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Collection of 20 photographic images by the great French photographer Lucien Clergue (b. 1934) all from his earlier, very powerful abstract and creative period - all large format, with titles and sizes, condition as per the following, including: Champ de 20 Seane, 1964 19.5" x 24" Silver gelatin ferrotyped print. Signed, titled, dated, variously numbered in ink. Arles-sur-Rhone Studio and reproduction limitation credit stamps on verso. Printed on Elese Lumiere paper by the artist; crimps in corners, silver mirroring of darks, very good, edgewear matted out; Etang de Vaccares, Camargue, 1963 edition 8 of 20. 24" x 19.5" Silver gelatin ferrotyped print. Signed, titled, dated, variously numbered in ink. Arles-sur-Rhone Studio and reproduction limitation credit stamps on verso. Printed on Elese Lumiere paper by the artist, 3" tear along mid right size (matted out); Etude de Nu, 1964 23.5" x 17.5" Silver gelatin ferrotyped print. Signed, titled, dated, variously numbered in ink. Arles-sur-Rhone Studio and reproduction limitation credit stamps on verso. Printed on Elese Lumiere paper by the artist, scattered indents and creasing, couple of 1" tears along edge, approx. 12 pinpoint indents lower left, archival repair on back; Le Mais d'Arles 1960, Silver gelatin ferrotyped print. Signed, titled, dated, variously numbered in ink. Arles-sur-Rhone Studio and reproduction limitation credit stamps on verso. Printed on Elese Lumiere paper by the artist, lower corners crimping, left edge bumped, short (1/8") edgetear; Le Marais d'Arles 1962 19.5" x 23.5" Silver gelatin ferrotyped print. Signed, titled, dated, variously numbered in ink. Arles-sur-Rhone Studio and reproduction limitation credit stamps on verso. Edition No. 15 of 20, Printed on Elese Lumiere paper by the artist, some crimping along edges, matted out; Nu de la Mer 1964 23.5" x 19.5" Silver gelatin ferrotyped print. Signed, titled, dated, variously numbered in ink. Arles-sur-Rhone Studio and reproduction limitation credit stamps on verso. Edition No. 5 of 20. Printed on Elese Lumiere paper by the artist, lower right corner chipped away, some edge-crimping; Nu De La mer 1964 Silver gelatin ferrotyped print. Signed, titled, dated, variously numbered in ink. Arles-sur-Rhone Studio and reproduction limitation credit stamps on verso. Edition No. 3 of 20 Printed on Elese Lumiere paper by the artist, some crimping along edges, corners, lower left corner scraped; Plages de Camargue 1964 24"x 18" Silver gelatin ferrotyped print. Signed, titled, dated, variously numbered in ink. Arles-sur-Rhone Studio and reproduction limitation credit stamps on verso. Edition No. 3 of 20, Printed on Elese Lumiere paper by the artist, some light edgewear, crimping; Poisson Mort Camargue 1958 Silver gelatin ferrotyped print. Signed, titled, dated, variously numbered in ink. Arles-sur-Rhone Studio and reproduction limitation credit stamps on verso. Edition No. 7 of 20, Printed on Elese Lumiere paper by the artist, some crimping along left side, top edge with some fading; Salines 1964 24" x 19.5" Silver gelatin ferrotyped print. Signed, titled, dated, variously numbered in ink. Arles-sur-Rhone Studio and reproduction limitation credit stamps on verso. Edition No. 5 of 20, Printed on Elese Lumiere paper by the artist, 1/2" tear center top edge, scattered indenting, some archival taping on back, still very good and presentable in the matte surround; Salines 1964 24" x 18.5" Silver gelatin ferrotyped print. Signed, titled, dated, variously numbered in ink. Arles-sur-Rhone Studio and reproduction limitation credit stamps on verso. Printed on Elese Lumiere paper by the artist, some crimping along edges, archival taping on back, tiny chip of emulsion upper middle; Salines 1964 24" x 19.5" Silver gelatin ferrotyped print. Signed, titled, dated, variously numbered in ink. Arles-sur-Rhone Studio and reproduction limitation credit stamps on verso. Printed on Elese Lumiere paper by the artist, some edgecrimping at bottom, a few tears lower edge; Salines 1964 19.5" x 23.5" Silver gelatin ferrotyped print. Signed, titled, dated, variously numbered in ink. Arles-sur-Rhone Studio and reproduction limitation credit stamps on verso. Edition No. 2 of 20, Printed on Elese Lumiere paper by the artist, couple of vertical cracks lower corner, some light edgecrimping; Salines 1964 23.5" x 19.5" Silver gelatin ferrotyped print. Signed, titled, dated, variously numbered in ink. Arles-sur-Rhone Studio and reproduction limitation credit stamps on verso. Edition No. 3 of 20 Printed on Elese Lumiere paper by the artist, some edgewear and crimping upper and lower edge; Salines 1964 23.5" x 19.5" Silver gelatin ferrotyped print. Signed, titled, dated, variously numbered in ink. Arles-sur-Rhone Studio and reproduction limitation credit stamps on verso. Edition No. 2 of 20, Printed on Elese Lumiere paper by the artist, couple of crimping lines; Salines 1964 19.5" x 24" Silver gelatin ferrotyped print. Signed, titled, dated, variously numbered in ink. Arles-sur-Rhone Studio and reproduction limitation credit stamps on verso. Edition No. 2 of 20, Printed on Elese Lumiere paper by the artist, small tear lower edge, some crimping; Soleil de Marais 1962 19.5" x 24" Silver gelatin ferrotyped print. Signed, titled, dated, variously numbered in ink. Arles-sur-Rhone Studio and reproduction limitation credit stamps on verso, Edition No. 5 of 20 Printed on Elese Lumiere paper by the artist, edgecrimping, couple of bends; Tores Muertos 24" x 19.5" Silver gelatin ferrotyped print. Signed, titled, dated, variously numbered in ink. Arles-sur-Rhone Studio and reproduction limitation credit stamps on verso. Edition No. 3 of 20, Printed on Elese Lumiere paper by the artist, some indenting lower edge, 1" tear, top and bottom, crimping, some archival tape reinforcement on back; Tores Murtos 19.5" x 24" Silver gelatin ferrotyped print. Signed, titled, dated, variously numbered in ink. Arles-sur-Rhone Studio and reproduction limitation credit stamps on verso. Edition No. 3 of 20, Printed on Elese Lumiere paper by the artist, some crimping along edges, creasing; Vignes Inondees Camargues 1960 Silver gelatin ferrotyped print. Signed, titled, dated, variously numbered in ink. Arles-sur-Rhone Studio and reproduction limitation credit stamps on verso. Edition No. 5 of 20, Printed on Elese Lumiere paper by the artist, some crimping along top edge; all of the photographs have been professionally mounted (via corners only) and uniformly matted, using archival white stock; while the condition of the photographs is noted as above, there are a couple of factors which make this a very desirable collection of Clergue's work: first, to acquire this collection of 20 large, low-limitation original photographs individually would be extremely tedious and costly; second and most importantly, the impeccable provenance: All of these photographs by the artist Lucien Clergue, a recipient of the Légion d'honneur and more recently honored by being the first photographer given a seat in the prestigious French Academy - were part of the collection of American writer James Jones (1921-1977) of "From Here to Eternity" and National Book Award fame, and are directly from that estate.
