(pseudonym of Chauncey Weiner). Sportin’ House: a History of the New Orleans Sinners and the Birth of Jazz. Los Angeles: Sherbourne Press, Inc., [1965] 26 cm, brick-red paper boards with black lettering and publisher’s colophon on the front cover, endpapers are reproduced sketches of the author-artist. First edition. Extra-illustrated copy, with 20 original watercolor Read More »
ARÊTÉS DU COMITÉ MILITAIRE, IMPRIMÉS En vertu de l’article 31 du décret du 7 Fructidor, l’an deuxième de la République française une et indivisible. (Extrait du registre des procès-verbaux des séances.) A PARIS, DE L’IMPRIMERIE NATIONALE. Brumaire, l’an III. [1794] In-8vo. 32 pages. Disbound, trimmed, resewn using original sewing stations. Two copies were located at Read More »
Personalities in Art. Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York – London, MCMXXV [1925]. [viii; half-title; 444 pages] First edition, 21 cm; frontispiece and plates in the text, printed on laid paper, with watermark. Bound in blue cloth with darker blue lettering on the front cover and spine. No dust wrapper. A comprehensive range of essays on Read More »
CHARLES FROHMAN Presents MAUDE ADAMS In a play, In Six Acts, PETER PAN Or, THE BOY WHO WOULDN’T GROW UP. Empire Theatre, New York: [1907, probably after Jan. 21]. 45 cm x 12.5 cm Theatrical playbill-broadside for the complete six-act production of Peter Pan at the Empire Theatre in New York for J. M. Read More »
