Winter-Spring 2024 Catalogue

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179. [Film & Theatre] [Film, Theatre and Entertainment] [Various].
Signed title pages cut from books; other autographed items (64 in total)

Signed pages cut from books (title page if not stated otherwise), inscribed to Paul McMahon if not noted otherwise. In excellent condition if not noted otherwise. As follows (in alphabetical order): Read More...

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117. [Conductors] [Conductors] Fiedler, Arthur. (1994–1979) & Previn, André. (1929–2019) & Davis, Colin. (1927–2013) & Munch, Charles. (1891–1968) & Cugat, Xavier (1900–1990).
Signed title pages and other signed documents

Signed title pages cut from books, inscribed to Paul McMahon unless noted otherwise. In excellent condition unless noted otherwise. As follows: Read More...

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144. [Dance] [Dance] Terry, Walter. (1913–1982) & Nikolais, Alwin. (1910–1993) & Dudinskaya, Natalia. (1912–2003) & Grant, Alexander. (1925–2011) & Ostergaard, Solvejg. (1939–1999) & Kehlet, Niels. (b. 1938) & Hart, John. (1921–2015) & Fonteyn, Margot. (1919–1991) & La Meri. (1898–1988) .
Signed title pages and other signed documents

Signed title pages and other leaves cut from books on dance, inscribed to Paul McMahon unless noted otherwise. In excellent condition unless noted otherwise. As follows: Read More...

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141. [Dance] [Dance] Jamison, Judith. (b. 1943) & Morris, Mark. (b. 1956) & Baryshnikov, Mikhail. (b. 1948) & Vasiliev, Vladimir. (b. 1940) & Mitchell, Jack. (1925–2013) & Jones, Bill T. (b. 1952) & Dolin, Anton. (1904–1983) & Antonio. (1921–1996).
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Signed title pages cut from books on dance, all inscribed to Paul McMahon. In excellent condition. As follows: Read More...

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188. [Film & Theatre] [My Fair Lady] [Various] Lerner, Alan Jay. (1918–1986) & Loewe, Frederick. (1901–1988) & Andrews, Julie. (b. 1935) & Harrison, Rex. (1908–1990).
"My Fair Lady" Original Broadway Souvenir Program - SIGNED

New York: Kal Efron [Printed by Artcraft Litho. & Ptg. Co.]. [1956]. Deluxe souvenir program from the original 1956 Broadway production, signed internally to their respective biography pages by composer Frederick Loewe, lyricist Alan Jay Lerner, actress Julie Andrews (Eliza Doolittle), actors Rex Harrison (Henry Higgons) and Reginald Denny (Colonel Pickering), choreographer Hanya Holm, Production Designer Oliver Smith, and Conductor Franz Allers. Slightest of handling wear to spine and edges, overall in very fine condition. 8.8 x 11.6 inches (22.5 x 30 cm). Read More...

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185. [Film & Theatre] [Mankiewicz, Joseph L. (1909 - 1993)] [Bellow, Saul. (1915-2005)] .
Letter regarding a possible film of Augie March

An intriguing typed letter on Samuel Goldwyn Productions letterhead, April 25, 1955, written and signed by his secretary and on behalf of the American film director and screenwriter, noting that he is "currently deep into the film of GUYS AND DOLLS" but sends thanks "for your letter and your very kind and interesting remarks about his film, THE BAREFOOT CONTESSA" and had wanted to "thank you for bringing to his attention THE ADVENTURES OF AUGIE MARCH. He has read the book and is interested in it for a possible film." Folds, else fine.  Read More...

