Gehry, Frank; Foreword Henry N. Cobb

The Architecture of Frank Gehry.

New York : Rizzoli Publishers, 1986.

First edition of this early monograph of the work of renowned architect Frank Gehry. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Inscribed by Frank Gehry on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Essays by Rosemarie Haag Bletter, Coosje van Bruggen, Mildred Friedman, Joseph Giovannini, Thomas S. Hines, Pilar Vilades. Foreword Henry N. Cobb.Continue reading "The Architecture of Frank Gehry."

Szyk, Arthur

Haggadah.

Massadah & Alumoth : Jerusalem & Tel Aviv, 1962.

First Hebrew and English translation of this wonderfully illustrated in work by Arthur Szyk. Quarto, publisher’s embossed metal binding with hinged joints, illustrated throughout, English translation printed in black and brick red. The Hebrew text is surrounded by beautiful color illuminations. Edited by Cecil Roth. In near fine condition.

Brantome [Pierre de Bourdeille]

Les Vies Des Dames Galantes. [Lives of the Gallant Ladies].

Paris : Éditions de la Belle Etoile, 1938.

First edition of Brantôme’s sensational work on 17th century Parisian court life. Quarto, 2 volumes, original wrappers, illustrations in color by Jacques Touchet. One of 1250 numbered copies. this is number 940. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare, particularly so in the original wrappers.

Salisbury, Michael [Michael Crichton]

Production Sketch for Jurassic Park.

c. 1993.

Rare original production sketch for the 1993 Steven Spielberg film “Jurassic Park.” Hand-drawn sketch on a translucent vellum sheet by entertainment and rock music artist Michael Salisbury. It was used in the development of the logo, title, and tagline for the film. In near fine condition. The piece measures 11 inches by 7 inches.

Seller, John

Moscovia and Russia. [17th Century John Seller Map of Moscow and Russia].

London c. 1685.

Rare hand-colored 17th century John Seller Map of Moscow and Russia, from Daniel Fenning’s A New System of Geography. One page, with intricate topographical details and hand-colored borders. In near fine condition.

Catlin, George W

North American Indians: Being Letters and Notes on Their Manners, Customs, and Conditions, Written During Eight Years’ Travel Amongst the Wildest Tribes of Indians in North America, 1832-1839.

London : David Bogue, 1844.

Finely bound fourth edition of this detailed anthropological history. Octavo, two volumes, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, frontispiece, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, three maps, with 400 black and white illustrations carefully engraved from the author’s original paintings by Catlin.Continue reading "North American Indians: Being Letters and Notes on Their Manners, Customs, and Conditions, Written During Eight Years’ Travel Amongst the Wildest Tribes of Indians in North America, 1832-1839."

[Seeley, Emma Louise]

Belt and Spur: Stories of the Knights of the Middle Ages from the Old Chronicles. [Fore-Edge Painting].

London : Seeley, Jackson, & Halliday, 1883.

Finely bound example of this classic on Knights and the Middle Ages. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, inner dentelles, illustrated with six illuminations, all edges gilt. With a disappearing fore-edge painting which reveals a jousting scene. In near fine condition.

Andrews, Julie; Dick Van Dyke; Karen Dotrice; Glynis Johns; David Tomlinson [P.L. Travers]

Walt Disney’s Mary Poppins Original Cast Soundtrack Signed LP.

: Walt Disney Productions, 1964.

Rare original LP of the Mary Poppins: Original Cast Soundtrack, boldly signed by Julie Andrews on the front panel. In near fine condition.

Vandermaelen, Philippe Marie

Amérique Septentrionale. Florides et Iles Lucayes. No. 62. [Map of Florida and the Bahamas].

Brussels : Lithographed by H. Ode, 1825.

Rare hand-colored lithograph map of South Florida, the Keys and the Bahamas from renowned 19th century Belgian cartographer Philippe Vandermaelen’s Atlas Universel. One page, the map displays South Florida and the Bahamas including major cities as of 1825 with numerous Native American trails and roads recorded and an inset text regarding the flora and faunaContinue reading "Amérique Septentrionale. Florides et Iles Lucayes. No. 62. [Map of Florida and the Bahamas]."

Johnson, Alvin Jewett

Johnson’s Map of Florida.

New York : A.J. Johnson, 1863.

Rare 19th century example of Johnson’s famed Civil War era map of the state of Florida. One page, the hand-colored lithographic map depicts the state in full with color coding according to county in the midst of the American Civil War with references to towns, railroads, villages, depots, swamps, the territories of Native American tribes,Continue reading "Johnson’s Map of Florida."

[Weizmann, Chaim]; Sir Oswald Birley

Chaim Weizmann Signed Photograph of his 60th Birthday Portrait.

: n.p., n.d..

Rare signed photograph portrait of the future first President of Israel, Chaim Weizmann on his 60th birthday. Silver gelatin photograph of an original oil on canvas portrait of Weizmann done by British portrait artist Sir Oswald Birley in 1934 on the occasion of Weizmann’s 60th birthday. Signed by Weizmann in the lower right corner, “CContinue reading "Chaim Weizmann Signed Photograph of his 60th Birthday Portrait."

Baudelaire, Charles

Oeuvres de Charles Baudelaire.

Paris : Club de Livre, 1985.

