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A souvenir Dali exhibition "catalog," also a checklist with prices handwritten in pencil next to each of 21 artworks. Levy's own gallery copy with notes of prices and which pieces were sold. Ex-collection Julien Levy. Features Dali illustration with movable breasts covering accordion fold-down strips with Dali paintings. Some wear to corners, back soiled, grommets broken on verso.

A leather-bound promotional book containing original bound in (24) gelatin silver photographs by the photographer H. C. TIBBITS. Includes splendid rich views of Downton San Francisco (14), a harbor view, an aerial view, and landscapes of Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Mt. Shasta, Yellowstone, Lake Tahoe, Mission San Miguel, Mariposa Grove. Some scattered foxing mostly effecting the white borders. Light wear to covers. (3) page printed introduction promoting the exposition to celebrate the completion of the Panama Canal. H. C. TIBBITS publisher. The first plate somewhat faded but the following views are rich and clean. Each image has a title and description on the white border. 9 ½" x 12" x 1", 55 pages.

(Second image is a separate pamphlet detailing the life and legacy of Samuel Thayer)An extensive scrap album containing 1000s of late 19th century business cards of political, diplomatic officials and titled members of European aristocracy as well as material from Russia and Japan. Invitations, seating charts and menus for formal diplomatic dinners assembled by Samuel Thayer who was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Netherlands by President Benjamin Harrison. Contents include a lifetime of communications with various nobility and events that Thayer attended. The contents are too extensive to fully describe in detail. "Samuel R. Thayer" gilt embossed front cover. The album pages are brittle and are crumbling, binding is loose as seen in close up image, but there is a wealth of ephemeral items that concern the political and social life of an American diplomat in the late 19th century. Measures 16" x 10 1/2" x 3".* Price includes discount *

A wonderful group of 1920s photographs of street scenes and portraits in an album with gilt stamped cover "Phases of Native Life" by "H. Marcellus 3rd". (76) Images measuring 3" x 4" mounted four to a page with printed titles affixed to mount. A couple of pages loose, covers frayed but content is exceptional. Silvering around edges of several photos as seen in images. Photos of all manner of street life and some very fine character portrait studies. 38 pp, album measures 11" x 14 1/2".
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A large mounted sepia tone albumen photo of a sugar plantation with slaves holding stacks of cane and wagons with oxen all assembled in a row to be photographed. Wet stamp on verso "J.M. Del Diestro Fotografo" with a mortar and pestle decorative element. Image size: 6 ½" x 9", mount Size: 11" x 14". Print is in very good condition; mount has foxing as seen in images.
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A charming two-hole string tie album containing hundreds of photos: snapshots, commercial and travel pictures of various sizes, 1 1/2" x 2 1/4" to 3 1/2" x 4 1/2". Very neatly and carefully titled with locales and dates. Photos are mounted with black corners. A couple of hand drawn maps of the journey. Gilt embossed 'Photographs' on cover. Very good condition. Book measures 7" x 11 1/2" x 1 1/4", 95 pages.* Price includes discount *

Issues 1-24 of Soviet Photo printed on newsprint, over 700 pages. In very good condition. A great rarity and important for any library with an interest in Russian photography. Leather bound, covers show signs of wear, internally sound. Lower half of outer leather cover of spine is beginning to separate (between spine and front of cover) as seen in images. 9 3/4" x 7" x 2", 700 + pages.Excerpt from Bookvica Russian Antiquarian Books:[Soviet Photo] regularly organized the photography competitions reflecting the socialist life. It was not limited to the successes in construction, radio engineering and aviation. One of the major stream in propaganda demonstrated how the women were involved in the building of Soviet future. The remarkable changes occurred in the Soviet Central Asia and the photographers sought to show that portraying the women on the streets. An important part of propaganda art was a photomontage which the edition spread among amateur photographers. ''The photomontage technically raised… Read More

A 1906 softcover book in French describing the spirit materialisations of the Villa Carmen by Charles Richet. Dated 1906. 9 half tone photos of the spirit materialisations throughout book. 1 page has 6 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" photos remains 3 photos are 4" x 3". 93 pp. One small section of pages uncut. Spine shows wear and some paper loss at top of spine. A fragile book in acceptable condition.

A 1902 first edition published by the London Spiritualist Alliance, Ltd. by M.A. Oxen, the Rev. W. Stainton Moses who was a leading figure in the spirit movement in 19th century England. 156 pp including a couple of pages on spirit photography. Hand written notations in pencil on inside of back cover. Blue cloth gilt-lettered on spine & cover. Wearing along spine and covers, intermittent foxing along page edges as seen in images.

An original 1874 carte-de-visite (approx. 2 1/2" x 4") spirit photograph with the appearance of a spirit looming next to the sitter. Photographer's credit imprinted on verso. Accompanied by a letter describing the spiritual seance. Good condition, some wear to the edges, two small deposits on print as seen in image.Edouard Buguet was a leading Parisian spirit photographer who was convicted for fraud & imprisoned for a year. Good condition* Price includes discount *

A 12 page catalog of original surrealist paintings for sale by The Salvador Dali Museum in Cleveland, Ohio to raise acquisition funds. Catalog includes illustrations and prices. 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", 12 pages. Fine condition.