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The Twelve.

Blok, Alexander. [Aleksandr]. Translated by Babette Deutsch and Avrahm Yarmolinsky. Lithographs by George Biddle

The Twelve.

New York : William Edwin Rudge, 1931.

First edition and signed limited edition of Blok’s controversial long poem. Quarto, original quarter morocco with gilt titles to the spine, illustrated with lithographs by George Biddle. Translated by Babette Deutsch and Avrahm Yarmolinsky. One of 650 copies printed, 100 of which are numbered and have as illustrations the original lithographs by George Biddle, thisContinue reading "The Twelve."

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-134252

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Cape Dutch Homesteads.

Goldblatt, David; Courtney-Clarke, Margaret; Kench, John

Cape Dutch Homesteads.

Cape Town : Struik, 1981.

First edition. Original beige cloth. Signed by the photographer, David Goldblatt. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$375.00

Item Number: RRB-1359

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Superman: The Golden Age. In Color!

Daniels, Les. [Chip Kidd]

Superman: The Golden Age. In Color!

San Francisco : Chronicle Books, 1999.

First edition of the early history of the first popular superhero, Superman. Royal octavo, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Signed on the title page and rear jacket flap by art director and designer Chip Kidd. Additionally inscribed by Kidd on the front panel of the dust jacket in a speech bubble, “For Ari.” PhotographsContinue reading "Superman: The Golden Age. In Color!"

$375.00

Item Number: RRB-147260

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Led Zeppelin: Live Dreams.

Ratner, Lawrence; Designed by Balazs Szabo [Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, John Bonham]

Led Zeppelin: Live Dreams.

Chicago : Margaux Publishing, 1993.

First edition of this illustrated work from the Laurance Ratner collection of photographs. Quarto, original black cloth with decorative metallic bas relief frame designed by Balazs Szabo, slipcase. No. 30 from an edition limited to 2000 copies. Signed by Laurance Ratner and inscribed by Szabo in silver ink on front free endpaper, “To Lenny TheContinue reading "Led Zeppelin: Live Dreams."

$375.00

Item Number: RRB-133294

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Robert Venturi Signed Sketch.

Venturi, Robert

Robert Venturi Signed Sketch.

Philadelphia : The MIT Press, 2014.

Autograph signed letter by the Pritzker Prize-winning architect Robert Venturi on his letterhead. The note reads, “Dear John Thanks for asking Bob 8-12-14 wishing you well (who has added a large drawing of Venturi’s Mother’s House).” In fine condition.

$375.00

Item Number: RRB-140002

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Sir Winston Churchill’s Life Through His Paintings.

Coombs, David; Minnie Churchill [Winston S. Churchill]

Sir Winston Churchill’s Life Through His Paintings.

Delray Beach, Florida : Levenger Press, 2003.

Levenger limited edition of this definitive, comprehensive catalogue of over 500 oil paintings created by Winston Churchill. Quarto, bound in full dark blue leather with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, frontispiece of Churchill painting, profusely illustrated with Churchill’s oil paintings. One of 1,500 numbered copies, this is number 1,141. In fine condition.Continue reading "Sir Winston Churchill’s Life Through His Paintings."

$375.00

Item Number: RRB-151021

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Anthony Perkins Signed P.B. Socci Sketch.

Socci, P.B. (Anthony Perkins)

Anthony Perkins Signed P.B. Socci Sketch.

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Rare graphite artist’s sketch of American actor Anthony Perkins from a scene from the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock film Psycho. Signed by Anthony Perkins. Additionally signed by the artist, P.B. Socci. Active in the mid 1970s, American artist Pat B. Socci gained a reputation for seeking out Hollywood icons to sign his sketched portraits. The drawingContinue reading "Anthony Perkins Signed P.B. Socci Sketch."

$375.00

Item Number: RRB-89138

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Ethan Allen: We Make the American Home.

Kathwari, Farooq [Madeleine Albright]

Ethan Allen: We Make the American Home.

2021.

