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Limited Edition of C. R. B. Barrett's Essex: Highways, Byways, and Waterways; From the Library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
BARRETT, C.R.B. [William Tecumseh Sherman].
Essex: Highways, Byways, and Waterways: Second Series.
London: Lawrence & Bullen, 1893.
Limited edition of this tour of the ancient low-lying county of Essex; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Quarto, original cream buckram with gilt titles to the spine, gilt coats of arms to the front panel, original silk ribbon, tissue-guarded frontispiece of Leighs Priory, illustrated with several drawings and tissue-guarded engravings. P. T. Sherman's bookplate to the front pastedown. One of one hundred and twenty copies on fine paper, this is number 75. In very good condition with some rubbing to the extremities.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 145887
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Signed Limited Edition of Michael Whyte's Great Comic Cats
WHYTE, Michael.
Great Comic Cats.
San Francisco: Pomegranate, 2001.
Signed limited edition of this work, one of 100 numbered and signed copies, this is number 10 signed by Michael Whyte. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 127182
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"Less is a Bore""; Letter signed by Famed architect Robert Venturi with a drawing
VENTURI, Robert.
Robert Venturi Signed Sketch.
Philadelphia: The MIT Press, 2014.
Autograph signed letter by the Pritzker Prize-winning architect Robert Venturi on his letterhead. The note reads, "Dear John Thanks for asking Bob 8-12-14 wishing you well (who has added a large drawing of Venturi's Mother's House)." In fine condition.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 140002
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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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First Edition of Morgan's Saving Our Global Heritage: Global Heritage Fund From the library collection of Madeleine Albright
MORGAN, Jeff [Madeleine K. Albright].
Saving Our Global Heritage: Global Heritage Fund.
Palo Alto, CA: Global Heritage Fund, 2004.
First edition of Morgan's mission for protecting cultural heritage around the world. Quarto, original publisher's cloth, illustrated with colorful photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by author on the front free endpaper, "Dear Ambassador Albright, Thank you for your leadership establishing the Ambassador's Fund. Bonnie Cohen is a great GHF Board Member! Hope to meet you in person-Jeff Morgan GHF" The recipient, Madeleine K. Albright was the first woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State. She acted under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001, leading the United States through foreign policy in the Middle East with the endorsement of…
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 149602
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First Edition of Led Zeppelin: Live Dreams; Signed by Lawrence Ratner and artist Balazs Szabo
RATNER, Lawrence; Designed by Balazs Szabo [Robert Plant.
Led Zeppelin: Live Dreams.
Chicago: Margaux Publishing, 1993.
First edition of this illustrated work from the Laurance Ratner collection of photographs. Quarto, original black cloth with decorative metallic bas relief frame designed by Balazs Szabo, slipcase. No. 30 from an edition limited to 2000 copies. Signed by Laurance Ratner and inscribed by Szabo in silver ink on front free endpaper, "To Lenny The true collector with best wishes from Balazs 1993 Raleigh NC". Laid in is a postcard from Balazs Szabo to Leonard Fox. Fine in a fine slipcase.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 133294
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First Edition of Ethan Allen: We Make the American Home, Volume 7; Inscribed by Farooq Kathwari to Secretary Madeleine K. Albright
KATHWARI, Farooq [Madeleine Albright].
Ethan Allen: We Make the American Home.
2021.
First edition of this style book of American design visionaries. Royal octavo, original wrappers, bookplate to the front pastedown from “The Private Collection of Secretary Madeleine K. Albright.” Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in gold felt tip on the front free endpaper, "June 2021 Dear Madeleine, With my best wishes, Farooq." The recipient, Madeleine K. Albright, was the first woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State. She acted under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001, leading the United States through foreign policy in the Middle East with the endorsement of military action in Iraq. At the…
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 147610
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"Faster than a speeding bullet - more powerful than a locomotive...": First edition of Les Daniels' Superman: The Golden Age; signed twice and inscribed by art director and designer Chip Kidd
DANIELS, Les. [Chip Kidd].
Superman: The Golden Age. In Color!
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1999.
