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"I have never advocated war except as a means of peace": Rare Henry Shrady Ulysses S. Grant Bronze Bust
GRANT, Ulysses S.] Henry Merwin Shrady.
Ulysses S. Grant Bronze Bust.
Original bronze bust of Ulysses S. Grant by Henry Shrady, the famed sculptor of the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial on the west front of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. Mounted on socle and base, the entire piece measures 18.5 inches in height, the base measures 9.5 inches square. In fine condition. An exceptional piece of Americana.
Price: $22,500.00 Item Number: 102885
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray; finely bound with a concealed fore-edge painting of Eton College
GRAY, Thomas.
The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray. [Fore-edge Painting].
London: Bell and Daldy, 1857.
Finely bound collection of the collected poetical works of Thomas Gray decorated with a concealed fore-edge painting of Eton College. Octavo, bound in full straight grain morocco with gilt titles to the spine, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, decorated with a concealed fore-edge painting of Eton College. In very good condition. Armorial bookplate.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 142194
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First Edition of Graham Greene's Lord Rochester's Monkey Being The Life Of John Wilmot, Second Earl Of Rochester
GREENE, Graham .
Lord Rochester’s Monkey Being The Life Of John Wilmot, Second Earl Of Rochester.
London: Bodley Head, 1974.
First British edition of this work on John Wilmot. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 48748
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Matt Groening's Cartoon Book Love Is Hell; Signed 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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Signed limited edition of Charles Grosvenor's An Iconography of the Portraits of T.E. Lawrence
GROSVENOR, Charles.
An Iconography of the Portraits of T. E. Lawrence.
Pasadena: The Otterden Press, 1988.
Signed limited edition of Grosvenor's catalogue of the portraits of T. E. Lawrence. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, illustrated. One of 1000 numbered copies signed by the author, this is number 255. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover portrait by William Rothenstein. Cover photograph by Vladmir Popovic.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 126800
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First Edition of Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull's J. R. R. Tolkien Artist & Illustrator
HAMMOND, Wayne G. and Christina Scull [J.R.R. Tolkien].
J. R. R. Tolkien Artist & Illustrator.
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1995.
First edition of this exploration of J. R. R. Tolkien's artistic work. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated with approximately 200 examples of Tolkien's drawings. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 145861
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Official Twentieth Century Fox & Dreamworks L.L.C. replica volleyball from the acclaimed 2000 American survival film Castaway; inscribed by Tom Hanks
HANKS, Tom.
Tom Hanks Signed ‘Wilson’ Volleyball.
Twentieth Century Fox & Dreamworks L.L.C., 2001.
Official Twentieth Century Fox & Dreamworks L.L.C. replica volleyball from the acclaimed 2000 American survival film Castaway, inscribed by Tom Hanks, "To Bill HELP! Tom Hanks." The recipient, Bill Zwecker was a longtime entertainment and celebrity journalist. A Chicago native and second-generation newspaper star (his late mother, Peg Zwecker, was the fashion editor of the Sun-Times and Chicago Daily News), Zwecker began his journalism career in the 1980s and has since interviewed some of the most renowned celebrities across a breadth of industries. He has been a frequent contributor to numerous national news and entertainment programs including Access Hollywood, Entertainment…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 135281
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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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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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Signed limited edition print commemorating Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay's summit of Mount Everest; signed by Edmund Hillary and artist James Lumbers
HILLARY, Edmund; Tenzing Norgay; James Lumbers.
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Signed “Hillary Conquers Everest May 29, 1953” Print.
Toronto: Newport Edition Limited, 1992.
Limited edition color lithograph commemorating one of the great achievements of human stamina and will: Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay's summit of Mount Everest. One page, the color lithograph is signed by Edmund Hillary and artist James Lumbers. One of 1953 numbered copies this is number 771. In fine condition.
Price: $550.00 Item Number: 139714
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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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HITCHCOCK, Henry Russell & William Seale.
Temples of Democracy: The State Capitals of the U.S.A.
New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1976.