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178. [Film & Theatre] [Film Stars].
Lists of 1940s Hollywood Addresses and Telephone Contacts for Party Invitations

An intriguing typed document, 3 pages, first and third of which dated October 3, 1941, on thin typewriter paper, providing three lists of names and their addresses and phone numbers (pages 2-3), evidently an internal studio document. The first page titled "List of names from Fox for their premiere of 'A Yank in the R.A.F." and including names from A - M, among which are Eric Blore, Ray Bolger, Charles Coburn, Ray Milland and others; the second page "Names and Addresses for Milton Berle's Party--Fox" and including such names as Cary Grant, Edgar Bergen, Mickey Rooney, 3 Stooges, John Garfield, Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Desi Arnaz and others; final sheet "Names and Addresses for Jilton[sic] Berle's Party--Fox" and including contacts for, among others, Eleanor Powell, Lana Turner, Dorothy Lamour, and the Andrews Sisters, with the address of Laraine Day crossed out and labeled "wrong." Folds, else fine. Those must have been some parties!

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55. [Instrumentalists] Accardo, Salvatore. (b. 1941).
Signed copy of Sonorama No. 17, March 1960

Paris: Octobre, 1958. Signed copy of the seventeenth edition of this multimedia monthly.  Comb-bound in color pictorial printed wrappers.  Nine leaves (unpaginated), with 6 flexi disc records bound in (as published).  Inscription by the Italian violinist, then nineteen years old, to fol. 7 recto, which features a brief article on him by Roger de Roquancourt.  Almost square format, 7.25 x 7.5 inches (18.5 x 19 cm).  Small ink stain to back cover; else in very good condition. Certainly the most unusual Accardo autographed item we've encountered! Read More...

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140. [Opera] Viardot, Pauline. (1821–1910) .
Portrait of a Woman Sewing - Original Drawing, 1835

Pencil drawing depicting an elderly female figure sewing, signed in ink “Pauline Garcia / 1835” and inscribed in pencil in another hand on the mount, translated from the French, “This drawing was drawn by Pe. Garcia (sister of Mar. Malibran) at the age of 15 and without having studied drawing.” In fine condition. Provenance: by descent, the Garcia family. Drawing mounted to a larger sheet with hand-drawn ink framing device, through which the artist has signed. These sheets laid down to semi-rigid backing under paper matting. Speckled with foxing, primarily to the mount, edges a bit rough, but overall in fine condition. Visible 7.25 x 7.75 inches (18.5 x 20 cm); overall 9.5 x 12 inches (24 x 30 cm). Read More...


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197. [Literature & Art] Ginsberg, Allen. (1926–1997).
Howl - Signed Calligraphic Presentation on Music Paper

San Francisco: City Lights Books. 1971. Twenty-fourth printing. Unusual autograph gift inscription and full signature from the poet dated 1989 on a folio sheet of music manuscript paper with the poet's name penned in an unknown hand in several inks above a pointillist "HOWL". Your guess is as good as ours! 9 x 12 inches. In fine condition.  Read More...

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170. [Jazz & Song] [Ellington, Duke. (1899–1974)].
Signed program of the Duke Ellington Orchestra from its 1933 British tour

Souvenir program from the first British tour of the Duke Ellington Orchestra, which took place in June and July 1933 (publication without date or place).  24 pp.  Cover, titled "A Concert of the Music of Duke Ellington / Presented by Jack Hilton /By arrangement with / Irving Mills," signed by the following band members:  Joe Nanton, Fred Guy, Juan Tizol (ball-point pen), Barney Bigard, Johnny Hodges, [illegible], Otto Hardwick, Sonny Greer; all signatures in pencil except Tizol's, which is in ink.  In between, there is a signature by "Richard Jones"; this calls the jazz pianist Richard M. Jones  (1892–1945) to mind, but there is no Richard Jones listed in the biography section of the program.  Includes biographies of all musicians and annotations to all of the 33 pieces performed; the lineup is listed in the center of the program, pp. 12–13.  "Chronological List of the Compositions of Duke Ellington" to inside back cover.  Cover measures 12 x 9 inches (20.5 x 23 cm); pages proper of program measure 11 x 8.75 inches (28 x 22.3 cm).  Brown, sugary stains (cola?) to cover; inner bifolia detached; frayed at edges; tear to foot of back cover; still, a well-preserved copy. Read More...

