AQS, signed "Mark Twain," in full: "Don't hurry, + don't worry. Truly Yours / Mark Twain. June 17, 1901." Together with a tinted postcard photograph. Fine. Approximately 8 x 14 cm.
A thought provoking offering from the revered author of such classics as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.
Portrait photograph boldly and clearly signed on the image, "Mark Twain", 6 July 1907. The photograph is a marvelous head and shoulders image of the famed American author by Ernest H. Mills of Hampstead, 5.5" x 7.75" (visible portion), set in a mount bearing printed inscription "Mark Twain From his Brother Savages July 6th [19]07" surrounded by printed signatures of more than 200 members of the Savage Club, 11" x 14". Both the image and the mount are in lamentable condition, with significant silvering to corners of image extending inward, moderate browning, with substantial tears and wear to mount. Still, only one of these has ever been seen at auction (Christie's London in 2008) until this one emerged, and as it holds such prominence in Twain's estimation, it remains an exceedingly rare and desirable photograph with outstanding association. It has been attractively and archivally matted and floated in a museum frame under UV glass. Read More...
Autograph letter from the British author, poet and translator, better known as the intimate friend and lover of the writer Oscar Wilde. 1 page, signed "yours sincerely, Alfred Douglas" on the verso. N.p., n.d.. "I don't know exactly what you want but I have copied out this sonnet of mine for you. It originally appeared in 1941 in the Daily Mail, and an autograph copy of it was sold at the ---- sale for L 9.00, + another copy for L 15 at the Bazaar in aid of Yugoslavia." The sonnet, alas, is not included, but the letter is in very fine condition.
A highly desirable scarce autograph musical quote, by the American composer who at the turn of the 20th century was American’s best-known both at home and abroad. Five measures of his "Soubrette" in brown ink on a 2.25 x 6.5 mounted paper. Unsigned, but removed from an album in which it was identified as having been in his hand and consistent with comparable examples of his musical penmanship. Read More...
An unusual 1940 commemorative First Day of Issue envelope, bearing the US 5-cent stamp honoring the American composer who at the turn of the 20th century was American’s best-known both at home and abroad. Signed by his wife, Marian MacDowell ("Mrs. Edward MacDowell"). Together with two programs: a small May 13, 1940 program, from MacDowell Day, with photographs of both Marion and Edward and a description of the MacDowell Colony; a 1915 Smith College "Piano Recital of MacDowell Music" performed by Marian MacDowell. 1915 program with several tears, otherwise in fine condition.
A very scarce and unusual Vienna concert program (large single sheet flyer, ca. 9.5 x 12 inch), January 27, 1901. Gustav Mahler conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in a performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. The soloists for the historic program were Elize Elizza, Lotte Kusmitsch, Franz Naval and Moritz Frauschner. In very fine condition, with a central fold. Read More...
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel. [1848]. PN 774. 177pp. First edition of the full score of Mendelssohn's masterpiece, in a splendid half-leather and marble binding. Fine and rare. Read More...
Full-page lengthy AMQS from the Fifth Symphony of of the American composer and teacher, longtime head of the Juilliard School, composer of nine symphonies, several concertos, and numerous works for wind band, chorus, and other ensembles. His students included Jacob Druckman, Richard Danielpour, Karl Korte, Charles L. Bestor, Jack Behrens, and Claire Polin. Read More...
Early signed 8 x10 inch doubleweight photograph of the celebrated American actress of stage and film musicals, well known for her powerful voice, often hailed by critics as "The Grande Dame of the Broadway stage."
Autograph letter. 1 page with integral address leaf. In French, penned in black ink, about changing the time for a rendezvous. Undated, but between 1833 and 1837, as per address of Dumas. Mounting traces on the reverse, and the remnant of the white wax seal at the top left. A rare memento linking two of the towering figures of the19th century. Read More...
