ARCHITECTURE AND ART, INCLUDING PHOTOGRAPHY

91 91* (MATHEMATICS) GAUSS, CARL FRIEDRICH Untersuchungen über Gegenstände der höhern Geodaesie. Gottingen: in de Dieterichschen Buchhandlung, 1844-1847.

Part 1 (of 2). 8vo, marbled boards. First separate editions of this important work which laid the groundwork for and later developed into the GaussKrueger Transverse Mercator Projection. Lacking spine; wear to extremities of wrappers; age darkening to leaves; otherwise text is clean and binding is tight. Property from the University of Chicago $400-600

92 (MATHEMATICS) PALMER, ALBERT Palmer’s Pocket Scale, with Rules for Its Use In Solving Arithmetical and Geometrical Problems. Rochester: Aaron Palmer, 1845.

8vo, embossed green cloth. With “Palmer’s Pocket Scale” tipped into the rear pastedown. An early version of the first circular slide rule. First printing. Foxing throughout; wear to boards; otherwise sound. $100-200

93* (SCIENCE) A group of three books pertaining to invention and science.

Transactions of the Society Instituted at London for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce with the Premiums offered in the Year 1799. Volume 16 only. Published by the Society for the Encouragement of Arts. London: W. C. Spilsbury, 1799. First edition. The Universal Magazine of Knowledge & Pleasure July through December 1752. Volume 11 only. Edited by John Hinton. London, 1752. 8vo, contemporary leather boards. Memories of Old Friends: Being Extracts from the Journals and Letters of Caroline Fox of Penjerrick Cornwall from 1835 to 1871. Edited by Caroline Fox. London: Smith Elder, 1882. Second edition. 2 vols. 8vo, untrimmed, publisher’s green cloth. Property from the Estate of Mary Thale, Wilmette, Illinois $100-200

94 SKINNER, B. F. The Behavior of Organisms. NY: Appleton, 1938.

8vo, pale green blind-stamped cloth. First edition, second issue. Minor age darkening to edges; some wear to boards; otherwise fine. $100-200

95 VAIL, ALFRED Description of the American Electro Magnetic Telegraph: Now in Operation Between the Cities of Washington and Baltimore. Washington: J. & G. Gideon, 1845.

24 pp. 8vo, lacking original wraps. First edition. With 14 wood engraved illustrations. Minor foxing to title page; otherwise fine. $200-400

96 VIRCHOW, RUDOLPH Über die krankhaften Geschwülste. Berlin, n.d.

3 vols. 8vo, 3/4 calf over cloth boards. First edition. Front covers detached to each volume; wear to spines; bottom one inch of volume two spine lacking; otherwise sound. $100-200

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97 WATSON, JAMES D. The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA. New York: Atheneum, 1968.

8vo, original blue cloth, unclipped dust jacket. First edition, first impression of Watson’s discovery of the double helix, for which he, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins won the Nobel Prize. Minor chipping, fading and small tears to dust jacket; wear to boards, with tape and fading to front and rear cover; hinges starting; dampstaining to lower corner of first 50 pages; ex-library copy with library card holder to front endpaper and library stamps to title page; otherwise fine. $1,000-2,000 98 (SEX) DR. JACOBUS X Medico-Legal Examination of the Abuses, Aberrations, and Dementia of the Genital Sense. Paris: Charles Carrington, n. d.

8vo, full cloth. One of 750 numbered copies of which this is number 124. Together with 18 books and five pamphlets pertaining to sex. $400-600

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99 (ARCHITECTURE) CHAMBERS, WILLIAM SIR A Treatise on the Decorative Part of Civil Architecture. London: Joseph Smeeton, 1791.

Folio, half calf over marbled boards. Third edition. Illustrated with 53 plates by Rooker, Grignon, Fourdrinier and others. Foxing throughout; boards detached; backstrip defective with some suites of pages detached; wear to boards; otherwise plates are all present and in fair condition. $200-400

100 (ARCHITECTURE, CHICAGO) GRAHAM, ANDERSON et AL. The Architectural Work of Graham Anderson Probst & White Chicago and Their Predecessors D. H. Burnham & Co. and Graham Burnham & Co. London: B. T. Batsford, 1933.

