Holiday 2016 Catalogue

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183. [Film & Theatre] Michael, Paul. [Chevalier, Maurice. (1888-1972)].
The Academy Awards: A Pictorial History - INSCRIBED TO MAURICE CHEVALIER

New York: Bonanza Books. 1964. A history of the Oscars from 1927 to 1963, including complete listing of awards and many pages of movie stills from each year's winners, with a gift inscription and a card from a friend of the great French entertainer. "To my most honorable and dearest friend, Maurice Chevalier, 'Special Academy Award Winner 1958,' 'Trouper of the Year 1967,' and the 'World's Greatest Entertainer of All Time.'... June 18, 1967." 341 pp. White cloth with red lettering in a black, white, and red printed dust jacket. A few slight dents to the binding; wear, losses and a tear to the dust jacket; overall fine in good dust jacket. Read More...

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184. [Film & Theatre] Mifune. Toshiro. (1920-1997).
"A Living Legend" - Signed Poster

An attractive lithograph poster for a retrospective dedicated to the important Japanese screen actor, boldly signed at the lower right and dated 1983. Mifune appeared in person at the retrospective, held at the Film Center in Chicago on May 7-27, 1983. Shrink-wrapped onto cardboard backing; apparently in near fine condition.  21.25 x 19 inches (61.5 x 48 cm). Read More...
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185. [Film & Theatre] [West Side Story] Bernstein, Leonard. (1918–1990), Sondheim, Stephen. (1930–2021), Robbins, Jerome. (1918–1998), Laurents, Arthur. (1917–2011).
Signed Souvenir Typescript

Souvenir typescript of the first scene of West Side Story, one page, 8.5 x 11, signed at the conclusion in blue and black felt tip by Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, Jerome Robbins, and Arthur Laurents (ins). Scattered creases and tiny tears to left edge, otherwise fine condition. 

One of the greatest musicals ever made, it won a whopping ten of the eleven Academy Awards for which it was nominated.
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186. [Film & Theatre] Wong, Anna May. (1905 - 1961).
Autograph Signature in Chinese and English

An original autograph signature from the Chinese-American actress in English and Chinese characters, dated 1936 in another hand. One vertical crease, slight mounting remnants on the verso; overall in fine condition. 4 x 2.5 inches (10.2 x 6.6 cm).

The actress was the first Chinese American movie star and the first Asian American to become an international star. Her long and varied career spanned both silent and sound film, television, stage, and radio.
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187. [Art & Literature] Alcott, Louisa May. (1832 - 1888) .
Autograph Signature

Autograph signature ""Respectfully L.M. Alcott"" in brown ink from the American author, suffragist, reformer and Civil war nurse, celebrated in particular for her enduring "Little Women." 6 x1.5 inches, clipped from conclusion of a letter, affixed to slightly larger display sheet. Fine. Together with a modern postcard photograph.
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188. [Art & Literature] Alcott, Louisa May. (1832-1888).
Original CDV Photograph

An original carte de visite photograph of the beloved author of Little Women, shown in full-length profile to the left wearing a fantastically elaborate Victorian dress. Photographed by Warren's of Boston and on the original mount, with the lower edge slightly trimmed, otherwise in fine condition. 2.5 x 4 inches (6.3 x 10.1 cm).
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189. [Art & Literature] Auden, W.H. ( (1907–1973).
Typed Letter Signed - THE POET WANTS CLAMS!

An amusing TLS on Christ Church Oxford letterhead from 1959 to the U.S. Embassy stating he is giving an Anglo-American dinner in honor of Professor Louis Kronenberger but he wants to serve clams for the first course and was informed that special permission must be granted from the Board of Trade in order to import them. Signed in green fountain pen ink at the conclusion; "W. H. Auden." A charming letter from the British-American poet who evidently took his dinner parties very seriously!
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190. [Art & Literature] Browning, Elizabeth Barrett. (1806-1861).
Original CDV Portrait

An original carte de visite photograph of a painted portrait of the important Victorian poet, shown in a bust vignette, her face slightly covered by her characteristic curls. Photographed by Elliott & Fry of London and on the original mount, with the lower edge slightly trimmed, otherwise in fine condition. 2.5 x 4 inches (6.3 x 9.9 cm).
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191. [Art & Literature] Chagall, Marc. (1887-1985).
Signed Letter to Vronsky & Babin, inviting them to exhibitions at the Bibliotheque Nationale and the Maeght Gallery

Signed letter to one of the foremost duo-piano teams of the twentieth century. 1 page. Letterhead of "Les Collines" (Vence), 13 June, 1957.  "Dear friends, I was very happy to hear from you. We are leaving to Paris on Saturday and will get there on Tuesday.  The preview will take place on the 21st of June at the Bibliotheque Nationale. Since I didn't have your address, I couldn't send you an invitation. Introduce yourselves as my friends; I will be there.  Another exhibition will take place on the 27th or 28th at Maeght's.  We will be happy to see you again. In the meantime I will say to you, See you soon, Marc Chagall." Read More...
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192. [Art & Literature] Chandler, Raymond. (1888-1959).
Typed Letter Signed, Discussing Detective Fiction

