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Pair of Encyclopedias: Tables and Sofas, First Edition Books
Located in valatie, NY
, London, 1989. First edition hardcovers with dust jackets. A pair of great historical references. Covering
Category
Vintage 1980s English Books
Materials
Paper
Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts, 1890-1940 1st Edition 1978
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Reinhold, 1978. First Edition; First Printing.
Hardcover. Book condition is very good; with a very good
Category
Late 20th Century American Art Deco Books
Materials
Paper
The Collector's Encyclopedia of Gaudy Dutch and Welsh by John Human, First Ed
Located in valatie, NY
. First Edition softcover. This oriental-inspired English ware produced in the 1800s is highly sought
Category
1990s American Books
Materials
Paper
H 11 in W 8.5 in D 0.5 in
Concise Encyclopedia of American Antiques
Located in valatie, NY
The Concise Encyclopedia of American Antiques. New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc., 1958. First edition
Category
20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
Manly P Hall, the Secret Teachings of All Ages, First Edition Book & 4 Prints
By TASCHEN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The classic encyclopedia of the arcane in an expanded edition.
Renowned philosopher and lecturer
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Books
Materials
Foil
H 18.7 in W 13.2 in D 3 in
Restless Paris 2003 Signed Limited Edition Lithograph
By Alexandra Nechita
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
½'' inches
Edition: signed in pencil and marked 17/25 AP
Alexandra Nechita began drawing at the age of two
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 27 in W 20.5 in D 1 in
Narcissus and Echo 2003 Signed Limited Edition Lithograph
By Alexandra Nechita
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Alexandra Nechita
Narcissus and Echo - 2003
Print - Lithograph
28¼'' x 20½'' inches
Edition: signed
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 28.25 in W 20.25 in D 1 in
The Holy Bible, Standard Edition, Illustrated Family Bible, 1885
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
editions of bibles, encyclopedias, dictionaries, and poetry countered the popularity of cheaper, popular
Category
Antique 1880s American Late Victorian Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Frankenstein by Mary W. Shelley, Photoplay Grosset & Dunlap Edition, 1931
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
first edition of Frankenstein was published anonymously in London, 1818, and is exceedingly rare. An
Category
Vintage 1930s American Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Show Me That You Care… 2003 Signed Limited Edition Lithograph
By Alexandra Nechita
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
½'' inches
Edition: signed in pencil and marked 19/25 AP
Alexandra Nechita began drawing at the age of two
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 28.25 in W 20.5 in D 1 in
Francisco De Goya Caprichos Los Chinchillas 2nd edition original art print
By Francisco Goya
Located in Miami, FL
burnished aquatint, etching on vellum paper
11.6 x 8.4 in. (29.4 x 21.2 cm.)
2nd Edition (1855)
Conservation
Category
1790s Romantic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Laid Paper, Aquatint
Francisco De Goya Caprichos Correccion 1st edition original art print Spanish
By Francisco Goya
Located in Miami, FL
, aquatint on laid paper
11.6 x 8.1 in. (29.3 x 20.5 cm.)
1st Edition
Iron without bevel. Printed in sepia
Category
1790s Romantic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Laid Paper, Etching, Aquatint
Francisco De Goya Caprichos Hasta la muerte 2nd edition original art print
By Francisco Goya
Located in Miami, FL
burnished aquatint, etching on vellum paper
12.1 x 8.2 in. (30.8 x 21.1 cm.)
2nd Edition (1855)
Conservation
Category
1790s Romantic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Laid Paper, Aquatint
Francisco De Goya Caprichos Nadie se conoce 1st edition original art print
By Francisco Goya
Located in Miami, FL
etching, aquatint, dry point on laid paper
12.5 x 8.7 in. (31.5 x 22 cm.)
1st Edition
Iron without bevel
Category
1790s Romantic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Laid Paper, Aquatint
Francisco De Goya Caprichos Bien tirada esta 1st edition original art print
By Francisco Goya
Located in Miami, FL
etching, aquatint, dry point on laid paper
12.5 x 8.7 in. (31.5 x 22 cm.)
