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Single leaf measuring 5 by 7 3/4 inches. A drawing of a young man and woman glancing shyly at each other, with their noses drawn in an angular fashion so as to point at each other. Below the figures is penned words "i cant [sic] stop long this time." A... more

Price: $850.00

Oblong small quarto. 14ff. manuscript album of fifteen illustrated, nonsensical limericks after Edward Lear, featuring comical characters, like the Old Man from the Cape and his Barbary ape. The illustrations are just as diverting as the verse, populated with wide-eyed creatures and caricatures of monstrous men. The images and text... more

Price: $1,250.00

Pen and ink on paper of varying sizes and finishes. All are signed by Steig. These drawings were produced for an advertising campaign for the Butcher Polish Company of Marlborough, Massachusetts, which saw itself leading its market during this period. Steig's drawings feature various faces wearing a panorama of expressions,... more

Price: $2,250.00

Cased stipple-engraved picture, hand-colored, with cut-out figures. Image is circular and measures seven inches in diameter, within a frame that measures 12 by 14 by 3 inches. The picture shows a boy playing the pipe and drums, while activating a pair of dancing dolls on a plank of wood with... more

Price: $1,350.00

An original drawing of Peter Pan, in pencil and pastel on gray paper. Together with a manuscript poem written by Gould upon completion of the work. The drawing shows the face of Peter Pan gazing through a thicket of leaves and branches. His "ageless" eyes, as Gould describes them in... more

Price: $3,500.00

Color lithograph measuring 12 by 9 1/2 inches by Marie Laurencin, a contemporary of Picasso and Braque. Although she was one of few women artists of the time to experiment with Cubist ideas, her work does not reach the height of abstraction attained by Picasso. Instead, her focus is on... more

Price: $1,000.00

Single folio sheet, on which is printed twenty rebus cards, to be cut out. Each card has a very fine hand-colored stipple engraving. A few examples are: a man bowing before a statue of Cupid, a sunset, three children sledding, and Napoleon sitting on an upper-case "B." The sheet measures... more

Price: $750.00

Octavo. (30)ff. Contains two full-page charcoal drawings, one of the interior of a railway carriage and the other of a landscape. Together with a laid-in photograph of Huxley holding a small dog, signed in full on the mat and housed in a paper folder. Huxley's bookplate, with his facsimile signature,... more

Price: $1,350.00

Oblong 32mo. (6)ff. First edition. A collection of stories told without words through a series of illustrated frames, in a style similar to a comic book. In the stories, small animals, like mice, birds, and squirrels, outsmart potential predators. At the end, a race where frogs ride insects turns into... more

Price: $100.00

London, (1890s). Group of ephemera printed at the Vale Press between 1896 and 1903 containing twenty-two order forms, seven book lists, and four notices, two of which are duplicates. Three of the order forms are printed in red and black, and many of the pieces contain decorative woodcut elements. Light... more

Price: $1,250.00

Lush 20 1/2 by 15 3/4-inch original watercolor painting of the alphabet surrounded by a thicket of leaves, tall grass, and wildflowers. Birds and butterflies flutter amidst the leaves, while a rabbit and a field mouse sit in the grass. The alphabet is painted in pale yellow, and it sits... more

Price: $2,500.00

Oblong folio. (62) pp. Introduction by Edith M. Coulter and Eleanor A. Bancroft. One of 300 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. Illustrated with thirteen drawings in black and white by Henry Miller. Fine in cloth-backed patterned boards, plain d/w. ... more

Price: $150.00

Small octavo. (28)pp., frenchfold. From an edition of 100 copies, this is one of 60 bound in Rakusaki paper and offered for sale. Signed by the author/artist and printed on Japanese handmade paper. Fourteen spare three-line poems, illustrated with three offset prints in black and blue. Extremely fine in Japanese... more

Price: $450.00

Small octavo. (28)pp., frenchfold. From an edition of 100 copies, this is one of 40 bound in Hana-asa paper, reserved for members of The Society of Private Printers. Signed by the author/artist and printed on Japanese handmade paper. Fourteen spare three-line poems, illustrated with three offset prints in black and... more

Price: $500.00

Quarto. 28pp., frenchfold. One of forty copies. Signed by the author/artist, Gunnar Kaldewey. This book is inspired by the notion of "nature as art." The first text page poetically states: "Books are like gardens that one can carry/around; gardens are like books that one can/experience, promenade through or get lost.... more

Price: $1,750.00

A matted and framed watercolor painting on paper, approximately 21 1/2 by 15 1/2 inches, signed and dated by the artist. The painting is of three different flowers: one large red hibiscus; an imperial crown and its seed pods; and two lianne, a French variety of violet. The flowers are... more

Price: $1,250.00

Quarto. (viii), 56 pp. Limited to 500 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press. Introduction by David Magee. Reprinted from Beadle's Half-Dime Library, Number 814, February 28, 1893. Illustrated by Mallette Dean. A fine copy in cloth backed patterned boards, plain d/w. Prospectus laid in. ... more

Price: $175.00

Octavo. 76 pp. Introductory note by Oscar Lewis. One of 200 copies. Illustrated by Mallette Dean. Ends of spine slightly bumped, decorative boards slightly bowed, else a near fine copy. Prospectus laid in. ... more

Price: $200.00