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Fine Coaching Inn Scene by Cecil Aldin

Aldin, Cecil (1870 - 1935). The Stage Coach. watercolor and ink over pencil, signed "Cecil Aldin 1901". 13 1/2 x 20 1/2", 1901. Exhibited : The Kensington Fine Art Society, South Kensington (stamp verso). Item #17308. (full details)
Price: $12,500.00
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(Aldine Poets) . The Aldine Edition of British Poets. Frontispieces. 80 vols. 8vo, London: George Bell & Sons, York St., Covent Garden. New York: 112, Fourth Street, 1891-1901. Three quarter green morocco and marbled boards, t.e.g. by Zaehnsdorf. Spines mellowed uniformily to brown. Item #218165. (full details)
Price: $7,500.00
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Allestree, Richard. The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety. [Bound with:] The Gentleman's Calling [And:] Private Devotions. Engraved title vignette of a burning ship and 4 engraved plates. [20], 452, [24], 166 pp. 8vo, London: R. Norton for T. Garthwait, 1667. First edition. Contemporary English black goatskin, tooled in gilt with a triple fillet outer border enclosing... Item #226745. (full details)
Price: $2,500.00
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The Superb Plantin Valverde-Vesalius

(Anatomy) Valverde de Hamusco, Juan de. Vivae imagines partium corporis humanis aereis formis expressae. [and] VESALIUS, Andreas. De humani corporis fabrica librorum epitome. With 42 full page engraved anatomical plates by Pieter and Franz Huys (re-engraved after Gaspar Vecerra’s engravings for t, Antwerp: Christopher Plantin, 16 May 1579. Contemporary vellum. Ink stamp of medical society of Sarthe (Fr.) in margin of a few... Item #220553. (full details)
Price: $6,500.00
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(Anderson, Judith) Van Vechten, Carl. Portrait photograph of Judith Anderson as Medea. Large bust portrait of the actress in costume. 33.9 x 24.7 cm. (Approximately 13-3/8 x 9-5/8 inches), New York: [May 12, 1951]. Fine. Docketed on verso in pencil, giving the subject of the photograph, the date of the session, and... Item #219343. (full details)
Price: $3,500.00
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(Arlen, Harold) Van Vechten, Carl. Portrait photograph of Harold Arlen. Half-length portrait of the composer. 33.3 x 21.7 cm. (approximately 13 x 8-3/8 inches), New York: May 17, 1960. Fine. Docketed in ink on verso, giving the name of the sitter, the date of the session, and a reference to... Item #219075. (full details)
Price: $3,500.00
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(Armstrong, Henry) Van Vechten, Carl. Portrait photograph of world champion boxer Henry Armstrong. Half-length, seated. Gelatin silver print. 14. x 11 inches, New York: July 15, 1937. Fine. With atelier stamp in rear and pencilled notes recording the name of the subject, date, and identification number of the print("XLM K 20"). Item #211600. (full details)
Price: $2,750.00
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(Ashendene Press) [Shelley, Percy Bysshe, John Milton, and Matthew Arnold]. Three Elegies. Lycidas by John Milton. Adonais by Percy B. Shelley. Thyrsis by Mathew Arnold. viii, 49 pp. 4to, At the Ashendene Press, 1899. Number 18 of 50 copies printed from Fells english type. Full blue cloth preserving original printed tan wrappers. With Newbegin's San Fransisco label at back. Item #38185. (full details)
Price: $3,500.00
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100 Avinoff Watercolors of Russian Art Treasures

Avinoff, Andrey. Russian Ecclesiastical and Decorative Art Objects in the Collection of George R. Hann: Watercolor illustrations by A[ndrey] Avinoff. A total of 100 watercolors, each about 5 inches high by 3 inches wide; 84 of them mounted in two volumes, the remainder loose. 2, n.p: 1944. Two full dark blue calf albums, gilt on upper covers and spines, patterned... Item #11303. (full details)
Price: $15,000.00
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(Baldwin, James) Van Vechten, Carl, photographer. Half-length portrait of James Baldwin, seated, in profile. Gelatin silver print. 9-7/8 x 6-5/8 inches, New York: Sept 23, 1955. Embossed stamp lower front, atelier stamped on verso: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten | 146 Central Park West | Cannot be reproduced without permission", and docketed by Van... Item #224392. (full details)
Price: $3,000.00
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Bannerman, Helen. The Story of Little Black Sambo. Illustrated with 27 full-page engravings after drawings by the author, printed in color by Edmund Evans. 16mo, London: Grant Richards, 1899. First edition. Original light green cloth ruled and lettered in dark green. Contemporary owner’s signature dated Nov 1 1899... Item #55322. (full details)
Price: $6,000.00
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Rouault's Baudelaire

(Baudelaire, Charles) Rouault, Georges. Portrait of Charles Baudelaire. Lithograph. 8.3 x 6.5 in. (21.2 x 16.5 cm.), [Paris: 1926]. No. 2 of 35 copies SIGNED AND NUMBERED by the artist in pencil; with his stamp lower left. Slight spotting to lower margin. Framed and glazed. Item #234586. (full details)
Price: $2,500.00
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Unrecorded Beerbohm Caricature of William Archer

