Arabian Horse
1770. Antique copper engraving with delicate handcoloring (ca.22 x 13.5cm). British zoology??[Note: we grade conservatively and endeavor to identify any defects that might affect overall quality and price.]. More
1770. Antique copper engraving with delicate handcoloring (ca.22 x 13.5cm). British zoology??[Note: we grade conservatively and endeavor to identify any defects that might affect overall quality and price.]. More
1834. Guerin. Folio, 6.75 x 10.5"18.3 x 28.2cm, handcolored engraving by Guerin from Dictionnaire Pittoresque D'Histoire Naturelle et Des Phenomenes de la Nature. [Note: we grade conservatively and endeavor to identify any defects that might affect overall quality and price.]. More
Cassel, Cassel: Verlag von Th. Fischer, 1894. O. v. Riesenthal. Second Edition. Leaf. Large folio (37 x 27.4 cms), chromolithograph, hand-finished, signed by O. v. Riesenthal in the plate and chromolithographed by Theodor Fischer; one of 60 plates from Die Raubvögel Deutschlands und des angrenzenden Mitteleuropas Darstellung und Beschreibung der..... More
Zurich: J. J. Honegger, 1836. Joseph Brodtmann. First Edition. Lithograph (colored) on paper. Folio (23cm x 32 cm), hand-colored stone lithograph of Aimore Amazonian Indians by Heinrich Rudolf Schinz & Joseph Brodtmann from Naturegeschicht und Abbildungen der Menschen und der Säugethiere; 1 of 74 plates. Scarce and VG+ colored lithograph..... More
Harper's Weekly, 1864. Antique wood-engraved Civil War print from Harper's Weekly. Splendid drama and courage displayed on this fine example of a fine woodengraving made of a shipwreck in Chicago during the Civil War.[Note: we grade conservatively and endeavor to identify any defects that might affect overall quality and price.]..... More
1890. Chromolithograph. Excellent color and registration of this dramatic chromolithograph.[Note: we grade conservatively and endeavor to identify any defects that might affect overall quality and price.]. More
Neuwid sur le Rhin: chez le Société typographique, 1794. 4to, handcolored engraving (22.5 x 18.5 cm) from Rémi Willemet & Jean-Francois Coste, Ornithologie abrégée de France. Very Rare and attractive illustration.[Note: we grade conservatively and endeavor to identify any defects that might affect overall quality and price.]. More
Paris: Arts et Metiers Graphiques [A.M.G.], 1965. Period images. First Edition: Text only in FRENCH. Pictorial cloth. Quarto (12 1/4" x 9 1/8" x 1 1/8"), pictorial Art Nouveau flower design in gold-tan-&-chartreuse on heavy cloth over boards with title printed on spine and front cover; Introduction by André Breton;..... More
London: John Lane / The Bodley Head Limited, 1932. B&W line drawings & photographs. First Edition. blue-gray cloth. 4to, blue gray cloth with decorative dust jacket, with 72 B&W diagrams, geometrical figures, with overlays on photographs of important works of art, 127 pages. Scarce title in remarkably surviving dust jacket..... More
London: W. Kidd, 1881. Robert Cruikshank. Yellowback Reprint. Pictorial wrappers. 16mo, yellow wrappers with pictorial engraving of paddle wheel steamers, illustrated with 6 full-page woodcuts and small vignettes, 36 pages. A charming bit of satire with several amusing illustrations by ROBERT CRUIKSHANK (1789-1856) in a RARE surviving yellowback reprinting a...... More
London: Effingham Wilson, 1880. Robert Cruikshank. Yellowback Reprint. Pictorial wrappers. 16mo, yellow wrappers with pictorial engraving of paddle wheel steamers, illustrated with 7 full-page woodcuts with tissue guards and several small "devilish" vignettes, 34 pages + [2] blank + 18pp. Ads for Publications by Effingham Wilson. A charming bit of..... More
Israel: Massada, 1988 [1990?]. Moshe Rosenthalis. First Edition [Bilingual text: Hebrew & English]. Cloth. INSCRIBED, ILLUSTRATED with a Double-Spread of an Artist's Studio, SIGNED by the Artist, small oblong 4to (9" x 9 3/4"), blue cloth with gold lettering on spine and full color glossy rectangular repro of paintings on..... More