2 vols. Folio, full brown morocco stamped by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, gilt titles to spines, five raised bands, marbled endpapers, t.e.g., in original slipcases. Number 13 of 300 presentation copies, this copy without signature and recipient indicated. With 187 plates of architectural design in Chicago. Tape repair and soiling to slipcases; chipping to spine head volume one; minor soiling to rear board on volume one; offsetting to some pages; otherwise fine. $2,000-4,000

101 (ARCHITECTURE, CHICAGO) BURNHAM, DANIEL Plan of Chicago. By Daniel Burnham and Edward H. Bennett. Edited by Charles Moore. Chicago: The Commercial Club, 1909.

4to, original green cloth, top edge gilt. First edition. Number 144 of 1,650 limited copies, this one presented to Benjamin Allen by the club. Wear to boards with some loss at corners and head and foot of spine; hinges starting; otherwise a fair copy. $1,000-2,000

102 (ARCHITECTURE) DUMONTHIER, ERNEST Étoffes d’Ameublement de l’Époque Napoléonienne. Preface by Frederic Masson. Paris: Charles Schmid, 1909.

Portfolio, loose as issued in gilt lettered green cloth-backed folder with ties present but torn, pp. 1-23 (text) uncut. Number 376 of 800 limited printings. Illustrated throughout with tipped-in color plates. Rubbing to boards; top 5 1/2 inches of spine detached; some soiling throughout; otherwise fine. $200-400

103 (ARCHITECTURE) HOUGH, ROMEYN B. The American Woods: Exhibited by Actual Specimens and with Copious Explanatory Text. Lowville, NY: 1893-1928.

3 (of 4) parts. 8vo, text books and mounts loose as issued in green blindstamped folders and green slipcases with metal clasps. Part I. Edition unknown, lacking text booklet. (25 species in 27 mounts). Part II. Second edition. 25 species in 26 mounts. Part III. First edition. 25 species in 26 mounts. Printed paper mounts, each containing three thin specimens of 25 species of wood. Wear to boards; otherwise a fine set. $400-600

104 (ARCHITECUTRE) KING, THOMAS H. The Study-Book of Medieval Architecture and Art. Edinburgh: John Grant, 1893.

4 vols. Folio, quarter red morocco, spines gilt, t.e.g. Illustrated with 400 plates of architectural plans, facades and details. Text block is shifted slightly on some volumes; minor soiling to boards; edges bumped; rubbing to spines; chipping to the heads of some spines; spine detached at front board on volume two; otherwise fine. $200-400 105

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(ARCHITECTURE) PUGIN, AUGUSTUS Examples of Gothic Architecture: Selected from Various Ancient Edifices in England. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1838.

3 vols. 4to, black boards, paper labels to spines. Second edition. Illustrated throughout with detailed plates, some in colors. Intermittent foxing; wear to boards; loss to pastedown labels; boards splitting at folds; hinges starting; otherwise fine. $100-200

106 (ARCHITECTURE) RACINET, AUGUSTE L’Ornament Polychrome. Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1888.

2 vols. Folio, 3/4 red morocco over marbled boards, five raised bands, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. Second edition, preferred. With 220 color lithographic plates. Wear to boards; two inch tear to head of volume two; otherwise fine. $800-1,200

107 (ARCHITECTURE) STICKLEY, GUSTAV The Craftsman: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine. A group of 21 volumes as follows: vols. 1-8 and Volumes 13-26 (without 16). Craftsman Publishing, 19021914.

21 vols. 8vo, vols. 1-8 full calf, vols. 13-26 rebound in green cloth-backed boards. Rubbing to calf; hinges starting to some volumes; boards detached to some; minor age darkening; otherwise fine. $1,000-2,000

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111A 108 (ARCHITECTURE) WHITEHEAD, RUSSELL F. REID, KENNETH; CLEVER, E. L. Pencil Points: An Illustrated Monthly Journal for the Drafting Room. New York: The Architectural Review, 1920-1928.

