New York. 23 original gelatin silver prints, with four autograph postcards singed (one is also a Levitt photograph) and an inscribed publication of the Museum of Modern Art (1985); various sizes and formats. An excellent collection of photos, five of them signed by Levitt on their versos, and others with..... More
London: William Heinemann, (1930). First Edition. 8vo, 270pp; blue cloth. First issue -- with the letter "t" missing from the word "won't" on p. 147. More
![Lithographs; Volume I [II, III and IV] Michel Leiris Two Essays, Fernand Mourlot Annotated...](/pictures/thumb/206140_1.jpeg?v=1634927170)
New York/Paris: Tudor Publishing (I), Leon Amiel (II), Maeght (III, IV), 1972-1981. First editions, English language issues. Folios in original cloth with lithographic dust jackets; vols. II-IV with original printed wraparound bands and original plastic protective covers. The first four volumes in the catalogue raisonné detailing the artist's lithographic work..... More
-. One side of a plain, unprinted card, approx. 3-12/ X 5-1/2 in. Karl Muck (1859-1940) was a prominent conductor. His stint at the Boston Symphony Orchestra coincided with the U.S. entry into the First World War. After a scurrilous rumor had been spread in the press that Muck had..... More
Los Angeles: United Committee Against Heusinger in Washington, 1961. Broadsheet, single leaf approx. 8-1/2 X 11 inches, printed on both sides. Heusinger had been Chief of General Staff in the German army under Hitler, and later Inspector General of the Bundeswehr in postwar Germany. He was in the room with..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, (1928). First edition. 8vo, 286pp; cloth. Jacket design by J. L. Carstairs. More
-. Four picture postcards, approx. 3-1/2 X 5-1/2 in., and one plain card, somewhat smaller. Friendly greetings from Mafalda Salvatini (1888-1971), a leading operatic soprano in Germany for many years in the early twentieth century. More
New York: Boni and Liveright, (1924). First American edition. 8vo, 256pp; linen-backed batik-patterned boards with printed spine label. Fictional stories speculating on the lives of actual historical and mythical figures, ranging from Empedocles and Lucretius to Paolo Uccello and Captain Kidd. A book not often seen in dust jacket, which..... More
(Munich): Schirmer Art Books, (1995). First edition in English. Boards. Oblong 4to, 1322pp; printed paper-covered boards. Originally published in German in 1994. This copy has been inscribed and signed by Shore for another photographer on the title page. More
London: 1760-1775. First editions. 24 vols.,16mos; full brown calf by Zaehnsdorf with double gilt fillet borders, gilt spines with floral devices and leather labels; inner dentelles gilt; edges stained yellow. Includes: The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1760-67), 9 vols. with half titles as called for in Vols..... More
Berlin. -. One page, on printed letterhard, approx. 9 X 11-1/2 in. Writing as co-chairs for the Spring ball of the Berlin State Opera, the two conductors sign a formal request to a potential benefactor, offering a place of honor at the ball. Heinz Tietjen (1881-1967) was a longtime director..... More
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1924. First American edition. 8vo, 96pp; terracotta cloth with printed spine label. Very scarce in any kind of dust jacket. More
New York: Horace Liveright, (1931). First edition. 8vo, 395pp; beige cloth stamped in gilt and burgundy. A sort of autobiography combining self-analysis, verse, and confession. The author, a popular writer of science fiction, among other things, was a pro-German propagandist during the First World War and a supporter of Hitler..... More