1st Edition
Iron without bevel
Category
1790s Romantic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Laid Paper, Aquatint
Francisco De Goya Caprichos Muchachos al avio 1st edition original art print
By Francisco Goya
Located in Miami, FL
etching, aquatint, dry point on laid paper
12.4 x 8.7 in. (31.3 x 22 cm.)
1st Edition
Iron without bevel
Category
1790s Romantic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Laid Paper, Aquatint
Francisco De Goya Caprichos Mucho hay que chupar 2nd edition original art print
By Francisco Goya
Located in Miami, FL
burnished aquatint, etching on vellum paper
12.2 x 8.4 in. (30.8 x 21.1 cm.)
2nd Edition (1855)
Conservation
Category
1790s Romantic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Laid Paper, Aquatint
Francisco De Goya Caprichos Ni asi la distingue 1st edition original art print
By Francisco Goya
Located in Miami, FL
etching, aquatint, dry point on laid paper
12.4 x 8.7 in. (31.3 x 22 cm.)
1st Edition
Iron without bevel
Category
1790s Romantic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Laid Paper, Aquatint
Francisco De Goya Caprichos Tal para cual 1st edition original art print Spanish
By Francisco Goya
Located in Miami, FL
Edition
Iron without bevel. Printed in sepia ink
Provenance: Calcografía Nacional
Unframed
ID: GOY2001-004
Category
1790s Romantic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Laid Paper, Etching, Aquatint
Francisco De Goya Caprichos El de la rollona 1st edition original art print
By Francisco Goya
Located in Miami, FL
burnished aquatint, etching on laid paper
12.6 x 8.6 in. (32 x 21.8 cm.)
1st Edition
Iron without bevel
Category
1790s Romantic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Laid Paper, Etching, Aquatint
Francisco De Goya Caprichos Si quebró el Cantaro 1st edition original art print
By Francisco Goya
Located in Miami, FL
-1799
etching, aquatint, dry point on laid paper
11.6 x 8.1 in. (29.3 x 20.5 cm.)
1st Edition
Iron
Category
1790s Romantic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Laid Paper, Etching, Aquatint
Presidential Portrait of John Tyler by William Henry Brown
Located in Larchmont, NY
Wm. H Brown
Inscribed in plate lower right: Lith. of E.B. & Kellogg
Other editions of this print can
Category
1840s American Impressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 20.125 in W 14 in D 0.75 in
"Marine Chantier de Construction": 18th C. Engraving of Shipbuilding by Diderot
By Denis Diderot
Located in Alamo, CA
, France in 1751. This detailed copperplate engraving and etching from the first edition of the
Category
1750s Realist Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching, Engraving
H 24.63 in W 27.63 in D 0.75 in
'Still Life of Fruit', Denver Art Museum, WPA, Santa Barbara Museum, Who Was Who
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
in Terre Haute, Indiana, and grew up in Denver. He first attended Denver's Art Academy and, later in
Category
1940s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Crayon, Ink
Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley, Later Printing, 1891
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
unfinished narrative about a vampire, and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.
The first edition of Frankenstein
Category
Antique 1890s English Gothic Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
H 6.5 in W 4.5 in D 1.25 in
Coquette
By Victor Max Ninon
Located in Fairlawn, OH
mentioned, he collaborates on the first edition of the Encyclopedia of Boys , Mondadori, and with the
Category
1920s Art Deco Figurative Prints
Materials
Stencil
RUNNING HORSE Signed Lithograph, Abstract Animal, CoBrA Artist
By Karel Appel
Located in Union City, NJ
RUNNING HORSE is an original hand drawn, limited edition lithograph by the Dutch artist Karel Appel
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
'The Pont Neuf, Sunset', Paris, Académie Colarossi, Oakland, NYMOMA, SFMOMA
By Rinaldo Cuneo
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Who in American Art.
