Holiday 2023 Catalogue

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11. [de Falla, Manuel. (1876–1946)] Roland-Manuel, Alexis. (1891–1960).
Manuel de Falla

Paris: Cahiers d'Art. 1930. First Edition. Numbered copy (no. 522 out of 990) of the first important French biography of the Spanish composer.  Small quarto.  Original wrappers.  64 pp. plus four pages with plates. Original wrappers wrapped in onionskin paper.  9.75 x 7.5 inches (25 x 19.2 cm).  In excellent condition.

Roland-Manuel studied with Ravel and became a friend of his.  He later taught at the Paris Conservatoire.

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80. [Instrumentalists] Ysaye, Eugene. (1858–1931).
Signed 1910 Hungarian Playbill

Rare early program signed in pencil by the great fiddler. Arad, 18. 2. 1910. 230 x 145 mm. Folded, one 4 cm long tear along crease, generally worn but very attractive nevertheless.

Carl Flesch called him "the most outstanding and individual violinist I have ever heard in my life," and he was the dedicatee of many major works from Debussy, Saint-Saens, Franck, Chausson and others.
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142. [Film & Theatre] Williams, Tennessee. (1911-1983) & Harding, Ann. (1902-1981) & Lansing, Robert. (1928-1994) & Cameron, Donna. (1923-1995) & Ripley, Patricia. (1926-2018) & Meacham, Anne. (1925-2006) & Nanon-Liam. (?-?).
"Garden District" - Signed Program

Signed trifold program from a performance of Garden District, a double-bill of the Tennessee Williams one-acts Suddenly Last Summer and Something Unspoken.  Williams and most of the cast have signed to the cast listing.  In fine condition.  5.5 x 9 inches (14 x 22.9 cm.).

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183. [Literature & Art] [Wilde, Oscar. (1854–1900)] [Morley, Robert. (1908–1992)].
"Oscar Wilde" – Original Playbill from Broadway Production

Original Playbill program from the 1938 Broadway production of Leslie and Sewell Stokes' Oscar Wilde, starring British actor Robert Morley in his Broadway debut.  16 pp.  Moderate wear to spine and edges, else in fine condition.  6.75 x 9.25 inches (17.1 x 23.5 cm.). Read More...
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184. [Literature & Art] [Wilde, Oscar. (1854–1900)] Douglas, Lord Alfred. (1870–1945).
"Oscar Wilde: A Summing Up" - SIGNED

London: Duckworth. 1940. First. Signed copy of Lord Douglas's final book on the Irish playwright and author, inscribed on front free endpaper to cricket broadcaster John Arlott (1914–1991) and dated February 1943.  Inscription is faded but signature remains bold.  Purple cloth in dust jacket. 143 pp. Frontis portrait of Wilde, portrait of Lord Alfred Douglas, from the drawing by Walter Spindler; facsimile of letter written to Douglas from Wilde in 1897. Foxing throughout, wear and some small tears and edge losses to dust jacket, else fine. Read More...

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182. [Literature & Art] [Wilde, Oscar. (1854–1900)] Douglas, Lord Alfred. (1870–1945).
Green Posy Holder inscribed from Alfred Douglas to Oscar Wilde

A green glass posy holder with the etched inscription "To Oscar Love Bosie" and measuring approximately 1 x 7 cm. Small crack to rear lip of the glass, else fine.  Read More...

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141. [Film & Theatre] Welles, George Orson. (1915–1985) [Noble, Peter.] .
The Fabulous Orson Welles - SIGNED BY WELLES

London: Hutchinson. 1956. First. Hardcover, boldly signed "For Paul / all best wishes / Orson Welles" to the title page by the American film director, writer, actor and producer widely acknowledged as one of the most accomplished dramatic artists of the 20th century.  276  pages.  8vo (9½'' x 6¼").  Hardcover in bright red boards with illustrated dj. Tears and small losses around edges of jacket, else fine.  Read More...

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47. [Holiday Greetings] Webb, Clifton. (1889–1966).
Autograph Season's Greetings card to Luigi Lucioni

Card with lettering, "Season's Greetings / Clifton Webb," printed in red in facsimile of the American actor/dancer/singer's handwriting, with autograph additions in red ink, "Luigress [sic] – How are you Best to your and your sisters." "Luigress" refers to Italian-American painter Luigi Lucioni (1900–1988). Bifolium; inside blank.  Oblong format, 4 x 5 inches (10 x 12.5 cm).  In fine condition. Read More...

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46. [Holiday Greetings] Waters, Ethel. (1896–1977) [Lucioni, Luigi. (1900–1988)] .
Printed Christmas card, probably to Luigi Lucioni

Printed Christmas card, created by (or for?) the great American jazz and blues singer and actress on a typewriter and probably sent to the Italian-American painter.  Bifolium. Unsigned, undated.  Oblong format, 4 x 6 inches (10 x 12.5 cm).  In fine condition. Read More...

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95. [Opera] Warren, Leonard. (1911-1960).
Signed Photograph

Signed doubleweight photograph of the great American baritone, who has sharply inscribed "Sincerely, / Leonard Warren" in black ink.  An excellent unpersonalized example of his signature.  Light surface cracks, else in fine condition.  5 x 7.25 inches (12.7 x 18.4 cm.).

