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Large format lithograph of the Lincoln family by American engraver George Stinson
STINSON, George. [Abraham Lincoln].
The Lincoln Family George Stinson Original Lithograph.
Portland, ME: George Stinson and Co., Publishers, 1871.
Large format lithograph of the Lincoln family by American engraver George Stinson. Framed. The entire piece measures 27.5 inches by 20.5 inches.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 135435
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Jan Gehl's Life Between Buildings: Using Public Space; Lengthily Signed by Him
GEHL, Jan.
Life Between Buildings: Using Public Space.
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1987.
Early printing of this "thoughtful, beautiful, and enlightening work" (Jane Jacobs). Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated throughout. Signed by the author on the half-title page, "Keep up the good work and greetings from Jan Gehl Copenhagen 20.01.2015." In near fine condition. Translated by Jo Koch.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 73672
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"A seminal work on garden design": First Edition of Edith Wharton's Italian Villas and Their Gardens
WHARTON, Edith; Illustrated by Maxfield Parrish.
Italian Villas and Their Gardens.
New York: The Century Company, 1904.
First edition of Wharton's classic treatise on "Italian garden-magic." Quarto, original dark green cloth, top edge gilt. With 45 full-page plates, including 26 illustrations by Maxfield Parrish (15 in color), seven in-text and 19 black-and-white photographic illustrations. In good condition, name to the front free endpaper.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 139308
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Lord Macaulay's Essays and Lays of Ancient Rome; finely bound with a concealed fore-edge painting
MACAULAY, Thomas Babington.
Lord Macaulay’s Essays and Lays of Ancient Rome.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1888.
Finely bound example of Macaulay's classic work. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles to the spine, gilt inner dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, decorated with a concealed fore-edge painting of a view of ancient Rome. In very good condition. Bookplate and ownership inscription.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 138642
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Finely bound collection of stories and poems from Little Folks Magazine; featuring Arthur Rackham's first printed colour plate
[RACKHAM, Arthur].
Little Folks: A Magazine For Young People.
London: Cassell and Company Limited, 1899.
Finley bound collection in book form of stories and poems from Little Folks Magazine, featuring Arthur "Rackham's 1st printed colour plate" (Riall, p. 212), Up a Tree, used as the frontispiece. Quarto, Vol. II, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, illustrated with numerous full page and in-text illustrations including 6 coloured plates. In very good condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 142843
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First edition of The Soldier in Our Civil War: A Pictorial History of the Conflict, 1861-1865
MOTTELAY, Paul F. and T. Campbell-Copeland.
The Soldier in Our Civil War: A Pictorial History of the Conflict, 1861-1865. Illustrating the Valor of the Soldier as Displayed on the Battle-Field.
Richmond and New York: Stanley Bradely Publishing Company, 1890.
First edition of both volumes in this profusely illustrated set, containing large engraved portraits of Lincoln, Grant, McClellan and numerous battle scenes. Folio, 2 volumes, original cloth decorated in gilt, illustrated from sketches drawn by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, Hillen, Becker, Lovie, and Schell among others. In good condition. A rare complete set.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 134950
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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 Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures
RACKHAM, Arthur. Introduction by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch.
Arthur Rackham’s Book of Pictures.
New York: The Century Co, n.d.
First edition of this collection Rackham's favorite illustrations, compiled by him. Quarto, bound in full morocco, illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 44 tipped-in color plates with captioned tissue guards and numerous black and white illustrations.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 132858
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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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First edition illustrated by Frederic Remington of Francis Parkman's The Oregon Trail
PARKMAN, Francis. Illustrated by Frederic Remington.
The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life.
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1892.
First Remington illustrated edition, fourth edition printed of Parkman’s classic account of his journey along the Oregon Trail. Second printing with the list of illustrations. Octavo, original publisher's full suede with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, illustrated with numerous plates by Frederic Remington, tissue-guarded frontispiece. Provenance: from the library of Mabel Osgood Wright with her petite bookplate to the pastedown. Mabel Osgood Wright (1859-1934) was an American writer who wrote extensively on nature and birds. In very good condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 142850
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Rare Framed Charles Dickens Gilt Bronze Relief Portrait
DICKENS, Charles.
