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19606333Isle of Man 1960. Small quarto 18 x 23.5 cm. 90 pages; unpaginated. Forty-five pen and ink drawings some hand-colored on rectos only. Images are labeled on the pages with additional caption text on cards 6 x 19 cm. laid-in. An ownership label on the front paste-down states "Miss L.S. Garrad Rose Cottage Cronk Road Union Mills Isle of Man". Molluscs pictured include in common names the artist has employed Latin names throughout: mussels clams periwinkles snails scallops oysters and more. Larch S. Garrad 1936-2005 was Assistant Keeper at the Manx Museum on the Isle of Man and author of "The Naturalist in the Isle of Man" "Industrial Archaeology of the Isle of Man" and "A History of Manx Gardens." She was also the author of The Non-marine Molluscs of the Isle of Man published in three parts 1968 1972 1973 the first survey of Manx molluscs since Forbes' Malacologia Momensis 1838. We have not determined if these drawings were used in any of Garrard's illustrations or if the molluscs depicted were specific to the Isle of Man or more generally to Britain. A bit of bowing to the boards of the blue cloth binding otherwise fine. hardcover books
1950D7341Worsthorne Lancashire c. 1950. Hardcover. Fine. Black white red and gilt decorative Christmas paper over boards; 185 x 273 mm; pp. 83 handwritten in ink with more than 20 drawings and watercolors including vignettes decorative flourishes and full-page scenes. A florid orderly feminine hands records a very personal account of her childhood memories and family history composed in hindsight and lamenting "the present world. of H. Bombs Nuclear Tests Atomic Secrets Radioactivity planes hurling through the air with deafening noise. The levity of my sketch Wordsorth forgive for like you 'Have I not reason to lament what man has made of man'" She also references "peace time" making it clear that she has some familiarity with war and this is perhaps why the entire volume is a careful balancing act between a retreat to the past told cheerfully as though to a child and a more somber rumination on her present. The artwork is invariably accomplished -- ranging from lovely floral themes animals portraits of children and one of Queen Elizabeth landscapes and family houses to somewhat fantastical renderings of human forms floating in the air. She also carefully draws and colors two pictorial maps of locales she recalls from her youth and tips on 2 photographs b/w silver gelatin prints of her grandmother's shawl and bonnet and 1 photograph of a broadside advertising the auction of her uncle's John Crowther sheep and sheep dogs. John her fathers younger brother died in 1887 after being struck by lightning. The family sells his home Jacksons House in Worsthorne in 1888 and moves north leaving their convent education for the Home Farm of Ormrod House belonging to her great grandmother. Photographs were printed in Cheriton Folkestone. Locations on her maps include the River Douglas Rufford Parbold Lathom House Ormskirk Scarisbrick Hall Ainsdale Birkdale Crossens Greeves Hall and more. Poignant learned and quite beautiful. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1850D4292c. 1850. Fine. Half leather and marbled paper over boards 9-by-11 inches; approx. pp. 200 different color papers. Includes 11 beautiful hand-colored landscapes on heavy cardstock 7-by-10.5 inches; and 14 pencil sketches on lighter gauge paper studies of the human form seemingly with Greek and Roman statues of men and women as their inspiration. A lovely collection of original drawings and paintings. The landscapes include castles from the Isle of Man and Rudesheim Germany as well as mountain scenes lake scenes bridges and more. All artwork is easily removed from the book and suitable for framing. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1931D45551931. Paperback. Very Good. A sweet little hand-made volume illustrated in full-color throughout; about 4.5-by-6 inches 20 pages including front and rear cover alternately bound with staples or glue. This joyful ode to Christmas booty as in presents features a Schnauzer in holly and red bow bounding through an alphabet of potential gifts as though through a store. Perhaps created as a mock-up story board or even a potential magazine lay-out it begins with Shophound sitting in his Vogue office on Christmas Eve most illustrations are drawn hastily though nonetheless legible and pleasing in colored pencil with two tipped-on illustrations cut from an unidentified source likely a Tiffany's catalogue. A little finger-smudged with graphite and with faint editorial notes in the margins buttressing the possibility that this is an early draft of a larger project. <br/><br/> paperback books
