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SIGNED BY THE FIRST MAN TO WALK ON THE MOON AND THE ARTIST WHO DESIGNED THE POSTAGE STAMP COMMEMORATING THAT MOMENT
ARMSTRONG, Neil; Paul Calle.
“Apollo 11 Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong” Signed Limited Edition Paul Calle Print.
April 1997.
Signed limited lithographic print of Paul Calle's pencil sketch of Neil Armstrong captured as he suited up on July 16, 1969 in preparation for his launch to the moon. One of 1000 numbered copies signed by Armstrong, this is number 243. Additionally signed by Paul Calle beneath his printed facsimile signature. New York born artist Paul Calle was one of eight artists chosen by NASA in 1962 to document the U.S. space program and was the only artist present when the crew of Apollo 11 prepared to enter the spacecraft for their historic mission. Four days later Armstrong became the…
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 142783
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Rare original sketch for the ball gown worn by Audrey Hepburn in her breakout role as Princess Anne in Roman Holiday; signed by Academy Award-winning costume designer Edith Head
HEAD, Edith. [Audrey Hepburn].
“Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday.” [Original Edith Head Signed Costume Sketch].
c. 1953.
Rare original sketch by Academy Award-winning costume designer Edith Head for the ball gown worn by Audrey Hepburn in her breakout role as Princess Ann in William Wyler's classic 1953 comedy, Roman Holiday. Design for Paramount Pictures, circa 1953. Gouache sketch on paper with added white. Signed and annotated by the designer, "Audrey Hepburn in 'Roman Holiday' Edith Head." The dress appears in the opening scene of the film, when the Princess is shown in newsreels greeting and dancing with dignitaries at an official reception. According to an interview with Head broadcast just after the film's release, she made two regal…
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 145841
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"Second only to Gilbert Stuart's Athenaeum portrait": Rembrandt Peale's "George Washington, Patriae Pater"
PEALE, Rembrandt. [George Washington].
“George Washington, Patriae Pater” Rembrandt Peale Original Oil Painting.
Rembrandt Peale's famed painted portrait of George Washington, "George Washington, Patriae Pater", considered by many second only to Gilbert Stuart's iconic Athenaeum portrait of the first president and variations of which hang in the Oval Office and Old Senate Chamber. Oil on canvas. In 1795, 17-year-old Rembrandt Peale was invited by his father, famed American painter Charles Willson Peale, to accompany him to a portrait sitting with President George Washington. Although young Rembrandt was not entirely satisfied with the resulting portrait of the aging Washington, it was well-received and made his debut as a portraitist. In 1822, after a trip…
Price: $350,000.00 Item Number: 135084
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Rare original large format acrylic painting signed by Vietnam War Veteran and Golden Globe Award winning screenwriter Ron Kovic
KOVIC, Ron.
“The Joy of Color!” Ron Kovic Original Painting.
2013.
Rare original large format acrylic painting signed by Vietnam War Veteran and Golden Globe Award-winning screenwriter Ron Kovic. On thick Aquarell watercolor paper, the painting is signed three times by the artist on the verso, "Ron Kovic Oct 2013", "'The Joy of Color' by Ron Kovic" and with a signed self-caricature. American anti-war activist, writer, and United States Marine Corps sergeant Ronald Lawrence Kovic was wounded and paralyzed in the Vietnam War. His 1976 memoir Born on the Fourth of July was made into the Academy Award–winning 1989 film directed by Oliver Stone. Kovic received the Golden Globe Award for…
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 135265
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Rare 18th Century French Nobility Patent
[DE CARRARA, Cajetau-Louis-Antoine].
18th Century French Nobility Patent.
November 13, 1710.
Rare 18th century French Patent of Nobility for Cajetau-Louis-Antoine de Carrara. Folio, bound in full velvet, the patent is comprised of five vellum leaves, the first with calligraphy within an elaborate engraved border; the third leaf with a gilt-painted armorial miniature, all edges gilt, rope bound in. Dated November 13, 1710, the patent is signed by Marie Therese, J. G. Van de Veld, F. L. Gilbert, and J. DeWitte. In very good condition.
