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Acquaforte, 1930 circa, firmata in lastra in basso a destra. Titolo scritto a matita in basso a sinistra, firmata a matita in basso a destra Gustavo Rodella. Tiratura di 30 esemplari, prova 14/30. Magnifica prova, impressa su carta coeva del tipo giapponese, con margini, in perfetto stato di conservazione. Gustavo Rodella (Roma, 15 agosto 1891 – 1937) è stato un incisore e acquerellista italiano. Figlio di Ottavio, pittore specializzato in soggetti militari, e di Angela Canonica. Dopo il fallimento della società editrice, per cui lavorava il padre, tutta la famiglia si spostò a Milano, dove Gustavo si iscrisse e si diplomò all'Accademia di Brera. Gustavo Rodella si trasferì a Roma nel 1912 e aprì uno studio in via Margutta. Nel 1913 esordì a una mostra dell'Associazione Amatori e Cultori di belle arti e nel 1929 ottenne la cattedra di Tecniche dell'incisione all'Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma. Utilizzava varie tipologie incisorie: la xilografia, l'acquaforte, l'acquatinta, la vernice molle, la puntasecca e la litografia. Fu uno dei 25 fondatori del Gruppo Romano Incisori Artisti (Gria), costituito a palazzo Venezia, a Roma, per iniziativa di Federico Hermanin. Realizzò all'acquarello figurini e ammiccanti signorine; incise vedute romane ad acquaforte o ad acquatinta, come la Chiesa di San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane. Ha disegnato copertine per il "Giornalino della Domenica". Un'altra sua incisione, popolaresca, rappresenta i preparativi per una esecuzione del boia romano Mastro Titta, a Piazza del Popolo. Incisione di taglio verista è Le Gerle, del 1909; un'acquatinta di gusto simbolista è L'Albero di villa d'Este, del 1932. Prese parte a circa settanta esposizioni, tra cui la mostra Coloniale di Roma, le mostre del Bianco e Nero di Milano e di Firenze, l'Esposizione d'Arte Figurativa di Torino e mostre a New York, a Buenos Aires e a Los Angeles nel 1923, a Chicago nel 1931, a Bordeaux nel 1932, a Varsavia e a Vienna nel 1933, a Monaco di Baviera nel 1934. Etching, circa 1930, signed in plate at lower right. Title written in pencil at lower left, signed in pencil at lower right Gustavo Rodella. Limited edition of 30 copies, proof 14/30. Magnificent proof, printed on contemporary Japanese paper, with margins, in perfect condition.
Acquaforte, 1875, priva di firma. L’opera è una delle 3 acqueforti di Signorini preparate per le Fornicazioni di Fra Mazzapicchio edite per cura di Diego Martelli fiorentino ed illustrate da Telemaco Signorini. Si tratta di un delizioso libro d’artista, impresso in soli 100 esemplari. Raccolta di prose erotiche attribuite al francescano padre Didaco di San Friano (Borgo San Frediano, a Firenze), ornate da tre splendide acqueforti del macchiaiolo e impressionista Telemaco Signorini. Assieme ai «Primi passi» (1871) e alle «Storielline» (1876), sempre a petto delle prose di Martelli, questo libro compone un trittico che è ritenuto tra le migliori prove del Signorini incisore. “[…] forse il meglio della sua opera grafica […] il Signorini lo diede nelle illustrazioni delle tre raccolte di novelle veristiche di Diego Martelli […] Costretto a dir tutto in breve spazio, qui il Signorini vi riuscì senza disperdere le sue forze; e il segno aderì più strettamente al soggetto propostogli dall’amico Diego, che d’altra parte lo riportava in un clima ben confacente alle sue tendenze e ai suoi umori. Di questo gruppo, l’acquaforte che illustra la prima novella delle ‘Fornicazioni di Fra Mazzapicchio’, quella che dà il titolo al libro, vale per l’efficacia della rappresentazione e per un tocco magro e conclusivo, che superano l’evidente ispirazione letteraria” (cfr. L. Vitali, L’incisione italiana dell’Ottocento, in “Domus” del 29 maggio 1930, pp. 31ss.) Telemaco Signorini nasce a Firenze il 18 Agosto del 1835 e, nonostante prediliga gli studi letterari, suo padre, un modesto pittore della corte del Granduca, lo avvia allo studio della pittura e fu lui il suo insegnante. Dopo aver frequentato i corsi di disegno dal nudo all'Accademia di Belle Arti fiorentina, e dopo aver dipinto dal vero con Odorado Borrani e Vincenzo Cabianca, inizia a frequentare il Caffè Michelangelo, accostandosi ai pittori che in quegli anni stavano teorizzando la pittura di macchia, ossia i Macchiaioli. Durante un viaggio a Parigi conosce personalmente l'anziano Camille Corot, interessandosi alla sua pittura di paesaggi e Constant Troyon; tornato a Firenze, con l'amico Diego Martelli, consolida l'amicizia con Silvestro Lega e Odoardo Borrani, insieme ai quali dipinge nei dintorni di Pergentina, divenendo il maggior rappresentante dei Macchiaioli. Bellissima prova, impressa su carta coeva, rifilata ed applicata sulla pagina del volume, con