ca. 1910. Print. Sheet 12 x 16.5 inches with print 9.5 x 12.75 inches. Print based on painting by Christy in 1901. Print in black on white. Howard Chandler Christy (1873-1952) first came to the public’s attention as a war/artist correspondent in the Spanish American War. One article in Scribner’s.....
ca. 1908. Print. Sheet 12 x 16.6 inches with print 8.5 x 12.75 inches. Print shows the U.S.S. Minnesota with accompanying ships in the Straits. Henry Reuterdahl (1870-1925) was a painter known for his nautical work. He was selected by Theodore Roosevelt to accompany the Great White Fleet in 1907.....
Lithograph by Kittendorff, ca. 1833. Print. Sheet 11.25 x 14.5 inches, lithograph 6.5 x 9 inches. Lithograph from painting by Eckersberg (1783-1853) with date of 1833 for painting. Eckersberg is known as the Father of Danish painting. He laid the foundation for the art period called the Golden Age of.....
Gebbie & Hussch Co., Ltd., ca. 1883. Photograph. Photogravure 8 x 11.25 inches, on sheet 10 x 13.5 inches. Photogravure shows a joyful group of costumed and dancing folks in an outdoor landscape setting. Very good copy with significant spots of foxing, escpecially in margins.
Sierra Club, 1962. Photograph. 10 loose color prints from photographs by Eliot Porter for the book, 'In Wilderness Is the Preservation of the World.' Prints, 10.25 x 13.5 inches. With 4 page text explaining the book, the photographs (taken from the book forward), and a quote from Thoreau. Photographic prints.....
Eigenthum, n.d., ca. 1890s. Print. Handcolored engraving of Friedrichshafen, a city in Germany, on the shore of Lake Constance (Bodensee in German). Very good copy. Colors are sharp. Slight soiling at bottom edge, does not affect engraving.
n.d., ca. 1760. Print. Print of drawing, oblong format, 7.2 x 10.8 inches. Printed in black on white. Jurian Cootwyck (1714-1798) was a Dutch artist. Drawing is a marine scene viewed from headland with three men viewing a stormy sea scene with sailing vessels. Very good copy. Print has been.....
1864. Print. Lithograph, oblong format 8.5 x 13 inches. Printed in black on white. Marine scene with warships in battle alignment. Johan Christian Dahl (1788-1857) was a Norwegian artist and a founder of the 'golden age of Norwegian painting.' Very good copy. Scattered spots of foxing.
Columbia Pictures Corp. 1950. Print. Poster, 11 x 14 inches. In color, showing 2 women in cell with female guard outside the bars. A near fine copy. Pin holes in margins.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; 20th Century Fox, 1940-1959. Poster. Lobby cards, 11 x 14 inches. All movies had Marsha Hunt as an actor. Near fine copies. With autographed paper 'Dearest Peter and Ann(e?), Enclosed a few more Mars than you may ever have met. - With love from all of us.' Followed by.....
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Marsha Hunt and Robert Sterling, 1941. Poster. Lobby card, original, 11 x 14 inches. Scene in color of group eating a meal, 'My rabbit! You've gone and cooked Emma! You cannibals!' First edition (first printing). Very good copy. Slight tanning to paper, foxing spot in margin on right. Stamp.....
Grolier Club, 1955. Print. Print, 6 x 9.25 inches, printed in black on white. Grolier Club Exhibition, April 19, 1955. Very good copy.
Laurence D. Viole, n.d., ca. 1940s. Print. Sheet, 11.5 x 12.75 inches; plate, 5.1 x 7 inches; etching, 4.3 x 6.26 inches. Printed in black on white. Laurence D. Viole (1896-1952) was a civil engineer and architect and noted Los Angeles etching artist. A near fine copy.
Permanente Cement Company, n.d., ca. 1950s. Poster. Poster, 11 x 14 inches, printed in black on white. Poster with drawn view of Shasta Dam. Ad for the Permanente Cement Company. A near fine copy.
Ansel Adams Gallery, 1974. Poster. Poster, 17 x 22.5 inches. Printed in black on white. 3 B/W photographic images by Jerry Uelsmann, Paul Caponigro and Ansel Adams above list of workshops with dates and participating faculty. A near fine copy. Previously folded twice into quarters. With 4 pages describing the.....
The Kanchenjunga Press, n.d., 1977. Poster. Poster, 12.3 x 16.1 inches. Printed in blue on black. Photographic image by Michael Yates. Robert Bringhurst, born 1946, is a Canadian poet, typographer, translator, and liguist. Poster is an advertisement for his book. A near fine copy.
Walter & Elise Haas Fund, Pacific Center for the Book, Friends of S.F. Public Library, S.F. Art Institute, Albatross Book Store, California Council for the Humanities, 1986. Poster. Poster, 14 x 17 inches. Printed in red, white, black and blue. Poster with photographic image of Spicer and schedule of the.....
Hurtig Publishers, 1974. Poster. Poster, 11 x 17 inches. Printed in white, black, brown and orange on white. Advertisement for the book. A near fine copy.
Judith Walker Posters, n.d., ca. 1980s. Broadside. Broadside, 12.6 x 17.75 inches. Printed in black on white. Poster with Wieners on fire-escape in cityscape setting. Wieners (1934-2002) was a beat poet who participated in the San Francisco Renaissance. A near fine copy. Mild wrinkling and edge wear.
Coyote's Journal, 1966. Broadside. Broadside, 11.7 x 18.6 inches. Printed in black and red on cream. Limited to 200 copies. Printed by Andrew Hoyem. Distributed by City Lights. Very good copy. Mild soiling and faint spotting with some edge and corner wear and wrinkling.
Department of English, West Chester University, 1990. Poster. Poster, oblong format, 13 x 20 inches. Line drawing by Christie Charbonneau. 'Reception: Thursday, 5 April 1990, 3:15-4:15, Special Collections Room, Francis Harvey Green Library.' Michael Peich founded the Aralia Press in 1982 at West Chester University to teach students the art.....
Burning Books, 1981. Poster. Poster, 11 x 17 inches. Printed in red and black on white. Image of bloodied man with text below. Burning Books is an artist-run organization founded by Melody Sumner Carnahan and Michael Sumner in Oakland in 1978. Very good copy. Mild edge wear.
My Dukes. Printed by Joseph Wilmot and Bill Little, (1971). Broadside. Broadside, 11.1 x 17 inches. Printed in black on white. Taken from Exile magazine, Autumn, 1928. Not from 'Simplicities,' but paragraphs 19-22 and 31-34 of the article,'Bureaucracy the Flail of Jehovah.'Gallup E2y. A near fine copy.
San Francisco Arts Commission, (2008). Poster. Poster, 12 x 15 inches. Brightly colored poster for exhibition at SOMARTS, April 3-23. Tortilla art was originated by Jose Montoya who accidentally burned a tortilla and was inspired by the resulting image to create art on the tortilla surface. Very good copy. Poster.....
Cine Accion, 1998. Poster. Poster, 11 x 17 inches. Advertising poster for the Festival held in San Francisco and Berkeley, September 16-27, 1998. Image on poster from 'The Hour of the Furnaces.' Very good copy. Poster has been folded twice for mailing. Schedule of showings on rear of poster with.....