Authors starting with N from Bauman Rare Books

2005. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. NACHTWEY, James, KRATOCHVIL, Antonin, et al. Democratic Republic of the Congo. Forgotten War. (Millbrook, New York: de.MO, 2005). Quarto, original printed tan heavy card covers, loose as issued, original coated self-wrappers, original elastic bookband. $250. First edition of this stunning photobook on the Congo, a collaboration between Doctors Without Borders and the innovative VII photo agency, featuring 49 color and duotone plates (ten by James Nachtwey), signed by contribut... more information

1903. (MASUCCIO, Salernitano). The Heptameron of the Tales of Margaret Queen of Navarre… Two volumes. WITH: The Novellino of Masuccio. Two volumes. London: Privately Printed for Members of the Aldus Society, 1903. Four volumes in all. Octavo, three-quarter green morocco, raised bands, gilt spines with decorative floral motif, marbled boards and endpapers, top edges gilt. $650. Beautifully bound and illustrated collection of Renaissance stories by Margaret of Navarre and Masuccio, translated into Engl... more information

1980. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. NAVASKY, Victor S. Naming Names. New York: Viking, (1980). Octavo, original half black cloth, original dust jacket. $200. First edition of Navasky's groundbreaking history of the Hollywood blacklist and McCarthyism, a scarce presentation copy inscribed by him within weeks of publication, "For Rebecca Silberstein—an old friend. With best wishes, Vict. S. Navasky, November 1, 1980." Kurt Vonnegut praised Victor Navasky's Naming Names as "a miracle of... more information

1980. SIGNED. NAVON, Yitzhak. Photograph signed. No place, circa 1980. Original black-and-white photograph measuring 5 by 7 inches, printed on verso. $450. Original black-and-white photograph of Israel's fifth president, Yitzhak Navon, signed by him in Hebrew. Yitzhak Navon, the first Sephardic president of Israel (1978-83), revised the ceremonial image of the office "by becoming a somewhat activist President… [who] stepped in to adopt a moral tone at crucial moments" and introduced a ... more information

1792. FIRST EDITION. NECKER, Jacques. An Essay on the True Principles of Executive Power in Great States. London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1792. Two volumes. Octavo, later light brown buckram, black morocco labels. $1200. First edition in English, published in the same year as the French first edition. Jacques Necker, one of the most successful French financiers of the 18th century and finance minister to Louis XVI, played a critical role in the events leading up to the French Revolution. His dismissal fr... more information

1785. NECKER, Jacques. A Treatise on the Administration of the Finances of France. London: J. Walter, et al., 1785. Three volumes. Octavo, contemporary full tree calf rebacked with original elaborately gilt-decorated spines and red and green morocco spine labels laid down. $3500. First edition in English of Necker's celebrated justification for his policies as Finance Minister of France during the American Revolution, in handsome contemporary tree calf. Necker attempted to finance French participatio... more information

1976. FIRST EDITION. NELSON, Byron. Shape Your Swing the Modern Way. (Norwalk, Connecticut): Golf Digest, (1976). Slim quarto, original brown cloth gilt, original dust jacket. $225. First edition of this instructional guide to the modern swing, illustrated with stop-action photographs and 18 drawings by Anthony Ravielli. Considered by many golf historians to have perfected the first modern swing, PGA Tour player and World Golf Hall of Fame inductee Byron Nelson was one of the finest golfers of his day. H... more information

1908. FIRST EDITION. NEWELL, Peter. The Hole Book. New York: Harper Brothers, (1908). Quarto, original blue cloth with pictorial label. $500. First edition of Newell's groundbreaking illustrated book. "Of picture-book inventions, [The Hole Book] comes close to sheer, ungimmicky inspiration;a mong novelties, it is one of the few with perennial appeal" (Children's Books and Their Creators). The innovation of the book lies in its format; the narrative revolves around a die-cut hole in each... more information

1964. SIGNED. NEWHALL, Beaumont. The History of Photography. New York: Museum of Modern Art, (1964). Quarto, original stiff paper wrappers. $300. Later edition of Newhall's classic text, inscribed to a noted collector, "For King V. Hostick, with all best wishes, Beaumont Newhall." "A pioneering historian of the art of photography," Beaumont Newhall first explored the idea of a historical survey while organizing a 1937 Museum of Modern Art exhibition, one of the earliest to acknowl... more information

1970. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. (NIEKRO, Phil) BINETTE, Wilfrid. Knuckler: The Phil Niekro Story. Atlanta: Hallux, (1970). Octavo, original blue paper boards, original dust jacket. $150. First edition of this biography of legendary knuckleballer Phil Niekro, signed by him on the title page. "Phil has a knuckler that truly dances, darts, and jumps. And he is the first to admit that he doesn't know where it is going." Niekro was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1997. Smith 17217. Grobani 8-170. A... more information

