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Large Photograph of The Founding Father of Israel David Ben-Gurion; Signed by Him
BEN-GURION, David.
David Ben-Gurion Signed Photograph.
1947.
Large original silver gelatin photograph of the Founding Father of Israel David Ben-Gurion, boldly signed by him. Ben-Gurion's signature measures 5.25 inches by 1.25 inches. x 1.25" alone. Also signed and dated "Charles Bergman May 1947" who was possibly the photographer. The photograph was taken in May 1947, one year before Ben-Gurion declared the formation of the modern state of Israel on May 14, 1948. The British had controlled Mandatory Palestine since 1920, but in May 1947, they asked for international guidance in resolving the complicated question of possession and ownership. The British submitted the Palestine question to the United Nations.…
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 133617
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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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Rare Globe Terrestre d'apres les Decouvertes les Plus Recentes
BERTRAUX, Emile .
Globe Terrestre d’apres les Decouvertes les Plus Recentes [Terrestrial Globe].
Paris: Emile Bertraux, 1879.
A fine and highly detailed French terrestrial library globe showing the earth's geography as it was mapped in the late nineteenth century. The globe includes the oceans' major currents, the declination of the sun, color-coded European colonial possessions, the locations of railway tracks, telegraph lines, and ocean liner routes, as well as the tracks of various explorers, including Columbus, Cook, Vancouver, D'Urville, and Freycinet, among others. The globe consists of twelve hand-colored lithographed paper gores and two calottes pasted to a plaster and wood sphere; the globe's graduated brass meridian circle is set within a later stand consisting of a…
Price: $17,500.00 Item Number: 136769
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First edition of the second book on architecture published in America: Owen Biddle's The Young Carpenter's Assistant
BIDDLE, Owen.
The Young Carpenter’s Assistant; Or, A System Of Architecture, Adapted To The Style Of Building In The United States.
Philadelphia: Benjamin Johnson, 1805.
First edition of the second book on architecture published in America, second only to Asher Benjamin's Country Builder's Assistant' published in 1797( Shaw & Shoemaker, 8018). Quarto, bound in full calf, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, illustrated with 44 engraved plates, 2 folding. In very good condition. Scarce with only 2 copies having appeared at auction in the past 50 years.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 117672
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Large seventeenth century hand-colored map of the Danish island of Funen by renowned Dutch cartographer Jan Blaeu
BLAEU, Joan.
Fionia vulgo Funen. [Seventeenth Century Joan Blaeu Map of Funen].
[Amsterdam]: c. 1645.
Large seventeenth century hand-colored map of the Danish island of Funen by renowned Dutch cartographer Joan Blaeu. One page, hand-colored with two decorative cartouches. In near fine condition. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 26.5 by 22 inches.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 137508
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"The greatest and finest atlas ever published": Willem and Joan Blaeu's magnificent Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, or, Le Theatre du Monde
BLAEU, Willem and Joan.
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. [Le Theatre du Monde].
Amsterdam: Chez Jean Blaeu/Apud Guiljelmum et Johannem Blaeu, 1643-1645.
A fine French-text copy in a presentation binding. Folio, 4 volumes, contemporary Dutch vellum likely from the Blaeu workshop with gilt tooling to the spine in eight compartments within gilt bands, central gilt arabesques and fleuron corner pieces within double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt. Gilt presentation inscription to the front panel of vol. I dated July 3, 1646 dedicating the set to Omer Talon, avocat-général to the French Parliament with the compliments of François du Monstier, rector of the University of Paris. Illustrated with 335 magnificent hand-colored engraved maps of the world and…
Price: $300,000.00 Item Number: 126307
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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 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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Rare diagram of key locations in the assassination of John F. Kennedy; drawn and signed by Deputy Sheriff Eugene Boom
BOONE, Eugene. [John F. Kennedy].
Deputy Sheriff Eugene Boone Signed John F. Kennedy Assassination Map.
Original bird's eye view diagram of Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas Texas with annotations detailing the assassination of John F. Kennedy by Deputy Sheriff Eugene Boone, the officer who recovered Lee Harvey Oswald's rifle on the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository after Kennedy's assassination. One page, the map shows key locations in the assassination including the "Grassy Knoll" and "School Book Depository," and traces the steps Boone took after shots rang out, with notes by Boone, He writes: "When shots were fired I ran from the front of the Sheriff's Office to the freight yard looking for…
Price: $1,000.00 Item Number: 139357
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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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First edition of Jean-Louis Bourgeois' Spectacular Vernacular: The Adobe Tradition; signed by him and Carollee Pelos and from the library of Peter Matthiessen
BOURGEOIS, Jean-Louis. Photographs by Carollee Pelos. [Peter Matthiessen].
