This famed French painter was an academic painter celebrated for his depictions of historical Oriental and classical Greek and Roman scenes. PS, heavy stock 2½" X 4¼", n.p., n.y. Near fine. Rounded corners (as issued). Outstanding carte-de-visite half-length portrait of Boulanger in three-piece suit and tie, right hand in pants..... More
This noted Montana-born children's book author and illustrator is remembered for "The Runaway Sardine" (her first book, 1929) and 35 others, most published by Knopf: "The Greedy Goat," "Drusilla," "The Topsy-Turvy Family," "Mr. Wren's House" and others. Offered here is the near-complete original ink and watercolor artwork for an early... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1930. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. xvi, 422pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, 2 foldout maps, pictorial endpapers. Very good. Mild edgewear, with spine a tad age toned; small ownership signature on front flyleaf. A tight and nice first edition, boldly signed by the explorer... More
French composer. Rare ALS in French, 2pp, 8¼" X 10½", n.p., n.y. September 4. Near fine. Long, chatty letter with much musical content. In part: "I finished a new collection of songs... It is made up of Two Sonnets of Mallarme that I will show you when I get back..... More
This newspaper journalist turned novelist and magazine writer authored "Almanzar" (1918), "The Chinese Label" (1920) and "The Road to San Jacinto" (1936) before becoming director of the Texas Writer's Project of the federal Works Project Administration during the Depression, in which capacity he largely authored the 1940 "Texas: A Guide... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1933]. Hardcover. Illustrations by J. Clemens Gretta. Small 8vo. Tan cloth with brown lettering and decoration, pictorial dust jacket. iv, 218pp, (2pp ads). Frontispiece, orange pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear, with spine slightly age toned. Tight, quite attractive early printing of the... More
New York: Harper & Row, [1971]. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth spine with black lettering and black paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 214pp. Decorative endpapers. Near fine/near fine. Tight, handsome first U.S. edition of the 10th novel by the British jockey and crime writer (1920-2010), a "Harper Novel of Suspense."..... More
London: Ward Lock Limited, 1980-81. Paperback. (Volumes 1 and 2) and Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1983 (Volume 3). Complete three-volume set. Small 4to. Glazed pictorial paper over boards (Volumes 1 and 2), stiff glazed pictorial wrappers (Volume 3). 102pp, 109pp, 104pp. Extensive color illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Very good. Volumes 1... More
St. Louis: The Mangan Printing Company, 1913. Hardcover. 16mo. Rebound in grey cloth with leather spine label. 79pp. Frontispiece. Near fine. Several light blue crayon marks in margins. Scarce first edition of this verse collection by the bizarre Japanese-German poet (1869-1944), boldly inscribed by him on the front flyleaf: "To... More
This Austrian painter, sculptor and printmaker was a surrealist who has been described as "the first psychoanalytical painter," but it is for co-founding the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism in the late 1950s together with Ernst Fuchs, Holfgang Hutter and several others that he's best remembered. Color PS, 5 3/4"... More
Washington, DC: Congressional Globe Office, 1861. Paperback. 8vo. Wrappers. 28pp. Good plus. Mild age toning; moderate foxing throughout; binding traces. First edition. The future president's lengthy discourse on the then-turbulent state of affairs. More
First Lady. Signed (initials) Postal Cover, 6½" X 3½", cancelled in Phoenix, Arizona on 28 May 1968. 5-cent "Plant for a More Beautiful America" and 1-cent "Andrew Jackson" stamp at upper right. Near the center, just below the postal cancellation, Johnson boldly pens a large "LBJ" in black ballpoint. Signed... More
This German-American artist and illustrator contributed to "Harper's Weekly" as a young man and also did book illustrations for Sidney Lanier and others; he lived in a New York tenement building with African-Americans, who often figure prominently in his oil paintings; in 1893 some of his work was exhibited in... More
Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & Company, [1913]. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with orange lettering and black, white and orange pictorial stamping 320pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, foldout color map. Very good. Faint edgewear, with endpapers lightly age toned; some flakiing to large white area on front board stamping; ownership signature on front... More
Grenada, MS: 1890-1901. Hardcover. All Saints is an Episcopal Church located in the small north central city of Grenada, Mississippi -- county seat of Grenada County. "Record" volume. Small 4to. Quarter burgundy calf over coarse tan cloth with black lettering and decorations; modern black cloth tape spine; text block lightly... More
The son of Declaration of Independence signer Lewis Morris (1726-98) and nephew of statesman Gouverneur Morris (1752-1816) was himself a soldier in the Revolutionary war -- aide-de-camp to General Charles Lee, later on the staff of General Nathanael Greene and himself raised to the rank of general; postwar he helped... More
Controversial British journalist and author. TNS, 1p, 5¼" X 7", Robertsbridge, Sussex, England, 6 April 1973. Addressed to Earl G. Hunt Jr. Near fine. On personal letterhead of his "Park Cottage" home, Muggeridge sends "many thanks for your most encouraging and helpful letter. I greatly appreciated hearing from you, and... More
Denver: The Range Press, 1950. Hardcover. Small 4to. Beige calf spine with gilt lettering and pink paper over boards with paper label. xix, 146pp. Sepia-tone frontispiece, sepia-tone illustrations, foldout map. Near fine. A superb, handsome first edition of this biography, limited to 200 numbered copies (this #137) signed boldly by... More
German compose, pianist and conductorr. ALS in German, 3pp, 5" X 6 3/4", Dresden, Germany, 1892 September 27. Very good. Lengthy defense of an American conductor named Arens. More
Pretender to the throne of France who served as a captain on McClellan's staff during the Civil War and later relinquished his family's claim to the throne; author of "Histoire de la guerre civile en Amérique" (1874-89). LS in French, 1p, 5¼" X 8½", n.p., n.d. Very good..... More
This noted U.S. Treasury Department statistician was an entrepreneur who created a composite photograph of signers of the amendment abolishing slavery that proved quite popular; he was also an inventor, archaeologist, social reformer, philanthropist and evangelist who created cartographic maps of Egypt and North Africa for the Oriental Topographical Corps..... More
This Springfield attorney clerked under Lincoln at the Lincoln & Herndon law offices (1856-61), though after fighting in the Civil War he worked in banking, investing and farming; he is well known for his popular 1916 account "Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln" and his 1924 "Intimate Character Sketches of Abraham... More
Supposedly the first officer killed in the Mexican-American War (the May 11th Battle of Palo Alto) was this U.S. Army artillery officer known as the "Father of Modern Artillery" for innovations such as a better saddle and the "flying artillery" -- lighter artillery pieces that can be moved from place..... More
The dean of Columbia Law School went on to serve as attorney general under Coolidge before joining the U.S. Supreme Court, as associate justice (1925-41) and chief justice (1941-46). Partly-printed AMS, 4pp, 5 3/4" X 9¼", Englewood, NJ, 1913 November 24. Very good. "Who's Who in America" questionnaire, filled out... More