First editon. Folio, original red cloth. Inscribed by both authors in the year of publication. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Overview of each of the state capitals of the United States.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 2262
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First Edition of The International Style; Inscribed by Philip Johnson and in the rare dust jacket
HITCHCOCK, Henry-Russell and Philip Johnson.
The International Style: Architecture Since 1922.
New York: W.W. Norton, 1932.
First edition of this seminal work in architecture. Octavo, original cloth, illustrations of work by Frank Lloyd Wright, Walter Gropius, Le Corbusier, J. J. P. Oud, Mies van der Rohe, Raymond M. Hood, Howe & Lescaze, and Richard J. Neutra. Presentation copy, inscribed by Philip Johnson on the front free endpaper, "For Jim with thanks for his help Philip Johnson." Light rubbing, near fine in the very rare dust jacket with light chipping. This is the first jacketed copy that we have encountered. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $9,500.00 Item Number: 1384
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First edition of Richard R. Holmes' Queen Victoria; profusely illustrated with engraved portraits from the royal collections
HOLMES, Richard R. [Queen Victoria].
Queen Victoria.
London: Boussod, Valadon & Co, 1897.
First edition of this finely illustrated account of the life and reign of Queen Victoria compiled and edited by the librarian to the Queen, Richard Holmes. Quarto, bound in three quarter vellum over cloth-covered boards with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt tooling to the spine and panels, top edge gilt with others untrimmed, marbled endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispiece of the Queen and Prince of Wales, profusely illustrated with tissue guarded engravings, several after portraits from the Royal Collections, original wrappers bound in. In near fine condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 137819
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First edition, limited issue of RICHARD R. HOLMES' QUEEN VICTORIA; PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WITH ENGRAVED PORTRAITS FROM THE ROYAL COLLECTIONS
HOLMES, Richard R. [Queen Victoria].
Queen Victoria.
London: Boussod, Valadon & Co, 1897.
First edition, limited issue of this finely illustrated account of the life and reign of Queen Victoria compiled and edited by the librarian to the Queen, Richard Holmes, to commemorate her Diamond Jubilee. Folio, bound in full crushed levant morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, quadruple gilt ruling and central royal Coat of Arms to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece of the Queen and Prince of Wales, profusely illustrated with tissue guarded engravings after portraits from the Royal…
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 139233
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"Nothing in bronze or stone could be a more perfect image than this statue of the living Washington": Fine bronze bust of George Washington after the famed Houdon bust of 1785
HOUDON, Jean-Antoine. [George Washington].
Jean-Antoine Houdon George Washington Bronze Bust.
Fine bronze bust of George Washington, after the famed Houdon bust of 1785 which is considered the most accurate depiction of Washington. Bronze, mounted on a marble pedestal. French sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon was revered for his life-like portrayals of numerous notable eighteenth-century philosophers, inventors, and political figures including Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Voltaire, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Napoléon Bonaparte, and George Washington. In 1784, the Virginia General Assembly commissioned a statue of George Washington "to be of the finest marble and the best workmanship," necessitating a European craftsman. The Governor of Virginia gave the responsibility of selecting the artist to Thomas Jefferson,…
Price: $30,000.00 Item Number: 123102
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"The climate of the East Coast of Florida is nearer perfection than that of any other place on earth": Rare First Edition of Florida: Beauties of the East Coast
INGRAM, Mrs. H.K.
Florida: Beauties of the East Coast.
St. Augustine: Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Indian River Railway Company, 1893.
Scarce first edition of this early brochure for the state of Florida. Oblong octavo, original illustrated wrappers, gilt titles, with color illustrated frontispiece. Illustrated throughout with numerous plates from photographs. With text by Helen K. Ingram.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 103179
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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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Washington Irving's Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography; decorated with a double fore-edge painting
IRVING, Washington.
Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography. [Fore-edge Painting].
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1861.
Finely bound example of Goldsmith's biography of the famed novelist. 16 mo, bound in full polished calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, decorated with a double fore-edge painting revealing two cityscapes. In very good condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 138922
