BOOKS, VAN BUREN LETTER FROM HAMILTONPLACE PLUS PHOTO ...1st item: Letter related to the President Martin Van Buren and Eastin/Polk Families, written to Mary Ann Eastin Polk, from a "M. Van Buren", discussing...
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3 GEORGE CRESS ARTWORKS, NUDE DRAWINGS& PHOTOGRAPHThree (3) George Ayers Cress (American/Tennessee, 1921-2008) works on paper including two framed nude pencil on paper drawings and one photograph. 1st & 2nd items:...
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ENGLISH PALACE INTERIOR WATERCOLOR &THE KING'S PICTURE...1st item: British School, late 19th century, watercolor painting depicting the interior of highly ornate building, possibly the Palace of Westminster,...
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NATUURLYK TOVERBOEK.[Decremps, Henri]Natuurlyk Toverboek. Amsterdam: Allart En Van Der Plaats, 1791—94. Eight parts in two vols., contemporary quarter leather, gilt spine titles. Engraved frontispiece of a...
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AFTER EDWARD SHERIFF CURTIS(American,1868-1952)
Four photogravures; Acoma From the Churchtop, image from 1904; Tablita Dance-San Ildefonso, image from 1925; Crumbling Walls of the Old Church-Acoma, image from...
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PHOTOS OF COLONEL PINGER TRAVELS ANDLINCHENG OUTRAGEChina/Japan, 1923, comprising: 83 black and white photos, 75 depicting the travels of Roland and Miriam Pinger and their two young sons, Roland Jr. and Edward...
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IMPORTANT MIMBRES POTTERY BOWL W/ WALKINGFISH - TL'DNative American, Southwestern US, Mimbres Valley, New Mexico, ca. 950 to 1150 CE. A smallish, deep bowl of classic form and decoration from an imaginative and unique...
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10TH C. INDIAN RAJASTHAN RELIEF LION,ELEPHANT, CONSORT...South Asia, India, Rajasthan, ca. 10th to 13th century CE. A remarkable figural relief sculpture, meticulously carved from sandstone to depict a lion,...
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GREEK ARCHAIC POLYCHROME PROTOME, PERSEPHONEDEMETER TL...**First Time At Auction**
Greece, Archaic period, ca. 470 to 450 BCE. Doesn't she take your breath away? This beautiful, mold-made terracotta protome bust probably...
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EUGÈNE EMMANUEL VIOLLET-LE-DUC (1814-79)AND FATHER ARTHUR MARTIN (1802-1856) FOR POUSSIELGUE-RUSAND (1824–89)
PAIR OF FIVE-LIGHT CANDELABRA, CIRCA 1860 cast and gilt bronze(2)39.5cm wide, 64.5cm high, 18cm deepProvenance:...
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LARGE LEON VICTOR SOLON PORTRAIT MAGAZINECOVER ART: Miss Alice Anderton, 1911, Pastel on Paper/Canvas, 56'' h x 39'' w, signed lower right, gilt wood period frame, 61'' x 44''. Leon Victor Solon, son of the renowned...
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CHINESE ANCIENT ARCHITECTURE, (6) VOLSKwang Fu Book Enterprises Co., Ltd, Taipei, 1992, vols. 1, 3, 4, 5, 8 and 10, including palaces, gardens, the Imperial Palace, Islamic influence, civil architecture, defensive...
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ANDRE MALRAUX. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF ART,(3) VOLS. The Bollingen Series / Pantheon Books, 1949/1950, comprising: The Creative Act, Museum Without Walls, and The Twilight of the Absolute; hardcovers in jackets with...
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(9) VOLS. IMPORTANT POTTERY & PORCELAINREFERENCE Includes: 1) Robert Schmidt. Early European Porcelain as Collected by Otto Blohm. F. Bruckman, 1953, #617/1500 in English; 2) G.E. Bryant. The Chelsea Porcelain...
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(6) HISTORICAL REFERENCE BOOKS: ABRAHAMLINCOLN(lot of 6) Collection of historical reference books, with black and white photographs and illustrations, comprising: (set of 4) "Abraham Lincoln: The War Years", vols...
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GROUP OF STUDIES BY RALPH AVERY, JOHNW Bernhardt Wall, The Etched Monthly. Vol. 1, No. 2. Lime Rock, November 1928....
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ENGLISH CREAMWARE PALE GREEN AND MAUVEGROUND DOUBLE WALLED CONFECTIONARY DESSERT BOWL AND RETICULATED COVER GROUND DOUBLE WALLED CONFECTIONARY DESSERT BOWL AND RETICULATED COVER , circa 1770, probably Yorkshire,...
