To request further details about this lot, please email katiehorstman@hindmanauctions.com
Katie Horstman
VP, Head of Department, American Historical Ephemera and Early Photography
Sale 1118
| Cincinnati
| Cincinnati
To request further details about this lot, please email katiehorstman@hindmanauctions.com
Katie Horstman
VP, Head of Department, American Historical Ephemera and Early Photography
Estimate$600 – $800
8vo. Original two-toned cloth (some separation of beige cloth at spine, bumped corners); original pictorial dust jacket (lower edge trimmed approx. 1/2 in., short tear to head of spine, occasional creasing). Provenance: Circulating Gotham Library (library stamps to interior board and front free endpaper); Artie Shaw (bookplate to front free endpaper).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING OF ELLISON'S FIRST NOVEL, for which he would win the 1952 National Book Award. From the collection of jazz musician and bandleader Artie Shaw (1910-2004).
Hindman strives to describe historic materials in a manner that is respectful to all communities, providing descriptive contexts for objects where possible. The nature of historical ephemera is such that some material may represent positions, language, values, and stereotypes that are not consistent with the current values and practices at Hindman.
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Ms. Horstman has spent over a decade specializing in historic photography and Americana at auction. During her tenure, she has overseen several notable single owner auctions, including property from the inventory of celebrated Americana and antique arms expert Norm Flayderman. During her time with the firm, she has maintained an active membership in the Daguerreian Society. Ms. Horstman holds an MA in Art History from the University of Cincinnati and a BA in Art History from The Ohio State University.