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4004: CARTIER-BRESSON, HENRI The Decisive Moment4197: Ellsworth Kelly BLUE/RED-ORANGE/GREEN  Color lith4008: CHURCHILL, WINSTON An Address . . . December 26th
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New York, NY, United States
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Fine Books, Autographs and Prints

The May 4 auction offers Autographs and Rare Books, as well as Old Master, Modern and Contemporary Prints. The BOOKS section of the sale features an atlas portfolio of 81 aquatint and facsimile plates after Karl Bodmer chronicling Prince Maximilian's travels in America among the Plains Indians from 1832 to 1834; a selection of sporting books and 19th century horticultural color plate books; and a remarkable manuscript journal and sketchbook by American artist Lewis Miller of his travels in Europe in 1840-41. The AUTOGRAPHS are highlighted by the Book of the Presidents featuring a compilation of 31 letters and documents signed by Presidents of the United States from George Washington to FDR. Other noteworthy autographs include Winston Churchill, Catherine the Great of Russia, Samuel Clemens, Charles Darwin, two examples by Albert Einstein, Mohandas K. Gandhi, Ernest Hemingway, Abraham Lincoln, Charles Lindbergh, Richard Wagner and William Butler Yeats, as well as Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, Margot Fonteyn, Sir John Gielgud, Audrey Hepburn, Rudolph Nureyev, Claudette Colbert and sheet music for Send in the Clowns autographed by composer Stephen Sondhem. The PRINTS section of the sale features MODERN EUROPEAN works by Toulouse-Lautrec, James Ensor, Miró, Ben Nicholson, Paul Gauguin, Braque, Chagall, Picasso and Renoir. AMERICAN prints are highlighted by Whistler, Paul Cadmus, Mabel Dwight, Childe Hassam, Martin Lewis, Jacques Lipchitz, Charles White, Max Weber; Thomas Hart Benton, and John Marin. CONTEMPORARY prints include Motherwell, Larry Rivers, Frank Stella, Lichtenstein, and Willem de Kooning. Also featured are works by Al Hirschfeld, include two depicting the actor Peter Allen acquired from his estate.
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BUTTERFLY, THE. QUARTERLY: BUTTERFLY, THE. QUARTERLY Nos 1-4. Woodcuts, mounted color plates, music, facsimiles, etc. 4to, printed wrappers, uncut and in part unopened. Wrappers considerably chipped. Philadelphia: Innes &
4002: BUTTERFLY, THE. QUARTERLYEst. $100-$200Lot Passed
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CARTIER-BRESSON, HENRI The Decisive Moment: CARTIER-BRESSON, HENRI The Decisive Moment Plates. Folio, boards, dust jacket [designed by Henri Matisse]. Pamphlet containing captions laid in. Some wear to jacket. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1952.
4004: CARTIER-BRESSON, HENRI The Decisive MomentEst. $200-$300
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DAVIES, VALENTINE Miracle on 34th Street: DAVIES, VALENTINE Miracle on 34th Street 8vo, cloth, pictorial dust jacket New York: Harcourt Brace, [1947]. First Edition.
4012: DAVIES, VALENTINE Miracle on 34th StreetEst. $100-$150
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EVANS, WALKER American Photographs: EVANS, WALKER American Photographs Plates. Square 8vo, dust jacket (slightly worn and faded). New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1938. First Edition, with errata slip. Name in ink on free front
4019: EVANS, WALKER American PhotographsEst. $100-$200
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FAULKNER, WILLIAM Requiem for a Nun: FAULKNER, WILLIAM Requiem for a Nun 8vo, boards, glassine wrapper. Small tear in glassine. New York: Random House, 1951. First Edition, one of 750 copies signed by the author.
4020: FAULKNER, WILLIAM Requiem for a NunEst. $400-$600
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FILIPPI, FILIPPO DE Ruwenzori.: FILIPPI, FILIPPO DE Ruwenzori. An Account of the Expedition of H.R.H. Prince Luigi Amedeo of Savoy Color frontispiece, 31 photographic plates, 5 folding maps. Large 8vo, original cloth, uncut and
4021: FILIPPI, FILIPPO DE Ruwenzori.Est. $200-$300
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