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Soft Cover. Zustand: Very Good. viii, 120pp [edge amd corner wear] Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Color illustrations (illustrator).

Paperback. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket as Issued. AA4 - A paperback book SIGNED by author on the half-title page in near fine condition that has some light shelf wear. 10"x7", 120 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by Author.

Paperback. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket as Issued. AA4 - A paperback book SIGNED by author on the half-title page in near fine condition that has some light shelf wear. 10"x7", 120 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by Author.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: New.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition First Printing. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This Book marks my first step into the world of writing - an attempt to capture thoughts, feelings and stories that have lived inside me for years.In these pages, you will find a set of my earlier poems with a Reflection piece as my views on Indian interfaith Unity and four short stories - one story is longer.Each piece carries a different feeling, a different genre and different style.As a debut writer, this book is my beginning. It is simple, honest and written with my own ideas.I hope you find something here that stays with you - even if just a line, a feeling or a memory.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This Book marks my first step into the world of writing - an attempt to capture thoughts, feelings and stories that have lived inside me for years.In these pages, you will find a set of my earlier poems with a Reflection piece as my views on Indian interfaith Unity and four short stories - one story is longer.Each piece carries a different feeling, a different genre and different style.As a debut writer, this book is my beginning. It is simple, honest and written with my own ideas.I hope you find something here that stays with you - even if just a line, a feeling or a memory.…

Zustand: Fine. The book is in fine condition.

Zustand: Fine. The book is in fine condition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Moscow: Art Literature. 1989. For further details or photo requests of available books, please contact us. Delivery times may be extended due to extra pre-shipment handling, and fast shipping options are not available. If your order is needed by a certain date, please let us know in advance. SKUalb8889bbe89436cba6.…

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. This autograph letter signed accompanied a portrait sent to O. P. Heggie: "Here's the portrait! The best of luck to you. If you'd like some kind of frame other than this I can use this one. The cost of the frame and glass was twelve bones Faithfully yours/Chase." Written  on 8½" x 5 ½" letterhead imprinted:  "Joseph Cummings Chase Studio: Hotel Chelsea, 222 West 23rd Street, New York City". Joseph Cummings Chase (1878-1965) was an American portrait artist. In addition to WWI and WWII heroes, he painted leading figures in the arts and theater. He lived and painted at the Chelsea Hotel in the 1920s. Oliver Peters Heggie (1877-1936), an Australian theater and film actor, began in amateur theater productions in Sydney and London. He gained prominence on Broadway (NYC), playing the lead in Androcles and The Lion, Old Man Minick in Minick, Shylock in The Merchant of Venice, Diggory in She Stoops to Conquer and others. He moved to Hollywood in 1928 and appeared in 27 films, including: The Count of Monte Cristo, The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu, etc. Condition: In very good condition. Signed by Author(s). …

No Binding. Zustand: Near Fine. Dan Burne Jones bibliographer for the artist Rockwell Kent writes to Stephen J Janokowski about books being "purposely" "overlooked in the compiling of a bibliography." The tone of the letter reveals Jones's impatience with the inquiry. Jones's The Prints of Rockwell Kent: A Catalogue Raisonne only lists Kent's best-known wood cuts, lithographs and prints. The missing entry is that of "Pushkin's works which has a covere [sic] design by Rockwell Kent!" for which Jones provides an alternate reference and goes on to add that "[t]hese types of bibliographies are not complete." Signed, Dan Burne Jones. He adds a handwritten postscript: "Enclosed is a copy of our bookplate done by R. K. and one I did which for [sic] the XVII Meeting of the International Ex Libris Society held in Lugano Switzerland in 1975." Typed letter signed on 11" x  8 ½" ivory Dan Burne Jones letterhead is dated January 28, 1982. The left top corner has a small cut  of a winged angel facing sideways in supplication. An accompanying envelope is addressed to: "Stephen J. Jankowski, 450 Clinton Avenue, Albany, New York, 12206." Dan Burne Jones (1908-1995) was an American artist and illustrator known for his wood engravings, and lithographs, and as the bibliographer for the artist Rockwell Kent. His lithographs When Nightfall Comes and The Dream Keeper are at the National Gallery of Art. Condition: Mailing foldlines otherwise fine. Signed by Author(s).…

