"'Il Penseroso,' by John Milton”.
[Ca. June 2, 1980]. Read More about "'Il Penseroso,' by John Milton”
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A Natural History of English Insects Illustrated with a Hundred Copper Plates, Curiously Engraven from the Life: And (for those...
London: William and John Innys, 1720-24. With preliminaries and titles of both first and second editions. Read More about A Natural History of English Insects Illustrated with a Hundred Copper Plates, Curiously Engraven...
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Album of 34 Original Chinese Watercolors
Album of 34 Chinese watercolor paintings on paper.
China: Ca. first half of 19th century. Album of 34 Original Chinese Watercolors. A very interesting and engaging collection of genre scenes. The trees, rocks, and landscapes are particularly well rendered, and the figures are full of life. The pictures in many such albums often follow a sequence of events..... Read More about Album of 34 Chinese watercolor paintings on paper
Price: $6,000
Prophets, Oracles, and Sacrifices
Spiegel der Sibyllen, van Vierderley Vertooningen ... Seer rykelijk verçiert met allerhande raare Kopere platen, waar onder de XII Sibyllen...
Amsterdam: Gedrukt [by Hendrik Harmensz] voor d'Autheur, waar by dit werk ook te bekomen is, op de Bloemgraft, omtrent de drukkery van d'Heer Blaauw : en by Timotheus ten Hoorn, Boekverkooper in de Nes, naast de Brakke-Gront, 1685. First edition. Prophets, Oracles, and Sacrifices. Four-part work on religion in the..... Read More about Spiegel der Sibyllen, van Vierderley Vertooningen ... Seer rykelijk verçiert met allerhande...
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Rouault's Baudelaire
Portrait of Charles Baudelaire.
[Paris: 1926]. No. 2 of 35 copies SIGNED AND NUMBERED by the artist in pencil; with his stamp lower left. Rouault's Baudelaire. Superb image of the brooding genius so greatly admired by Rouault, who included it in the second edition of his collection, SOUVENIRS INTIMES (Paris: E. Frapier, 1927), with..... Read More about Portrait of Charles Baudelaire
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Original Bemelmans Watercolor Studies
Watercolor studies of two children and the head of a young woman.
n.p. Original Bemelmans Watercolor Studies. Ludwig Bemelmans (1892-1962), Austrian-born American painter and writer, drew on his hotel and restaurant experiences for many of his stories and novels, which he often illustrated with his own sophisticated drawings and watercolors. Although he also wrote for adults, he is perhaps best known for..... Read More about Watercolor studies of two children and the head of a young woman
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He Created the Myth of Nietzsche
Collection of six books inscribed to the author's brother Hans Georg, including: Deutsche Gestalten. Fest- und Gedenkreden, 1934. The Dedication...
Leipzig, Berlin: Insel-Verlag, etc, 1928-1936. First editions of the first four titles, later editions of the last two titles. He Created the Myth of Nietzsche. Ernst Bertram (1884-1957), Germanist and poet, was appointed professor of German literature and philology at the University of Cologne in 1921. His friends included Stefan..... Read More about Collection of six books inscribed to the author's brother Hans Georg, including: Deutsche...
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A Concise Treatise on the Art of Angling. Confirmed by actual Experience, and Minute Observations ... To Which is Added...
London: Printed for C. Stalker ... H. Turpin, 1787. First edition, with half-title. Begins with a chapter on the natural history of fish, goes on to the best manner of making and choosing rods, lines, hooks, etc. Chapter IV provides a description of flies. "Best was Keeper of His Majesty's..... Read More about A Concise Treatise on the Art of Angling. Confirmed by actual Experience, and Minute Observations...
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Harper Bible in Deluxe American binding
The Illuminated Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, Translated Out of the Original Tongues ... Embellished with Sixteen Hundred...
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1846. First book edition of Harper Bible (first issued in 54 parts). Harper Bible in Deluxe American binding. A copy in deluxe binding of the first complete book edition of the Harper Bible. "...this Harper publication was a remarkable production for its time and place..... Read More about The Illuminated Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, Translated Out of the Original...
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Sumptuous German Presentation Testimonial, 1902
A testimonial, hand-lettered in German in black, gold, red and silver inks, presented to Erzherzog Rainer and his wife Maria...
Vienna: produced by the studio of Brüder Nedomansky, 1902. Sumptuous German Presentation Testimonial, 1902. An extremely attractive and well-produced artifact. The layout of the text is impeccable, the lettering faultless, while the binding was intended to be a showpiece, and succeeds. UNIQUE. Read More about A testimonial, hand-lettered in German in black, gold, red and silver inks, presented to...
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Miscellanea Critica. Iterum Edita. Curavit, et Appendicem Adnotationis Addidit Thomas Burgess.
Oxford: D. Prince et J. Cooke, 1781. Fine neo-classical binding in the style, and contemporary with, the Edwards of Halifax, with a charming fore-edge fishing scene. Read More about Miscellanea Critica. Iterum Edita. Curavit, et Appendicem Adnotationis Addidit Thomas Burgess
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Large Paper in Signed Mullen Binding
The Earl of Castlehaven's Review; Or, His Memoirs of His Engagement and Carriage in the Irish Wars. with Lord Anglesey's...
