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Two original posters

COLORFUL GILBERT AND SULLIVAN POSTER

(GILBERT AND SULLIVAN) D'OYLY CARTE OPERA COMPANY. Two original posters. London, 1919.

Original poster depicting the headsman with axe from Gilbert and Sullivan's “The Yeoman of the Guard,” accompanied by a large billboard in parts announcing the season’s productions, with three poster designs: “The Yeoman,” “The Gondoliers,” and “The Mikado.” $900.

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Tenting on the Plains

"ADDING GREATLY TO THE CUSTER LEGEND"

(CUSTER, George A.) CUSTER, Elizabeth B. Tenting on the Plains. New York, 1889.

Second edition, issued by Mark Twain & Charles Webster’s publishing firm in a series displaying the gilt-decorated “shoulder-strap” on the spines, with frontispiece portrait and 28 illustrations. $850.

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Russian Test of Time

RUSSIAN CHESS CHAMPION GARRY KASPAROV’S FIRST BOOK, SIGNED BY HIM

KASPAROV, Garry. Russian Test of Time. Baku, 1985.

First edition of the Russian chess champion’s first book, a combination of game analysis and autobiography, signed by Kasparov in Cyrillic on the title page and dated 12/03/2006. $450.

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Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion [facsimile]

LAVISH TRIANON PRESS LIMITED EDITION FACSIMILE OF ALTERNATIVE COLORED VERSIONS OF THE FIRST 25 PLATES OF BLAKE'S JERUSALEM

BLAKE, William. Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion [facsimile]. London, 1974.

Fine Trianon Press limited edition facsimile, number 199 of only 500 copies (from a total edition of only 558), of alternative colored versions of the first 25 plates of Blake's Jerusalem. A fine copy, with publisher's prospectus (two copies) laid in. $1500.

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Competition As A Dynamic Process

INSCRIBED BY INFLUENTIAL ECONOMIST JOHN MAURICE CLARK TO HIS FRIENDS, WELL-KNOWN SCIENTISTS CARYL AND EDNA HASKINS

CLARK, John Maurice. Competition As A Dynamic Process. Washington, 1961.

First edition of this influential economics work framing labor as an overhead cost, inscribed to his friends, prominent scientists Caryl and Edna Haskins: “To Caryl and Edna Haskins with best wishes: J.M. Clark.” $850.

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Portrait de Mounet-Sully

ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATED TRIAL SHEETS FOR COCTEAU’S PORTRAIT DE MOUNET-SULLY, 1945, ONCE BELONGING TO GLENWAY WESCOTT

COCTEAU, Jean. Portrait de Mounet-Sully. Paris, 1945.

Original pre-publication sheets of line cuts by Cocteau, most before letters, four hand-colored in gouache by Cocteau, stamped number “16” and inscribed by "Cyril" to a member of the Shakespeare and Company literary circle: “Glenway [Wescott], in memory of Villefranche 1929, our 1st meeting and 40 years of enjoyment since. London 1970.” $1500.

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Steep Ascent

"LOST TIME WAS LIKE A RUN IN A STOCKING. IT ALWAYS GOT WORSE"

LINDBERGH, Anne Morrow. Steep Ascent. New York, 1944.

First edition, signed by Lindbergh on the half-title and signed and inscribed on the front free endpaper: “For Mary Sheridan Rubin from Anne Lindbergh, March 15th, 1944” (the year of publication). $700.

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Coaching Days and Coaching Ways

WITH ELABORATE AND COLORFUL MOROCCO INLAYS OF TWO HORSES AND A COACHMAN

TRISTRAM, William Outram. Coaching Days and Coaching Ways. London, 1924.

Later edition of Tristram's seven historical essays on Britain's coach roads, with 214 line cut illustrations by Hugh Thomson and Herbert Railton, beautifully bound in full morocco-gilt by Riviere with detailed morocco inlays of two horses and a coachman. $1850.

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Hot Light / Half-Made Worlds

“THERE WAS A PART OF ME THAT DREW BACK SHARPLY FROM ITS EMOTIONAL IMPACT”

WEBB, Alex. Hot Light / Half-Made Worlds. New York, 1986.

First edition of this provocative photo-essay on the tropical regions of the world, with 76 full-page color-printed photographs, signed by Webb on the half title. $650.

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10 Photographs

“IN THE CARTIER-BRESSON TRADITION”

STETTNER, Louis. 10 Photographs. Paris and New York, 1949.

Limited first edition, unnumbered, one of only 265 copies, an exceptional portfolio collection of ten striking exhibition-size duotones after photographs by Louis Stettner, inscribed by him in French on the dedication leaf in the year of publication, “à le Sheriff. Avec … [unclear] Louis Stettner, Paris, Oct 22, 1949.” $3200.

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Flags of the Army of the United States, 1861-1865

“THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LITHOGRAPHS POSSIBLE”

(CIVIL WAR) UNITED STATES ARMY. Flags of the Army of the United States, 1861-1865. Philadelphia, 1887.

First edition, publisher's special large folio edition containing two additional chromolithographed plates of Regimental Colors and the Engineer Battalion, along with the lithographed title and 87 chromolithographed plates designating flags carried by the U.S. Army during the Civil War and double-page title for Tabular Statements Showing the Names of Commanders of Army Corps, Divisions and Brigades. $4500.

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