No Binding. Zustand: Good. In this autograph letter signed, Edwards states in part: "I have not heard from you since I sent you the drawing for the "Initial I", for the book. Will you please send me plate proofs of both it and the headband -- for my records, -- and anything else you have of interest. I have not heard anything more about the book, but of course I am greatly interested in it and all that concerns it." Written on a sheet of 10" x 8" stationery with an embossed stamp "George Wharton Edwards Greenwich, Conn" at the top. Item #A01325 George Wharton Edwards (1859-1950) was an American impressionist painter, as well as, an author and illustrator. He was a member of the Cos Cob Art Colony, Art Director at Collier's Magazine and headed the Art Department at the American Bank Note Company. Condition: Mailing folds with some offsetting of the ink, a short tear through the embossed stamp has been reinforced with archival tissue/tape on verso, generally good condition. Signed by Author(s).…

No Binding. Zustand: Good. In this two-page autograph letter signed Frost writes in part: "I send you. the copy of the Bull Calf sent me last week: I did not write in the fly leaf as you suggested because I couldn't think of anything to caricature. I wanted to make something appropriate but I couldn't hit on just the thing. So I put in a little drawing that was made for the book. It is not the original of the one in the book, but one I laid aside and is better than the one in the book: If Mr. Wilson does not like the drawing inserted as it is [??] better than anything I could have done offhand. But be sure to tell him that if he wants one on the fly leaf to tear this one out and keep it and send me the book and I will do another. I'm not writing in my usual beautiful Spencerian hand this evening: I've been sawing ice all the afternoon, helping to fill the ice house and my paw is stiff: Farmers have a hard, cold life". Arthur Burdett Frost (1851-1928), American artist, illustrator, and cartoonist, was very prolific and is particularly remembered for his "Uncle Remus" illustrations and his realistic hunting/sporting prints. Letter is written on a 6 1/2" x 6 1/4" sheet of stationery imprinted: "Convent, Morris County, New Jersey." Letter is addressed to Mr. Bok. possibly the editor/author Edward Bok. doing a favor for a friend or client. Condition: Loss of a line of text at the bottom of page one, archival repair of fold separation, chips to corners. Even with the faults. a readable and entertaining letter from this important artist. Signed by Author(s).…

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. In this one-page autograph letter signed, which is addressed to the Reverend William Valentine, Eastlake states in part: "I conceive that the chief interest of the portrait to which you refer must consist in the history connected with it. The painter is probably unknown." Sir Charles Lock Eastlake (1793-1865) was a British painter, art scholar, and keeper of London's National Gallery (later its first Director). During the same year as this letter he was elected President of the Royal Academy and knighted. 7" x 4 1/2".  Condition: Mailing fold lines, otherwise very good. Signed by Author(s).…

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. In this c. 1893 autograph letter signed Will H. Low thanks Mr. [Carey] about edits to his Monvel article. [The Monvel article was published in The Century, 1894.] The letter reads, "I return proof of the Monvel article. I had made reference to several drawings which have not been reproduced and of these I have only marked in the proof one to be omitted. The drawings reproduced serve to explain themselves and the mention made of the other may stimulate curiosity to know more of the books. It would seem better in the arrangement of the pages to have my portrait of Monvel nearer the first pages of the article and substitute his portrait of a young girl in the place you have given mine. I have left as you will see much of your improvements in my grammar and constructionfor which I thank you." Letter is signed Faithfully Yours, Will H. Low. Written on 7" x 9" light blue laid paper bearing the address: "42 West Fifteenth Street". Will Hicok Low (1853-1932) was an American artist, illustrator, muralist, and art critic for Scribner's and The Century magazines. He studied in the atelier of Jean-Léon Gérôme in Paris. After his return to the United States, he became active as a muralist, illustrator, and decorative painter, performing prominent commissions such as the ceiling murals and decorations of New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel and the New York State Department of Education rotunda in Albany, NY. His recognition as an artist was heightened when he decorated and illustrated a deluxe edition of John Keats' Lamia (1885). He also taught at the Cooper Union, New York (1882-1885), and at the School of the National Academy of Design (1889-1892). Louis-Maurice Boutet de Monvel (1881-1949) was a major 19th century French children's book illustrator and friend of Low's. Condition: Tipped to an album page along the left blank margin, otherwise in very good condition. Signed by Author(s).…