Price: $2,750.00 Item Number: 133430
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Rare 19th Century American Map of Florida
[FLORIDA],.
19th Century American Map of Florida.
Chicago: People's Publishing Co, [c. 1890].
19th century American map of the state of Florida. One page, the map shows a detailed view of the stated divided by county and includes an inset of the North-western portion of Florida. In near fine condition. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 21.5 inches by 17.25 inches.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 139015
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"Enter the wild wood and view the haunts of nature": William Cullen Bryant's A Forest Hymn bound with In The Woods With Bryant, Longfellow, and Halleck; decorated with a rare double fore-edge painting
BRYANT, William Cullen.
A Forest Hymn [Bound with] In The Woods With Bryant, Longfellow, and Halleck. [Fore-edge Painting].
New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1860-1862.
Finely bound collection of two classic American poems; decorated with a rare double fore-edge painting. Quarto, bound in full pebbled morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, illustrated with numerous engravings by John A. Nums and John A. Hows, all edges gilt with a concealed double fore-edge painting which reveals a hunting scene and a scene of figure skaters. In very good condition.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 139346
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James Fergusson's A History of Architecture in all Countries; from the library of Ronald and Nancy Reagan
FERGUSSON, James. [Ronald and Nancy Reagan].
A History of Architecture in all Countries, From the Earliest Times to the Present Day.
London: John Murray, 1893.
Third edition of Fergusson's monumental work on the history of architecture. Royal octavo, two volumes, original publisher's roan-backed cloth with gilt titles and ruling to the spine, top edge gilt, illustrated. From the library of Ronald and Nancy Reagan with Nancy's ownership stamp to the second free endpaper listing the Reagan's 1669 San Onofre Dr. residence. The Reagans lived on San Onofre Drive in the Pacific Palisades from 1957 to 1981 before moving to the White House when Reagan became President. In very good condition.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 145004
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Leonard Bernstein's assistant and editor Jack Gottlieb's personal copy of the December 1997 Sotheby's auction catalog of the estate of Leonard Bernstein
[BERNSTEIN, Leonard; Jack Gottlieb].
A Legend: Property from the Estate of Leonard Bernstein Sotheby’s December 1997 Catalog.
New York: Sotheby's, Inc, 1997.
Leonard Bernstein's assistant and editor Jack Gottlieb's personal copy of the December 1997 Sotheby's auction catalog of the estate of Leonard Bernstein. Quarto, original pictorial wrappers. With Gottlieb's notes throughout including the hammer price for each lot that sold in the auction. He has also marked the page that has a lengthy quote from him describing a French provincial walnut style folding table in the catalog, "In the inner sanctum - the staging area for super-human accomplishment - stood that table, where the Maestro marked up his performing scores in crystal-clear intricate detail, like a a fine jeweler polishing precious…
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 135684
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First Edition of A Life of Picasso Volume II; Signed by John Richardson
RICHARDSON, John; with the collaboration of Marilyn McCully.
A Life of Picasso Volume II: 1907-1917: The Painter of Modern Life.
New York: Random House, 1996.
First edition of the second volume in Richardson's four-volume biography of the famous artist. Small quarto, original publisher's white embossed cloth, frontispiece of a self-portrait photograph by Picasso 1912, illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs. Boldly signed by John Richardson on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 145269
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First edition of A Life of Picasso: The Triumphant Years 1917-1932; Signed by John Richardson
RICHARDSON, John; with the collaboration of Marilyn McCully [Pablo Picasso].
A Life of Picasso: The Triumphant Years 1917-1932.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2007.
First edition of the third volume in Richardson's four-volume biography of the famous artist. Small quarto, original black boards, frontispiece portrait of Picasso in Saint-Raphael 1919, illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs and a several color images of Picasso's paintings. Boldly signed by John Richardson on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Valentine Hugo.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 145267
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First Edition of A Life of Picasso: Volume I 1881-1906; Signed by John Richardson
RICHARDSON, John; with the collaboration of Marilyn McCully [Pablo Picasso].
