Le Paysan de Paris (The Peasant of Paris)
[New York]: The Limited editions Club, [1994]. CRTIER-BRESSON, Henri. One of 300 copies, signed by Cartier-Bresson. Read More about Le Paysan de Paris (The Peasant of Paris
Price: $1,750
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Neighborhood Frontiers.
New York: William Morrow & Co, [1954]. Armitage, Merle. First Edition. Inscribed on ffep m"To Miss K. Gladys Weller as a Christmas present from Ken and Dorothy, and inscribed by the author and your friend, Erle Stanley Gardner Christmas, 1954." Read More about Neighborhood Frontiers
Price: $200
Ben Gazarra (August 28, 1930 – February 3, 2012)
Portrait photograph of Ben Gazzara as "Brick" in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF.
New York: May 13, 1955. Variant of the print published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten (1978), edited by Saul Mauriber. Ben Gazarra (August 28, 1930 – February 3, 2012). In his career-launching role as 'Brick' in the original production of Tennessee Williams' CAT ON A HOT TIN..... Read More about Portrait photograph of Ben Gazzara as "Brick" in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
Price: $1,250
Portrait photograph of Ben Gazzara as "Brick" in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF.
New York: May 13, 1955. Variant of the print published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten (1978), edited by Saul Mauriber. In his career-launching role as 'Brick' in the original production of Tennessee Williams' CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, directed by Elia Kazan, which opened on March..... Read More about Portrait photograph of Ben Gazzara as "Brick" in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
Price: $1,250
Gazzara as the Original 'Brick'
Portrait photograph of Ben Gazzara as "Brick" in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, seated in robe clutching a drink...
New York: May 13, 1955. Variant of the print published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten (1978), edited by Saul Mauriber. Gazzara as the Original 'Brick'. The original production of Tennessee Williams' CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, directed by Elia Kazan, opened on March 28, 1955. His..... Read More about Portrait photograph of Ben Gazzara as "Brick" in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, seated in robe...
Price: $1,250
Photo and Manuscript New Year's Card by Arnold Genthe
“Harbour of Rhodes”.
Rhodes: [Photograph taken ca. 1930; printed c. 1932?]. Photo and Manuscript New Year's Card by Arnold Genthe. A pleasing image, sailboats and figures at the right, landscape perspective to the left. Arnold Genthe (1869-1942) was born in Germany and came to San Francisco in 1895 as tutor to the son..... Read More about “Harbour of Rhodes”
Price: $1,000
Impressions of New Orleans. A Book of Pictures. Foreword by Grace King.
New York: George H. Doran Company, [1926]. First edition. Read More about Impressions of New Orleans. A Book of Pictures. Foreword by Grace King
Price: $200
Inscribed to Percy MacKaye
Isadora Duncan. Twenty-Four Studies. Foreword by Max Eastman.
New York & London: Mitchell Kennerley, 1929. First edition. Inscribed to Percy MacKaye. Inscribed on ffep "To Percy MacKaye — To whom these pictures will bring back memory of our youth … from his friend Arnold Genthe. New York 1931." Genthe photographed MacKaye in costume for his play Sanctuary: A...... Read More about Isadora Duncan. Twenty-Four Studies. Foreword by Max Eastman
Price: $750
Inscribed to Photo-engraver and Collector Edward Epstean
Old Chinatown ... with Text by Will Irwin.
New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1913. Genthe, Arnold. Second edition, enlarged. Inscribed to Photo-engraver and Collector Edward Epstean. An important work of documentary and ethnographic photography, " ... one of the first and most important examples of the candid-camera approach to documentary photography" (Parr/Badger I). INSCRIBED to Edward Epstean, "whose knowledge..... Read More about Old Chinatown ... with Text by Will Irwin
Price: $1,500
Pictures of Old Chinatown. Text by Will Irwin.
New York: Moffat, Yard and Company, [September], 1908. First edition. Read More about Pictures of Old Chinatown. Text by Will Irwin
Price: $250
ILLUSTRATED WITH 17 MOUNTED PHOTOGRAPHS BY W. H. TIPTON
THE PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE BOOK 1832-1882. Edited by E. S. Breidenbaugh. Published for the Alumni Association of Pennsylvania College.
Philadelphia: Lutheran Publication Society, 1882. First edition. ILLUSTRATED WITH 17 MOUNTED PHOTOGRAPHS BY W. H. TIPTON. W. H. Tipton was a professional photographer, in Gettysburg, PA. He became famous for his photographs of the Civil War battlefields at Gettysburg. Contains a "History of Pennsylvania College" by President M. Valentine, "Historical..... Read More about THE PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE BOOK 1832-1882. Edited by E. S. Breidenbaugh. Published for the Alumni...
Price: $450
Portrait photograph of John Gielgud.