Charles Dickens Gilt Bronze Relief Portrait.
Original gilt bronze relief portrait of Charles Dickens. Framed. The entire piece measures 14.5 inches by 12 inches. In near fine condition. A unique example.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 92795
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Our New Music: Leading Composers in Europe and America; Signed by Aaron Copland
COPLAND, Aaron.
Our New Music: Leading Composers in Europe and America.
New York: Whittlesey House, 1941.
Early printing of the composer's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Mrs. Harold Moran Aaron Copland April 1944." Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 116734
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First edition King Albert's Book; containing the first appearance of Rudyard Kipling's The Outlaws
[KIPLING, Rudyard; Winston S. Churchill; John Galsworthy; Sir Henry Haggard; Edith Wharton; et al].
King Albert’s Book: A Tribute to the Belgian King and People from Representative Men and Women Throughout the World.
New York: Hearst's International Library Co, 1914.
First edition of King Albert's Book, produced to profit the Belgian Fund. Quarto, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of King Albert, with numerous tipped-in color plates illustrated by Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac, Kay Nielsen, and Maxfield Parrish. Contains the first appearance of Rudyard Kipling's The Outlaws. Very good in the rare original dust jacket which is lacking the spine.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 126384
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First Edition of The Art of George Tuska; Inscribed by Him to Legendary Creator Stan Lee
DEWEY CASSELL WITH AARON SULTAN AND MIKE GARTLAND FOREWORD BY STAN LEE,.
The Art of George Tuska.
Raleigh: Two Morrows Publishing, 2005.
First edition of this work by the artist, inscribed by him to legendary creator Stan Lee, who contributed the foreword to this volume. Quarto, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated throughout. The recipient, Stan Lee co-created iconic characters, including superheroes Spider-Man, the X-Men, Iron Man, Thor, the Hulk, Ant-Man, the Wasp, the Fantastic Four, Black Panther, Daredevil, Doctor Strange, the Scarlet Witch, and Black Widow. In fine condition. From the library of Stan Lee.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 140472
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“Everybody must have a fantasy": First Edition of The Philosophy of Andy Warhol; Inscribed by Warhol
WARHOL, Andy.
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again).
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975.
First edition, early printing of this work by Warhol. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Andy Warhol on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Herb Lubalin. Jacket photograph by Philippe Halsman. An exceptional example.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 144331
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“My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea, and the heart of the great ocean sends a thrilling pulse through me": The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; finely bound with a concealed fore-edge painting
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth.
The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. [Fore-edge Painting].
London: George Routledge & Sons, 1877.
Finely bound example of the collected poetical works of Longfellow. Octavo, bound in full contemporary crushed levant morocco with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine and panels, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, decorated with a concealed fore-edge painting of a pastoral scene, illustrated. In very good condition. Housed in a custom slipcase. An attractive binding.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 138812
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FIRST EDITION OF MARC CHAGALLS Vitraux pour Jerusalem, WITH TWO ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS
CHAGALL, Marc; Text and Notes by Jean Leymarie.
Vitraux Pour Jerusalem.
Monte Carlo: Andre Sauret, 1962.
First edition of this work by the famed artist. Folio, original red cloth. With two original color lithographs specially prepared by Chagall for this edition. Fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 123122
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The New Whole Duty of Man; finely bound with a concealed fore-edge painting
The New Whole Duty of Man, Containing the Faith as well as Practice of A Christian: Made Easy For the Practice of the Present Age, AS the Old Whole Duty of Man was design’d for those unhappy Times in which it was written: And Supplying the Articles of the Christian Faith, Which are Wanting in that Book. Though Essentially Necessary to Salvation. [Fore-Edge Painting].
London: Printed for W. Bent, 1823.
Finely bound example of this classic Protestant devotional work. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, elaborate gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, decorated with a concealed fore-edge painting of a maritime view, engraved frontispiece. In good condition with the fore-edge painting exceptionally bright. Ownership inscription.