1819D4304France late 18th to early 19th century. Hardcover. Very Good. Mottled cloth over boards approx. 16-by-12 inches; contains 5 original pencil drawings the first a taxonomy of 11 tress then 4 landscapes average size about 11-by-8 inches with handwritten labels in the wide margins in blue ink in French. Artist's name pencilled lightly in the images appears to be "A. Borrel." Scuffing along spine and edges of boards. Drawings are lovely and accomplished rich in texture and tone with intricate details and white highlights -- features a castle cottage lake and train station with small human figures in the wide landscape. Some very faint rubbing else fine suitable for display. <br/><br/> hardcover books
19911328266Norwalk CT: Easton Press 1991. Hardcover. Octavo 463 pages; VG; bound in fine green genuine leather with bright gilt spine title and gilt motif on covers; gilt text blocks; silk endpapers; silk ribbon; SIGNED on limitation page by Julian May; shelved Easton Sci Fi Table. 1328266. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Easton Press hardcover books
1950138054Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1950. Original scenario artwork for an unproduced MGM film project circa 1950s. Shown is a young woman practicing a piano in a parlor with the curtains parted to show it is morning outside. Archivally matted no frame with a description of the film in a die cut window in the matte just below the artwork. <br/><br/>Gouache and pencil. Artwork 11.5 x 9 inches. Matte 16 x 18 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
2000175243Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum 2000. vii 50p. coated paperstock with exhibit photography in color b&w supplementary photos 10x10 inch glossy frenchfold wraps. A fine copy. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum unknown books
1800JC12526France late 1800s and early 1900s. Ephemera. Very Good. More than 200 original drawings variously pen and ink crayon and other mediums; on onion skin paper heavy cardstock etc.; sizes vary but average is about 13x10 inches. By various artists some signed with caption notes mark-up for publication and stamps of the various magazines. A little wear some light chipping along the edges and occasional soiling; but overall in VG or better condition suitable for display. <br/><br/>Artwork for French satirical journals and other fugitive publications including Frou Frou Jean qui Rire et al; showing ladies' fashions Paris street scenes and cafes cartoons historical social political ads including some elaborate hand-lettering humor some of it risque. An extraordinary trove of fin de siecle artwork much of it of exceptional quality. unknown books
1866SW476-7246England 1866. Ephemera. Fine. High skilled watercolor portrait of a seated woman in profile 330 x 245 mm initialed J. R. and dated 1866. <br/><br/> unknown books
SW476-7248England 19th Century. Ephemera. Near Fine. Nicely accomplished watercolor portrait of a seated man 245 x 180 mm. Initialed by the artist though difficult to read. Y. M. S. <br/><br/> unknown books
SW476-7247England 19th Century. Ephemera. Very Good. Highly skilled watercolor portrait of a seated woman 280 x 215 mm title in pencil at the lower margin but difficult to read appears to be "Lady Fanny Pomfret Now Lady Joley". A little dust-soiled otherwise fine. <br/><br/> unknown books
197027948New York: Museum of Modern Art 1970. First edition. Loose Sheets. Fine. Sold here unframed is an original hand - signed screenprint by artist Robert Indiana entitled The American Four. This is number 3 of 200 hand-numbered and signed copies. In fine as-new condition. Printed on heavy stock paper. A noted work by the artist see Robert Indiana Prints: A Catalogue Raissone 1951 - 1991 by Sheehan pp 39. Gorgeous vivid red and white and blue design. A delightful colorful and iconic print. Measures 26" square. Printed by Edition Domberger KG Filderstadt. Purchased from a private collector in upstate New York. Museum of Modern Art unknown books
