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Original Art Books & Ephemera

George Dixon
by ANONYMOUS
unbound. very good(+). Very scarce unsigned original black and white photograph, c. 1915, from a cabinet card image, c. 1894, approx. 4" x 7", a full-body image of the boxer wearing black leotards with a white belt- with flat laced-up boxing shoes, striking a bear knuckle pose. <br><br> Condition: Image cropped from when used for publication - but complete in itself; minor surface creasing with a clip at the top left-hand corner. Vintage fountain pen identification in an unknown...
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$135.00

ORIGINAL SELF PORTRAIT INK DRAWING, in. AN ONLOOKER IN FRANCE.1917 - 1919
by ORPEN. Sir. WILLIAM.;
Williams and Norgate. London., 1921. FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo.(10.2 x 7.8 inches). Illustrated with 96 plates. Publishers original green cloth binding with gilt lettering and ruling to spine. Binding a bit rubbed and bumped but overall sound and the gilt still bright. This copy has a full page original ink self portrait of Orpen on the front blank endpaper, showing the artist painting the famous American Wall Street lawyer and art collector, Paul Cravath. ---- The drawing is inscribed by Orpen at the...
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£5000.00

"What's for Dinner?"
by LANGLEY, Jonathan, artist
: , 1989. A Fun, Lively Piece of ArtworkWhat's for Dinner?!LANGLEY, Jonathan, artist. "What's for Dinner?". From The Collins Book of Nursery Ryhmes. [N.p., ca. 1989]. Original pen, ink and watercolor illustration, entitled "What's for Dinner?" on upper left-hand edge.Image size: 10 1/8 x 15 1/4 inches; 257 x 389 mm.) Beautifully matted, framed and glazed. (Frame size 16 3/4 x 21 3/4 inches; 424 x 553 mm.).A sweet set of...
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$850.00

Pastel Landscape
by CUMMINGS, E.E
Oil on canvas. 16" x 10". No date. No Binding.
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$7000.00

Deux aquarelles originales - Soldats napoléoniens
by GIRE, A
1869. Two fabulous original watercolours. Each shows a soldier sitting upon a rock. One shows a cavalry officer in full Cuirassier with sabre. The second is probably from a Dragoon regiment. Beautifully coloured and represented. Slight edgewear with nicking to the edges. Each is signed A. Gire to the bottom right corner. One is also dated 1869. Each measures: 440 x 300 mm (17¼ x 11¾ inches). Deux fabuleuses aquarelles originales. Chacun montre un soldat assis sur un rocher. L'une montre un officier de...
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£120.00

SIX ETCHINGS for EVERYTHING THAT RISES MUST CONVERGE
by ANDREWS, Benny [O'CONNOR, Flannery]
(New York): (Limited Editions Club), (2005). First Edition. Original Art. Fine in a Fine velvet-lined red cloth clamshell box with a gilt-lettered leather label on the front. Benny Andrews. Folio (19-1/2" x 25-1/2") consisting of 6 color etchings and 2 letterpress text pages: a title page and a colophon page. There were 300 copies of O'Connor's book illustrated by Benny Andrews and published by the Limited Editions Club but only 75 copies of the portfolio of numbered and SIGNED color etchings printed...
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$5625.00

ORIGINAL NEWSPAPER ART Regarding the Famous Fight Between Lewis and Dreiser
by [LEWIS, Sinclair and DREISER, Theodore]
Original Art. Smudging in margins. Near Fine. A 9-1/4" x 7" piece of mock-up art used for a newspaper illustration with a photo of Lewis with the caption "HE WHO GOT SLAPPED" and a photo of Dreiser with the caption "PUNCH IS MIGHTIER THAN PEN," along with drawings of men preparing to fight. On the verso is an actual newspaper clipping that used the art with an ink stamp stating "Received Examiner Reference Library Mar 21 1931." Perhaps the most famous literary fight of the 20th century occurred at a...
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$625.00

Original Drawing: Study For Modernist Architectural Mural At Hollywood Park Turf Club
by Napolitano, Pasquale Giovanni (Johnny)
Los Angeles , 1935. Original Art Work . No Binding. Good. Original Sketch. Original Drawing, Image Approximately 54" X 38". The Original Hollywood Turf Club Has Now Been Demolished. Some Tears And Chipping. Napolitano Studied At Chouinard And Otis In 1922-1925, Engaged In Work On Architectural Murals 1925-1930 Working For Designer Herman Sachs On Such Prominent Buildings As Bullocks Wilshire, Los Angeles City Hall, The Palm Beach Biltmore, Etc.; Studied Ceramics In Ny In 1929, And Then...
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$225.00

