The Alfred Cheney Johnston Collection

267: Alphonse Maria Mucha (Czechoslovakian, 1860-1939)

271: Illustration for "Midsummer" by Charles Hanson

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The lifetime collection of the official Ziegfeld follies photographer includes hundreds of 11 x 13 Photographs of Silent movie stars, Broadway dancers, and Socialites from the 1920?s. Alfred Cheney Johnston amassed an excellent art collection during his years in New York as a master photographer: Oil Paintings, Bronzes, Illustration art, Fine Books and Photos from his contemporaries including Alphonse Mucha, Penrhyn Stanlaws, Gleb Derujinsky, Chana Orloff, Rockwell Kent, Edward Steichen and many more. The collection also includes ACJ?s Cameras & Equipment, Letters and Correspondence, personal effects and furniture. Phone

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Old French Fairy Tales: Comtesse De Segur: Illus. Virginia Francis Sterrett. The Penn Publishing Co.: Phila.1920. black cloth binding with gilt lettering and full color paste-down on front board. 9" x 11 1/4". 279 pages with colored

0100: Old French Fairy Tales: Comtesse De SegurEst. $400-$600

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Shakespeare's Comedy of The Tempest, Illus. Dulac: Edmund Dulac. Hodder & Stoughton: London. 1908, Blue cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on front board and spine. 9" x 11 1/4". 144 pages with 40 tipped-in color plates with printed tissue

0101: Shakespeare's Comedy of The Tempest, Illus. DulacEst. $100-$200

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Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates: Fiction, Fact & Fancy Concerning the Buccaneers & Marooners of the Spanish Main: From the Writing & Pictures of Howard Pyle: Compiled by Merle Johnson. Harper & Bros. Publishers: New York. 1921.

0102: Howard Pyle's Book of PiratesEst. $100-$300

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The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales: Retold by A.T. Quiller-Couch. Illus. by Edmund Dulac. Hodder & Stoughton: London. No date, but c. 1910. brown pebbled cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on front board and spine. 9" x 11 1/4".

0103: The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy TalesEst. $300-$500

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Edmund Dulac's Fairy Book: Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations. Illus. by Edmund Dulac. Hodder & Stoughton: London, New York, Toronto. No date, but c. 1916. Green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on front board and

0104: Edmund Dulac's Fairy BookEst. $100-$300

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Stories From Hans Anderson. Illus. by Dulac: Illus. by Edmund Dulac. Hodder & Stoughton Limited: London. No date, but c. 1911. Light brown cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on front board and spine. 9" x 11 1/4". 250 pages with 28

0105: Stories From Hans Anderson. Illus. by DulacEst. $200-$400

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The Pageant of Venice. Hutton & Brangwyn: By Edward Hutton. Illus. by Frank Brangwyn. John Lane The Bodley Head Limited: London. 1922. Dust jacket, having wear, minor tears along edges and small area missing at spine top. Light cloth with

0106: The Pageant of Venice. Hutton & BrangwynEst. $100-$200

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Sinbad The Sailor and Other Stories...: Sinbad The Sailor and Other Stories from the Arabian Nights. Illus. by Edmund Dulac. Hodder & Stoughton: London. No date, but c. 1914. Red cloth spine over orange boards having applied label title on

0107: Sinbad The Sailor and Other Stories...Est. $100-$300

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Stories From The Arabian Nights. Housman & Dulac: Retold by Laurence Housman with Drawings by Edmund Dulac. Hodder & Stoughton Limited: London. Brown / tan cloth cover with gilt lettering and gilt and black decorations on front board and spine. 9" x

0108: Stories From The Arabian Nights. Housman & DulacEst. $100-$200

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Our Country. A Household History...Lossing. 3 Vols: Our Country. A Household History For All Readers, From The Discovery Of America To The One Hundredth Anniversary Of The Declaration Of Independence. By Benson J. Lossing, LL.D. With over 500

0109: Our Country. A Household History...Lossing. 3 VolsEst. $100-$200

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Franklin Booth: 60 Repros. From Original Drawings: Franklin Booth: Sixty Reproductions From Original Drawings With An Appreciation By Earnest Elmo Calkins And An Introduction By Meredith Nicholson. Robert Frank: New York. 1925. Light colored cloth