C. 1958 - 1964 Collection of Lucien Clergue Photographs
(Lucien Clergue)
France:
Price: $110,000.00
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An extremely interesting archive of 35 millimeter, 2 1/2" x 2 1/2", 3 1/2" x 4 1/2" , & glass plate photographic black and white negative images taken in Germany and a few other locales in Europe in the period just after the Second World War; filmed on Perutz and Agfa Isopan film, other films; some items can be dated from internal evidence: 1949, 1950s; The collection extremely rich in photographs of all aspects of the industrial arts, from the creation of models of equipment, machinery at fairs and on sites, demonstrations and personnel; with also images of countryside scenery and portraiture, sporting events: gymnastics, cycling with racing photographs & stadium shots, diving, track, motorcycle race (many) including men's and women's events; livestock, probably at a fair or competition; construction sites; automotive and other factories with personnel, equipment, signage; heavy construction, earthmoving equipment cranes, caterpillar tractors and others; burning buildings; many nautical views of harbors, sailboats, transport shipping, including an early wooden hydroplane; much on bridges, architecture and views of important modernist architecture as well as some classic forms, probably all that was left from the War; folk dancing, nightime shots, stage sets & designs; folk and decorative arts, including closeups; transportation including airports and airplanes; many hundreds of images concerning industrial fairs and technology, including medical, automotive; travel: much interior German travel and also Italy-Rome, with shops, architecture, advertising signage, portraiture, Pellizzari electronics signage, market scenes, sidewalk artists at their work; Deutsche Industrie Messe Hannover 1951 with photographs of the technical equipment displays at that fair; German Industries fair 1952; Neubau Einer Festhalle fur Film Theater und Konzert; Rotaprint booth; Dorfgemeinschafts-haus displays; housewares, stoves, food products; jewelry, Wolfgang Assman storefront, graveyards; office and studio equipment; statues and sculpture, including many of livestock and other animals and insects, plants and other natural history which depict interior organs and come apart and which were apparently used as study and educational devices; a trial or exposition, with uniformed attendees and gallery; signage notifying of Russian Zone, British Zone, military personnel, the "Wall"; construction, cookery, laboratory, other occupational activities; photographs of documents, manuscript and printed including musical notation (Bach); much more in this vast collection; we do not have an identified photographer and perhaps with examination and study this may be determined. Seemingly these photographs were done professionally, from the sheer numbers of them and also because many will have crop marks indicated on the glassine envelopes, which indicates perhaps use in periodicals and journals of the time. We have seen at least several negatives in the group which show a couple of men in a booth in an industrial fair which display books and magazines relating to the items photographed here-we speculate that these may be the result of the photographers' work; some of the film on six-shot strips, others single negatives all in original glassine envelopes; two groups on strips are contained in Leitz albums, with the typewritten label: "Leica-Negative...", which we assume that the contained images were taken with that camera, approximately 4000 negs in the two albums; About 7000 negatives in the 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" format contained in G.O. Belhoff 'sleeve'-drawers which slip into outer cases (one group of these are also in a plain cardstock box); in this size there are an additional 1000 or so negatives that are in a drawer and sequestered into bundles with rubber bands, seemingly divided into categories or types of image by a previous owner; the larger-sized negatives, are also divided this way or in bags, about 3 1/2" x 4 1/2" size number about 500 also in a drawer-box; there are approximately 300 glass plates which have been divided into bundles of roughly 25 each also contained in drawers in the same boxed system; glass plates are standard at 3 1/2" x 4 1/2", also same subjects as above; there is an 'odd' and an enigmatic group of only a few images in a small negative tray: two of which state Dec. 10 1940 Max showing a man in a very well-equipped chemistry or physics laboratory. The envelopes regard a couple of images, seemingly not present, dated 1939 in Germany and in the United States, along with a couple of printed photographs of what appear to be family members; and a group of about 13 smaller format 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" glass plates photographs of deformed people, bones, and some which appear to be 'pictures of pictures'-couple of portraits and a some others; we have made prints of several of the negatives and they reproduce very well, with great and professional detail: Documenting via powerful imagery the fabric of the society and the industrial and cultural rebuilding of Germany after the war, done in a prolific and graphic manner.
Circa 1950s Archive Collection of Approximately Thirteen Thousand Photographic Negatives: Graphically Recording German Industrial Design & Architecture, Travel & Sporting Events, Cultural Activities & Business Development.
(Photography)
Price: $15,000.00
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C. 1933 16mm Film Regarding Alaska: Natural History, Inuit Life and Customs, Fishing, Hunting, Travel & Exploration and Missionary Activities, Community History & More.
(Alaska)
Alaska: No Publisher, 1933.
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Collection of 30 silver-print original photographs of female nudes, seemingly of the same model in various poses and states of undress, many with props - bow & arrows, hand-mirrors, flowers, filmy garments…; each with the Aurora Studio imprint & negative number with the date of 1912 or (mostly) 1913 in the plate; each also with their stamp on back, stating "For Artists Use Permission is given to copy this photo in any medium except photography for use in illustration, designs, mural decorations, etc. The Aurora Studios Boston, Mass." the images are not mounted and are printed on good quality heavy photographic paper stock; average size 5" x 8" with some having a more slender format, according to the pose in the image; found loose within a small portfolio with plain polished paper-covered boards, cloth spine, original black cloth ribbon ties; some wear and fading to the portfolio, previous owner pencil name on endpaper; all images clear, strong with good light and contrast, very professional and in very good condition; a very good group of this genre, especially interesting as being of one model and within a specific and short time period; documenting the history of photography in erotic art, here presented as 'artistic' studio aids.
1913 Collection of 30 Original Cabinet-Size Photographs from The Aurora Studios, Boston Massachusetts
(Aurora Studios)
Boston, Massachusetts: The Aurora Studios, 1913.
