Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1924. First edition. Presentation copy. From the library of Mrs. William Merritt Chase. Inscribed on the front free endpaper“the first copy for Alice Chase (“Mrs. Toady”) Whom Clyde Fitch loved–and we do too! V[irginia] G[erson] November 17th 1924. ” Virginia Gerson was the sister-in-law of..... Read More about Clyde Fitch and His Letters

James Montgomery Flagg. Charcoal Portrait by James Montgomery Flagg. A strong portrait, a little larger than life size, of a dark haired young woman, in profile looking right, her shoulders bare, wearing an ornament on a ribbon around her neck. The subject is attractive, but the artist has not idealized..... Read More about A FINE BLACK AND RED CHARCOAL RENDERING OF THE HEAD AND SHOULDERS OF A YOUNG WOMAN, signed...

London: J. Debrett, 1797. Fifth edition. A British view of the conflict which brought tensions and a split between the United States and France in an "undeclared war."  Erskine spends some time comparing the French and American revolutions, pointing out the differences with respect to the British perspective.  This work..... Read More about A View of the Causes and Consequences of the Present War with France

New York: Aperutue Foundation, 2014. First Edition. Inscribed to Emma Amos. With essays by Dennis C. Dickerson and Laura Wexler. Also includes an interview by Dawoud Bey. Inscribed on half-tiitle: "For Emma Amos – Thank you for helping change my life. Love always, Latoya Ruby Frazier." Emma Amos (1937-2020) was..... Read More about The Notion of Family

Tampa, Florida: Graphicstudio; New York: Haywire Press, 1975 [printed December 1974 and January 1975]. No. 63/70 from a total edition of 100, each image signed and numbered by Friedlander. The plates are as follows: Wall of Potted Plants, and Trees / Putney, Vermont 1972 Roses in Vase / New York..... Read More about Photographs of Flowers

New York: P.F. Collier & Son, 1904. First Edition. A. B. Frost Set to Verse. Each of Frost's plates is accompanied by a facing page containing Irwin's verse, much of it in the manner of James Whitcomb Riley, and the combination is an effective one. Cotains a number of sporting..... Read More about A Book of Drawings by A.B. Frost, with an introduction by Joel Chandler Harris and verse by...

N.p: N.d. [ca. 1885?]. Frost, A.B. A Frost Drawing, Modelled by His Wife. A delicate, lightly-inked drawing of a young woman, standing at a kitchen table, stirring the ingredients of a large bowl, beside which sit a jug and an opened bag. She is dressed simply, in a blouse and..... Read More about Pen-and-ink Drawing, captioned “Caleb’s courtship / Eunice Stout”, signed (“A.B. Frost”

1884. Edmund Henry Garrett was born in Albany, New York on October 19,1853 and died in Nedham, Mass. on April 2, 1929. There is no reference to his initial art education, which for a young artist, in the United States, was limited. He did receive some training while a member..... Read More about Watercolor en grisaille on board of man and woman

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1915. "Alfred M. Githens was born in Philadelphia and attended the Episcopal Academy before receiving his B.S. in Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania in 1896. He then attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts while working as a draftsman for Cope & Stewardson during the years 1896-1901. In..... Read More about 3 pen and ink drawings of Interiors for House & Garden, 1915

New York: Harper & Row, 1987. First edition, limited to 250 copies, signed by Glass and numbered, this 165. Signed, Limited edition. Includes facsimile of the composer's original score of the Prelude to Akhnaten (4 pp.), as well as librettos of Einstein on the Beach, Satyagraha, and Akhnaten. Read More about Music by Philip Glass. Edited and with Supplementary Material by Robert T. Jones