100 RARE & IMPORTANT AMERICAN POSTERS
Catalog Information: 113 lots with images
Lot 1: ANONYMOUS OLIVER TWIST.
80x39 inches. Calhoun Print Co., Hartford, Connecticut.Condition B+: creases in image; wooden dowels affixed to top and bottom margins. Three sheets.A colored woodblock poster advertising a theatrical production of Charles Dickens's famous novel, fea [...more]
Lot 2: OLIVER TWIST / FAGIN.
80x39 1/4 inches. Calhoun Print Co., Hartford, Connecticut.Condition B+: creases and restoration in image; wooden dowels affixed to top and bottom margins. Three sheets.A woodblock theatrical poster featuring a trembling Fagin sitting in a dark jail [...more]
Lot 3: OLIVER TWIST / BILL SIKES.
79 1/2x38 1/2 inches. Calhoun Print Co., Hartford, Connecticut.B+: repaired tears at edges; wooden dowels affixed to top and bottom margins. Three sheets.A dramatic, and rather scary image of Bill Sykes sitting on a red stool, a gnarled walking stick [...more]
Lot 4: OLIVER TWIST / NANCY SIKES.
80x39 inches. Calhoun Print Co, Hartford, Connecticut.Condition B+: repaired tears along vertical folds; bubbling in image; wooden dowels affixed to top and bottom margin. Three sheets.Woodblock print of Nancy Sikes standing in front of a backdrop of [...more]
Lot 5: EDWARD PENFIELD (1866-1925) HARPER'S APRIL. 1893.
18 5/8x12 7/8 inches.Condition A-: minor abrasions and creases in image."In April 1893 something new was spotted in the shops of American news vendors and booksellers. Amid the handbills and letterpress notices of topical interest, there was a small [...more]
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