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The collection includes over 150 dated and signed letters written to (and a few items from) Dr. Lucinda DeLeftwich Templin (1888-1969) author, historian & collector, "...one of El Paso's best-loved and most distinguished educators - in 1916 she took her undergraduate and Master's at U. of Missouri and became Dean of Lindenwood College in St. Charles, MO., did doctoral work at Harvard and Columbia and took over as principal at the Radford School in 1927 (at the time, called El Paso School for Girls); Dr. Templin interested Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Radford of Webster Grove, Mo., in the school and the Radfords paid off the mortgage, provided an endowment fund that insured the institution's stability and the name of the school was changed in honor of these benefactors. During Dr. Templin's administration, Radford School grew to a nationally accredited school for girls in the Southwest and when she retired in 1967, the 22-acre campus had more than $1,000,000 in physical improvements and was debt-free. Dr. Templin had also completed plans for construction of a $400,000 library and museum on property owned by the school; she was a member of the nation's leading educational organizations and honorary societies, named consistently to Who's Who in America and Who's Who in American Education; author of numerous publications, most of which were concerned with the field of education. (The above material from her obituary); This wide-ranging, diverse collection has three intertwining themes - letters concerning Dr. Templin's ongoing interest in education and educational materials for her school, letters which relate to the business and academic part of Radford and letters of reference for applicants and correspondence which relates to the creation of her War Museum, where she collected military autographs, uniforms, photographs, paraphernalia, weapons from around the world. A sampling of what is found here, chronological order: 1921 Dr. James G. Kiernan, writing about some autographs he was sending to Templin - he was famous for the earliest-known use of the word heterosexual in the United States; 1921 Ellen Shaw Barlow writing in relation to the national Committee on Prisons and Prison Labor, requesting Templin's presence for a meeting of the Committee on the Care and Training of Delinquent Women and Girls; 1926 Roy Franklin Nichols (1896-1973) American historian and a Pulitzer Prize winner, writing regarding one of Templins' publications; 1928 Breckinridge Long (1881 - 1958) diplomat and politician served in the administrations of Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, on Democratic National Committee letterhead - regarding a portrait of Rev. John Breckinridge (his great-grandfather) Templin was sending in appreciation of his "…defense of Religious Freedom…"; Federico de Onis Sánchez (1885 - 1966 ) Spanish writer and literary critic, taught Spanish literature at Columbia University in New York concerning a recommendation of one of his students for a position at Radford ; educator John L. Bergstresser; Jessie H. Humphries Associate Dean Texas Womens University; Butler Ames (1871-1954) American politician, engineer, soldier and businessman; Richard Fenner Burges (1873-1945) Texas legislator and conservationist; Alice Mildred Burgess; William Blair Roberts (1881-1964) Episcopal Suffragan Bishop South Dakota; Katharine Denworth, president of Bradford Academy, regarding an article on sororities in colleges; N. Floyd Templin of the Ohio House of Representatives writing on Templin family genealogical matters; John G. Barry, consulting mining geologist and engineer of El Paso, regarding an educational alliance between the Radford School and the Texas College of Mines; Arthur L Burroughs, publisher, writing about the subject of grammar in education; Harriet M. Chase of the National Education Assoc.; Jack Braveheart, regarding a talk on the American Indian; Ivan Lee Holt, Methodist bishop of St. Louis; Cornelia McKinne Stanwood of the Sarah Dix Hamlin School San Francisco; Joseph Dorfman, economic historian at Columbia Univ., asking Templin about her studies with Thorstein Veblen; an interesting 2-page letter from Dr. J. Travis Bennett of El Paso, regarding the setting-out of a chart for the physical examination and reportage on condition of applicants to Radford, with suggestions; Bertha Baur (1858-1940) directed the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music; A.F. Kuhlman, Assoc. Dir., University of Chicago, regarding research work on childrens' reading habits, information; Dr. William S. Gray (1885-1960) American educator and literacy advocate, also of U. of Chicago on the same subject; Sallie Caldwell, Teachers College Columbia University, regarding early learning & English curriculum materials; Mrs. Florence F. Osgood of the Neshobe camp for girls in Vermont requesting an alliance with Radford School; U.S. Army major (later colonel) Livingston Watrous; Colonel D.C. Pearson, New Mexico Military Institute; Ruth Elliott of Wellesley College; Chris P. Fox sheriff El Paso, regarding falling down on the job for police protection near the school; Brent N. Rickard American Smelting & Refining Works; Louise Traxell Greeley, Dean of Women at U. of Wisconsin Madison; Lieutenant Colonel Joseph P. Aleshire Fort Bliss Texas; Mrs. L.J. Calvocoressi, Chairman of the Women's Auxiliary of the Greek War Relief Assoc.; Lt. Col. (later major-general) Ray. T. Maddocks; , Robert E. McKee, Sr. (1889-1964), major U.S. contractor, engineer, builder; Columbia Broadcasting System program press information director George Crandall; Colonel (later Brig. General) Charles G. Sage; Elmer Davis (1890 1958) news reporter, author, the Director of the United States Office of War Information during World War II and a Peabody Award recipient; William McChesney Martin, Jr. (1906-1998) ninth and longest-serving Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve, serving from April 2, 1951 to January 31, 1970 under five Presidents; Bernard Hoffman (1913 - 1979) American LIFE magazine photographer and documentary photographer, first American photographer on the ground at Hiroshima and Nagasaki after the atomic bomb was dropped in 1945; Alfred E. Stearns, Chairman Overseas Schools Committee; Colonel Hugh J. Deeney, Chief of the Adjutant General Division; Col Harold R. Turner, first commander of White Sands Missile Proving Ground; Guy Sylvestre (Jean-Guy Sylvestre), OC, FRSC (1918 -2010) Canadian literary critic, librarian and civil servant; Rear Admiral Barry Kennedy Atkins (1911 -2005) officer of the United States Navy best known for his achievements as a destroyer captain in World War II; R. Burdell Bixby, prominent Republican of NY State; Robert W. Hamilton, justice of the Texas Supreme Court, regarding a Radford school girl reference; Colombian world federalist Santiago Gutiérrez; M.S. Sundaram Head of Education, Indian embassy; Raymond L. Telles, Jr. (b. 1915) was the first Mexican-American Mayor of a major American city, El Paso, Texas (3 letters); Ángela Acuña de Chacón, Chilean who served as commissioner 1960-1972 on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights; William G. Stark, Consul General of Canada; Rene Mascarenas Miranda, Municipal President (mayor) of Juarez; Gordon Llewellyn Allott (1907-1989) Republican politician; Mrs. William Barclay Parsons, president of the National Council of Women of the United States; John Koehler Gerhart (1907 - 1981) United States Air Force four star general; J. T. Rutherford (1921 - 2006) United States Representative from Texas; R. G. Follis, Chairman of Board. Standard Oil Company of California; Robert John Morris (1914-1996) President of the University of Dallas, American anti-Communist activist (2 notes); Karl Robin Bendetsen (1907 -1989 remembered primarily for his role as architect of the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II; Elmer Ellis (1901 - 1989) American educator and fourteenth president of the University of Missouri; historian C.L. Sonnichsen; Marshall S. Carter, Deputy Director of Central Intelligence (CIA); Millicent C. McIntosh 1898-2001, fourth dean of Barnard College (1947-1952) and the College's first president - this is the last letter, dated 1962 and in it, Dr. Templin is asking for McIntosh to help with providing a successor to the headship at Radford - Templin was soon to retire and died relatively soon afterwards. Some of the letters and notes are very short, with limited content; others more voluminous.Additional materials include: letters to another Templin family member from Scott Wike Lucas (1892 - 1968) two-term Democratic United States Senator (1939-1951) from Illinois and Joel Bennett Clark (1890 -1954), better known as Bennett Champ Clark, Democratic United States Senator from Missouri from 1933 until 1945, later a United States federal judge; and a few other letters; an undated letter to Templin from pianist Ola Gulledge; a two -page undated letter on The American School Foundation Mexico letterhead; a few letters from Frank S. Ross, Major Gen. U.S. Army regarding the Templin War Museum project; a clipped signature of Alvan Tufts Fuller (1878 -1958) and one of John Kieran; and a unidentified sepia-tone matte-finish photograph circa 1920s that may be Dr. Templin or perhaps a friend; a few of the items with the original mailing envelopes; many letters with old adhesive residue from being mounted at some time, some with old tape marks in the corners, some of the items trimmed as if to accommodate in a smaller frame or album (not here); old fold lines, ageing; some with corner-attrition due to being removed; in overall good to very good condition and an interesting group of material encompassing the rich educational, business and personal life of this well-known Texas woman educator, whose contacts spanned the United States and the world.
1921 - 1962 Collection of Correspondence of El Paso Texas Educator & Author Dr. Lucinda De Leftwich Templin, Including Material Concerning Her War Museum and the Establishment of Radford School for Girls
(20th Century Womens Education History)
El Paso Texas: Not Published, 1921.
