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Three iPhoto artists' books:

SHORE, Stephen.

three books in editions of 20 - inscribed to his agent Bill CharlesA group of three of Stephen Shore's artists' books produced using Apple's print-on-demand iPhoto software. Shore began making...

£5,000
110779
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Lotte Jacobi.

JACOBI, Lotte; WISE, Kelly (editor).

with Jacobi's signed portrait of Albert EinsteinDeluxe issue, with the often missing original photograph, 'Albert Einstein, Physicist, Princeton, NJ., 1938'. Lotte Jacobi (1896-1990) was responsible for some of the most...

£1,925 £2,750 Save £825
112339

Photographs by Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934.

MAN RAY (pseud. RADNITZKY, Emmanuel).

With the scarce first issue title-page. Man Ray's first monograph, with the scarce first issue title-page. James Thrall Soby was an important patron of the avant-garde in the United States....

£6,000
112234

The Importance of Being Earnest.

WILDE, Oscar.

one of 1000 copiesOne of 1000 copies of Wilde's most celebrated play. First performed on 14th February 1895, The Importance of Being Earnest marked the zenith of Wilde's career, and...

£3,500
Arctic Journeys.

Arctic Journeys.

SHACKLETON, Edward.

A finely bound, signed copy of Edward Shackleton's Arctic Journeys. The youngest son of Ernest Shackleton, he organised the Oxford University Ellesmere Land Expedition in 1934 and chose Gordon Noel...

£850
114585

The West Indies and the Spanish Main.

TROLLOPE, Anthony.

A handsome copy of Trollope's first travel book. It treats the issue of colonialism sensitively and points to the United States as a model for what colonies, once independent, can...

£675
Excursions.

Excursions.

THOREAU, Henry David.

art nouveau publisher's clothA lovely copy of this 1910s edition of Thoreau's Excursions (originally published in 1863) with elaborate Art Nouveau-style publisher's cloth binding.Excursions collects nine of Thoreau's essays: 'Natural...

£350
Travels and Adventures of an Orchid Hunter.

Travels and Adventures of an Orchid Hunter.

MILLICAN, Albert.

supplying orchid-maniaFirst edition of the memoir of prominent Victorian orchid collector Albert Millican, uncommon in trade. This copy with the bookplate of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain (1869-1940).'Between 1887 and 1891,...

£650
Deutschland. Autoführer. Deutsches Reich (Grossdeutschland)

Deutschland. Autoführer. Deutsches Reich (Grossdeutschland)

BAEDEKER, Karl.

scarce edition issued in the summer of 1939 with mapThis second edition published shortly after the first (1938). There were two versions of this edition published: a) to club members...

£750
Great Britain. Handbook for Hampshire.

Great Britain. Handbook for Hampshire.

MURRAY, John

Only edition published solely on Hampshire. The county was previously included with Surrey and the Isle of Wight.Fifth edition. [17], 213pp, 32pp adverts dated 1909-1910, 8 maps and plans, including...

£100
Japan. Handbook for Japan including the whole Empire from Yezo to Formosa.

Japan. Handbook for Japan including the whole Empire from Yezo to Formosa.

MURRAY, John.

Written by W.B. Mason and Basil Hall Chamberlain. Chamberlain was Professor of Japanese and Philology at the Imperial University of Tokyo. Maps include Tokyo, Formosa and Kyoto. Scarce edition.Sixth edition....

£200
O Rio de Janeiro / A Photographic Journal by...

O Rio de Janeiro / A Photographic Journal by...

WEBER, Bruce.

presentation copy inscribed to Ralph GibsonPresentation copy, inscribed to photographer and founder of Lustrum Press Ralph Gibson:'For Ralph and Mary Jane / un grande abraco / xo Bruce Weber /...

£1,200
110796

The Sound I Saw / Improvisation on a Jazz Theme.

DECARAVA, Roy.

inscribed to Ralph Gibsonpresentation copy, inscribed to Ralph Gibson: 'To Ralph. 12-02-01 / Roy DeCarava'.Despite Roy DeCarava conceiving this series of photographs as a maquette in the early 1960s, it...

£875
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