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The Schwerdt Collection. Catalogue of the Renowned Collection of Books, Manuscripts, Prints & Drawings relating to Hunting, Hawking and Shooting formed by the late C. F. G. R. Schwerdt, Esq.

[SOTHEBY & CO.] · 1939

$649.00 (€588.83 | £491.24 | ¥103,637)

London Sotheby & Co. [through 1946] Complete in six portions continuously paginated. Royal 8vo (242 x 180mm): [2],86; [6],93-187,[1]; [4],193-244; [4],249-308; 311-358; [2],363-396pp, with 90 full-page plates (some folding). Sage-green stiff wrappers, upper covers decorated an...

[Auction Catalog] The Ducal Estate of Stowe, Near Buckingham. The Historical Seat of the Dukes of Buckingham and Chandos and for some years the residence of the Late Comte de Paris. Messrs. Jackson Stops will Sell by Auction, at Stowe House, on Monday, July 4th, 1921, at 1 o'clock the Freehold of the Historic Mansion & Estate . . . On the Eighteen Days following (from July 5th to July 28th . . . will be Sold the Contents of the Mansion

[STOWE HOUSE]; [JACKSON STOPS] · 1921

$724.00 (€656.88 | £548.01 | ¥115,613)

Northampton and Towcester Buckingham; London Messrs. Jackson Stops [and others] Limited Edition Catalog of the auctioneer Jackson Stops announcing the sale of the historical seat of the dukes of Buckingham and Chandos, the "most magnificent of [Britain's] private estates" and ...

[Photobook] [Exhibition Catalog] Election Eve

EGGLESTON, William (b. 1939) · 1977

$274.00 (€248.60 | £207.40 | ¥43,754)

Washington, D. C. The Corcoran Gallery of Art Limited Edition From an edition of 2,000, with photographs by William Eggleston, preface by Lloyd Fonvielle, and essay by Jane Livingston. Also includes an exhibition checklist, full-page map of Sumter County, Ga., showing location...

Catalogue of the collection of Impressionist and Modern Pictures formed by W. Somerset Maugham over the last fifty years ; [offered with:] Purely for My Pleasure

MAUGHAM, W[illiam]. Somerset (1874-1965); Sotheby & Co [Sotheby's] · 1962

$176.00 (€159.68 | £133.22 | ¥28,105)

London Sotheby & Co / William Heinemann First Edition Catalogue for the sale of Maugham's art collection at Sotheby's on April 10, 1962, offered with Maugham's final book, Purely My Pleasure, describing his lifelong interest in collecting art. Catalogue: Royal 8vo (280 x 275m...

Catalogue of an Exhibition of Wood-Engravings, Etchings and Drawings, November 28 to December 10, 1921

RUZICKA, Rudolph (1883-1978) · 1921

$589.00 (€534.39 | £445.83 | ¥94,056)

New York / Boston Anderson Galleries / Merrymount Press Limited Edition One of 125 copies printed on heavy cream (handmade?) paper by D. B. Updike at the Merrymount Press. Demy 8vo (221 x 160mm): 14,[1]pp, with color title-page vignette, full-page wood engraving in black and t...

[Auction Catalog] The History of the Book: The Cornelius J. Hauck Collection

[HAUCK, Cornelius J., 1893-1967] · 2006

$176.00 (€159.68 | £133.22 | ¥28,105)

New York Christie's Auction catalog of this significant collection documenting the history of the book in all its forms. Thick royal 8vo (267 x 209mm): 679pp, with spectacular color photographs throughout and prices neatly noted for each lot. A superlative example (tips barely...

[Early Photography] David Octavius Hill / Robert Adamson : Inkunabeln der Photographie

STEINERT, Otto (1915-1978) · 1963

$49.00 (€44.46 | £37.09 | ¥7,825)

Essen Museum Folkwang Catalog for this exhibition of 214 works at the Museum Folkwang in Essen, March 16-April 14, 1963. Essay in German by photographer Otto Steinert and Marlis Steinert, with footnotes and checklist. Royal 8vo (270 x 187mm): [48]pp, including 41 sepia-toned b...

Catalogue of an Exhibition of Paintings, Pastels, Drawings and Woodcuts illustrating Col. T. E. Lawrence's Book "Seven Pillars of Wisdom." With Prefaces by Bernard Shaw and T. E. Lawrence

LAWRENCE, T. E. (1888-1935); George Bernard Shaw (introduces) · 5211927

$964.00 (€874.63 | £729.67 | ¥153,938)

London Ernest Brown & Phillips, The Leicester Galleries, Leicester Square First Edition A superb copy of the rare First Printing of this catalog of art works (later printings are noted at top of front wrapper) accompanying Lawrence's account of his legendary part in the Arab r...

We Moderns : Gotham Book Mart 1920-1940 [Catalogue No. 42]

STELOFF, Frances (1887-1989) and Kay Steele; Gertrude Stein, Samuel Putnam, Dudley Fitts, William Carlos Williams, Whit Burnett · 0

$124.00 (€112.50 | £93.86 | ¥19,801)

[New York] [Gotham Book Mart] Twentieth anniversary catalogue issued by the famous midtown Manhattan bookstore and cultural landmark, one of 500 unnumbered copies in spiral binding, from a total edition of 5,500. Introductory notes by Frances Steloff and Kay Steele, Gertrude S...

[Exhibition Catalog] Posters by E. McKnight Kauffer

KAUFFER, E. McKnight (Edward), 1890-1954; HUXLEY, Aldous [Introduces] · 1937

$251.00 (€227.73 | £189.99 | ¥40,081)

New York The Museum of Modern Art First Printing One of 2,750 copies printed by the Spiral Press, with notes by Kauffer on technique and foreword by Aldous Huxley, of this catalog for an exhibition at New York's Museum of Modern Art from February 10 to March 7, 1937. Royal 8vo...

[Exhibition Catalog] Catalogue of Modern Loan Exhibition. November, 1917 [with notes on the paintings by a contemporary visitor to the show].

[Grosvenor Gallery] · 0

$199.00 (€180.55 | £150.63 | ¥31,778)

London The Gallery Scarce catalogue of an exhibition, held November, 1917, at the Grosvenor Gallery, 51A New Bond Street, London, featuring works by Corot, Degas, Augustus John, Monet, Pissarro, Rodin, Rossetti, Sargent, Sickert, and Whistler, among others. Foolscap 8vo (151 x...

[Exhibition Catalog] Conversations with the Dead: An Exhibition of Photographs of Prison Life

LYON, Danny; Billy McCune (introduces) · 1970

$49.00 (€44.46 | £37.09 | ¥7,825)

Houston Institute for the Arts: Rice University Introduced by inmate Billy McCune, whose drawings were exhibited alongside Lyon's gritty black-and-white images of daily life within the Texas Prison system. Slim demy 8vo (225 x 154mm) [8]pp, including four full-page plates (two...

General Guide to the Exhibition Halls of the American Museum of Natural History

LUCAS, Frederic A. (1852-1929) · 0

$124.00 (€112.50 | £93.86 | ¥19,801)

New York Published by the Museum Early Edition ("Edition of 1920") of this guide to the exhibits in the American Museum of Natural History in New York, published 43 years after the museum opened its doors on Central Park West. Royal 8vo (243 x 155mm): 136pp, illustrated throug...