- Introduction to American Indian
Introduction to American Indian Art the Beginnings Lot of 2.Exposition of Indian Tribal Arts Inc. Introduction to American Indian Art. 1931. "Catalog to accompany the first exhibition of American Indian Art selected entirely with consideration of esthetic value." 4to paperback with color plates tipped in.The Exposition of Indian Tribal Arts Inc. Introduction to American Indian Art. Part II. New York 1931. This volume contains a series of essays on different arts by noted researchers such as Herbert Spinden on symbolism Mary Austin on poetry Alice Corbin Henderson on painting Laura Adams Armer on Navajo sand painting Kenneth Chapman on pottery Neil Judd on carving and sculpture Charles Willoughby on masks E.W. Gifford on baskets Mary Lois Kissell on weaving William Orchard on quill- and beadwork plus a bibliography of books on Indian arts. Condition: First has scuffing of covers hinges starting. Covers taped on second also scuffed and a few tears.
- Iain M. Banks - ''The Start of
Iain M. Banks - ''The Start of the Art'' published by Mark V. Ziesing Willimantic Connecticut first edition 1989 (one cloth bound volume with dust wrapper and slip case inscribed)
- FRANK MCCARTHY (1924-2002), AN
FRANK MCCARTHY (1924-2002), AN EARLY START Fine Art
- Early First Day of Issue Covers
Early First Day of Issue Covers 1930's to1950's includes some National Parks series.
- Myles Birket Foster (British 1825-1899)
Myles Birket Foster (British 1825-1899) "First Steps". Watercolor on paper with the artist's monogram at the lower left corner apprx. sight size 6" x 8" French lined matting under a gilt panel and framed in a decorative gilt frame under glass (probably the original) overall apprx. 14" x 16". "First Steps"...Birket Foster R.W.S." hand lettered onto the gilt panel. Old Bonfoey Company label verso and artist information and a partial old hand written label. An extremely fine example of the artist's mature work of the 1870's. This composition is an intimate restatement of a subject the artist painted in oil entitled "The Girl With The Orange" in a British museum collection.
- HANDCOLORED LITHO - 'The Start
HANDCOLORED LITHO - 'The Start for the Great Atlantic Race December 11th 1866' by T.G. Dutton published in London by Wm. Foster depicting the first Trans-Atlantic race between three yachts from the New York Yacht Club the year after the end of the C
- English School early 20th c. "The
English School early 20th c. "The Fairies Greet the Dawn" pen and ink on paper unsigned framed. [ Provenance: Private New York City Collector.
- CYNTHIA RIGDEN "IN THE BEGINNING"
CYNTHIA RIGDEN "IN THE BEGINNING" (BRONZE)Condition
Very good condition.
- UNITED STATES FIRST DAY COVERS.
UNITED STATES FIRST DAY COVERS. Includes covers from 1950s through 1980's.
- BONNIE MARRIS (MICHIGAN, BORN 1951)
BONNIE MARRIS (MICHIGAN, BORN 1951) TWO OFFSET LITHOGRAPHSBONNIE MARRIS (Michigan, born 1951) two offset lithographs: "New Beginnings," bison and a forest fire; elk and swans in winter. Both signed, edition 734/1000 and 268/1000, images measure 28.25" x 20" and 15" x 28", unframed. "New Beginnings" includes its original folio.
- DL CHRISTIANSEN LITHOGRAPHDESCRIPTION:
DL CHRISTIANSEN LITHOGRAPHDESCRIPTION: DL Christiansen lithograph in color titled: "Beginning of A Great Adventure" Pencil signed lower right: "DL Christiansen" numbered lower left: "4/90" Mounted in a black speckled frame.
CIRCA: 20th Cent.
ORIGIN: USA
DIMENSIONS: (Image) H: 11.75" x L: 16" (Framed) H: 17.25" x L: 21.25"
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- Two Stevengraphs British, 19th
Two Stevengraphs British, 19th century: Jacquard-woven silk horseracing prints: "The Start" and "The Finish", 2 x 6 in. (sight); matching carved wood frames, original mats with information about Thomas Stevens
- GROUP OF BOOKS ON AFRICAN AMERICAN
GROUP OF BOOKS ON AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY IGROUP OF BOOKS ON AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY I, titles include: African American Firsts: Famous, Little-Known and Unsung Triumphs of Blacks in America; Attucks: The School That Opened a City; The Last Word (signed); Nobody Knows; A Search of African American Life, Achievement and Culture; Repairing the Breach; Like Judgement Day; Howard University: The First Hundred Years 1867-1967 (signed) ; Back American Profiles (signed); The Clark College Legacy; Race: Are We So Different? (signed); Those Pullman Blues (signed); African-American Medical Pioneers (signed); Black American Witness; 16 More Extraordinary African Americans; An Evening with Earl Graves; The Encyclopedia of African-American Heritage (signed) (18) Provenance: Estate of General Colin L. Powell, to benefit America's Promise Alliance and the Colin Powell School at City College of New York.
