New York: The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, 1937. Pictorial map. Single sheet. 23" x 9" George Annand's famous pictorial map of Manhattan, produced for the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel after their move to Park Avenue. This delightful example of Annand's skilled work covers the entire borough of Manhattan, depicting principal sights, shopping districts, churches..... More
London: Oldburne, (1958). First printing. Black and white frontispiece and photographic plates. Cloth over boards. Octavo. 222 pages. George Burchett was kicked out of school at age 12 for tattooing his classmates. After a stint in the Royal Navy--from which he absconded--he became a full-time tattoo artist in 1900... More
[1941]. #10 of 10. Black and white photograph. Photograph mounted on board. 1931 Walker Evans photograph, sometimes known as "Bed and Stove, Truro, Massachusetts," printed by Evans in 1941 for the exhibition "American Photographs at $10" at The Museum of Modern Art in New York. SIGNED twice on the mount..... More
San Francisco: Sore Dove Press, (2007). Limited edition. Original paintings, color photographs. Hardcover portfolio with three ribbon ties. Folio. A portfolio by Sore Dove Press of San Francisco celebrating Lawrence Ferlinghetti's 2007 poem "Pity the Nation." There are two letterpress copies of the poem in different formats, each signed and..... More
[New York?]: (Gill Engraving Company?), [c.1905?]. One of a series of illustrations by E. M. Gill which were featured in Artemas Ward's advertising trade journal, "Fame," around the turn of the 20th century. Nicely matted and framed. More
Livorno/milan: Graphis Arte/Toninelli Arte, 1974. Limited Edition. B&w and Color Plates. Hardcover. Folio. xiv, 133 pages. One of 500 copies in English. Translation by Dermot T. Cooke. Introduction by Enzo Carli. Primarily a catalogue of Marini's work, with notes and captions. Red textured paper over boards with gilt stamped spine..... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, [1966]. Black and white photographs. Softcover. Square quarto. 341, [2] pages. Kaprow's important book on the then emerging field of performance art. It has the special merit of documenting this movement from within, at the beginning, in real time. He had originally written..... More
New York: Brewer & Warren, 1930. First printing. Black & white chapter heads, cuts. Hardcover. Octavo. xii, 281 pages. Rockwell Kent had just finished illustrating his famous edition of Moby Dick for the Lakeside Press when he set out on a voyage to Greenland with a couple of friends. The..... More
New York: Random House, Inc., 1927. Logo by Rockwell Kent. Stitched wrappers. Twenty-fourmo. [4 leaves]. Rare "Announcement Number One" promoting seven fine limited editions planned for 1927 by The Nonesuch Press and to be distributed in the US by the fledgling Random House, Inc. This was the first commercial use..... More
[Carmel]: [Jo Mora Maps], 1931 [1949]. Colored map and caricatures. Single sheet. 19 3/4" x 16". Mounted on linen to 19 7/8" x 23 5/8" This is the second colored printing of Mora's famous "carte" of Yosemite National Park. The original version was uncolored and appeared in 1931. It was..... More
(S.l.): The Walpole Society, 1929. Limited edition. Black and white plates. Full cloth, octavo, xviii, 325 pages. Useful reference that gives brief sketches of a wide variety of craftsmen and manufacturers, including silversmiths, cabinet makers, stone cutters, sign painters, engravers, glass ware makers, upholsterers, clock makers, and much more. One..... More
[c.1980s?]. Original. Pastel on paper. Single sheet. Approximately 13 1/2" x 17" Untitled original art in pastels by award winning courtroom and journalistic sketch artist, Freda L. Reiter. The scene depicts an active Cuban cigar and rum market. Reiter studied drawing in Mexico City under Diego Rivera. She..... More
San Francisco: The Wine Advisory Board, [1942?]. Pictorial map. Singe sheet 31 1/2" x 41", professionally mounted on linen to 35" x 44 3/4" One of the more famous of the colorful pictorial maps by brilliant artist of the genre, Ruth Taylor White. In this gorgeous map, commissioned by California's..... More
[Liverpool]: [City of Liverpool], [1974]. Single sheet. 20" x 28 7/8" This rarely seen poster of the Beatles was part of a promotional package commissioned by the City of Liverpool in 1974 to promote tourism based on the Beatles. Though the Beatles had been broken up for four years by..... More