testo descrittivo al verso. Dimensioni 60x82 mm, il foglio 113x125 mm. In ottimo stato di conservazione Etching, 1875, unsigned. The work is one of 3 etchings by Signorini prepared for the Fornicazioni di Fra Mazzapicchio published by Diego Martelli of Florence and illustrated by Telemaco Signorini. This is a delightful artist's book, printed in only 100 copies. It is a collection of erotic prose attributed to the Franciscan priest Didaco di San Friano (Borgo San Frediano, in Florence), adorned with three splendid etchings by the Macchiaioli and Impressionist Telemaco Signorini. Together with "Primi passi" (1871) and "Storielline" (1876), this book makes up a triptych that is considered among Signorini's best etchings. "[...] Forse il meglio della sua opera grafica [...] il Signorini lo dà lo di illustrazioni delle tre raccolte di novelle veristiche di Diego Martelli [...] Costretto a dir tutto in breve spazio, qui il Signorini vi riuscì senza disperdere le sue forze; e il segno aderì più strettamente al soggetto propostogli dall’amico Diego, che d’altra parte lo riportava in un clima ben confacente alle sue tendenze e ai suoi umori. Di questo gruppo, l’acquaforte che illustra la prima novella delle ‘Fornicazioni di Fra Mazzapicchio’, quella che dà il titolo al libro, vale per l’efficacia della rappresentazione e per un tocco magro e conclusivo, che superano l’evidente ispirazione letteraria” (cfr. L. Vitali, L’incisione italiana dell’Ottocento, in “Domus” del 29 maggio 1930, pp. 31ss.)
Paris, Société de Propagation des Livres d'Art, 1914-1915. Grand in-4 demi-reliure basane verte (reliure postérieure), plats skivertex, dos à nerfs, plats et dos conservés, 838 pp., 107 reproductions en couleurs, 264 gravures en noir et 26 plans. Imprimé à 600 exemplaires numérotés (celui-ci nominatif), ce bel ouvrage est magnifiquement illustré d'après les aquarelles et dessins de l'auteur.
Cover Painting by William Winter shows a joyous last day of school. Features: Colour photo Studebaker Commander V-8 ad inside front cover; Nice colour ad for George Weston Limited shows bride-to-be with family; Spyglass on Sweden - the Welfare State; If the Russians Attack Canada - article with photos and interesting map of likeliest Canadian targets; Wide Open, Excellency, by Lesley Holmes; How the Stock Crooks Operate, by Fred Bodsworth - how the 'blower boys' peddle worthless stocks via long-distance phone; The Long Ordeal of Mrs. Tak Sook Kyun - the Korean War has taken her home near the Manchrian border, her husband, her baby, and tossed her up like driftwood on the crowded Pusan hills - article by Pierre Berton with sad photos; Banff - a paradise for Sultans and Stenos - article with great colour photos; The Ups and Downs of Alan Young - originally from West Vancouver, he fought his way to the top in radio and movies; What it's Like to Live in the Dark - Larry Bartlett was blinded by a German shell; Boswell of the Brooks - Writer Roderick Haig-Brown milks a cow every day and gets called "Your Worship" - article with photos; The Secret Behind The Fiery Phantom that Sails Bay Chaleur; Nice colour illustrated ad for Allis-Chalmers Rumely, Ltd showing a grader levelling a country road; Attractive colour ad for the Hillman Minx Convertible; Colour illustrated Coke centerfold shows store display and picnic lunch packed and ready to eat; Colour Chevrolet ad featuring a 2-door Bel Air; Nice colour photo ad for Snyder's Fine Furniture; Colour illustrated ad for the Ford Custom Deluxe Convertible; Nice 2-colour ad for the Austin A-40 Devon auto; Nice colour Parker Pen ad inside back cover features endorsement by Mazo De La Roche; Colour Margene ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Address label atop front cover. A sound copy of this particularly wonderful issue. Magazine
88 pages. Printed upon glossy stock. Above-average external wear. Tape repair to one page. Numerous signatures and inscriptions. This copy belonged to Sam S. Schwartz. Book
168 pages. Head shot of Diana Krall appears on page 76. Few autographs else clean and bright with light wear. Wonderful collectible for true fans of the jazz diva from Vancouver Island! Book
100 pages. Personal signed copy of Albert Quine, business manager of this publication. Contains numerous autographs and inscriptions of graduating class notables, including Student Body President Roy Sohns. Contents in nice shape. Chipping and short tears to black covers. Lettering and decoration upon front cover worn but visible. Two identical news clippings ca. 1980s laid in. These clippings show Dr. Gunnar Berg, the first principal of the school, and his wife arriving at a reunion of the Class of 1925. Representative of its vintage, this yearbook stylishly presents and preserves the wonderful Gatsby-era fashions of the day. A truly unique and wonderful item. Book