Accompanied by a first-edition copy of 'Rinaldo Cuneo: An Evolution of Style
Category
1920s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
Rinaldo Cuneo'The Pont Neuf, Sunset', Paris, Académie Colarossi, Oakland, NYMOMA, SFMOMA, Circa 1925
H 14 in W 20 in D 0.13 in
YOUNG DOUGLASS Signed Linocut, Black Portrait Head African American Civil Rights
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
YOUNG DOUGLASS is a hand pulled, original limited edition relief print created using linoleum cut
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Linocut
Robe Grise
By Victor Max Ninon
Located in Fairlawn, OH
edition of the Encyclopedia of Boys , Mondadori, and with the Italian magazines Lidel , Il Secolo XX, The
Category
1920s Art Deco Figurative Prints
Materials
Stencil
CRUSADERS FOR JUSTICE Signed Linocut, Thurgood Marshall Portrait, Civil Rights
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
CRUSADERS FOR JUSTICE is a hand pulled original limited edition relief print created using linocut
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Linocut
'After the Rain, Venice', National Academy, Metropolitan Museum, AWS, NWS, ASL
By Donald Teague
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
skies in the rain-wet paving stones. The painting is accompanied by a hardback, first-edition copy of
Category
1960s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
H 18.5 in W 27 in D 0.13 in
'Gypsy Flute Player', Royal Academy, NY World's Fair, Pasadena, GGIE, Romany
By Aage Christian Wiboltt
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
beside a deep azure lake dotted with water-lilies.
Jack Wiboltt first trained at Copenhagen's Royal
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Cardboard
H 28 in W 23.25 in D 0.25 in
'Sunny Afternoon', Chicago Impressionist, Paris, Grande Chaumiére, Woman Artist
By Pauline Palmer
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
the artist's first solo exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibited: Chicago Galleries
Category
1910s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board
H 19.75 in W 23.75 in D 0.13 in
Original Antique Print of Remedial Gymnastics or Fitness Equipment, 1897
Located in Langweer, NL
, published between 1893 and 1897.
Meyers Konversations-Lexikon or Meyers Lexikon was a major encyclopedia
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Prints
Materials
Paper
H 9.53 in W 12.21 in D 0.02 in
En Espagne
By Victor Max Ninon
Located in Fairlawn, OH
mentioned, he collaborates on the first edition of the Encyclopedia of Boys , Mondadori, and with the
Category
1920s Art Deco Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Au Japon
By Victor Max Ninon
Located in Fairlawn, OH
addition to the periodicals already mentioned, he collaborates on the first edition of the Encyclopedia of
Category
1920s Art Deco Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Jug or Jar, Silver, Madrid, Spain, 1803
Located in Madrid, ES
Jug. Silver. Madrid, Spain, 1803. With contrast markings.
Published Encyclopedia of Spanish and
Category
Antique Early 1800s Spanish Neoclassical Jars
Materials
Silver
Eagle: A 16th/17th Century Hand-colored Engraving by Aldrovandi
By Ulisse Aldrovandi
Located in Alamo, CA
This very rare, first edition, folio hand-colored engraving of an eagle is plate 215 from Ulisse
Category
Early 17th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
Eagle: A 16th/17th Century Hand-colored Engraving by Aldrovandi
By Ulisse Aldrovandi
Located in Alamo, CA
This very rare, first edition, folio hand-colored engraving of an eagle is plate K2 from Ulisse
Category
Early 17th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, 1887
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
sumptuously bound special editions of bibles, encyclopedias, dictionaries, and poetry countered the popularity
Category
Antique 1880s English Late Victorian Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
THE DOOR OF JUSTICE Signed Color Lithograph, Lawyer and Clients, Civil Rights
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
THE DOOR OF JUSTICE is an original, hand drawn, limited edition lithograph by the highly acclaimed
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
MOVING FACE IN A BLUE SEA Signed Lithograph, Abstract Creature, Aqua Blue
By Karel Appel
Located in Union City, NJ
MOVING FACE IN A BLUE SEA is an original limited edition lithograph by the Dutch artist Karel Appel
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Harbor Scene
By Hugo Melville Fisher
Located in San Francisco, CA
Melville Fisher, (1878-1946), was born in Brooklyn, New York; and first studied painting under his father
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
FLYING HEAD OVER OCEAN Signed Lithograph, Abstract Face, Green Head, Red Smile
By Karel Appel
Located in Union City, NJ
FLYING HEAD OVER OCEAN is an original limited edition lithograph by the Dutch artist Karel Appel
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
YE PIPE AND BOWL Signed Lithograph Old Tavern Sign Painter American Illustration
By Norman Rockwell
Located in Union City, NJ
Drawn Lithograph on Arches paper, 100% acid free, signed in pencil by Norman Rockwell
Edition: 200
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
WALKING IN COLORS Signed Lithograph, Abstract Figure, Blue, Black, Red, Lavender
By Karel Appel
Located in Union City, NJ
WALKING IN COLORS is an original limited edition lithograph by the Dutch artist Karel Appel printed
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Rush Hour" British Modern Mid 20th Century Vorticist European Vorticism Woman
By Sybil Andrews
Located in New York, NY
she was included in "The First Exhibition of British Linocuts," at the Redfern Gallery, London and she
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Linocut
NIGHT ANIMAL Signed Lithograph, Abstract Cat, Color Stripes Pink Yellow Red Blue
By Karel Appel
Located in Union City, NJ
NIGHT ANIMAL is an original limited edition lithograph by the Dutch artist Karel Appel on printed
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Samson and Delila - from the Suite 10 West Coast Artists
Located in San Francisco, CA
: 30 x 22.5 inches.
