Titles starting with P from Bauman Rare Books

1971. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. OZICK, Cynthia. The Pagan Rabbi and Other Stories. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971. Octavo, original brown cloth, original dust jacket. $600. First edition of Ozick's second book, a presentation copy/association copy inscribed with modesty by Ozick, "July 22, 1988, Dear Mr. Comstock: As I understand it, collectors require books that are in almost perfect, if not altogether perfect, condition. This is not. But all the words are here! Will this volume do? Sincerely, Cyn... more information

1809. FIRST EDITION. SALT, Henry. "Pagoda at Ramisseram." FROM: Twenty Four Views Taken in St. Helena, the Cape, India, Ceylon, Abyssinia & Egypt. London: William Miller, 1809. Original hand-colored aquatint, measuring 25 by 18-1/2 inches; beautifully framed; entire piece measures 34-1/2 by 28 inches. $4500. Splendid, large hand-colored aquatint of the Ramanathaswamy temple, Plate IX from Salt's folio views of India, Egypt, Ceylon, Abyssinia, the Cape of Good Hope, and St. Helena, engrav... more information

1939. FIRST EDITION. PALESTINE. Palestine and Middle East Economic Magazine 1939. New York: Mishar w'Taasia Co. Ltd., 1939. Folio, magazine format, original paper wrappers. $450. 1939 edition of the "Palestine and Middle East" Annuals. Published in connection with the Jewish Palestine Pavilion at the 1939 New York World's Fair. Includes articles "A Nation Reborn," by Dorothy Kahn, "New Settlement Advance," E.M. Epstein, "Tel-Aviv Port: The Gate to Zion," b... more information

2001. SIGNED. TWOMBLY, Cy. Pan: Détail. Avignon: Lambert Collection, [2001]. Original photolithographic poster, measuring 17-1/2 by 19 inches; framed, entire piece measures 20-1/2 inches square. $4500. Original signed poster from Twombly's series of flower paintings, number 18 of only 20 copies boldly signed by Twombly. "Cy Twombly belongs to a generation of American artists (including Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns) who turned away from the solemnity of abstract expressionism to re... more information

1926. FIRST EDITION. GRUELLE, Johnny. The Paper Dragon. A Raggedy Ann Adventure. New York, Joliet and Boston: P.F. Volland, (1926). Octavo, original pictorial paper boards, pictorial endpapers. $650. Scarce first edition of the seventh Raggedy Ann and Andy book, with numerous color illustrations, several full-page. A lovely copy. After his daughter fell ill in 1915, cartoonist Johnny Gruelle and his family began making copies of a rag doll he had designed for the sick child; and, in 1918, Gruelle's b... more information

1933. FIRST EDITION. (BRASSAÏ) MORAND, Paul. Paris de Nuit. (Paris: Arts et Métiers Graphiques, [1933]). Quarto, original spiral bound photographic wrappers. Housed in custom clamshell box. $6200. First edition of Brassaï's masterpiece, with 64 rich full-page photogravures capturing his unforgettable "social fantastic" vision of Paris (Roth). "Paris de Nuit combines the luxe and the louche… Its graphic design is sophisticated and its photogravure reproductions so ... more information

1996. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. GAUTRAND, Jean-Claude. Paris des Photographes: Les Parisiens. (Paris): Marval, (1996). Folio, original light gray cloth, original photographic dust jacket. $450. First edition of this exquisite visual record of Paris life, featuring numerous folio heliogravures by such renowned photographers as Brassaï, Cartier-Bresson, Kertész, Doisneau, Steichen, Hine, Atget, Klein, and Turnley (signed by him). Eminent photographer and historian Jean-Claude Gautrand here assembl... more information

1963. FIRST EDITION. VAN DER KEUKEN, Joan. Paris mortel. (Hilversum.), Netherlands: [C. de Boer Jr., 1963]. Quarto, original gray cloth, original blue cloth-effect dust jacket. $4800. First edition, the third photobook by award-winning photographer/filmmaker van der Keuken, with 65 finely screened black-and-white photogravures of Paris, strikingly printed on French-fold leaves, scarce in original unrestored dust jacket. "Arguably Europe's most important documentary filmmaker" (New York Time... more information

2000. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. TURNLEY, Peter. Parisiens. New York and Paris: Éditions Abbeville, (2000). Oblong quarto, original dark gray cloth, original photographic dust jacket. $850. First edition, French issue, of Turnley's evocative tribute to the city of light, signed by him on the half title, with tributes by longtime friends—acclaimed photographers Édouard Boubat and Robert Doisneau—and over 150 full-page black-and-white photogravures. When American photojournalist Pet... more information

1980. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. BALTZ, Lewis. Park City. Albuquerque: Artspace and New York: Castelli Graphics, (1980). Oblong quarto, original light brown cloth, original photographic dust jacket. $4200. First edition of the scarce second photobook in Baltz's New Topographics trilogy—"a key moment in Baltz's oeuvre" (Parr & Badger)—inscribed on the title page, "For Debra with best regards, Lewis Baltz, 8.5.82," with 102 finely screened black-and-white photogravure ... more information