236 pages. Several black and white photographic plates. "Squadron-Leader Tredrey takes the reader with him day-by-day through a three-month's course at the Central Flying School, where R.A.F. instructors are themselves instructed in the 'patter' which they have to hand out to their pupils later on. A book of this kind which conveys so exactly the pilot's own sensations and enthusiasms easily earns its place among the classics of flying." - from back flap of dust jacket which is laid inside back cover. Contents clean and unmarked. Average wear and soiling externally. Binding sound. Book
Fine English In comtemporary cloth bdg. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Russian. 174 p. Mirovoe haziyaistva i imperializm. Ekonomiyeskiy ozerk. Yetvertoy izdaniye (Stereotipnoe). From the library of Ismail Hüsrev Tökin and with his notes on some pages with pencil in Ottoman Turkish.
Appears to be a 1970s or 1980s replica of the pre-WWII original. Features gorgeous smiling young lady in sleeveless red and white patterned dress seated at what appears to be a trendy restaurant table with white floral bouquet in background. Illustration of brown glass bottle of Polytanin in lower left corner. Polytanin, exported from Japan, was a 'eutrophic of amino acids'. Approximately 30" x 20". Crimped metal strips protect top and bottom edges. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A very attractive memento of 1930s Shanghai. Will be shipped in a sturdy mailing tube. Poster
182 pages. Includes the histories of those people who homesteaded or resided within the Favorite and Lyndhurst areas of Morris Municipality No. 312, those within or outside the municipality who had children attending these schools, and also those who were members of Bethel Church and did not reside within the municipality. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Chapters include: A History of Bethel Scandinavian Lutheran Church/List of those buried in the Cemetery/Bethel Sunday School/Bethel Ladies Aid; History of Bethel Historical Society; Fifty Years of Favorite History 1913-1963; Lyndhurst S.D. #2583; Social Events of S.W. Curling Club; General Interest Stories; Homestead Information and Maps; Family Histories. Many black and white photographs. Bright gilt lettering and illustration upon maroon front board. Excellent copy. Book
96, 112 [ads] pages. Profusely illustrated with diagrams and black and white photos. Includes many pages of wonderfully nostalgic illustrated ads. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: Peacock Point, The Residence of Henry P. Davison, Esq., Locust Valley, Long Island - Walker & Gillette, Architects; The Southwest Museum, Los Angeles - Sumner Hunt & S.R. Burns, Architects; A Model Public School Clinic; St. Agnes' Church, Cleveland, Ohio - John T. Comes, Architect; The Roger Morris House, or Jumel Mansion, New York City - Part I; The New Buildings of the Sea View Hospital, Staten Island, New York City - Edward F. Stevens and Renwick, Aspinall & Tucker, Associate Architects; Portfolio of Current Architecture; The Architect's Library - Books on Colonial Architecture - Part VI - Periodicals; Notes & Comments. Average wear. Binding intact. Library stamp atop front cover otherwise unmarked. Two small binding holes near spine. A sound vintage copy. Book
401-496, 120 [ads] pages. Profusely illustrated with diagrams and black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Includes dozens of magnificently illustrated ads. Features: The Residence of the Honorable Henry White, Washington, D.C., John Russell Pope, Architect; The Edward Lee McLean High School, Greenfield, Ohio, and the Central High School, Washington, D.C., William B. Ittner, Architect; Thornton Manor, Cheshire, England; Architectural Polychrome Decoration; The Destruction of Historic Buildings as Revealed by The Official French War Photographs, Part II - Arras; Notes on Camouflage; Portfolio of Current Architecture; The Architect's Library - Books on Colonial Architecture, Part VIII - The Final Record; Notes and Comments. Two small binding holes near spine. Library stamp atop front cover otherwise unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
