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1939027161Very Good. 1939. Softcover. Original silver print photograph by the photographer Maurice Constant who was in the U.S. Navy at the time of the photograph 1939. The photograph was published in 1945 as the cover for the "Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin" May 1945. The photograph measures 11 x 13 1/2 inches and is in condition without blemish. It has been mounted on board but the edges show weak adhesion so it can be easily but carfefully removed. The photograph is not signed but is signed on the mat which is not acid-free. The back of the mounting board is stamped "Constant Collection". A fine copy of rare image. Shipping will be determined at purchase.; Signed by Photographer . paperback
2208Lithograph. Cailler 168. RARE with the remarque. One of 35 with the remarque. On chine volant paper with very wide full margins. Lithograph from POEMS by Francis Thompson 1939-1942. Some light foxing in margins. 245mm. x 180mm 9 5/8 x 7 margins 455mm x 325mm 16 x 12 3/4. unknown books
19392711<p><b> Lithograph</b>. pg. 50. Love at the knees of Diane. Cailler 168. RARE with the remarque. One of 35 with the remarque. On chine volant paper with very wide full margins. Lithograph from POEMS by Francis Thompson 1939-1942. Some light foxing in margins. 245mm. x 180mm 9 5/8 x 7 margins</p><p>455mm x 325mm 16 x 12 3/4. $ 1500</p> books
1927163343N.p.: N.p. 1927. Vintage borderless matte-finish double weight portrait photograph of actress Gloria Swanson circa 1927. Photograph mounted to white stock INSCRIBED by Swanson to French screenwriter Valentin Mandelstamm on the bottom margin: "To Valentin Mandelstamm / With my sincerest wishes / Gloria Swanson / 1927." With the name of photographer Maurice Goldberg additionally noted in manuscript pencil on the bottom right corner of the margin.<br /> <br /> Gloria Swanson began her prestigious career in film working on Mack Sennett's Keystone Studios comedy shorts opposite Bobby Vernon. Swanson starred in dozens of silent films in the 1920s and was nominated for three Academy Awards as Best Actress soon becoming one of the most bankable stars of the silent era. Though her popularity waned in the 1930s she was widely praised for her extraordinary comeback role in Billy Wilder's brilliant 1950 film noir "Sunset Boulevard."<br /> <br /> Photograph 7.5 x 9.75 inches mounted to white stock measuring 9 x 12 inches. About Very Good plus moderately edgeworn and age toned. N.p. unknown
1958222j2706New York: Philosophical Library. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1958. Reprint. Hardcover. A classic of Zionist literature first published in German in 1862. "In this his magnum opus Hess argued for the Jews to return to Palestine and proposed a socialist country in which the Jews would become agrarianised through a process of 'redemption of the soil.' Initially met with a cold reception this book prefigured ideas laid out by Theodor Herzl in Der Judenstaat by some thirty-five years." - Wikipedia. 13-89 p. Black and white frontis portrait of Hess. Book very clean tight and unmarked with light peripheral wear. Moderate wear to dust jacket now in glossy new archival-grade protection. A quality example. ; 8vo . Philosophical Library hardcover
1953245465New York: Harper & Row 1953. First. hardcover. fine/very good-. Pictures by Maurice Sendak. 4to cloth backed pictorial boards. New York: Harper & Row 1953. First Edition.<br/><br/> Presentation copy signed in full by Sendak with a small sketch of his Sealyham dog. The book is in very fine condition; the dust wrapper has some edge-wear light dust soil & a small water spot.<br/><br/> Harper & Row unknown books
19314906New York: Simon and Schuster 1931. First edition. F/G. Hardcover book complete in its original printed dust jacket unclipped. 29 cm. 135 pages. Monotone photographic illustrations throughout. This copy has been signed by Margaret Bourke-White directly on the front loose end page. The book is in fine condition. No other ownership marks/writing present within. Hinges tight interior pages bright. Light edge wear/bumping to the cloth covers. Moderate edge wear/tear/chipping rubbing soiling to the dust jacket. Simon and Schuster hardcover
