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“Now I am a man; World have changed a lot. Some things nearly so, Others nearly not.”: P.B. Socci sketch of Yul Brynner; Signed by Yul Brynner
SOCCI, P.B. (Yul Brynner).
Yul Brynner Signed P.B. Socci Sketch.
Rare graphite artist’s sketch of Russian-born film and stage actor Yul Brynner. Boldly signed by Yul Brynner. Additionally signed by the artist, P.B. Socci. Active in the mid 1970s, American artist Pat B. Socci gained a reputation for seeking out Hollywood icons to sign his sketched portraits. In fine condition. The drawing measures 10 inches by 8 inches. A striking example.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 89137
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“Home is where the Books are”: P.B. Socci sketch of legendary actor Richard Burton; Signed by Richard Burton
SOCCI, P.B. (Richard Burton).
Richard Burton Signed P.B. Socci Sketch.
Rare graphite artist’s sketch of legendary actor Richard Burton as Hamlet. Signed by Richard Burton. Additionally signed by the artist, P.B. Socci. Active in the mid 1970s, American artist Pat B. Socci gained a reputation for seeking out Hollywood icons to sign his sketched portraits. The drawing measures 8.75 inches by 11.5 inches.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 89127
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“Happiness is good health and a bad memory”: P.B. Socci sketch of Academy Award-winning actress Ingrid Bergman; Signed by Ingrid Bergman
SOCCI, P.B. (Ingrid Bergman).
Ingrid Bergman Signed P.B. Socci Sketch.
Rare graphite artist’s sketch of Academy Award-winning actress Ingrid Bergman as Joan of Arc. Signed by Ingrid Bergman. Additionally signed by the artist, P.B. Socci. Active in the mid 1970s, American artist Pat B. Socci gained a reputation for seeking out Hollywood icons to sign his sketched portraits. The drawing measures 8.75 inches by 11.5 inches.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 89643
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"On the stage, you have to find truth, even if you have to lose the audience": Rare P.B. Socci sketch of Hollywood actor Anthony Quinn; Signed by Anthony Quinn
SOCCI, P.B. (Anthony Quinn).
Anthony Quinn Signed Artist’s Sketch.
Signed graphite P.B. Socci portrait of Mexican-American actor Anthony Quinn. Signed by Anthony Quinn to the left of his portrait. Additionally signed by the artist, P.B. Socci. Active in the mid 1970s, American artist Pat B. Socci gained a reputation for seeking out Hollywood icons to sign his sketched portraits. The drawing measures 8.75 inches by 11.5 inches.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 89103
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" This isn't a pillow fight, Joe": P.B. Socci sketch of American Actor Henry Fonda; Signed by Henry Fonda
SOCCI, P.B. (Henry Fonda).
Henry Fonda Signed P.B. Socci Sketch.
Rare graphite artist’s sketch of American film and stage actor Henry Fonda as Clarence Darrow. Signed by Henry Fonda to the left of his portrait. Additionally signed by the artist, P.B. Socci. Active in the mid 1970s, American artist Pat B. Socci gained a reputation for seeking out Hollywood icons to sign his sketched portraits. The drawing measures 8.75 inches by 11.5 inches.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 89102
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“I began by acting like the person I wanted to be, and eventually I became that person": Rare Cary Grant Signed Artist's Sketch
P.B. SOCCI (CARY GRANT),.
Cary Grant Signed Sketch.
Rare graphite artist's sketch of classic Hollywood actor Cary Grant. Boldly signed by Cary Grant below his portrait. Additionally signed by the artist, P.B. Socci. Active in the mid 1970s, American artist Pat B. Socci gained a reputation for seeking out Hollywood icons to sign his sketched portraits. The drawing measures 8.75 inches by 11.5 inches. A unique example.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 89100
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“Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television”: Rare Artist's Sketch of Woody Allen; Signed by Woody Allen
SOCCI, P.B. (Woody Allen).
Woody Allen Signed Sketch.
