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Maus
by Art Spiegelman
The Complete Maus is a moving graphic novel that depicts the devastating experiences of the author’s father, Vladek, during the Holocaust. Art Spiegelman, an acclaimed artist, uses animals to represent those present in his retelling. He weaves his relationship with his father into the fabric of the tragic tale, demonstrating the cascading effects of trauma through exploring his father’s experiences surviving the Holocaust and Art’s own experiences growing up with his father. The tragic story, which...
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Signed Original Art -- a Pencil and Charcoal Portrait Of Classical Violinist Ruggiero Ricci, Also Signed By the Musician
by Stuyvesant, Ricci, Ruggiero Van Veen
Original Art Books & Ephemera
Original Art of a Girl With a Candle
by Scott, Janet Laura
n. p.: n. p., 1920. Near fine.. Original ink and watercolor drawing by notable Volland illustrator Janet Laura Scott, displaying her particular Art Deco flair. This beautiful piece from an unknown work is a stylish snapshot of Janet Laura Scott's talent that made her one of Volland's go-to illustrators during the Jazz Age. In this striking black-and-white ink and watercolor drawing, a little girl in a thick kimono marvels as a candle goes out in a curling wisp of smoke; the high-contrast composition...
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€283.56
Original art of gnomes and fairies
by Hague, Michael
n.p.: n.p., 1973. Fine.. Signed original watercolor by Hague, a very early portfolio piece. Depicted in a dense forest are gnomes, fairies, a young girl and a forest baby. The colors are rich and the incredible detail draws the eye in to make sure to see every little fairy, frog and gnome. A fantastic piece. 15'' x 10.25'' (image); 20'' x 15'' (board). Watercolor on artist board. Signed by Hague.
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€3,024.64
An original black and white silhouette drawing from "Christmas 1993 or Santa's Last Ride.
by LE CAIN, Errol; BRICUSSE, Leslie
London: , 1987. The Poor Old Reindeer Did their Best LE CAIN, Errol, illustrator. BRICUSSE, Leslie. An original black and white silhouette drawing from "Christmas 1993 or Santa's Last Ride." Image size: 5 x 11 3/4 inches. [Page 8]. "The poor old reindeer did their best,/But one got sick in Budapest/And very nearly wrecked the run/Of Christmas, 1881./But Santa stuck him in the sleigh,/And somehow coped with seven that day." Matted, framed and glazed. In 1986 Leslie Bricusse showed David Brass a poem...
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€1,181.50
Original art: cover image for GALLANT LITTLE PATRIOTS
by Humphrey, Maud
n.p.: n.p., 1898. Signed and dated watercolor on board for a Gilded-Age children's book featuring cherubic kids dressed as real American heroes and heroines. This image was used on the cover of GALLANT LITTLE PATRIOTS, and on the inside of both that work and LITTLE HEROES & HEROINES, also published by Stokes in 1899. The watercolor depicts a little boy dressed as an injured soldier, holding a cane and saluting, next to two elaborately dressed little girls. Humphrey was one of the first great American...
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€4,489.70
An unused/unpublished original pen, ink and monotone drawing from "Christmas 1993 or Santa's Last Ride.
by LE CAIN, Errol; BRICUSSE, Leslie
London: , 1987. An Unused/Unpublished Original Pen, Ink and Monotone Drawing From "Christmas 1993 or Santa's Last Ride." LE CAIN, Errol, illustrator. BRICUSSE, Leslie. An unused/unpublished original pen, ink and monotone drawing from "Christmas 1993 or Santa's Last Ride." Image size: 5 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches. Santa on his sleigh, full of gifts, being pulled along by six reindeer. Matted, framed and glazed. In 1986 Leslie Bricusse showed David Brass a poem that he had written entitled Christmas 1993 or...