(Beerbohm, Max) Beerbohm, Max. “Mr William Archer”: full-length caricature of the drama critic, translator and playwright, ink and wash on paper, mounted on board, signed “Max” at right and titled at left. Image 12-3/4 x 6 inches, mat measures 16-5/8 x 10 inches, n.p: Ca. 1900. Fine condition, framed. Item #27261. (full details)
Price: $5,500.00
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Original Bemelmans Watercolor Studies

Bemelmans, Ludwig. Watercolor studies of two children and the head of a young woman, signed “Bemelmans”. Image 9-3/4 x 4-1/2 inches; matted and framed to 17 x 11-3/4 inches overall, [N.p: n.d.]. Fine condition. Item #32379. (full details)
Price: $5,000.00
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(Bible) . Novum Testamentum. Ruled in red. 16mo (124 x 81 mm.), Paris: Apud Florentinnus Yvernellus, 1551. Contemporary French plaque binding, gold tooled and painted calf in a Rennaissance design of interlacing strapwork, gauffered gilt edges. Owners name gilt stamped in upper and lower... Item #230976. (full details)
Price: $8,000.00
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(Bible, English) . The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New; with the Apocrypha: Translated Out of the Original Tongues, with Annotations. Engraved frontispiece, 9 copperplates; unpaginated [1144 pages]. Folio, Birmingham: Printed by John Baskerville, 1769-1772. Second Baskerville Bible, with first state title-page (dated 1769). Full contemporary mottled calf, gilt; rubbed and scuffed, some offsetting from plates, light soiling throughout, previous owner's... Item #238782. (full details)
Price: $5,000.00
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Original Watercolor by Katie Blackmore

Blackmore, Katie. Japanese Street Vendor Carrying Her Child. Blackmore, Katie Pen and ink, tempera and watercolor on paper, signed “K. Blackmore” lower right. Image 11 3/4 x 8 inches, archivally, Ca. 1930. Fine condition. With a portion of the original backing bearing the artist's name and address (probably in her... Item #13779. (full details)
Price: $2,600.00
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One of 30 Copies, Presentation Copy

Blakey, Robert, compiler. The Angler's Song Book. [A]-T8, printed on green, blue, pink, and white paper. Pp. xvi, 276, [2, ads]. 8vo, London: George Cox, 1855. First edition, one of 30 copies printed on larger paper of various hues; signed and inscribed by the author ("one of... Item #234026. (full details)
Price: $2,500.00
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Signed by Daniel Boone's Sons, Daniel M. and Nathan

(Boone, Daniel) Boone, Daniel Morgan. Together, three documents signed by Daniel Boone's sons: Manuscript Document, signed by Daniel M. Boone with two lines in his hand, 2 pp., 8vo, dated November 14, 1817 and July 5, 1819, being a document filed with the County of St. Charles listing a . 1 vols. Various sizes, St. Charles County, Missouri Territory: July 5, 1819, September 8, 182. Each document folded several times, very short minor tears or chipping mostly at folds, overall very good. Item #13488. (full details)
Price: $2,500.00
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(Bourke-White, Margaret) Van Vechten, Carl. Portrait photograph of Margaret Bourke-White. Van Vechten, Carl Bust portrait. Gelatin silver print. Approximately 24.5 x 19.2 cm. (9-5/8 x 7-5/8 inches), [New York: March 24, 1938]. Reproduced in Mauriber's PORTRAITS (1978). Matted. Item #220748. (full details)
Price: $5,000.00
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Bourne, John C. & John BRITTON. Drawings of the London and Birmingham Railway, by John C. Bourne, with an Historical and Descriptive Account, by John Britton F.S.A. Tinted lithograph title page large central view surrounded by vignettes, 2 maps of the London - Birmingham Line on one sheet, 34, London: Ackermann and Co. Strand and C. Tilt Fleet Street, 1839. First edition. Publisher's half-morocco and plum cloth,... Item #240720. (full details)
Price: $9,000.00
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(Boxing) Blake, T. The Interior of the Fives Court, with Randall and Turner Sparring. Engraved by C[harles] Turner after T. Blake. Hand-colored aquatint with etched outline. 20 x 26 inches, matted and framed to 27 x 33 inches overall, London: W. Sams, Book & Printseller, to the Royal family opposite St James's Palace, 1825. Third state, the first being produced in 1818. Item #215604. (full details)
Price: $2,500.00
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Original Tom Sawyer Illustration by Worth Brehm

Brehm, Worth. Fine charcoal drawing, an illustration for The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, signed lower left. Brehm, Worth The drawing measures 20 3/4 x 14 inches. , Ca. 1910. Fine conditon. Item #12481. (full details)
Price: $6,000.00
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Original Tom Sawyer Illustration by Worth Brehm

Brehm, Worth. FINE ORIGINAL CHARCOAL DRAWING “LET ME SEE IT”, FROM THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER signed lower left. Brehm, Worth Image size 21 x 14 1/2 inches. , Ca. 1910. Published by Harper & Brothers in their edition of 1910. Fine condition. Item #12725. (full details)
Price: $6,000.00
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Original Tom Sawyer Illustration by Worth Brehm

Brehm, Worth. FINE ORIGINAL CHARCOAL DRAWING, “MY BOY, DON'T BE AFRAID OF ME”, FROM THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER, signed upper right. Brehm, Worth Image size 22 1/4 x 15 inches. , Ca. 1910. Published by Harper & Brothers in their edition of 1910. Fine condition. Item #12730. (full details)
Price: $6,000.00


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