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

Auction Details

Auction Report
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
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