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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 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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"They sure don't make bartenders like the used to make them": First signed limited edition of Charles Bukowski's Dangling in the Tournefortia; twice signed and inscribed by him and with an original acrylic painting bound in
BUKOWSKI, Charles.
Dangling in the Tournefortia.
Santa Barbara: The Black Sparrow Press, 1981.
First edition of Bukowski's classic book of poetry. Octavo, original pictorial boards. One of only 100 numbered copies signed by the author, this is number 89. Additionally inscribed by Bukowski on the title page, "For Arthur Applebaum - Who aids me so kindly in my man travails, Hank Charles Bukowski." Bukowski has also added a drawing of his signature little man with a bottle. With an original acrylic painted portrait by Bukowski bound in and signed, "Buk." In near fine condition. Rare and desirable.
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 95380
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First Edition of Cape Dutch Homesteads; Signed by Photographer David Goldblatt
GOLDBLATT, David; Courtney-Clarke.
Cape Dutch Homesteads.
Cape Town: Struik, 1981.
First edition. Original beige cloth. Signed by the photographer, David Goldblatt. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 1359
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Signed by Award Winning Architect Richard Meier
MEIER, Richard.
Richard Meier: Buildings and Projects 1965-1981.
Zurich: Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule, 1982.
First edition. Oblong quarto, original wrappers. Signed by Richard Meier on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket that shows very light wear to the extremities.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 878
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Original Donald Brooks Sketch from the production of Dance a Little Closer
BROOKS, Donald.
Dance a Little Closer: Donald Brooks Original Pencil and Watercolor Drawing.
1983.
Original Dance a Little Closer is a pencil and watercolor drawing depicting the Cynthia character in a full length pink and peach gown with a second drawing depicting the back of the gown, signed lower right by legendary designer Donald Brooks. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 27 inches by 22 inches. Brooks was the costume designer for the 1983 production of Dance a Little Closer.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 137699
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First edition, first printing of the Pennyroyal Press edition of Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There
CARROLL, Lewis; Illustrated by Barry Moser.
Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There.
Berkely: Published by the University of California Press, 1983.
First Pennyroyal Press edition of Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated by Barry Moser. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 140106
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First edition of The National Archives of The United States; inscribed by Herman J. Viola and Robert M. Warner
VIOLA, Henry J. Introduction by David McCullough.
The National Archives of The United States.
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1984.
First edition of this guide to the "nation's attic." Quarto, original cloth, illustrated with original photographs by Jonathan Wallen. Foreword by Robert M. Warner. Introduction by David McCullough. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To John Vernon, Herman J. Viola" and Robert M. Warner who contributed the introduction, "All good wishes Robert M. Warner." In near fine condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 132623
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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 Andy Warhol's America; Signed Twice by Him
WARHOL, Andy.
America.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1985.
First edition of this photographic study of America in the eighties. Quarto original wrappers. Boldly signed twice by Andy Warhol on the front panel and opposite the contents page. In very good condition with light rubbing to the extremities. Designed by Barbara Richter.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 146682
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The Club de Livre deluxe limited illustrated edition of the works of Charles Baudelaire; each volume signed by its lithographic artist
BAUDELAIRE, Charles.
Oeuvres de Charles Baudelaire.
Paris: Club de Livre, 1985.
The Club de Livre deluxe limited illustrated edition of the works of Charles Baudelaire. Quartos, 3 volumes, bound in full violet elaborate fuschia and black inlay designs to the panels, black endpapers, top edge gilt, with original lithographic illustrations in color in each volume. Each volume is numbered and signed by its respective artist on the colophon. In fine condition. Each volume housed in the original morocco and silk slipcase.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 94702
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Matt Groening's Cartoon Book Love Is Hell; Inscribed by The Author with a Drawing of Binky
GROENING, Matt.
Love is Hell.
New York: Pantheon Books, 1985.
Special New Mini-Jumbo edition of this comical cartoon book that were the source material for The Simpsons by the creator of 'The Simpsons' and 'Futurama.' Oblong quarto, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by the author on the front pastedown, "Matt Groening, 9/16/87," below a full-length sketch of his character Binky with a speech bubble inscribed in red ink: "To Deair!!!" In near fine condition. This early sketch of Binky was drawn roughly five months after 'The Simpsons' premiered on 'The Tracey Ullman Show' April 19, 1987 and a little over two years before Springfield's finest made their Fox network debut…
Price: $700.00 Item Number: 146535
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"Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness": First Edition of The Architecture of Frank Gehry; Inscribed by Frank Gehry
GEHRY, Frank; Foreword Henry N. Cobb.
The Architecture of Frank Gehry.
New York: Rizzoli Publishers, 1986.
First edition of this early monograph of the work of renowned architect Frank Gehry. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Inscribed by Frank Gehry on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Essays by Rosemarie Haag Bletter, Coosje van Bruggen, Mildred Friedman, Joseph Giovannini, Thomas S. Hines, Pilar Vilades. Foreword Henry N. Cobb. Commentaries by Frank Gehry.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 44675
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Matt Groening's Cartoon Book Love Is Hell; Inscribed by The Author with a Drawing of Binky
GROENING, Matt.
Love is Hell.
New York: Pantheon Books, 1986.
Special New Mini-Jumbo edition of this comical cartoon book that were the source material for The Simpsons by the creator of 'The Simpsons' and 'Futurama.' Oblong quarto, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by the author on the front pastedown, "Matt Groening, 11/21/88," below a full-length sketch of his character Binky holding a heart with two speech bubbles inscribed in red ink: "To Jodie!!! Love is Hell." In near fine condition. This early sketch of Binky was drawn about a year before 'The Simpsons' made their Fox network debut on December 17, 1989.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 146908
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"Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness": First Edition of The Architecture of Frank Gehry; Inscribed by Frank Gehry to Academy Award-winning screenwriter Frank Pierson
GEHRY, Frank; Foreword Henry N. Cobb.
The Architecture of Frank Gehry.
New York: Rizzoli Publishers, 1986.
First edition of this early monograph of the work of renowned architect Frank Gehry. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the architect on the half-title page, "To Frank Pierson Frank O. Gehry." The recipient Frank Pierson was a renowned Academy Award-winning screenwriter of Dog Day Afternoon (along with the Academy-nominated Cat Ballou and Cool Hand Luke), director, and President of both the Writers Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Essays by Rosemarie Haag Bletter, Coosje van Bruggen, Mildred Friedman, Joseph Giovannini, Thomas S. Hines,…
Price: $1,450.00 Item Number: 99727
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"This is my family, my history": First edition of Nan Goldin's The Ballad of Sexual Dependency
GOLDIN, Nan.
The Ballad of Sexual Dependency.
New York: Aperture, 1986.
First edition of Goldin's masterpiece. Oblong octavo, original cloth, illustrated with 125 color photographs. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Edited with Marvin Heiferman, Mark Holborn and Suzanne Fletcher.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 139413
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“The past is reinvented and becomes the future. But the lineage is everything": Signed Limited Edition of Music by Philip Glass
GLASS, Philip.
Music by Philip Glass.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1987.
Signed limited edition, one of 250 numbered copies. Octavo, original leather, in the original slipcase. Fine in a fine slipcase. With the musical score laid in, as issued. Signed by Philip Glass on the limitation page. Edited and with supplementary material by Robert T. Jones.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 109279
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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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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.
First edition, early printing of this "thoughtful, beautiful, and enlightening work" (Jane Jacobs). Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated throughout. Signed by the author on the title page, "Warmest greetings from yours Jan Gehl Copenhagen 20.01.2015." In fine condition. Translated by Jo Koch.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 133585
