Maternité. Récit orné de cinq gravures hors text...
Paris: Au Sans Pareil, 1926. No. 207 of 765 (of 960 total) copies on Lafuma de Voiron. The... Read More about Maternité. Récit orné de cinq gravures hors text de Marc Chagall
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Rare books, prints and original works of art in the fields of performing arts, book illustration, gastronomy, decorative arts, and architecture. Featured works include original watercolors by Ludwig Bemelmans and works by the great masters of the Golden Age of book illustration. Also specializing in art works from America, Britain, France, and Japan.
Paris: Au Sans Pareil, 1926. No. 207 of 765 (of 960 total) copies on Lafuma de Voiron. The... Read More about Maternité. Récit orné de cinq gravures hors text de Marc Chagall
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N. P: n.d. Read More about Clipped signature “Gilbert A'Beckett”
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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...
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n.p. Edwin A. Abbey Sketchbook. Extracts from an early Edwin Abbey sketchbook, containing 19 pencil sketches signed by Abbey. Some are rudimentary sketches of trees and shrubs, others detailed, complete drawings of landscapes and houses This album was given to Abbey Thom Kissel from his grand-uncle Alden Freeman, in appreciation..... Read More about Sketchbook of drawings
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Cambridge: Printed at the Riverside Press for Private Distribution, [October], 1897. First edition, number 41 of 100 copies. RARE — One of 100 Copies. Read More about Myopia Songs & Waltzes With Winchester and Hamilton Chat
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1761. An invoice for whitening, ceiling repair, spotting, mending an oven; docketed for Mr. Waine's account on verso. Read More about Account for Painting "1761. Mr. William Waine to Thomas Etheridge, Dr;..."
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London: Rudolf Ackermann, 1814. First edition. Fine Early Copy of Ackermann's Oxford. An early copy. The list of plates in vol. I is the first state (it does not list the portraits of Founders; this copy does not include the Founders). Plate 1, vol.1, is mislabeled “History of Cambridge” and..... Read More about A History of the University of Oxford, its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings
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Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1830. "Neue, unveränderte Ausgabe". Third (revised) edition (first published 1802 and 1817). The Father of Acoustics. Ernst Florens Friedrich Chladni (1756-1827) was a German physicist, amateur musician and instrument maker. Fascinated by the phenomenon of sound, Chladni estimated the speed of sound and is now famous..... Read More about Die Akustik
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Carls[---indecipherable]: 1846. Read More about Choix d'airs pour une Flûte avec accompagnement de Guitare
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New York: April 23, 1948. A fine and rare image (there are none of her in the Library of Congress) of one of the the great American ballerinas. Adams danced major roles in works by some of the century's greatest choreographers, including George Balanchine, Anthony Tudor, and Jerome Robbins. Later..... Read More about Portrait photograph of Diana Adams in Anthony Tudor's ballet, SHADOW OF THE WIND
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1957. First edition. Inscribed with Drawing of Pugsley. With a full-page pen drawing on the fly leaf of Pugsley with a pet lizard, inscribed to author Nathaniel Benchley, “For Nat, Chas Addams, 1957.” Addams designed the jacket to Benchley’s children’s book The Visitors (1965)... Read More about Nightcrawlers
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[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
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1960. First edition. Inscribed. Inscribed to author Nathaniel Benchley and his wife, “For Marg and Nathaniel with love, Chas Addams, New York, 1960.” Addams designed the jacket to Benchley’s children’s book The Visitors (1965). Read More about Black Maria
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New York: Francis & Laurel, Stationers & Printers, 1871. First Edition. Metroplitan Museum of Art. The museum first opened on February 20, 1872. Read More about Address of the Officers of the Metropolitan Museum of Art to the People of New York
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London: Barnett & Foster, [1900]. First edition. Read More about Aerated Beverages (Including Cordials, Brewed Beers, etc.) and All About Them
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1972. An excellent archive of material related to the casting of the title role of the iconic blaxploitation film, Cleopatra Jones (1973), from the files of Cassius Weathersby, who headed the open auditions held in seven American cities in the late summer and fall of 1972. Weathersby was tasked with..... Read More about Archive related to the casting of the landmark film, Cleopatra Jones
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New York: March 22, 1955. Read More about Portrait photograph of Alvin Ailey
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Paris: Marcel Seheur, 1933. Number 684. INSCRIBED BY ARTIST. The artsist was Jewish, Ukrainian 1894-1962). The book is inscribed to the Weslers by the artist in 1950. Read More about L'Art Et La Vie: Mane-Katz
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London & Paris: Rossange, Barthes and Lowell; Audot, Éditeur, 1829-1834. Read More about Museum of Painting and Sculpture, or Collection of Principal Pictures, Statues and Bas-Reliefs in...
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Palm Desert, CA: Desert Magazine, 1960. Second printing. Read More about Painters of the Desert
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1843. Rare - the plate for this print remained private and was never used for a published edition. Read More about “A nun and a small peasant girl” entitled "From a Watercolour Sketch by E. Landseer"
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China: Ca. first half of 19th century. Album of 34 Original Chinese Watercolors. A very interesting and engaging collection of genre scenes. The trees, rocks, and landscapes are particularly well rendered, and the figures are full of life. The pictures in many such albums often follow a sequence of events..... Read More about Album of 34 Chinese watercolor paintings on paper
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[Berlin, Charlottenburg]: [c.1908]. Includes dated drawings of on the Spree River, as seen from the gardens behind the Fredericks Palace, Berlin (May 20, 1908) and King William's Hunting lodge in Grunwald (May 21, 1908), as well as statues, landscapes, and architecture in Charlottenburg and Grunwald. Read More about Album of 37 pencil drawings of German scenes with captions in English, early ones of Charlottenburg
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Paris & New York: ca.1865. New York actresses of the Civil War era. An outstanding photograph album of female performers in New York and Europe during the Civil War, from the library of Henry Rutgers Prime (1813-1886), resident of Huntington, Long Island and "Parisian Dealer" (per 1860 census). Half of..... Read More about Album of 50 carte de visite of actresses, opera singers, and performers in America and Europe at...
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[India]: ca.1830. India Company School, Hoe Copy. Read More about Album of Indian miniatures
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