191514401New York: George H. Doran Company 1915. Cloth. Very Good /Very Good -. A solid copy of the 1915 1st edition IN THE VERY UNCOMMON PICTORIAL DUSTJACKET. Ghostwritten by all accounts by a young Sinclair Lewis who 15 years later would become the first American writer to win the Nobel Prize in literature. Tight and VG with no writing or markings of any kind foxing etc. to speak of. And in a bright VG- and yet still very presentable example of the fragile dustjacket. The jacket shows a degree of chipping along the panel edges resulting in just a touch of loss to the title at the spine crown and the publisher's address at the foot of the rear panel a 3" chip in the center of the spine roughly the size of a quarter and then running down a bit inconspicuous staining and tape re-inforcing to the inside of the dustjacket and finally light staining --and a bit of creasing-- to the front panel. Thick octavo illustrated with 72 crisp black-and-white photos Introduction/Preface by R. Norris Williams 2nd the 1914 National Champion of the United States. Maurice McLoughlin 1890-1957 not only won the US Championships in 1912 and 1913 and earned the world #1 ranking in 1914 he was also the first men's player from the Western United States Nevada to become US Champion and the first US finalist at Wimbledon where he lost to Anthony Wilding in 1913. George H. Doran Company unknown
191514401New York: George H. Doran Company 1915. Cloth. Very Good /Very Good -. A solid copy of the 1915 1st edition IN THE VERY UNCOMMON PICTORIAL DUSTJACKET. Ghostwritten by all accounts by a young Sinclair Lewis who 15 years later would become the first American writer to win the Nobel Prize in literature. Tight and VG with no writing or markings of any kind foxing etc. to speak of. And in a bright VG- and yet still very presentable example of the fragile dustjacket. The jacket shows a degree of chipping along the panel edges resulting in just a touch of loss to the title at the spine crown and the publisher's address at the foot of the rear panel a 3" chip in the center of the spine roughly the size of a quarter and then running down a bit inconspicuous staining and tape re-inforcing to the inside of the dustjacket and finally light staining --and a bit of creasing-- to the front panel. Thick octavo illustrated with 72 crisp black-and-white photos Introduction/Preface by R. Norris Williams 2nd the 1914 National Champion of the United States. Maurice McLoughlin 1890-1957 not only won the US Championships in 1912 and 1913 and earned the world #1 ranking in 1914 he was also the first men's player from the Western United States Nevada to become US Champion and the first US finalist at Wimbledon where he lost to Anthony Wilding in 1913. <br/><br/> George H. Doran Company hardcover books
1956100801Editions Pierre Tisne 1956. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket. Signed by the artist on the title page. Covers shelfworn and faded. Editions Pierre Tisne hardcover
1998sendak_wildposterNew York: sony 1998. First. poster. poster/n/a. near fine. signed by sendak for guy ludwig a producer of the today show at nbc. ludwig donated to the store display for the sony style store on madison avenue. this signed poster was created for the window display and given to ludwig as a thank you gift. this poster includes provenance in the form of a letter to ludwig from sony thanking him for his contributions 1st sony unknown
1924187501Paris: A. Levy 1924. Nouvelle edition. Hardcover. VG- shelfwear and fading to covers. Volume 1 is missing the cloth over the spine. Volume 2 has tears along spine. Expected age toning to pages. Text illustrations throughout and mounted color plates are very clean and clear. Oversized two volume set bound in green cloth over boards with white lettering and illustrations on front covers. The top block edge of both volumes are red tinted. Volume 1 has 213 pp with many two tone illustrations throughout text along with 22 mounted color plates. Volume 2 has 199 pp with many two tone illustrations throughout text along with 28 mounted color plates. Text is in French. All 50 mounted color plates by Mathurin Meheut are present and in bright clean condition. Preface in volume 1 by M. Yves Delage. A. Levy hardcover
1956COLLECTI014764ILONDON: MACMILLAN & CO LTD THE. NEAR FINE IN VG D.J. 1956. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. PROVENANCE: CLIFTON R. WHARTON JR. THE QUIET PIONEER . PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL BLACK CLOTH COVERED BOARDS WITH COPPER SPINE TITLES. THE PRINTED TAN D.J. WITH ORANGE TITLES IS LIGHTLY FOXED WITH EVIDENCE OF DAMP EXPOSURE TO THE QUITE FADED SPINE PANEL. A VERY NICE COPY OF THIS CLASSIC TEXT. With the book-plate of Clifton R. Wharton Jr. who was the first African-American to pass the Foreign Service exam and to become a career ambassador serving 40 years in the Foreign Service and 11th US Deputy Secretary of State in 1993 in Clinton administration. Received PHD in Economics under Nobel laureate Theodore Schultz. . MACMILLAN & CO LTD (THE) hardcover