Zustand: Very Good. The artist Rockwell Kent graciously acknowledges that the "grace and spirit" with which the philosopher Lewis Mumford writes that he will not speak, "only increase[s] [his] disappointment." Signed "Faithfully yours, / Rockwell Kent." Typed letter signed on 8 ½" x 5 ½" letterhead imprinted " Rockwell Kent Ausable Forks, New York".  Rockwell Kent (1882-1971) was an illustrious American painter, printmaker, illustrator, writer, and muralist. Lewis Mumford (1895-1990) was an American architectural historian, philosopher and literary critic who wrote about the impact of technology and urbanization on human societies. Condition: In very good condition.…

No Binding. Zustand: Good. This charming letter to friends humorously announces the birth of Weber's second child. He writes in full: "Dear Leonard and Adah:- I am pleased to inform you that Frances gave birth to a lovely baby-girl last Friday at her mother's home in Trenton. The child-infant was so eager to see the light that she did not wait for the leadership of a scientist-doctor, who came, however, a half hour too late for him to officiate as "deliverer". Only the menial duties were left to him. And the kiddy was so clever as to dodge the "portals" of the confinement hospital. She doesn't believe in ordinary precincts or banal environment. An individualist from the first moment. And strange isn't it, that this little one was born on the very day and hour her brother was born -- four years ago. With best wishes to you from Frances and myself. I am with love to you both Max / Frances and baby are doing well." Max Weber (1881-1961) studied and/or associated with a host of 20th century's major artists--beginning with Arthur Wesley Dow in the U.S. and, in Paris, Henri Matisse, Henri Rousseau, Pablo Picasso, etc. He is widely credited with introducing Cubism to America. This autograph letter signed is written on an 11" x 8" sheet of stationery imprinted: "Max Weber Nassau Haven Long Island".  Condition: Mailing fold lines, perimeter spots/soil. Generally good condition, signed "Max", and written in his distinctive "artistic" hand. Signed by Author(s).…

No Binding. Zustand: Near Fine. In this typed letter signed Rockwell writes in part: ".I went to the Art Students' League and the National Academy in New York City to study but, to be completely truthful, I do not know the rating of any of the art schools today. I have heard the art school at the Boston Museum recommended but I know nothing about it." Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) is known for his paintings that reflect scenes of everyday American life and especially for his cover illustrations for The Saturday Evening Post. Typed on a 7 3/4" x 5 3/4" sheet of imprinted stationery. Comes with transmittal envelope.  Condition: Mailing fold, otherwise fine condition. Signed by Author(s).…

No Binding. Zustand: Near Fine. In this autograph letter signed Benton writes, in part, to his cousin Blanche [Benton Lonegren]: ".a collection of my writings, 1916 to 1960, is about to be issued by the Kansas University Press. And still another book is being prepared by a New York publisher which will survey all of my work from 1909 to date. I am working on material for that now." Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975), the American artist and muralist, was a full member of the National Academy of Design. He is most associated with his embrace of the Regionalist art movement. Letter is written on a 10 1/2" x 7 1/4" sheet of personal stationery imprinted with his name and address. he has signed familiarly, "Tom". Condition: Fold lines, otherwise fine.…