Marion Morehouse, Seated
by CUMMINGS, E.E
1939. Oil on canvasboard. 10" x 14". November 4, 1939. No Binding.
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$6500.00

Album photographique d'Anna Gould, héritière américaine de la Belle-Epoque
by GOULD Anna
New York, |Boston|& Philadelphie, 1890. Fine. New York, Boston & Philadelphie s.d. (circa 1890), 22x30cm, relié. - Album constitué de 46 photographies originales inédites, 30 au format carte postale (10,7x16,5cm), les 16 dernières au format carte de visite (6,2x10,4cm). Toutes sont contrecollées sur des cartons de studios photographiques américains principalement de New York, Boston et Philadelphie. Reliure en plein cuir grainé marron présentant des frottements, dos à quatre faux nerfs se...
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€2300.00

Original Artwork Entitled "ROYAL STREET"
by Ericson, Richard J
1986. Original, unique watercolor, matted by the artist and ready for framing. 15" x 20". It depicts a storefront on Royal Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans. It is signed and dated by the artist, 3/86. Richard J. Ericson (1922-2010.) was a fine artist who lived, worked, and taught art in Long Island, NY, where he is well known, particularly on the North shore. He had his art displayed in gallerys from Mexico City, where he resided 1949-1953, to the Art Center in Cold Spring Harbor,...
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$85.00

Dibujo original de la artista Marina Grau i Auge, numerado 37 en trasera
by Marina Grau
1945. Aceptable. formato 24x42 cm, original realizado sobre papel, en la decada 1940 ? 50 ? por la artista Marina Grau i Auge, Maestra de: Industrial Textil, de tapiceria, dibujante, pintora y ceramista, en el año 1991 le fue otorgada la medalla President Macia por su tarea docente, pertenece al grupo literario Poesia Viva. ESTE ORIGINAL SOLO SE ENVIA POR CORREO CERTIFICADO
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€42.00

Japanese Woodcut Of Two Roosters With Flowers
by Sugakudo (?) Or Nakayama (?)
(Circa 1858?), 1858. Original Woodcut 1st Printing. No Binding. Fine. Original Woodcut, Image 13" X 8 1/2". In Old Japanese Mat And Antique Wood Frame. Japanese Text In Image. Handwritten Notes Indicate By Sugakudo Circa 1858, But Another Expert Says By Nakayama.
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$325.00

Untitled (Making our snowshoes)
by DUMMER, Horace Boylston
New York: World Book Company, 1923. unbound. View. Ink on paper. Signed. Page measures 11" x 14", image measures 7 3/4" x 11".<br/> <br/> An original drawing that served as an illustration for the book "In the North Woods of Maine: The Story of a Winter in the Wilderness Fifty Years Ago", written by E.E. Thomas. Part of the "Pioneer Life Series", the book details the trip taken by the author and his cousin to the primeval forests of Northern Maine....
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$250.00

SAMEN MET DE ANDERE DIEREN. TEN ETCHINGS FROM THE NIEUWE ZON
by CHANDLER, Bruce & DAVIS, Steve
(Kasterlee, Belgium): The Heron Press, 1977. First Edition. Original Art. Fine in cloth folder and clamshell box as issued. Bruce Chandler and Steve Davis. Twelve 7-3/8" x 10" individual sheets consisting of the title and colophon pages as well as 10 ORIGINAL ETCHINGS. Each artist is represented by 5 ORIGINAL ETCHINGS titled and initialed by the artist and printed at the Frans Masereel Centrum. This is copy #6 of only 20 copies produced and is SIGNED by both artists at the limitation leaf. A rare...
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$1250.00

Molly Whuppie
by LE CAIN, Errol
Molly Whuppie With the Giant's Sword LE CAIN, Errol, artist. [Molly Whuppie with the Giant's sword]. [N.p., ca. 1983]. Original circular watercolor depicting Molly Whuppie holding the Giant's sword high above her head. Signed Errol Le Cain on right side border. Image size: 7 5/8 inches; 195 mm. Framed size: 15 inches x 15 inches; 380 mm x 380 mm. Mounted, framed and glazed. Together with a copy of the book: Molly Whupple. Retold by Walter de la Mare. Illustrated by Errol Le Cain. Published by Faber and...
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$1500.00