6 vols. Various numbers. 8vo, library buckram, gilt titles to spines. Wear to boards; some age darkening to pages; otherwise fine. $100-200

109 (ARCHITECTURE) WRIGHT, FRANK LLOYD Architecte Americain. Introduction by Jean Badovici. Paris: Albert Morance, (1932).

4to, contents loose as issued in cloth-backed decorative boards with cloth ties. Complete with 25 plates and five fold-out architectural plans. Inscribed by Wright on the front cover and dated from Taliesin, August 1935. Soiling to boards; wear to edge of plates; fraying to head and foot of spine; otherwise sound. $800-1,200

110 (ARCHITECTURE) WRIGHT, FRANK LLOYD A group of 15 books. $100-200

111 (ART) A group of 12 artist’s monographs. $100-200

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(ART) ARP, JEAN

11 Configurations. Zurich: Max Bill, 1945.

Thin 8vo, pictorial paper wraps, original glassine. One of 40, from a total edition of 220, with an additional woodcut signed by Arp presented to friends of the publishers. Number 11 signed by Max Bill. Chipping to glassine; minor age darkening; wear to edges of pages; otherwise fine. ARP, JEAN. 11 Configurations. One of 40 with additional signed woodcut by Arp. Signed by Max Bill. $1,000-2,000

112 (ART) BASKIN, LEONARD The Five Scrolls: Hebrew Texts, English Translations, Introductions, and New Liturgies. By Bronstein, Friedlander et al. Illustrated and designed by Leonard Baskin. New York: CCAR (Central Conference of American Rabbis) Press, 1984.

4to, quarter green leather and brown boards with large oval green leather label in middle of front board and rear boards, gilt stamped title to spine and front and rear boards. First edition. Number 66 of 175 limited copies signed by Baskin to the limitation page. With an original color lithograph frontispiece by Baskin signed and numbered. Fine. $200-400

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113 (ART) CHAGALL, MARC The Jerusalem Windows. Text and Notes by Jean Leymarie. New York: George Braziller; Monte Carlo: Andre Sauret, (1962).

4to, red cloth, in original pictorial wrappers and mylar jacket. First edition. With two original lithographs by Chagall created for this publication and color illustrations throughout. Fine. $800-1,200

114 (COROT, CAMILLE) ROBAUT, ALFRED L’oeuvre de Corot: Catalogue raisonné et illustré. By Alfred Robaut. Paris: H. Floury, 1905.

5 vols. Folio, 3/4 morocco over green cloth-backed boards, gilt titles to spines. Rebound, with original paper wraps preserved, renewed endpapers. One of 25, from a total edition of 400, on Japan Shizuoka. Ex Hill Library, St. Paul, Minnesota; minor rubbing to boards; otherwise internally very fine. $2,000-4,000 115 (ART) DEGAS, EDGAR Degas et son oeuvre. By P. A. Lemoisne. Paris: Paul Breme et C. M. de Haucke, aux Arts et Métiers Graphiques, (1946).

4 vols. Folio, loose as issued in blue gray boards and matching paper wrappers, uncut. First edition. Minor curling to fore edge; some soiling to slipcases with wear at the edges; otherwise a very fine set. $800-1,200

116 (ART) DURET, THÉODORE Les Peintres Impressionnistes. Paris: H. Floury, 1919.

4to, paper wrappers. Nouvelle edition. With two original etchings by Renoir and one by Guillaumin. Wear to wrappers; loss at spine; darkening to pages at extremities, not affecting plates; otherwise fair. $800-1,200 117 (ART) ERNST, MAX A group of 20 books. $100-200

118 (ART) DU CUBISME

By A. Gleizes and J. Metzinger. Paris: Compagnie Française des Arts Graphiques, 1947.

