THE ULTIMATE SET. WITH MANUSCRIPT
The Writings of …
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1904-1922. Autograph edition, no. 266 of 750 copies, signed by the author and publisher, with... Read More about The Writings of &hellip
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Rare Berenice Abbott Portraits of Djuna Barnes
Group of 14 photographic snapshots of Djuna Barnes.
[New York: October, 1957]. Rare Berenice Abbott Portraits of Djuna Barnes. Rare images of Barnes in middle-age, taken by her friend Berenice Abbott at her studio in New York. These images remained unpublished and largely unseen until they were included in Hank O'Neal's 1990 memoir of his relationship with Barnes... Read More about Group of 14 photographic snapshots of Djuna Barnes
Price: $2,000
Photographic portrait of Abbott, seated at his desk.
New York: Underwood & Underwood, ca. [1920?]. Signed by the famous Congregationalist minister who took over Henry Ward Beecher’s congregation: “Yours sincerely / Lyman Abbott.” Provenance: C.N. Thomas of Underwood and Underwood. Read More about Photographic portrait of Abbott, seated at his desk
Price: $150
The Pageant of History and the Panorama of today in Northern California...with Text by Nancy Newhall.
San Francisco: The American Trust Company, (1954). First Edition. Read More about The Pageant of History and the Panorama of today in Northern California...with Text by Nancy Newhall
Price: $150
These We Inherit. The Parklands of America.
San Francisco: Sierra Club, [1962]. First edition. Read More about These We Inherit. The Parklands of America
Price: $150
Yosemite and the Range of Light.
Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1979. First trade edition. A marvellous group of photographs of the area long associated with Ansel Adams - Yosemite "During his lifetime Adams was arguably the world's most famous photographer, with reproductions of his works hanging everywhere from college dorm rooms to museum galleries the world... Read More about Yosemite and the Range of Light
Price: $300
Autograph Note Signed to LIFE photographer ALFRED EISENSTAEDT, "For Alfred Eisenstaedt with greeting from Rocky New Hampshire, Sherman Adams, ---, 1952.
np: 1952. Eisenhower's Vicuña Coat Man. Read More about Autograph Note Signed to LIFE photographer ALFRED EISENSTAEDT, "For Alfred Eisenstaedt with...
Price: $100
The American Annual of Photography and Photographic Times. Almanac for 1893 & 1894.
New York: The Scovill & Adams Company, 1893 & 1894. First edition. The Seventh and Eighth Volumes in the series. Read More about The American Annual of Photography and Photographic Times. Almanac for 1893 & 1894
Price: $250
Early Albany Law School Photographic Yearbook
Autograph album with photographs and inscriptions of Albany Law School Class of 1860 and faculty.
[Albany: 1860]. Early Albany Law School Photographic Yearbook. A photographic yearbook from the Albany Law School class of 1860, assembled by student Horatio Colony (1835-1917). Opened in 1851, Albany Law School is the oldest independent law school in the United States. Many of its students in the 1850s and '60s became... Read More about Autograph album with photographs and inscriptions of Albany Law School Class of 1860 and faculty
Price: $1,500
Van Vechten Portrait of Albee, 1961
Portrait photograph of Edward Albee.
New York: April 18, 1961. Variant of the session portrait published in PORTRAITS: the Photography of Carl Van Vechten (1978), edited by Saul Mauriber. Van Vechten Portrait of Albee, 1961. Read More about Portrait photograph of Edward Albee
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Portrait photograph of Edward Albee.
New York: April 18, 1961. Published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten (1978). Read More about Portrait photograph of Edward Albee
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Two tintype stereographs taken at Saratoga Springs of Morton family.
[Saratoga Springs: ca. 1860-1875]. Alden was active in the 1860's and 1870's with studios in Springfield, MA and Providence, RI. Here he captures members of the Morton family, in fine dress; they are most likely on holiday enjoying Saratoga's races and spas. Iron was an unusual medium for the stereograph... Read More about Two tintype stereographs taken at Saratoga Springs of Morton family
Price: $750
From the Bay of Algiers to the Wailing Wall
Photograph Album of a tour of North Africa, Egypt, and Palestine.