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€1,181.50
Happiness" and "Dismay
by [GREENAWAY, Kate], (In the style of)
: , 1875. A Superb Pair of Drawings In the Early Style of Kate Greenaway [GREENAWAY, Kate], (In the style of). "Happiness" and "Dismay". Two ink drawings, initialed and dated 1875. A pair of two original pen and ink drawings. Image sizes: 6 1/2 x 6 3/8 inches: 165 x 162 mm. Beautifully matted, framed and glazed separately with a cream mat and gray border. (Each frame size: 16 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches; 419 x 343 mm.). This pair of very sweet drawings that are full of emotion are most certainly in the...
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€1,701.36
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
by d'Aulaire, Ingri; d'Aulaire, Edgar Parin
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1950. First edition (stated). Near fine in like dust jacket.. Spectacular first printing of the d'Aulaires' illustrated biography of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, with charming original watercolor and inscription. 10.75'' x 8.5''. Original cloth-backed color pictorial boards. Original unclipped ($2.50) color pictorial dust jacket. Profusely illustrated in color and brown and white. [48] pages. With original watercolor in brown to front flyleaf, featuring a bust of Benjamin...
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€827.05
Original Study For CRICKET: The Story of a Little Circus Pony
by Hader, Berta; Hader, Elmer
[New York]: n.p., 1938. Very good minus.. Original large painted image of a circus monkey riding a pony, depicted exactly as these characters appear in the Haders' book CRICKET, but in a different pose not used in the final book. CRICKET follows the life of the titular character beginning with his growing fame in the circus, as depicted here. The final book includes illustrations in black and white and in color, and on a much smaller scale than this large color study. The image in the book that most...
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€472.60
Original drawing from SHANTY ANN
by Moon, Carl
n.p.: n.p., 1935. Fine.. Large pen and ink drawing with pencil shading from SHANTY ANN, by Grace Moon and illustrated by Carol Moon, published in 1935 by Frederick A. Stokes. In this drawing, little Ann and an older woman are cooking breakfast over an outdoor fire near their California shanty town. The patched-up house is visible in the background; there is much detail in the work. 11.5'' x 8'' (image); 16'' x 12'' (frame). Single image in pen and ink with pencil shading, matted, framed, and glazed....
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€708.90
Original art inspired by Jonathan Swift
by Tenggren, Gustaf
n.p.: n.p., 1944. Fine.. Wonderfully detailed finished pencil drawing by Tenggren that appears (in reduced size) on page 87 of TENGGREN'S STORY BOOK (1944). Pictured is the emperor as child, seated at a table and contemplating an egg. Because the child cut his finger while breaking an egg, his father declared that thereafter, all eggs had to be opened at the smaller end, beginning a rebellion and a war with the empire of Blefuscu. The son is drawn very much like one of the dwarves in Snow White. A...
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€4,253.40
PEER GYNT
by Ibsen, Henrick; Rackham, Arthur
London: Harrap, 1936. Fine.. Signed limited edition, one of only 460 copies signed by Rackham, of this popular play based on a Norwegian fairy tale - accompanied by the original drawing that appears on page 78 of the text. Rackham had a special talent for creating fantastical creatures like fairies and goblins, making PEER GYNT an excellent choice for his interpretations. Laid into this copy is a gorgeous original pen-and-ink drawing featuring a bevy of weird and wonderful goblins in motion. The...
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€8,034.20
Original art: "Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son" from MOTHER GOOSE
by Denslow, W.W
n.p.: n.p., 1910. Near fine.. Large and wonderful finished pen-and-ink drawing that would later be published in the book YE OLD TIME NURSERY RHYMES BY MOTHER GOOSE. After Denslow's death, a cache of his art was discovered in 1939. Buffalo publishers Baldwin & Strachan used them to issue a pamphlet of Mother Goose rhymes that same year. The art is described in Greene and Hearn's biography of Denslow, saying in part that "it is likely that Denslow drew the pictures for one of his advertising pamphlets....
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€7,089.00
Original Illustration for PROJECT BOY
by Lenski, Lois
n.p.: n.p., 1954. Near fine.. Original illustration for Lois Lenski's 1954 book PROJECT BOY, based on the lives of the children living in a housing project and taught by Marie Ram - with inscribed dedication by Lenski to Ram. Lois Lenski built the most productive part of her career around depicting the sometimes hardscrabble lives of different US communities in her "Regional" and "Roundabout America" series, of which her Newberry Award-winning novel STRAWBERRY GIRL was a part. It is this regional...
