The Art of Sound Building; Demonstrated in Geometrical...
London: 1725. Second edition. Read More about The Art of Sound Building; Demonstrated in Geometrical Problems: Shewing Geometrical Lines for...
Price: $3,000
Art, Architecture & Design
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.
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Clipped signature “Gilbert A'Beckett”.
N. P: n.d. Read More about Clipped signature “Gilbert A'Beckett”
Price: $75
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
Edwin A. Abbey Sketchbook
Sketchbook of drawings.
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
Price: $9,000
RARE — One of 100 Copies
Myopia Songs & Waltzes With Winchester and Hamilton Chat.
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
Price: $500
Account for Painting "1761. Mr. William Waine to Thomas Etheridge, Dr;..."
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;..."
Price: $125
Fine Early Copy of Ackermann's Oxford
A History of the University of Oxford, its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings.
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
Price: $6,000
The Father of Acoustics
Die Akustik.
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
Price: $1,750
Choix d'airs pour une Flûte avec accompagnement de Guitare.
Carls[---indecipherable]: 1846. Read More about Choix d'airs pour une Flûte avec accompagnement de Guitare
Price: $75
Portrait photograph of Diana Adams in Anthony Tudor's ballet, SHADOW OF THE WIND.
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
Price: $750
Inscribed with Drawing of Pugsley
Nightcrawlers.
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
Price: $3,750
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
Inscribed
Black Maria.
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
Price: $950
Aerated Beverages (Including Cordials, Brewed Beers, etc.) and All About Them.
London: Barnett & Foster, [1900]. First edition. Read More about Aerated Beverages (Including Cordials, Brewed Beers, etc.) and All About Them
Price: $125
Compositions from the Tragedies of Aeschylus. Designed by John Flaxman. Engraved by Thomas Piroli. The Original Drawings in the Possession...
London: published for I. Flaxman Junr. by J. Matthews No. 44 Strand, Januray 12, 1795. Flaxman, John. First edition. Read More about Compositions from the Tragedies of Aeschylus. Designed by John Flaxman. Engraved by Thomas...
Price: $900
Songs of the South. Words and Music of 17 Favorite Negro Spirituals.
Atlanta, GA: Conference on Education and Race Relations, n.d. [ca.1936]. The songs were selected from the anthology "Southland Spirituals" (Rodeheave Hall-Mack Co, 1936). Inserted in this copy is a program from the American Friendship Candle Light Service, February 9, 1941, from the Grace Universalist Church (Franklin, Massachussetts), and a few... Read More about Songs of the South. Words and Music of 17 Favorite Negro Spirituals
Price: $100
4 Original pen drawings signed “L. H. Sartor”.
N. P: n.d. [1970's]. Each drawing showing a view of a small farm of an African-American family, probably southern. The first showing a woman in apron and cap churning butter on the porch,h talking to a young boy in a baseball cap while on the front steps a young girl..... Read More about 4 Original pen drawings signed “L. H. Sartor”
Price: $500
Portrait photograph of Alvin Ailey.
New York: March 22, 1955. Read More about Portrait photograph of Alvin Ailey
Price: $1,500
INSCRIBED BY ARTIST
L'Art Et La Vie: Mane-Katz.
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
Price: $150
Museum of Painting and Sculpture, or Collection of Principal Pictures, Statues and Bas-Reliefs in the Public and Private Collections. Musée...
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...
Price: $750
Painters of the Desert.
Palm Desert, CA: Desert Magazine, 1960. Second printing. Read More about Painters of the Desert
Price: $150
Record of a Hunting Trip to Alaska, 1889-1890
Random Sketches on a Hunting Trip through Mexico, the Western States, and Alaska T.G. B. May 4/89 to Apl 3/90...
V.p: 1889-90. Record of a Hunting Trip to Alaska, 1889-1890. Album of drawings and photographs by an accomplished amateur artist, Thomas Gilbert Bowick, during a hunting trip in Oregon and Alaska with his brother John Robie Bowick in 1889 and 1890. The brothers, apparently of English extraction, were part owners... Read More about Random Sketches on a Hunting Trip through Mexico, the Western States, and Alaska T.G. B. May 4/89...
Price: $22,500
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[Photographs of Alaska].
[Alaska]: c. 1905. A collection of photos including images of the U.S. Revenue Cutter (USRC) Manning and her crew. Designed as a cruising cutter for the Revenue Cutter Service, the Manning was commissioned on 8 January, 1898. After service with the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War, the Manning returned... Read More about Photographs of Alaska
Price: $750
“A nun and a small peasant girl” entitled "From a Watercolour Sketch by E. Landseer"
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"
Price: $400
Album of 34 Original Chinese Watercolors
Album of 34 Chinese watercolor paintings on paper.
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
Price: $6,000
Album of 37 pencil drawings of German scenes with captions in English, early ones of Charlottenburg.
[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
Price: $900