[London?: 19th Century British Publisher, circa 1910-1930?]. 8vo. Black and white plates. Soft cover. [circa 20 pp]. Fair. Missing cover and most pages. In plastic bag. Provenance: From the collection of the late Frederick G. Ruffner, Jr., founder of Gale Research, Detroit. More
[London: ca. 1945]. 8vo. 21 pp. Stapled, Typed essay. Good with minor tears. Account of a Canadian clergyman who came to London in 1928, invested in real estate, then put on trial in 1941. More
China: [circa1950]. 4to. String bound, 20 pages. Good with marginal tears, minor losses and loose pages. Text in Chinese. More
New York / Sacramento: Charles Scribner’s Sons / California State Printing Office, 1936. 8vo. 645 pp. Green cloth-covered decorative boards with white lettering. Good with edgewear on boards, chipped spine and marginal staining on back cover. Some pencil annotations on interior pages. Includes some color plates. Illustrations by N. C...... More
Paris: Galerie de France, 1962. 8 original lithographs. 24.5 x 31.5 cm. One of 2000 impressions. Rivière, nos. 148-156. More
[San Francisco : Zephyrus Image, 1973]. Broadside, 23 x 6.5 inches on off white over stock. Zephyrus Image: A Bibliography by Alastair Johnston, p. 196: "Paean to the native Saklan Indians whose shellmound was destroyed to build highrises in Emeryville, California"--Johnston. Broadside printed in black on off-white cover stock; illustration..... More
Washington, D.C.: Eisenhower Theater at the Kennedy Center, 1977. Poster on card stock. 21 x 14 inches. Do You Turn Somersaults? — August 17 - September 24, 1977 Mary Martin, after a 10-year absence from the stage, returned to the theater co-starring with Anthony Quayle in Aleksei Arbuzov's romantic comedy..... More
London: Puffin, 2016. 12mo. Decorative Boards, Near Fine. [ca. 40 pp.] Illustrated story with no words. More
Nomad Press: 1983. 9 x 11.75 inches. Original pictorial green paper wrappers, repaired. Original woodcuts by Sidney Chafetz . One of 45 signed (by the artist) and numbered copies, printed on handmade paper. Printed by Tracy A. Davis. OCLC Number: 10023741. More
Paris: Maeght, 1975. Folio. With 3 original lithographs. Fine condition DLM édité en novembre1975 pour l'exposition VAN VELDE à la Galerie Maeght. Textes de Fernando Arrabal et Hubert Juin. 32 pages non reliées. 3 lithographies originales en couleurs dont 2 en double page et 13 reproductions dont 5 en couleurs. More
New Haven: Long Wharf Theatre, 1977. 28 x 18 inches on board. ABSENT FRIENDS AMERICAN PREMIERE By Alan Ayckbourn Directed by Eric Thompson Set Design by Edward Burbridge Costume Design by Michele S. Reisch Lighting Design by Ronald Wallace From the collection of Alma Law, theater historian. More
Hannover, Germany: Plakate, 1989. AUCTION CATALOGUE. 4to. 64 pp., Soft Cover, Very Good. Black and White Plates. Sale # 12 “TURF”. Lot # 1 - 304. Includes Blank Auction Sheet, Blank Catalog Subscription Postcard, and “Please note / Bitte beachten” Price Card. More
[Chicago?]: N.P., 1881. 48mo. Very Good, Printed Ticket, with stains. Photographs. Inscribed/printed thus: "Admit Mr. Harry N. Avery on account of Alhambra Booth." Also printed: "Entrance at Rear Door, on St. Clair Street" suggesting location was Chicago. More
Los Angeles / Philadelphia: Delkas Music Publishing Company, 1944. 4to. 38pp. Stapled original decorative wraps.Very Good with shaken pages and creasing from use. Includes front cover illustration and 4 full-page plates by San Francisco WPA artisty Antonio Sotomayor. More
Paris: Ambroise Vollard, 1931. 13 original etchings unbound as issued in a sleeve inside the bound book. One of 65 deluxe copies (no. 10) on Imperial Japan paper, signed by Picasso and Vollard. (Only the deluxe copies on Japan paper were signed on the colophon by the artist and publisher.)..... More
[Berkeley] : Screen Productions, 1986. 8vo. Oblong. 96p. Softcover. Good, marking and creasing on covers and inside pages, scuffing around edges, sunning and aging throughout. B&W and color prints throughout. Signed by author and famed art historian Peter Selz (1986). From the Collection of the Art Historian Peter Selz (1919-2019)..... More
[Berkeley] : Screen Productions, 1986. 8vo. Oblong. 96p. Softcover. Good, marking and creasing on covers and inside pages, scuffing around edges, sunning and aging throughout. B&W and color prints throughout. Inscribed by artist to book’s author and famed art historian Peter Selz. From the Collection of the Art Historian Peter..... More
St. Paul, MN: Great North American Histoy Theatre, 1982. Poster. 17 x 14 inches. SCOTT & ZELDA: The Beautiful Fools (F. Scott Fitzgerald battles with his own addictions and Zelda’s madness to become a great American writer.). More
Washington, D.C.: Ford's Theater, 1975. Poster on card stock. 21 x 13.5 inches. Water stain near hammer and sickle Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been? Written by Eric Bentley September 19 – October 26, 1975 The subject of this riveting and unusual drama is the infamous HUAC hearings..... More
Barcelona: Sala Gaspar, 1961. Original color lithograph on the cover of the Sala Gaspar catalogue. Very good condition. 245 x 190 image size on 4to exhibition. catalogue.( xiv) pp. 72 illustrations on sixty plates hors texte. Preface by J. Ainaud. Introduction by José Bergamin. From the collection of the famous..... More
Paris: Théâtre de la Ville, 1983. Poster. 114 x 77cm. Folded. le maître et marguerite. Boulgakov. Jean Mercure animateur directeur. Jean Mercure, de son vrai nom Pierre Isaac Libermann, né le 27 mars 1909 à Paris où il est mort par suicide le 24 juin 1998 , est un acteur..... More
Santa Ana, Calif.: Bowers Museum ; Houston, Tex.: Houston Museum of Natural Science, 2011. 4to. 198 pp. Soft Illustrated Covers, Very Good+. Color plates; maps. Catalog of an exhibition held Oct. 1, 2011-Mar. 4, 2012 at Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, Calif., and Apr. 1-Sept. 2, 2012 at Houston Museum..... More
Alès, France: PAB [Pierre André Benoit], 1964. Original wraps and glassine. Small folio. 24pp. 33 x 25.2 cm. with the hors texte etching by Braque. One of 75 numbered copies, signed by the author/publisher. Braque's last graphic work. He died Aug. 31, 1963 and the etching was printed by the..... More
Waltham St Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1925. 4to. 2 vols. Original blue boards with white parchment spine. Decorative bookplate of Frank and Helen Conway on front past-down, with a stain. Limited to 360 copies, of which this is no. 10. Illustrated with 2 wood-engravings of initial letters (Physick, 348) by..... More
Paramount Pictures; Jurow-Shepard; Nat. Screen Service, 1961. Set of two black & white photo prints. 8 x 10". Movie stills of Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Martin Balsam, and Patricia Neal hamming it up. More