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JC6232Very Good. Album of 21 pen-and-ink portraits on laid paper after illustrations to Aliprando Capriolo's 1596 Ritratti di Cento Capitani Illustri. Approximately 185 x 143 mm each tipped to larger sheets of wove paper. Small folio Italy: n.d. ca 18th century. Cased in full 18th-century Italian Neapolitan brown calf over pasteboard tooled in gold all-over covers with two outer border rolls surrounding three double-ruled panels filled with rolls and solid tools decorated with silver paint now mostly oxidized inner panel with tulip tools at corner surrounding cartouche of gouges with center lozenge of floral tools spine with raised bands in seven compartments with cherub tool rebacked preserving original spine later endpapers and edge gilding. For binding cf. BL c154g12/Davis 859; BL c27e18; Davis III 380. <br/><br/>An 18th-century Italian album of 21 pen-and-ink portraits based on Aliprando Capriolo's Ritratti di Cento Capitani Illustri 1596. These copies were probably made from Pompillio Tottis edition of Capriolo Ritratti et Elogil di Capitani Illustri 1636. Totti altered Capriolos engravings adding the coats of arms seen in many of the portraits here. Portraits include Tamerlane Gattamelata Roberto Sanseverino and the condottieri Vitelli brothers. The binding is in a style common to the Salvioni workshop. Davis Gift III 380 which Foot suggests was bound in an unknown Neapolitan workshop shows the same wide outer roll on the covers. hardcover 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
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
1846SW476-7257England 1846-1891. Hardcover. Near Fine. Contemporary full dark green morocco lavishly stamped in blind and gilt on boards and spine; 4to 210 x 265 mm; approx. pp. 200 nearly full with handwritten poetry and prose original artwork albumen photographs and ephemera -- sometimes adhered to the page direct on the page or loosely inserted via corner slots. A little scuffing along spine and edges of boards else fine. A varied collection of highly skilled original artwork including 6 paintings en brunelle 12 in watercolor or gouache and 7 in black ink wash; plus 11 pencil drawings 4 sepia albumen photographs mounted direct to the page ranging in size from 122x85 to 132x195 mm about a dozen handwritten contributions of prose and poetry including one in Spanish and more than 50 pieces of ephemera. Decades in the making and with contributions from numerous hands this is a rich and remarkably accomplished volume -- one wonders if it was perhaps created by a circle of artists. Landscapes and landmarks of England appear in the original artwork such as a finely detailed drawing of the house where Sir Isaac Newton was born and photographs St. Mary's Church; New College from the Gardens as well as the ephemera numerous engraved illustrations of castles neatly clipped from unknown sources. Far-flung locales are also represented: View on the Medina River pencil drawing Martaban at Sunrise beautiful watercolor of Burma an architectural drawing that suggests India. Prose and poetry contributions mostly original offer religious sentiments thoughts on love and friendship and a bit of humor in particular a piece entitled "Georgy on Shakespeare" argues that the Bard is greatly over-rated. Ephemera includes holiday greetings numerous illustrations extracted from unknown sources and the occasional die-cut. Landscapes birds flowers -- all the hallmarks of a typical album of the period -- though this one is particularly nice. <br/><br/> hardcover 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
1929005218New York: The Longacre Press Inc. 1929. First edition. Hardcover. String ties. Paper pastedown. Fine. Promotional souvenir program for a transitional Griftith film -- shot originally as a silent re-shot with some sound including most notably songs by Irving Berlin. 4to. 31 by 22.5 cm. Unpaginated 18 leaves. This Griffith film was not a success at the box office despite the talent associated with it. The story is one in which the male lead William Boyd is cast aside by his girlfriend and resolves that he could find a more suitable lover off the street which he does when he connects with a singer at a sleazy bar played by Lupe Velez. Boyd a popular Silent Era romantic lead would suffer a setback in the early sound era but resurrect his career and fortune in a series of Westerns in which he played Hopalong Cassidy. "Lady of the Pavements" may have been a disappointment commercially but one would not know that from this souvenir which is an object of real beauty with its textured wallpaper-like pastedown on the front cover its thick glossy leaves and its lavish photos and Art Deco illustrations and decoration. <br/><br/> The Longacre Press, Inc. 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
30484No Place: Other Wind Press No Date. First edition. Loose Sheets. Fine. Very large single sheet of thick yellow paperstock illustrated in black and red and printed in black. Measuring 16 x 24" tall a most handsome poetry broadside of a work by Artaud as translated into English by Eshleman and Bedor. With artwork by Spero. This is copy 47 of 150 hand-numbered copies and has been SIGNED BY ESHLEMAN AND SPERO as called for. Fine condition. Will be shipped in a sturdy mailing tube. Other Wind Press unknown books
1940D7485n.p. but England c. 1940. Hardcover. Very Good. Original grey cloth over boards decorative paste-downs; 195 x 260 mm; pp. 47 with tipped-on typed text some handwritten annotations and underlines. Extra illustrated with clippings postcards original drawings ephemera and one photograph. Dedicated to Gertrude Alison Densler. Uniformly toned at edges; gently worn; minor tears. <br/><br/>Book commences with the popular Italian tale "Fagiolino" by Elisa Amati translated by Alan C. Dunn. Containing 26 clipped illustration pasted to leaves and hand-colored pen and ink drawings depicting characters from the story. After which book includes typed poems by William Blake William Shakespeare Walter de la Mare Carl Sandburg; and other original works by the poet are clipped and pasted-in. An original hand-drawn paper doll with original hats and clothes are secured by decorative pockets. A charming "book of favorites" and a sophisticated compilation; sketches and poems collaged into this album offer a fascinating glimpse into the mind of a young artist and poet. hardcover 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