19701171New York: Harper & Row Publishers 1970. First edition. Fine/Fine. Original publisher's linen boards with pictorial cover label. An unread Fine copy of the book. Original dust jacket with price of $4.95 intact and no Caldecott Medal sticker affixed to the jacket. Jacket also in Fine condition with only the most trivial wear at the spine ends and corners. Inscribed by the author on the front end paper: "For Rachel hello! Maurice Sendak Dec. '70." A nice early inscription; we could find no other copies currently on the market dated in the year of publication. <br/><br/>Laid into this copy is the publisher's promotional brochure announcing Sendak's receipt of the Hans Christian Andersen Illustrator's Award and listing his other works currently available for purchase. "Called 'the Picasso of children's books' by Time magazine. The New York Times described Mr. Sendak as 'a fantasist in the great tradition of Sir John Tenniel and Edward Lear'" Publisher's promotional brochure. Hanraham A75. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Harper & Row, Publishers unknown books
117308Rare original Maurice Sendak watercolor costume design for Arthur Yorinks' 1993 play "So Sue Me". One page watercolor and ink on cardstock Sendak has signed and annotated the design "So Sue me. Costume design M. Sendak Feb. 93." In fine condition. Arthur Yorinks has published 11 children's books directed numerous plays and operas and in 1990 established the Night Kitchen a children's theater company in partnership with author-illustrator Maurice Sendak. The company produced several plays directed by Yorinks and designed by Sendak including It's Alive a Halloween comedy and So Sue Me a performance featuring construction workers in pantomime unknown books
1952264806New York: Harper and Row 1952. Later printing. 48 pp. 1 vols. 6.5 x 5.5. Paper dust-jacket over cloth-covered illustrated boards. Upper corner of front inner flap clipped with price of $2.57 net on lower corner and "Harper Crest" foil sticker to front cover otherwise fine. Maurice Sendak. Later printing. 48 pp. 1 vols. 6.5 x 5.5. Signed by Sendak on the front endpaper with an original drawing in black ink and dated "Feb. '69 / for Bob Wilson". Hanrahan A4 Harper and Row unknown books
1980264827New York: Abrams 1980. First edition. 278 pp. 1 vols. Oblong quarto. Transparent acetate jacket over pictorial paper boards. Fine. First edition. 278 pp. 1 vols. Oblong quarto. Inscribed "For Bob Wilson / Wild Thing drawing captioned 'with pleasure' / Maurice Sendak / April '81". Abrams unknown books
19621236411962. Signed. SENDAK Maurice. Color print signed From ""Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present"". No place circa 1962. Color print measuring 9-1/2 by 10-1/2 inches; handsomely framed entire piece measures 16 by 18 inches. $1500.Color print from the book Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present signed by Maurice Sendak on the mount.Written by Charlotte Zolotow and illustrated by Sendak Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present tells the story of a little girl and her rabbit friend searching for a birthday gift for the girl's mother. This book was named a Caldecott Honor Book for 1963. See Hanrahan A52. The former owner of this inscribed book was Maurice Sendak's neighbor Andrew from Ridgefield Connecticut. Sendak bought a home and studio in Ridgefield in 1972 with his longtime partner Eugene Glynn and lived there until his death. Andrew first encountered Sendak in 1975 during one of his daily dog walks. Sendak owned many dogs throughout his life and they often starred in his books. Andrew was immediately taken with Sendak who reminded him of his recently deceased father. One day Andrew called Sendak at home and asked if he could join him on his walks. Andrew and Sendak thus embarked on a 37-year friendship that also included the Andrew's mother Betty as well as Andrew's brother. Sendak went on long walks and hikes with Andrew and his family regularly discussing general life events opera and books. He also invited them into his studio to show off works in progress. Andrew's mother Betty was an avid reader and collector and she and Sendak would talk late into the night about books. Sendak offered Betty advice about how to find and authenticate rare children's books which she used to build her collection. Additionally he frequently bartered for autographs i.e. a cake for an inscribed drawing. In inscriptions Betty is often referred to as ""Elizabeth""; Sendak felt that her name was ""common"" and didn't suit her. The many inscribed drawings along with first editions signed books limited edition books and other valuable items grew into one of the country's premier Sendak collections.Fine condition. unknown