Nice concert programme image of the great violinist with a clear autograph signature below the image. 17 x 23 cm. Mounted to a hard backing, in a very nice state.
Milstein was one of the most acclaimed of all 20th century violinists and Harold Schonberg, in his obituary of Milstein published in The New York Times, wrote that he was “probably the most nearly perfect violinist of his age.”
Vintage 1969 press photograph of one of the most innovative of all jazz musicians who was a virtuoso bassist and composer and worked as a sideman with Louis Armstrong, Lionel Hampoton and Red Norvo. He was also a passionate campaigner for civil rights. A few marks in the borders, else fine.
Bold autograph signature on a white card from of one of the most innovative of all jazz musicians who was a virtuoso bassist and composer and worked as a sideman with Louis Armstrong, Lionel Hampoton and Red Norvo. He was also a passionate campaigner for civil rights.
Small photograph mounted on a 3 x 5 inch card and sold together with a recent 8 x 10 inch photograph.
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177. [Miniature Book] . Le Conseiller des Graces Dédié aux Dames. Année 1817.
Paris: Marcilly. 1816. 24 x 17mm. 7 full-page engraved illustrations (final page blank, but without the advertisement called for in Spielmann). Contemporary red morocco gilt, covers with central flower motif stamped in gilt, gilt edges. Grand-Carteret no.1793; Spielmann 102: "Tiny almanac. The little songs deal with women, dress and love. The plates show young ladies dressing before a mirror, playing the harp, etc."; Welsh 2009. Hougton 339. Not in Bondy.
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Autograph letter. 4 pages. Beverly Hills, 16. IV. 1951. On the composer's printed letterhead. Addressed to Alfredo Colombo, managing director of the Ricordi publishing house. "Giunto a New York s'è fatta la prima trasmisione radiofonica dei dischi dell'Amore dei tre re ... Sembra che quei dischi abbiano successo, anche se i tempi sono troppo mossi dal principio alla fine (questo però sia detto solo fra noi!)." Taking a somewhat whistful tone, he continues: "Tutte le mie opere, come Lei immagina, mi stanno sul cuore ... Io non sono mai stato un visionario, e non sono mai stato assessionato come in questo periodo nei riguardi della mia Arte; nel senso che io so quello che vale, es so che fu maltrattata ad un massimo." He asks Colombo for a score of his opera "Héllera" to give to soprano Renata Tebaldi, whose interpretation is "un cento per cento di quello che occorre." Montemezzi characterizes the works promoted at that time by Ricordi and inquires about soprano Maria Caniglia. Read More...
A fine signed image of the GREAT Austrian violinist, shown with her famous Strad. Boldly signed above her photograph on the cover of a 1946 Carnegie Hall recital program. Program complete and in very fine condition, 19.6 x 26 cm. Read More...
London: Printed for D. Henry by John Nichols. December, 1791. First edition. The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle. For December, 1791. Being the Sixth Number of Vol. LXI. Part II. 194 [1073 - 1168] pp. Disbound, from a larger volume with traces of leather and string along spine, moderate water stain at upper left through much of the volume but scarcely visible by the point in the volume containing Mozart's obituary. Read More...
New York and Stockbridge: Thornwillow Press. 1991. Zaslaw, Neal. W. A. Mozart: Portfolio of a Genius. Facsimiles of letters, musical manuscripts, art, artifacts, documents, & ephemera gathered from museum and private archives. Facsimiles laid into 23 printed folio description sheets. Title-page, introduction, list of subscribers, and table of contents laid in at front. Folio, contents loose as issued in publisher's green cloth clamshell box lined in padded cloth, scuffs and soil marks.
Uniface bronze portrait medal showing a half-length portrait of the composer in relief. By the renowned medalist Anton Scharff, Vienna 1896. 5.5 cm in diameter, very fine. W.R. von Wurzbach-Tannenberg, Medaillen-Sammlung, ii 6420 (Hamburg, 1978) Read More...