the photograph was taken, he would not have given this explanation even to such an important personage as the representative of the ELECTRICAL REVIEW."
Tesla was correct in insisting that the lighting from the vacuum tubes produced a high-level of detail in the photograph; the intricacies of the coil, in particular, appear remarkably sharp. Overall, the photograph has an orange tint, almost certainly the result of his novel lighting technique.
Although this is the only signed example of this photograph we are aware of, it has been reproduced in recent years many times, including serving as the cover image for Marc J. Seifer's groundbreaking biography of Tesla, Wizard.
Provenance: The recipient, Edward Everett Bartlett (1863-1942) was a celebrated New Yorker (both he and Tesla were featured in Moses King's Notable New Yorkers, 1896-1899), who founded Bartlett & Co., (later Bartlett Orr Press) on lower Broadway, in 1888. Variously described as an artist, illustrator, printer, and engraver, Bartlett was internationally known as "an expert on newspaper type, and he was credited with the development of much of the linotype type used in newspaper offices throughout the country"; additionally he published several works on the art of the book. (New York Times, Obituary, 1942).
Size: Image, 7 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches; with mount, 8.5 x 11 inches. Archival matting and framed with UV-protecting museum glass to an overall size of 16.5 x 19 inches. Small closed tear in extreme blank bottom margin (matted out). Fine condition.
SIGNED TESLA PHOTOGRAPHS ARE EXCEEDINGLY RARE ON THE MARKET AND THIS IS, WITHOUT QUESTION, THE FINEST WE'VE SEEN.
Offered by Manhattan Rare Book Company.
by HOUGHTON, William
London:: William Mackenzie, (1879)., 1879. Large 4to. (374 x 275 mm) xxvi, 204 pp. 41 colored full-page chromolithographs (including frontispiece), 64 engraved vignettes, red and black title-page, top edge gilt. Modern dark brown quarter morocco over original cloth boards, raised bands, gilt-stamped spine title. Bookplate of James Jones. RARE. Fine. MAGNIFICENT CHROMOLITHOGRAPHS OF BRITISH FISH: FIRST EDITION, with all plates present and in fine condition. Sometimes bound as two volumes, but this copy is bound as one, and it is complete. This Victorian book is a gentleman's encyclopedia of the fresh water fish native to Britain. In addition to 41 stunning color full-page plates of each fish described, the book also has a steelcut vignette at the beginning of each description, as well as numerous diagrams and drawings. Reverend William Houghton, a Shropshire clergyman, produced this work with the angler in mind - opposed to the naturalist. Many of the fish are portrayed as game-landed freshwater fish set on the pastoral riverbanks and shorelines of the British Isles. The writing, which accompanies each plate, offers detailed information on the habitat, breeding and capture of the fish. The text page includes a lovely steel-engraved vignette of the natural habitat of the fish, an elegant scene of the river from which the fish was caught.
Offered by Jeff Weber Rare Books.
Cambridge, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1966-1973. Limited Editions. Hardcover. Quartos, Eight Volumes. In Very Good condition. Housed in publisher's lightly worn black paper slip cases bearing gold labels with black lettering. Bound in quarter leather and cloth boards, both in a variety of colors. Embossed stamp of poet on front board of each volume. Most spines bearing black labels with gold lettering. Minor general shelf wear. Textblocks clean. Enumerated on limitation pages in rear of each volume.
Mild scuffing to spines on "The Poems of William Blake" and "The Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley." Label on spine of "The Poems of William Blake" red. All signed by respective illustrators on limitation in rear except for "The Poems of William Blake."
All Volumes #174/1500 except "The Poems of William Wordsworth," which is #174/2000.
Offered by Second Story Books.
The Hero with a Thousand Faces
by Campbell, Joseph
New York: Pantheon Books, 1949. First Edition. First edition. xxiii, 416 pp. Bound in publisher's black and green cloth with gilt spine lettering. Good with rubbing to cloth along edges, slight lean to spine, strained edges, wrinkling along bottom edge of pages with tidemark visible to plates. Lacking dust jacket.The first appearance of the influential mythology book, which inspired Star Wars and 2001, among other popular works.
Offered by Burnside Rare Books.
by DAPHNE DU MAURIER
First UK Edition; A Near Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket. SIGNED by the author on the front free end paper. A pristine copy of this collection of short stories, including "The Birds", the basis for the classic Hitchcock film; by the author of "Rebecca", "My Cousin Rachel", etc.; this book very scarce in collectible condition, particularly signed. This copy is in near fine condition with a square tight binding, bright gold lettering over red boards, and clean white pages; a mild crimp to the spine head and some very light soiling to the exterior text block are present, else fine. Housed in a near fine dust jacket that is clean and bright but does show some light age toning to the spine lettering and some mild rubbing to the spine ends and corners, else fine. An outstanding copy of this book; a bucket list item for the Du Maurier collector or a "books into movies" collector! Not price clipped (10/6 intact), not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship in a sturdy box.
