Search Results: Authors starting with W from Schubertiade

1869. Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Superb printed caricature by Gustav Gaul, in cabinet card format issued by the Viennese firm V.A. Heck. The caption identifies the scene as "Richard Wagner bei der Probe im Wiener Musikverein, 27 February 1875." 4.5 x 6.5 inches (11.3 x 17 cm), small chips to upper and lower right corners, otherwise good condition.

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Impressive and unusually large inscribed three-quarter-length photograph of the German composer, later "Master of Bayreuth," from his sojourn in Vienna in 1861, credited to Ludwig Angerer (1827–1879), imperial court photographer in Vienna. Autograph musical quotation to lower margin—an excerpt from an unidentified composition, one staff, four measures, 3/4, without key signature; dedication as text underlay and amusingly incorporating the composer's name: "Seinem Seraphinenpüppchen [to Seraphine, his little doll)] Richard Wagner."  The printed header, "Album der Zeitgenossen" [Album of contemporaries], identifies this issue of the mounted photograph as from the series of the same name that Franz Hanfstaengl (1804–1877), court photographer in Munich, compiled over the second half of the 1850s.  17 x 13.25 inches (43 x 33.5 cm). In very fine condition. Framed. An extremely rare document, particularly noteworthy for the musical quotation."When Wagner came to… Read More

New York: The Peter Norton Family Christmas Project, 1997. Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Bound pop-up book, with offset lithographs and five laser-cut, pop-up silhouettes on wove paper, 1997. 238x213 mm; 9 3/8x8 3/8 inches, full red leather binding as issued. Edition of 4000. For many years, the Peter Norton family commissioned an art edition to celebrate the holidays. This book was privately published and gifted to friends. Another copy of this book is in the collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.Kara Walker is best known for her controversial large-scale black silhouette cut-outs which are, in this book, miniaturized. Her use of silhouettes is significant and ironic as she juxtaposes traditional Victorian silhouettes with depictions of violence, hyper-sexuality, and racism. Walker's work deals directly with African American history in the Antebelleum South, contributes to current dialogues on the representation of Black identities, and speaks to the way that the… Read More

New York: Random House (The Whitney Museum), 1979. First Edition. Used; Like New/Used; Like New. A very special example of the 1979 stated First Edition softcover, signed and inscribed in bold black ink to the half title "To Paul from Andy Warhol," and including an original polaroid photograph by Warhol of the recipient, photographer Paul McMahon, signed in black ink by Warhol to the lower margin and also sold together also with an original small format black and white photograph of Warhol by Paul McMahon, taken at a 1980 book signing appearance by the artist and signed "Photo by Paul McMahon" to verso.  The book, Square 8vo.  141 pp. Slight handling stains to edges, glue stain to inner front gutter, else fine. The photographs, each approx. 4¼ x 3 3/8 in. (10.8 x 8.6 cm) and both in fine condition. The book's autograph dedicatee and subject of the included original Warhol photograph is Paul McMahon, a critic, photographer and artist who worked for more than 13 years touring with Marlene… Read More

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. A excised page from a Christie's New York 19th and 20th Century Prints auction catalogue (28 April 1979) signed in full "Andy Warhol" beneath the reproduced image of his iconic Campbell's Cream of Mushroom Soup. In April 1979, the original obtainer of this item heard Andy Warhol was signing copies of Interview at Fiorucci and went after attending the Christie's morning auction. Upon meeting Warhol, the artist noticed the auction catalogue and inquired if any of his artwork was included and subsequently signed this page.The set of ten color screenprints advertised on the present page were based on the Campbell's soup can, one of Andy Warhol's best-known icons. In 1962 Warhol produced a series of thirty-two silkscreen paintings depicting the cans—one canvas for each variety of soup available at the time. He continued to produce images of the soup cans for more than two decades, a process of repetition that reflects his characteristic interest in mimicking the… Read More

London: Studio Vista Ltd., 1971. First paperback edition. Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Small 8vo. 160 pp. Signed "Andy Warhol" in bold black ink to the titlepage. A few thin scratches and creases to wrapper laminate, otherwise about fine.In 1961 a fashionable commercial artist named Andy Warhol created an artistic furor in New York with his deadpan versions of the Campbell's Soup can. Since then he has become the most talked about but least understood artist of the late 20th century. Warhol made acceptable the use of industrial techniques in the creation of paintings obsessed with modern clichés--car crashes, Coke bottles, sex symbols such as Marilyn Monroe and Liz Taylor. At the same time, his films-- Blowjob, Sleep, Chelsea Girls, Lonesome Cowboys --forced us to look at the object/subject, transformed the bizarre into the banal, and remade the form and content of cinematic experiment and production.Originally published in 1971, Peter Gidal's Andy Warhol was the first book written on Warhol's… Read More

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Silver gelatin print, image size, 440 x 290mm, with photographers copyright & studio stamp verso, number 1/10, signed and dated in pencil, framed to an overall size of 24.8 x 19.5 inches (63 x 49.5 cm.).

