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"Look. Slowly. With the room and the music just so": Deluxe First Edition of The Wordless Leonard Cohen Songbook; Signed by George Walker, Norman Ravvin, and Tom Smart
WALKER, George A; with Introduction by Norman Ravvin and Conclusion by Tom Smart [Leonard Cohen].
The Wordless Leonard Cohen Songbook.
Toronto: Privately Printed, 2014.
Deluxe first edition of this biography of author, poet, and singer song-writer Leonard Cohen in wood engravings. Octavo, original black cloth with a wood-engraved cover label portrait of Cohen to the front panel, illustrated with eighty wood engravings on 250 gm Rising Stonehenge 100% rag archival paper chronologizing the life of Leonard Cohen by George Walker. One of eighty copies produced in commemoration of Cohen's 80th birthday and signed by the engraver at the end of the preface, this is number 48. Additionally signed by the author of the introduction, 'Image, Words, Music,' and the author of the conclusion, 'Taming…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 145481
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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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Rare first edition of Octave Uzanne's La Femme A Paris: Nos Contemporaines; with the rare original embroidered jacket
UZANNE, Octave.
La Femme A Paris: Nos Contemporaines.
Paris: Ancienne Maison Quantin, 1894.
First edition of this lavishly illustrated work on Parisian women. Quarto, bound in full morocco, original wrappers bound in, illustrated with 20 hand-colored engraved plates by Massé after Vidal, engraved illustrations throughout, original wrappers bound in. In near fine condition. In the original embroidered dust jacket. Housed in a custom folding clamshell case.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 132948
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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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Rare postcard signed by famed Italian tenor Enrico Caruso
CARUSO, Enrico.
Enrico Caruso Signed Postcard.
1906.
Rare postcard signed by famed Italian tenor Enrico Caruso. One page with the Hotel Cecil, London coat of arms, the post card is addressed to Miss Nelly Bachman in Caruso's hand and signed by him on the verso, "Enrico Caruso London 1906." Caruso has added a self-caricature beneath his inscription. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 117755
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First Edition of J. Paul Getty and Ethel Le Vane's Collector's Choice: The Chronicle of an Artistic Odyssey through Europe; Signed by both authors
LE VANE, Ethel and J. Paul Getty.
Collector’s Choice: The Chronicle of an Artistic Odyssey Through Europe.
London: W.H. Allen, 1955.
First edition of this work by the legendary businessman and collector. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, illustrated. Signed by the authors opposite in the year of publication on the half-title page, "J. Paul Getty, Sept. 1955," and also inscribed by the co-author above, "To the Sprigg's, with all good wishes from Ethel LeVane (Bunny)." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Books signed by Getty are rare.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 139670
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"For Vivien with all my love and admiration": First Edition of A Time of Gods; Inscribed by Roloff Beny to Actress Vivien Leigh
BENY, Roloff (Vivien Leigh).
A Time of Gods.
London: Thames and Hudson, 1962.
First edition of this work by the famed photographer. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated endpaper, illustrated with 148 photogravure plates. Association copy, inscribed by the author to actress Vivien Leigh, "For Vivien with all my love and admiration always Roloff London Oct. 23/ 63." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Beny was in early days a protégé of Peggy Guggenheim and Herbert Read. The circle of friends around him—actors, artists, collectors, writers—included such figures as Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Stephen Spender, Rose Macaulay, Bernard Berenson, Jean Cocteau, Henry Moore, and other luminaries of art and literature. An exceptional association copy.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 74016
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"one of the most important and remarkable innovations in the private enterprise of cartography": Rare hand-colored lithograph map of South Florida and The Bahamas from Philippe Vandermaelen's Atlas Universel.
VANDERMAELEN, Philippe Marie.
Amérique Septentrionale. Florides et Iles Lucayes. No. 62. [Map of Florida and the Bahamas].
Brussels: Lithographed by H. Ode, 1825.
Rare hand-colored lithograph map of South Florida, the Keys and the Bahamas from renowned 19th century Belgian cartographer Philippe Vandermaelen's Atlas Universel. One page, the map displays South Florida and the Bahamas including major cities as of 1825 with numerous Native American trails and roads recorded and an inset text regarding the flora and fauna of the Everglades. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 29 inches by 27 inches.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 137108
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Rare Photograph of the First President of Israel Chaim Weizmann's 60th Birthday Portrait; Signed by Him
[WEIZMANN, Chaim]; Sir Oswald Birley.
Chaim Weizmann Signed Photograph of his 60th Birthday Portrait.
n.p., n.d..
Rare signed photograph portrait of the future first President of Israel, Chaim Weizmann on his 60th birthday. Silver gelatin photograph of an original oil on canvas portrait of Weizmann done by British portrait artist Sir Oswald Birley in 1934 on the occasion of Weizmann's 60th birthday. Signed by Weizmann in the lower right corner, "C Weizmann." Mounted on cardboard. In very good condition with diagonal creasing across the image, minor toning to the edges. The piece measures 10 inches by 8.225 inches. The Birley portrait of Weizmann exists in the collection of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel.…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146614
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First Edition of Marc Chagall: Die großen graphischen Zyklen; Signed by Marc Chagall
SCHMIED, Wieland; [Marc Chagall].