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. In this chatty 2-page letter John writes to Viva King, his secretary/model, in part: ".mumps is a ridiculous anti-climax after my Spanish plans! I was to have gone off with a Frenchman--who has suddenly returned to London. but I'm afraid I should find him noisy & vociferous. Still he has two studios in Paris, one of which he offers me. my malady seems passing off to-day. I'm told it sometimes attacks men's lower regions. If I recover as gracefully as you did I shall not complain--you looked particularly beautiful. I'm sorry you're suffering from your gout again. read that work "Batouala" [published 1921]. David will give it [to] you." Augustus John (1878-1961), Welsh painter and printmaker, gained considerable fame as a portrait painter and painted many of his famous contemporaries, including: Dylan Thomas, W. B. Yeats, T. E. Lawrence, Tallulah Bankhead, etc. Autograph letter signed on two sides of a 10" x 6 1/2" sheet of paper written from John's home at Alderney Manor.  Condition: Mailing fold lines, otherwise very good. Signed by Author(s). …

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. In this chatty 4-page letter to socialite, and John's secretary and model, Viva King he admits to barely tolerating his painting commission and the need to be abroad and stay at his sitter's home. He says in part: ".I have been having a Hellish time here. How mad I was to allow myself to go and stay with this family. I have been working hard in spite of--or because of everything and I do hope I shall shortly have done enough to be able to return to England. My plan here is to retire to my room here immediately after dinner excusing myself on the pretext that I am engaged in writing my memoirs. This ruse not only assures me a certain necessary solitude but, I think, encourages my hosts to behave rather more circumspect than they might otherwise do." Augustus John (1878-1961), Welsh painter and printmaker, gained considerable fame as a portrait painter and painted many of his famous contemporaries, including: Dylan Thomas, W. B. Yeats, T. E. Lawrence, Tallulah Bankhead, etc. Autograph letter signed "Augustus", written on a folded 7 3/4" x 11 1/2" sheet of stationery imprinted: "Runnymede-by-the-Sea Little Boars Head New Hampshire" (Summer estate of Massachusetts Governor and U.S. Congressman Alvin Fuller). Condition: Mailing fold lines, light soil, generally very good. Signed by Author(s).…

No Binding. Zustand: Good. In this 1886 autograph letter signed, Millais writes: "Dear Sir, I am not in a position to undertake any more work just now. May I suggest the name of George Reid RSA. He is a most admirable painter. Yours faithfully, JE Millais. My price is a 1000 guineas for a half length." George Reid (1841-1913) was a Scottish painter who was president of the Royal Scottish Academy from 1891 to 1902. Written on one side of a 7" x 4 3/8" sheet of Millais' stationery imprinted: "2. Palace Gate, Kensington." Sir John Everett Millais (1829-1896), the English painter and illustrator, was one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. He was elected a member of the Royal Academy of Arts in 1853 and became its president just before his death. Condition: Mailing fold, overall foxing. Generally good condition with a large, clear signature. Signed by Author(s).…

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. In this effusive two-page typed letter signed, Arms goes on at great length about the gift of prints that artist/friend, Eugene[?] has given to him. "I honestly believe your work and your friendship have been the most powerful influences for good in my life, and if I have done anything worth-while it is because of an inspiration largely derived from you." Arms signs "Your devoted friend, John," signs a postscript "John," and has made two manuscript corrections in his hand. John Taylor Arms (1887-1953) is primarily known for his printmaking/etching prowess. He served as president of the Society of American Graphic Artists and was a member of the National Academy of Design. Typed on two 12" x 8 1/2" sheets of letterhead imprinted: "Mill Stones' Studio of John Taylor Arms Greenfield Hill Fairfield, Conn."  Condition: Fold lines with a short separation at the right margin of page two repaired on verso with archival tissue/tape. Otherwise very good. Signed by Author(s).…