First edition of this style book of American design visionaries. Royal octavo, original wrappers, bookplate to the front pastedown from “The Private Collection of Secretary Madeleine K. Albright.” Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in gold felt tip on the front free endpaper, “June 2021 Dear Madeleine, With my best wishes, Farooq.” The recipient, MadeleineContinue reading "Ethan Allen: We Make the American Home."

$375.00

Item Number: RRB-147610

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Transition: An International Quarterly for Creative Experiment. Number 13. Summer, 1928.

Joyce, James; Pablo Picasso; Gertrude Stein; Eugene Jolas and Elliot Paul [Editors]

Transition: An International Quarterly for Creative Experiment. Number 13. Summer, 1928.

Paris : Transition, 1928.

The summer 1928 issue of Transition, number 13, containing James Joyce’s ongoing piece “Continuation of a Work in Progress.” Octavo, original pictorial wrappers with the cover portrait by Picasso, illustrated with black and white photographs throughout including Berenice Abbott’s famed portrait of James Joyce. “Continuation of a Work in Progress” is an excerpt of Joyce’sContinue reading "Transition: An International Quarterly for Creative Experiment. Number 13. Summer, 1928."

$375.00

Item Number: RRB-149110

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Wild Flowers of The Holy Land.

Zeller, Mrs. Hannah. Preface by H. B. Tristram. Introduction by Edward Atkinson

Wild Flowers of The Holy Land.

London : James Nisbet and Co, 1883.

Third edition of this classic work on the field flowers of Palestine. Quarto, original publisher’s pictorial cloth stamped in black and gilt, illustrated with fifty-four tissue-guarded plates by Hannah Zeller of Nazareth printed in color comprising detailed botanical illustrations of the flora of the Holy Land including the Palestine Bramble, Thistle, Egyptian Thrift, Apple ofContinue reading "Wild Flowers of The Holy Land."

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-146422

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New Classicists: Ken Tate Architect, Selected Houses. Volume One.

Tate, Ken with Oscar Riera Ojeda

New Classicists: Ken Tate Architect, Selected Houses. Volume One.

Mulgrave : Images Publishing, 2003.

First and only edition of the first volume in Tate’s monograph series. Quarto, original boards, illustrated. With a rare portrait of Tate signed by him tipped in to the pastedown of the accompanying custom clamshell box. Unopened in the original shrink wrap.

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-127014

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Atene: Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center.

Piano, Renzo

Atene: Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center.

: Fondazione Renzo Piano, 2017.

First edition of this monograph by the Pritzker Prize-winning architect. Quarter, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page. In fine condition.

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-132326

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The Queen of the Air: Being a Study of the Greek Myths of Cloud and Storm.

Ruskin, John

The Queen of the Air: Being a Study of the Greek Myths of Cloud and Storm.

London : George Allen, 1903.

Finely bound example of Ruskin’s classic work on Greek mythology. Octavo, bound in full modern morocco with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, silk ribbon bound in. In very good condition with sunning to the spine and light rubbing.

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-148874

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A Legend: Property from the Estate of Leonard Bernstein Sotheby’s December 1997 Catalog.

[Bernstein, Leonard; Jack Gottlieb]

A Legend: Property from the Estate of Leonard Bernstein Sotheby’s December 1997 Catalog.

New York : Sotheby's, Inc, 1997.

Leonard Bernstein’s assistant and editor Jack Gottlieb’s personal copy of the December 1997 Sotheby’s auction catalog of the estate of Leonard Bernstein. Quarto, original pictorial wrappers. With Gottlieb’s notes throughout including the hammer price for each lot that sold in the auction. He has also marked the page that has a lengthy quote from himContinue reading "A Legend: Property from the Estate of Leonard Bernstein Sotheby’s December 1997 Catalog."

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-135684

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A Life of Picasso Volume II: 1907-1917: The Painter of Modern Life.

Richardson, John; with the collaboration of Marilyn McCully

A Life of Picasso Volume II: 1907-1917: The Painter of Modern Life.

New York : Random House, 1996.