A Life of Picasso: Volume I 1881-1906.
New York: Random House, 1991.
First edition of the first volume in Richardson’s four-volume biography of the famous artist. Small quarto, original cream pictorial cloth, frontispiece portrait of Picasso in charcoal, illustrated with about 900 black and white drawings and paintings throughout. Boldly signed by John Richardson on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Rochelle Udell and Wynn Dan. Author photograph by David Bailey. Rare signed.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 146213
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First and deluxe edition of A London Garland: Selected From Five Centuries of English Verse by W. E. Henley with Pictures of the Society of Illustrators
[THE SOCIETY OF ILLUSTRATORS; ARTHUR RACKHAM],.
A London Garland: Selected From Five Centuries of English Verse by W. E. Henley with Pictures of the Society of Illustrators.
London and New York: Macmillan and Company, 1895.
First and deluxe edition of this selection of five centuries of verse with commentary by the Society of Illustrators. Quarto, original publisher's deluxe full vellum, illustrated, with one full page illustration by Arthur Rackham on page 104. In good condition with some chipping to the crown of the spine.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 142637
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First edition of Rosemary Jones Tung's A Portrait of Lost Tibet; from the library of Peter Matthiessen
TUNG, Rosemary Jones. [Peter Matthiessen].
A Portrait of Lost Tibet.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980.
First edition of the author's photographic evocation of Tibet. Quarto, original boards, ornamental art by Zlatko Paunov. From the library of Peter Matthiessen with his bookplate to the pastedown. American writer Peter Matthiessen remains the only writer to have won the National Book Award in both nonfiction (The Snow Leopard, 1979) and fiction (Shadow Country, 2008). A prominent environmental activist, Matthiessen received the National Book Award for Fiction in 2008 at the age of 81 for Shadow Country. “No one writes more lyrically [than Matthiessen] about animals or describes more movingly the spiritual experience of mountaintops, savannas, and the sea”…
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 140207
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A Short History of St Bartholomew's Hospital, Specially Bound on the Occasion of the 800th Anniversary of Its Foundation; From the Library of Edward, The Duke of Windsor
POWER, Sir D'Arcy and H.J. Waring [King Edward VIII].
A Short History of St Bartholomew’s Hospital 1123-1923, Specially Bound on the Occasion of the 800th Anniversary of Its Foundation.
London: Charles Whittingham and Griggs, Ltd, 1923.
Elaborately bound presentation copy, belonging to King Edward VIII. Octavo, full tan morocco, elaborately gilt tooling to the spine, front and rear panels with black morocco inlays, cornerpieces of thistles and flowers, front panel with central crown and gilt medallion portraits of Rahere and Harvey, silk endpapers. Full-color frontispiece illustration of The Tomb of Rahere in the Church of Saint Bartholomew the Great, thirty-four black and white plates with tissue guards. Presentation plate to rear free endpaper, "Presented on the Occasion of the Eight Hundredth Anniversary of the Foundation of St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Stanmore, Treasurer. On Behalf of the Governor's of the…
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 36018
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"For Vivien with all my love and admiration": First Edition of A Time of Gods; Inscribed by Roloff Beny to Actress Vivien Leigh
BENY, Roloff (Vivien Leigh).
A Time of Gods.
London: Thames and Hudson, 1962.
First edition of this work by the famed photographer. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated endpaper, illustrated with 148 photogravure plates. Association copy, inscribed by the author to actress Vivien Leigh, "For Vivien with all my love and admiration always Roloff London Oct. 23/ 63." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Beny was in early days a protégé of Peggy Guggenheim and Herbert Read. The circle of friends around him—actors, artists, collectors, writers—included such figures as Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Stephen Spender, Rose Macaulay, Bernard Berenson, Jean Cocteau, Henry Moore, and other luminaries of art and literature. An exceptional association copy.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 74016
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Yuichi Hibi's A Weekend With Mr. Frank; one of 500 copies signed by Hibi on the verso of an original print
HIBI, Yuichi. [Robert Frank].