19911235141991. Signed. SENDAK Maurice. Poster signed ""CARE 1991. World Hunger Crusade"". No place: No publisher 1991. Color poster measuring 16 by 24 inches; professionally lined and framed entire piece measures 16-3/4 by 24-3/4 inches. $1500.Beautiful poster illustrated by Maurice Sendak promoting CARE's 1991 World Hunger Crusade signed at the bottom by Maurice Sendak.This poster advertises CARE's 1991 World Hunger Crusade. The illustration by Maurice Sendak features a chubby baby sitting surrounded by sunflowers who Sendak said represented a positive image of beating hunger. Following Jim Dine Sendak was the second artist to illustrate a poster for the Hunger Crusade a campaign based around fundraising and public awareness on the issue of world hunger. The posters were sold between October and December 1991 to raise money for the campaign. The former owner of this proof was Maurice Sendak's neighbor Andrew from Ridgefield Connecticut. Sendak bought a home and studio in Ridgefield in 1972 with his longtime partner Eugene Glynn and lived there until his death. Andrew first encountered Sendak in 1975 during one of his daily dog walks. Sendak owned many dogs throughout his life and they often starred in his books. Andrew was immediately taken with Sendak who reminded him of his recently deceased father. One day Andrew called Sendak at home and asked if he could join him on his walks. Andrew and Sendak thus embarked on a 37-year friendship that also included the Andrew's mother Betty as well as Andrew's brother. Sendak went on long walks and hikes with Andrew and his family regularly discussing general life events opera and books. He frequently bartered for autographs as well i.e. a cake for an inscribed drawing. The many inscribed drawings along with first editions signed books and other valuable items grew into one of the country's premier Sendak collections compiled by various members of a single family and ultimately owned by Andrew.Fine condition. unknown
1173081993. Rare original Maurice Sendak watercolor costume design for Arthur Yorinks' 1993 play "So Sue Me". One page watercolor and ink on cardstock Sendak has signed and annotated the design "So Sue me. Costume design M. Sendak Feb. 93." In fine condition. The piece measures 6 inches by 4.75 inches. With a custom piece of glassine affixed to the drawing with two pieces of tape. Arthur Yorinks has published 11 children's books directed numerous plays and operas and in 1990 established the Night Kitchen a children's theater company in partnership with author-illustrator Maurice Sendak. The company produced several plays directed by Yorinks and designed by Sendak including It's Alive a Halloween comedy and So Sue Me a performance featuring construction workers in pantomime unknown
201268955E-195: Harper and Row. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 2012. Later Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Harper and Row New York. 1963. Unpaginated. Illustrated with Color Plates. Signed and inscribed by Maurice Sendak on the FFEP page. First Library Edition/First Printing LCC present to the title page. Library Edition DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities top corner clipped with the library price preserved 3.79 and 40-80 and 1163 codes are present on the front flap however the Caldecott medal is present to the front panel of the DJ and there is mention of the Caldecott award present to the rear flap; large closed tear present to the front panel of the DJ some smaller closed tears present to the extremities. Bound in matching pictoral cloth boards. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities boards are lightly soiled to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. This iconic story has inspired a movie an opera and the imagination of generations. When Max dresses in his wolf suit and causes havoc in the house his mother sends him to bed. From there Max sets sail to an island inhabited by the Wild Things who name him king and share a wild rumpus with him. But then from far away across the world Max smells good things to eat. E-195; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 48 pages . Harper and Row hardcover
18901147C. 1890. Pencil sketch on tissue. 11 ½ x 12. D.V. See Mayenpon Charlotte Leon: Shadows and Light: Life friends and Opinions of Maurice Stern 1965. Framed. books
18901147C. 1890. Pencil sketch on tissue. 11 ½ x 12. D.V. See Mayenpon Charlotte Leon: Shadows and Light: Life friends and Opinions of Maurice Stern 1965. Framed.