Dublin: Printed for George Mullens, Temple-Bar, 1815. Large Paper Copy. "The present very limited impression of Lord Castlehaven's Memoirs-is taken from the edition of 1684." Large Paper in Signed Mullen Binding. Read More about The Earl of Castlehaven's Review; Or, His Memoirs of His Engagement and Carriage in the Irish...
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Inscribed to His Brother
Further Notes on the Pursuit of Salar.
Wilmington, Delaware: (Privately Printed), 1972. First edition, one of 50 copies. Inscribed to His Brother. Privately printed and second in the series of books on Salmon fishing done by Sportsman Alfred Bissell in a very limited edition This copy is inscribed on the half-title "For my brother John who may discover..... Read More about Further Notes on the Pursuit of Salar
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![Tuscarora Recollections, [Preface by David J. Reinhardt, Jr.]. Alfred E. Bissell](/pictures/thumb/233949.jpg?v=1534805449)
Tuscarora Recollections, [Preface by David J. Reinhardt, Jr.].
Wilmington, Delaware: (Privately Printed. Printed by the Anthoensen Press Portland, Me), 1965. First edition. Probably 50 or 100 copies. Mostly reminiscences of the Tuscarora Club, near Margaretville in the Catskills, but also with a trip to the Beaverkill one rainy April day. Portraits of Ogden Pleissner, Carl Martin, Jr., etc. Inscribed..... Read More about Tuscarora Recollections, [Preface by David J. Reinhardt, Jr
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Binder's Copy
Album de Reliures Artistiques & Historiques, accompagné de notes explicatives par le Bibliophile Julien.
Paris: Jules Bonaventure for the author, 1869-73. Binder's Copy. Read More about Album de Reliures Artistiques & Historiques, accompagné de notes explicatives par le...
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Portrait photograph of Margaret Bourke-White.
[New York: March 24, 1938]. Van Vechten, Carl. Reproduced in Mauriber's PORTRAITS (1978). Read More about Portrait photograph of Margaret Bourke-White
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The Rare First, Taverner's Copy
The Art of Angling Improved, in all its parts, Especially Fly-Fishing: Containing A particular Account of the several Sorts of...
Worcester: Printed by M. Olivers, [ca. 1747]. First edition. The Rare First, Taverner's Copy. Westwood & Satchell note that although only Richard Bowlker's name appears in the first edition, in the second, his son Charles seems to lay claim to the work. At his death in 1779, Charles "was considered..... Read More about The Art of Angling Improved, in all its parts, Especially Fly-Fishing: Containing A particular...
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The Original Drawings
THE COMPLETE SET OF 4 ORIGINAL DRAWINGS FOR THE FIRST TRADE EDITION OF THE SILVER HORN.
[New York?]: 1937. Done for Grand, Gordon, The Silver Horn. Published in the first Windward House edition. The Original Drawings. ALSO INCLUDED ARE 2 DRAWINGS NOT USED: a 7 x 1 1/2 inch pen drawing of a hunting horn, unsigned, and a beautifully executed 11 1/2 x 7 1/2 inch..... Read More about THE COMPLETE SET OF 4 ORIGINAL DRAWINGS FOR THE FIRST TRADE EDITION OF THE SILVER HORN
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Original Tom Sawyer Illustration by Worth Brehm
"Let me see it"
New York: 1910. Brehm, Worth. Published by Harper & Brothers in their edition of 1910. Original Tom Sawyer Illustration by Worth Brehm. A beautifully drawn depiction of the schoolroom scene where Tom, made to sit with the girls, shields the picture he is drawing from Becky Thatcher's inquisitive stare as..... Read More about "Let me see it"
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Inscribed by Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Edith Story
Margherita Pusterla, racconto di.
Firenze: Felice le Monnier, 1845. Inscribed by Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Edith Story. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: “Edith Marion Story, from her affectionate friend, Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Rome - Dec 26 - 59.” Edith Story (1844-1907) was the daughter and youngest child of the expatriate American sculptor, lawyer and..... Read More about Margherita Pusterla, racconto di
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Two Portraits: Boy with Hoop and Young Girl in a Landscape.
London: ca. 1810]. "Buck, Adam, 1758-1833, portrait painter, elder son of Jonathan Buck, a silversmith of Castle Street, Cork, was born there in 1759. With a younger brother, Frederick, he studied art from an early age, and acquired some repute in youth in his native city as a painter of..... Read More about Two Portraits: Boy with Hoop and Young Girl in a Landscape
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STUDY FOR A BURNE-JONES MASTERPIECE
Study of King's mantle for his painting “King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid.”.
Ca. 1884. Initially exhibited at the Grosvenor Gallery, 1884. STUDY FOR A BURNE-JONES MASTERPIECE. Edward Coley Burne-Jones (1833-1898), was "The most important artist in the later phase of the Pre-Raphelite movement and a figure of enormous influence at home and abroad" (Christian). He was born in Birmingham, the son of..... Read More about Study of King's mantle for his painting “King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid.”
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The Land of Midian (Revisited).
London: C. Kegan Paul & Co, 1879. First Edition. This is Burton's second expedition to Midian (Saudi Arabia). He mapped and explored over 600 miles of territory and discovered many sites. The hope of a gold discovery didn't happen and Burton lost his potential backer, the Egyptian Khedive. Read More about The Land of Midian (Revisited
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