Art from Henry Berry, books/ephemera

[1781 ROYAL COAT OF ARMS ORDER GARTER ENGRAVING G. TERRY] ORIGINAL ENGRAVING BRINGING TOGETHER THE BRITISH ROYAL COAT OF ARMS AND MOTTO OF THE ORDER OF THE GARTER, Published As the Acts Directs, October 5, 1781, by G. Terry, 54 Pater-noster Row [London], engraving (cut from larger sheet of old paper), 7-1/4" high x 8-1/2" across, British Royal Coat of… Read more about this item

[1937 MIKE DOLAS ILLUSTRATION ART SIGNED MAGAZINE COVER RARE] MIKE DOLAS, ILLUSTRATION ARTIST, INSCRIBED/SIGNED MAGAZINE COVER TO WOMAN MODEL, color front cover of Liberty, Nov. 20, 1937, with original blue ink bold inscription, "To Margaret who helped again, Mike", with "Michael Dolas" signature in typescript at the lower right corner of the illustration, WITH an original Identification Card from the… Read more about this item

[1959 DALI INTERVIEW/ARTICLE WITH PHOTOCOPY INSCRIPTION TO GERALD KEAN, RARE] DALI INTERVIEW by Gerald Kean, 1959, photocopy as an article "The Persistence of Memory" by Gerald Kean, prefaced by photocopy of Dali inscription "Pour Gerald Kean, Homage de Dali" in a copy of the book "Dali on Modern Art: The Cuckolds of Antiquated Modern Art" published in English translation by… Read more about this item

[OLEG TSELKOV EXHIBITION POSTER Russia modern artist undated/est. 1980-2000] OLEG TSELKOV ART POSTER, 27" high x 18" across overall, narrow/about 1" white border on three sides, in bottom wide margin/about 6" about 1" high block capital letters OLEG TSELKOV, undated, unidentified but in all probability an art exhibition poster, in margin at upper right corner at edge of poster "S.… Read more about this item

[1640ca LINSCHOTEN DOETECUM ORIGINAL ENGRAVING China Mandarin river boat] ORIGINAL ENGRAVING FROM AN EARLY EDITION of Linschoten's travel book on Asia by Baptiste van Doetecum (English spelling, but also Doetechum, Deutechum, and other various spellings), edition unidentified/ca. 1640 probably French edition, numbered "32 en 33", title/caption in Latin underneath the image "Lecture, et ratio, quibus Chine primarij, Mandorines vocant gestante,… Read more about this item

[1947 RARE CATALOG HISTORIC MEXICO CITY BUILDING; LIMITED EDITION] CATALOGO ORDAZ, COYOACAN, D. E. [part of Mexico City], foreword dated July 1947 by Antonio Romero Caballero and also inscribed by him "A. Romero" to H. E. Russell, Jr., of Texas, text in Spanish, red cloth cover with gilded lettering (no jacket as issued), 9" x 12", x + 240 pages,… Read more about this item

[SOVIET UNION/RUSSIA PROPAGANDA POSTERS; REPRODUCTIONS PORTFOLIO] SOVIET RUSSIA PROPAGANDA POSTERS 20 in portfolio Moscow 1967, UNFORGETTABLE DAYS OF HISTORY [loose English translation from title in Cyrillic on portfolio front] Sovetskii Khudozhnik [Soviet Artist], Moscow, 1967, A portfolio of 20 copies of Soviet Union/Russia/Communist propaganda posters titled (rough translation from Russian] "Unforgettable/Memorable Days of History], most were published by various Soviet… Read more about this item

[1931 ENRICO PRAMPOLINI COLOR COSTUME PRINTS / COCKTAIL PANTOMIME BY MARINETTI, PARIS 1927] ENRICO PRAMPOLINI 4 small color prints, partly pochoir, handcolored, 2 masks 2-1/2" x 3" and 2 costume 4" x 2-1/4" identfied and signed in the 2 costume iplates, plus in the middle 4-3/4" x 6" black-and-white photo Mouvement de Scene, Photo Nakarayama (presumably the Japanese photographer Iwata… Read more about this item

[1931 PICASSO COSTUMES 6 PHOTOS Cocteau 1917 ballet Parade RARE] 1 page, Picasso costumes 6 black-and-white photographs limited edition 600 copies, 4-1/2" x 2-1/4" on heavier paper/light board, for the 1917 ballet PARADE, Ballet de Jean Cocteau, Decor et Costumes de Pablo Picasso, Musique d'Eric Satie…Theatre du Chatelet, Paris 1917, plate #1 is a preserved page from a mostly deteriorated… Read more about this item

[THEATER MEMORABILIA; ENGLISH THEATER; HENRY IRVING] SOUVENIR OF DANTE AS PRODUCED BY HENRY IRVING, by Victorien Sardou and Emile Moreau, rendered into English by Laurence Irving, illustrated, published by R. H. Russell, New York, 1903, softcover string bound, 7-1/2" x 10-3/4", vi, 14 pages (last page blank), lightly glossed pages of heavier paper, 6 full-page illustrations/plates of characters in costume… Read more about this item