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€945.20
Original art from MOTHER GOOSE AND THE SLY FOX
by Conover, Chris
n.p.: n.p., 1989. Signed finished watercolor used in Conover's 1989 book MOTHER GOOSE AND THE SLY FOX. Stunning both in imagery and execution. The piece is an elaborate rendering of the village in the story, with stores, restaurants, and even a herring kiosk for the cats. Across the river we see the "bad" part of town where the foxes live, practicing 3-card Monte. This watercolor appears in the book as a double page spread on pages 8-9. Conover's work is noted for rich colors and incredible attention to...
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€1,890.40
Original art from FROGGIE WENT A-COURTING
by Conover, Chris
n.p.: n.p., 1986. Fine.. Signed original watercolor entitled "Walking to the Wedding," used as a double-page spread in Conover's FROGGIE WENT A-COURTING, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 1986. This watercolor captures a climactic moment in the story of a handsome seafaring frog who woos Miss Mousie. An entire world of humanized creatures is created around the classic English nursery rhyme, with text retold by Conover: it was reviewed by the SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL as a "tour de force." This...
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€1,748.62
BLACK BEAUTY
by Sewell, Anna; Brown, Paul
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. Very good plus in very good jacket.. Signed first edition thus, illustrated by Brown, of the children's classic, featuring 180 pencil and wash illustrations in an interesting two-column oblong format, along with an original sketch by Brown. Following the life of a horse, from the horse's perspective, BLACK BEAUTY proved a powerful vehicle to spotlight examples of cruelty to animals, and became a unifying symbol among animal rights activists. Paul Brown was...
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€708.90
Original art from THE GIANT GOLDEN BOOK OF CAT STORIES
by Rojankovsky, Feodor
n.p.: n.p., 1953. Fine.. Three original watercolors from Rojankovsky's Golden Books publication of 1953 all about cats - including one image meant for the publication but which did not appear in the final version. All but one of these watercolors appear on page 57 of THE GIANT BOOK OF CAT STORIES. The first image is a fabulous giant cat reading a book with farm buildings, bird, foliage, etc. in the background. It measures 9'' x 12''. The second image is a cat dressed in pants, vest and jacket. He wears...
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€2,835.60
Christmas gifts being carried by Choo Choo Train in the snow
by WALT DISNEY STUDIOS
Choo Choo Train in the Snow WALT DISNEY STUDIOS. Original hand-painted artwork depicting Christmas gifts being carried by Choo Choo Train in the snow. Ca. 1970. Gouache on artist board. Image size: 6 x 10 3/4 inches. In fine condition. Matted, framed and glazed. For over 90 years, The Walt Disney Studios has been the foundation on which The Walt Disney Company was built. Today, the Studio brings quality movies, music and stage plays to consumers throughout the world. Gouache is one type of...
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€803.42
Original art depicting Snow White and Prince Charming
by Gág, Wanda [Wanda Gag]; Brothers Grimm
n.p.: n.p., 1938. Fine.. Wonderful signed and finished pen-and-ink study for the illustration appearing in Gág's Caldecott Medal Honor Book, SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS. This illustration appears on page 39 of the first edition, published by Coward McCann in 1938. Snow White has fallen asleep after eating the poisoned apple and lies under glass cover in the woods. Prince Charming is approaching on the left, a dwarf sleeps in a tree to the right, and forest creatures watch in anticipation. A...
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€16,068.40
![Double spread cover for Walt Disney's Disneyland comic series No. 47. January 15th [1972]. [Hiawatha Racing Casey Junior to the Railroad Station]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/122/443/967443122.0.b.jpg)
Double spread cover for Walt Disney's Disneyland comic series No. 47. January 15th [1972]. [Hiawatha Racing Casey Junior to the Railroad Station]
by WALT DISNEY STUDIOS
N.p.,: , 1972. Hiawatha Racing Casey Junior To The Railroad Station WALT DISNEY STUDIOS. Original hand-painted artwork for the double spread cover of Walt Disney's Disneyland comic series No. 47. [January 15th 1972]. Gouache on artist board. Image size: 12 x 26 1/2 inches. In fine condition. Matted, framed and glazed. Together with a fine copy of Walt Disney's Disneyland comic series No. 47. "Hello, boys and girls. Do you remember the little engine called Casey Junior? He is usually busy pulling the...