Rare graphite artist's sketch of American director and comedian Wood Allen. Signed by Woody Allen in the upper left corner of the sketch. Additionally signed by the artist, P.B. Socci. Active in the mid 1970s, American artist Pat B. Socci gained a reputation for seeking out Hollywood icons to sign his sketched portraits. The drawing measures 8.75 inches by 11.5 inches. A unique example.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 89099
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"Just thought I'd drop in": Original Captain America Comic Illustration; Signed by Joe Simon
SIMON, Joe.
Original Signed Captain America Comic Illustration.
Original full color illustration of one of comics' most enduring superheroes, Captain America. Inscribed by Captain America's co-creator, Joe Simon, to actor and voice actor Miguel Ferrer, "Just thought I'd drop in on Miguel Ferrer, Joe Simon." American actor Miguel Ferrer's notable roles include OCP Vice President Bob Morton in the 1987 film RoboCop, FBI Agent Albert Rosenfield in the early 90s television series Twin Peaks, Eduardo Ruiz in the 2000 film Traffic, and the voice of Shan Yu in the 1998 Disney animated film Mulan. In fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 22 inches by 18 inches. A…
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 89052
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Rare Hand-Illuminated Apostolic Benediction Signed by Pope Pius Xi
POPE PIUS XI. (AMBROGIO DAMIANO ACHILLE RATTI),.
Pope Pius XI Hand-Illuminated Benediction Signed.
c. 1930.
Rare hand-illuminated apostolic benediction signed by Pope Pius XI with a circular portrait of him. The blessing in elaborate script reads, "Most Holy Father, Margaret, Katherine, Regina, John, Leo and Charles Lougrhan, humbly prostrate at the feet of Your Holiness beg one special blessing." Signed by the pope at the conclusion, "Pope PP. XI." In near fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 24 inches by 19 inches. Uncommon signed by Pope Pius XI.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 88158
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"the most extraordinarily good portrait of my father I have ever seen": Photograph by Gutzon Borglum of the Bust of Lincoln; Signed by Him
BORGLUM, Gutzon (Abraham Lincoln).
Gutzon Borglum Signed Photograph of a Bust of Abraham Lincoln.
1907.
Photograph signed and dated "Gutzon Borglum 1907." The photograph taken by Borglum shows his marble bust of Abraham Lincoln. On February 6, 1908, the President's son, Robert Todd Lincoln, wrote to Borglum regarding the bust as, "the most extraordinarily good portrait of my father I have ever seen." The sculpture is on display in the Crypt of the U.S. Capitol Building. A typed Lincoln quotation pasted to mount at lower left. In very good condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 15 inches by 17.5 inches.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 87608
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"Let us suppose you are a newcomer, and I, the guide; and in imagination, let us take a walk along this street": Scarce signed limited first edition of E.S. Kirby's See My Chinese Street
KIRBY, E.S..
See My Chinese Street.
Hong Kong: K. Weiss, 1954.
Signed limited first edition of E.S. Kirby's illustrated travel book. One of 250 signed numbered copies, this is number 57. Signed by E.S. Kirby. Quarto, original embroidered silk, illustrated with 112 illustrations and 7 full multi-color pages, errata slip with first edition issue points laid in as issued. OCLC locates only 11 copies of this work. Scarce.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 82605
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1970 Polish Festival of Sacrosong Diploma Signed by Pope John Paul II
POPE JOHN PAUL II,.
Pope John Paul II Autograph Sacrosong Diploma Signed.
Rare original woodblock-print diploma from the 1970 Polish Sacrosong Music Festival. Signed by Pope John Paul II (born Karol Józef Wojtyła), "Karol card Wojtyla." The famous Polish Sacrosong Festival was established in 1969 to preserve Catholic identity during the Cold War, future pope Cardinal Karol Wojtyla was a major patron of the festival, featured vocalist, and appeared in a full-length feature album, Pope John Paul II At The Festival Sacrosong, produced and distributed in more that 30 worldwide networks in 1979. In excellent condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 22 inches by 19 inches. Rare and desirable…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 82450
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"I like complexity and contradiction in architecture": First Edition of Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture "an essential document in architectural literature"; Warmly Inscribed by Robert Venturi
VENTURI, Robert; Introduction by Vincent Scully.
Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture.
New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1966.