A Weekend With Mr. Frank: A Book of Five Reproductions and One Original Print.
Tuscon, Arizona: Nazarelli Press, 2006.
Signed limited edition of the companion book to Yuichi Hibi's 2001 documentary on the life and work of Robert Frank. Small octavo, original boards, containing five reproductions of black and white photographs and one original print. One of 500 numbered copies signed on the verso of the original print by Yuichi Hibi, this is number 240. In fine condition.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 122098
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"Attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places": First edition of Slim Aarons' A Wonderful Time: An Intimate Portrait of the Good Life
AARONS, Slim.
A Wonderful Time: An Intimate Portrait of the Good Life.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1974.
First edition of Slim Aarons' masterpiece, a portrait of the glamour, luxury and exclusivity of the elite during the 1950s and 60s which remains without peer to this day. Folio, original blue cloth, profusely illustrated with photographs by Slim Aarons, many full-page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Bookplate of Joyce Allen to the front endpaper. An exceptional example, uncommon in this condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 144502
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First edition of Andy Warhol's a: A Novel
WARHOL, Andy.
a: A novel by Andy Warhol.
New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1968.
First edition of Warhol's first novel, an experimental collection of four word-for-word transcriptions of tapes recorded by Warhol and Ondine between 1965 and 1967. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 137201
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Rare collection of six Winnie-The-Pooh prints; with an autograph note signed by both A. A. Milne and Ernest Shepard
MILNE, A. A.; Ernest Shepard.
A. A. Milne and Ernest Shepard Signed Winnie-the-Pooh Print Collection.
1928.
Rare collection of six Winnie-The-Pooh prints specially bound with an autograph note signed by both A. A. Milne and Ernest Shepard. Quarto, bound in hand-made paper wrappers, the collection includes six mounted Winnie-the-Pooh illustrations extracted from issues of Home Chat magazine which were produced by Shepard exclusively for Home Chat in 1928 and never appeared in any of the Pooh books. With a mounted note signed by Milne and Shepard. The prints are titled: Christopher Robin has a Little Something at Eleven; What Christopher Robin does in the Mornings; Christopher Robin gives Extract of Malt all round; Christopher Robin's Green…
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 122600
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Rare original typographic portrait of Abraham Lincoln composed of his Emancipation Proclamation
LINCLON, Abraham; Designed and written by W.H. Pratt. Lithograph by A. Hageboeck.
Abraham Lincoln Emancipation Proclamation Typographic Portrait.
Davenport, Iowa: 1865.
Original typographic portrait of Abraham Lincoln composed of his Emancipation Proclamation, issued on January 1, 1863. In near fine condition. Double matted and framed, the entire piece measures 26.5 inches by 19 inches. An exceptional piece, a rare and desirable piece of Americana.
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 95831
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Antique Engraved Portrait of Abraham Lincoln
[LINCOLN, Abraham].
Abraham Lincoln Engraving.
Engraved oval portrait of Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States. Displayed in an antique wooden frame. The engraving measures 4.5 inches by 6 inches. The entire piece measures 10.75 inches by 12.75 inches. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146474
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RARE NINETEENTH CENTURY PORTRAIT OF PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN
GARDNER, Alexander. [Abraham Lincoln].
Abraham Lincoln Portrait.
c. 1860.
Rare original painting of the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. After a photograph by Civil War photographer Alexander Gardner. Scottish photographer Alexander Gardner immigrated to the United States in 1856 where he became best known for his photographs of the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln, and the execution of the conspirators to Lincoln's assassination. In near fine condition. In a period frame. The entire piece measures 20.75 by 16.75 inches. Rare and desirable.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 95830
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“A house divided against itself cannot stand": Rare Relief Bust Portrait of President Abraham Lincoln
LINCOLN, Abraham.
Abraham Lincoln Relief Bust.