First edition of the second volume in Richardson’s four-volume biography of the famous artist. Small quarto, original publisher’s white embossed cloth, frontispiece of a self-portrait photograph by Picasso 1912, illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs. Boldly signed by John Richardson on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-145269

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Essex: Highways, Byways, and Waterways: Second Series.

Barrett, C.R.B. [William Tecumseh Sherman]

Essex: Highways, Byways, and Waterways: Second Series.

London : Lawrence & Bullen, 1893.

Limited edition of this tour of the ancient low-lying county of Essex; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Quarto, original cream buckram with gilt titles to the spine, gilt coats of arms to the front panel, original silk ribbon, tissue-guarded frontispiece of Leighs Priory, illustrated with several drawings and tissue-guarded engravings. P. T. Sherman’sContinue reading "Essex: Highways, Byways, and Waterways: Second Series."

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-145887

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Great Comic Cats.

Whyte, Michael

Great Comic Cats.

San Francisco : Pomegranate, 2001.

Signed limited edition of this work, one of 100 numbered and signed copies, this is number 10 signed by Michael Whyte. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated.

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-127182

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The Improper Bohemians: A Re-creation of Greenwich Village in Its Heyday.

Churchill, Allen

The Improper Bohemians: A Re-creation of Greenwich Village in Its Heyday.

New York : E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1959.

First edition of this classic chronicle of Greenwich Village’s golden era. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Boldly signed by Allen Churchill on the front free endpaper. Very good in a very good dust jacket.

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-151865

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What Is Art?

Tolstoy, Leo

What Is Art?

London : The Brotherhood Publishing Company, 1898.

First edition of this work by the Russian master. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Tolstoy. In near fine condition, contemporary name to the half-title page. Translated by A. Maude.

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-133803

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Syria, The Holy Land, Asia Minor, &c.

Carne, John

Syria, The Holy Land, Asia Minor, &c.

London, Paris, & New York : Fisher, Son, & Co, n.d.

Early printing of Carne’s collection of views of Syria, The Holy Land, Asia Minor. Quarto, bound in full elaborately blind-stamped morocco with gilt titles to the spine, gilt central vignette to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, illustrated with a series of views drawn from nature by W.H. Bartlett and William Purser. InContinue reading "Syria, The Holy Land, Asia Minor, &c."

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-147942

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Boogie-Woogie.

Moynihan, Danny; Damien Hirst

Boogie-Woogie.

London : Duckworth Literary Entertainments Ltd, 2000.

First edition of Moynihan’s satirical debut novel set in the contemporary art world of 1990s New York. Octavo, original cloth, patterned endpapers. One of 500 numbered copies signed by the author on the title page and dust jacket designer Damien Hirst on the rear panel of the jacket. Fine in a fine dust jacket. JacketContinue reading "Boogie-Woogie."

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-124404

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Carte Des Isles Qui Sont a l’Embouchure de la Riviere de Canton. [Eighteenth Century Map Of The Islands Which Are At The Mouth Of The Canton River].

Bellin, Jacques-Nicolas

Carte Des Isles Qui Sont a l’Embouchure de la Riviere de Canton. [Eighteenth Century Map Of The Islands Which Are At The Mouth Of The Canton River].

Paris c. 1750.

Eighteenth century map of the isles of the Pearl River (formerly the Canton River) by French cartographer Jacques-Nicolas Bellin. One page, hand-colored, central fold. In very good condition. Later hand-coloring. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 18.25 inches by 14 inches.

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-137244

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The Century.

Jennings, Peter and Todd Brewster

The Century.

New York : Doubleday, 1998.

First edition of this historic overview of the twentieth century. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Signed by both authors, Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-144008

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Album von Berlin.

[William Tecumseh Sherman]

Album von Berlin.

: Jewish Welfare Board, .

Rare collection of color postcards featuring destinations in Berlin, Germany; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Sextodecimo, seven heliotint pages in a folding album, original envelope wrappers, illustrated. Fine in good wrappers with some rubbing and closed tears, a few losses to the extremities.

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-145990

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