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159. [Jazz & Song] Armstrong, Louis. (1901–1971) & Bigard, Barney. (1906–1980) & Barcelona, Danny. & Herbert, Mort. & Kyle, Billy. & Young, Trummy. .
Louis Armstrong and Concert Group - Signed Program

Ca. 2955 souvenir program of "Louis Armstrong And His Concert Group / Satchmo The Great" boldly signed in blue ink "Louis Armstrong" and in red "Barney Bigard" to the front cover and to their respective inside program portraits by Danny Barcelona, Mort Herbert, Billy Kyle and Trummy Young. Slightest toning around the edges, overall very fine. 9 x 12 inches. 

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145. [Dance] Balanchine, George. (1904–1983).
Signed book title

Signed title of Balanchine's Complete Stories of the Great Ballets (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1956). Cut from the book. 8.25 x 5.25 inches (20.8 x 13.3 cm). In fine condition. Read More...

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142. [Dance] [Dance] Hayden, Melissa. (1923–2006) & de Mille, Agnes. (1905–1993) & Farrell, Suzanne. (b. 1945) & Bruhn, Erik. (1928–1986) & Taylor, Paul. (1930–2018) & Panov, Valery. (b. 1938) & Youskevitch, Igor. (1912–1994) & Terry, Walter. (1913–1982).
Signed title pages and other signed documents

Signed title pages cut from books on dance, inscribed to Paul McMahon unless noted otherwise. In excellent condition unless noted otherwise. As follows: Read More...

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150. [Dance] Graham, Martha. (1894–1991) [Mille, Agnes de. (1905–1993]) [Leatherman, LeRoy. (1922–1984) & Swope, Martha. (1928–2017)].
Martha Graham: Portrait of the Lady as an Artist - SIGNED TO AGNES DE MILLE

New York: Knopf. 1966. First edition. 4to. (179), (1) pp. Text by LeRoy Leatherman and illustrated with photographs by Martha Swope. Inscribed by Martha Graham to her biographer and fellow dancer, Agnes de Mille, on title-page. Additionally inscribed by Lee and Swope on Dedication page. Publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt; in publisher's worn dust-jacket. An extraordinary association copy from the library of Graham's longtime friend, contemporary, and biographer, Agnes de Mille (1905-1993). Read More...

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204. [Literature & Art] Oldenburg, Claes. (b. 1929).
Typewriter eraser and three-way plug, New Haven 1969

Color offset with printed foil, numbered 80/100 and signed lower right "CO" in pencil.  From the deluxe edition of the artist book Notes in Hand, 1972.  Catalogue raisonné: Axsom/Platzker, no. 78. 8.75 x 7 inches (22 x 17.5 cm). Framed 15 x 13.25 inches (33.5 x 38.5 cm). Unexamined out of frame, toning around mat edges, else in apparently fine condition. 

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198. [Literature & Art] Givenchy, Hubert de. (1927–2018).
Givenchy: 40 Years of Creation - INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPY to journalist George Christy

Hardcover volume published to coincide with the 40th anniversary of design house, inscribed by founder and designer Hubert de Givenchy in red ink. Book dust jacket exhibits some toning to the top quarter front and back, with some small tears to the top and bottom of the back cover, and some shelf wear to spine. Interior pages exhibit some toning to the edges. In vintage very good condition. Read More...

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163. [Jazz & Song] Baker, Josephine. (1906–1975) [Sauvage, Marcel.].
Voyages et aventures de Joséphine Baker

Paris: M. Seheur. 1931. Voyages et aventures de Joséphine Baker, illustré de photographies, de hors-texte en couleurs et de nombreux dessins. 149 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.). 12 mo (18 cm). One of 1500 copies. Illustrated wrappers, spine reinforced with tape at head and base, wear around edges as usual on this very fragile volume, but a more solid than usual example and internally very fine throughout.  Read More...

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162. [Jazz & Song] Baez, Joan. (b. 1941).
Signed Photograph

Charming sepia photograph of the American singer-songwriter in a stand of trees, her arms thrown up in the air.  Baez has inscribed "to JJ– / from JB– / well, / Joan Baez."  In fine condition.  9.75 x 7 inches (24.8 x 17.8 cm.).

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