Marc Chagall.
Salzburg: Galerie Welz, 1976.
First edition of this collection of work by a major artist of early modernism, with introduction by Weiland Schmied. Duodecimo, original pictorial boards, frontispiece self-portrait of Marc Chagall, illustrated with penciled and painted drawings. Boldly signed by Marc Chagall on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146245
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"Rules are made for people who aren't willing to make up their own": Chuck Yeager Signed Glamorous Glennis III F-15 Aircraft Model
YEAGER, Chuck.
Chuck Yeager Signed Glamorous Glennis III F-15 Aircraft Model.
Model of the Glamorous Glennis III F-15 speed of sound aircraft, boldly signed by pilot Chuck Yeager. The piece measures 16 inches in length, 10 inches in height and 12 inches in width. In fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 106598
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Belt and Spur: Stories of the Knights of the Middle Ages from the Old Chronicles; finely bound in full morocco with a disappearing fore-edge painting
[SEELEY, Emma Louise].
Belt and Spur: Stories of the Knights of the Middle Ages from the Old Chronicles. [Fore-Edge Painting].
London: Seeley, Jackson, & Halliday, 1883.
Finely bound example of this classic on Knights and the Middle Ages. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, inner dentelles, illustrated with six illuminations, all edges gilt. With a disappearing fore-edge painting which reveals a jousting scene. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 131780
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First edition of Jacques Touchet's Les vies de dames galantes
BRANTOME [PIERRE DE BOURDEILLE],.
Les Vies Des Dames Galantes. [Lives of the Gallant Ladies].
Paris: Éditions de la Belle Etoile, 1938.
First edition of Brantôme's sensational work on 17th century Parisian court life. Quarto, 2 volumes, original wrappers, illustrations in color by Jacques Touchet. One of 1250 numbered copies. this is number 940. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare, particularly so in the original wrappers.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 132808
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Charming Pre Fixe menu signed by great tenor Enrico Caruso with a self-caricature
CARUSO, Enrico.
Enrico Caruso Signed Pri Fixe Menu.
1890.
French pri fixe menu signed and dated by famed Italian tenor Enrico Caruso, "Enrico Caruso New York 9/12/90," Caruso has also added a large self-caricature to the verso of the menu. One page, printed and illustrated in color. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 117751
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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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Sir Walter Scott's Ballads; Finely bound in full morocco with a spectacular double fore-edge painting
SCOTT, Sir Walter.
Ballads and Lyrical Pieces. [Fore-edge Painting].
Edinburgh: Printed by James Ballantyne Co, 1819.
Finely bound example of Scott's Ballads and Lyrical Pieces. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to spine, elaborate gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, all edges gilt with a spectacular double fore-edge painting revealing scenes of Warwick Castle and Edinburgh. In very good condition with the fore-edge painting exceptionally bright and detailed.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 131528
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Rare 1949 Carnegie Institute of Technology Yearbook; containing one of only a few photographs of Warhol in his early years
[WARHOL, Andy].
The Thistle: Andy Warhol 1949 Carnegie Institute of Technology Yearbook.
Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1949.
1949 Carnegie Institute of Technology Yearbook featuring a rare photograph of Andy Warhol as a college senior. Folio, original boards, illustrated. Warhol is pictured as a member of Modern Dance club. The yearbook also includes a photograph of Philip Pearlstein, a fellow graduating senior. In near fine condition. Very rare, containing one of only a few photographs of Warhol in his early years.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 134091
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Antique Engraved Portrait of Abraham Lincoln
[LINCOLN, Abraham].
Abraham Lincoln Engraving.
Engraved oval portrait of Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States. Displayed in an antique wooden frame. The engraving measures 4.5 inches by 6 inches. The entire piece measures 10.75 inches by 12.75 inches. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146474
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First editions of the first and second series of George Cruikshank's The Comic Almanack; finely bound by Root & Son
[CRUIKSHANK, George; William Thackeray; Albert Smith; Gilbert A. Beckett; The Brothers Mayhew].
The Comic Almanack: An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humorous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities.
London: John Camden Hotten, 1835-1853.
First editions of the first and second series of The Comic Almanack; illustrated by George Cruikshank. Octavo, four volumes, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards by Root & Son, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, ribbon bound in, with many illustrations by George Cruikshank and other Artists. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 137167
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Robert Aris Willmott's The Poets of the Nineteenth Century; finely bound and decorated with a fore-edge painting
WILLMOTT, Robert Aris [Editor].
The Poets of the Nineteenth Century. [Fore-Edge Painting].
London: Frederick Warne and Co, 1869.
Finely bound example of Willmott's compilation of the great nineteenth century poets. Octavo, bound in full pebbled morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, central gilt emblem and fleuron cornerpieces within triple 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 scene, illustrated with one hundred and thirty engravings. In very good condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 140229