New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1925. First. 8vo. 7.75 x 5.5 inches. First printing, with the points present. Green cloth binding, supplied with a facsimile dust jacket. A very good to near fine copy. Very minor edge wear, small blemish to the cloth at mid spine. A bit of foxing to the outer text block (pp. 1-2; 213-18), contents otherwise generally crisp and clean. A very attractive example of Fitzgerald's masterpiece - the great American novel.
New York: William Morrow & Co. . 1952. First. Large 12mo. 202 pp. Hardcover bound in green cloth lettered in black. The American lawyer and author, famed for his Perry Mason series, has signed and inscribed: “Inscribed by the author at the request of Dr. R.B.H. Gradwohl who furnished the interesting idea on which the plot is founded. / Yours, Erle Stanley Gardner / Christmas 1952” to the front endpaper; Dr. Gradwohl, one of the early pioneers in the field of forensics, has inscribed "To Bernie and Viv Schram, / With my warmest Xmas greetings / R. B. H. Gradwohl / 1952" to the same page in blue ink. Dust jacket worn, moderate waterstaining to pages ffe-20, 245-271, final 8 pages, otherwise in very good condition. Read More...
Moscow, Leningrad: Teakinopeat [Leningrad Society of Dramatic Writers]. 1929. 16mo. Softcover with mylar wrapping. 80 pp. No indication of edition, presumed first Russian edition. The striking cover featuring a man in a top hat, was designed by Yakov Guminer, important constructivist graphic designer. Wear to edges and spine, overall in fine condition. Uncommon. No copies recorded in Worldcat. Read More...
Signed color lithograph "Practice" from the "Rhythm Series" of the noted American artist Al Hirschfeld. Lithograph, 1970, signed Hirschfeld in pencil at the lower right and numbered 42/120 in white pencil at the lower left. Sight 19.5 x 25 inches (49.5 x 63.5 cm.), framed in gold metal frame to an overall size of 20.25 x 26.25 inches (51.4 x 66.7 cm.). Very fine. Read More...
New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation. 1963. 8vo. 217 pp. A later edition of the American writer's celebrated comic novel, signed and inscribed on the front endpaper by the author to the legendary fashion designer, "For my darling Halston – this book that was written before you were born. / Your admiring and devoted / Anita Loos / May 1 - 1963". Hardcover with original dust jacket. Moderate wear to jacket, slight toning and moderate rubbing to binding edges, else in fine condition. An interesting association copy. Read More...
Paris: Flammarion. [ca. 1900]. First edition. 8vo (5 x 7.5 inches), 312 pages. Green period marble boards, demi-percaline corners with gilt details and title to spine. Signed and inscribed on the half-title page, in French to one William Lacroix, an as yet unidentified "old collaborator": "Le meilleur souvenir à mon ancien collaborateur William Lacroix, très cordialement, Nadar. Cannes, fev. 1904.” Light uniform toning throughout, scattered light wear and rubbing to boards, otherwise fine. Read More...
An intriguing grouping of autograph poems and aphorisms, ca. 1920, by the Dadaist painter and poet. 7 pp (6 sheets). 8vo (8.25 x 10.5 inches; 21 x 27 cm). In French, including "Mystère en dessin de lumière," "Fesses renemenses," "Chose ancienne qui naît à la vie," and others untitled. A few nicks to edges, toned, one page with an apparent cigarette burn to one corner not affecting writing, else fine. Rare. Read More...
New York: Random House. 1950. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo. Hardcover blue cloth in original dj. 388 pp. The author has inscribed "For Paul. / Best wishes, / Budd Schulberg" to title page. Moderate wear to dust jacket spine and chipping to dj edges, overall in fine condition. Read More...
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[The Fates]. 17th Century Embroidered Textile depicting the Greek Fates
Embroidered textile depicting Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, the Greek fates, shown here with the thread of life and their associated tools. Metal and silk thread on silk panel. English, ca. 1650. Unexamined out of frame, but apparently in fine condition. Framed to 17 x 13 inches (43.2 x 33 cm.). Read More...
New York: Random House (The Whitney Museum). 1979. First Edition. A very special example of the 1979 stated First Edition softcover, signed and inscribed in bold black ink to the half title "To Paul from Andy Warhol," and including an original polaroid photograph by Warhol of the recipient, photographer Paul McMahon, signed in black ink by Warhol to the lower margin and also sold together also with an original small format black and white photograph of Warhol by Paul McMahon, taken at a 1980 book signing appearance by the artist and signed "Photo by Paul McMahon" to verso. The book, Square 8vo. 141 pp. Slight handling stains to edges, glue stain to inner front gutter, else fine. The photographs, each approx. 4¼ x 3 3/8 in. (10.8 x 8.6 cm) and both in fine condition. Read More...
London: Studio Vista Ltd.. 1971. First paperback edition. Small 8vo. 160 pp. Signed "Andy Warhol" in bold black ink to the titlepage. A few thin scratches and creases to wrapper laminate, otherwise about fine. Read More...
