Titles starting with A from Bauman Rare Books

1748. MACLAURIN, Colin. An Account of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophical Discoveries, in Four Books…. London: Printed for the author's children and sold by A. Millar, et al., 1748. Quarto, contemporary full brown calf rebacked, raised bands. $5200. First edition of Maclaurin's influential and important popularization of Newton's Principia, illustrated with six large, folding engraved plates, in handsome contemporary binding. "Gifted with a genius for geometrical investigation seco... more information

1792. FIRST EDITION. UNITED STATES CONGRESS. An Act respecting the Government of the Territories of the United States North West and South of the River Ohio. Second Congress of the United States: At the First Session, begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, on Monday the twenty-fourth of October one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one. [Philadelphia: Printed by Childs and Swaine, 1792]. Folio, original broadside leaf measures 8 by 13 inches, printed on recto, uncut. $600... 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

1753. FIRST EDITION. PARLIAMENT. Act to Repeal the Jewish Naturalization Act of 1753. An Act to repeal an Act of the Twenty sixth Year of His Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act to permit Persons professing the Jewish Religion to be naturalized by 'Parliament; and for other Purposes therein mentioned. London: Thomas Baskett, 1753 [i.e. 1754]. Folio, modern gray paper-covered boards, later endpapers, complete as issued in three leaves; pp. [1]-4. $4500. Scarce first edition of the Act that hurriedly... more information

1752. FIRST EDITION. RHODE ISLAND. Acts and Laws of His Majesty's Colony of Rhode-Island, and Providence-Plantations, in New England, In America. From Anno 1745, to Anno 1752. Newport, Rhode-Island: Printed by J. Franklin, at the Printing-Office under the Town-School-House, 1752. Folio, original marbled paper wrappers, sewn as issued. $4800. 1752 collection of Rhode Island colonial laws, one of the earliest printings of the Rhode Island colony. A fascinating insight into colonial life, addressing matt... more information

1769. (CONNECTICUT). Acts and Laws Of His Majesty's English Colony of Connecticut, in New-England, in America. Re-printed and Sold by Thomas and Samuel Green, in New-Haven, and Timothy Green, in New-London, 1769 [i.e. 1782]. Thick folio, contemporary full brown calf, raised bands. Housed in a custom clamshell box. $6000. 1769 edition of the Connecticut Acts & Laws, with a printing of the 1662 Royal Charter, sessional Acts and Laws from 1752-68, and first edition sessional Acts from 1769-82. With r... more information

1769. (VIRGINIA). Acts of Assembly, Now in Force, in the Colony of Virginia. With an Exact Table to the Whole. Published by Order of the General Assembly. Williamsburg: W. Rind, A. Purdie, and J. Dixon, 1769. Folio, contemporary reverse calf, raised bands, red leather label. $3800. Scarce copy of this set of laws, the third and final revision of Virginia law during the colonial era, printed by an associate of Thomas Jefferson, this copy belonging to the prominent Corbin family of King and Queen County. T... more information

1809. FIRST EDITION. BROWN, Charles Brockden. An Address to the Congress of the United States, on the Utility and Justice of Restrictions upon Foreign Commerce… and the Future Prospects of America. Philadelphia: C. & A. Conrad, 1809. Slim octavo, later half brown morocco, marbled boards. $1100. First edition of Brown's impassioned plea to the United States Congress to lift the disastrous Embargo Act of 1807. Caught up in the Napoleonic Wars, the British and French navies in 1806 intensified... 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

1822. LE SAGE, Alain Rene. The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane. London: Hurst, Robinson, 1822. Four volumes. 12mo, contemporary full brown polished calf, raised bands, ornately gilt-decorated spines and dentelles, red and green morocco spine labels, all edges gilt. $800. Later edition in English of this classic of French literature, beautifully bound in morocco-gilt by Bedford. Gil Blas, first published in 1715, follows in the great tradition of Cervantes and presages works such as Tom Jones and Rod... more information

1927. WANG, Feng-Chow. The Adventures of Hsi Men Ching. [New York]: Library of Facetious Lore, (1927). Large octavo, original three-quarter yellow morocco gilt, raised bands, burgundy morocco spine label, patterned paper boards, top edge gilt, uncut and partially unopened. $650. Splendid limited private-press edition, number 408 of only 750 copies, of this erotic book, allegedly an instrument of murder but in truth a charming literary fraud perpetuated over generations, illustrated with eight full-page li... more information