Publisher: Collector’s Press, San Francisco
Edition: 75.
Signature: Signed lower
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
H 30 in W 22.5 in D 0.1 in
MOVING IN THE NIGHT Signed Lithograph Abstract Figures Blue, Yellow, Red, Purple
By Karel Appel
Located in Union City, NJ
MOVING IN THE NIGHT is a rarely seen original limited edition lithograph by the Dutch artist Karel
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Francisco De Goya Desastres de guerra Sera lo mismo 1edition original art print
By Francisco Goya
Located in Miami, FL
la guerra
burnished aquatint, etching on wellum paper
9.5 x 11.9 in. (24 x 30 cm.)
1st Edition (1863
Category
1810s Romantic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Drypoint, Vellum, Etching, Aquatint
Francisco De Goya Disparates Disparate desordenados 1edition original art print
By Francisco Goya
Located in Miami, FL
etching, aquatint, dry point on vellum paper
11.7 x 15.9 in. (29.6 x 40.3 cm.)
1st Edition (1864)
Unframed
Category
1810s Romantic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Aquatint, Drypoint, Vellum, Etching
"The Glorious Flight - Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot" - Children's Book
By Alice and Martin Provensen
Located in Miami, FL
Illustration Board; 14.5" x 13.75"; Signed Lower Right; Unframed.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alice
Category
1980s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Gouache
The Little Mermaid - Fairy Tales - English Female Illustrator Pen and Ink
Located in Miami, FL
from "The Little Mermaid" in George Newnes's 1899 edition of the Fairy Tales of Hans Christian
Category
1890s Pre-Raphaelite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper, Pen
H 11 in W 7.75 in D 1 in
BLUE BOY Signed Lithograph, Abstract Figure, Blue Pants, Pink Yellow Stripes
By Karel Appel
Located in Union City, NJ
BLUE BOY is a limited edition lithograph by the Dutch artist Karel Appel, printed using hand
Category
1980s Abstract Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled
By Frank Stella
Located in Fairlawn, OH
A unique example of a section of color lithograph including hand editions by the artist, collaged
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Berenice
By Louis Valtat
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Berenice
Color woodcut, 1900-1910
Signed with the artist's red ink stamp (see photo)
Edition: 50
Category
Early 1900s French School Portrait Prints
Materials
Woodcut
WITH MY PUSSYCAT Signed Lithograph, Abstract Animal, Blue Cat, CoBrA Artist
By Karel Appel
Located in Union City, NJ
WITH MY PUSSYCAT is an original limited edition lithograph by the Dutch artist Karel Appel printed
Category
1970s Abstract Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Arts Decoratifs Et Industriels Modernes Encyclopedie, 12 Books, 1925 Art Deco
Located in Oakland, CA
Industrial Arts in the twentieth century) complete set of 12 original books, the first edition of 1925
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Paper
H 11.25 in W 9.43 in D 1.2 in
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