Los Angeles: Heritage Gallery. 1969. Portfolio of six offset lithographs on paper of drawings by the American artist known for his work chronicling African American-related subjects. Includes Seed of Heritage;I Have Seen Black Hands; The Wall; The Brother;VIsion; and Nat Turner, Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow. Minor wear to folio cover; overall in fine condition. 14.25 x 20 inches (36.2 x 50.8 cm.). Read More...
Four original playbills signed by the great American playwright, including programs from the original 1951 production and 1966 revival of The Rose Tattoo, the 1974 revival of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and the original 1980 production of Clothes for a Summer Hotel. The programs from 1951's Rose Tattoo and Clothes for a Summer Hotel are signed boldly on the cover by Williams, the 1951 program with an additional Williams signature on the title page. The programs from 1966's Rose Tattoo and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof are signed on the title page, with the latter also signed by the play's star, Elizabeth Ashley. Read More...
Oblong 1957 photograph of the renowned American architect and the renowned American poet, both ex-Chicagoans and old friends, boldly signed by each in the lower blank margin. Original photograph by Art Siegel, 7 1/2 x 9". On verso, notations record the place each autograph was obtained: Sandburg's in Flat Rock, North Carolina and Wright's in Scottsdale, Arizona (January, 1958). A few areas of surface loss to the image which have been in-painted with dye, and an area of evident creasing or tearing repaired by a clumsily affixed small adhesive, light paper skinning on the lower edge, none of these faults affecting either of the signatures. Simply matted and framed under plexiglass. Signed photographs of Wright are very rare. NB: This item to be shipped after 4/30/23. Read More...
Original London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company CDV photograph of the English naturalist and author whose 1859 book explaining his theories of evolution, On the Origin of the Species by Means of Natural Selection, is one of the most influential texts in the history of scientific thought. Lower edge slightly trimmed, else in fine condition. 2.5 x 4 inches (6.4 x 10.7 cm.).
Tel-Aviv, Israel [New York]: Israeli Music Publications [Independent Music Publishers]. [1951]. First edition. Large format published facsimile manuscript orchestral score. 85 pages. Folio (14 x 19 inch; 35 x 49 cm), spiral bound, plain boards; covers detached, generally sound internally. Together with an elaborate painted calligraphic presentation broadside (14 x 21 inch; 36 x 54 cm) of the Symphony to Albert Einstein by Sol Nodel (1951), "Symphony No. 2 'David' dedicated to Albert Einstein For his inspiration to the Jewish people and to all humanity by the composer Menahem Avidom and presented by the American Fund for Israel Institutions on the occasion of the American tour of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, January, February, March 1951," additionally inscribed by the composer in black ink upper left, "To the greatest man in our generation / Prof. A. Einstein / humbly / From the Composer / M. Avidom / Princeton 10/1/51." Together with an original 8 x 8 inch original photograph of the presentation to Einstein and a photocopy of a 1986 letter from Louise F. Sayen later presenting the score and broadside to a Mr. Benamy, noting that "Miss Margot Einstein made this gift to you in gratitude for your thoughtful help in arranging for the distribution of her father's library. It gave her great comfort that you were the designated representative for the Friends of Hebrew University in Jerusalem." In fine condition. Read More...
Medical side view X-ray of Albert Einstein's skull, taken in 1945 by Dr. Gustav Bucky. In very fine condition. Printed on standard X-ray photograph stock, 10 x 12 inches (25.2 x 30.2 cm). We have been unable to positively identify when this print was made, but it is not one that either Bucky or Einstein owned and certainly dates from well after the original imaging. Another example of the present X-ray together with a peripheral view (both also later printings), sold on December 2010 at auction for $38,750.00. Read More...
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. 1964. First. 8vo. Cloth with original dust jacket. Fourth Printing. 273 pp. Inscribed by a secretary on behalf Lyndon B. Johnson on half-title page, "To Wilma Hornfall / with best wishes, / Lyndon Johnson." Overall in fine condition.
Printed letterpress broadside extolling the virtues of the newly invented "talking machine," Thomas Edison's phonograph, and advertising a live demonstration of the machine on November 28th of an unspecified year, ca. 1880s–1890s. "The talking machine is one of the most wonderful inventions of the age, and is a source of wonder and delight to young and old," the copy reads. "It preaches, tells funny stories, sings, plays all kinds of music and talks talk. A strictly high-class entertainment." While the majority of the broadside is printed, the specifics of the demonstration are handwritten in a combination of pen and crayon. Occasional tearing, including a significant 9-inch diagonal tear from the left edge that has been reinforced on the verso with scotch tape, but otherwise in good condition. 12 x 16 inches (30.5 x 40.6 cm.). Read More...
Soviet-era aluminum metal sculpture, 9 3/4 x 7 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. Signed and inscribed in cyrillic, representing the figure of a man holding a hammer in one hand and, in the other, a sword which he is making into a plough share, symbolizing man's desire to put an end to war and convert the means of destruction into creative tools for the benefit of all mankind. A large bronze of this subject by Vuchetich is preserved at the United Nations, New York. Scattered staining and marks to metal, else very good. Read More...