[PHILIP GLASS, ANDREW DE GROAT, SIGNED; EINSTEIN ON THE BEACH, EOS ENTERPRISES, RARE] EINSTEIN ON THE BEACH – AN OPERA IN FOUR ACTS by Robert Wilson and Philip Glass, with choreography by Andrew de Groat, edited by Vicky Alliata, inscribed by Philip Glass on title page ""Thanks for being there, Philip Glass" and Andrew de Groat "Best wishes and [?]",… Read more about this item

[ENRICO CARUSO; OPERA STAR MEMORABILIA; CARICATURES] CARICATURES OF ENRICO CARUSO – Complete Collection Issued with the Approval of the Artist, 4th Edition, by Michael Sisca, Published by"La Follia Di New York", New York 1939, inscribed on title page "Al pregiato Musicista Antonio Marchesani, offro in segno di sinceca amicizia, Aida Favia-Artsay, Valhalla, NY, Aprile 22,1993", book 8-1/2" x 11", cover… Read more about this item

[IGOR STRAVINSKY PRINT, MUSIC BIENNALE ZAGREB 1963, RARE] IGOR STRAWINSKY dirigivo svoju "Simfoniju u tri stavka" Muziche Biennale u Zagrebu 12.V.1963 Malanus [artist signed in pencil:] Lt. 4/10 Malanus…last letters of the artist's name are unclear, Czechoslovakian title English translation: IGOR STRAVINSKY conducting his "Symphony in Three Movements" at the Music Biennale Zagreb 12.V.1963 [May 12, 1963] Malanus [?], print,… Read more about this item

[THERON J. DAMON GROUP OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF TURKISH ANTIQUITIES, SOME WITH HIS NOTES, 1929] GROUP OF 17 PHOTOGRAPHS OF TURKISH ANTIQUITIES SENT TO THERON J. DAMON by a Turkish / Constantinople antiquities dealer, some with Damon notations in reply to the dealer and/or dealer's notations for Damon, in 1929 Damon opened a Near Eastern antiquities shop in New York City… Read more about this item

[THEATER / ENTERTAINMENT, COMPLETE PRODUCTION BOOK FOR STURBRIDGE VILLAGE PERFORMANCE] PRODUCTION BOOK FOR 'THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER' produced at Old Sturbridge Village, Mass., July - August 1953, submitted by James Karr, stage manager; the publications and papers collected in a 8-1/2" x 11" black spring binder with "The Devil and Daniel Webster" in pen on a paste-on label on… Read more about this item

[SCULPTOR MICHAEL GRESSEL ORIGINAL DRAWING OF ST. JEROME FOR CATHEDRAL COLLEGE, QUEENS, ARCHITECTURAL PROJECT BY JOHN J. O'MALLEY AND ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTURE FIRM, BROOKLYN] ORIGINAL PENCIL DRAWING OF SAINT JEROME HOLDING BIBLE AND QUILL PEN WITH LION SITTING AT HIS FEET by sculptor Michal Gressel with a purple-toned print of the drawing on tan paper done by the architecture firm John… Read more about this item

[SAMUEL LOVER, BRITISH ARTIST, MINIATURES, SIGNED NOTE/ANS, ca. 1836] SAMUEL LOVER HANDWRITTEN NOTE to Henry Howard, Secretary of the Royal Academy, naming three miniatures by Lover for forthcoming exhibition, handwritten note/ANS, 6-1/2" x 6-1/2"/about 50 words, in part, "I beg to entrust for your care for the purpose of exhibition at the Royal Academy, three miniatures…Mahomed Ismail Khan, Ambassador from… Read more about this item

[ENGLISH ARTS & LITERATURE; 20th CENTURY] LEWIS HIND, 1862-1927, [Charles Lewis Hind] was a British journalist, writer, editor, art critic, and art historian, 2 short autograph letters dated 1889, 4-1/2" x 7", with The Art Journal dark brown oval logo in the upper left corner and address 294, City Road, London, E. C. to the right: (1) July 18, [18]89,… Read more about this item

[FRENCH-FLORIDA ARTIST MARGUERITE CASTAING, 2 SIGNED CARDS] MARGUERITE CASTAING, 1900-85, 2 ca. 5" x 3" cards from the French-Florida artist to a young woman/girl in New York City, (1) with envelope post marked New York City, Feb. 21, 1910, addressed to Hotel Shyuler, West 45th St., though anomalously with Hotel Brevoort, 5th Avenue, on card with the envelope, about 75… Read more about this item

MILFORD ZORNES by Gordon T. McClelland and Milford Zornes, published by Hillcrest Press, 1991, hardcover with jacket, 8-1/2" x 11", 69 pages, color ills., chronology; CONDITION: book fine condition / jacket fine, like new copy, unused.