Spectacular Vernacular: The Adobe Tradition.
New York: Aperture Foundation, Inc, 1980.
First edition of this spectacular celebration of traditional Adobe architecture in the West. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated with photographs by Carollee Pelos. Historical Essay by Basil Davidson. Signed by Jean-Louis Bourgeois and Carollee Pelos on the half-title page. From the library of Peter Matthiessen with his bookplate to the pastedown. American writer Peter Matthiessen remains the only writer to have won the National Book Award in both nonfiction (The Snow Leopard, 1979) and fiction (Shadow Country, 2008). A prominent environmental activist, Matthiessen received the National Book Award for Fiction in 2008 at the age of 81 for Shadow Country.…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 140210
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Rare signed limited edition of David Bowie's Moonage Daydream: The Life and Times of Ziggy Stardust; signed by him and photographer Mick Rock
BOWIE, David. Photographs and Captions by Mick Rock.
Moonage Daydream: The Life and Times of Ziggy Stardust.
Guildford: Genesis Publications Limited, 2002.
First edition, signed limited issue of this profusely illustrated homage to one of the most influential musicians of the twentieth century, David Bowie. Folio, original quarter leathers over illustrated boards, photographic endpapers, all edges silver, illustrated with photographs by Mick Rock. One of 2,500 numbered copies signed by David Bowie and Mick Rock, this is number 683. Housed in the original publisher's decorative lidded box. In fine condition.
Price: $3,250.00 Item Number: 138421
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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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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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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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Original Donald Brooks Sketch from the production of Dance a Little Closer
BROOKS, Donald.
Dance a Little Closer: Donald Brooks Original Pencil and Watercolor Drawing.
1983.
Original Dance a Little Closer is a pencil and watercolor drawing depicting the Cynthia character in a full length pink and peach gown with a second drawing depicting the back of the gown, signed lower right by legendary designer Donald Brooks. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 27 inches by 22 inches. Brooks was the costume designer for the 1983 production of Dance a Little Closer.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 137699
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"Enter the wild wood and view the haunts of nature": William Cullen Bryant's A Forest Hymn bound with In The Woods With Bryant, Longfellow, and Halleck; decorated with a rare double fore-edge painting
BRYANT, William Cullen.
A Forest Hymn [Bound with] In The Woods With Bryant, Longfellow, and Halleck. [Fore-edge Painting].
New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1860-1862.
Finely bound collection of two classic American poems; decorated with a rare double fore-edge painting. Quarto, bound in full pebbled morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, illustrated with numerous engravings by John A. Nums and John A. Hows, all edges gilt with a concealed double fore-edge painting which reveals a hunting scene and a scene of figure skaters. In very good condition.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 139346
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"A Monument to the Natural and Cultural landscape of America": First editions of both volumes of Picturesque America; profusely illustrated and in the publisher's deluxe full morocco
BRYANT, William Cullen.
Picturesque America: Or, The Land We Live In. A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of The Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Forest, Water-Falls, Shores, Cañons, Valleys, Cities, and Other Picturesque Features of Our Country.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1872-1874.
First edition of this immensely popular and influential 19th century celebration of the American landscape. Folio, two volumes in the original publisher's deluxe full morocco with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, gilt titles and central vignette to the front panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles. marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, illustrated with nine hundred wood engravings and fifty steel engravings after Harry Fenn, A. C. Warren, Thomas Moran, Granville Perkins, and William Hart among others, tissue-guarded frontispiece and additional decorative pictorial title page to each volume. In very good condition. A very sharp example…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 146884
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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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"They sure don't make bartenders like the used to make them": First signed limited edition of Charles Bukowski's Dangling in the Tournefortia; twice signed and inscribed by him and with an original acrylic painting bound in
BUKOWSKI, Charles.
Dangling in the Tournefortia.
Santa Barbara: The Black Sparrow Press, 1981.
First edition of Bukowski's classic book of poetry. Octavo, original pictorial boards. One of only 100 numbered copies signed by the author, this is number 89. Additionally inscribed by Bukowski on the title page, "For Arthur Applebaum - Who aids me so kindly in my man travails, Hank Charles Bukowski." Bukowski has also added a drawing of his signature little man with a bottle. With an original acrylic painted portrait by Bukowski bound in and signed, "Buk." In near fine condition. Rare and desirable.
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 95380