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12 Volumes + 1 Volume Supplement; of this British botanical reference; each volume with an Index to Latin Names, Index to English Names; followed by a plate section: hand colored; each plate with several figures delineating leaves, root systems, stems, blossoms, seeds, of plants; collation: Vol. I. viii + 235 pages + plates 1-161 including one double-page; Vol. II. 246 pages + plates numbered 162-322 including one double-page (with plates 174, 243, 250, 270 bis [indicating an additional plate depicting a different part of this plant]); Vol. III. 273 pages + plates numbered 323 - 490 (473 bis, 474 Rosa Canina bound in the place of 467, the Micranthum plate, which is lacking; Rosa Canina repeated at its appropriate place); Vol. IV. 265 pages + 1 leaf errata + plates 491 - 679, two double-page, (635, 648, 649, 662 bis); Vol. V. 219 pages + plates 680 - 860, four double-page, (692, 704 bis); Vol. VI. 213 pages + plates 861-1018 (908, 910 bis); Vol. VII. 194 pages + plates 1019-1177 (1125 bis); Vol. VIII 296 pgs. + 1 errata + plates 1178-1384, four double-page, (1354 bis); Vol. IX. 239 pages + plates 1385-1545, three double-page; Vol. X. 183 pages + plates 1546-1685; Vol. XI. 216 pages + 1 errata + plates 1686-1824; Vol. XII. 332 pages + plates 1825 -1922 (1826 bis); Vol. XIII (Supplement) edited by N.E. Brown of the Royal Herbarium, Kew: viii + 1 errata + viii Additions & Corrections + 213 pages + 14 plates, 2 of which are uncolored; the plates in the Supplement are of various numbers and relate to corrections or additions to the original group of plates; total number of plates 1952; with the bookplate of Maurice Francis Yorke on the front endpaper of each volume; publisher's notation on copyright page gives the dates of the original edition of 1790-1820, through the second, third 1872-1893 and this Special Re-Issue, Roxburgh, 1902, all volumes with the 1902 date; Approximate size of volumes 10" x 7"; uniformly bound in flat-backed 1/4 red leather with red cloth-covered boards, gilt ruled, spines lettered in gilt, top edges gilt; marbled endpapers; plates and text mostly very good, clean and fresh, with good margins, with occasional light spotting or foxing to the plates; some edge, tips wear and rubbing to binding; top of Vol. XII spine chipped; overall, in good plus condition.
English Botany or Coloured Figures of British Plants By J. Sowerby, F.L.S., J.E. Sowerby, and Others Edited By John T. Boswell Syme Complete in 13 Volumes with Supplement
Sowerby, J. & J.E. Sowerby, and Others
London: George Bell & Sons, 1902.
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Three large archival binders housing large scrapbook pages in 11" x 15 3/4" size, about 116 pages; including signed and inscribed pieces, all collected by his friend and physician-companion on the trip, Dr. William S. Schroeder Jr. NYC's Sanitation Commissioner and staunch Walker ally; there are several aspects of this grouping that make it particularly memorable and an important historical compendium: nearly all the people, places and events which were attended by the mayor and his friend are identified; the time is of a limited duration - one month in 1931, a significant period at the beginning of the Depression years, with the growing presence of National Socialism in Germany and concurrent fears and societal upheaval in surrounding countries; the importance of the Mayor of New York elevated his status to the level of a visiting head of state - and the countries he visited lauded and feted him at that level, with the very highest-placed government, scientific and social dignitaries anxious to meet him and cultivate his friendship- of course, the places he stayed and the meals he ate which are recorded in detail here in hotel printed ephemera, wine lists and printed menus and tour itineraries - and were also of the finest quality; Jimmy Walker (1881-1946) had been pressured into resigning the mayoralty as a consequence of the corruption investigation of the Seabury Commission and by then-Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The ex-Mayor then left promptly for this tour of Europe, where far from being disgraced, it is obvious he was feted and honored by the heads of state and society in England, France, Germany, Czechoslovakia and Hungary; including: a large-format professionally taken and mounted photograph of the dapper Mayor, signed and inscribed to Dr. Schroeder below the image by Jimmy Walker; Nord Deutscher Lloyd Bremen steamship ephemera - maps, first class passenger list book; dozens of newspaper clippings relating to the Mayor's departure, return to NYC, the doctor's work with the Sanitary Commission of NY, and all the visits in Europe made by the Mayor and his friend, including such tidbits as Jimmy Walker being awarded the French Legion of Honor, denying losses at the Monte Carlo gaming tables, taking the 'cure' at Carlsbad spa, with various notables of society and politics throughout the Europe tour and more; there is an ongoing correspondence as well, letters and telegrams concerning the doctor's involvement in the Mutual Insurance business and its sale as well as his work with the sanitary commission; there are literally hundreds of items here, carefully tipped-on to the scrapbook leaves and often in layers two and three deep to the page; in addition to the photographs and memorabilia, there are unusual and colorful bon voyage cards and well-wishes and dozens of telegrams from friends and associates to the doctor on his tour; the photographs range from snapshot to large 7" x 9 1/2" size photos, real photo postcards and other formats; A sample photo: A group in Cannes France, identified as "...August 26, 1931 at the Hotel Martinez: James J. Walker, William Schroeder Jr., Henri Prince, Charles Wilson Prop. of the Martinez, William Degrau, David Mairen Roger Davis and a number of the guests of the hotel" or a press photo "Raimbouillet France Mayor James J. Walker of New York Pays a Visit to President Doumer of France..." and " Tomb of Unknown Soldier Budapest Hungary August 23, 1931 with official representatives of the city of Budapest and the Mayor" many photos of the shipboard life and more of the tour; an example of an ephemeral item, a typed list: "Dinner to be given by Sir William Jowitt, Attorney General of England, at the House of Commons, on Monday, 14th September, to meet Mayor Walker. Those invited to dine with Mayor Walker are the following - Lord Reading, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Rt. Hon. Stanley Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill, Rt. Hon. J. H. Thomas, Secretary of State for the Dominions and Colonies, Rt. Hon. Arthur Greenwood, Minister of Health in the late Labour Government, Rt. Hon. Sir John Simon..."; An interesting sidebar to the tour was medical research work of Dr. Schroeder, who had been asked to visit various medical institutions and scientific research facilities in Germany and elsewhere to investigate techniques, especially as related to community hygiene. Letters and telegrams of invitation, signed by German scientists and including itineraries are here present, evidently the doctor's work of some importance; A unique and massive collection and a wonderful evocation and record of the time.
1931 Large-Format Collection of Photographs, Hotel and Steamship Brochures, Telegrams and Souvenir Items from State and Social Dinners, Community Events and More from the European 'Exile' Tour of New York City Jazz Age Mayor James John "Jimmy" Walker
(Jimmy Walker)
1931.
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Oil painting portrays a three-masted sailing ship, one steam stack visible, under way in a rolling sea, with several other ships and what appears to be a lighthouse on a mountainous distant shoreline; "Star Am..." visible on the midmast flying pennant; not signed and pencil note on back indicates "Star Amsterdam by S.H. Fyfe 1875" in a contemporary hand; S(amuel) H. Fyfe: A Glasgow ship portraitist working in the third quarter of the 19th century. the Peabody Museum of Salem has an oil by him of fairly good quality. (from the entry in Archibald, Dictionary of Sea Painters, 1989); extraordinary and fine detail for rigging, expression of the waves and coloration of a gray-green turbulent sea; approximately a twenty crew members and passengers visible on deck; 12" x 19" approximate visible image, not matted; approximately 15" x 21 1/2" framed size; ornate old wood and plaster frame, probably contemporary with the piece; card paper backers; a classic 19th century nautical image; we have not been able to trace this vessel in the records we've accessed; some wear and scraping to the frame, still very solid; one little chip and little rub to the paint top left corner area; unexamined out of the frame; overall, the painting in very good condition, a dramatic image by a known nautical artist of talent.