191049997New York: Alfred Stieglitz 1910. First edition. Hardcover. vg- to vg. Folio. 68pp. 14 pages of publisher's ads. Original grey paper wrappers with white lettering on the covers specially mounted on grey cloth boards for Stieglitz. Pages uncut. Dated July 1910. Cover design by Eduard Steichen.<br /> <br /> This is issue #31 of the seminal quarterly art photography publication edited and published by pioneering photographer Alfred Stieglitz 1864-1946. It contains a total of 12 photographic plates by acclaimed photographer Frank Eugene 1865-1936. Also included are various essays and articles on photography from a number of notable and historically important contributors to the field including photographers and art critics many of whom were members of or associated with Alfred Stieglitz's Photo-Secession movement.<br /> <br /> The 12 images by Frank Eugene are comprised of an initial 8 portraits of "H.R.H Rupricht Prince of Bavaria" German painters "Fritz von Uhde" "Prof. Adolf Hengler" and "Prof. Franz von Stuck" his famous image of painter Willi Giger "Prof. Adolf von Seitz" world chess champion "Dr. Emmanuel Lasker and His Brother" and German writer "Dr. Georg Hirth". The final 4 images are "Kimono - Frl. v. S" "Frau Ludwig von Hohlwein" "Nude - A Child" and "Direktor F. Goetz". Unfortunately the images "Hortensia" and "Nude - A Study" which are listed are missing and appear to have never been bound in. All images are finely printed in b/w or sepia-toned photogravure on tissue paper. Some of these images are among photographer's more famous works.<br /> <br /> Text content includes "The New Thought Which is Old" by art critic Charles H. Caffin 1854 -1918 "The Four Dimension From A Plastic Point of View" and "Chinese Dolls and Modern Colorists" by American painter Max Weber 1881-1961 "The Brain and the World Dedicated to Eduard Seichen" by American journalist critic essayist Benjamin De Casseres 1873-1945 and "What is Beauty" by photographer writer and art critic Joseph T. Keiley 1869-1914 among other interesting essays. The final 14 un-numbered pages contain a full list of Photo-Secession members and beautifully printed period advertisements for photography-related businesses.<br /> <br /> Spine sunned with light rubbing and a few small closed tears to the head and tail of the spine. Light smudges to the back cover. Interior with the title page and the photographic plates for Rupricht Prince of Bavaria and Emmanuel Lasker are detached but present. Starting at after the front endpapers and p.22. All images clean and vibrant. Binding in in very good interior in very good- condition overall. Agnes Ernst Meyer 1887-1970 was an American journalist philanthropist civil rights activist and art patron. She was a close collaborator and friend of photographer Alfred Stieglitz with whom she publishing the arts and literary magazine "291" from 1915-916. She first encountered the work of photo-secession group when she chanced upon Stieglitz's Gallery 291 while work as a reporter for the New York Sun newspaper. She was one of the first female journalists to work at the paper. Due to this fact Stieglitz often referred to her as the "Sun Girl". Along with Katharine Rhoades and Marion Beckett she was known as the one of "The Three Graces" of the Alfred Stieglitz artistic circle. She is well known for her political activism throughout her life on behalf many causes including public education and racial equality in America. Alfred Stieglitz hardcover
195439091New York: Oxford University Press 1954. First edition of this early illustrated work by Maurice Sendak. Oblong quarto original cloth. Some rubbing to the extremities near fin in a very good dust jacket with light shelfwear. Rare. Maurice Sendak decided to become an illustrator after watching Walt Disney's film Fantasia at the age of twelve. One of his first professional commissions was to create window displays for the toy store FAO Schwarz. His illustrations were first published in 1947 in a textbook titled Atomics for the Millions by Maxwell Leigh Eidinoff. He spent much of the 1950s illustrating children's books written by others before beginning to write his own stories. Oxford University Press hardcover books