1900. (HAGGADAH). Agadeta de-Fis-ha. WITH (laid in): Agadeta de-Fis-ha. Yemen: no date, late 19th century and early 20th century. Small quarto, modern full tree calf; ff. (29); octavo, unbound, original stitching; ff. (12). $4200. Nineteenth-century manuscript Passover Haggadah from Yemen, written entirely by hand in Yemenite square and cursive script in brown ink. This very finely handwritten Passover Haggadah includes the classical Yemenite commentary Etz Chaim by R. Yahya Zalach, along with the Ashken... more information

1966. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. SONTAG, Susan. Against Interpretation and Other Essays. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1966). Octavo, original white cloth, original dust jacket. $850. First edition of Sontag's best critical writings from 1961 to 1965 dealing extensively with literature, theater, and film, signed on the half title by Susan Sontag. The essays in this work, both explicitly and in practice, address the role of the critic. Here, Sontag argues that interpretive criticism should stop ... more information

1903. FIRST EDITION. DAVIDSON, George. The Alaska Boundary. San Francisco: Alaska Packers Association, 1903. Quarto, original brown cloth gilt. $700. First edition of Davidson's detailed survey of the Alaskan boundary line, showing how it could be fairly determined by natural objects, with two large folding maps. Geographer George Davidson's greatest works were on the Pacific Coast, where he began his famous surveys in 1850. He combined the skills of hydrographer, geodesist, geographer, and astro... more information

1970. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. JAY, Bill, editor. Album 12. (Wisbech: Album Photographic, 1970). Small, slim folio, original stiff white photographic covers. $150. First edition of the last issue of Album, devoted to Erwitt, Boubat and Gardin, inscribed on page 4, "Pour Peter, Boubat." From the collection of award-winning photojournalist Peter Turnley, also signed by him on page 1. Bill Jay was the first Director of Photography at the Institute of Contemporary Arts and editor of Album, which only... more information

1927. FIRST EDITION. VALERY, Paul. Album de Vers Anciens. Paris: Editions de la Nouvelle Revue Francaise, 1927. 12mo, orange paper wrappers. $300. Limited edition of Valery's Album de Vers Anciens, limited to 3478 numbered copies, of which this is number 3015. This copy is from the collection of American artist and illustrator Emlen Etting, with his signature stamp in purple ink. "Valery's verse flows in traditional metres and verse-forms, with a delight in sound-patterns which fully explain... more information

1993. FIRST EDITION. STIEGLITZ, Alfred. Alfred Stieglitz. Photographs from the Collection of Georgia O'Keeffe. New York and Santa Fe: Pace/Macgill Gallery / Gerald Peters Gallery, (1993). Slim quarto, original stiff tan wrappers, original printed paper label tipped to front wrapper. $150. First edition of this catalogue published in conjunction with an exhibit of Stieglitz' photographs, with 18 full-page tritones, including ten luminous portraits and nudes of O'Keeffe, an association copy from... more information

1927. FIRST EDITION. DE LA MARE, Walter. Alone. (London: Curwen / Faber & Gwyer), [1927]. 12mo, original red wrappers, stitched as issued; pp.4. $150. First trade edition, Number Four in the special Curwen Press Ariel Series featuring poets such as T.S. Eliot and Thomas Hardy, de la Mare's evocative poem Alone with two woodcut engravings (one in color) by Blair Hughes-Stanton. This elegant printing of Walter de la Mare's poem Alone, illustrated with woodcut engravings (one full color) by Blai... more information

1954. FIRST EDITION. DENMAN, Earl. Alone to Everest. London: Collins, 1954. Octavo, original red cloth, original dust jacket. $100. First edition of this account of an illegal climb up Everest. In 1947, after various climbing achievements in Africa, Earl Denman attempted an illegal and woefully undersupplied and poorly equipped climb up Mount Everest's north face with Sherpas Ang Dawa and Tenzing Norgay, who would later summit with Hillary in 1953. This is Denman's account of the trio's amazi... more information