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
198644327Washington DC: Mage Publishers Inc 1986. First Trade Edition. Quarto 28.75cm; full black cloth with titling and artist's facsimile signature stamped in white on spine and front cover; illustrated endpapers; dustjacket; 1431pp; illus; text is in French and English. Inscribed by the artist to Broadway star Sondra Lee on the first blank page "Pour Sondra / trés amicalement / Franta / April 87" beneath a full-page mixed media illustration of two nude figures sitting cross-legged opposite each other. Fine in a lightly shelfworn Near Fine dustjacket. Laid into this copy is an invitation for the 2001 exhibition Franta: "oeuvres choisies" signed by the artist in teal marker with two other signed invitations send to Sondra Lee laid in. The first monograph of Franta's work tracing "his development from the 1960s when he first arrived in France a refugee from Czechoslovakia up to his recent exhibitions in New York and Paris." A bilingual edition with 109 illustrations 50 of them in color. A distinguished copy with a masterful full-page work of art. Provenance: From the library of Sondra Lee. Mage Publishers, Inc unknown 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
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
1995109996Washington: Queer Associated Press 1995. Paperback. 156p. very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Queer Associated Press paperback books
19839012335Clinton NJ: Amwell Press 1983. 1st. Hardcover. Fine Condition. <br/><br/> Amwell Press hardcover books
1885006223London: R. H. Porter 1885-1897 1898. First edition. Half Morocco. Very Good. 4to. 26 by 18 cm. 421 color plates which are either hand-colored lithographs or chromolithographs. Photogravure portrait frontis. The greatest number of plates were drawn by Archibald Thornburn. The survey includes many birds that are infrequent visitors to Britain making it very complete. With generally short texts on each species this is primarily a visual source work. Publisher's half morocco. Pebbled cloth on boards. Condition: pencilled numbers on the plate that relate to an organizing system of a prior owner. Light scuffs and wear to the binding. Occasional light foxing. <br/><br/> R. H. Porter unknown 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
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
1619D52751916-1960. Paperback. Fine. 16 loose leaves folded once to create 64 pages each page about 7-by-9 inches; contains 25 extraordinary drawings of aardvarks and ant-eaters rendered in bright blue or black ink frequently in an etched or cross-hatched style reminiscent of woodcuts. With handwritten captions in Russian Latvian English and German and dated from 1916-1960. Studies of the animals in the wild or captivity drawn perhaps from life but also from other images such as "The young ant-bear or aardvark and its foster-parent. The illustrated London News Sept. 5 1936." The foster parent by the way is a human. All drawings are remarkably bold and adept the bright blue in particular lends an air of pop or modern art while others are more formal or refined. Unique and simply wonderful. <br/><br/> paperback books
1926D52761926-58. Paperback. Fine. 8 loose leaves folded once to create 32 pages each page about 7-by-9 inches; contains 14 extraordinary drawings of cats rendered in bright blue or black ink frequently in an etched or cross-hatched style reminiscent of woodcuts. With handwritten captions in Russian and Latvian and dated from 1926-1958. Studies of cats drawn from other works of art notably plaques and likely Egyptian statues. All drawings are remarkably bold and adept the bright blue in particular lends an air of pop or modern art while others are more formal or refined. Unique and simply wonderful. <br/><br/> paperback books
1971187723Los Angeles: Christopher St. West at Peace Press 1971. Single 8.5x11 inch offset printed handbill for the 1971 parade in Hollywood illustrated with a linocut by DeRosa very good. Announces the second Gay Pride Parade held on Hollywood Boulevard. After no other printer would agree to print this handbill the organizers found Peace Press an anti-war collective willing to do the work. Christopher St. West at Peace Press unknown 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
1932D37241932. Hardcover. Fine. Half brown cloth and morocco with gilt-stamped lettering on spine. Fine. Contains 21 grey heavy cardstock leaves each with a tipped-on drawing 6-by-7-inches colored by hand usually in watercolor and pencil. Osborn holds forth in 19 cartoons on the subjects of hair and California. Also includes 2 more serious drawings both concerned with landscape and the human figure. <br/><br/>Early original cartoons by the noted caricaturist cartoonist and satiric commentator Robert Osborn who died in 1994 at age 90. Educated at the University of Wisconsin and Yale University where he was art editor of the Yale Record Osborn studied painting in Rome and Paris before returning to teach art and philosophy at the Hotchkiss School in Lakeville Connecticut. At the outbreak of World War II he enlisted in the Navy with the hope of becoming an aviator. He was assigned to an information unit under the command of the photographer Edward Steichen. As a Navy officer he learned the art of speed drawing and over his military career produced some 40000 drawings for training manuals -- many of them featuring a cartoon character named Dilbert a blunderer who violated rules of military safety. In 1946 he achieved his first public recognition for "War Is No Damn Good" said to be the first antiwar book of the nuclear age. He went on to draw for Harper's Fortune Life and Look and became a regular contributor to The New Republic. Garry Trudeau creator of the "Doonesbury" strip called Mr. Osborn "one of the very few masters of illustrative cartooning." hardcover 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