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Signed doubleweight photograph of the great American baritone, who has sharply inscribed "Sincerely, / Leonard Warren" in black ink.  An excellent unpersonalized example of his signature.  Light surface cracks, else in fine condition.  5 x 7.25 inches (12.7 x 18.4 cm.).

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Printed Christmas card, created by (or for?) the great American jazz and blues singer and actress on a typewriter and probably sent to the Italian-American painter.  Bifolium. Unsigned, undated.  Oblong format, 4 x 6 inches (10 x 12.5 cm).  In fine condition.Lucioni painted a portrait of Waters in 1939 that some have called "historic."  Certainly, Waters was a historic figure.  She was was the second African American to be nominated for an Academy Award (for the song "Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe," performed in the 1943 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical Cabin in the Sky), the first African American to star on her own television show (in 1939), and the first African-American woman to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award (for "Goodnight Sweet Blues," performed in the 1962 series Route 66).

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Handsome signed early James J. Kriegsmann of New York photograph of the American pianist at his instrument.  Watts has boldly inscribed "For Paul– / good wishes / André Watts."  Trimmed margins, in very fine condition.  7.5 x 9 inches (19 x 22.9 cm.)."Andre Watts is the subject of one of the more memorable stories in American music. In 1963, the 16 year old high school student won a piano competition to play in the New York Philharmonic's Young People's Concert at Lincoln Center, conducted by Leonard Bernstein.  Within weeks of the contest the renowned conductor tapped Watts to substitute for the eminent but ailing pianist Glenn Gould, for a regular performance with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. The performance was televised nationally, with Watts playing Liszt's E-flat Concerto, and his career was launched. From this storied beginning, Watts went on to become the first internationally famous black concert pianist." (BlackPast)From the collection of… Read More

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Card with lettering, "Season's Greetings / Clifton Webb," printed in red in facsimile of the American actor/dancer/singer's handwriting, with autograph additions in red ink, "Luigress [sic] – How are you Best to your and your sisters." "Luigress" refers to Italian-American painter Luigi Lucioni (1900–1988). Bifolium; inside blank.  Oblong format, 4 x 5 inches (10 x 12.5 cm).  In fine condition.Together with printed "Season's Greetings" card, apparently from another year, from Mabelle Webb (Clifton's mother, who lived with her son until she died in 1960) and Clifton Webb.An unusual document from one of the leading actor/dancer/singers on Broadway and in Hollywood. He introduced Irving Berlin's "Easter Parade" and Gershwin's "I've Got a Crush on You" (Treasure Girl, 1928)  and later went on to star in numerous films and receive several Oscar nominations.

London: Hutchinson, 1956. First. Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Hardcover, boldly signed "For Paul / all best wishes / Orson Welles" to the title page by the American film director, writer, actor and producer widely acknowledged as one of the most accomplished dramatic artists of the 20th century.  276  pages.  8vo (9½'' x 6¼").  Hardcover in bright red boards with illustrated dj. Tears and small losses around edges of jacket, else fine. From the collection of Paul McMahon, a critic, photographer and artist who worked for more than 13 years touring with Marlene Dietrich as the icon's stage manager, announcer, dresser, secretary and escort, and later spent 25 years as an arts and entertainment reviewer and photographer with Gay Community News, Esplanade, Tommy's Connection, The Mirror, Bay Windows and other publications.

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Paperback, boldly signed "Good wishes / Orson Welles" to the title page by the American film director, writer, actor and producer widely acknowledged as one of the most accomplished dramatic artists of the 20th century. 195 pages.  5 1/2 x 6 1/2 ".  No dj (as issued), cover edges a bit scuffed, else fine. "Editions Seghers' Cinema d'Aujourd ' hui In English," in which "Maurice Bessy, a distinguished French film critic and close friend of Welles, sees clearly through the Wellesian dazzle to the anguish at the heart of al Welles's work from Citizen Kane through Falstaff to the present. Mr Bessy's perceptive study is supplemented by selections from Welles's own comments on filmmaking and society, by a broad spectrum of critical and personal opinion, and by a long except from Salome, an unpublished screenplay." From the collection of Paul McMahon, a critic, photographer and artist who worked for more than 13 years touring with Marlene Dietrich as the icon's stage… Read More