0110: Franklin Booth: 60 Repros. From Original DrawingsEst. $300-$500

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English Fairy Tales. Steel & Rackham: Retold by Flora Annie Steel. Illus. by Arthur Rackham. The Macmillan Co.: New York. 1918. Large Paper Edition Limited to 250 Copies of which this is Number 11. Full white vellum / calfskin with gilt

0111: English Fairy Tales. Steel & RackhamEst. $200-$400

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Fairy Tales By Hans Anderson Illus. by Kay Nielsen: Hodder and Stoughton Limited: London. No date, c. 1910-1920. light blue cloth binding with gilt lettering and decoration on front board and spine. 9" x 11 1/2". 197 pages with tipped-in colored

0112: Fairy Tales By Hans Anderson Illus. by Kay NielsenEst. $100-$200

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Japanese Colour Prints by Basil Stewart: Japanese Colour Prints and the Subjects They Illustrate by Basil Stewart. Dodd, Mead & Co.: New York. 1920. black cloth with gilt lettering on front board and spine. 8" x 10 1/4". 327 pages with

0113: Japanese Colour Prints by Basil StewartEst. $100-$200

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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Illus. Doris Palmer: Leopold B. Hill: 2 Langham Place WI. Printed in Great Britain by the Riverside Press Limited Edinburgh. No date, but c. 1920's. Pale yellow cloth with black lettering and gilt decoration on front

0114: Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Illus. Doris PalmerEst. $100-$200

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Le Morte Darthur by Sir Thomas Malory: Le Morte Darthur: The History of King Arthur and His Noble Knights of the Round Table. With Illustrations after Water-Colour Drawings by W. Russell Flint, R.W.S. In 2 volumes. The Medici Society,

0115: Le Morte Darthur by Sir Thomas MaloryEst. $100-$200

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Old Chinatown by Arnold Genthe: With Text by Will Irwin. Mitchell Kennerley: New York. Printed at the Plimpton Press. 1913. Second edition, enlarged from the earlier 1908 edition. Black cloth with gilt lettering and on front board

0116: Old Chinatown by Arnold GentheEst. $200-$400

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The Nightingale and Other Stories...Illus. Dulac: The Nightingale and Other Stories From Hans Andersen with illustrations by Edmund Dulac. Hodder and Stoughton: New York and London. No date, but c. 1918-1920. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and gilt

0117: The Nightingale and Other Stories...Illus. DulacEst. $100-$200

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The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Illus. Dulac: Rendered Into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald With Illustrations by Edmund Dulac. Hodder and Stoughton: London. Undated. Printed from the second edition by kind permission of Messrs. Macmillan &

0118: The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Illus. DulacEst. $100-$200

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Life and Work of Edwin Austin Abbey, R.A. by Lucas: Edwin Austin Abbey Royal Academician: The Record of His Life and Work by E.V. Lucas. With Two Hundred Illustrations. In Two Volumes. Charles Scribner's Sons: New York, Methuen and Company Limited:

0119: Life and Work of Edwin Austin Abbey, R.A. by LucasEst. $100-$200

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0120: Howard Pyle's Book of PiratesEst. $100-$300

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Die Gottliche Komodie / La Divina Commedia. Bayros: Dante Alighieri. Illus. Franz von Bayros. Amalthea Verlag: Vienna. 1921. Text in German and Italian. In 3 Volumes. German translation by Otto Gildemeister, edited by Karl Toth. White vellum spine

0121: Die Gottliche Komodie / La Divina Commedia. BayrosEst. $1,000-$3,000

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Norman Rockwell Illustrator. Signed by Rockwell: Arthur L. Guptill. Watson-Guptill Publications, Inc.: New York. 1946. Dust jacket (some wear and minor tears). Inscribed by Rockwell in green ink on front page: "Best wishes to Alfred Cheney

0122: Norman Rockwell Illustrator. Signed by RockwellEst. $100-$200

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Spanish Gardens and Patios. Mildred & Arthur Byne: Spanish Gardens and Patios: Illustrated with 175 examples, 4 Plates in Colour by Mildred Stapley Byne and Arthur Byne. J.B. Lippencott Company: Phila. & New York. The Architectural Record: New York.

0123: Spanish Gardens and Patios. Mildred & Arthur ByneEst. $50-$100

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