Ader: Books and Photographs - First American Editions from 1890 to 2019, 171461, PARIS

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 27, 2025 - November 27, 2025

Page Size: 146 items in 6 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	RIIS, JACOB A. (1849-1914)	How the other half lives. Studies among the tenements of New York.	New York	1890	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
2	BOURKE-WHITE, MARGARET (1904-1971)	Eyes on Russia.	New York	1931	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 187.50
3	HINE, LEWIS W. (1874-1940)	Men at Work.	New York	1932	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 625.00
4	MAN RAY (1890-1976)	Man Ray. Photographs 1920-1934. Paris. With a portrait by Picasso - Texts by Andre Breton Paul Eluard Rrose Selavy Tristan Tzara	New-York	1934	EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 625.00
5	STIEGLITZ, ALFRED (1864-1946)	America and Alfred Stieglitz. A collective portrait, with 120 illustrations.	Doran and Company	1934	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
6	BOURKE-WHITE, MARGARET (1904-1971) CALDWELL, ERSKINE (1903-1987)	You have seen their faces.	New York	1937	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
7	NEWHALL, BEAUMONT (1908-1993)	Photography 1839-1937.	New York	1937	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
8	EVANS, WALKER (1903-1975)	American Photographs.	New York	1938	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
9	LANGE, DOROTHEA (1895-1965) STEINBECK, JOHN (1902-1968)	Their blood is strong.		1938	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 187.50
10	ABBOTT, BERENICE (1898-1991)	Changing New York.	New York	1939	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 575.00
11	LANGE, DOROTHEA (1895-1965)	An American Exodus. A Record on Human Erosion.	New York	1939	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 350.00
12	EVANS, WALKER (1903-1975) AGEE, JAMES (1909-1955)	Let us now praise famous men.	Boston	1941	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
13	WESTON, EDWARD (1886-1958) [Signed] WHITMAN, WALT (1819-1892)	Leaves of Grass.	New York	1942	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
14	ADAMS, ANSEL (1902-1984)	Born free and equal. Photographs of the loyal japanese-americans at Manzanar relocation center, Inyo County, California.	New York	1944	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
15	FEININGER, ANDREAS (1906-1999)	New York. 96 photographs by Andreas Feininger. With an introduction by John Erskine.	Chicago, New York	1945	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 125.00
16	WEEGEE (Arthur Fellig) (1899-1968)	Naked City.	New York	1945	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 125.00
17	MORRIS, WRIGHT (1910-1992)	The Inhabitants.	New York	1946	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
18	STEICHEN, EDWARD (1879-1973)	The Blue Ghost. A photographic log and personnal narrative of the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Lexington in Combat Operation.		1947	EUR 120.00 - 180.00	EUR 100.00
19	BOURKE-WHITE, MARGARET (1904-1971)	Halfway to Freedom. A report on the new India in the words and photographs of Margaret Bourke-White.		1949	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
20	BOURKE-WHITE, MARGARET (1904-1971)	Interview with India, in the words and pictures of Margareth Bourke-White.	London	1950	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
21	ADAMS, ANSEL (1902-1984) [Signed]	The Land of Little Rain. Text by Mary Austin. Photographs by Ansel Adams.	Boston	1950	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 81.25
22	CARTIER-BRESSON, HENRI (1908-2004)	The decisive moment.	New York	1952	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
23	FEININGER, ANDREAS (1906-1999) [Signed]	The Face of New York. The City as it was and as it is.		1954	EUR 120.00 - 180.00	Not Sold
24	DE CARAVA, ROY (1919-2009) HUGHES, LANGSTON (1902-1967)	The Sweet Flypaper of Life.	New York	1955	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 287.50
25	FEININGER, ANDREAS (1906-1999) [Signed]	Changing America. The Land As It Was and How Man Has Changed It. Text by Patricia Dyett.	New York	1955	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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