Selections from the ABAA Virtual Book Fair : & Other Recent Acquisitions

13 September - 17 October 2021

David Octavius Hill
Small archive related to the pioneering photographer, 1850s-70s
Albumen prints (5), photogravure (1), oil on board (1), ink on paper (1), and ephemera
Sold
Severin Roesen
[Group of Floral Sketches], 1859-61
Graphite on paper (4) on 3 sheets

$ 900.00
Gaston Emérigon Fabre, [Fort-de-France, Martinique, and environs], 1860-70s
Carrie A. Bowne Swift
[Five Views of The Old Tennent Church and Parsonage], 1870-90
Oil on shell (3), wood (1), and ink on paper (1)

$ 6,000.00
Nikolai Charushin
[Outer Mongolia & Buryatia, Siberia], 1870s-80s
Albumen prints (23)
Sold
[Lucy Parsons]
Portrait of the American Labor Organizer, Orator and Anarchist Communist., 1886
Albumen print
Sold
[Pullman Car Company]
Expansive archive pertaining to the important American company, 1880s-1950s
Albums (3), 260 individual photographs, and one 15-panel panorama
Reserved
Isaiah W. Taber
California Scenery, 1880s
Photo album; albumen prints (22)
Sold
Felix Morin
Port of Spain, Trinidad, 1880s
Albumen prints (22)

Sold
Elizabeth Talbot Reynolds
Beach at Santa Barbara, California, 1880s
Pastel on paper

$ 1,000.00
Martin Mason Hazeltine
[Souvenir of the Columbia River, Oregon], c. 1885-1890
Albumen prints (12)
Sold
William Henry Jackson
Ute Pass, c. 1890
Mammoth Albumen print
Sold
Arthur W. Boot & Co.
Argentina, c. 1890
Album; albumen prints (72)
Sold
[Jane Addams]
Portraits of the important American social reformer and activist, 1890s-1930s
Silver prints (15)

$ 1,000.00
[California Wine Country]
Album of Napa Valley views, 1903
Silver prints (10)

$ 1,200.00
[Royal Mills]
Collection of photographs documenting textile mill workers in Warwick, Rhode Island, c. 1905
Silver prints (20)

$ 950.00
[Kensico Dam and Reservoir]
Extensive photo album documenting a major New York City public works project, 1910-14
Album; silver prints (335)
Sold
[Auto-Camping]
Collection of photos showcasing America’s unique relationship with the Great Outdoors, c. 1910
Silver prints (53)

$ 2,000.00
[Jessie Darling]
The World’s Premier Roller Skateuse, c. 1910
Silver prints (16)

Sold
Harold Bastin
[Studies in Entomology & Botany], 1910s-20s
Silver (217) and Printing-out-paper prints (5)
Sold
[Alaska & Greenland]
Photographs documenting Inuit life, 1910s-20s
Silver prints (38)

$ 1,500.00
[Albert Shelton]
2 Photo albums with rare scenes of Tibet and a firsthand account of the American missionary's kidnapping , c. 1920
Albums (2); silver prints (376)
Sold
Robert Caby
[Collection of Surreal Drawings], c. 1920
Pen & ink (21) and pencil (3)

$ 2,400.00
[Ibach Motor Car & T.M. Manufacturing]
Trio of hand-colored catalogues advertising miniature cars and other vehicles, C. 1920
Ink drawings on paper

$ 3,200.00
[Société Anonyme]
Catalogue for the International Exhibition of Modern Art at the Brooklyn Museum, 1926-27
Booklet; Printed by the Brooklyn Museum Press.

Sold
[Japanese American All-Star Baseball]
Pair of photo albums showing the Fresno Athletic Club's barnstorming tour of Asia, 1927
Albums (2); silver prints (375)
Sold
[John Royle & Sons]
Salesman's album related to the Royle-Richards ruling machine and Photo-mechanical reproduction equipment, c. 1927
Album; silver prints (44) and photo-mechanical reproduction examples (10)
Sold
Alison McKenzie
[Collection of Woodcuts and Sketches], c. 1930
Woodblock prints, sketches, and other proofs (24)

$ 950.00
Jack Jacumski
[American Folk Song Festival on the Mayo Trail, near Ashland, KY], 1938
Silver prints (6)

$ 375.00
Edward Weston
7 am, Pacific War Time, 1945
Silver print; printed c. 1950
Sold
[Teen Criminals]
Press photos of Juvenile Delinquents, 1940s-60s
Silver prints (14)

$ 750.00
Gordon Conner Studio
Evocative portrait of Li-Kar, longtime star at pioneering San Francisco gay club Finocchio’s, c. 1940
Silver print
Sold
[French Nudists]
Risqué window card for an exploitation documentary, c. 1950
Photo-lithograph and silkscreen on cardstock

$ 200.00
[Grace Del Marco Agency]
Headshots advertising the first African American modeling agency, c. 1950s-60s
Silver prints (23) comprising 68 images on 23 sheets

Sold
[Christmas Cards]
Collection of holiday greetings from Japanese American families, 1950s-60s
Silver prints (44)

$ 1,250.00
[Hungarian Revolution]
Photo-journalistic account of the 1956 uprising, 1956-57
Silver prints (42)

$ 1,800.00
Navajo Chevrolet Company
Album showing the Dealership at 116 E. Route 66 in Gallup, New Mexico, 1960s
Photo album; Silver prints (16)

$ 1,200.00
Sold
John Hood Hord
[Archive of Vietnam-era Drawings], 1960s
Scratch board, pen & ink, pencil & paper, lithograph, ink wash, oils, marker, charcoal, etc. (Approx. 500)

$ 4,500.00
Horst Faas
Compelling collection of press photographs documenting the Vietnam war, 1963-73
Silver prints (31)

$ 3,200.00
[Southern California Safe Burglary Investigators’ Association]
Zine-like dossier used by safe burglary investigators throughout California, 1969
Xeroxed paper with plastic covers

$ 750.00

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