1820. FIRST EDITION. NIGHTINGALE, J. Memoirs of her Late Majesty, Queen Caroline, Consort of King George the Fourth. London: J. Robin & Co., 1821-22. Three volumes. Octavo, later 19th-century three-quarter mottled calf, elaborately gilt-decorated spines, raised bands, black morocco spine labels, marbled boards and endpapers, top edges gilt. $4500. First edition of this defense of Queen Caroline, with two autograph letters (one signed) from Caroline and one autograph letter from Lord Liverpool to Queen... more information

1972. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. (NIXON, Richard) LINDEN, Frank van der. Nixon's Quest for Peace. Washington and New York: Robert B. Luce, (1972). Octavo, original red cloth, original dust jacket. $650. First edition, signed by Richard Nixon on the title page. Written by a veteran White House correspondent, this book tracks Nixon's efforts to extricate the United States from Vietnam, to prevent further Middle Eastern conflict, to reach a new peace with the Soviet Union, and to forge relations with Ch... more information

1787. FIRST EDITION. NOBLE, Arthur. Laws of the State of New York, Passed by the Legislature of Said State, at their Tenth Session. New York: Printed by Samuel and John Loudon, Printers to the State, 1787. Folio, original half calf, paper boards. $1500. First edition, the author's copy, with his bookplate. An important association copy of the laws passed during the tenth session (January 21 to April 21, 1787). Included are acts relating to usury, "Oppressions by Arrests," Quakers and oath-t... more information

1805. FIRST EDITION. NOBLE, Thomas. Practical Perspective, Exemplified on Landscapes. London: Edward Orme, 1805. Large quarto, contemporary three-quarter brown calf rebacked, marbled boards. $1600. First edition of this practical course on perspective for landscape painters, with 12 aquatint plates, two hand-colored. This distillation of Noble's practical instruction covers the rendering of parallel, perpendicular and inclined planes, circles and other curves, arches, vanishing points, and shadows, e... more information

1905. NOLHAC, Pierre de. J.-M. Nattier: Peintre de la Cour de Louis XV. Paris: Goupil, 1905. Quarto, contemporary three-quarter crushed blue morocco, raised bands, marbled boards and endpapers, top edge gilt, uncut. $1500. Limited first edition, number 288 of 425 copies printed, richly illustrated with 45 black-and-white and 4 color plates. Before Louis XV hired him to paint the royal court, Louis XIV authorized Jean-Marc Nattier, 1685-1766, one of the best portrait painters of the 18th Century, to draw ... more information

1740. FIRST EDITION. NORTH, Roger. Examen: or an Enquiry into the Credit and Veracity of a Pretended Complete History. London: for Fletcher Gyles, 1740. Quarto, full contemporary brown speckled calf rebacked in period style, raised bands, gilt-decorated spine, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers. $850. First edition of this famous and highly influential account of the reign of Charles II. "When White Kennett's Complete History of England appeared… in 1706, Roger North was greatly disturbed by... more information

1845. FIRST EDITION. NORTON, Caroline. The Child of the Islands. A Poem. London: Chapman and Hall, 1845. Royal octavo, contemporary full brown crushed morocco, raised bands, elaborately gilt-decorated spines and boards, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. $850. First edition, splendidly bound by Rivière. Mrs. Caroline Norton, daughter of Thomas Sheridan and grand-daughter to statesman and poet Richard Brinsley Sheridan, was devoted to the cause of those less fortunate throughout her privileged life... more information

1911. NOUVION de, Pierre and LIEZ, Emile. Un Minstre de Modes Sous Louis XVI Mademoiselle Bertin, Marchande de Modes de la Reine 1747-1813. Paris: Henri Leclerc, 1911. Quarto, contemporary full gilt-tooled dark blue morocco with red and yellow inlay decorations on spine and covers, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, with original patterned covers bound in. $2300. Limited edition, one of only 400 copies, with 12 fine hand-colored plates by G. Ripart after Janinet, 11 of which are oval portra... more information

1916. (NUYTTENS, Josef Pierre) BOCCACCIO, Giovanni. The Immortal Decameron. New Castle, Pennsylvania: C.B. Randall, 1916. Five volumes. Large, slim folio, publisher's full crushed blue morocco gilt, raised bands, white watered silk doublures, top edges gilt, uncut. $5500. Beautifully printed and illustrated English translation of The Decameron, one of only 140 sets signed by the publisher C.B. Randall—his own copy—with portrait frontispiece, nine original etchings and 11 large hand-painted i... more information