The Club de Livre deluxe limited illustrated edition of the works of Charles Baudelaire. Quartos, 3 volumes, bound in full violet elaborate fuschia and black inlay designs to the panels, black endpapers, top edge gilt, with original lithographic illustrations in color in each volume. Each volume is numbered and signed by its respective artist onContinue reading "Oeuvres de Charles Baudelaire."

Byron, Lord

The Works of the Right Hon. Lord Byron. [Fore-edge Painting].

London : Printed for John Murray, 1815.

Finely bound collection of the works of Lord Byron. Octavo, bound in full straight grain morocco with gilt title and tooling to the spine, elaborate gilt tooling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, all edges gilt. Decorated with a fore-edge painting of the Old Palace, Croydon. In good condition. HousedContinue reading "The Works of the Right Hon. Lord Byron. [Fore-edge Painting]."

Caruso, Enrico

Enrico Caruso Signed Pri Fixe Menu.

1890.

French pri fixe menu signed and dated by famed Italian tenor Enrico Caruso, “Enrico Caruso New York 9/12/90,” Caruso has also added a large self-caricature to the verso of the menu. One page, printed and illustrated in color. In near fine condition.

Palm Beach, Florida Souvenir View Book.

Buffalo, New York : Union Souvenir Co. [Plates printed by] The Albertype Co., Brooklyn, [n.d., circa 1910s].

Rare early photographic souvenir view book of Palm Beach, Florida. Oblong format, 16 pages, original printed wrappers bound with the publisher’s silk cord, the upper wrapper lettered “Palm Beach, Florida” and mounted with a hand-colored view of a solitary coconut palm at the water’s edge, a small rowboat at rest beyond. The plates record PalmContinue reading "Palm Beach, Florida Souvenir View Book."

Smith, John Thomas

The Cries of London: Exhibited Several of the Iternerant Traders of Antient and Modern Times.

London : John Bowyer Nichols and Son, 1839.

First edition of this collection of this work on the street cries of London. Quarto, bound in three quarters calf over marbled boards, gilt titles to the spine, marbled endpapers, illustrated with 30 engraved plates. In very good condition. A very nice example.

Jencks, Charles

The Language of Post-Modern Architecture.

New York : Rizzoli, 1977.

First edition of Jencks’ classic work. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Signed by Charles Jencks on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

Ching, Francis D.K

Architecture: Form, Space & Order.

New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1979.

First edition of this classic introduction to the vocabulary of architectural design. Oblong quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To John R. Francis Ching 9/7/2015.” In near fine condition, name to the front free endpaper and pastedown.

Beardsley, Aubrey; Sir Thomas Malory; William Caxton; John Rhys; Aymer Vallance

[Morte D’Arthur]. The Birth Life and Acts of King Arthur of His Noble Knights of the Round Table Their Marvellous Enquests and Adventures the Achieving of the San Greal and in the End Le Morte Darthur with the Dolourous Death and Departing Out of This World of Them All.

Edinburgh : Turnbull & Spears, 1927.

Limited Beardsley illustrated edition of perhaps the best-known work of Arthurian literature in English, containing two additional illustrations not appearing in the second edition, in addition to the 10 further illustrations published in the second edition that did not appear in the first. Quarto, original publisher’s cloth with gilt art-deco botanical design by Aubrey Beardsley,Continue reading "[Morte D’Arthur]. The Birth Life and Acts of King Arthur of His Noble Knights of the Round Table Their Marvellous Enquests and Adventures the Achieving of the San Greal and in the End Le Morte Darthur with the Dolourous Death and Departing Out of This World of Them All."

Koolhaas, Rem

Elements by Rem Koolhaas.

: Marsilio, 2014.

First edition of this collection of books by the Pritzker Prize-winning architect. Octavo, 15 volumes, original wrappers, illustrated, original box. Boldly signed by Rem Koolhaas in three different volumes. In fine condition.

[Parrish, Maxfield] SAUNDERS, Louise

The Knave of Hearts.

New York : Charles Scribners Sons, 1925.

First edition of “one of the greatest of American illustrated books” (Porter, 84), the last and most lavish children’s book illustrated by Maxfield Parrish, with mounted cover design, pictorial endpapers, 14 full-page color plates, and nine in-text color illustrations. Folio, original black cloth, mounted cover illustration, pictorial endpapers. In near fine condition.

[Cruikshank, George; William Thackeray; Albert Smith; Gilbert A. Beckett; The Brothers Mayhew]

The Comic Almanack: An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humorous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities.

London : John Camden Hotten, 1835-1853.

First editions of the first and second series of The Comic Almanack; illustrated by George Cruikshank. Octavo, four volumes, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards by Root & Son, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, ribbon bound in, with manyContinue reading "The Comic Almanack: An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humorous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities."

Tennyson, Alfred

Idylls of the King. [Fore-edge Painting].

London : Strahan and Co., Publishers, 1869.

Finely bound example of Tennyson’s “long-meditated great task” which brought him to fame; decorated with a concealed fore-edge painting of the great court of Trinity College (Baugh, 1388). Octavo, bound in full pebbled green morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raise bands, gilt ruling and scrolled cornerpieces toContinue reading "Idylls of the King. [Fore-edge Painting]."

[Lincoln, Abraham]

Abraham Lincoln Engraving.

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Engraved oval portrait of Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States. Displayed in an antique wooden frame. The engraving measures 4.5 inches by 6 inches. The entire piece measures 10.75 inches by 12.75 inches. In near fine condition.