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Autograph corrections on a printer's proof, signed ("H.G. Wells"), for "The Great Community," his review of Graham Wallas's The Great State. Printer's long galley with numerous autograph corrections by Wells, before June 29, 1914, folded in center. Horizontal fold creases throughout, else in fine condition. 5.5 x 24.5 inches (14 x 62.2 cm.).A RARE LOOK AT THE WRITER AT WORK on a subject that was very significant to Wells's worldview and his politics. Wells's corrections and additions offer insight into his strong views on the Great Society, individualism, and the intellectual.From the library of Roman Vishniac, Russian-American photographer best known for capturing on film the culture of Jews in Central and Eastern Europe before the Holocaust.

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Wonderful group of prop signs from the collection of the American actress and sex symbol .  A collection of four handpainted on card stock signs from Mae West's 1950s nightclub act. Three signs are double-sided. Slogans include "Mae West for President," "Win with West," "Elect Mae West," "Have the Best Have Mae West" and "West Front Forward."  27 by 21 by 1/2 inches.

London: Duckworth, 1940. First. Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Signed copy of Lord Douglas's final book on the Irish playwright and author, inscribed on front free endpaper to cricket broadcaster John Arlott (1914–1991) and dated February 1943.  Inscription is faded but signature remains bold.  Purple cloth in dust jacket. 143 pp. Frontis portrait of Wilde, portrait of Lord Alfred Douglas, from the drawing by Walter Spindler; facsimile of letter written to Douglas from Wilde in 1897. Foxing throughout, wear and some small tears and edge losses to dust jacket, else fine.Lord Alfred Douglas was Wilde's partner for the last decade of the writer's life.  Douglas's father, the 9th Marquess of Queensberry, strongly disapproved of their relationship, and was at the center of the libel lawsuit that ultimately led to Wilde's imprisonment for sodomy.

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. A green glass posy holder with the etched inscription "To Oscar Love Bosie" and measuring approximately 1 x 7 cm. Small crack to rear lip of the glass, else fine. Resembling a small vase, the posy holder was romanticized as a fashion accessory and typically used to hold the flowers brought to ladies by their courting 'gentleman callers'. Acquired from a small regional UK auction house, there is no recorded provenance with this diminutive Wilde relic. The etching is quite clearly of the period and given the unique nature of the names, we have no reason to doubt that it was indeed an item which passed between them. The English poet and journalist, Lord Alfred Douglas, also known as "Bosie," was Wilde's partner for the last decade of the writer's life.  Douglas's father, the 9th Marquess of Queensberry, strongly disapproved of their relationship, and was at the center of the libel lawsuit that ultimately led to Wilde's imprisonment for sodomyThe posy holder is… Read More

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Glossy half-length portrait of the American jazz, jump blues, and rhythm and blues trumpeter playing his instrument on a stage.  10 x 8 inches (25.4 x 20.6 cm).  Small holes from needles to upper corners (through the margin).  Else in fine condition.

New York: New Directions Books, 1954. First Edition. Used; Like New/Used; Like New. 8vo. 211 pp. Black cloth in Alvin Lustig-designed dustwrapper. Signed to the title page "To Paul / Tennessee Williams" in black ink. Cloth a bit frayed at spine head where jacket slightly torn, a few small stains to inside jacket and general wear around jacket edges, else very good. First edition thus, first state (the first edition to be issued in jacket, preceded by an unjacketed 1949 edition, and with one story revised in this book). From the library of Paul McMahon, a critic, photographer and artist who worked for more than 13 years touring with Marlene Dietrich as the icon's stage manager, announcer, dresser, secretary and escort, and later spent 25 years as an arts and entertainment reviewer and photographer with Gay Community News, Esplanade, Tommy's Connection, The Mirror, Bay Windows and other publications.It was this book of eleven stories which established Williams as a short story writer of the same… Read More

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Four original playbills signed by the great American playwright, including programs from the original 1951 production and 1966 revival of The Rose Tattoo, the 1974 revival of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and the original 1980 production of Clothes for a Summer Hotel. The programs from 1951's Rose Tattoo and Clothes for a Summer Hotel are signed boldly on the cover by Williams, the 1951 program with an additional Williams signature on the title page. The programs from 1966's Rose Tattoo and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof are signed on the title page, with the latter also signed by the play's star, Elizabeth Ashley.The 1951 playbill's back cover is detached, with a loss to the front cover and some overall toning and wear; other programs are in fine condition. Each 5.5 - 6.5 x 9 inches.