Features: Title page illustration of the Prince of Wales at a Clyde shipyard; The Situation in Mesopotamia (article); One of Our Indispensables - The Padre (article); New and Dainty War-Time Luxury Dishes (article); The Funeral of Irish Leader John Redmond - eight photos; Six photos illustrate the Seaplane Pigeon Service; Three photos document the memorial service for General Maude in Baghdad; G.K. Chesterton writes about being a 'Back Number'; Two photos after the Charterhouse School fire; One-page illustration of the Prince of Wales observing Clyde shipbuilders bending hot steel; Two pages of illustrations document the Prince of Wales' tour of the shipbuilders of the Clyde; Article on the Air Force Medical Service; Wonderful centrefold illustration of the Grand Fleet Squadron at anchor; Photo of a British flame-projector operator in protective clothing at a demonstration for Serbian officers; Photos of War Donkeys and Dogs in the Alps - Italy's four-footed allies; Roll of Honour - photos of 21 officers, including Major Victor Rogers D.S.O.; Photo of King Alexander of Greece on the British front in Macedonia; Charming one-page Tootal ad; Very artistic two-colour back cover ad for Erasmic "The Dainty" Soap, features young lady in tub reaching for her robe; and more. 36 pages including several pages of marvelous vintage ads, most of which are illustrated. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent WWI-era issue. Magazine
Pages 442-528 plus 24 pages of nice ads. Features: Hunting Wild Cattle - an Englishman's stirring adventures while catching bulls in Patagonia; My Mine-Sweeping Experiences - Joe W. White describes his WWI mine-sweeping and submarine-hunting adventures in home waters - a valuable record of the dangerous work and daring methods employed by our fishermen in destroying enemy mines and driving away submarines - with great photos; The Golden Nugget (short story); The One-Handed Hunter and the Rhinocerous; In the Wilds of Siberia - Part III - fascinating narrative with many photos of convicts/prisoners; My Adventures with the Wanderobo (a warlike African tribe); The Strange Order of the Dervishes - article with great photos; Filming the Sea Elephant; The Adventures of a Newspaperman - part 5 - some wartime experiences with German spies and other curious characters; My Week-End at Freetown - a picturesque account of the capital of Sierra Leone, with photos; Relief Worker's Adventures - part III - thrilling photo-illustrated experiences among the war victims of Armenia, Syria and Persia (The American Committee for the Relief of War Victims in the East); Kangaroo Hunting and Bark-Stripping; My South African Adventures - part 2; Canary Birds at School - French methods of breeding and training canaries; and more. Somewhat above-average external wear with loss to bottom of back strip and openings between front cover and spine at each end. Bit of writing on back cover. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
176 pages. Index. "When Norman Rockwell was at the height of his career in the late 1940's, he wrote a delightful book called How I Make a Picture. It was the basis for an advanced illustration course at the Famous Artists School, but was never made available to the general public. We are now delighted to have this unique opportunity to make Rockwell's original book available for the first time in an expanded version, containing full-color reproductions of the artists best work along with previously unpublished color sketches." - from Publisher's Note. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Average wear to dust jacket which bears some staining and a taped repair to bottom edge of back panel. A sound copy of this special book. Please note: we believe the ISBN stated on the publisher's page of this copy, 083202380x, is incorrect and have changed it to what we believe is the correct number. Book
xiii, 1190 pages. Glossary. Index. Hundreds of black and white reproductions of archival photos. Map endpapers. "Into the wilderness came the tough, the persistent, the adventuresome, and the colorful. Here they met people from a great variety of backgrounds and learned to live together and benefit from one another's differences. We could not leave this history to die with our pioneers - their lifetimes will become permanent through this history book." - Foreword. Gift greetings atop front free endpaper, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this invaluable local history and genealogical reference. Wetherell 6-54, Krotki (2) 917. Book
94 pages. Authorized by the Council of Public Instruction of Ontario. "Deny the divine origin of Scripture and nevertheless you must keep the volume (Bible) as a kind of text book of morality, if indeed you did not wish the banishment from our houses of all that is lovely and sacred, and breaking up, through the lawlessness of ungovernable passion, of the quiet and beauty which are yet around our familes." - from Prefatory Notice. Contains 16 lessons. Somewhat above-average wear and soiling to embossed black cloth-covered boards. Binding intact. Prior owner's name upon front free endpaper else unmarked. Foxing to endpapers and contents. Valuable historical evidence of the prominence once placed upon Christian education and morality in the schools of Ontario. Author was a very influential Canadian in his day. A rare surviving copy. Book