First edition of the early history of the first popular superhero, Superman. Royal octavo, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Signed on the title page and rear jacket flap by art director and designer Chip Kidd. Additionally inscribed by Kidd on the front panel of the dust jacket in a speech bubble, "For Ari." Photographs by Geoff Spear. Art direction and design by Chip Kidd. Design assistance by Chin-Yee Lai. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd. Jacket photographs by Geoff Spear. Front Jacket art by Fred Ray. Back jacket art by H. J. Ward.…
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 147260
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"We all go a little mad sometimes. Haven't you?" P.B. Socci sketch of Anthony Perkins; signed by Anthony Perkins
SOCCI, P.B. (Anthony Perkins).
Anthony Perkins Signed P.B. Socci Sketch.
Rare graphite artist’s sketch of American actor Anthony Perkins from a scene from the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock film Psycho. Signed by Anthony Perkins. 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 11.5 inches by 9 inches.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 89138
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Limited First Edition of C. R. B. Barrett's Essex: Highways, Byways, and Waterways; From the Library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
BARRETT, C.R.B. [William Tecumseh Sherman].
Essex: Highways, Byways, and Waterways.
London: Lawrence & Bullen, 1892.
Limited first edition of this tour of the ancient low-lying county of Essex; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Quarto, original cream buckram with gilt titles to the spine, gilt coats of arms to the front panel, original silk ribbon, tissue-guarded frontispiece of St. Mary-at-the-Wall Colchester, illustrated with several drawings and tissue-guarded engravings. P.T. Sherman's bookplate to the front pastedown. One of one hundred and twenty copies on fine paper, this is number 16. In very good condition with some rubbing and toning to the spine, front and rear panels and very light toning to the endpapers.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 145930
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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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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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First edition and signed limited edition of Alexander Blok's The Twelve; one of 650 copies signed by illustrator George Biddle
BLOK, Alexander. [Aleksandr]. Translated by Babette Deutsch and Avrahm Yarmolinsky. Lithographs by George Biddle.
The Twelve.
New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1931.
First edition and signed limited edition of Blok's controversial long poem. Quarto, original quarter morocco with gilt titles to the spine, illustrated with lithographs by George Biddle. Translated by Babette Deutsch and Avrahm Yarmolinsky. One of 650 copies printed, 100 of which are numbered and have as illustrations the original lithographs by George Biddle, this is number 77. In very good condition with the rare original dust jacket laid in which is lacking the spine.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 134252
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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 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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First Edition of The Illustrated Poems of John Betjeman; Inscribed by British Artist David Gentleman with an Autograph Letter also Signed by Him
BETJEMAN, John; David Gentleman.
The Illustrated Poems of John Betjeman. [WITH] Autograph Letter Signed by David Gentleman.
London: John Murray, 1995.
First edition of this humorous collection of intimate poems, illustrated with charming watercolors by one of England's most familiar artists. Medium octavo, original boards, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the artist, "For Gill Sandilands with all good wishes from David Gentleman." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Accompanied by an autograph letter signed by Gentleman to Miss Sandilands, offering her this book. One page on his Gloucester Crescent stationary, the letter reads in full, "22 March 1995, Dear Gill, I am really ashamed of having neglected your kind messages and invitation last year, and of being to inconsiderate.…
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 147100
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First Edition of Systems of Survival: A Dialogue on the Moral Foundations of Commerce and Politics; Inscribed by Jane Jacobs in the Year of Publication
JACOBS, Jane.
Systems of Survival: A Dialogue on the Moral Foundations of Commerce and Politics.
New York: Random House, 1993.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "I hope you enjoy this, Barbara Fryrear, Sincerely, Jane Jacobs Dallas May 1993." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Book design by Carole Lowenstein.
Price: $325.00 Item Number: 145777
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First Edition of The Strange Library; Signed Twice by Illustrator Chip Kidd
MURAKAMI, Haruki.
The Strange Library.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.
First edition of this work by the award-winning novelist. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed twice by illustrator Chip Kidd on the front panel and again on the rear panel. In fine condition.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 122378
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First Edition of Daniel Libeskind's Breaking Ground; Signed by Him and twice by Jacket illustrator Chip Kidd
LIBESKIND, Daniel.
Breaking Ground.
New York: Riverhead Books, 2004.
First edition of the famed architect's autobiography. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed by Daniel Libeskind on the title page. Additionally signed twice by jacket illustrator Chip Kidd, once on the front jacket panel and again on the rear jacket flap. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 122771
