Lima: Museo Taurino, 1966. Illustrations in color and black & white. 4to, cloth, edgeworn d.w. Lima: Museo Taurino de Arte de Lima, (1966). First Edition. Near fine in very good dust wrapper Presentation copy, 1966, signed "Fernando" More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1958. Illus. 4to, 1/2 black cloth, d.w. chipped, d.w. browned on inner flap. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1958. More
Paris: Marval, 1991. Many color photographs, folio, 160 pages, black cloth, d.w. pictorial board slipcase. (Paris): Marval, (1991). First Edition. Fine. Boldly inscribed and dated on the half-title. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1968. Illustrated. 349 pages, 8vo, black cloth. New York: Simon & Schuster, (1968). A very good(+) copy. More
New York: Random House, 1969. Black-and-white illustrations by the author. 392 pages, 8vo, silver-stamped black cloth, dust wrapper (price-clipped). New York: Random House, (1969). First printing. Very good condition. Inscribed by the author on front free endpaper in brown ink: "For James Murray - Quite clearly, and incontrovertibly, California's finest British import, He Shall Be Missed! Barnaby May 31, 1973." Facing the inscription on the front pasted down endpaper is a detailed self-portrait of the author as a matador, titled..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1953. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. 184 pages, tall 8vo, black cloth (light wear; inscription on the half-title page in another hand). Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1953. Very good condition. A history of bullfighting by the American author, artist, nightclub owner, and one-time vice consul to Spain. Boldly signed on the half-title page, opposite a striking ball-point sketch of a matador's head and shoulders. More
Exceptional suite of three autographed postcards signed by Dali, all depicting real life images of bull fighting in various stages of engagement; including one image in color depicting the Toreador moving in for the kill. Dali was a great fan of bull fighting as a sport and it became a theme that would appear in his artwork throughout his career. All three images are clean and without blemish. Dali's signatures are dark and boldly signed. Dali, Salvador (1904-1989). Spanish surrealist..... More
New York: Thomas Nelson, 1962. Illus. 8vo, lavender cloth, d.w. dampstained, cloth lightly dampstained. New York: Thomas Nelson, (1962). More
New York: Longmans, 1961. Illus. Thin 8vo, tan cloth, d.w. chipped and lightly soiled. New York: Longmans, 1961. More
1960. Historically important typed carbon letter with original signature: "Will", 4to, 2 pages, April 15th 1960, to Ernest Hemingway, Finca Vigia, San Francisco de Paula, Cuba, concerning the progress Hemingway is making on a series of articles commissioned by Life Magazine, in part: "... I received your letter and the copy you sent to Ed Thompson, just before leaving for a week in London ... which is why I haven't written before now. However, I did make a point of..... More
1960. Fine content typed carbon letter with original signature: "Will", 4to. 1 page, c/o Time Inc, Rockefeller Center, New York City, September 20th 1960, just days after Life Magazine released the second installment of 'The Dangerous Summer', to Ernest Hemingway, providing him with the latest inside gossip concerning their project, in part: "...I have finally had the opportunity to read published installments of The Dangerous Summer. Very handsome. Very good. As much of it I had read before, and almost..... More
New York: Time, Inc., 1930. Folio, pictorial wrappers. New York: Time, Inc. First edition. Articles on Railroads, Jewels, Wall Street, The House of Mitsui, and Bullfighting (by Ernest Hemingway). Photographs by Margaret Bourke White; vintage ads. A fine copy, in the original cardboard mailing case. More
Barcelona: Ediciones Publimoda, 1963. Illus. Thin, oblong 8vo, pr. wrs. Barcelona: Ediciones Publimoda, 1963. Very good Text in Spanish, English, French, and German. More
Cleveland: World, 1967. Illus. 8vo, yellow cloth, d.w. Cleveland: World, (1967). Very good. Study of bullfighting. More
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