Four (4) 19th-century animal prints, including Currier and Ives "The Cares of a Family." 1st item: Currier and Ives large folio lithograph with hand coloring, titled "The Cares of a Family," after a painting by Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait (New York/England, 1819-1905), New York, 1856. Depicts a family of quail in a landscape setting. Title and […]

THE ENGLISH DANCE OF DEATH, Vol. I-II, by William Combe, with illustrations by Thomas Rowlandson, printed by J. Diggens, published by R. Ackermann, London, ca. 1815-16. Hardcover octavos, 594 total gilt-edged pages with a hand-colored aquatint frontispiece, illustrated title page, and 72 additional full page illustrations, volume I with front advertisement, rebound in navy blue […]

DON QUIXOTE DE LA MANCHA, Vol. I-IV, translated from the original Spanish of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra by Charles Jarvas / Jarvis, Esq., by printed by J. Brettell for T. McClean, London, 1819. Hardcover octavos, 1,589 total marble-edged pages including 24 engraved plates with hand-coloring, hardbound in brown leather with blind stamped covers, gilt lettering […]

PHANTASMAGORIA OF FUN, Vol. I-II, edited and illustrated by Alfred Crowquill, published by Richard Bentley, London, 1843. Hardcover octavos, 604 gilt top edged pages with illustrations, rebound in three-quarter red leather with marbled-paper sides, gilt lettering and gilt blind stamping to spines, five raised hubs, red grosgrain ribbon book marks, marbled end papers. Ex libris […]

Two (2) Raphael Soyer (American/Russian 1899-1987) prints & two (2) European School engravings, 4 items total. 1st item: Raphael Soyer serigraph titled "Blue Lady". Depicting a seated woman gazing downward with hands clasped in her lap and wearing a blue skirt, against a dark blue background. Pencil signed lower right. Housed in a gilt wood […]

Five (5) American and European works on paper. 1st item: Elizabeth O'Neill Verner (South Carolina, 1883-1979) offset print titled "In the Shadow of St. Michael's, Charleston" depicting a street scene in Charleston, SC. Signed and numbered "Elizabeth O'Neill Verner 250/900," in pencil, lower right below image. Handwritten index card and envelope with artist and title […]

Four (4) American and European artworks depicting landscapes. 1st item: Allen Ross Pittman (New Jersey/Tennessee, 1883-1969) casein paint on paper painting titled "Cumberland Falls, Kentucky," depicting a waterfall surrounded by rock and early autumn foliage. Signed "A. Ross Pittman" lower right. Biography: Pittman was a graduate of Vanderbilt University (1910) and attended the University of […]

Two (2) hand-colored copper engravings on laid paper depicting birds by Francois-Nicolas Martinet (French, 1731-1800) from HISTOIRE NATURELLE DES OISEUX BY George Louis Leclerc Buffon, published in Paris, circa 1765 to 1786. Includes one (1) Plate 249 "Geai a ventre jaune, de Cayenne" and one (1) Plate 739 "Le Fournier, de Buenos-Ayres". Both housed under […]

George Schwacha, Jr. (New Jersey, 1908-1986) oil on board painting depicting several boats moored at a harbor with buildings visible in the background beneath a cloudy blue sky. Signed "Schwacha" lower right. Housed in a wooden frame with gilt trim. Sight: 17 1/2" H x 23 1/2" W. Framed: 21 3/4" H x 27 1/2" […]

Two (2) Walter Ronald Locke (Florida/Massachusetts, 1883-1949) etchings depicting Florida scenes, published by Associated American Artists, New York. 1st item: Etching on paper titled "'Patio' Don Toldeo House, St. Augustine. Fla.," depicting the exterior of the historic Don Toledo House in Saint Augustine, Florida. Titled, in pencil, lower left below plate, signed and dated "W.R […]