First edition of this essential document of architectural literature. Octavo, original gray cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Al, Friendship and respect Bob Venturi." Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 81249
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Nineteenth Century Portrait of George Washington
STUART, Gilbert. (George Washington).
George Washington Portrait.
Portrait of George Washington after Gilbert Stuart, American School, late 19th century oil on canvas portrait of President George Washington, after the Athaneum portrait by Gilbert Stuart. Housed in a Victorian giltwood frame with floral carved corner ornaments and oval opening. The entire piece measures 35 inches by 40 inches. An exceptional piece.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 78002
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Signed Original Drawing By Playwright Tom Stoppard of his Play The Real Thing
STOPPARD, Tom.
Tom Stoppard Original Signed Drawing.
Original drawing by playwright Tom Stoppard. "I can't draw. Really. Look: My Hous, My Dogg (crossed out and replaced with 'Hors') Love, Tom." The drawing corresponds to one of Stoppard's later plays, The Real Thing, first performed in 1982. Known for his use of playful language in addressing philosophical concepts, Stoppard's later works sought greater emotional and interpersonal depths, as is also apparent in this lighthearted and intentionally naive portrayal of a scene typical of children's art. Rare and desirable with an original drawing. The drawing measures 8.5 inches by 8 inches. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 14 inches…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 79905
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"In this brief life of ours, it is sad to do almost anything for the last time": Large Signed Portrait Photograph Signed by Charles Dickens
DICKENS, Charles.
Charles Dickens Signed Portrait Photograph.
1868.
Large oval portrait photograph measures 20 inches by 16 inches. Matted in a contemporary frame which measures 25.5 inches by 29.5 inches. Signed "Charles Dickens (with a large flourish) Boston Sixth March 1868." In 1867, Charles Dickens began his second American reading tour at Boston's Tremont Temple, where an enthusiastic audience delighted in some of his most notable works, members of the audience included legendary literary stars such as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Although Dickens was in declining health, he embarked on an ambitious travel schedule across the United States. Dickens returned to Boston once more before concluding…
Price: $30,000.00 Item Number: 74030
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"She was so deeply impressed by his grandeur that she thought it impossible to do him honor enough": Henry James' The Last of the Valerii; one of one hundred numbered copies
JAMES, Henry.
The Last of the Valerii.
London: Boydell Press, 1974.
Limited Artists' Book edition of Henry James' The Last of the Valerii. Number 46 of one hundred numbered copies printed on Wookey Hole handmade paper by John Baskett in 16 point Blado italic font, the same font used in the original publication in The Atlantic Monthly for January 1874. Frontispiece by Julia Trevelyan Oman. Octavo, gilt title and tooling spine and front panel. In fine condition.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 81263
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Large Photograph of Marcel Breuer; Signed by Him
BREUER, Marcel.
Marcel Breuer Signed Photograph.
Black and White photograph taken by Pach Brothers of architect Marcel Breuer. Boldly signed by Breuer on the lower left. In fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 16.8 inches by 21 inches. Rare and desirable.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 67091
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Rare Signed Portrait of Ludwig Von Mises
VON MISES, Ludwig.
Ludwig Von Mises Signed Portrait.
1971.
Portrait of the influential Austrian School economist Ludwig von Mises. Boldly signed, “August 27, 1971 Ludwig Mises.” The portrait measures 8 inches by 10 inches. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 16.5 inches by 16.5 inches. Rare and desirable.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 62034
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“Shanghai - one of the wonder cities of the world: Rare First Edition of Shanghai of To-day-A Souvenir Album
INTRODUCTION BY O. M. GREEN,.
Shanghai of To-day-A Souvenir Album of Thirty-Eight Vandyke Prints of the Model Settlement.
Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh, 1927.
First edition of this scarce pictorial album of the views of Shanghai. Quarto, original cloth-backed flexible boards, with 38 tipped-in photographs, front stamped and lettered in red on a gilt background, mounted photo label. Introduction by Owen Mortimer Green. Later editions included 50 photographs. In very good condition with some small chips and gift inscription to the front free endpaper. Rare.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 49089
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First Edition of Moshe Safdie's The city after the automobile: An architect's vision; Inscribed by Him
SAFDIE, Moshe with Wendy Kohn.