1800SW476-7258Boston late 1800s. Hardcover. Very Good. Dark grey mottled cloth over boards backed in black leather "Sketch Book" stamped in gilt on upper board; oblong 140 x 94 mm; approx. pp. 100 a mix of pale blue pale grey and dark grey leaves. Contains 25 pencil sketches and 4 watercolors all landscapes -- mountains forests coastal towns. The front paste-down bears a sticker from Frost & Adams Artists Materials 37 Cornhill Boston. Also on the front paste-down the ownership signature and address of George E. Edward Niles 1837-1898 a lithographer and painter who kept a studio in Jackson New Hampshire where he exhibited the works of many other artists. His wife was the heiress Adams of the Nickel Bank of Boston and he was in no need of money so he rarely sold his paintings and rarely signed his works. He exhibited at the Boston Art Club from 1873 to 1877. SOLD WITH a small oil painting 108 x 73 mm of a sailboat at sunset initialed RC and very pretty. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1847SW476-7250England 1847. Ephemera. Near Fine. Highly skilled watercolor landscape showing farm workers in a field; 180 x 290 mm; signed by Bryson and dated July 1847 in the lower left-hand corner. <br/><br/> unknown books
1920D7114Berlin and Charlottenburg mostly 1920s-1930s. Hardcover. Fine. Custom linen box gilt-stamped lettering "Werbeentwürfe - E. Teschemacher" in brown leather label affixed to front board; about 16 x 20 inches; contains mock-ups preliminary and finished illustrations and designs for houses advertisements bookplates letterheads calendars announcements and more -- even hand-painted decorative motifs in Art Nouveau-style. Various sizes on paper heavy cardstock and onionskin; and in ink pencil or full-color painting. Some duplicates but well over 100 distinct designs. Highlights include full-color paintings for Tiergarten Nuremberg a tiger's face Aerozon Fabrik women's swimwear; and ink drawings for Minimax "Das Schönste Geschenk!" Moton a pesticide Rapsch Kriegsbund der Offizierfrauen. Numerous pencil drawings range from hastily brain-stormed sketches to typographic experiments and detailed streetscapes and scenes. Some projects are available from start to finish -- a pencil sketch turned presentation in ink and the final printed product. <br/><br/>Erich Teschemacher was an architect painter poster artist and graphic designer educated at Unterrichtsanstalt des Kunstgewerbemuseums in Berlin. He was married to the commercial artist Marga Renner and echoes of her resonate in this collection as well: a notebook of 10 embroidery designs in pencil and color and two different exhibition announcments for a show of modern residential interiors. hardcover books
1920D6746Europe late-19th or early 20th century. Ephemera. Near Fine. A collection of original artwork possibly all by the same artist though only one of the three groups is signed E. H. Holmes. The collection includes: 2 pencil sketches heightened in white 5x6.5 inches both dated 1852 showing a part of the Berry Pomeroy castle and Marldon Church in Devon; 14 pencil sketches 5.25x8.25 inches of Greek and Roman men and women likely drawn from statues; 11 beautiful landscapes each in pencil and gouache and heightened in white oval-shaped on heavy cardstock white leaves 10.5x7 inches some of them identified in the lower margin Ardennes Tower of Refuge at the Isle of Man Baltimore Head and more. All works are nicely accomplished and loose suitable for framing. The occasional graphite finger-smudge else fine. <br/><br/> unknown books
1858SW476-7251England 1858. Ephemera. Fine. Highly skilled watercolor landscape 180 x 255 mm attirubted to Jane Anne Inglis nee Mason. Pencilled notations on the verso indicate the Isle of Wight and the painting suggests the White Cliffs of Dover in the background. <br/><br/> unknown books
