The Story of Galileo

First edition. Publishers decorative blue cloth with black title. Gilt title and vignette to spine. Prize bookplace on inside. Colour portrait frontispiece. Chapter first letter vignette. A very scarc

Includes The Story of Rin-Tin-Tin, Rocket Ship Galileo, Stories for Little Ears, and more. 10" high x 8" wide. Ownership marks. Wear to bindings. IMPORTANT: Before bidding, please read the terms and c

Title: Self-Portrait (Selbstbildnis) Signed by Kollwitz in pencil in the lower right corner of the print; marked "Probedruck" ("proof print") in the lower left corner below the print, also in pencil a

Two original 19th-century portraits, in gilt wooden frames. Undated, and subject unidentified. The name "G. Werner" appears on verso of both frames - possibly the artist. Very Good minus. General craq

Title: Listeners (Zuhorende) Signed in pencil at lower right. Small "23" handwritten in pencil at lower edge of sheet. Matted. Knesebeck 237 II. Stone destroyed. Good plus. Slight foxing; small (0.5 i

A copy of the official red line version of the National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993, signed into law by President Clinton on September 21, 1993. The original red line version of this law i

Created by Oliphant in May 1979, a few weeks before NASA's "Skylab" reentered Earth's atmosphere and crashed over the Indian Ocean/Australia (July 11, 1979). The main caption reads, "Well, I suppose w

A book from from the collection of William Webster. William Webster was a judge on the US Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, before serving as both director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (1978

Title: Inspiration Von der Becke restrike edition from between 1963/65 and 1972, with von der Becke's two-line Munich blindstamp at the lower right corner). A discarded first version of the third shee

Title: Assisi Signed in pencil at lower right. Possibly printed from a retired plate; the words "Edition finished 1909" appear reversed at the lower left corner of the print. Good plus. Lightly age-to

A book from the collection of William Webster. William Webster was a judge on the US Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, before serving as both director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (1978 - 198

Title: Battlefield (Schlachtfeld) Sheet 6 from the cycle "The Peasants War." From the editions produced by von der Becke between 1946/48 and 1963/65, with his three-line Berlin-Halensee stamp at lower

An untitled acrylic painting by Haitian folk artist Aladin. Hand signed at lower right corner. Very Good minus. A faint scratch in the bottom left quadrant, some faint discoloration along top edge, an

Two signed books from the collection of William Webster. William Webster was a judge on the US Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, before serving as both director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (

A parian bust of Clytie, a nymph in Greek Mythology, with part lustrous glaze, on raised circular base. It bears the 6th green Belleek mark which was used from 1965-80. Near fine. Some discoloration t

From the personal papers of longtime NBC News Correspondent Fred Montague, this lot includes handwritten notes and other ephemera from Montague's coverage of Richard Nixon's May 1972 trip to Austria,

Parian Bust of Robert Stephenson (1803 - 1859), stamped across back shoulder "R. Stephenson / Josiah Wedgwood & Sons / EW. Wyon. F, R. Stephenson, Published March 29, 1858". Robert Stephenson was an e

Celebrating America's Spirit Together: The 54th Presidential Inaugural Official Guide Book. Washington, DC: 54th Presidential Inaugural Committee, 2001. 10mo., 75 pages; Very good. A small pamphlet wi

Four pastel studies of skaters on onion skin paper. Good to Good plus. Paper somewhat age-toned, with creasing at edges and corners and sometimes impacting drawings as well. Several small closed tears

Title: No. 3 Interior Hand signed at lower right. In gilt wooden frame. Good plus. Scattered small abrasions to painting; minor abrasions to frame, mostly at corners. Artist: Williams, Ruskin (America

Title: From the Jewish Quarter of Amsterdam: Cart Trade (Aus dem Judenviertel in Amsterdam: Karrenhandel) Artist's signature appears in pencil at bottom right. Very Good with slight age-toning. Artist

Title: Cuatro Vida Acrylic painting by Cuban folk artist Sanfiel. Title and date handwritten on verso. Signed "J_Sanfiel" at bottom right. Very Good plus. Minor marking and discoloration to edges of c

Five books inscribed to William Webster. William Webster was a judge on the US Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, before serving as both director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (1978 - 1987) and

Five pastel studies of skaters on onion skin paper. Poor to Good. One drawing lacking entire upper left corner, with a closed tear (2.25 in) extending down from the open tear into the background at ce