Titles starting with J from Bauman Rare Books

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

1974. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. (WYETH, Jamie). James Wyeth: Recent Paintings. New York: Kerr Gallery, (1974). Quarto, original pictorial paper wrappers. $150. Exhibition catalogue, inscribed by Jamie Wyeth on the half title "For William Ryan, Happy Birthday, Jamie Wyeth." Artist Jamie Wyeth, son of Andrew Wyeth, exhibits frequently at the Brandywine River Museum, where the paintings in this catalogue were on display over the holiday season 1974-75. Foreword by Theodore Stebbins. A fine inscribed... more information

1982. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. LEWIS, Jerry with GLUCK, Herb. Jerry Lewis in Person. New York: Atheneum, 1982. Octavo, original red cloth, original dust jacket. $175. First edition of Jerry Lewis' autobiography, with eight pages of photographic plates, inscribed: "For Jeff—Jerry Lewis. 10/7/82." In this autobiography, Jerry Lewis candidly addresses his ups and downs as one of the world's best-loved entertainers. After growing famous as half of the unstoppable duo Martin and Lewis, Je... more information

1982. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. (UELSMANN, Jerry N.) ENYEART, James L. Jerry N. Uelsmann: Twenty-Five Years: A Retrospective. Boston: Little, Brown, (1982). Quarto, original brown cloth, original dust jacket. $375. First edition of this collection of 140 finely screened halftone photographs, taken between 1954 and 1981, signed by Uelsmann on the half title. In selecting images that would represent Uelsmann's work in retrospect, James Enyeart hopes "to unravel exactly what Ulesmann's photographi... more information

1988. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. WITKIN, Joel-Peter. Joel-Peter Witkin. [Madrid]: Ministerio de Cultura, 1988. Square octavo, original black debossed cloth. $650. First edition of this stunning exhibition catalogue issued to honor a landmark 1988 exhibit of Witkin's photographs in Madrid, boldly signed by him on the half title, featuring 85 black-and-white and full-color illustrations, including 25 photographic plates. This copy with additional laid-in photogravure exhibition postcard (4 by 6 inches) insc... more information

1964. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. BENCHLEY, Peter. Jonathan Visits the White House. Pictures by Richard Bergere. New York, Toronto and London: McGraw-Hill, (1964). Slim quarto, original mustard cloth, pictorial endpapers, original dust jacket. $850. First edition of Benchley's first book, warmly inscribed by the author, "For H. Godfrey Weekes—Fiuigi was Mother's milk to me—Peter Benchley." Although he is most famous for making beach readers everywhere afraid to go in the water, Ben... more information

1927. FIRST EDITION. (JONGKIND, Johan Barthold) SIGNAC, Paul. Jongkind. (Paris: G. Crès et Cie., 1927). Royal octavo, contemporary full dark red morocco, elaborately gilt-decorated spine and covers, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt; original printed paper wrappers bound in. Housed in a custom cloth slipcase. $850. First edition of Signac's survey of the life and works of the Dutch painter and printmaker, a forerunner of the Impressionists, with 129 illustrations of Jongkind's paintings, dra... more information

1998. (BRODSKY, Joseph) LEMKHIN, Mikhail. Joseph Brodsky: Leningrad Fragments. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (1998). Square octavo, original half light gray cloth, original photographic dust jacket. $150. First edition of this brilliant photographic tribute to Russian poet Joseph Brodsky, a collection of 186 rich duotones by Mikhail Lemkhin, capturing Brodsky and his beloved Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) in an imaginative "photo-poem… of stunning visual 'phrases.'" From the ... more information

1764. FIRST EDITION. (NEW YORK). Journal of the Votes and Proceedings of the General Assembly of the Colony of New-York. Began the 9th Day of April, 1691; and Ended the 27th of September, 1743. WITH: Journal of the Votes and Proceedings of the General Assembly of the Colony of New-York. Began the 8th Day of November, 1743; and Ended the 23rd of December, 1765. New York: Hugh Gaine, 1764, 1766. Two volumes. Thick folio, period-style full brown calf, raised bands, red and black morocco spine labels. $5600. ... more information

1621. FIRST EDITION. (HENRY III) L'ESTOILE, Pierre de. Journal des Choses Memorables Advenues durant tout le Regne de Henry III, Roy de France & de Pologne. [Paris]: no publisher, 1621. Two parts in one. Octavo, contemporary full brown calf rebacked, raised bands. $600. First edition of this account of the turbulent reign of Henry III, king of France and Poland, last of the Valois kings. Among primary sources for the reign of Henry III, the diary of Pierre de l'Estoile is remarkable for the l... more information