The City After the Automobile: An Architect’s Vision.
New York: Basic Books, 1997.
First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by Moshe Safdie on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Bill Douglas.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 68024
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First Edition of Architecture + Process: Gehry Talks; Signed by Frank Gehry
GEHRY, Frank.
Architecture + Process: Gehry Talks.
New York: Rizzoli, 1999.
First edition of this overview of the Pritzker Prize-winning architect. Oblong quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrations throughout. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Frank Gehry on the title page. Edited by Mildred Friedman. Essay by Michael Sorkin. Commentary by Gehry throughout.
Price: $550.00 Item Number: 47014
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First Edition of Nathan Glazer's From a Cause to a Style: Modernist Architecture's Encounter with the American City; Inscribed by Him
GLAZER, Nathan.
From a Cause to a Style: Modernist Architecture’s Encounter with the American City.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2007.
First edition of this work by the co-author of The Lonely Crowd. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, "To Chris and Kathy, Dear friends and neighbors! Nathan May 3, 2007." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 44001
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First Edition of Put Money In Thy Purse: A Diary of the Film Othello; Inscribed with a painting by Orson Welles
MAC LIAMMOIR, Michael; Preface by Orson Welles.
Put Money In Thy Purse: A Diary of the Film Othello.
London: Methuen, 1952.
First edition of this work on the film Othello. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Welles as Othello. Association copy, inscribed by Orson Welles and with a painting (self-portrait) done by him across the front endpaper and the front pastedown of a self-portrait of Welles in black, purple and yellow paint and is inscribed "For Lennie with much love and a tiny pinch of salt Orson." The recipient, New York Post columnist Leonard Lyons was an early champion of Welles and the two were close friends for decades. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable with such…
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 43050
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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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“In art, immorality cannot exist. Art is always sacred”: Autograph Letter Signed by auguste rodin one day before the opening of his first and most important exhibition in paris, france
RODIN, Auguste.
Auguste Rodin Autograph Signed Letter.
Autographed letter signed by August Rodin on Exposition A. Rodin Place de l'Alma letterhead. In full: "Hui madame, Oui demain matin l'exposition vers 11 heures. Je serai bonne heure de vour in. Affectueusement, Rodin" which translates as: "Dear Madame, Yes, tomorrow morning the exposition starts at 11 am. At the right moment, I will see it. Affectionately, Rodin." Written the day before the opening of Rodin's first solo exhibition in France at the Pavillion de l'Alma in Paris, a space specially built for the exhibition in 1900 to coincide with the Exposition Universelle, or Paris World Fair. Matted and framed with a photograph portrait of…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 36010
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"WHEN THE HAMMER IS STILL, EVERYONE IN GLASGOW NEED FEEL SOME APPREHENSION": Finely Bound first edition of History of the Hammermen of Glasgow; dedicated to edward, prince of wales
LUMSDEN, Harry and Rev. P. Henderson Aitken.
History of the Hammermen of Glasgow: A Study Typical of Scottish Craft Life and Organization.
London: Alexander Gardner, Paisley, 1912.
First edition with calligraphic dedication page to Edward, Prince of Wales bound in, "Presented by The Master Court of the Incorporation of the Hammermen of Glasgow To His Royal Highness Edward, Prince of Wales on the occasion of his admission as an Honorary Member of the Incorporation. 9th, March 1921." From the library of Edward, Duke of Windsor with Sotheby's sale label, "The Duke and Duchess of Windsor, September 11 - 19, 1997." Full red morocco by Maclehose of Glasgow with morocco turn-ins gilt. Gilt insignia to front panel, elaborate gilt tooling to the spine. All edges gilt, marbled endpapers. In very…
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 35018
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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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Signed by Frank Genry
FORSTER, Kurt W. (Frank O. Gehry).
Frank O. Gehry.
Germany: Cantz, 1999.
First edition of this compilation of Gehry's works. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by Frank Gehry on the dedication page. In fine condition. Edited by Cristina Bechtler in collaboration with Kunsthasus Bregenz. In fine condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 80019
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Rare First Edition of Osvald Siren's The Wall and Gates of Peking
SIREN, Osvald.