Circa 1875 Oil on Paper Painting of the Steam Sailing Ship Star Amsterdam By S.H. Fyfe Framed and Glazed
(Nautical Art)
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Album of materials gathered by John Henry Cornell (1828-1894) American musical author, organist and composer, "...a solidly trained composer of church-music, part-songs and songs...an erudite and methodical student of theory, and an able author and translator..." (Grove); educated in New York, England and Germany, in 1866 he traveled once again to Europe, visiting historic sites and his musical peers, collecting photographs, autographic materials and ephemera along the way, that are preserved here; Approximately 100 pages, with items usually tipped-on to one side only; including photographs of composers, usually standard carte-de-visite size, of fellow musicians & others including: 3 Photos (on the same page) of musicians Carl Reinecke (1824 - 1910), Danish composer; Ferdinand David (1810-1873) German virtuoso violinist and composer; Alexander Dreyschock (1818-1869) Czech pianist and composer; trombone virtuoso Moritz Nabich (2, one with his instrument) and others of Madame and Fraulein Nabich; King John of Saxony; Fraulein Suvanny, Soubrette at the Leipzig Theatre; German actress Hedwig Raabe (1844-1905) with a clipped signature - and on the same page, a photo of Franz Buchner, Orchestral Director with a small inscribed card; German painter Peter von Cornelius (1784-1867); a cdv-size photo of A.J. Boekelman musical director from Utrecht with inscribed card; photo of Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor and arranger Károly (Carl) Thern (1817- 1886) with clipped signature; U.S. Consul Dickinson of Indiana (see below, in printed ephemera, for a bit more on this man); photo of Father Skelly, O.S.B. (Kilkenny, Ireland) - and almost 20 additional portrait photographs of (presumed) musical peers and their families, some of these with signed inscriptions (that have so far eluded identification); Also including and laid-into the album loosely or on pages trimmed from the album: Moritz Hauptmann (1792-1868) a small photo and two small clipped notes signed, a few inches square, one tipped-on below the image, another note on a tipped-on card 2" x 3", loose; below the image of Hauptmann is a photo of (Isaac) Ignaz Moscheles (1794-1870); on another sheet, Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819-1885) autograph 7-line note signed, with cdv-size photo with a clipped greeting on card tipped in below the image - another unidentified musician's image above, also with a signed photo & card and on the back of the sheet with the letter, another two images, one with signed card; Johannes Gijsbertus Bastiaans (1812-1875) and a photo of his wife, both inscribed; on a loose sheet, the obituary of Cornell, noting his musical career, marriage, education and travels and that he at one time had taken Roman Catholic religious orders in Baltimore and had died within the Episcopal Church, with selections of his compositions played at the funeral service held at Trinity Chapel in New York City - here are a signed card of W(illiam) R(eed) Huntington of Grace Church (1838-1900) and an autograph of Morgan Dix (1827-1908), both men prominent leaders of the Episcopal Church of the U.S. in the 19th century - Dix was one of the officiants at Cornell's funeral - on the back of this loose sheet is a cabinet card photograph of an image of W.A. Mozart; Printed ephemera including: A 3" x 5" card printed black on pink with humorous musical-themed imagery announcing "Klapperkasten Moscheles-Abend Leipzig d. 12 May 1866 im Schutzenhaus" with a small circular albumen photo image of the composer, at the side a younger cdv-size image of Moscheles and above another printed note accomplished in hand to John Cornell regarding Klapperkasten; a card printed black on blue stock "Soiree musicale von Nabich Posaunen-Virtuos," 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" - old fold line, good cond. (loose) and a "Groot Concert te geven door den heer Moritz Nabich...B. Van der Eijken...J. Hrimaly.." with the program below, in which 2 pieces are by Cornell - approx. 8" x 4", Joh. Enschede en Zonen Haarlem imprint below - on the back of this (loose) sheet are two photographs of architecture, one identified as the "House of W. Vorschuur", and three cdv-size photos: one of Dutch painter W(outerus) Verschuur (1812 -1874) and his son W. Verschuur Jr., also a painter - both signed directly below their portraits on the photos, and one of the performers on the concert program, Czech violinist Jan Hrimaly (1844-1915); a broadside announcement for a "Musikalische Soiree" Im Saale des Hotel de Prusse, with the program printed by Julius Krampe, with 2 Cornell pieces played, 8 1/2" x 5" (one edge with some creasing, wrinkling, still very good); a Soiree Musicale with Moritz Nabich and Mejufvrouw Boekelman and list of works, printed by Van Munster & Zoon, 8" x 5" and with 2 Cornell works played too, with a couple closed edge-tears and creases, good; another loose piece of ephemera 4 1/2" x 3 1/4" a menu-card, dinner-choice text handwritten and the rest printed by Friedrich Daehne and noted below by Cornell as "Bill of fare of our 4th of July Dinner..." - on back is noted "...with U.S. Consul T. Y. Dickinson, Jas. Wilson of Newport, R. I. and others Leipzig"; an announcement of a concert 10" x 7 1/2" "Jena. Montag, den 19. Februar 1866 im Rosensaale Concert des Academ. Gesangvereins..." with the program of music, tipped-on is most of a map published by C.H. Wogan, "The Strangers Guide to Dublin" approx. 6" x 8", one side trimmed close with loss to two of the corner vignettes; also a folding 12" x 15" map of Berlin by Baldwin & Cradock, trimmed close to the neat line all around; a curious advert for a moisturizing, rejuvenating apparatus (not illustrated) clipped from a periodical, for "Regenerators" of Leo Bohlius, a hairdresser in Germany; with some additional newspaper clippings of the time and a few later, also tipped-in or loose; with approximately 150 additional architectural, scenery & art photos from the time, averaging 3" x 3" size, with a few larger images; the photos are of locales in Kilkenny, Quenstown, Ireland; various places in Wales & England; Altenburg, Leipzig, Dresden, Hanover Germany; Brussels Belgium and other places; including a small photo of the Kristallnacht-destroyed synagogue of Leipzig; and another noted as the "Old Opera-House (in Dresden) as I saw it. Burnt down..."; among these are about 10 ethnic European costume photos, in cdv size also; the album approx. 13" x 11" size; the sheets only, no covers; still loosely bound; many pages edge-chipped and the paper quality good; the first page with old discoloration and the "Ireland" scenery photos on that page chipped, torn and worn; as noted above, there are many loose and cut-out pieces - the evidence is within the album of where some of these may originally have been located - all this seems to be done by a very unskilled hand, perhaps a childish effort; some leaves obviously and crudely excised at some time; by and large, the photographs & ephemeral items in good condition; good also to have included here the final materials recording his obituary & death; a very interesting compendium of visual and textual information, especially regarding the Romantic composers of Europe and their association with their American counterpart; we note that one of the loose albume pages contains a group of material regarding the wife of Martin Luther; including a photographic reproduction of an engraving depicting the ruins of the Kloster Nimbschen, by Selbstverlag V. Peters Leipz., approx. 3" x 4" in black and white, identified below as "Ruins of Nimbshcen Convent, of which Katharine Bora was a member."; with an unknown gentleman's carte-de-visite-sized photo-portrait, circa 1860s; with an albumen photograph, also carte size, approx. 2 1/4" x 3" of a portrait identified below, of Katharina von Bora Luther (1499-1552) wife of Martin Luther, the German leader of the Protestant Reformation; and tipped-on is a 1" x 1 3/4" thin beige leather fragment, having evidence of tiny stitching and some threading around 3 edges, of a "Piece of Katharine Bora's slipper" identified in the same handwriting as the above items; "...According to Dr. Stefan Rhein, Director of Luther monuments in the state of Sachsen-Anhalt...Katharine von Bora was Luther's companion and equal partner…the picture of a self-assured, self-confident, liberated woman at the side of her husband. But this most important woman of the Reformation period of the 16th century is relatively unknown, for she lived in the shadow of her powerful husband..." (Erwin Weber, Lutheran Journal 1999); for the future of the Protestant Christian faith, Luther's marriage established the validity of marriage within the clergy as well as focusing attention on the importance of inspirational, strong women in early Protestantism; the items with some ageing, darkening; the old backer paper with some tears, cutouts from paper, probably from a larger sheet; list of items on the page written in a later hand in top left corner; the items in very good condition and an interesting fragment of the life of this important Lutheran woman.
