N.p. (France): ca.1890. A set of three jigsaw puzzles, each 11 3/16 x 14 12/16 inches. These wood puzzles have machine cut pieces. The puzzles' images are color half-tone reproductions from paintings. The sides of the puzzles are gold textured paper, and the reverse a plain blue paper. Each has... More
NY: M.C. Bentham, Publisher, [1891]. First edition. 4to., [50] pp., photogravure frontispiece with tissue guard, portraits from photographs, adverts. Blank membership application bound in after p. 20. Decorative stiff paper wrappers, which are toned along the edges with some chipping at the base of the spine. A good or better... More
![THE HUMAN EYE - A LIVING CAMERA.; [STUDIO MASTER PAGE PROOF]. Herbert Bayer.](/pictures/thumb/16540.jpeg?v=1495734821)
Bayer, Herbert. Original studio master page proof, 14 1/8 x 10 1/2 inches, printed recto only on coated stock in a full range of colors. Tipped at the corners to board with an over-mat. SIGNED and dated in the plate "Herbert Bayer, 39." Fine condition. Herbert Bayer was born in... More
Original 1884 campaign ribbon for the Republican Presidential ticket, with printed armorial crest which contains albumen photographs of the candidates, James G. Blaine for President, and John A. Logan for Vice President; 5 x 2 1/2 inches. Slight fraying to the top and bottom edges and a short tear with... More
NY: Radtke, Lauckner & Co. ca 1890. Single sheet, 10 3/8 x8 inches, with a copper etching of a rustic cabin on a lake with a sail boat in the background. In holograph on the lower margin is " At Brennan & Davis' Monday & Tuesday Apr 20th & 21st."... More
![[CIRCULAR REGARDING SALE OF STOCK]. Fairchild Aviation Corporation.](/pictures/thumb/52112.jpeg?v=1495734857)
New York: Fairchild Aviation Corporation, 1927 ca. 4to., [60] leaves plus interleaves, photo-illustrated. Mimeographed typescript, printed on rectos only. Stiff paper binder with printed label on upper cover, bound with brads. A few creases and nicks to the binder, with a slight bump to the upper tip of the first... More
![LA FOTOGRAFIA ANIMATA OTTENUTA COL CINEMATOGRAFO DEI SIGNORI LUMIÈRE.; [Cover Title]. Auguste and Louis Lumière.](/pictures/thumb/51861.jpeg?v=1496691574)
[Lyon: Freres Lumière, 1896]. Small 4to., (4) pp. Printed on a thick woven stock in blue ink with gold border rules and decorations. Moderate toning and light foxing, with evidence of a prior horizontal fold. Very good. Enclosed in a four point pamphlet case of paper over boards with a.... More
[Philadelphia: The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 1887]. Oblong card, 12.9 x 10.4 cm., printed verso only. Age-toned, else very good. The 781 plates for Eadweard Muybridge's monumental, ANIMAL LOCOMOTION: AN ELECTRO-PHOTOGRAPHIC INVESTIGATION OF CONSECUTIVE PHASES OF ANIMAL MOVEMENTS, 1872 - 1885, were completed for publication in 1887. "Specimen plates... More
Los Angeles: Vesta Music Corporation, 1953. 4to., [4] pp. Pictorial self wrappers. "Waltz" penciled on front, several small creases at the tips; a good or better copy. "I saw half of a photograph, and it took my breath away. For that face on that photograph, was my love of yesterday..." More
Baltimore: The Theatre Guild, 1995. Stieglitz, Alfred. Original poster for the play staring Stacy Keach and Margot Kidder, 22 x 14 inches, printed in color on heavy stock. Slight bump at one corner, else fine. This "The Great American Romance" initially toured in 1995 with revivals ongoing to this date... More
(Prague: Frantisek Tichy, 1938). A b&w drypoint engraving, image size 3 3/4 x 6 1/16 in., on a larger sheet. Housed in a contemporary metal and glass frame, with a finished window mat. Lightly soiled vellum covers the frame's edges. A very good impression. Czech photographer, Josef Sudek (1896-1976), INSCRIBED... More
London: Horne, Thornthwaite and Wood, 1845. Second edition, enlarged. 8vo., 5 - 62 pp., 3 engraved plates. Lacking preliminary leaves through the title page and the catalogue of photographic supplies, p. 63 - 72. Removed from a bound volume, this has added contemporary leaves of manuscript formulas by Dr. Hugh... More