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181. [Literature & Art] Walker, Kara. (b. 1969).
Freedom, A Fable: A Curious Interpretation of the Wit of a Negress in Troubled Times.

New York: The Peter Norton Family Christmas Project. 1997. Bound pop-up book, with offset lithographs and five laser-cut, pop-up silhouettes on wove paper, 1997. 238x213 mm; 9 3/8x8 3/8 inches, full red leather binding as issued. Edition of 4000. For many years, the Peter Norton family commissioned an art edition to celebrate the holidays. This book was privately published and gifted to friends. Another copy of this book is in the collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Read More...

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180. [Literature & Art] [Voltaire. (1694-1778)] [Huber, Jean. (1721-1786)] Holloway, Thomas. (1748-1827).
"Voltaire after Hubert" – Original Etching

Original etching by English painter and engraver Thomas Holloway, ca. 1791, who created these thirty-three head portraits of the French philosopher after illustrations by Swiss painter Jean Huber for Johann Caspar Lavater's Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind, London, Bensley, 1789-98.  Toning and scattered foxing, irregularly trimmed, overall in fine condition.  7.5 x 9.25 inches (19 x 23.5 cm.). Read More...

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94. [Opera] Verdi, Giuseppe. (1813–1901).
Carte de Visite Photograph

Original CH Reutlinger of Paris CDV photograph of the great opera composer.  Notations to verso, else fine.  2.5 x 4 inches (6.4 x 10.7 cm).

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34. Varèse, Edgard. (1883–1965).
"Offrandes" - Inscribed Full Score to a Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Engineer

New York: Ricordi. 1960 (date of "New Copyright'). Offrandes for soprano and chamber orchestra. Full score. 8vo. 10.5 x 7 inches (26.7 x 17.5 cm). 31 pp. [PN] NY 2074. Inscribed by the composer on the title to Peter Smith, then an engineering student working at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center, who had assisted Varèse with some of his early pioneering efforts in electronic music: "au Herr Prof. Peter Smith cordial souvenir Edgard Varèse."  In original gray wrappers, slightly worn and with small stains. Miniscule pinprick through head of upper wrapper and first pages, else in very fine condition throughout. Read More...

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179. [Literature & Art] [Toy].
Two-Face Pipsqueak Toy

Pipsqueak toy of plaster, fabric and string, decorated with two faces, American, late-19th century.  2.25 x 2 inches (5.7 x 5 cm.). Fabric torn, else fine.

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195. [History & Culture] [The Golden Rule] Redpath, Ian. (?–?).
Autograph Inscription by an Unknown Hand!

Leaf mounted on other leaf, with text in English, "The Golden Rule (as rendered by the Anglo-Saxon Race) / If thine enemy smite thee on thy rigth [sic] cheek, return it on the left cheek and on the other also. / Ian [?] Redpath."  7.75 x 5 inches (18.5 x 12.5 cm).  Small stains along edges, else in very good condition. 

The handwriting and paper suggest that the text was written no later than the mid-20th century.

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45. [Holiday Greetings] Taylor, Deems. (1885–1966) [Lucioni, Luigi. (1900–1988)] .
Printed Christmas card, probably to Luigi Lucioni

Folding Christmas card, custom-made for the American composer and critic, with embossed-relief Nativity scene mounted to blue first page and printed text, "Christmas greetings and best wishes for the new year / Deems Taylor" to recto of second leaf.  Probably sent to Italian-American painter Luigi Lucioni.  No date.  Oblong format, 5.25 x 7.25 inches (13 x 18.3 cm).  In fine condition. Read More...

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140. [Film & Theatre] Swanson, Gloria. (1899–1983).
"3 for Bedroom C" – Signed Promotional Photograph

Signed oblong still from the 1952 comedy distributed by Warner Bros., depicting the American actress in the sleeping car of a train alongside James Warren and Ernest Anderson. 10.25 x 8 inches (26 x 20 cm). In good condition. Beginning with Sunset Boulevard (1950), Swanson was repeatedly cast in the role of an aging movie star, as is the case here.  Read More...

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32. Stravinsky, Igor. (1882–1971) [Fenn, Gene. (1911 - 2001).
Original Photograph with Orpheus Score

Exceptional large format original Gene Fenn sepia photograph of the composer, who is shown inspecting the printed score of his ballet Orpheus (Boosey & Hawkes, 1947).  14 x 11 inches (35.3 x 27.9 cm).  Wear and small losses along the right edge and lower right corner, a couple of light surface cracks, otherwise in fine condition. The photographer's imprint in the negative just barely visible lower right (cropped, as printed).  Read More...

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33. [Stravinsky, Igor. (1882–1971)].
Wooden Tea Table from the Stravinsky Collection

Wooden tea table owned by the Stravinsky family, ca. late 18th/early19th c., likely acquired in California ca. 1940, where it was very much a part of daily life.  Stravinsky and his wife Vera used this table for their afternoon tea and patience games, as well as evening drinks.  Smoking accompanied all of these activities, and the cigarette burns scattered across the surface of the table were deliberately preserved when the table was refinished in 2009.  40 inches in diameter plus two nesting extension leaves. Together with a digital image of the composer shown working at the table and a signed letter of provenance. Read More...


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