TLS from the British-American novelist and screenwriter known for his influential hard-boiled detective fiction, including The Big Sleep and Farewell, My Lovely. 1 page. Dated January 18, 1954. Three paragraphs in which he discusses copies of books he has that may be of interest to the recipient, presumably a collector, and his own interest in a book called They Don't Dance Much by James Ross. Several sentences discount the idea that James Ross is John Ross Macdonald, and Chandler closes: "But if I could recreate that strange sordid steamy lazy corrupt ingrown, and yet so human feeling of shabby life below the line, I shouldn't have stopped with one book, by heck." He signs, "Yours ever, Raymond Chandler." Folded vertically and horizontally for mailing; otherwise in fine condition. With three tiny holograph corrections. Read More...
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194. [Art & Literature] Dalí, Salvador. (1904–1989).
"Babaouo" - SIGNED

Paris: Éditions des Cahiers Libres. 1932. First Edition. 58, (4)pp. Lrg. 8vo. Publisher’s printed apple-green wraps. Number 571 of 623 numbered copies on vélin Outheninchalandre. Fragile wrappers a little worn/toned, with chipping/losses along spine, but otherwise fine throughout. Boldly signed on the title "Salvador Dali / Salutacions [sic] sinceres / 1935." Read More...
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195. [Art & Literature] Davis, Jim. (b. 1945).
Garfield's Jon - Large Original Caricature Sketch

A large, boldly executed sketch of the highly recognizable character Jon from the comic strip "Garfield," drawn, signed and inscribed by the strip's creator, Jim Davis. Black marker on heavily toned paper; folding creases and several edge tears and losses. Overall in very good condition. 18 x 24 inches (45.5 x 61 cm).
Sold together with a caricature portrait in similar format of the collector, Dave, signed by an unidentified artist. 
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196. [Art & Literature] Dickens, Charles. (1812 - 1870).
Original 1867 New York Cabinet Photograph

Original cabinet photograph of the great English writer and social critic, captured during his second tour of the United States in 1867. Photographed by Gurney of New York, Dickens is seen writing at a desk artistically littered with books. On the photographer's mount. Slight water stains to the lower margin and some light foxing; overall in very good condition. 4.25 x 6.5 inches (10.7 x 16.4 cm).
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197. [Art & Literature] Dickens, Charles. (1812 - 1870) & Rackham, Arthur. (1867 - 1939).
A CHRISTMAS CAROL, ILLUSTRATED AND SIGNED BY ARTHUR RACKHAM, IN PUBLISHER’S VELLUM-GILT

London and Philadelphia: William Heinemann and J.B. Lippincott. 1915.

Large quarto. Original full vellum, titles and pictorial decoration to spine and front board and top edge gilt, others untrimmed, pictorial endpapers, silk ribbon ties lacking (one laid in). Signed limited edition, number 172 of only 525 copies, of the “Bible of Christmas,” with tipped-in colour frontispiece and 11 plates on grey paper with printed tissue-guards, and 20 in-text line cuts by Rackham and signed by him. Read More...
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198. [Art & Literature] Frost, Robert. (1874-1963).
West Running Brook - WITH AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION "And miles to go before I sleep"

New York: Henry Holt and Company. 1935. 8vo. 64 pp. Green boards. Gold hued illustration patched onto the cover, gilt title & author on spine. Front free endpage inscribed with an autograph quotation of the American poet's most beloved line, signed and dated Bread Loaf, 1938. A halftone photograph of the poet has been affixed to the inner front board opposite the inscription, making for an attractive presentation. Area of staining to the signed page, not affecting any of the writing, corners of boards bent and nicked, slight fraying to spine extremities, evidence of a removed bookplate around the edge of the affixed photograph, else very good. A rare autograph example of the poet's most famous single line.  Read More...
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199. [Art & Literature] Gauguin, Paul. (1848 - 1903).
Mahana Atua [The Day of God]

Woodcut, 1894-5, on Chine volant, a proof apart from the signed and numbered edition of 100 published by the artist's son, Pola Gauguin in Copenhagen in 1921. Monogram "PGO" in plate lower left, title "Mahana Atua" lower right. Image size 7 1/8" x 8", sight 7 3/4" x 8 3/4", frame 15 1/2" x 16 1/2". In very good condition, not examined out of the frame. Mongan/Kornfeld/Joachim 31. Read More...

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200. [Art & Literature] Ginsberg, Allen. (1926-1997).
The Rune - SIGNED POSTCARD MUSICAL SCORE

Facsimile music and poetry manuscript printed on a postcard reproducing the autograph score, signed in ink and dated 1/2/84 in the lower blank margin. 11 x 14 cm.
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201. [Art & Literature] Gorey, Edward. (1925-2000).
Signed Canvas Book Bag

A canvas book bag signed by the legendary American writer and artist of the macabre, printed with his illustration of a boy with a pile of books and the caption "So many books, so little time." Gorey has penned a small signature in black ink at the lower right, for a Boston Public Library fundraiser in 1980. In near fine condition.
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202. [Art & Literature] Hershfield, Harry. (1885-1974).
Autograph Signature with Caricature Self-Portrait

An autograph signature from the American cartoonist, humor writer and radio personality, with a small caricature self-portrait. On cardstock with some light toning, overall in fine condition. 6.5 x 5 inches (16.5 x 12.4 cm). Read More...
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203. [Art & Literature] Howe, Julia Ward. (1819-1910).
Signed Photograph

Signed photograph of the prominent American abolitionist, social activist, poet, and the author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic.” Howe is shown as an older woman in a lace dress and veil, and has signed on the mount below the image on the photographer's mount. Photographed in 1902 by J. E. Purdy of Boston, with the photographer's mark in the lower right corner and on the mount.  6 x 8 inches. Block of toning from a prior matting around the center of the mount, else in fine and crisp condition. Read More...

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