New York: 3 December, 1936. Variant of the portrait from the same session as published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten, (1978), edited by Saul Mauriber. At the time, Gielgud's was making his American stage debut as "Hamlet" -- the role which made his fame. Read More about Portrait photograph of John Gielgud
Price: $1,900
Autograph Note signed, to Alfred Eisenstaedt.
[New York?]: Nov., 1955. The Great Lillian Gish: "For Alfred Eisenstaedt-'This got remembered once'-/And looking to the future./Only the best to you. Lillian Gish Nov. 1955." Read More about Autograph Note signed, to Alfred Eisenstaedt
Price: $250
On the Mines.
Cape Town: C. Struik (Pty) Ltd, 1973. First edition of photographer's first book. Goldblatt achieves a masterful balance between pretty abstraction and biting social commentary in his first monograph, a three-part study of the gold mines of his native South Africa. With a 7 pp. essay by compatriot Nadine Gordimer..... Read More about On the Mines
Price: $1,000
Portrait photograph of author Ian Maclaren, three-quarters length seated, in jacket with top hat in hand.
Philadelphia: C. Houstin Goudiss, 1907. Maclaren was the pseudonym of Presbyterian pastor and Scotsman John Watson (1850-1907). He earned popular (but decidedly not critical) success in 1894 with BESIDE THE BONNIE BRIER BUSH - "The combination of sentimentality, humour, and religion in a rural Scottish setting proved a successful formula..... Read More about Portrait photograph of author Ian Maclaren, three-quarters length seated, in jacket with top hat...
Price: $500
Original Golfing Cartoon Presented to Photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt
Original cartoon of golfer being photographed, signed and inscribed “To Alfred Eisenstaedt from the 'golfing demon himself' Dale Berounis-K[ansas] C[ity]...
Original Golfing Cartoon Presented to Photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt. The pipe-smoking artist is shown in caricature, adressing the ball, while an athletic figure labeled “Alfred” snaps him from afar. Read More about Original cartoon of golfer being photographed, signed and inscribed “To Alfred Eisenstaedt from...
Price: $400
Album of Gorham Silver Plates, Trophies, etc., most made for Black, Starr & Frost.
[New York: c. 1913]. Includes photographers of these Trophies: 8 Photos of Silver plates for the Winner Joyant for Larchmont Race Weeks Series 1911 ; Manhasset Bay Yacht Club Race 1911; Manhasset Bay Cup Races; Interstate Races Marblehead; Larchmont Yacht Club Series 1912; New York Yacht Club Cruise 1912 Won..... Read More about Album of Gorham Silver Plates, Trophies, etc., most made for Black, Starr & Frost
Price: $500
The Wind in the Willows. With an Introduction by A.A. Milne.
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1940. Rackham, Arthur. First Rackham edition, one of 2020 copies, designed and printed under the supervision of Bruce Rogers, who signed the colophon. Rackham's last work, a beautiful interpretation of this beloved classic, and a choice book designed by Bruce Rogers. Read More about The Wind in the Willows. With an Introduction by A.A. Milne
Price: $1,250
The Grand Canon Through the Stereoscope.
New York: Underwood & Underwood, [1904]. A complete set of 18 stereoviews of the Grand Canyon by Underwood & Underwood, with an accompanying booklet. Read More about The Grand Canon Through the Stereoscope
Price: $500
Hummingbirds.
Garden City, N.Y: Doubleday, (1960). First edition. Read More about Hummingbirds
Price: $200
Hummingbirds.
Garden City, N.Y: Doubleday, (1960). First edition. Number 353 of 500 copies signed by the author. A notable breakthrough in high-speed photography made it possible for the first time to record hummingbirds in flight in their native environments; this book is the result. Read More about Hummingbirds
Price: $400
Hummingbirds. With a Foreword by Dean Amadon, Lamont Curator of Birds.
Garden City, N.Y: Published for the American Museum of Natural History by Doubleday, [1960]. First edition. Number 238 of 500 copies, signed by the author. A notable breakthrough in high-speed photography made it possible for the first time to record hummingbirds in flight in their native environments; this book is..... Read More about Hummingbirds. With a Foreword by Dean Amadon, Lamont Curator of Birds
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WITH 14 ORIGINAL PHOTOS, INSCRIBED TO PRINCIPAL OF ST. ANDREWS
Biography of His Royal Highness The Prince Consort, Compiled from Letters and Memoranda.
London: Printed for Private Circulation by Smith, Elder and Co, 1866. First edition. WITH 14 ORIGINAL PHOTOS, INSCRIBED TO PRINCIPAL OF ST. ANDREWS. Inscribed on blank preliminary leaf, "For the Reverend John Tullock D.D., Principal of St. Andrews, from Victoria, Balmoral Sept 22 1867." The Principal is the chief executive..... Read More about Biography of His Royal Highness The Prince Consort, Compiled from Letters and Memoranda
Price: $2,250
Group of 25 stereographs depicting the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone.
New York: Underwood & Underwood, 1902-1904. Read More about Group of 25 stereographs depicting the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone
Price: $400