C. 1866 - 1868 Album Formed By American Musical Composer John H. Cornell While Visiting Europe Including Autographs and Photographs of His Musical Associates, Related Ephemeral Material & Travel Photos.
(Music History)
European Origin: Not Published, 1866.
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List of Maps collated complete; all are hand colored; 11 double page maps, approximately 21" x 25" size opened; Locations include all of the town and surrounds of Riverhead, Long Island, listing businesses, fire houses, water facilities, public utilities, Suffolk County Agricultural Society Fair Grounds with Race Track, Peconic River and all the businesses at the riverside in this time: Tower Roller Mill, C. Hallet's Sons Flour Mill & Electric Light Plant, Auxiliary Plant, Carriage Repository, Lumber & Construction businesses, boat & carpenter shops, American Ice Company, Frank H. Hill & Bro. Monument Works, county buildings-court house complex & jail, Long Island House, Banks, Public Library, tailor, jewelry, drug, tobacco & cigarette retailers, horse boarding & livery stables, S. Terry Hudson Agricultural Implement Works, Riverhead Coal Co., Shinnecock Distributing Co., Beer Agents & Soda Water Bottlers, railroads- train & transportation lines; Wm. Sweezy's Ice Ho., Corwin & Vail Lumber, cemeteries, schools, residences, public works, boarding houses-ie. Benjamin House, E. Griswold & Co., Cigar Factory & Wholesale Candy Dealers, F. C. Lane's Ice House, and much more; bound in the original paper wraps, covers soiled and with old fold line; with slight marginal soiling and darkening, a little bit of edgewear to a few; a bit of bowing from old fold; maps are in very good plus condition overall and clean, colors bright, printed on very good paper with good margins.
Riverhead Suffolk County New York Atlas
(Riverhead)
New York: Sanborn Map Company, 1909.
Price: $1,800.00
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Pencil inscribed, signed, dated at the bottom margin of the art of a group of 3 grim U.S. Generals in uniforms; Black and white woodcut in a blocky mode, very well done & inked; apparently given to James "From Here to Eternity" Jones by the artist; image 7 1/2" x 6" approx. size, short margins; tipped on to old cardstock backer, not glued down; with the original Eli Jacobi N.Y. studio stamps on back in very good condition, interesting provenance association with the wartime theme and Jones' intense interest in the subject. Eli Jacobi (1898-1984) Painter, etcher, illustrator, cartoonist, block printer born in Khar'kov, Ukraine Russia died in New York, lived in Greenwich Village until the 1970s thereafter in Far Rockaway, studied at the Art Student League & NAD, member United Am. Artists, WPA contributions especially of compassionate views of the Bowery section of New York City, illustrator for the New York Times, Post, World, the Nation, Saturday Review, more. (WWW in American Art, 1999).
"Brass" Woodcut By Eli Jacobi Pencil Signed, titled and Dated 10/11/51 and Additionally Inscribed "To Fellow Artist James Jones My" By the Artist
(Eli Jacobi)
1951.
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314 pages; signed by the author on the front endpaper; 'with 61 illustrations' including a black and white frontispiece of Earhart and her companions on the "President Roosevelt"; introduction by Marion Perkins; recounting the trans-Atlantic journey of Amelia Mary Earhart, (1897- 1937) American aviator -"...her life served as an inspiration for generations of young girls and women…Earhart's influence on the establishment and growth of the aviation industry during its formative years and beyond was profound, though not without controversy, as she was often accused of shameless publicity stunts and questionable flight proficiency. Nonetheless, she remains a universally recognized symbol of aviation, personal achievement, and women's rights.." (Dorothy S. Cochrane in the ANB); original illustrated dustjacket over blue boards with bright orange lettering, top edge tinted orange; dustjacket tips and edgewear, light edge-chipping, some fading to the orange background on spine and front, still very good and dramatic; boards and text clean and in very good condition as is signature; in this case, Grosset evidently using the original Putnam plates and design, with the Knickerbocker Press slug still on the copyright page; the title states that this edition was "Published by Arrangement with G.P. Putnam's Sons."
20 Hrs. 40 Min. Our Flight in the Friendship The American Girl, First Across the Atlantic By Air, Tells Her Story
Earhart, Amelia
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1928.
