Aesops Fables
[No date but circa 1925-1930]. Maquette for an unpublished illustrated edition of Aesop's Fables by artist Ruth Sandys. Ruth... Read More about Aesops Fables
Price: $3,500
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
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
Metroplitan Museum of Art
Address of the Officers of the Metropolitan Museum of Art to the People of New York.
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
Price: $150
L'Art International d'Aujourd'hui. Vol. 17. Relieures.
Paris: Éditions Charles Moreau, [c. 1929]. Contains 50 photogravure plates of Art Deco bookbinding, with work by Adler, Bernard, Bonet, Bonfils, Guillot, Kieffer, Langrand, Legrain, and Léotard. The series L'Art International d'Aujourd'hui was originally printed in 15 volumes, with the first two volumes issued together. It was later expanded to 20..... Read More about L'Art International d'Aujourd'hui. Vol. 17. Relieures
Price: $600
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
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
“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 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
India Company School, Hoe Copy
Album of Indian miniatures.
[India]: ca.1830. India Company School, Hoe Copy. Read More about Album of Indian miniatures
Price: $3,000
ONE OF 50
Pierre Alechinsky. 20 Jahre Impressionen. Oeuvrekatalog Druckgraphik.
Munich: Galerie van der Loo, [1967]. #28 of 50 with an original lithographic print, signed and numbered. ONE OF 50. Read More about Pierre Alechinsky. 20 Jahre Impressionen. Oeuvrekatalog Druckgraphik
Price: $350
Chinese Woman: a pencil portrait.
Alexander (1767-1816) was particularly noted for his pencil and watercolor portraits of Chinese people, of which this frontal bust drawing is a fine, typical example. Many of these derive from his lengthy stay in Peking, beginning in 1792; on his return to London he became a professor of art, and..... Read More about Chinese Woman: a pencil portrait
Price: $1,250
Frederic Remington and the Spanish-American War.
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, [1971]. First edition, Number 57 of 150 copies, signed by the Author. Read More about Frederic Remington and the Spanish-American War
Price: $300