Offered by Grayshelf Books.
by LEWIS, SINCLAIR
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1935. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 0x0x0. First edition. Large chip from jacket spine base with associated fading to spine, loss from other jacket corners, jacket edges rubbed with several closed tears, boards lightly soiled, owner bookplate on front endpaper. 1935 Hard Cover. 458 pp. 8vo. Original black cloth, gilt titles. A satirical work of dystopian fiction envisioning an American dictatorship. The causes for the descent into fascism are authentic, making the novel an insightful glimpse of what it looks like to trade one set of evils for another. Lewis wrote the book during the Great Depression, basing the dictatorship on Hitler's, but replacing hateful indoctrination with misleading appeals to American values. Many believe the novel to be a direct reaction to the possible candidacy of Huey Long for president in 1936. It was published five years after Lewis became the first American writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. Lewis also won (and declined) the Pulitzer Prize for his 1925 novel Arrowsmith.
Offered by Yesterday's Muse.
by O'CONNOR, FLANNERY
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1955. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket with none of the usual spine-fading on the dust jacket, and a little soiling not really worthy of the mention. The author's masterpiece, her second book and first book of short stories. A breathtaking collection of horror tales that probe the darkest heart of the South through the use of traditional "Southern Gothic" writing mixed with a nightmare vision seemingly derivative of German expressionism. The equal of, or superior to, any copy we've seen.
Offered by Between the Covers Rare Books.
Col. W. F. Cody. "Buffalo Bill"
by [CABINET CARD] STACY, CHARLES
Corner 9th St. & 5th Ave, Brooklyn: Stacy. Very Good. Cabinet card [16.5 cm tall x 11 cm wide]. Small loss to foot of mount. "Yours truly, W. F. Cody" stamped in facsimile on the recto.
A cabinet card produced by Charles Stacy.
Offered by Ken Sanders Rare Books.
The Works of Joseph Conrad (20 Volumes) -- Signed!
by CONRAD, JOSEPH
London: William Heinemann, 1921. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Good. Produced in an edition of 780 sets, 750 of which were for sale. This is set #429 and is signed by Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) on the colophon. Brown cloth covers with beige buckram spines and printed black titling, Conrad's signature reproduced in black on the cover of each volume. Wear and scuffing to volumes, creasing to head and foot of spine on each volume, slight darkening to endpapers but very clean within.
Offered by Craig Olson Books.
Why don't you do something, dear, besides just make money?
by MCKAY, DOROTHY
No place, 1956. Original cartoon by Esquire's first female cartoonist, Dorothy McKay, published in the September 1956 issue. McKay enjoyed her longest professional relationship with Esquire, whose founders embraced her edgy sense of humor, often deemed too brash or risqué for publication in magazines like The New Yorker and Collier's. Bowing to the sexist standards of the time, McKay was asked to sign her work simply "D. McKay" for the first decade of her tenure with Esquire so that her illustrator husband Donald would be credited. By the time this full-page color cartoon appeared, on page 88 of the September 1956 issue, McKay had definitively asserted her authorship; while she signs "McKay" here, other Esquire cartoons bore her full name. In this domestic scene, a housewife glances up from painting a still life in her living room to inquire about her husband's comparative lack of hobbies: "Why don't you do something, dear, besides just make money?" A classic, full-color example of Esquire humor by one of the most celebrated funny ladies in American cartoon history. Watercolor, ink, and wash on illustration board, image measuring 15 x 10 inches on board measuring 19 x 13.5 inches. Signed "McKay" in lower left image; captioned by McKay in pencil, lower margin. Board trimmed, with Esquire stamp on recto still partially visible in lower right margin. Outer margins and verso with abrasions and remnants from prior matting, board corners chipped.
Offered by Honey & Wax Booksellers.
The Olympics: Where Men and Women of All Nations Engage in Peaceful Competition
by BEARDEN, ROMARE
Kennedy Graphics, 1976. Poster. Color screenprint. Measures 39 3/4" x 24 7/8." Signed and numbered in pencil in lower margin. 51/200. Expressionist poster for the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal featuring runners and the Olympic torch, framed by a five-color striped border. Poster was designed by Romare Beardon and is signed in pencil in the lower right. Limited edition of 200. In excellent condition. Full margins. Romare Beardon (1911-1988) was an American artist, social worker, and writer. He was a founding member of both the Harlem-based art group known as The Spiral and of the Black Academy of Arts and Letters. He was elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1972, and received the National Medal of Arts in 1987.
Offered by Argosy Book Store.
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