Price: $800.00 Item Number: 138215
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Rare 18th Century Map of Florida, Louisiana, and Neighboring Countries by famed French cartographer Jacques-Nicolas Bellin
BELLIN, Jacques-Nicolas.
Carte de la Floride, de la Louisiane, et Pays Voisins. [18th Century Map of Florida, Louisiana, and Neighboring Countries. To be used in the General History of Travel].
Jean-Francois de La Harpe, 1757.
Rare 18th century engraved map of North America by French cartographer Jacques-Nicolas Bellin. One page, hand-colored, the map shows the French territory of Louisiane and Florida. Labelled cities and regions include St. Augustine, Savannah, New Orleans, Santa Fe, Toronto, Detroit, Mobile, Pensacola, New Mexico, Georgia, and the Carolinas. Topographical features include Lakes Michigan, Erie, and Superior, the Savannah, Mississippi, and Missouri Rivers, and the Appalachian Mountains. Bellin also labels the locations of various Native tribes such as the Cherokees, Osages, and Apaches, as well as locations of major forts. In near fine condition. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures…
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 138434
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First Edition of Frederic Remington's The Way of the Indian
REMINGTON, Frederic.
The Way of the Indian.
New York: Fox Duffield & Company, 1906.
First edition, first state with page 9 numbered of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. In very good condition. First editions are uncommon.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 143085
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"I WANT TO LIVE ON MAURICE FATIO'S PATIO…” FIRST EDITION OF MAURICE FATIO: ARCHITECT; Inscribed by Alexandra Fatio
FATIO, Alexandra.
Maurice Fatio: Architect.
Florida: Southeastern Printing, 1992.
First edition of this monograph regarding the work of Fatio. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Text by Alexandra Fatio. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Chip and Franc, with thanks for your interest in my father's work; Sincerely Alexandra Fatio." In fine condition. Uncommon signed.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 126899
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Eugene-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc's Dictionnaire Raisonne de Mobilier Francais de L'Epoque Carlovingienne a La Renaissance
VIOLLET-LE-DUC, Eugene-Emmanuel.
Dictionnaire Raisonne de Mobilier Francais de L’Epoque Carlovingienne a La Renaissance. [Dictionary of French Furniture from the Carlovingian Period to the Renaissance].
Paris: Librairie Centrale d'Architecture, n.d.
Finely bound example of Eugene-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc's authoritative resource on the evolution of furniture styles in France from the Carolingian Period to the Renaissance. Royal octavo, 6 volumes bound in one quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and stamping to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt, illustrated with numerous plates and text illustrations. In near fine condition. A very nice example of this standard reference.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 144610
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Rare 17th century map of America and the state of Florida by Dutch cartographer Pieter van der Aa
VAN DER AA, Pieter.
La Floride, Suirvant les Nouvelles Observations de Messrs de l’Academie Royale des Sciences, etc. [17th Century Map of Florida and America].
Leiden: Pieter van der Aa, [1713].
Rare 17th century hand-colored engraved map of Florida and 17th century America by Dutch cartographer Pieter van der Aa. One page, the engraved hand-colored map features Florida, part of Mexico, the Carolinas, Virginia, Maryland and Illinois, Native American territories of Conchaques, Apalachicoli, and Apalache, Villages of the Chaktas Indians, and the Bahamas. Embellished cartouche. In near fine condition. Matted and framed. A very nice example.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 138431
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"Here Nature has contrived to unite conditions of soil and climate in a manner most delightful": Rare first edition pamphlet of Fort Lauderdale, Florida: "Gateway to the Everglades"
Fort Lauderdale, Florida: “Gateway to the Everglades”.
Fort Lauderdale: Snyder & Hortt, Real Estate and Investments, c. 1915.
Rare first edition promotional brochure for the city of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Octavo, profusely illustrated with photographs taken c. 1914-1915 of the business district, boulevards, markets, railways, farms, orange groves, beaches, marinas, streams, and homes of Fort Lauderale. Map of Florida on the final page. In near fine condition. Scarce, OCLC/WorldCat locates only one other example housed in the Alachua County Library which lists the publication date as 1915, the year Fort Lauderdale was designated the county seat of the newly formed Broward County.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 103801