Unique original hand-painted in heavy gouache. Raised band border. Lays on art board that is glued to a back board. Produced by the E. E. Sutherland Medicine Company of Paducah, "Dr. Bell's" advertised itself as a safe, non-habit forming combination of pine tar, honey, glycerin, and various vegetable extracts which promised (quite inaccurately) to cure everything from the croup to the flu to bronchitis. Analysis showed it to be an alcohol-water solution, containing ammonia, glycerin, pine tar, sassafras, red pepper, and reducing sugars. The nonfictional old woman in the ad was named "Granny Me... View More...
Cover depicts Batman and Robin--3 years after Batman's first appearance--as well as Charlie Chaplin. This illustration of Batman and Robin by Jack Burnley (Hardin J. Burnley) comes from the cover of the Batman No. 9 issue, released Feb/March 1942. Includes the article "Are Comics Bad for Children?" by H. Dyson Carter, which has illustrations of the Flash, Hop Harrigan, Superman, Wonder Woman, and Buck Rogers. Repaired tear to bottom edge of back wrap. 23 pp. 8 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches. First Edition. View More...
Attractive half red morocco over marbled boards. Gilt title to spine; two raised bands; top edge gilt. Comic endpapers. Previous owner's pastedown to front. A clean copy without other markings. 10 x 12 in First Edition. View More...
#15 of 50 large-paper copies, 1 of only 4 copies with colored plates. Full vegetable vellum boards with gilt border and decoration to front and back covers. Particulars stamped to spine. Wear to head and tail of spine which is beginning. Wear to corners. Residue from prior plate to front pastedown and corresponding mark to front fly. 39 plates, 4 of which are very nicely colored and denoted with detached, pink page markers. A nice copy without previous owners' names or other markings. ; Folio; xii; 143 pages; Additional images and further information provided upon request. ; All shipm... View More...
Fine copy with mylar cover to pictorial dust jacket. signed by author on half title page. 383 pgs, 7 1/4 x 10 inches. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
Full black paper boards with colored illustration to front and back. Brightly illustrated end papers. Black half title and white titles pages, both with decorative device. Book is comprised of black and white drawings or comics. A nice, clean, and sturdy copy. ; 4to ; 136 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. View More...
Bright blue cloth boards with gilt particulars to front board and spine. Pictorial dust jacket with text. Both color and black and white illustrations throughout. No previous owners' names or other markings. Foxing to dust jacket spine and fore edge; chips to dj head and tail of spine (see images). 7 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches. Shipped through boxed USPS Priority mail. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
H. Daumier drawn on original blocks by F.-L. Schmied. This being No. 31 of 75 copies on Japanese paper. Numbered in pencil on bottom left of print next to red FIS stamp. Signed in plate by Daumier and Maurand. Framed in minimal modern wood. Original letter from 1920 by Jules Meynial announcing this series of prints adhered to back of frame. Also included is a handwritten title within frame. Frame: 16.75 x 20.75 inches; Window: 9.5 x 12 inches. View More...
Grey cloth over boards with red text stamped to spine. Tan dust jacket with red text and illustrations protected in mylar. Red textured endpapers. Stated "Limited Edition Two Guineas" to bottom of dust jacket's front flap. Black and white illustrations throughout. No previous owners' names or other markings. Bookseller's ticket--Cleveland Antiquarian Books--to front pastedown. Very light soiling and sunning to to dust jacket (see image). 8 3/4 x 11 1/2 inches. Shipped through boxed USPS Priority mail. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
Inscribed by Doto to free fly dated 3/17/2001. The screenplay is 49 pages inserted inside the book. The remaining pagination about the background of the story ends is 46 pages. Pictorial paper wraps. No previous owners' names or other markings. First Edition. View More...
Art Deco original pochoir print from Benedictus' Relais series. Matt: 18 x 22 inches; Window: 14 x 17 1/2 inches; Image: 11 x 14 1/4 inches. View More...
Art Deco original pochoir print from Benedictus' Relais series. Matt: 18 x 22 inches; Window: 14 x 17 1/2 inches; Image: 11 x 14 1/4 inches. View More...
Patterned cream and grey boards. Pictorial dust jacket by Jacques Lagrange; hand-drawn stenciled design to endpapers. Copiously illustrated in both full color and black and white by several different artists with very high quality printing throughout. Signatures have detached from spine but are still intact in 2 sections; these are the first 1/4 and second 3/4 respectively. Small loss to head of dj and light wear (see image). No previous owners' names or other markings. Pages bright and clean. 10 x 12 1/2 inches. Please expect extra postage as this is a heavy book. Dust jacket present. First E... View More...
Patterned teal boards. Pictorial dust jacket; textured yellow endpapers. Copiously illustrated in both full color and black and white by several different artists with very high quality printing throughout. Sunning to board edges and spine (see image). Signatures have detached from spine with one section still attached to boards; last 2/3 of signatures detached from spine. No previous owners' names or other markings. Pages bright and clean. 10 x 12 1/2 inches. Please expect extra postage as this is a heavy book. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
Pictorial board with map to front board and color design to back. Copiously illustrated in both full color and black and white by several different artists with very high quality printing throughout. Interior contents separated from spine, although signatures still intact with supple binding. Wear to boards and closed tears at spine (see image). No previous owners' names or other markings. Pages bright and clean. 10 x 12 1/2 inches. Please expect extra postage as this is a heavy book. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
Pictorial board by Marc Chagall where front board is disconnected from spine as interior contents are bound in designed heavy-stock soft cover wraps; pictorial endpapers. Copiously illustrated in both full color and black and white by several different artists with very high quality printing throughout. Supple binding. Wear to exterior board (see image). No previous owners' names or other markings. Pages bright and clean. 10 x 12 1/2 inches. Please expect extra postage as this is a heavy book. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
Brown textured paper boards; pictorial dust jacket by Mentor with design to back; colorful textured endpapers. Copiously illustrated in both full color and black and white by several different artists with very high quality printing throughout. Interior contents separated from spine, although signatures still intact with supple binding, and first free page detached. Bumping to head and tail of board spine with small closed tear at hinges (see image). Light wear to dj with small loss from head of dj spine (see image). No previous owners' names or other markings. Pages bright and clean. 10 x 12 ... View More...
Warm grey cloth boards with debossed dark green emblem made up of Carboni's initials to front board; debossed white text to spine. Light green pictorial dust jacket. Both color and black and white photography throughout. Preface by Herbert Beyer in English, French, and Italian. Closed tear to top edge and small loss at head of spine to dust jacket (see image). No previous owners' names or other markings. 248 pp., [2]. 9 x 11 1/2 inches. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
Pictorial paper boards. Black and white cartoons throughout. Previous owner's gift inscription to cartoonist Lank Leonard on first free page, otherwise no other names or markings. Book seller's ticket to back paste down from The Holiday Bookshop, NY. Normal discoloring to boards (see image). 10.25 x 12.5 inches. Shipped through boxed USPS Priority insured mail. First Edition. View More...
Printed on tan rice paper with 4 color illustrations tipped in to pamphlet. A scarce pamphlet that is from the travelling exhibition "Japan, Remainders of an Ideal. The Visions and Practices of HUNDERTWASSER" which took place from 2006-2007. Includes two blurbs of text by Hundertwasser and M. Honma, the Deputy Director of the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. Artworks included are: Flooded Sleep (659A), The Rain Falls Far From Us (692A), Two Clouds Raining Seven Colors (473A), and Two Trees on Board of Regentag (688A). No previous owners' names or other markings. 1 folded page. 2 small hol... View More...