Ulysses. With an Introduction by Stuart Gilbert
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1935. Matisse, Henri. First Edition thus. Number 398 of 1500 copiers, signed by... Read More about Ulysses. With an Introduction by Stuart Gilbert
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1935. Matisse, Henri. First Edition thus. Number 398 of 1500 copiers, signed by... Read More about Ulysses. With an Introduction by Stuart Gilbert
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New York: A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book, 1971. First American Edition. Read More about Henry Matisse a novel
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New York: Société Anonyme, Inc, [1921]. First edition. Published in conjunction with the Archipenko exhibition held at the galleries of the Société Anonyme, Feb. 1-Mar. 15, 1921. Includes a translation of portion of Blaise Cendrar's La Tête, which was inspired by Archipenko and names him, describing his work as "Held..... Read More about Archipenko: An Appreciation. Translated from the french by Mary Knoblauch
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Germany: 1858. With the pencilled notation in upper corner of initial blanks of “Fr. Kimpler, Berlin 11 [ ] '58.” A card formerly associated with the piece had the name of “Trina N. Hempler” on it. Read More about A sketchbook of 30 detailled pencil drawings, primarily showing details of column ornamentation,...
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Paris: Nicolas Langlois, 1688. First edition. Surveyer's Handbook. Bullet (1639-1716), "Architecte du Roy," was the author of the often reprinted L'ARCHITECTURE PRATIQUE (1691), which became a standard (v. Fowler, pp. 69-70) for the next 100 years. Bullet's Traité is similarly written in a spirit of pure practicality, treating that branch..... Read More about Traité du Nivellement, contenant la Théorie et la Pratique de cet Art. Avec la Description d'un...
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Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1919. Number 1129 of 1200 copies. Read More about The Colonial Architecture of Salem
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N.p. [Paris?]: 1748. Building Code, Paris 1748. Read More about Les Loix des Bâtiments, suivant la Coutume de Paris, Traitant de ce qui concerne les Servitudes...
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Dublin: Hodges and Smith, 1845. Second edition. Read More about The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Ireland, Anterior to the Anglo-Norman Invasion; Comprising an...
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Bristol, PA: 1913. Letter from Charles E. Scott, cashier of the Farmers National Bank of Bucks County, concerning an article written by Edward Biddle about the bank's architecture. "The only alteration of the interior was the conversion of the river front parlor into a banking room. A country director several..... Read More about Autograph letter, signed. One page to Edward Biddle, Esq. " I have read with much delight...
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Garden City, New York: Published by Doubleday, Doran & Compan, Inc, 1930-1947. Continuing the Garden & Home Builder. Read More about The American Home. Ellen D. Wangner, Editor
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probably English: Ca. 1870. Fine Victorian Architectural Watercolor. A skillful rendering, most likely professional, of a portion of a building, probably a school or similar institution. Read More about Architectural rendering in watercolors of a wing of a Victorian gabled brick building, surrounded...
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Paris: Auguste Vincent, Editeur, 1910. First edition. Here you get the plans for the Acropolis, the Forum, Versailles, etc. Read More about Choix de Plans de Grandes Compositions Exécutées Présentant avec leur Jardins ou leur...
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San Francisco: Arion Press, 1992. One of 400 copies signed by the author. Fine press edition of the play that made David Mamet’s name and garnered the Obie and the New York Drama Critics Circle awards, and two Tony nominations. An American classic. Read More about American Buffalo
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New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1934. Picasso, Pablo. Limited edition, No 1452 of 1500 copies SIGNED BY PICASSO; prospectus laid-in. One of the most ribald works of antiquity, illustrated with Picasso’s magnificent etchings and drawings. This is “the only American publication with original Picasso etchings, which are among his..... Read More about Lysistrata
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New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, [1864]. Sometimes known by the wrapper title: Arkansas Traveller's Song Book. Includes Mose Carr's “The Arkansas Traveller”. Read More about The Arkansas Traveler's Songster
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New York: May 17, 1960. Read More about Portrait photograph of Harold Arlen
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ca. 1911. Armless Woman, Inscribed Photograph. Three quarters portrait of an armless Mexican woman named Concha. Miraculously, she has inscribed the verso in an elegant copperplate hand, “Cata: La cinceridad de mi cariño, se la demuestra el presente recuerdo de la ultima de tus amigas. Concha. Apetatitlán, 15 April de..... Read More about Original photograph portrait of Concha, an armless Mexican Woman
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New York: Association of American Painters and Sculptors Inc, 1913. First edition. A collection of essays debating the merits of the artworks in the famous 1913 Armory Show of modern art, which was the first exhibition to bring Modernist art to America; it started in New York and toured Chicago..... Read More about For and Against. Views on the International Exhibition held in New York and Chicago
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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1932. First edition. Read More about Hill Towns and Cities of Northern Italy
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1932. Second state, one of 162 copies. French Church Series no. 34. Read More about Etching: 'saint Catherine's Belfry, Honfleur"
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Princeton, NJ: 1947. The total edition was 356 examples of which 53 were destroyed. A very detailed etching typical of the meticulous style of Arms, renowned for his prolific printmaking, specifically of Gothic architecture. Julian P. Boyd was a librarian (1940-52), and later history professor at Princeton University. His preservation..... Read More about Etching of the Herbert Lowell Dillon Gymnasium at Princeton, NJ
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New York: The Society of American Etchers, Gravers, Lithographers and Woodcutters Inc. Second State. Read More about Etching: French Lace West Portal of the Main Façade of the Church of Notre-Dame, on the Place...
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n.p: n.d. Armstrong, David Maitland. Original Drawing by Maitland Armstrong. D. Maitland Armstrong [1836-1918] was born in Newburg, NY, attended Hartford's Trinity College, and studied art in Paris and Rome. He is best known for his decorative paintings, including interiors such as the one offered here (probably one of a...... Read More about Original drawing of a spacious domestic panelled hallway, stairwell and sunlit window
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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1874. First Edition. Interesting inscription, "Purchased at a concert given by some of the students from Hampton .....Brooklyn" These concerts were a fund raising campaign for Virginia Hall. Read More about Hampton and Its Student by Two of Its Teachers With Fifty Cabin and Plantation Songs, arranged by...
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Paris: Charles Carrington, 1898. One of 500 copies. Read More about Sophie Arnould Actress and Wit
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