Books and Ephemera - Art, Film, Photography, etc.
Catalog Information: 414 lots with images | View lots
Date: June 27, 2010
Auction House:
Location:
1429 Danby Rd
Ithaca, NY
USA
14850-6071
Phone: 877-266-5070
Fax: 607-256-4400
Viewing Notes:
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Preview open from 10:00am until noon on auction day, or by appointment. Our gallery is located at 1429 Danby Road (Route 96B) in Ithaca, NY, 14850.
Sale Notes:
This auction features the first session of our art, film and photography-themed collections along with many select book and ephemera lots. Antique cameras and projection equipment will be offered along with artwork such as original paintings by Thomas Moran and William Merritt Chase. Rare books include a 1649 copy of Mathew Merian's "Todten-Tanz" or "Dance of Death", "Libro Espiritual Que Trata De Los Malos Lenguajes Del Mundo" printed in 1574 (a book of Spanish mysticism banned during the Inquisition), a 1677 printing of Hobbes' translation of "The Illiads and Odysses of Homer" and antique Arabic texts and manuscript leaves.
The antique cameras includes brands such as Seneca, Zeninger, Graflex, Seroco and Tektronix, several antique folding bed models and many assorted lenses, film holders, plate holders and more. From the same collection, we will sell an extensive library of photographic history and reference books. In addition, we will offer a selection of Kliegl studio lights and several antique original commercial Simplex film projectors that came to us from a New York theatre.
Also featured is a sizeable collection of ephemera including antique and vintage movie stills, lobby cards and sheet music. There are items promoting great stars, films and characters such as Marlon Brando, Bette Davis, King Kong, Tarzan, The Marx Brothers, and others. Complementary to these items, we have a copy of "A Lesson in Love" signed twice each by Groucho and Chico Marx and very scarce first editions George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion" (1914) and "The English Governess at the Siamese Court" (1870) by Anna Harriett Leonowens, the books that inspired "My Fair Lady" and "The King And I".
Rare editions and first printings will be offered from literary greats including signed limited editions of "Nocturnes" by Thomas Mann, "The Secret Agent" by Joseph Conrad, "Dynamo" by Eugene O'Neil, "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck and a unique, elaborately hand-written and signed copy of "Armenian Folk Song - The Partridge" by Eugene Field. Other signed editions include "Naked Lunch" by William S Burroughs, "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller and titles by Aldous Huxley, Larry McMurtry, Douglas Macarthur and others.
Art offerings include two Russian peasant watercolors by Boris Krilov, a group of pristine WWI German propaganda posters, and other choice pieces. In July, we will conduct an auction that will include a second session of art, film and photography-related material.
Lot 2001: 3v Edmund Spenser THE FAERIE QUEENE 1751 Epic Poem Queen Elizabeth Knights Adventure
Title: The Faerie Queene Author: Edmund SpenserPrinting Year: 1751Condition/Details: Bound in calf boards with five raised bands, full gilt spines, this is noted as "an exact collation of the two original editions," bound into three volumes, with an [...more]
Lot 2002: Matthew Merian TODTEN-TANZ 1649 Dance Of Death Basel Mural Copperplate Engravings German
Title: Todten-Tanz Author: Matthew MerianPrinting Year: 1649Condition/Details: Bound in likely original binding of leather boards, this extremely scarce early German work of the Dance of Death contains 43 original copperplates of figures facing death [...more]
Lot 2003: THE UNCOLLECTED WORK OF AUDREY BEARDSLEY 1925 Illustrations Art Nouveau Style Poster Movement Aesthetic Movement
Title: The Uncollected Works of Aubrey BeardsleyPublisher: Bodley Head Ltd.Printing Year: 1925Condition/Details: Bound in cream boards with bright blue embossing in scarce mylar covered dustjacket, this antique volume is a compilation of work by Aubr [...more]
Lot 2004: Helene Parmelin PICASSO THE ARTIST AND HIS MODEL 1965 Tipped-in Plates & Lithographs
Title: Picasso the Artist and His Model Author: Helene ParmelinPublisher: AbramsPrinting Year: 1965Condition/Details: Bound in tan cloth with red and blue lettering, original illustrated dust jacket, this vintage volume contains 118 tipped-in color [...more]
Lot 2005: John Steinbeck THE RED PONY 1937 Signed First Limited Edition Slipcase Three Short Stories Gift Great Mountains Promise
Title: The Red Pony Author: John SteinbeckPublisher: Covici Friede PublishersPrinting Year: 1937Condition/Details: Bound in beige cloth with red spine titles, and vignette of a red pony on the front cover, this volume is a rare, signed first edition [...more]
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