One of 195 Copies
Eight Poems
New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1962. No. 23 of 195 copies, signed by author and artist... Read More about Eight Poems
Price: $1,000
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Two Autograph Letters, Signed, One to Miss Luff (autograph request)and another to Mr. Harris (accepting dinner engagement).
Morgan Hall, Fairford, Gloucestershire: Nov 25, 1905 & March 10, 1906. Read More about Two Autograph Letters, Signed, One to Miss Luff (autograph request)and another to Mr. Harris...
Price: $150
Addams to a Little Admirer
Autograph Letter, Signed (Chas Addams), to Robert Black (sic Block).
[New York]: 27 October 1954. Addams to a Little Admirer. The great American cartoonist of the macabre writes: “Dear Robert, Thanks for your very kind letter. I’m glad that you like my pictures and I will try to do more of them. They’re all so special, that it isn’t easy to..... Read More about Autograph Letter, Signed (Chas Addams), to Robert Black (sic Block
Price: $400
The Mother Goose.
New York: Published by Windmill Books, Inc Distributed by Harper & Row, [1967]. Addams, Charles. First edition. Addams' first book aimed at children and the first publication of Windmill Books. Read More about The Mother Goose
Price: $175
Inscribed to the Translator
Poems.
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Company, 1882. First edition. Inscribed to the Translator. Presentation copy inscribed "Madame Thérese Blanc from her friend T.B. Aldrich" on fhe half-title. Together with a 2 pp. A.L.S. to Auguste Allion , May 9, 1899 mentioning the success of his book and its translation by Madame Blanc..... Read More about Poems
Price: $450
Candy.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Comapny, 1934. Kent, Rockwell. First edition. Read More about Candy
Price: $225
The Private Journals of Stendahl, 1811-1817. Selected & Newly Translated by Francis Carmody.
Kentfield, California: The L-D Allen Press, 1954. Dean, Malette. One of 175 copies. The typeface is Romanée, set by hand: the paper is Crown & Sceptre, hand-made in England. Printed on an Acorn Press. Read More about The Private Journals of Stendahl, 1811-1817. Selected & Newly Translated by Francis Carmody
Price: $350
The Scarlet Letter.
San Francisco: Random House, 1928. Angelo, Valenti. Copy No. 909 of 980 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. Read More about The Scarlet Letter
Price: $250
Creatures.
New York: Macmillan, 1930. First editon, Deluxe Issue, Number 202 of 300 copies, signed by the author and artist. Read More about Creatures
Price: $250
Herodotus. Edited by Gordon King.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1929. Artzybasheff, Boris. First edition. Read More about Herodotus. Edited by Gordon King
Price: $450
Seven Simeons: a Russian tale retold and illustrated by Boris Artzybasheff , (Text in English).
New York: The Viking Press, 1937. First Published April 1937. Winner of the First Caldecott Prize. Read More about Seven Simeons: a Russian tale retold and illustrated by Boris Artzybasheff , (Text in English
Price: $250
SIGNED
Off With Their Heads!
New York: Robert McBridge, [1934]. Bacon, Peggy. Third printing. SIGNED. Signed by Bacon on the flyleaf. A brilliant display of nearly fifty sketches of public figures, along with her sharp and funny verbal portraits. Read More about Off With Their Heads!
Price: $150
Portrait of Horse "Tobbey."
N.p: n.d. [1900s]. Read More about Portrait of Horse "Tobbey."
Price: $250
The Pilgrim Fathers; or, The Founders of New England in the Reign of James the First.
London: Arthur Hall, Virtue & Co. [R. Clay, Printer. Bread Street Hill], 1853. First edition. Engravings by Bartlett (1809-1854), as superb as those for his famous AMERICAN SCENERY (1840). Read More about The Pilgrim Fathers; or, The Founders of New England in the Reign of James the First
Price: $350
Original illustration of the title character from "Noodle"
[1937]. An original illustration from one of Bemelmans' earliest books, Noodle, written by Munro Leaf. The illustration shows the dachshund Noodle hiding beneath a long sofa, peering sideways at the reader. It appears as the last of three pictures illustrating the first sentence of the book: "This is the story... Read More about Original illustration of the title character from "Noodle"
Price: $8,000
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
Price: $5,000
Frank W. Benson. Master of the Sporting Print.
[Brooklandville, Maryland: Privately published by John T. Ordeman, 1983]. Number 9 of 50 copies numbered, signed by Ordeman, Ernest Hickok and specially bound in a limited edition of 1000, privately printed. Read More about Frank W. Benson. Master of the Sporting Print
Price: $200
The Oregon Trail. Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday Doran, 1925. benton, Thomas hart. Number 506 of 1000 copies signed by the Artist. Caslon Linotype, designed by A.P. Tedesco. Read More about The Oregon Trail. Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life
Price: $350
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...
Price: $8,000
A Season Sowing.
San Francisco: A.M. Robertson, 1899. Edition de luxe, no. 24 of 52 hand-illuminated copies, numbered and signed by the author. Read More about A Season Sowing
Price: $800
In a Daniel Kelm Binding
Thistles and Thorns: Abraham and Sarah at Bethel.
The University of Nebraska at Omaha: Abattoir Editions, 1977. Number 168 of 253 copies, signed by the printer, Harry Duncan, and artist, Barry Moser. In a Daniel Kelm Binding. An early example of Barry Moser's book illustration work in a stunning binding by Daniel Kelm. The front cover reproduces in... Read More about Thistles and Thorns: Abraham and Sarah at Bethel
Price: $3,000
Fine Original Illustration by Reginald Birch
Out for a Sleigh Ride.
Fine Original Illustration by Reginald Birch. A typically fine and engaging turn of the century magazine illustration, for which the artist was noted. Reginald Birch (1856-1943) was known as “The children's Gibson” because of the large number of children's stories he illustrated for St. Nicholas magazine. He also illustrated some..... Read More about Out for a Sleigh Ride
Price: $2,000
Bishop's Birds. Etchings of Water-Fowl and Upland Game Birds. Foreword by Colonel Harold P. Sheldon.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1936. Bishop, Richard. First edition. Number 91 of 135 copies signed by the author. The frontispiece is an original etching, “Trumpeter Swan”, titled and signed by the artist. Read More about Bishop's Birds. Etchings of Water-Fowl and Upland Game Birds. Foreword by Colonel Harold P. Sheldon
Price: $900