Authors starting with A from Bauman Rare Books

1917. FIRST EDITION. ABBOTT, Carlisle S. Recollections of a California Pioneer. New York: Neale Publishing, 1917. Octavo, modern blue cloth, paper spine label. $1200. First edition of this early and important account of pioneer life in California, with frontispiece portrait of the author. The autobiography of a Canadian pioneer who traveled to California at the start of the Gold Rush. "Abbott, with his brother Alvin, left Beloit, Wisconsin, on March 3, 1850, in Captain Clark's company, bound for... more information

1881. FIRST EDITION. A'BECKETT, Gilbert A. The Comic History of England. WITH: The Comic History of Rome. London: Bradbury, Agnew, circa 1881. Quarto, early 20th-century full brown morocco, elaborately gilt-decorated spines, raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. $1600. Early editions of these irreverent recountings of British and Roman histories, illustrated with hundreds of in-text woodcuts and 30 hand-colored etchings by famous satirical artist John Leech, uniformly and handsomely bound. ... more information

2003. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. ACKERMAN, Michael. End Time City. Zurich, Berlin, New York: Scalo, (1999). Oblong folio, original gray cloth, mounted cover photograph, original acetate dust jacket. $375. First edition in English, with text by Christian Caujolle and 73 photographs of the people of Benares by Ackerman, and signed and dated by him in the year of publication. This, Ackerman's first photobook, won the Prix Nadar, the prestigious French photobook award that has previously been won by such lum... more information

1950. SIGNED. (ADAMS, Ansel). Camera signed. Rochester, New York: Eastman Kodak, circa 1950. Original Brownie Target Six-16 box camera, original yellow pictorial box. $5200. Vintage Kodak Brownie box camera, Target Six-16, with original box inscribed on side panel by Adams: "This is NOT the camera I had in Yosemite in 1916! Mine was a 2-1/4 x 2-1/4 Brownie #1- but almost the same! Ansel Adams, 4-5-80." The life of Ansel Adams was, "in his words, 'colored and modulated by the great eart... more information

1981. SIGNED. ADAMS, Ansel. Signed poster for Images 1923-1974. Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1981. Large photographic poster (24 by 36 inches), mounted on foam core. $5000. Striking original poster advertising the republication of Adams' Images 1923-1974, signed by him at the bottom. "Adams photographed landscapes with razor-sharp precision and an incomparable eye for the structure and detail of his chosen subject matter. He elevated the act of photography to a religious experience" (I... more information

1977. ADAMS, Ansel and AUSTIN, Mary. Taos Pueblo. Facsimile edition. Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1977. Tall folio, original half tan calf, orange cloth boards, marbled endpapers, original matching slipcase. $3100. Signed limited edition, number 147 of 950 copies signed by Adams of this work exploring the fluid relationship between the architecture of Pueblo buildings and the Southwestern landscape. A fine facsimile of the very rare original 1930 edition, with 12 finely screened duotones by Ansel Ada... more information

1780. FIRST EDITION. ADAMS, Samuel. An Address of the Convention, for Framing a New Constitution of Government, for the State of Massachusetts-Bay, to their Constituents. Boston: Printed by White and Adam, 1780. Slim octavo, modern half black morocco, tan morocco spine label; pp. 18. $4500. First edition of Samuel Adams' eloquent Address in support of the first Massachusetts constitution, also substantially crafted by Adams, a speech endorsing the people's rights to "the free exercise of the ... more information

1853. [ADDISON, Joseph and STEELE, Richard, et al.]. The Spectator. With Prefaces Historical and Biographical by Alexander Chalmers. New York: D. Appleton, 1853-54. Six volumes. Octavo, 20th-century three-quarter brown calf gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. $1600. Nineteenth-century scholarly edition of The Spectator, handsomely bound. This famous and influential periodical, published from March 1711 to December 1712 and by Joseph Addison alone in 1714, consisted of essays by Addison... more information

1811. ADDISON, Joseph. Works. London: for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1811. Six volumes. Octavo, original full tan calf, elaborately gilt-decorated spines, raised bands, black morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers and edges. $1200. Later collected edition of Addison's works, handsomely bound. "The finest essayist in the English language… It is impossible… to overestimate the impact of The Spectator"—the daily literary and social paper he co-founded and wrote with Richard Steel... more information

1893. FIRST EDITION. (AGASSIZ, Louis) HOLDER, Charles Frederick. Louis Agassiz. His Life and Work. London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1893. Octavo, original brown and green cloth. $500. First edition of this illustrated biography of acclaimed naturalist Louis Agassiz. Written by acclaimed California sportsman and naturalist Charles Frederick Holder, this biography explores the life and accomplishments of renowned naturalist Louis Agassiz. Swiss-born Agassiz established his reputation at an early age with a ... more information