4to, original paper wrappers, paper-covered boards and slipcase with title on the spine. The complete set of 11 etchings, drypoints and aquatints. Number 221 of 435 copies printed on pur fil Lana. Minor foxing concentrated at the fore edge; fore edge folded at page 49; minor offsetting to some pages; splitting to slipcase with some fading; minor soiling to chemise; otherwise plates are in very fine condition. $5,000-7,000

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119 (ART) GROMAIRE, MARCEL L’oeuvre Gravé de Marcel Gromaire. Introduction by Pierre Emmanuel. Paris: La Bibliothèque des Arts, (1976).

2 vols. Folio, blue cloth-backed boards, dust jackets, in slipcase. One of 650 numbered copies. Fine. $100-200

120 (ART) GROSZ, GEORGE Hintergrund: 17 Zeichnungen zur Aufführung des “Schwejk” in der PiscatorBühne. Berlin: Malik Verlag, (1928).

Oblong folio, printed title leaf and 14 (of original 17) full-page black and white reproductions of drawings by Grosz loose as issued. Lacking original folder and plates 10 and 12; age darkening to some leaves; otherwise fine. $100-200

121 (ART) KANDINSKY, WASSILY Punkt und Linie zu Fläche [Bauhausbücher]. Munich: Albert Landen, 1926.

8vo, original yellow cloth-backed boards. Soiling to boards with head and foot of spine frayed; loss at rear outer hinges; hinges starting; printer’s stamp to title page. Together with Padagogisches Skizzenbuch [Bauhausbücher]. By Paul Klee. Munchen: Albert Langen, 1925. 8vo, original printed wraps. $400-600

122 (ART) LES MAÎTRES DE L’AFFICHE

Deuxieme Volume. Preface by M. Roger Marx. Paris: Chaix, 1897.

27 plates. Folio, original green pictorial cloth boards with design by Paul Berthon. Containing the following plates: 50, 51, 54, 56, 58, 59, 63, 65, 68, 69, 70, 71, “Impatience” by Willette (unnumbered), 74, 75, 78, 81, 83, 84, 86, 87, 89, 90, 92, 96. Plates 134 and 40 are laid into the back. Chipping to extremities of some plates; minor foxing throughout not affecting the images; otherwise a fine collection. $1,000-2,000 123

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(ART) LOBEL-RICHE Lobel-Riche, Peintre-Graveur. By Robert Margerit. Paris: Le Livre de Plantin, (1946).

Folio, loose as issued in publisher’s special wrappers. First edition. One of 515 copies, numbered and signed by the artist to the limitation page. With an extra suite of 89 plates and original frontispiece etching. Some soiling to wrappers and age darkening at the fore edge; otherwise fine. $100-200

124 (ART) MARRAST, J. MCMXXV Jardins. Paris: Éditions d’art Charles Moreau, (1925).

Folio, loose as issued in black cloth-backed boards, original ties. Portfolio of 42 sepia heliotype plates and 12 color pochoir plates by Saude after designs by various artists. Some minor age darkening to the extremities of some plates not affecting the image; edgewear to boards; minor soiling to title page; one tie broken; otherwise fine. $600-800

125 (ART) DORE, GUSTAV The History of the Crusades. By Michaud. Illustrated by Gustav Dore. Philadelphia: George Barrie, (c. 1880).

3 vols. in 4 parts. Portfolio, red cloth folders with gilt lettered titles. With 81 (of 100) full-page engravings accompanied by captioned tissue guards. All pages detached but with original paper wraps; foxing throughout; wear and fading to folders; some soiling to plates; otherwise a sound set. $200-400

126 126 (ART) PICASSO, PABLO Eaux-Fortes originales pour des textes de Buffon. Text by George-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon. Paris: Fabiani, 1942.

4to, bound by the Lakeside Press, Chicago, in 3/4 red morocco over marbled boards, five raised bands, gilt titles to spine, marbled endpapers, original wrappers bound in at the rear. One of 135 on velin de Vidalon, from a total edition of 226. Slight rubbing to boards; otherwise fine. Complete with 31 etched plates by Pablo Picasso, commissioned by Vollard, to accompany the Count of Buffon’s monumental Histoire Naturelle in 1936, but published after Vollard’s death by Fabiani in 1942. Minor rubbing to boards at outer edge; slight offsetting from some plates; otherwise very fine. $20,000-25,000