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6 Volumes of the town records & early documents concerning this New York State community on the east end of Long Island; "...transcribed with Notes and an Introduction by Wm. S. Pelletreau, and compiled by the undersigned Committee, chosen at Town Meeting, April 1st, 1873, and published at the expense of the Town, by its authority. Henry P. Hedges, Wm. S. Pelletreau, Edward H. Foster."; this is the set presented by the Town to Foster for his services rendered and in tribute to his efforts (see binding details for more on this) E. H. Foster was Clerk of Town of Southampton, N.Y. and his 'Certification' of the Resolution to print the documents acts as preface to the book proper; Volume I with xi + 177 pages, with a frontispiece woodcut illustration of The Old Pelletreau House; main text is followed by a half-title page "Patent of the Town of Southampton. Published by Authority of the Town. Sag-Harbor Printed at the Corrector Office. 1835." 12 pages, which appears to be one of the original printings, as it is letterpress and on differing paper-stock to the rest of the text (we speculate the Town still had copies available for insertion) + "Centennial Celebration at Southampton, Long Island, N.Y. July 4th, 1876. Historical Address by William S. Pelletreau. Express Print Sag Harbor, L.I. 1876" 26 pages + "A Centennial and Historical Address, Delivered at Bridgehampton, L.I. by Hon. Henry. P. Hedges, July 4th, 1876. Sag Harbor; John H. Hunt, Printer 1876" 24 pages + a iv- page "A Record of the Soldiers and Sailors, Who served in the war of the Rebellion, buried, born in, or enlisted from Bridge-Hampton, (being Election District No. 2,) Town of Southampton, Suffolk Co., N.Y." with an important genealogical and Civil War-related historical note in Foster's hand indicating "Names marked # properly belong in Southampton village; election district No. 3, as they enlisted there, most of them were born there." this volume with a useful name index at front and a couple more woodcuts of local historical homes in the text; Vol. II xi + 364 pages + x page index + (1) page "Special Index of Highways" at back, facsimiles with signatures of town worthies at front, one leaf with closed tear; Vol. III viii + 411 + xix index, endpapers detached, one leaf at preface noting "Explanation of Map" split, present (no map here - we note that the early 20th century reprint of this volume does not contain a map or this explanatory page); Vol. IV vi + 335 pages + (16) pages set in columns "List of Soldiers and Sailors...engaged in the military and naval service...in the War of the Rebellion, from the Town of Southampton..." with alphabetically-organized names, age, regiment or vessel, when ent. service, term of enlistment, first rank, promoted rank, remarks (deaths & location of same, re-enlistments, 'colored' soldiers, transfers) with laid-in mimeograph of hymn, '...sung at the unveiling of the rock at Conscience Point (landing spot of the original settlers) June 1910..." - the title page of this Vol. also notes "...with Other Ancient Documents of Historic Value."; Vol. V xxii + a very useful ix pg. alphabetical "Index of Deeds" + 304 pgs + several folding plates of facsimile documents, maps & 7 pages of explanatory text in this Appendix - laid in is sheet of notes regarding land transfers & sales of historic interest, in Foster's hand & on his letterhead notepaper; Vol. VI (7) + 313 pages + 3 folding maps at back, this vol. having "...additional unrecorded deeds with Indexes of names and localities..."; all this group of volumes, I -VI, with much on the early history of this town, via primary sources including deeds, town records, land transfers and proclamations, military records and the formation of regiments, abstracts of documents, much more; selling arms to the Indians, first settlers, courts, union with Connecticut, East Hampton deed, Indian deed, prison built, Shinnecock Indian information, commercial and farming details, wolves, negros, town plots, more; names of Barnes, Dayton, Davis, Foster, Griffin, Howell, Jagger, Ludlam, Mulford, Needham, Pierson, Payne, Rose, Rogers, Sayre, Terry, Winthrop, Wood, more; the series goes to 1913 as the published date for Volume VI; Volumes I-III bound in full leather, nicely composed of two colors & grains, with red leather cover labels noting "Presented to E.H. Foster by the town of Southampton, N.Y." in gilt lettering, spines with gilt ornaments and red & black title labels, these three with spines darkening, drying, some chipping to edges, spine ends, some foxing to pages in these earlier volumes, still good; Vols. IV-V-VI bound in the publisher's dark reddish-brown or dark brown cloth, gilt spine titles, also with some wear, rubbing, spine ends chipped, and also in good condition; a couple of these with endpapers loose; all six volumes with the bookplate of Foster H. Corwith and first five with the inscription stating that the books were presented to E.H. Foster by the publisher as well; overall, good condition and excellent source material for early Long Island history on the east end, and especially good for being one of the compilers' copies of the set.
The First Book of Records of the Town of Southampton with Other Ancient Documents of Historic Value, Including All the Writings of the Town Clerk's Office from 1639 to 1669; Transcribed with Notes and an Introduction...(with) Volumes II - VI
Hedges, Henry P., Wm. S. Pelletreau and Edward H. Foster (compilers)
Sag Harbor, New York: John H. Hunt, Book and Job Printer, 1874.
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. xviii + 265 pages; humorously inscribed and signed on the half-title page by Truman Capote, "For the (underlined) Miss Jones with good wishes from an admirer of beauty and mystery The (underlined) Mr. Capote"; accomplished in Capote's half-printed half-script hand, penned in blue ink; the story behind the commentary is that the young Kaylie Jones, author and daughter of James Jones (of 'From Here to Eternity' fame) was in the famous Hamptons watering hole Bobby Van's and Capote was at the bar - she went up to him, reminded him who she was - and said she was reading (this) his current book - Capote kindly responded with his inscription; additionally ownership-signed by the Kaylie Jones on the front endpaper; inscription not dated, circa early 1980s before Capote's death in 1984, with very good provenance - directly from the recipient; a paperback with some wear and rubbing; darkening of pages, as usual for the paper; in good condition; a nice assocation between the aspiring young author and the experienced and witty Capote.
Music for Chameleons
Capote, Truman
New York: Signet-New American Library, 1981.
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iii + 83 pages, text in French; Exemplaire No. XLVI of 50 special copies on Imperial Japon; 2 volumes, beautifully printed in black and red, with ornamented initial letters; 140 plates (20 in color), comprising 70 plates as called for in Vol. 1 and an additional suite of 70 plates on card in Vol. 2; the gravure work done by Manzi, Joyant et Cie A Asnieres-sur-Seine, from the photographs of various contributors in Europe, including Alinari, Hanfstaengl, Anderson; heavy, large volumes, approx. 16" x 12 1/2" size and weighing over 25 pounds with the packaging, will require additional shipping amount; bound in terracotta cloth with burgundy morocco spine and corners, 6 compartments with raised bands and gilt lettering, tasteful, simple gilt rules, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, with the binders' stamp of Bumpus Ltd. Oxford; some rubbing and a few scuffs to boards, rubbing-wear to one corner; an authoritative work on this Renaissance master artist, by Emile Gebhart of the Academy Francaise (1839-1908); reproducing Botticelli's greatest works, with lavish illustrations that are a pleasure to view; in very good condition.
Sandro Botticelli et Son Epoque
Gebhart, Emile
Paris: Goupil et Cie, 1907.
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Colorful, light-filled abstract artwork; oil on masonite; signed and dated in the lower left "Claude Lion 55"; approx. 28 3/4" x 23 1/2" size; painted to the edge of the board; old mounting holes around the margins; some darkening, soil to surface, few small scrapes & rubs, unobtrusive; in very good condition overall and with much interesting action, color work and perspective; we have seen another record for Claude Lion, sold at Christie's in 2008 ($ 2250.00).
1955 Oil on Board Abstract Circus Trapeze Artists Signed By Claude Lion
(Claude Lion)
United States: Not Published, 1955.
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A complete set of the Hopi Kachina art; eight lithographs, limited edition # 12 of 650; overall plate size with generous margins, 18 3/4" x 14 3/4"; images 15" x 10 1/2" size; with all four of the original printed stiff-paper portfolio covers, numbered I, II, III, IV and with matching # 12 of 650 designations; with 6 (of 8) of the insert cards which bear the titles of the individual Kachina as well as notes by J.J. Mora and Barton Wright, curator of the Smithsonian traveling exhibition "Year of the Hopi"; also 6 of 8 tissue guards for the artworks; with 2 copies of a Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. CPAs letters verifying the printing limitation of the art on their letterhead; Kachina include: Mu-Shaish Katchina (Mosairu Kachina) Plaza Dance; She-Eu-Heu-Mish Katchina (Sio Hemis Kachina) Niman Home Dance; Sho-Yang-Ep Katchina (Soyangephoya Kachina) Plaza Dance; Teu-Mahs Katchina (Tumas Kachina) Soyoko-Powamu Ceremony; Poo-Wha-Muich Katchina (Powamu Kachina) Soyoko-Powamu Ceremony; Heu-Mish Katchina (Hemis Kachina) Nimian Home Dance; Mu-Shaish Katchina - Buffalo Dance; See-Peek-Nich East Mesa Kachina; all by Jo (Joseph Jacinto) Mora (1876-1947) Uruguayan-born American painter, sculptor, cartoonist, illustrator, author and cowboy, who studied at the Art Students League, Chase School of Art, Cowles Art in Boston, member of the Bohemian Club, with works found across America at institutions and in private holdings - "...took a four year trip through the Southwest, traveling by wagon and living and sketching among the Navajo and Hopi Indians..." - well known for his colorful maps and for his Western American portrayals as here, as well as his lively sculptures. (Falk, WWW in American Art, Vol. II 1999); condition: portfolio covers with some edgewear and soiling; some wear to old tissues; artworks clean and very good - two with side margins trimmed, one of these with a little waviness to paper, will flatten easily - both still with plenty of framing and matting room; in overall very good plus condition, with bright, very good color, nice examples of Mora's Native American illustrative work, commemorating the Indian ritual & costume of the Hopi people.