- WW II poster 1943, 'We Have Just
WW II poster 1943, 'We Have Just Begun to Fight'
28" x 20"
Condition: creased, some yellowing
- EARLY NEWSPAPERS, APOLLO EPHEMERA,
EARLY NEWSPAPERS, APOLLO EPHEMERA, & EARLY PRINTS .
- GROUP OF GENERAL HISTORY BOOKSGROUP
GROUP OF GENERAL HISTORY BOOKSGROUP OF GENERAL HISTORY BOOKS, titles include: The Origins of the Inquisition in Fifteenth Century Spain; The Legislative Journey of Employment Discrimination; Lend Me Your Ears: Great Speeches in History; The Columbia: History of the World; The Lion in the Lobby: Clarence Mitchell, Jr.'s Struggle for the Passage of Civil Rights Laws; The Parker Principles: 10 Leadership Force Multipliers; The Men Who Invented the Constitution: The Summer of 1787; Mr. Lincoln's Army; On the Apache Indian Reservations and Artist Wanderings Among the Cheyennes; Jefferson Legacies; The United States Occupation of Haiti, 1915-1934; E Pluribus Unum: The Formation of the American Republic, 1776-1790; Lure and Loathing: Essays on Race, Identity, and the Ambivalence of Assimilation, Encyclopedia of American History; The Discoverers Volume 1 and 2; The Army of the Potomac: Glory Road; The Army of the Potomac: A Stillness at Appomattox; The Shores of Bohemia: A Cold Story, 1910-1960; The Oxford History of the American People; Dreadnought: Britain, Germany, and the Coming of the Great War; The Birth of a Nation (20) Provenance: Estate of General Colin L. Powell, to benefit America's Promise Alliance and the Colin Powell School at City College of New York.
- B. LARMEN "THE BEGINNING" LITHOGRAPHDESCRIPTION:
B. LARMEN "THE BEGINNING" LITHOGRAPHDESCRIPTION: B. Larmen signed and numbered lithograph, titled: "The Beginning". Features an abstract landscape scene executed using pastel colorations. Pencil signed lower right "B. Larman" numbered lower left "300/120" Mounted in a silver leaf frame.
CIRCA: 20th Cent.
ORIGIN: USA
DIMENSIONS: H: 42" x L: 47.5"
CONDITION: Great condition. See lot description for details on item condition. More detailed condition requests can be obtained via email (info@akibaantiques.com) or SMS 305-332-9274. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Akiba Antiques shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
- Early gathering basket.
Early gathering basket.
- Pair English miniature pictorial
Pair English miniature pictorial silk embroideries late 19th/early 20th century horserace scenes titled THE START and THE FINISH within ebonized frames. overall H6'' W9'' (2pcs) Provenance: Private collection Columbia South Carolina.
- Assortment of early books including
Assortment of early books including school books and a copy of American Selection of Lessons in Reading by Noah Webster 1809; Precious Bible Promises 1750; Gems of Piety by Reverend John Mason 1831; Woods in Winter by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; The Adventures of Daniel Boone 1851; as well as ten other texts including a music book various schoolbooks and books on scripture some wear and loss
- THREE FIRST OR EARLY EDITION PREDOMINANTLY
THREE FIRST OR EARLY EDITION PREDOMINANTLY SPORTS NOVEL AND NARRATION VOLUMESThree First or Early Edition Predominantly Sports Novel and Narration Volumes,, Consisting of: 'The Harder They Fall', Budd Schulberg for Random House, New York, 1947 (First Printing) 'The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant', Douglass Wallop for W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York, 1954 'The Boys of Summer', Roger Kahn for Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, 1972 (First Edition)
- GROUP OF EARLY AND FIRST EDITION
GROUP OF EARLY AND FIRST EDITION BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS ASSOCIATED WITH FORMATTING AND TYPOGRAPHICAL INQUIRYGroup of Early and First Edition Books and Pamphlets Associated with Formatting and Typographical Inquiry,, Including: 'We Were Only Human', Peter Ustinov for Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1961 (First Edition); 'The Elements of Style', William Strunk, JR. for The Macmillan Company, New York, 1959 (First Printing); 'Bret Harte, 9 Sketches', Designed by Bradbury Thompson for West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company, 1967
- Early scrapbook with hundreds of
Early scrapbook with hundreds of misc. ephemera including postcards from the Orient India etc.
