Esquire, Inc.: NY, 1936. 750. Ads, photos; illus., 14 x 11.25", cloth-backed boards with color pict label affixed to front cover, 132pp, covers heavily worn and soiled, library number label taped to front cover (former owner was a retired librarian who did this to all of his own books), extremities..... More
Esquire, Inc.: NY, 1936. Hardcover. Photos; ads, 14 x 11", gilt-lettered boards with color pict label on front cover, 132pp, covers quite rubbed and soiled, extremities bumped and worn, paper library number label taped to front cover (former owner was a librarian who did this to all of his own..... More
D.D. Spellman: (Detroit) 1905. Approx 12x9", image framed and glazed to 18x25", matte finish, sepia tone photo of Hopkin (misidentified on india ink caption at bottom as "Hopkins") in his studio. Hopkin was a prolific, celebrated painter of landscaped and seascapes and his pictures still turn up in old deatroit-area..... More
np (London Film Productions: London), 1948. 17 x 12, one sheet, with crayon and watercolor illustration, creases, tears, edges chipped, pp browned, but SIGNED "BEATON," with ink manuscript instructions at bottom, referring to "Dolly:" Dolly Oblonsky was played by Mary Kerridge. The dress is brown with purple accents. Fantastic item..... More
William Heinemann: London, 1930. 7.5 x 5, blue cloth, 88 pp, covers heavily worn and spotted and soiled with large chunk bitten out of front cover foredge, hinges loose, front inner hinge cracking, contents toned. FIRST ED, INSCRIBED "With Best Wishes . . . 1930" BY AUTHOR AND ACTOR NOEL..... More
Grosset & Dunlap: NY, (1964). Hardcover. 48 color illus., 12.5 x 9.5", cloth backed boards, 35pp + plates, bookplate of Richard Sterba, very good condition in used and slightly chipped dustjacket. "New enlarged edition contains all the posters to date". SIGNED BY PICASSO IN CRAYON ON FRONT OF DUSTJACKET AND..... More
(Blurb: np), (2009). Hardcover. Illus., 10 x 8", pict boards, unpaginated, covers a little rubbed else a nice, clean copy of this SCARCE book. Items shown were from exhibitions in Melbourne, Berlin, San Francisco and New York. Included is an ORIGINAL JAMES GALLAGHER COLLAGE PIECE ENTITLED "M. BARA DIO", IDENTIFIED..... More
Whitney Museum: (NY), (1970). Paperback. Illus. in color and black/white, 11 x 8.5", pict wraps, 195pp with Selected Bibliography, covers a bit rubbed and finger soiled with remnants of old price sticker on front cover, extremities a bit worn, spine lightly toned and creased with one small abrasion, minor light..... More
Denonvilliers: Paris. 1837. 17.5 x 12, half leather, 50 pp, 109 plates, green morocco over green cloth boards, moderately worn, front hinge cracked, 2 inch crack to head of front joint, ink owner's name, very sound, early printing. More
(Paramount 1946). Nice 14.5x23" sketch accomplished in watercolor and gouache showing Stanwyck wearing a periwinkle gown with parasol. More
N.p. n.d. 6x7", lined music paper darkened, overall wear. THREE FULL LINES OF MUSIC WITH LYRICS IN MANUSCRIPT DEDICATION "a Victor Roger…." SIGNED BY CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS, FAMED FRENCH COMPOSER OF OPERAS. Pencil note at top identifies this as being from the 4th act of Saint-Saens' opera "Henry VIII"... More
10" tall, made by Tasha when her children were very young. Hand painted paper mache` head, jointed wooden arms and legs with painted stockings and boots, hand sewn floral print dress and red cape. The Tudor family enjoyed staging marionette shows for their friends and even performed for schools, libaries..... More
New York, 1950. Two pages, 12 x 9, torn roughly at top (from tablet?), written in black ink on both sides, folds, toning, loss of some letters from one page, in Hungarian. WITH TWO ORIGINAL INK ILLUSTRATIONS OF DOGS BY MARCEL VERTES: One of a dog, with a halo, tearing..... More
Routledge: London, (1942). Hardcover. Frontis illus. by author, 6.5 x 4", cloth backed boards, 90pp, covers rubbed and darkened at edges, spine sunned with several small holes in cloth, pp toned. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR/ARTIST AND DATED "Dublin February 25, 1944" BELOW ORIGINAL INK ILLUSTRATION OF WHAT APPEARS..... More