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No Binding. Very Good. Taking Over The Reichstag 1945", an iconic photo of Red Army soldiers storming the German Reichstag at the end of the battle for Berlin in 1945. The photo was taken by famous Russian photographer Ivan Shagin. Soviet Photo (May issue, 1941) dedicated a special portfolio featuring Shagins? best images and praising his original style. During WWII Shagin continued to work on various assignments for Komsomol?skaya Pravda. He photographed almost all major battles, and the historic meeting at Elba and Victory Parade in Moscow. He finished the war in Berlin, received many awards, including the Award of the Second Degree of the Great Patriotic War. One of his most famous war images is ?Approaching Reichstag,? from 1945. Notice typed on the reverse: Gelatin silver print. Titled in Russian. Artist stamp on verso.

London: Jacob Tonson & Edmund Curl, 1709. Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. THE WORKS OF MR. WILLIAM SHAKESPEAR IN SIX VOLUMES: ADORN'D WITH CUTS was published in 1709 by Jacob Tonson & edited by Nicholas Rowe. They are the 1st edition of Shakespeare's plays published after the four folios. These are the first illustrated edition of Shakespeare's plays, 1st edition to indicate acts, scenes & dramatis personae, 1st to provide stage directions, 1st to include a formal biography of Shakespeare. Also includes THE WORKS OF MR. WILLIAM SHAKESPEAR. VOLUME THE SEVENTH. CONTAINING VENUS & ADONIS, TARQUIN & LUCRECE AND HIS MISCELLANY POEMS published in 1710 by Edmund Curll. "The significance of the 'volume the seventh' as has been generally understood, is in the fact that the book was intended as a supplementary volume to be sold to purchasers of the set of Rowe's Works of Shakespeare" (Alden, 1916). This octavo… Read More

London: Sotheby's, 2007. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Sotheby's saleL07313. 297 lots comprised of fine early and later furniture, textiles, tapestries, old masters paintings, works of art, ceramics and decorative art from the Castle of Castagneto Po near Turin, and from other French residences. Alberto Bruni Tedeschi (1915-1996) was a composer of Italian classical music and opera, and art collector. He was the father of Nicolas Sarkozy's wife. Light rubbing to front lower right corner and slight crease to front top right corner and at hinge, otherwise fine. No markings. Heavy volume. Extra shipping will be calculated upon purchase.

Paris: Sotheby's, 2005. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Sotheby's sale #PF5001, two volumes in slipcase. COLLECTION DU BARON DE REDE PROVENANT DE L'HOTEL LAMBERT. Alexis, Baron de Redé (1922-2004), was a prominent French banker, aristocrat, aesthete, collector, and socialite. Furniture, art objects, paintings, books, gold objects, porcelain, glassware, jewelry, textiles and memorabilia. 908 lots. Heavy volumes. Extra shipping will be calculated upon purchase.

New York: Sotheby's, 1999. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Sotheby's sale #7285: THE COLLECTION OF ALBERTO PINTO. Alberto Pinto (1943-2012) was a photographer and interior designer. 680 lots comprised of silver & plate, ceramics, fine art, furniture, lighting, bronzes, tapestries, glass. Condition is very good+ with light wear to corners. Pages are fresh and bright with no markings, binding tight.

New York: Sotheby's, 2000. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Sotheby's sale #7479: THE COLLECTION OF MR. AND MRS. SAUL P. STEINBERG. Saul Steinberg (1939-2012) was an American businessman and financier. 293 lots comprised of fine furniture, fine art, and decorative objects. Hardcover. Dust jack is very good, with light wear to corners. Covers and textblock are near fine. Pages are fresh and bright with no markings, binding tight.

New York: Sotheby's, 2012. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Sotheby's sale #N08891: THE COLLECTION OF SUZANNE SAPERSTINE - FLEUR DE LYS. Saperstine is a socialite, and former owner of the Westside manor known as Fleur de Lys. Formerly married to David Saperstine (Metro Networks) 310 lots comprised of furniture and decorations.Catalog is in very good condition with wear to corners. Small paper label on front cover. Pages fresh and bright with no markings, binding tight.

London: Dodsley, 1777. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Six volumes. Volumes 1 and 2 printed in London for Dodsley in 1777. Volumes 3-6 printed in London in 1776 for Strahan, Becket, and Cadell. Volume 1 contains engraved frontispiece portrait of the author, after Sir Joshua Reynolds. Contains 45 sermons. Size: 6.25" tall (16mo). Bound in contemporary full calf, gilt stamped spine with red and green morocco labels. Five volumes contain laid in Art Deco bookplates of Holbrook Jackson (1874-1948), British journalist, writer, publisher, and one of the leading bibliophiles of his time. Laurence Sterne (1713-1768) is the author of THE LIFE AND OPINIONS OF TRISTRAM SHANDY, GENTLEMAN and A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY THROUGH FRANCE AND ITALY, as well as his sermons and memoirs. "Mr. Yorick" is a pseudonym of Laurence Sterne. Very Good. Binding tight, joints sound. Rubbed at top and bottom of spines and on corners. Toning to endpapers. There are light… Read More

1711. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket, as issued. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. A TALE OF A TUB with A FULL AND TRUE ACCOUNT FOUGHT LAST FRIDAY BETWEEN THE ANTIENT AND THE MODERN BOOKS IN ST. JAMES'S LIBRARY and with A DISCOURSE CONCERNING THE MECHANICAL OPERATION OF THE SPIRIT IN A LETTER TO A FRIEND , A FRAGMENT by Jonathan Swift, published in 1711, size 5 ½". 310 pages. Advertisement at front for "Treatises writ by the same author.". And with A COMPLETE KEY TO THE TALE OF A TUB the Fourth Edition published in 1724, followed by AN EXAMINATION OF MR. WOTTON'S REMARKS UPON THE TALE OF A TUB. A TALE OF A TUB is a satire on religion and a parody of contemporary writing on that topicFirst published in 1704, it was the first major work by Jonathan Swift. Full calf. Four raised bands to spine. Spine and covers gilt ruled, with gilt title and ornaments to spine. With frontispiece preceding first two titles, and plates after pages 44, 62, 112, 128, 172, 206. Bears a bookplate on the front pastedown for Myrtle… Read More

1711. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket, as issued. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. A TALE OF A TUB with A FULL AND TRUE ACCOUNT FOUGHT LAST FRIDAY BETWEEN THE ANTIENT AND THE MODERN BOOKS IN ST. JAMES'S LIBRARY with A DISCOURSE CONCERNING THE MECHANICAL OPERATION OF THE SPIRIT IN A LETTER TO A FRIEND , A FRAGMENT by Jonathan Swift, published in 1711, size 5 ½". 310 pages. Contains the advertisement "Treatises writ by the same author". No plates, as issued. A TALE OF A TUB is a satire on religion and a parody of contemporary writing on that topic. First published in 1704, it was the first major work by Jonathan Swift. With laid-in bookplate of Holbrook Jackson. George Holbrook Jackson (1874-1948) was a British journalist, writer and publisher, and one of the leading bibliophiles of his time. Full calf. Four raised bands to spine. Covers and spine blind stamped and ruled. Hinges are sound, binding and textblock are tight. Faint foxing throughout. Small pencil mark on front pastedown, and tiny ink letters to… Read More