Portrait of John Everett Millais
[c. 1854]. Leech, John. Read More about Portrait of John Everett Millais
Price: $3,000
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Switzerland. Illustrated in a Series of Views Taken Expressly for this Work by W.H. Bartlett, Esq.
London: George Virtue, 1836. First edition. "The indefatigable Bartlett was the chief producer of volumes of steel-engraved views. For many years he ranged through two continents making or collecting drawings …. Collectors not seeking representations of familiar scenes will probably find the grandeur of his Swiss subjects most appealing" (Ray)..... Read More about Switzerland. Illustrated in a Series of Views Taken Expressly for this Work by W.H. Bartlett, Esq
Price: $1,000
The Waldenses or Protestant Valleys of Piedmont, Dauphiny, and the Ban de la Roche.
London: George Virtue, 1838. The First Edition. Read More about The Waldenses or Protestant Valleys of Piedmont, Dauphiny, and the Ban de la Roche
Price: $1,000
Australie. Voyage autour du Monde.
Paris: Henri Plon, 1869. First edition. In 1866, at the age of 19, Ludovic de Beauvoir undertook with his childhood friend, the Duke of Penthièvre, a trip around the world, which inspired three works: this one devoted to Australia, the second on Java, Siam and Canton and the third, published..... Read More about Australie. Voyage autour du Monde
Price: $450
A Trip to Mexico, Being Notes of a Journey from Lake Erie to Lake Tezcuco and Back with an Appendix...
Toronto: Willing and Williamson, 1880. First edition. Read More about A Trip to Mexico, Being Notes of a Journey from Lake Erie to Lake Tezcuco and Back with an Appendix
Price: $750
Builder Steve Bechtel to Photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt
Autograph Note Signed to Alfred Eisenstaedt.
San Francisco: November 1955. Builder Steve Bechtel to Photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt. One of the most influential and beloved men in the engineering and construction industry, the man who as head of the family's Bechtel Corporation built the first nuclear plant to produce electricity (a FORTUNE article on him was titled..... Read More about Autograph Note Signed to Alfred Eisenstaedt
Price: $300
Signed by Beckett
Photograph of the author, Signed.
[1965]. Signed by Beckett. Read More about Photograph of the author, Signed
Price: $2,000
Wood Engraving with an Introduction and Appendix by Eric Gill.
Ditchling: Printed and Published at S. Dominic's Press, 1920. First edition. Read More about Wood Engraving with an Introduction and Appendix by Eric Gill
Price: $250
An English Working Class Family 1919.
1919. Annotated in Berrbohm's hand in pencil upper left " 'We are realising that education, as a Latin poet said, is something that changes mind and will. On all sides this doctrine of education is being preached today. We are busy deflecting the mind and will of adults and children..... Read More about An English Working Class Family 1919
Price: $4,500
The Happy Hypocrite.
London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, [1915]. First edition with these illustrations. Read More about The Happy Hypocrite
Price: $250
SIGNED by Coward, Cochran, and Cast
Heroes and Heroines of Bitter Sweet.
London: [1931]. Number 84 (?) of 100 copies. SIGNED by Coward, Cochran, and Cast. Rare portfolio commemorating Coward's hugely successful 1929 operetta. "Sentiment is out of fashion," says Beerbohm in his note. "Yet Bittersweet, which is nothing if not sentimental, is not a dead failure ... Sentiment goes on; unaffrighted..... Read More about Heroes and Heroines of Bitter Sweet
Price: $2,000
Observations.
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1925. First Trade edition. Read More about Observations
Price: $200
Rossetti and His Circle.
London: William Heinemann, 1922. First edition. Beerbohm's wonderfully witty sketches of Rossetti and his friends. Beerbohm warns “I must warn you, not to regard as perfectly authentic any of the portraits that I here present to you. Rossetti ‘to my gaze was ne]er vouchsared.’ Nor did I ever set eyes..... Read More about Rossetti and His Circle
Price: $150
A Survey.
London: William Heinemann, 1921. First trade edition. Read More about A Survey
Price: $150
Things New and Old.
London: William Heinemann, 1923. First edition. Number 228 of 380 numbered copies, signed by Beerbohm , with an extra plate signed "Max 1923" laid in at back. Read More about Things New and Old
Price: $200
Portrait photograph of Barbara Bel Geddes as "Maggie" in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF.
New York: June 3, 1955. Bel Geddes played Maggie in the original production of Tennessee Williams' CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, which opened on March 24, 1955. Read More about Portrait photograph of Barbara Bel Geddes as "Maggie" in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
Price: $1,000
The Original Maggie the Cat
Portrait photograph of Barbara Bel Geddes as "Maggie" in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF.
New York: June 3, 1955. The Original Maggie the Cat. Bel Geddes played Maggie in the original production of Tennessee Williams' CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, which opened on March 24, 1955. Read More about Portrait photograph of Barbara Bel Geddes as "Maggie" in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
Price: $1,000
Portrait Photograph of Harry Belafonte in "Almanac"
New York: Feb. 18, 1954. Belafonte's film and singing career was taking off -- in 1954 he landed a role in the film Carmen Jones, and in the year Van Vechten photographed him in this series, Belafonte was starring in the Broadway musical "John Murray Anderson's Almanac", for which he..... Read More about Portrait Photograph of Harry Belafonte in "Almanac"
Price: $2,000
Portrait photograph of David Belasco writing with quill pen.
New York: The Misses Selby, [c 1920]. Inscribed "To Isabelle Leighton, with best wishes, affectionately David Belasco. Nov. 22nd 1920. " Signed in pencil below image "The Misses Selby, N.Y." and with their label "The Misses Seby 628 Fifth Avenue." on the back. Read More about Portrait photograph of David Belasco writing with quill pen
Price: $400
One of 5 copies, with original leaf of manuscript
Les Sculpteurs S. M. la Reine Elisabeth; Madame Robert Haerens; Alfred Courtens. Tome IX. Anthologie des Artistes Belges Contemporains.
Brussels: Editions Pro Temporare, 1939. Number 4 of 5 copies printed on Japon Nacré. One of 5 copies, with original leaf of manuscript. With an original leaf of manuscript by Emile Léon Posschelle for his “Mater Beata” included in this work. Also a card reading “Avec les Remerciements des Editions..... Read More about Les Sculpteurs S. M. la Reine Elisabeth; Madame Robert Haerens; Alfred Courtens. Tome IX....
Price: $600
With Extraordinary Photogravures of New Mexico by Vroman and Lummis
The Memorial of Fray Alonso de Benavides 1630.
Chicago: privately printed, 1916. From an edition limited to 300 copies, this copy stamped "249" With Extraordinary Photogravures of New Mexico by Vroman and Lummis. This important work, edited by Mrs. Edward Ayer, translates the memorial of Franciscan Alonso Benavides, the best account of early 17th-century New Mexico. Extensive notes..... Read More about The Memorial of Fray Alonso de Benavides 1630
Price: $350
London People; Sketched from Life.
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 65, Cornhill, 1863. First edition. Read More about London People; Sketched from Life
Price: $400
Proofs on India Paper
Proof illustrations on India paper to Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress. [Preface by the Rev. Charles Kingsley].
London: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1860. Proofs on India Paper. A possibly unique set of proofs on India paper to Charles Bennett’s humorous and penetrating illustrations to the 1860 Longman edition of Pilgrim’s Progress. Read More about Proof illustrations on India paper to Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress. [Preface by the Rev....
Price: $3,000
Madame de Maintenon, A Memoir.
London: 1880. Read More about Madame de Maintenon, A Memoir
Price: $4,500