Rare cast metal relief portrait of President Abraham Lincoln in profile. Housed in a custom circular frame with gilt decorative floral reliefs. The entire piece measures 16 inches by 16 inches. A handsome example.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 95124
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“LIGHTHEARTED AND FUNNY… ONE BECOMES WHAT ONE BEHOLDS”: FIRST EDITION OF ADULT COMEDY ACTION DRAMA, SIGNED BY RICHARD PRINCE
PRINCE, Richard.
Adult Comedy Action Drama.
New York-Berlin-Zurich: Scalo Verlag, 1995.
First edition with 235 vibrant color images of his whimsical “postmodern landscape” (Roth). Quarto, original blue cloth. Signed by Richard Prince on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 2290
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Etching of Albert Einstein by Hermann Struck; Signed by Both Struck and Einstein
EINSTEIN, Albert; Hermann Struck.
Albert Einstein Signed Etching.
1923.
Etch bust of Albert Einstein done by well-known artist Hermann Struck. Signed by both Einstein and Struck, numbered 49/150. In fine condition. Double matted and framed, the entire piece measures 12.25 inches by 15 inches. An exceptional piece.
Price: $14,000.00 Item Number: 95890
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Etching of Albert Einstein by Hermann Struck; Signed by Both Struck and Einstein
EINSTEIN, Albert; Hermann Struck.
Albert Einstein Signed Etching.
1923.
Lithograph portrait of "the father of modern physics", Albert Einstein by well-known artist Hermann Struck. Signed by Einstein, "Albert Einstein 1923" and Struck, "Herman Struck 138/150". In fine condition. Matted and framed, the entire piece measures 19.75 inches by 15.5 inches. An exceptional piece.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 127204
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Signed Photograph of Albert Einstein in Jerusalem; The Only One Known to Exist
EINSTEIN, Albert.
Albert Einstein Signed Photograph.
1923.
Extremely rare original photograph boldly signed "Albert Einstein Jersusalem 1923" during his only trip to Palestine in 1923. Einstein's return voyage from his tour of Japan and China took him via the Red Sea and Suez Canal which allowed him to accept the invitation of Arthur Ruppin, the director of the Palestine office of the Zionist Organization in Jaffa to visit the region for twelve days. Einstein arrived in Port Said on February 1, 1923, and from there he traveled to Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Jaffa and Haifa. The photographer, Zvi Oron, began his career in Warsaw and the United States…
Price: $60,000.00 Item Number: 141301
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Large Lithograph of Nobel Peace Prize-Winner Albert Schweitzer; Signed by Him and Artist William Sharp
SCHWEITZER, Albert; Artist William Sharp.
Albert Schweitzer Signed Lithograph.
Signed by the artist William Sharp in pencil. Inscribed by Nobel Peace Prize winner Albert Schweitzer, "A Mr John Zuber avec mes bonnes pensees Albert Schweitzer. Lambarene 13. Juin 1960." The translation reads, "To Mr John Zuber with my good wishes Albert Schweitzer Lambarene 13th June 1960." Schweitzer received the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize for his philosophy of “Reverence for Life”, expressed in many ways, but most famously in founding and sustaining the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Lambaréné, now in Gabon, west central Africa. The lithograph measures 14.5 inches by 11.5 inches. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures…
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 41060
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Rare Collection of Album von Berlin Postcards; From the Library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
[WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN],.
Album von Berlin.
Rare collection of color postcards featuring destinations in Berlin, Germany; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Sextodecimo, seven pages in a folding album, illustrated. In fine condition.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 145936
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Rare Collection of Album von Berlin Postcards; From the Library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
[WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN],.
Album von Berlin.
Jewish Welfare Board, .
Rare collection of color postcards featuring destinations in Berlin, Germany; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Sextodecimo, seven heliotint pages in a folding album, original envelope wrappers, illustrated. Fine in good wrappers with some rubbing and closed tears, a few losses to the extremities.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 145990
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First edition of Guillaume Apollinaire's Poems (1898-1913); inscribed by him and Pablo Picasso
APOLLINAIRE, Guillaume. [Pablo Picasso].