BENJAMIN WEST (1738-1820). West was an American artist known for his large historical paintings, such as The Death of General Wolfe. He moved to England in 1763, and George III appointed him the court painter. He was the second president of the Royal Academy. ALS. 3pg. 8 x 12 . September 17, 1818. Newhouse. A lengthy autograph letter signed B West to Mrs. Babcock of London; this is most likely Martha Babcock, granddaughter of the American painter John Singleton Copley who lived the last decades of his life in London. The artist wrote: I am happy to find that you are arrived safe and I trust in good health. It is with great regret that I am under the painful necessity of telling you that poor Betsy and John are removed from this miserable world, the former departed this transitory life in Novbr 1817 the latter in March 1818 after three days illness in consequence of breaking a blood vessel. Poor Betsy was worn to a skeleton they both left this world with full assurance of being in a more happy state tis impossible for me to describe what I have had to undergo dear Mrs. West is inconsolable and in a very dangerous state of health she has taken a small cottage 30 miles from this place and sees no person except Lady Pole and myself. We visit her occasionally theand that part of the House is shut up as he breathed his last in that room in her Arms. His dear remains are under our Pew in Colyton Church. I can say no more at present as it brings to mind the most melancholy scene that ever was witnessed you shall know particulars in a future letter. I hope my dear Harriet will summon all her fortitude at the unfortunate event it is a debt we must all pay. I am well assured that they are in a much happier state as they has said and hope in a blessed Redeemer. After this tale of woe I am not very equal to the task of writing on business but I know it is necessary to answer your Letter relative to the American business. In the first place I must tell you that I have received Mr. Thomass letter wherein he desires me in positive terms to come to yours immediatelycan you suppose for a moment that I should post off to Town to meet a person that I do not know or ever heard of, I thought you knew me better. I shall not think of meeting or corresponding with any Person or the subject till I am well assured that the property can be sold and to be ascertained to me with precision what the value is and who is to be the purchaser and how the money is to be paid as I do not mish my name on anyBooks therefore in future I hope I shall not receive any more letters on the subject till I am fully satisfied. I am in hourly expectation of seeing an eminent lawyer from London a friend of L.P. I shall consult him and show him all my documents you know my dear Harriet that my father did not mention you in his will but left his property to his three unmarried daughters therefore what you claim was a free gift from us. My expenses have been very great payingBetsy postage of Letter attorney bill for making out Power, that were never intended that it is not in my Power to pay anything in future or can I ask my friends to assist me to pay for LettersI have a great horror of Lodgings and nothing but dire necessity would make me enter one particularly of low order thereforeThere is no one on Earth that loves their relations better than myself but it is high times for me now to know that self preservation is the first law of natureI am in a delicate state of health. The letter has mailing folds, dark ink and short fold separations; the condition is very fine. …

No Binding. Zustand: Good. This fascinating letter connects three prominent artists of the late 18th/early 19th centuries. Benjamin West writes to Samuel Lysons and expresses his "opinion (as President of the Royal Academy). [of] the abilities of Mr. Richard Smirke. he is highly accomplished in drawing the human figure, as well, as in the management of colours. no one more capable of delineating the work you assigned to the care of his pencil." Benjamin West (1738-1820), an American expatriate in London, was named Historical Painter to the Court of King George III. He was largely responsible for founding the Royal Academy and was its second president. Samuel Lyons (1763-1819) was a British engraver and antiquarian. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1797 and was a professor in the Royal Academy. Richard Smirke (1778-1815) studied painting at the Royal Academy and is best remembered for his work as an antiquarian draughtsman. This autograph letter signed is written on a 9" x 7" piece of laid paper and is dated November 12, 1800 from West's home on Newman St. in London. Paper is boldly watermarked: "Hayes & Wise". Condition: Toned around the perimeter from prior matting, two small remnants of hinging tape on verso, otherwise good condition. quite readable with a good, strong signature. Signed by Author(s).…