iv, 333 pages. Index. Profusely illustrated with black and white reproductions of wonderful archival photos. Fold-out map inside back cover indicates local landowners. A highly informative local history of this district just south of Foremost, Alberta. "The material in this book is based on old-timers' stories, records and research into various organizations. If [they help] you gain a better understanding of the harsh realities and the hopes and dreams of your forefathers' day, then this book will have served its purpose." - iii. Includes almost 150 pages of family histories. Prior owner has penned local map details onto illustrations on front cover and title page. Gift greetings atop title page. Average wear. A sound copy of this wonderful local history and invaluable genealogical reference. Strathern 3242, Krotki [2e] 924. Book
52 pages. Includes the following immortal songs: Crime of the Century; Bloody Well Right; Rudy; Dreamer; School; Hide in Your Shell; Asylum; If Everyone was Listening. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Has probably been rebound with convenient spiral binding. A rare surviving collection of these songs which will forever live within the 70's generation. Book
8vo., handsomely bound in contemporary calf, sides diced within a double gilt fillet border stopped at corners with a gilt rosette and enclosing in corners the Harrow 'crossed arrows' tool in gilt, back gilt extra with five raised bands, compartments tooled alternately to a geometric 'key' design and the 'crossed arrows' tool within a filigree frame, edges of boards gauffred in gilt, doublures tooled in blind, gilt edges, marbled endpapers, A FINE EXAMPLE OF AN EXTENDED HARROW PRIZE BINDING with the School's engraved prize armorial bookplate of the period, inscribed to Bertram Hunt in the name of Henry Butler and dated 1875.
8vo., with engraved portrait frontispiece; handsomely bound in full light tan calf BY ZAEHNSDORF, boards with double frame border stopped at corners with rosettes all in gilt, upper board with Uppingham crest blocked in gilt, back with five raised bands tooled in gilt, second and fourth compartments with green and red leather labels ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments richly tooled in gilt to an art nouveau floral design, gilt dentelles, gilt doublures, gilt edges, marbled endpapers, silk headbands, a splendid example of a notable prize binding. The frontispiece is by Finden after Wageman.
Copia, nello stesso verso, da un niello attribuito a Maso Finiguerra, appartenuto alla collezione Durazzo, di cui oggi si conosce solo una prova su carta (conservata al Louvre, coll. Rothschild, inv. 137 Ni, in controparte rispetto a questa), tratta probabilmente da un'impronta in zolfo. Il niello originale appartenne alla collezione di Eugène Félix, poi passò ai Durazzo, in seguito nella collezione Figdor di Vienna. I nielli della collezione Durazzo vennero fatti riprodurre in incisioni proprio dal proprietario, tra fine XVIII e inizio XIX secolo, a Venezia - come specificato anche dal Malaspina nel suo catalogo del 1824 - costituendo una serie che venne diffusa e collezionata dagli amatori. Bartsch descrive queste copie nel suo volume edito nel 1811, data che quindi costituisce il terminus ante quem per l'esecuzione. Per l'attribuzione a Maso Finiguerra, contestata da alcuni studiosi, si veda la sintesi in Zucker in The Illustrated Bartch,1993. Copy, on the same verso, of a niello attributed to Maso Finiguerra, owned by Marchese Jacopo Durazzo. Only one paper impression is known (kept at the Louvre, Rothschild collection, inv. 137 Ni, in counterpart to this one), probably pulled not from the silver plaque, but from a lost sulfur cast, as is shown by the thick, dark lines, caused by cracks in the sulfur, that run diagonally across the top of the image, as noted by Hind. The silver plaque owned by Durazzo was sold (Durazzo sale, 1872, n. 2876) to the Eugène Félix collection in Leipzig and later to the collection of Albert Figdor in Vienna. The nielli of the Durazzo collection were reproduced in prints by owner’s will, between the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century, in Venice - as also specified by Malaspina in his catalog of 1824 - constituting a series that was circulated and collected by the amateurs. Bartsch describes these niello prints in his volume published in 1811, a date that therefore constitutes the terminus ante quem for the execution. For the attribution to Maso Finiguerra, disputed by some scholars, see Zucker in The Illustrated Bartsch, 2401.002.
The tenth and final volume of the catalogue raisonnÈ. 216 pp. 127 color plates; 9 b&w plates. Large 4to. Publisher's cloth. NEW.
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