Signed, Limited, First American Edition THE BFG by Roald Dahl; 1982, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, NY. Copy #160, signed on the limitation page by Dahl and illustrator Quentin Blake. 9 3/4" H x 6 1/2" W. Note: Limited to 300 copies, this slipcased copy was published simultaneously with the First American hardcover edition. CONDITION: As […]
Lot 632: Enrico Caruso Signed Caricature Self Portrait
Enrico Caruso (Italian, 1873-1921) ink on paper autographed caricature depicting a self-portrait of the operatic tenor. Signed and dated "Enrico Caruso/ 11. 4. 1917" below. Sight: 7 1/2" H x 6" W. Framed: 11 1/4" H x 9 1/2" W. Note: According to the information affixed en verso, the sketch was done by opera singer […]
Lot 631: George Hurrell Hollywood Golden Era Photo Archive
Hollywood photograph archive related to George Hurrell (American, 1904-1992), acclaimed portraitist to the stars, including images from his "Portfolio I" and ephemera from "Portfolio III". 1st-5th items: Five (5) black and white signed and numbered gelatin silver prints of portraits of Hollywood stars published in "Portfolio I" by Creative Art Images, Inc., Los Angeles, 1979; […]
Lot 630: Collection 8 Harvard Trophy Cups and Ephemera incl. Ellery Clark
A Collection of eight (8) Harvard Athletic Association pewter cups, trophies and other assorted ephemera, including one (1) "First Prize High Jump 1904", Loving Cup with 1933 inscription for Newark High School; and six (6) tankards and one (1) mug with inscriptions dating from 1894-1912. Also included are various ephemera items, including four (4) membership […]
Lot 629: 6 pcs. 1925 Paris Exposition Ephemera, incl. Magazines
Grouping of ephemera items all relating to the 1925 Paris International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts. 1st-3rd items: Three (3) magazines, all with articles, numerous illustrations, and photos reporting on the exhibition, including two (2) large examples titled "L'Illustration Exposition Des Arts Decoratifs" dated April 25, 1925 (64 total pages) with cover illustration […]
Lot 628: Collection of 5 Antique Golf / Chole Balls, 3 Stands
Five (5) antique golf balls with three (3) stands. 1st Item: Chole ball of wood, ovaloid shape with a flattened base for positioning. 2nd Item: A well preserved 1840's feather golf ball, very fine hand stitching, outstanding patina, color and shape, unknown maker. 3rd Item: A recovered "RCR H" rubber-core bramble ball, by The Improved […]
Lot 627: Collection of 6 Wood Shaft Antique Chole and Golf Clubs
Collection of antique clubs, consisting of 4 golf clubs and 2 Chole clubs. 1st Item: An early hickory shafted "blacksmith's" cleek, with a smooth-faced dish face, hand tooling on the hosel, leather grip, ca. 1840. 43" Length. 2nd Item: A Willie Park Jr. patent compressed brassie club, stamped "W. Park's Patent Compressed", scared head (splice), […]
Lot 625: 7 19th C. Natural History Books, Ornithology & Botanical, incl. Color Plates
Seven (7) finely illustrated French-language nature books, all but one with color plates, including studies of birds, mammals, and horticulture. 1st-3rd items: L'ILLUSTRATION HORTICOLE, Vols. 15,16, and 23. Published in Ghent, Belgium in 1868,1869, and 1876. Each includes approximately 37 chromolithographs including foldouts, with plates in Volume 23 by Pieter de Pannemaeker (Belgium, fl. 19th […]
Lot 626: 6 Antique Wood Shaft Golf Clubs 1840-1920
Collection of six (6) antique wood shaft golf clubs. From left to right in photos. 1st Item: A smooth-faced rut niblick with an unusual shaft of greenheart (as hickory was the preferred wood by the 1890s), Heavy hand-tooled hosel, stamped G. BURROWS RANELAGH WARRANTED HAND FORGED. 38 1/2" Length. Note: Stamp refers to the Course […]
Lot 624: Pair Signed Watercolor Botanical Floral Paintings or Theorems c. 1800
Pair of two (2) watercolor floral paintings, possibly schoolgirl studies for a theorem or Female Academy album. Includes "Punica Granatum" or pomegranate by Maryann Humphries, dated July 1807, and "Anemone Pratensis" or small pasque flower by Elizabeth Bolton, dated Dec. 1813. Each framed under glass in a later giltwood frame with hand-colored and gilt mat. […]
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