Set Reminder2022-02-26 12:00:002022-02-26 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : Fine Books & Manuscripts https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/fine-books-manuscripts-21955 Our first book sale of the year features an array of items not seen on the market in over a century. Among the Americana lots crossing the block is one of the rarest and important Revolutionary War narratives, being Ethan Allen’s account of his captivity in British prisons printed in 1779.
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SMITH, W. Eugene (1918?1978) and SMITH, Aileen Mioko (b. 1950). Minamata. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1975. 4to. Numerous black and white illustrations after photographs by W. Eugene Smith. Original publisher?s pictorial wrappers (cellophane chipped at extreme edges of covers). FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION, showing the effects of Minamata disease caused by severe Mercury poisoning from chemicals dumped into Minamata Bay by the Chisso Corporation. SIGNED BY W. EUGENE SMITH AND AILEEN M. SMITH on half title. W. Eugene Smith began documenting the effects of Minamata disease in Minamata, Japan from 1971?73. His photograph Tomoko and Mother in the Bath became known the world over as a symbol of its devastating effects.