The Walls and Gates of Peking.
New York: Orientalia, 1924.
First edition of this work limited to 800 copies. Quarto, original half cloth, over papered boards. brown morocco label to the spine. Title page printed in red and black, folding map, 128 photogravures on 109 plates, 53 plans and elevations. In excellent condition with some rubbing to the bottom cloth. and light rubbing to the extremities. Rare.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 27086
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"so, sue me": Large Original Drawing by Maurice Sendak
SENDAK, Maurice.
Original Drawing by Maurice Sendak.
1993.
Original Maurice Sendak pencil drawing on artist's vellum. Signed and inscribed by Maurice Sendak to Arthur Yorinks: "Feb. 6-13, 1993. So Sue Me. To Arthur - with all my love! Maurice." Pencil draft for the backdrop of the play "So, Sue Me" written and directed by Arthur Yorinks and performed at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. in 1993. The pencil draft appears in Tony Kushner's "The Art of Maurice Sendak, 1980 to the Present", along with with the final full-color illustration. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 16.75 inches by 15.5 inches.
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 27044
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Collection of Rare Bugatti Ephemera and Bugantics
BUGATTI,.
Bugantics and Bugatti Ephemera.
Various, .
Bugantics: The Bugatti Owners Club Magazine London. Buggatti Owners Club. 1951-1955 20 Issues in 10 Volumes. Profusely illustrated with photographs, tables, advertising, drawings. Octavo, bound in publisher's original pictorial gilt titled and decorated binding notebooks. Run extends: Volume 1 No.2 (September 1931) - Volume 18 No. 4 (December 1955). Also, an extremely rare copy of the original Parts Catalogue for the renowned Bugatti Type 57. Twenty detailed schematic plates in a spread pin folder from 1935. Also, the original sales brochure for the Bugatti Type 57 8 cylinder 3.3 litre 4 seater Saloon model.1935. Three original sales brochures for the…
Price: $2,750.00 Item Number: 22091
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First Edition of Zaha Hadid: Complete Works, 1979-2009; Signed by Zaha Hadid
JODIDIO, Philip; Zaha Hadid.
Zaha Hadid: Complete Works, 1979-2009.
New York: Tashen, 2009.
First edition of the most comprehensive volume on the work of Zaha Hadid. Folio, original boards, illustrated throughout. Signed by Zaha Hadid on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 26063
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First Edition of "the Master of Modernism" Marcel Breuer's Sun and Shadow: The Philosophy of An Architect; Inscribed by Him
BREUER, Marcel.
Sun and Shadow: The Philosophy of An Architect.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1956.
First edition. Quarto, original cloth. Inscribed by the author opposite the title page, "To the Walter Paepcke with best regards, Marcel Breuer." The recipient, Walter Paepcke was an industrialist and philanthropist most noted for his founding of the Aspen Institute and the Aspen Skiing Company in the early 1950s, both of which helped transform the town of Aspen, Colorado into an international resort destination and popularize the sport of skiing in the United States. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Books signed and inscribed by Marcel Breuer are scarce.
Price: $2,750.00 Item Number: 22041
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One of the Earliest Calligraphic Works by Thomas Merton
MERTON, Thomas.
Thomas Merton Original Calligraphic Artwork.
Original signed artwork from Thomas Merton. In the last decade of his life, while living as a hermit-monk in dialogue with the world, Thomas Merton created a body of visual art, drawing from the Zen Buddhist tradition. When he was a student at Columbia University, Merton sought out a Hindu monk named Bramachari for counsel. The monk advised Merton to follow his own Christian tradition to find what he was most deeply looking for. A strong admirer of Gandhi, Merton also noted how Gandhi, a Hindu, had found a congenial ' second home' of sorts in the Christian Sermon on…
Price: $20,000.00 Item Number: 17032
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First Edition of Man Ray Photographs; Warmly Inscribed by Him
MAN RAY,.
Man Ray: Photographs.
New York: East River Press, 1975.