1784. (ITALIAN POETRY) RUBBI, Andrea, editor. Parnaso Italiano, Ouvero Raccolta de' Poeti Classici Italiani. Venezia: Antonio Zatta e Figli, 1784-91. Fifty-six volumes. 12mo, contemporary full tan straight-grain morocco gilt, green morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. $3800. First edition of this monumental collection of Italian poetry, from Petrarch and Dante to the classic fairytale "Bertoldo, Bertoldino e Cacasenno," illustrated with numerous intricately engraved vigne... more information

1924. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. FORSTER, E.M. A Passage to India. London: Edward Arnold, 1924. Octavo, original half brown cloth, gray paper spine label, top edge gilt, uncut and unopened. $5200. Signed limited first edition, number 98 of only 200 large paper copies signed by Forster. Forster's 1921 return trip to India "had the effect of releasing what was to be judged his masterpiece, A Passage to India" (DNB). Andre Gide praised Forster's last novel as "a miracle of intelligence, t... more information

1994. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. (PHOTOGRAPHY) (TURNLEY, Peter) SMOLAN, Rick and ERWITT, Jennifer, creators. WALKER, Thomas K., designer. Passage to Vietnam: Through the Eyes of Seventy Photographers. No place: Against All Odds Productions & Melcher Media, 1994. Quarto, original half black cloth, original photographic dust jacket. $250. First edition of this richly illustrated survey of "a nation that is emerging from a long isolation and making up fast for lost time," featuring over 180 images&... more information

1910. (MOSHER, Thomas Bird) SPENCER, Herbert. Passages from the Philosophy of Herbert Spencer Chosen by Clara Sherwood Stevens. Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1910. Square octavo, original pale blue paper boards, paper spine label, original plain dust jacket, original slipcase. $150. First Mosher edition, one of only 750 copies, of selections from Spencer's First Principles (on evolution), his Principles of Ethics (on the ethics of individual life), and his Principles of Biology, …of Sociolog... more information

1982. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. BALL, George W. The Past Has Another Pattern. New York and London: W.W. Norton, 1982. Octavo, original half brown cloth, original dust jacket. $225. First edition of the distinguished statesman's memoirs, illustrated with 22 pages of black-and-white photographs, this presentation/association copy warmly inscribed by him to the influential architect of the United States' policy of "containing" Communism, "To George F. Kennan, with great respect and gratit... more information

1765. FRANCIS I, HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR. Patent of Nobility. No place, 1765. Folio illuminated manuscript in contemporary red velvet, measuring 10-1/2 by 14 inches. With red wax seal in brass case. $3500. Beautiful illuminated vellum manuscript with full-page hand-colored and illuminated coat-of-arms. This manuscript documents the conferment of nobility upon Carl Eichler von Eichelfeld by Emperor Francis I on March 21, 1765. Each leaf is decoratively framed and beautifully scripted. With a red wax seal beari... more information

1945. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. (STRAND, Paul) NEWHALL, Nancy. Paul Strand. Photographs 1915-1945. New York: Museum of Modern Art, (1945). Slim quarto, original green cloth. $800. First edition, association copy of the first photography monograph published by New York's Museum of Modern Art, with 23 photogravure plates, signed and dated "1952" by photographer Margery Lewis (Smith), longtime partner of photographer W. Eugene Smith who saw her own work featured in Steichen's landmark 1955 Fam... more information

1939. (JUDAICA) (ANTI-SEMITISM) MEXICO. Peligros de una Inmigracion en Masa. Voto razonado del C. Delegado del D.A.P.P. ante del H. Consejo Consultivo, sobre la proposicion presentado por el C. Director de Poblacion, el viernes 24 de febrero de 1939. WITH: Informe sintetico de la proposicion…. Mexico: March 9 and March 22, 1939. Together, two volumes. Typescript carbons (8-1/2 by 11 inches), stapled in original wrappers; pp. (1), 39; (1), 7. $3000. Two rare 1939 internal memos by the Mexican governme... more information

1995. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. LIEBLING, Jerome. The People, Yes. (New York): Aperture, (1995). Square quarto, original half black cloth, original photographic dust jacket. $125. First edition of this handsome photobook honoring photographer and filmmaker Liebling, featuring 94 tritones and color images (most full page), and 24 stills from his films, this association copy signed by award-winning photojournalist Peter Turnley. Recalling the legacy of his beloved mentor Jerome Liebling, Ken Burns writes that... more information

1945. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. BRITTEN, Benjamin. Peter Grimes. An Opera in Three Acts and a Prologue… Op. 33. London: Boosey & Hawkes, (1945). Folio, original paper wrappers. $4500. First edition of the piano-vocal score, presentation copy from both Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears, Britten's companion and the originator of the title role. Inscribed on the title page by Britten—"For Eric Dunstan, with happy memories of March 31, 1955. Benjamin Britten"—and underneath that b... more information