Letters of Stanford White are rarely available and ours to noted American artist Thomas Wilmer Dewing is particularly noteworthy. Typed Letter SIGNED on "McKim, Mead & White" stationery, 4to, New York, March 2, 1900. White writes to Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938), American painter and White's friend, commenting on Dewing's exhibit in March 1900 at the Montross Gallery in New York. White writes that the exhibit, "is perfectly bully. My only regret was that you did not have the big Cheney picture and the panel of your little girl and the two pussy cats which Freer has." Overall, White thinks Dewing's show is "beautiful." In the next sentence White includes a name in holograph difficult to decipher but possibly Montross, the gallery owner. "I think [holograph name] ought to have a more noticeable sign than he had. I did not know he was on the top floor and went rushing all around trying to find him." In the final sentence, White refers to "the Detroit matter." As I understand, everything is getting along swimmingly in the Detroit matter." He signs, "Stanford." White refers to the "big Cheney picture" not exhibited in Dewing's show. Dewing had painted a portrait of the sisters Louise and Anne W Cheney of Connecticut entitled, "The Days," for which White had designed the frame and is now in the collection of the Wadsworth Athenaeum Museum of Art. Also mentioned is Detroit businessman Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), who amassed the most important collection of Whistler in the world. White's mention of "your little girl and the two pussy cats which Freer has" refers to Dewing's painting of his daughter which hung over Freer's living room fireplace. Freer eventually donated his art collection to the Smithsonian which named the Freer Gallery in his honor. The Montross Gallery was named for its owner, Newman Emerson Montross (1849 1932). The gallery, which opened in 1878, represented leading American artists of the time. Stanford White co-founded the architecture and design firm, McKim, Mead & White which designed outstanding New York City landmark buildings including the University Club on Fifth Avenue. Dewing was among White's circle of friends who were prominent artists, and these artists needed frames for their works which White designed. Dewing painted the portrait of White's wife, Bessie, and his sister-in-law, Ella Batavia Emmet. ["The Gilded Age: The Art of the Frame," Wilmer]. Dewing was born in Massachusetts, studied in Paris and settled n New York where he painted female figures, including society women, in a tonalist style influenced by both Whistler and the English Aesthetic Movement. White successfully recommended Dewing for several mural commissions. ["Thomas Wilmer Dewing," Terra foundation for American Art web site]. Dewing was also one of the Ten American Painters - known as "The Ten" - who seceded from the Society of American Artists in 1897 over what they saw as falling standards and increasing commercialism. Montross Gallery exhibited the works of "The Ten." ." Folded, light soiling especially on verso folds, otherwise in fine condition. Signed.…

No Binding. Zustand: Fine. In this Jan. 3, 1976 autograph letter signed, Wengenroth writes in part: "It was with the greatest pleasure that I read your review of my book in the January issue of 'American Artist'." Stow Wengenroth (1906-1978) is remembered mostly for his highly accomplished lithographs. He was a full member of the National Academy of Design, American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Prairie Printmakers and his works are in most major art institutions (Library of Congress, Whitney Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, etc.) Fridolf Johnson (1905-1988) was a professional calligrapher who served as editor of the magazine "American Artist". As an avid collector and designer of bookplates he authored the book "A Treasury of Bookplates from the Renaissance to the Present". ALS is written on a sheet of 10 1/4" x 6 1/2" personal stationery imprinted with Wengenroth's name and address. Comes with the transmittal envelope addressed in his hand and redirected in another hand, and a copy of a letter Johnson wrote to Wengenroth a week later. Condition: Fold lines, otherwise fine condition. Signed by Author(s).…

Zustand: Near Fine. In this fascinating autograph letter signed, Soyer makes several comments about whether or not a good portrait needs to be accurate. "I liked your portrait by Joyce—I think she made you too tall—however a thousand years from now nobody will know your size. Am quoting Michael Angelo [Michelangelo] when he was told that his portrait of Lorenzo or Cosimo de Medici was not a good likeness. He (M.A.) said 'a thousand years from now nobody will know what he (Cosimo or Lorenzo) looked like.'" He also comments about his own work: "My paintings (even if I have to say it myself) are of good quality—but frankly—I do not need them. My studio and home and my daughter's home as well as my gallery are filled.[I] am an over-producer." Two pages written on a 10 1/2" x 7 1/4" sheet of stationery imprinted: "Raphael Soyer 88 Central Park West New York, N. Y. 10023".  Raphael Zalman Soyer (1899-1987) was a Russian-born American painter and printmaker who studied at the National Academy of Design and at the Art Students League of New York. His works are in the collections of numerous prestigious art institutions, including: National Gallery of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Hirshhorn Museum, etc. Condition: Mailing fold lines, otherwise fine condition.…