Vercelli, Italy: White Star Publishers, 2000. Glossy color photos. First American Edition. Cloth. Folio (14" x 10 3/8"), black cloth with gold lettering embossed on spine and front cover, profusely illustrated with glossy color images of ancient Chinese art and artifacts (including 4-page foldouts fol. pp.73ff., & 205ff.) and maps..... More
No Place: Sendak, [Undated, circa 1963]. Original drawing by the Author-Illustrator. SELF-CARICATURE SIGNED by MAURICE SENDAK, the famous illustrator-&-author of children's books. 8vo (6.5" x 9"), humorous pencil sketch & self-caricature by MAURICE SENDAK with Lewis Carrollean-aspects on translucent drawing paper. EXCEEDINGLY RARE SIGNED humorous SELF PORTRAIT--head & hat to..... More
New York Paris: Grossman * Trianon / An Orion Press Book, 1971. Ben Shahn. First Trade Edition reprinting the original 1967 Trianon Press limited edition. Cloth. Quarto (12 1/4" H x 9 1/4" W), green textured cloth with incused gold lettering on spine; illuminated throughout with full-color plates and in-text..... More
Europe: by the artist, ca.1820s. Original. Decorative Print. Watercolor after B. West (unframed: 8.7" x 7.0" / 22.1 x 17 cm), watercolor on paper, unsigned. Copied an an anonimous, early 19th century watercolorist after an oil painting by famous American artist Benjamin West (1738-1820). Shrink-wrapped over acid-free cardboard. More
Washington, D.C. National Gallery of Art, 1989. Reproductions in color. First Printing. Cloth. Tall quarto (248 x 375mm), cinnamon cloth with gilt lettering on spine and floral symbol on front cover; profusely illustrated with detailed commentary on specific art and artifacts; 402 pages. Weight: ~ 3.5 lbs. FINE CONDITION! Tight..... More
France likely: M. Silvestre, 19th Century. M. Silvestre. Fine copy of an original: framed & glazed. Decorative brass frame. Very handsome, well executed 19th Century miniature portrait of Napoleon painted in watercolors on ivory (or possibly porcelain) and signed vertically by "M. Silvestre" on the lower right hand side. Frame..... More
Paris: Artist Arthur Smith, c.2016-2017. Arthur Smith. Original. Charcoal and white chalk. SIGNED by the Artist, 4to (~ 11" x 8" / 30 cm x 20 cm), medium: charcoal and chalk on textured thick artist's paper, detailed study of a naked woman in classic pose with an open book, undated..... More
N.P. Original engraving, May 2, 1887. Engraving. Possibly based on an Ritz and Hastings' image ca.1882. Matted. INSCRIBED by the AUTHOR "Truly Yours / Harriet Beecher Stowe" & dated "May 2, 1887" at the top of the image in fountain pen, small 4to (matted: 9 1/2" x 7 1/2"; vintage..... More
London: The Pallas Gallery - A. Zwemmer, 1964. Graham Sutherland. First British Edition. Pictorial cloth. 8vo (8 5/8" x 6 3/4"), brown pictorial cloth with white lettering on spine and tracery of Jesus' face on front cover & cross on rear--both images with touches of colour, Introduction by Eric Newton..... More
Tokyo, New York and San Francisco: Kodansha International Ltd., 1973. Takeshi Nishikawa. First Edition. Cloth. Quarto (11 3/8" x 9"), indigo-blue cloth with white lettering on spine and front cover, archival polyester-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a hand stirring tea in a kettle, Foreword by Edwin O. Reischauer, Preface..... More
New York London Toronto Sydney Tokyo Singapore: The Free Press, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Tall 8vo, black quarter cloth with silver lettering on spine over pale blue boards, archival polyester-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with detail of sculpture, pale blue endpapers, v + 298 pages. Frederick..... More
Greenwich, Connecticut: New York Graphic Society, [1965]. Maillol; photos, reproductions. First Edition. Cloth. Quarto / 4to (11 1/4" x 10"), yellow cloth with gold lettering on spine and outline of nude on front cover, archival polyester-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with images of two nude female bronzes by Maillol, profusely..... More