[N.p: n.d., ca. 1870s]. From the Bay of Algiers to the Wailing Wall. The photographs, many by the Zangaki brothers and Bonfils, include images of Algiers, Tunis, Carthage, Alexandria, Cairo, The Sphynx, portraits of locals (Dervishes, an Arab merchant, an Abyssinian, an Egyptian), the Suez Canal, the Wailing Wall, and..... Read More about Photograph Album of a tour of North Africa, Egypt, and Palestine
Price: $3,750
Barnstable County, MA
An ambrotype of a young man, seated with a lap robe at a table with a bottle of wine.
Barnstable County, Mass: [1864]. Barnstable County, MA. Read More about An ambrotype of a young man, seated with a lap robe at a table with a bottle of wine
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Rare Signed and Dated Occupational Ambrotype of Two House Painters
Occupational ambrotype of two house painters, with brushes in hand.
n.p: September 15, 1852. Rare Signed and Dated Occupational Ambrotype of Two House Painters. Read More about Occupational ambrotype of two house painters, with brushes in hand
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The Legendary Washington Elm
Photograph of the elm tree (now gone) of Cambridge, Mass., under which George Washington (by legend) took command of the...
[Cambridge, Mass: ca. 1920?]. The Legendary Washington Elm. Fine large photograph of the "Washington elm", which was enshrined in 1902 and died a little over twenty years later. This photograph shows the tree already moribund, with monument beneath bearing the carved inscription which preserved the legend: UNDER THIS TREE WASHINGTON... Read More about Photograph of the elm tree (now gone) of Cambridge, Mass., under which George Washington (by...
Price: $400
Amherst Class of 1882 Photographic Yearbook.
[841 Broadway New York: Pach Photographer, 1882]. Photographic yearbook album for the Amherst Class of 1882, photographed by the legendary Pach Brothers New York photography firm. This copy belonging to Charles Wilson Loomis. In the 1870s Pach begain operating mobile photography studios in the Northeast, photographing the graduating classes at... Read More about Amherst Class of 1882 Photographic Yearbook
Price: $750
Amherst College. Class of 1874.
[Amherest , Mass: 1874]. Melvil Dewey was the Class of 1874. Read More about Amherst College. Class of 1874
Price: $2,250
Extra-illustrated with original photos of William Holden
Journey through Kenya. Introduction by William Holden.
London: Bodley Head, [1982]. First edition. Extra-illustrated with original photos of William Holden. This copy extra-illustrated with 12 original photographs of the actor William Holden (1918-1981) and company; Holden had co-founded the Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy in the 1960s with his friend Don Hunt, from whose library this copy comes... Read More about Journey through Kenya. Introduction by William Holden
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"Views of Calcutta"
[Calcutta]: 1860s. A very good set of early photographs of Calcutta and its environs. This increasingly intimate album provides a vivid sense of life in mid-century Calcutta. Commencing with architectural shots, we see the governor's palace, the Near Market, Post Office and St Paul's Cathedral. Following that is a lively series..... Read More about "Views of Calcutta"
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Photogravures of Manchester-by-the-Sea, Beverley Farms, Pride's Crossing.
Boston: J. Eastman Chase, 7 Hamilton Place, [1891]. A rare photographic portrait of Massachusetts’ North Shore region, including Manchester by the Sea, Beverly Farms, and Pride’s Crossing, with beautifully reproduced photogravures by Jeanette M. Appleton. Read More about Photogravures of Manchester-by-the-Sea, Beverley Farms, Pride's Crossing
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Portrait photograph of Harold Arlen.
New York: May 17, 1960. Read More about Portrait photograph of Harold Arlen
Price: $2,600