NP: NP, 1953-1954. Original document. Hardcover. Originally published in 1953, "Battle Cry" is the enthralling first novel by legendary American author Leon Uris, best known for such classics as "Trinity" and "Exodus." Many of the events in the book are based on the writer's own World War II experience with..... More

NP: NP, ND (ca 1910). Original artwork. Framed. Framed oil on canvas. 28.5 x 43 inches (image size: 24.5" x 39"). Full-length portrait of Helena Modjeska as Lady Macbeth, a role for which she was renowned. Cloaked in blue and brick red wearing gold jewerly, Lady MacBeth, head turned with..... More

Palestine: Bezalel, circa 1920s. Hardcover. 21.5 inches (top to bottom of spindle). 14 inches (scroll case). Burled olive wood case spectacularly carved with depictions of Rachel's tomb and the old city of Jerusalem, and ringed with four multicolored inlay mosaics. The words Jerusalem (yerushalem without the final yod), Kever Rachel..... More

Persia: ca. late 15th century. Framed. 2 beautifully illuminated manuscript leaves from the Kulliyat (collected works) of Saadi, the famed Persian poet from Shiraz. Remounted and matted. Wood frame painted in black and gold (measuring 13x16"). Possibly early Safavid Era. Text in Persian. More

Palestine: Bezalel, circa 1914 (case). Hardcover. 13 x 3 inches (top to bottom of spindle). 6" (scroll case). Burled olive wood case spectarularly carved with depictions of the Western wall, with buildings and trees from the Temple mount. The words Jerusalem (yerushalem without the final yod), Tzion (the mount of..... More

Turkey: 1857. Framed. Image measures 14x19" in a 18x24.5" gold metal frame. This beautifully calligraphic decree issued in October 1857, by Ottoman Sultan Abdülmecid I (1823-1861), states the promotion of a British soldier (Daniel Grayville?) to the fifth rank and awards him with a "kita", for bravery in battle. Dated..... More

np: NP, circa 1940. Henry Miller. 1st. Signed Henry Miller in pencil. Mixed media (15 x 24") with brown dye-cut mat in modern aluminum frame (19 1/4 x 28 3/8"). Screen print with color drawing and sketch with overprinted text, hand signed. (Not examined out of frame). The opening text..... More

Oklahoma: NP, n/d (1938). Print 13.75 x 11 inches. Image area 12.5 x 10.5 inches. Frame 17.25 x 19.75 inches. Vintage silver print, on semi-glossy paper, matted and framed (black wood) by one of the original Life Magazine photographers. Unsigned, undated. From a documentary series on dust bowl migrants, made..... More

London: British Museum, 1893-1898-1907. First edition. Hardcover. Folio (20 1/4 x 16"). [3] leaves (Title, Preface, Table of Plates), 150 mounted leaves (Plates) (Vol. 1); [3] leaves (Title, Preface, Table of Plates), 123 mounted leaves (Plates) (Vol. 2); [3] loose leaves (Title, Preface, Table of Plates), 100 loose leaves (Plates)..... More

Paris: Imprimerie et Librairie Militaires de Blot, 1864. First edition. Hardcover. [MANUSCRIPT] Folio. 233pp. Original half olive cloth over marbled paper covered boards with handwritten title label pasted on each board. Robert Florey*'s ex libris on inside of front cover. Printed title page inscribed and signed by Lieutenant-Colonel Comte de..... More

Bangkok: NP, 1950 - 1959? Work is a compilation of letters and selected documents issued during the reign of King Mongkut (Rama IV), (1804 - 1868), who was king of Siam from 1851 to 1868. Most Thai were shocked by the portrayal of their revered nineteenth-century king in the musical..... More

NP: NP, 1940s. Boards. Oblong Sextodecimo (5.5" x 8"). Two original cardboard signs with red ruling and red and black lettering on yellow, respectively beige background; hanger hooks attached. Two warning signs in accordance with the German Antiaircraft Law decreed in June of 1935, designed to caution Germans during war..... More

Moscow: NP, n/d. 11.5 x 15 x 5 inches. Orange paper decorated in black and gold with a geometric design evocative of art deco. Paper bag for a candy shop specializing in caramels. 3/4 inch chip along 4 inches of top, minor chipping along part of one side. Overall good+..... More