1945D7489likely Germany 1945. Paperback. Very Good. Heavy cardstock leaves oblong 325 x 250 mm bound with thin blue rope tassled along spine; pp. 54 with text handwritten in black ink in German and English with original illustrations in ink or ink and gouache both in text and full-page. Created from 32 leaves some of them glued together along the edges creating a new page when the author/illustrator wanted to change her lay-out text or illustration -- these have since become detached offering an interesting look at the author's creative process. Binding broken and leaves loose but in excellent condition suitable for display. The artwork is extraordinary -- showing cute little chicks as their adventure takes them from fields full of flowers to lakes brimming with colorful fish. It tells a story of 3 little chicks who find a mysterious blue egg which they are told not to play with but they do and learn some valuable lessons from the consequences. Though little is known about the author she appears in a tiny b/w photograph on the ultimate full-page illustration. More of her unrelated artwork is laid-in at rear including pastels of trees floral arrangements in gouache -- lovely suitable for framing. <br/><br/> paperback books
1960D7479New York c. 1960. Paperback. Very Good. Heavy brown cardstock wraps bound with blue ribbon lettering in blue gouache and black ink on front cover; oblong 283 x 180 mm; pp. 14 heavy cardstock leaves each with text handwritten in black ink accompanied by a full-color goache illustration. Covers a little soiled; light chipping along yapp edges; text block a bit dust-smudged here and there but overall nice and bright. A pencil notation on the final page indicates that this entirely original illustrated story was the project of Natalie Shalita nee Greenberg a student at Cooper Union. She worked as a designer in Harper & Row's Children's Books Division in the 1960s and early 1970s. Here she tells the story of twin girls and their thwarted attempt to distinguish themselves. <br/><br/> paperback books
1930D7486England c. 1930. Ephemera. Very Good. Disbound broken text block only; 176 x 227 mm; 78 lined pages with text handwritten in black ink and fine illustrations in ink and/or gouache; plus a photo and a short article clipped from a newspaper and neatly tipped-on. This volume perhaps fell into the hands of a terrorist younger sibling as a few pages are scribbled on or have chips or scuffs where it appears that a tipped-on item has been removed. Still the surviving pages are remarkable and -- since the binding is already broken -- begging for display. Our author intials his artwork "L.C.S." and his thoughtful text reveals his age 16 years the names of his fellow scouts Cooles Adams Burchett Matthews Moore and scout leaders Sanders Ward and some details about activities in Gilwell Park and around Bournemouth. But L.C.S. is clearly more interested in honing his artistic skills than writing much down -- the bulk of this volume is given over to his impressively accomplished decorative borders full-page gouache landscapes and comical ink sketches. He provides maps of camp sites at Colyton and Upton; cartoons of sites being invaded by cows or bees; goache portraits of Native American Indians or animals or sweeping landscapes; portraits of scouts in uniform that illustrate the different uniforms used in Spain Czechoslovakia Iceland Denmark Sweden Norway Siam Poland Scotland and Hungary. He excells at embellishments ornate lettering and decorative borders and it happens frequently that he'll create an elaborate border for a page but then neglect to fill it. <br/><br/> unknown books
1939D7483perhaps Australia 1939. Paperback. Very Good. Staple-bound wraps full-color die-cut image of pansies mounted to front cover; 174 x 250 mm; contains 5 original poems handwritten in black ink on lined paper and neatly tipped into hand-colored decorative borders and 6 sketches in colored pencil. The first poem is titled "The Australian Sunrise" otherwise there is nothing to help locate this collection of naive but charming poems and landscapes. <br/><br/> paperback books
1849SW476-7252England c. 1849-1886. Ephemera. Fine. Highly skilled watercolor landscape titled and signed on the verso; 370 x 260 mm; showing a ravine near Amalfi between Amalfi and Positano. <br/><br/> unknown books
SW476-7249England early 19th Century. Ephemera. Fine. Watercolor untitled scene outside a country manor with ladies in fancy day dress; 270 x 220 mm; signed in the lower right corner by Evelyn G. Pierce a member of the Royal Drawing Society. <br/><br/> unknown books
35309Ca early-to-mid 1920s. Painting matted and housed in a gilded wooden frame. A Nr Fine exemplar. Frame: 23" x 20". Painting to matte: 16-1/2" x 13-1/2" <br/><br/>Picture depicts an elevated view of the harbor from the hills to the South-SouthEast. unknown books