First edition. Quarto, original wrappers as issued. Inscribed by Man Ray on the half title page, "For Roberta with thanks for her interest in this resurrection! Man Ray 1976." In near fine condition with light shelfwear. Uncommon signed and inscribed, as Man Ray passed away in November of 1976.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 15047
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First Edition of Lee Friedlander's The American Monument; Signed by Him
FRIEDLANDER, Lee.
The American Monument.
New York: The Eakins Press Foundation, 1976.
First edition, one of only 2000 copies, with 213 photogravure plates. Oblong folio, original blue-gray cloth. In fine condition. Signed by Lee Friedlander.
Price: $2,750.00 Item Number: 22084
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First Edition of Christian Boltanski's El Caso
BOLTANSKI, Christian.
El Caso.
Madrid: Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, 1988.
First edition. Oblong quarto, original stiff cardboard. In near fine condition. Introduction by Juan Miguel Hernandez Leon. Exhibition of the artist Christian Boltanski at Centro de Arte Reina Sofia 1988.
Price: $85.00 Item Number: 15056
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“Calm Down what happens happens mostly without you": First Edition of Joseph Alber's Despite Straight Lines; Inscribed By Josef Albers to Henri Cartier-Bresson
ALBERS, Josef. [Henri Cartier-Bresson].
Despite Straight Lines.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1961.
First edition of this work by the famed artist. Octavo, original boards. Association copy, inscribed by the author to Henri Cartier-Bresson, "For Henry Cartier-Bresson Josef Albers May 20, ‘68." Cartier-Bresson was working for Magnum Photographers when he photographed Josef Albers at his home in Connecticut in May of 1968. An outstanding association copy, linking Albers, one of the great abstract artists of the 20th century and Henri Cartier-Bresson, one of the finest photographers. Also, laid in is a card signed by Albers.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 3783
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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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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 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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Every Building on the Sunset Strip; Inscribed by Ed Ruscha to His Aunt
RUSCHA, Ed [Edward].
Every Building on the Sunset Strip.
Los Angeles: Edward Ruscha, 1966.
First edition, second issue of the artist's classic work. Small octavo, original stiff self-wrappers, original slipcase. Association copy, inscribed by Ruscha to his aunt, "For Aunt Carol Ed Ruscha." One continuous accordion-fold page composed of glued paper segments with black-and-white photographs of every building on the sunset strip. Near fine in a very good slipcase. An exceptional association.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 1012
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First Edition of The London Dore Saw; Inscribed by Eric de Mare
DE MARE, Eric.
The London Dore Saw: A Victorian Evocation.
London: Allen Lane, 1973.
First edition. Folio, original cloth. Inscribed by the author, "To Peggy and Frank Taplin with kind, associational thoughts from Eric de Mare Jan. 1973." Also laid in, is a page and half handwritten signed letter to the same recipients. Fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with a closed tear to the front panel and some nominal wear the the extremities.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 2474
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FIRST EDITION OF MARC CHAGALL’S JERUSALEM WINDOWS, WITH TWO ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS; IN THE ORIGINAL SLIPCASE
CHAGALL, Marc; Text and Notes by Jean Leymarie.
Jerusalem Windows.
New York: George Braziller, 1962.
First edition. Folio, original red cloth. With two original color lithographs specially prepared by Chagall for this edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Contains the rarely seen original slipcase, also present is the original blue ribbon. The rear panel of the acetate shows some wear.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 4235
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"the greatest building of our time" (Philip Johnson) First Edition of Frank Gehry’s Monograph on the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao; Signed by Him
VAN BRUGGEN, Coosje [Frank Gehry].
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.
New York: Guggenheim Museum, 1999.
First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work on Gehry's masterpiece, The Guggenheim Museum in Balbao, Spain. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated endpapers, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Frank Gehry at the preface. Fine in fine dust jacket. Preface by Thomas Krens.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 4597
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"The Guggenheim has asked me for a recommendation for the new work she wants to do...": Autographed Letter Signed by Frank Lloyd Wright to Lewis Mumford
WRIGHT, Frank Lloyd.
Frank Lloyd Wright Autographed Letter.
Taliesin : 1940.
