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(INDIA.) BOURNE, SAMUEL
Two photographs: Kutub Minar & Great Arch. Delhi, c. 1866. [and] Great Arch and Iron Pillar. Delhi, 1866
This is a splendid pair of Samuel Bourne views of the Qutb complex in Delhi.
$2,800
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(MADONNA.) Eric Kroll
Madonna backstage at the Danceteria. New York: Eric Kroll, 1982
Signed and numbered 3/10 and with Kroll’s inkstamp dated 1982.
This photograph shows Madonna backstage at the legendary Danceteria in New York in 1982, at the dawn of her career
$2,500
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(KENNEDY, JOHN F.) Clark, Edward
Senator John Kennedy with his baby daughter Caroline. Georgetown, 1958
Signed and inscribed by Edward Clark. Clark was one of the leading American magazine photographers of the twentieth century.
$2,500
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(IRVING, WASHINGTON)
Washington Irving. Mr. Bryant’s address on his life and genius. Addresses by Everett, Bancroft, Longfellow, Felton, Aspinwall, King, Francis, Greene. Mr. Allibone’s sketch of his life and works. With eight photographs. New York: Putnam, 1860
First edition. Presentation copy inscribed by the published to S. Austin Allibone, who contributed the sketch of Irving’s life and works. Allibone ewas a leading American editor, author, and bibliographer who is best known for his Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors. Other contributors include Longfellow, Bryant, Everett, and Bancroft.
$2,500
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(CAPITOL ,WASHINGTON, D.C.)
United States Capitol. no publisher, c. 1870
This dramatic photograph of the United States Capitol shows the building in the 1870s, after the completion of the new dome and the extensions.
$2,500
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(PONTOON BRIDGE.) Photographer unidentified
Pontoon bridges across the James River at Richmond, Virginia. Richmond, 1865
This rare photograph shows two parallel pontoon bridges stretching across the James River at Richmond, Virginia, near war’s end. The Army Corps of Engineers constructed these bridges after retreating Confederate forces burned the bridges in 1865. The Dunlop Mills are seen on the other side of the river.
$2,200
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(WASHINGTON ,GEORGE AND MARTHA.)
Portrait Miniature of George and Martha Washington. American, 19th century
$2,200
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BEGIN, MENACHEM and JIMMY CARTER
Photograph signed by Carter and Begin. Robert A. Cumins, 1979
Signed by Carter and Begin. Menachem Begin was awarded the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize, together with Anwar Sadat, “for their work in laying a foundation for future peace” in the Middle East. The framework, reached at Camp David, was facilitated by Jimmy Carter. The Nobel award called Carter “the masterbuilder responsible for the bridge that had to be built between Egypt and Israel.”
$2,200
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(SUPREME COURT.) CLARK ,ED
The Supreme Court. Washington, D.C.: Ed Clark, 1956
Completed in 1935, the magnificent neoclassical Supreme Court Building features the motto “Equal Justice Under the Law” on the west facade. This splendid, enormous color photograph was taken by famed LIFE magazine photographer Ed Clark: “Black Church Leaders pray on the Supreme Court steps for integration to succeed” (Herrera, Frank, Ed Clark: Decades).
$2,200
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GSELL, EMILE
Angkor Wat. Angkor, c. 1866-1873
A splendid view of Angkor Wat with deep, rich tones. Émile Gsell accompanied de Lagrée on his expedition to Angkor, where he made a series of dramatic photographs only a few months after John Thomson’s expedition. The French photographer Gsell became the first commercial photographer based in Saigon in 1866. He returned to Angkor in 1873 with the famous expedition led by Louis Delaporte.
$2,200