Alcools: Poems (1898-1913). Avec un Portrait de L’Auteur par Pablo Picasso.
Paris: Mercure de France, 1913.
First edition of Apollinaire's first collection of poems, signed by him and Pablo Picasso. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and raised bands to the spine, patterned endpapers, frontispiece portrait of the poet by Pablo Picasso. Association copy, inscribed by both Apollinaire and Pablo Picasso on front free endpaper, "A A P.N. Roinard son admirateur Guillaume Apollinaire" and "et pour Robert Valançay Picasso Paris Janvier 1940 et I." Apollinaire has also made five corrections to the text in ink on pages 71, 77, 92, 110 and 189. The recipient of Apollinaire's inscription, Paul-Napoléon Roinard, was a French…
Price: $35,000.00 Item Number: 128083
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ALFRED HITCHCOCK SIGNED SELF-PORTRAIT
HITCHCOCK, Alfred.
Alfred Hitchcock Signed Self-Portrait.
Rare original Alfred Hitchcock self-portrait, inscribed by the great director, "To Adrienne from Alfred Hitchcock." In near fine condition. The entire piece measures 14 inches by 11 inches. Rare and desirable.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 132934
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alleverythingthatisyou; Signed by Both Starn Brothers
STARN, Doug and Mike.
alleverythingthatisyou.
Aspen: Baldwin Gallery, 2006.
First edition. Limited Edition 1 of 1,000 copies, this being number 265. Quarto. Fine in a fine dust jacket without wear. Original 8x8 print signed by both Starn brothers. Comes with the original envelope from the Starn brothers office.
Price: $725.00 Item Number: 1607
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First Edition of Diana Vreeland's Allure; Inscribed by Her in the Year of Publication to Jack Lemmon and his Wife
VREELAND, Diana [Jack Lemmon].
Allure.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1980.
First edition of this classic work which features images such luminaries as Maria Callas, Gertrude Stein, and Marilyn Monroe shot by photographers such as Man Ray, Cecil Beaton, and Richard Avedon. Quarto, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated throughout. Association copy, boldly inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page to actor Jack Lemmon and his wife, "Felicia and Jack all the best Diana Vreeland 1980." Jack Lemmon was an actor who starred in over sixty films and was nominated for an Academy Award eight times, winning twice, and received many other accolades, including six Golden Globe Awards (counting the…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 138311
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First Edition of Diana Vreeland's Allure; Inscribed by Her in the Year of Publication
VREELAND, Diana .
Allure.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1980.
First edition of this classic work which features images such luminaries as Maria Callas, Gertrude Stein, and Marilyn Monroe shot by photographers such as Man Ray, Cecil Beaton, and Richard Avedon. Quarto, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "Lydia- I am so happy you like my book- So So much Love- Diana 1980." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Written with Christopher Hemphill.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 139121
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Rare 18th century engraved map of North and Central America by famed French cartographer Guillaume Delisle
DELISLE, Guillaume.
America das Mitternachtige nach der Zeichnung des Herrn Wilhelm Delisle in Verlag Joh. Justine Gebauers. [18th Century Guillaume Delisle Map of North America].
Halle: Johann Justinus Gebauer, 1752.
Rare 18th century engraved map of North and Central America by famed French cartographer Guillaume Delisle. One page, hand-colored, the engraved map shows North and Central America including California, Nova Mexico, Florida, and Greenlandia, decorative cartouches. In near fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 138497
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First Edition of Andy Warhol's America; Signed by Him
WARHOL, Andy.
America.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1985.
First paperback printing of this photographic study of America in the eighties. Quarto original wrappers. Boldly signed by Andy Warhol on the front panel. In fine condition. Designed by Barbara Richter.
Price: $900.00 Item Number: 142891
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First Edition of American Architecture and Urbanism; Signed by Vincent Scully
SCULLY, Vincent.
American Architecture and Urbanism.
New York: Frederick A. Praeger Publishers, 1969.
First edition of this classic work. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by the Vincent Scully on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Uncommon signed.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 144272