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€1,417.80
THE ART OF MAURICE SENDAK
by Lanes, Selma; [Sendak, Maurice]
New York: Henry N. Abrams, 1980. Fine.. First printing, a fine copy in the original printed glassine, inscribed by Sendak and with an original pen drawing of a Wild Thing. This is an excellent reference work which also includes the entire book WHERE THE WILD HORSES ARE (mounted on a page) that does not come in the later editions. 10.5'' x 11.25''. Original pictorial cloth. In original printed glassine wrapper. Orange endpapers. Many wonderful color illustrations, including a tab operated moveable page....
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€1,417.80
Goodnight Sheep
by DYER, Jane, artist
: , 1993. A Sweet Watercolor Illustration Beautifully Framed DYER, Jane, artist. "Goodnight Sheep". From Good Night, Good Night Sleepyhead. [N.p., ca. 1993]. Original pen, ink and watercolor illustration. Image size: 10 1/8 x 12 inches; 257 x 305 mm.) Beautifully matted, framed and glazed. (Frame size: 17 7/8 x 19 7/8 inches; 454 x 505 mm.). A sweet illustration of a baby embracing a sheep stuffed aminal. Beautifully framed with a cream silk mat, bordered with metallic gold and blue ribbons, and...
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€1,559.58
Original art: "Jack Sprat" from MOTHER GOOSE
by Denslow, W.W
n.p.: n.p., 1910. Near fine.. Large and wonderful finished pen-and-ink drawing that would later be published in the book YE OLD TIME NURSERY RHYMES BY MOTHER GOOSE. After Denslow's death, a cache of his art was discovered in 1939. Buffalo publishers Baldwin & Strachan used them to issue a pamphlet of Mother Goose rhymes that same year. The art is described in Greene and Hearn's biography of Denslow, saying in part that "it is likely that Denslow drew the pictures for one of his advertising pamphlets....
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€6,143.80
Little Son, Hush-a-Bye
by GILBERT, Anne Yvonne, artist
: , 1991. A Lovely Dual Watercolor Lullaby Framed Together with a Stunning Custom Mat GILBERT, Anne Yvonne, artist. "Little Son, Hush-a-Bye". From Baby's Book of Lullabies & Cradle Songs. [N.p.], 1991. Two original pen, ink and watercolor illustrations. Image sizes: 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches; 191 x 191 mm. Beautifully matted, framed and glazed together. (Frame size: 15 7/8 x 27 inches; 403 x 686 mm.). This lovely illustrated spread was inspired by the illustrator's son. One side features handwritten...
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€1,181.50
SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER
by Goldsmith, Oliver; Thomson, Hugh
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1912. About fine.. Signed limited edition of only 350 numbered copies signed by Thomson - this a presentation copy, not numbered, with an original signed drawing of a character from the book. Thomson has drawn the figure of a man in period dress celebrating by kicking up his heels, taking off his hat and waving a whip in the air. The man is Tony Lumpkin, a character from the play. Thomson captioned the piece: "'And Tony Lumpkin is his own man again' / p.197"; he has signed...
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€3,544.50
![Vingt-cinq costumes pour le théatre. [Twenty-five costumes for the theatre] ; Préface par Edmond Jaloux](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/232/127/1171127232.0.m.jpg)
![Combat du Chevalier d'Eon [joint] Cercle de l'Escrime - Assaut du 12 janvier 1895](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/542/154/223154542.0.m.0.jpg)
![CHAMPIONS OF THE ROUND TABLE [Signed, with Original Drawing by Pyle]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/513/318/1458318513.0.m.jpg)