1799. FIRST EDITION. (U. S. SENATE). Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, Being the First Session of the Sixth Congress…. Philadelphia: John Ward Fenno, 1799 [1800]. BOUND WITH: Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, Being the Second Session of the Sixth Congress. Washington: Way and Groff, 1800 [1801]. Octavo, contemporary blue paper covered boards rebacked and recornered period in period style brown calf, red morocco spine label. $4600. First edition of the officia... more information

1791. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. (UNITED STATES CONGRESS). Journal of the Third Session of the Senate of the United States of Ameirca, Begun and Held at the City of Philadelphia, December 6th, 1790. And in the Fifteenth Year of the Sovereignty of the Said United States. Philadelphia: Printed by John Fenno, 1791. Folio, contemporary full blind-stamped brown sheep, raised bands, brown morocco spine label. Housed in a custom clamshell box. $7500. Scarce first edition of the official record of the Third Session o... more information

1791. FIRST EDITION. (U. S. CONGRESS). Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, Being the First Session of the Second Congress, Begun and Held at the City of Philadelphia, October 24th, 1791; and in the Sixteenth Year of the Sovereignty of the Said United States. Philadelphia: Printed by John Fenno, 1791 [i.e. 1792]. Folio, original cream self-wrappers and original rear green stiff paper wrapper, stitched as issued, uncut. Housed in a custom clamshell box. $6500. First edition of the officia... more information

1793. FIRST EDITION. (U. S. CONGRESS). Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, Being the First Session of the Third Congress, Begun and Held at the City of Philadelphia, December 2d, 1793. Philadelphia: Printed by John Fenno, 1793 [i.e. 1794]. Folio, period style full brown tree calf, raised bands, tan morocco spine label, marbled endpapers. Housed in a custom clamshell box. $5000. First edition of the official record of the First Senatorial Session of the Third Congress convened under newl... more information

1795. FIRST EDITION. RADCLIFFE, Ann. Journey Made in the Summer of 1794, Through Holland and the Western Frontier of Germany, With a Return Down the Rhine: To Which are Added Observations During a Tour to the Lakes of Lancashire, Westmoreland, and Cumberland. London: printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, 1795. Quarto, modern three-quarter tan calf, beige cloth boards, raised bands, gilt-decorated spine, red morocco labels, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. $1200. First edition of Radcliffe's description o... more information

1796. FIRST EDITION. (BRETT, Samuel) BURTON, R., editor [pseudonym of CROUCH, Nathaniel]. A Journey to Jerusalem, Containing the Travels of Fourteen Englishmen in 1667 to the Holy Land, and other Memorable Places Noted in Scripture, to which is Prefixed, Memorable Remarks upon the Ancient and Modern State of the Jewish Nation. Together with a Relation of the Great Council of the Jews in the Plains of Hungary in 1650 to Examine the Scriptures Concerning Christ, with an Account of the Wonderful Delusion of t... more information

1993. FIRST EDITION. RENGER-PATZSCH, Albert. Albert Renger-Patzsch: Joy Before the Object. New York: Aperture Foundation, 1993. Quarto, original photographic paper wrappers. $125. First paperback edition of this overview of Renger-Patzsch's work by Aperture, with 50 full-page photographic plates. "For Renger-Patzsch, photography was a way of recreating the order of things through the order of the photograph. His pictures of factories, mines, architecture, even flowers and animals, have an unwave... more information

1948. FIRST EDITION. GERNSHEIM, Helmut. Julia Margaret Cameron. Her Life and Photographic Work. Introduction by Clive Bell. London: Fountain, (1948). Quarto, original tan cloth. $300. First edition of this major study of the influential photographer, with 54 brown-toned plates featuring images of Tennyson, Longfellow and Cameron's iconic image of the mother of Virginia Woolf, with an introduction by Woolf's brother-in-law Clive Bell. This association copy is from the library of photographer Marger... more information

1981. FIRST EDITION. VAN ALLSBURG, Chris. Jumanji. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1981. Quarto, original green cloth, original dust jacket. $750. First edition, first printing of this winner of the 1982 Caldecott Medal. Jumanji is about a magical board game that conjures real animals and other jungle elements as the participants play the game. They encounter problems that must be overcome, not only in the board game, but in real life. It was made into a 1995 film of the same name. First issue dust jacket, wit... more information