SIGNED LITHOGRAPH: WINDY HILL
by SMITH, Lawrence Beall
[New York]: [Associated American Artists], [1940]. First Edition. Print. Tape along very edges on the verso. A dark impression, Near Fine. Lawrence Beall Smith. Attractive Lithograph (14-3/8" x 11-1/2"; Image size 12-1/2" x 9-1/2") SIGNED in pencil at the lower right. Also seen titled as FLYING KITES. Apparently issued in an edition of 250 by the Associated American Artists (AAA).
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$312.50

Leaping Nude
by CUMMINGS, E.E
1947-04-23. Oil on cardboard. 16" x 20-1/2". No Binding.
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$9500.00

ORIGINAL CARTOON ART: Mere Mortals
by NORKIN, Sam
n.p., 1997. Drawing. Fine, shrinkwrapped with a cardboard backing on which Norkin has written his name, address, phone number, and an insurance value. Sam Norkin. Original pen and ink on paper, 15" x 12", SIGNED by the artist and titled at the bottom in pencil. An image of three actors--Willis Sparks, Arnie Burton, and Anne O'Sullivan--performing in MERE MORTALS AND OTHERS by David Ives, which opened Off Broadway in 1997. Norkin's theater caricatures, similar in style to that of Hirschfeld, primarily...
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$187.50

Untitled, Mandarin (Watercolor, In High Quality Frame)
(Circa 1925), 1925. Original Art Work . No Binding. Fine. Original Watercolor. Period Carved Wood Chinese Frame With New Uv Filter Acrylic By La Artbox, 151/8" X 14 5/8".
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$250.00

The poodle never begs except for meaning (Ghent Scarf)
by General Idea (AA Bronson, Felix Partz, Jorge Zontal)
Ghent: Museum van Hendendaagse Kunst, 1984. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Multiple. Screenprint on nylon. 76 x 72 cm. Limited edition of 500 copies. With an introduction by Jan Hoet printed on 2 transparent sheets in English and Dutch. Together in original clamshell black boards box with gilt lettering. Signed "General Idea" and numbered 351/500 in pencil on the museum label on the inside of the box. General Idea was a collective of three Canadian artists, Active...
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€850.00
![Original Drawing for Tornado Alley [For a Book by William Burroughs]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/954/141/273141954.0.b.jpg)
Original Drawing for Tornado Alley [For a Book by William Burroughs]
by (BURROUGHS, William). WILSON, S. Clay
1988. An original drawing by Wilson for Burroughs' 1989 book Tornado Alley. This image was included in the exhibition "Ports of Entry: William Burroughs and the Arts" that was mounted by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1996, and it is reproduced on page 140 of the exhibition catalog. Interestingly, the illustration in the book does not show some of the work that Wilson did, as it was done using nonrepro blue pencil which does not show up when photographed: Wilson's edits didn't appear in Tornado...
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$7500.00

Original Modernist Embroidery, Circa 1918/1930
by Sachs, Herman (Hermann) [From His Estate]
1925. No Binding. Fine. Original Textile Embroidery, Abstract Design, Wool On Linen, 7 1/4" X 4 7/8". From The Estate Of Artist Herman (Hermann) Sachs. Born In Romania To Jewish Parents, Herman [Hermann] Sachs Immigrated To The U.S. As A Child. He First Trained Under His German-Born Father, A Painter In The Court Of Queen Elisabeth Of Romania. Sachs Continued His Artistic Training In Europe, Spending The 1910-1920 Period In Germany, Where He Founded The Munich School Of Expressionists (Munich...
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$750.00

Signed Original Self-Portrait
by LONGSTREET, Stephen (1907 - 2002)
1970. unbound. 1 page, 11 x 8.5 inches, no place, no date, circa 1970. Titled "Artist at Work" and signed in pencil, the drawing portrays the artist sketching a voluptuous woman. Three punch-holes and small tears in the left margin; very good(-) condition.<br/><br/> American illustrator best know for his illustrations in Wyatt Earp, Gunslingers, and the like.<br/><br/>
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$200.00