- Stride Toward Freedom by Martin
Stride Toward Freedom by Martin Luther King New York: Harper Brothers 1958. Blue cloth binding with color dj unclipped. 230 pp. The Montgomery story illustration with images.
- YAACOV AGAM "A NEW BEGINNING" AGAMOGRAPH
YAACOV AGAM "A NEW BEGINNING" AGAMOGRAPH Yaacov Agam (Israeli, b. 1928), "A New Beginning," agamograph, 1993, lithographic image viewed through a lenticular lens, edition: H.C. (Hors D' Commerce / not for sale), signed lower right in pen. Image: 13.75" H x 14.5" W; frame: 25.75" H x 26.5" W.
- ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997): THAT'S
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997): THAT'S THE WAY IT SHOULD HAVE BEGUN!Roy Lichtenstein, American, (1923-1997) That's The Way It Should Have Begun! But It's Helpless!, color screenprint on wove paper unsigned color screenprint on wove paper Dimensions: 36 1/4 x 36 1/4 in. (92.1 x 92.1 cm.) Condition:
- Metaphysische Anfangsgründe der
Metaphysische Anfangsgründe der Naturwissenschaft by Immanuel Kant Riga: Johann Friedrich Hartknoch 1787. Hard bound 8vo text in German with ink inscription on fly page. With wood block device on title page in his Metaphysical Foundations Kant is now trying to specifically identify the fundamentals of physics by different meanings of the basic science for this concept shows the matter. Show Kant's Metaphysical Foundations as his laid down in the Critique of Pure Reason principles of experience are actually the foundation and justification for use of empirical knowledge and represent an important addition to his main work.
- 2 vols. Maxfield Parrish. The
2 vols. Maxfield Parrish. The Early Years, 1893-1930. Los Angeles: Nash, (1973). 1st ptg. Commentary by Paul W. Skeeter. Folio, orig. blue buckram; light wear, d/j (some edge wear). Color plates. * The Chartwell Books ed. of the preceding, folio, orig. blue cloth, d/j, color plates, light wear.
- Box First Day Cover and Gold Stamps
Box First Day Cover and Gold Stamps etc.
- SPADER William Edgar (American
SPADER William Edgar (American 1875-1954): ''A Day Begins'' Watercolor/Gouache 14'' x 11'' signed upper right titled verso matted 20'' x 16''.CONDITION: Some wear to the edges not glued to mat.
- (33) VINTAGE BOOKS FOR BOYS INSPIRING
(33) VINTAGE BOOKS FOR BOYS INSPIRING COURAGE AND THE BUILDING OF GOOD CHARACTER Various publishers, first half 20th century, most small octavo (7-1/2 in.), ten retain dust jackets; new wonders of the early 20th century such as flight, automobiles, and motion pictures are often featured.
- Early Currier And Ives ''America''
Early Currier And Ives ''America'' book.
- An Early Pettipoint Picture Depicting
An Early Pettipoint Picture Depicting a young girl resting in a landscape, with pink flowers in her hair and holding her straw hat by the pink ribbon, framed in an oval gilt frame under glass overall approx. 11-1/2" x 13-1/2".
- FRED FELLOWS (UNITED STATES, BORN
FRED FELLOWS (UNITED STATES, BORN 1934) MIXED MEDIFRED FELLOWS (United States, born 1934) mixed media on board, "A Beginning," newly arrived homesteaders prepare to plow the plains. Signed lower right and dated 1977. Artist's label attached verso. Image measures 20" x 30". In a wood frame; 32.25" x 42.24" overall. Provenance: purchased from the artist.
- EARLY BRITISH BATTLESEarly British
EARLY BRITISH BATTLESEarly British Battles Publisher: London: Gay and Bird
- Group of fourteen early account
Group of fourteen early account and school lesson books with colorful printed book covers. ?