1925. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. AIKEN, Conrad. Bring! Bring! New York: Boni & Liveright, 1925. Octavo, original cloth, original dust jacket. $275. First edition of Aiken's short stories, signed by him and dated 1934. Bring! Bring!, Aiken's first collection of short stories, is a genre "generally more successful than his novels" (Encyclopedia of Literature, 23). This collection contains his noteworthy story "Strange Moonlight." Bruccoli & Clark IV, 12. Book fine, jacket l... more information

1888. FIRST EDITION. ALBERTYPE COMPANY. Philadelphia Illustrated in Albertype. New York: Albertype Company, 1888. Oblong 12mo, original cord-bound brown cloth gilt, patterned endpapers. $200. First edition of this historical photographic documentation of Philadelphia, in the form of a souvenir "viewbook" containing 29 collotype images of places of interest. Founded by Adolph and Herman Wittemann in 1890, the Albertype Company was a Brooklyn-based publishing house of postcards, viewbooks and cal... more information

1995. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. ALDERMAN, Ellen and KENNEDY, Caroline. The Right to Privacy. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. Octavo, original half blue cloth, original dust jacket. $200. First edition of this in-depth examination of the legal right to privacy in the United States, signed by authors Ellen Alderman and Caroline Kennedy. "A pithy and practical casebook on our shrinking right to privacy" (Publisher's Weekly). "If anybody in America is entitled to have an attitude about issue... more information

1928. FIRST EDITION. ALDIN, Cecil. Dogs of Character, Written and Illustrated by Cecil Aldin. London and New York: Eyre & Spottiswoode; Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928. Quarto, contemporary full polished red calf gilt, raised bands, black morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Housed in matching marbled slipcase. $400. Second edition of this illustrated homage to English Bull Terrier "Cracker" and Irish Wolfhound "Micky," the two pets and favorite models of Brit... more information

1880. FIRST EDITION. ALEXANDER, Sam. Photographic Scenery of South Africa. [Syracuse, New York]: Sam Alexander, 1880. Thick quarto, original full maroon morocco, gilt-stamped pictorial front board, gilt ruled spine, watered silk endpapers, all edges gilt. $4500. First edition of this handsome 1880 photographic album, published by subscription only, containing 100 vintage collotype prints of colonial South Africa, each measuring 4 by 5-1/2 inches, captioned and mounted on heavy gilt-edged stock, with mount... more information

1993. SIGNED. (ALI, Muhammad) LEIFER, Neil. Large original color photograph signed. No place: November 1993. Poster-sized photographic print, image measures 20 by 20 inches, entire print measures 20 by 24 inches (signed by Ali beneath the image), suitable for framing. $4800. Splendid poster-size color photograph of Muhammad Ali in a tuxedo smiling, number 81 of only 350 copies signed by photographer Neil Leifer, one of only 35 signed by Ali. Renowned sports photographer Neil Leifer chronicled Ali through... more information

1964. SIGNED. ALI, Muhammad. Photograph inscribed. No place, circa 1964. Glossy black-and-white photograph (8 by 10 inches). $800. Striking backlit photograph of a young Muhammad Ali, boldly inscribed, "To Peter, from Muhammad Ali, 12-25-89." "Muhammad Ali was, he himself told us, 'the greatest, the fastest, the prettiest, the dancin'est heavyweight boxer in the world—and, he might have added, the most photogenic. As his dear friend Howard L. Bingham, the photographer, has sai... more information

1904. FIRST EDITION. D'ALLEMAGNE, Henry René. Sports et Jeux d'Adresse. Paris: Librairie Hachette, [1904]. Folio (10-1/2 by 13 inches), modern three-quarter maroon polished calf gilt, raised bands, marbled boards, top edge gilt. $1500. First edition of this exhaustive history and iconography of sports and games, with 29 full-page hand-colored plates, 100 full-page engravings and lithographs, and 328 in-text wood-engravings. Following the success of his first iconography of games, Histoire ... more information

1650. FIRST EDITION. AMERICAN COLONIES. An Act Prohibiting Trade With the Barbada's, Virginia, Bermudas and Antego…. London: Printed by Edward Husband and John Field, Printers to the Parliament of England, 1650. Folio, modern three-quarter calf, marbled boards; 10 pages (2 unnumbered pages, followed by pages 1027 through 1034). $4500. First edition of this rare and important 1650 Parliamentary act prohibiting trade with Virginia, Bermuda, Barbados, and Antego because of their support of the depos... more information