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§ JOHN DUNCAN FERGUSSON R.B.A. (SCOTTISH1874-1961)
ROYAN, 1909 oil on board, signed, inscribed and dated verso26cm (10 1/4in), 34cm (13 1/2in)Fergusson painted Royanduring the exceptional period when he lived in...
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? AN UNRECORDED ITALIAN [URBINO] ISTORIATOMAIOLICA DISH, ATTRIBUTED TO NICOLA DA URBINO, CIRCA 1520-23
SAMSON AND DELILAH Depicting the treacherous Delilah, with scissors and holding to one side the locks of hair...
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TAXILE MAXIMIN DOAT (1851-1939)
WALLPLAQUE, CIRCA 1902 porcelain and grès, painted DOAT/ Sevres, incisedAF14.5cm (5 3/4in) diameterLiterature:La Societe National des Beaux-Arts, 1902 and 1904 (illustrated);Duncan,...
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TAXILE MAXIMIN DOAT (1851-1939)
WALLPLAQUE, CIRCA 1905 porcelain and grès, painted DOAT/ Sèvres21.4cm (8 3/8in) diameterLiterature:La Societe National des Beaux-Arts, 1906 (illustrated);Duncan, A., The Paris...
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James Guy Evans (English b. 1810; activeNew Orleans 1843-1853) "Arrival of Gen. Z. Taylor & Staff at Balize on the U. S. Steam Ship Monmouth B. T. Willse Commander / November 30th 1847" oil on canvas signed lower...
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Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (British1812-1852) "The Eschenheim Tower City Gate of Frankfurt" c. 1833/34 graphite on light cream-colored laid paper very faintly signed "Aug. Pugin" (and possibly dated?) lower...
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Ruins of Desert Cathay : Personal Narrativeof Explorations in Central Asia and Westernmost China by M. Aurel Stein London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1912. 2 volumes. First edition. Scarce. 8vo. Numerous illustrations...
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Six Arts and Crafts etchings, all relatingto Dard Hunter, etchings on wove paper (possibly Dard Hunter paper), all from Bernhardt Wall's (New York/California, 1872-1956) The Etched Monthly , Vol. 1, No. 2, 1928-1931,...
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2 vols. American 19th-Century StateAtlases: Asher and Adams' New Topographical Atlas and Gazetteer of New York. New York: Asher & Adams, (1870). Folio, orig. morocco & cloth; worn & rubbed, spine defective,...
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Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (British1812-1852) "The Belfry Godenberg" perhaps 1840s traces of graphite under sepia watercolor on cream-colored wove paper titled at bottom center but unsigned 7 7/8 in. x 5 3/4...
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SILHOUETTE. Signed Frederick ChapmanBemis Heights 1777. Full-length profile of Massachusetts militia soldier Abijah Wood (1743-1819) in uniform with his gun against a pen and ink landscape of stone wall and...
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3 vols. Private Press Books & C: VanVliet, Claire. Some Trees and Bushes: Drawings and Woodcuts. Maple Shade: Pickering Press, 1959. #52/125 signed by Van Vliet. 4to, orig. pictorial green paper bds.; light...
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Gabriel-Pierre-Martin Dumont (French1720-1791) "Section Drawing of a Church Project to be Built on a Greek-Cross Plan " c. 1750s/1760s ink gray and light rose washes on cream-colored laid paper unsigned 12 1/4...
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6 vols. Occult Subjects - Devil Worship& C: Waite, Arthur Edward. Devil-Worship in France. London: G. Redway, 1896. 1st ed. Sm. 8vo, mid 20th-Century buckram. Ex-library - perforated stamp on title. Coumont W.2....
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1 vol. (Pennsylvania State Atlas.)Walling, Henry F.; Gray, Omando Willis. A New Topographical Atlas of The State of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Stedman, Brown & Lyon, 1872. Folio, orig. morocco & gilt-lettered...
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3 vols. American Poets: Whitman, Walt.Leaves of Grass. Philadelphia: David McKay, 1894. 8vo, orig. green cloth, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed; new endpapers. Internally generally clean. * Frost, Robert. A Witness...
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1 vol. (Pennsylvania Atlas.) Walling,Henry F.; Gray, Ormondo W. New Topographical Atlas of The State of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Stedman, Brown & Lyon, 1872. Folio, orig. gilt-lettered cloth; spine gone,...
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