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First Edition of The World of Salvador Dali; Inscribed by Him Twice with a Large Drawing of Don Quixote
DESCHARNES, ROBERT [SALVADOR DALI].
The World of Salvador Dali.
New York: Harper and Row, Publishers 1962.
First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work of Dali. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, boldly signed and inscribed by Dali on two pages, “Pour Seth Dennis hommage de Salvador Dali 1963” with a large drawing. Fine in a very good dust jacket. A unique example.
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 139499
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“At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since”: First Edition of Salvador Dali's Les Diners De Gala; inscribed by him to famed French chef Jean Vergnes with an original drawing
DALI, SALVADOR.
Les Diners de Gala.
New York: Felicie, Inc. Publishers 1973.
First edition of this extravagant, lavishly illustrated cookbook created by Dalí in honor of his wife, Gala. Quarto, original color-printed pictorial cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated throughout. Translated by Captain J. Peter Moore. Association copy, inscribed by Salvador Dali with a double-page inscription and drawing on the copyright page and opposite page, “For Jean Vergnes 1976 Le oen de la Cuisine Dali.” Dali has added an original portrait of Vergnes and a dripping spoon. With an additional presentation card inscribed by famed American restaurant critic Gael Greene laid in on Greene’s custom stationary, “To Jean Vergnes with love from his great admirer Gael Greene 1-27-76.” The recipient, Jean Vergnes, was a classically trained and highly acclaimed French chef, best-known as the co-founder of the famed Manhattan eatery Le Cirque, which opened in 1974. Vergnes had a major influence on American restaurant culture for more than four decades. He began his career working as a chef at various top restaurants in Paris during World War II, with a brief stop in Bermuda before moving to the United States in 1950. Classically trained in the French tradition, he was soon working in the kitchen of the Waldorf-Astoria, then as the youngest executive chef of the legendary Colony Restaurant, and finally as co-founder of Le Cirque, one of the most dazzling culinary jewels of New York since its opening in 1974. From 1986 to 1992, Daniel Boulud was executive chef of Le Cirque and in 1995, it was awarded the James Beard Foundation Award for Outstanding Restaurant. From the library of Jean Vergnes and thence by descent. Near fine in the original decorative stiff paper dust jacket which is in near fine condition.
Price: $7,200.00 Item Number: 143318
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“At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since”: First Edition of Salvador Dali's Les Diners De Gala
DALI, SALVADOR.
Les Diners de Gala.
New York: Felicie Inc 1973.
First edition of this extravagant, lavishly illustrated cookbook created by Dalí in honor of his wife Gala. Quarto, original color-printed pictorial cloth, original decorative stiff paper dust jacket, illustrated throughout. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Translated by Captain J. Peter Moore.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 143953
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First Edition of The Maze; Signed by Salvador Dali in the Year of Publication with a drawing
DALI, SALVADOR AND MAURICE SANDOZ.
The Maze.
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company 1945.
First edition of this work with drawings by Salvador Dali. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Salvador Dali in the year of publication with an original drawing depicting a mother and child looking at heavenly bodies in the night sky. The Maze is believed to have been inspired by the “Monster of Glamis Castle,” and was adapted into a 1953 horror film starring Richard Carlson and Veronica Hurst. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some holing. Rare and desirable.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 144389