Important autograph letter signed by Frank Lloyd Wright to friend and architectural critic, Lewis Mumford. Letter is 19 inches by 8.5 inches. It reads, "My dear Lewis: I’ve read "The Brown Decade" you so kindly sent me and it is a useful work in your splendid style. I didn’t agree in total but admire and respect. I was sorry to see so little of you in New York- intending to see you if I saw no one else. And the stupidity of wandering around in the Lehigh Starret building while you were waiting for me at 41 west 12th street…
Price: $9,000.00 Item Number: 3790
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First Edition of the Work "L’Unite D’Habitation de Marseille" Which Inspired Brutalist Architecture; Inscribed and Dated by Le Corbusier in the Year of Publication
LE CORBUSIER [CHARLES EDOUARD JEANNERET],.
L’Unite D’Habitation de Marseille.
Souillac: Le Point, 1950.
First edition of this work by the famed architect. Small quarto, original wrappers with the dust jacket. Inscribed by Le Corbusier and dated in December 1950. In very good condition with some light rubbing. The subject of this book by Le Corbusier is among his most well-known works, L’Unite D’Habitation de Marseille, which inspired the Brutalist architectural style and philosophy. An important work of twentieth century architecture, rare signed and inscribed by Le Corbusier.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 3784
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"You know my services are always at your disposal": Rare Autograph Letter from the Great Architect Stanford White
WHITE, Stanford.
Stanford White Autograph Letter Signed.
Autograph letter signed by architect Stanford White. It reads, "To [Marie] Anais [Casey], believed to have been romantically involved with White by his biographer, Aline B. Saarinen. With a typewritten letter signed from Saarinen to Casey’s daughter requesting additional background information on her mother’s affair with White. The handwritten letter reads, "My dear dear Anais What do you mean? You know my services are always at your disposal- but in such a case as this I should feel very badly indeed if you did not consider what I have done for you as a labor of love & I am…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 3779
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First Edition of the Author’s First Book; With a Autographed Signed Letter
SHARP, Thomas.
Town and Countryside.
London: Oxford University Press, 1932.
First edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition. Laid in is an autograph letter signed by Thomas Sharp on his letterhead to Architect Arthur Holden dated September 25, 1951. Sharp mentions Frank Lloyd Wright and Wright’s interest in his book "The Anatomy of a Village." With the original envelope.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 3781
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First Edition of Blurred Zones; Inscribed by Architect Peter Eisenman
EISENMAN, Peter.
Blurred Zones: Eisenman Architects 1988-1988.
New York: Monacelli Press, 2003.
First edition. Folio, original gray cloth. Inscribed by architect Peter Eisenman. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 2327
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ZOCCHI, Giuseppe.
Eighteenth Century Views of Florence, Portfolio of 27 Plates (Reproduction of the 1754 Edition Scelta Di XXIV Vedute della principali Contrade, Pizze, Chiese, e Palazzi dell Citta di Firenze).
New York: Walker and Company, 1967.
Portfolio of 27 plates in facsimile, 17.5 x 22.5 inches, in a buckram bound box. First edition / limited edition of 950 copies, of which this is number 476. Includes 29 page booklet, Views of Florence, which are notes on the individual prints. Original drawings are in the collection of the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York City. Giuseppe Zocchi (c. 1711-1767) was an Italian painter and printmaker, active in Florence, and best known for his vedute of the city. Prints are fine. The box has some wear.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 2363
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The Language of Post-Modern Architecture; Signed by Charles Jencks
JENCKS, Charles.
The Language of Post-Modern Architecture.
New York: Rizzoli, 1991.
Sixth edition of this seminal work in the field of architecture. Folio, original blue cloth, illustrated throughout. Signed by Charles Jencks on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 2263
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First Edition of Temples of Democracy: The State Capitals of the U.S.A.; Inscribed by Both Authors
HITCHCOCK, Henry Russell & William Seale.
Temples of Democracy: The State Capitals of the U.S.A.
New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1976.
First edition of this overview of each of the state capitals of the United States. Folio, original red cloth, illustrated. Inscribed by both authors in the year of publication. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 2262
