1995. Signed Tom Blackwell in black felt-tip pen on the base of the foam-cloth lined & gray-painted plywood box, with handwritten copyright 'c' and title; limited edition numbered 16 of 200; the box approx. 8" square, about 4" deep; with blocks cut to fit; blocks have an affixed multi-colored screenprinted.....
Nicely accomplished, with especially vivid orange and turquoise highlights to the sky and water, in Fauve-like hues; winter cottage on lake scene at sunset; no date, artist signature or title; purchased years ago from a Southampton Long Island estate sale; Approx. 14" x 15 1/4" size; some edge, tips wear.....
Brooklyn, New York: 1932. Original watercolor art by this child; 13 1/2" x 11" including framing; with a pencil explanation, faintly at left edge, echoed by the written slip of paper with the same message below left on the piece; very skilled work, in a period style and color scheme;.....
New York, New York: Cassell Publishing Company, 1892. First American Edition. Hard Cover. xiii + 417 pages. Black and white illustrated frontispiece & throughout; with color folding "Map Showing M. Bonvalot's Route" in pocket at front, approx. 16 1/4" x 20" size. The Translator's Preface notes that "...Starting from the.....
New York: Ward Motor Vehicle Company, 1916. F. A snappy-looking simple electric vehicle design in fine pen and ink and hand-colored in blue, yellow and heightened in white; chain-driven, steering 'bar' instead of wheel, open top, plush interior visible; side and front views; bottom third of drawing with pencil details.....
Venetiis: Typis Remondinianis, 1752. Editio Postrema Veneta Emendatissima. Leather. xxxii + 496 pages, with a few woodcut initial letters and tailpieces. The medical work of Giorgio Baglivi (1668 - 1707) an Armenio-Italian physician and scientist. This copy does not have the author's portrait; Pages 231-232 with woodcut figures; Dissertatio VI.....
Bermuda: Not Published, 1899. F. Five images of Bermuda; identifications handwritten in white ink on the backer-paper, including: Admiral Sampson - Admiral Sir John Fisher on board U.S.S. New York, Bermuda, Feb 23rd, 1899 (6" x 8" approx., faded); At Happy Valley (c. 80 well-dressed people in group pose, 6".....
Petersburg, Russia: Alkonost, 1922. F. 110 + (1) pages; poetic works by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880 - 1921); Russian text throughout; approx. 5 7/8" x 8 5/8" size; original paper wraps, titled in black with blue decorative additions; some edge, tips wear and soiling, dustiness to covers; leaves browned, many.....
Milano: Societa Tipografia Dei Classici Italiani, 1845. 1/2 polished calf leather binding, paper covered boards, five raised bands, gilt spine lettering; color coat of arms on title page; limited "Edizione di soli 250 exemplari"; in Italian; former private library stamp on endpaper; some corner, tips wear and rubbing; overall, very.....
Buenos Aires: Wildenstein, 1972. F. Not paginated but 44 pages, loose as issued in stiff paper wraps, original glassine; enclosed in a blue & black illustrated paper-covered, cloth-edged slipcase; (from the colophon) " ...se eimprimio en la imprenta Mercatali el 11 de septiembre de 1972 bajo la direccion tecnica de.....
Frankfurt Am Main: Societats-Verlag, 1930. 14 pages of black and white illustrated text in German, followed by 199 plates, also in black and white, with captions in English and German; reproductions of examples of the work of the luminaries of the photographic art of 1840-1870 including Talbot, Nadar, Hill, Daguerre.....
New York City: Tiber Press Publishers, 1954. F. Limited edition No. 247 of 1500; with 13 color plates (one double-fold) reproduced by silkscreen; accompanied by poetry below. The plates accomplished on good chain-laid paper stock and in very good condition, the paper remaining white and clean while the backing cardstock.....
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1931. F. 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.....
Paris and London: 1986. Original watercolor approx. 4 1/4" width x 6" height of this Warren Brandt still life subject; inscribed at the bottom left in pencil "For Gloria Merry Christmas 1988 (and beneath that) Warren Brandt Paris 1988"; inscription is to Gloria Jones, wife of the American author James.....
Poster Originals Limited, 1992. F. Color poster 26 3/4" width x 25" height of this Warren Brandt still life subject; inscribed at the bottom margin in pencil "For Gloria Warren"; inscription is to Gloria Jones, wife of the American author James (From Here to Eternity) Jones; some edgewear and wrinkling.....
Sao Paulo, Brasil: Theodor Preising, 1930. Photographs. Not Bound. Group of thirty-six (36) small-format photographs, three "series" of 12 each, all of Rio de Janeiro and environs by the photographer Theodor Preising. With the original paper packet-covers having the studio imprint of Photo Rotativo TP Sao Paulo on each. The.....
New York - London: Ambassador Theatre, 1960. Group of material includes: a black and white 7 1/2" x 10 1/4" approx. size photographic 'show card' for the production, mounted to an old card matte; (with) 14 (including one double) 8" x 10" bw photographic stills from the production, depicting the.....
New York, NY: D. Appleton and Company, 1871. First Edition. Hard Cover. 242 + (2) pages of publisher's announcements. Illustrated with 10 plates, (6 folding) of historic American locomotives and also with related black and white pictures in the text. Chapter material on history of early railroads in the world.....
Boston: D. Lothrop, 1877. F. Not paginated but 32 pages; illustrated in black and white throughout by L. Hopkins; contents include Miltiades Gets Best of Santa Claus; Declares War on Turkey; Guilty of Eavesdropping; Boasts of His Courage; Celebrates the Glorious Fourth; Unable to Mind His Own Business, more; publishers'.....
Edinburgh & London: Edinburgh, printed by Mundell & son. London, sold by Messrs. Nicol, Egerton, Edwards, Faulder, Hookham & Carpenter, and Vernor &, 1795. F. xvi + 319 pages; inscribed on the front endpaper, "To John Fordyce of Ayton Esq: from the author"; Fordyce being one of the subscribers on.....
New York, N.Y. William Helburn, Inc., 1910. F. (10) + 24 + 12 + 12 pages of text; followed by 75 + 4 plates (these 4 designated as 'a' plates, with their accompanying number) for a total of 79; printed one side only; the author has set out his presentation.....
London: John Murray, 1821. F. xxi + 261 pages + (1) page of publisher's announcements at back, listing the titles of Byron; couple of leaves of the "Notes" on Dante piece unopened; page 151 with the longer speech by the Doge, indicating the second issue of the first edition; George.....
Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son, Printers, 1886. F. 116 pages; useful index; illustrated with 25 tissue-guarded colored lithographic plates of various bird eggs, collated complete; the author's "...chief aim has been to render this work as useful and true to nature as possible...endeavored to confine myself strictly to the eggs.....
New York: Signet-New American Library, 1981. . 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.....
Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1881. xxxii + 373 pages; inscribed on the front endpaper "Mrs Wagstaff with the high consideration of John Dean Caton"; tissue-guarded engraved portrait frontispiece of the author by H.B. Hall; illustrated throughout with black and white illustrations; information on the natural history of the.....