Jo Mora's Watercolor Collection of Hopi Kachina and Ceremonial Figures
(Jo Mora)
Tulsa Oklahoma: Western Art Productions, Inc., 1979.
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A unique album containing over 375 phootographs concerning these US construction companies and portraying their work on the steel skyscraper C.F. Carter Building, Houston Texas (1910), the Bates Mill in Lewiston Maine, the Municipal Building in Mechanicsville, New York, buildings built for the N.Y. Westchester & Boston R.R. and more, depicting construction from start to finish, workers, crews, designers, engineers, street scenes and employees (& family members) on various projects, illustrating the techniques of the heavy building trades in use in America in the early part of the 20th century: Placing last column, the slab steel, material bins, view of the Main Street Houston, steel frame of building, Bristol Hotel in background, full views of the Carter during construction, from various angles, Mrs. Lane, first woman atop the Carter Bldg 1910 (sitting on steel beams) and a shot of Charlie Lane raising the flagpole on the building, Excavation site, showing 'the hole' & the site office of the Fred A. Jones Building Company, from a couple of angles, all Carter Bldg project 1910; Duque (High Class) Garage project New York City 1911, site photographs; photographs of the Car Repair Shops N.Y. Westchester & Boston R.R. 1912; construction of the Mechanicville N.Y. High School 1914, roof construction and auditorium at Mechanicville, jail walls, site photos, more; on the new mill building, site shots, taken from large tower, more, machinery, crews, sheet piling, erecting supports for temporary lights along canal, a couple of amateur 'panoramas' of this site, forms for bent beams of sawtooth roof, closeups of systems, old power house, spillway & tailrace, pouring footings and grading, erecting floor forms, saw mill, towers-derrick and guys 165', first floor forms, sawtooth roof construction, new Bates bridge, pouring retaining walls, picture taken at 11 p.m. during pouring of concrete in tailrace, city crushing plant at Lewiston, rented and operated by Industrial Eng. Co. during construction of the Mill, with gang operating plant & other photos, hydraulic plant small generator, enclosed forebay, water gates, many and varied aspects of the Bates Mill Lewiston Maine project; also including a good miscellany of other imagery, concerning the U.S. military (then preparing for entry into the first World War), transportation, yachting & other leisure activities: "Woman aviator flying in Long Island" (1); wreck of Simplex car after strking elevator column and killing chauffeur; Showing result of fire up structural steel Bangor Post Office and views of post office after famous Bangor fire; Ely, Porter and J.J.M. in first car used on N.Y. W & B. R.R. Co. 1912 (2- of interior of car); Galveston, Texas street view, Galveston sea wall, Buffalo Bayou Texas; American Cigar Factory Greensboro, NC; Kennebec River Bangor & several others of the town, the R.R. station in Augusta, both in Maine U.S. Submarine at 130th St. and North River 1915, 12" guns on U.S.S. Tonopah Submarines in background N.Y.C. 1915 Hatchway for entering submarine, conning tower and bridge, periscopes & conning tower on subs; W.P.F. in Camp - Arizona, Cooper Arizona; Carpenter and street gant Milllbury Mass High School; camp photos of U.S. soldiers, Co. "C" going into action, evidently war games-training, Armored Car moving into action , horse-drawn Co. "C" ammunition wagon, company on skirmish line, Capt. Engel at War games, 3rd Company Seventh Regiment, the company marching through NYC, two African American soldiers, not in uniform and with bayonet-equipped rifles, all circa 1915; small panorama view of a football game (Columbia?); several snapshots of a automobile travel journey "From Kuck's Cafe, N.Y. to Pittsfield, Mass in Fred Kafka's Stutz"; a couple of a "Trip to U.S.S. Drayton in Collector of Ports Yacht "Neutrality" for purpose of inspecting telephone"; nice group shot of the "Pilsner Athletic Club on porch of N.Y. Fishing Club Staten Island"; good photograph of two men sitting in a "Oakland" automobile; Jay Collins and Elizabeth Conway Old Orchard Me. 1913; Dr. Fluhrer and J.J.M. at Mountaindale, NY 1914; Rebecca Cushing Houston Texas and several others of the Cushing family girls, children; L.P. Fluhrer Mining in Arizona 1909; San Jacinto Bayou Texas, the battle ground in San Jacinto & several shots from aboard the S.S. San Jacinto steamer; Worlds Tower Building from office of L.P. Fluhrer Co. 1914; Pullman Memorial Church Albion NY; most photographs average 3 1/2" x 4 1/2" size, some smaller and some larger; generally, condition good, some fading to imagery, most photos fairly clear and with good composition and content; all in old album, tipped on to pages; some leaves detached, edges of pages chipped; overall, very good condition and a very interesting record of this company's activities as well as a very thorough historic, pictorial documentation of the time.
Photographic Record of the Construction Projects of the Industrial Engineering Co. - United Fireproofing Co. Associated with L.P. Fluhrer Co. Circa 1910 with Site Photos, Crew and Engineering Details, Before and After Imagery and American Military Forces
(Industrial Engineering Co.- United Fireproofing Co.)
United States: 1910.
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238 pages; illustrated in color and black and white with Siqueiros' artworks; Siqueiros has signed and inscribed the book on the front half-title page to "My Friend Corliss Lamont..." writing from prison in 1961; David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896-1974) radically active Mexican revolutionary artist & Corliss Lamont (1902-1995) American humanist, philosopher, civil rights activist; Lamont attempted to get Siqueiros freed from a Mexican prison when he was incarcerated for his intense political activities; the author has also inscribed and signed the book to Lamont, on the title page; both statements are in Spanish, with a typed translation of both tipped-in on the (blank) endpaper; A significant, emotional and important association copy, between one of the most famous humanists and one of the most important Mexican political activist-artists of the twentieth century; dustjacket spine paper chipped at top and bottom, other closed tears & chips; light wear to volume; overall, very good condition.
Siqueiros Introductor De Realidades
Tibol, Raquel
Mexico City: Universidad Nacional Autonoma De Mexico, 1961.
Price: $1,200.00
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135 pages; illustrated in black and white with the brilliant photographic work of Bourke-White; the photographer signed and inscribed the book on the front endpaper to "Corliss Lamont...With my sincere regards Margaret Bourke-White"; Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971) American commercial photographer and photojournalist (this was her first book) & Corliss Lamont (1902-1995) American humanist, philosopher, civil rights activist; an association copy between one of the most famous humanists and one of the most important photographic artists of the twentieth century, both of whom had long-standing relationships with the then-Soviet Union and awareness of political and social controversy; some wear and darkening to volume cloth; in very good condition.
Eyes on Russia
Bourke-White, Margaret
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1931.
Price: $1,200.00
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