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rif. 51-2227New York: Bernhardt Wall Oct. 1921 . 4to. 8 x 10.75 inches. Edition of 125 copies; original dark brown wraps with etched cover label; signed dated Feb. 1921 and annotated in pencil "Copy no 8." 15 etchings plus cover label and 3 etched ad leaves. Several signed and dated 1937 in pencil including: Teddy Roosevelt; Lynch Homestead Bronx; Hervey Allen; Babe Ruth; Edgar Allen Poe; Wall Street; Sunwise Turn Bookshop NYC. Various colored inks. 27.0 x 20 cm. heavy wove paper tissue guards. Original hand-bound dark brown stiff wrappers with etched label on upper cover; small lose to cover lower left.Bernhardt Wall was born in Buffalo New York on Dec. 30 1872. He studied at the Buffalo Art Student’s League then moved on to study in New York under Henry Reuterdahl and also apprenticed under William Auerbach-Levy. Wall began a career as a lithographic illustrator in 1889 working primarily as a commercial artist in New York and Buffalo. He soon became known as the "Postcard King" and designed over 5000 comic cards. The year1915 marked a defining point in Wall’s artistic career. Wall visited Colorado Nevada and California making etchings of Indians cowboys and major cities which were later published in a portfolio entitled "Under Western Skies." These proved to be very successful and the artist shortly thereafter moved to California permanently. Wall continued to produce many fine etchings of the American West and by 1930 had also become a much respected historian of the region.Bernhardt Wall was unique in that he not only drew the etchings for his books but he also printed and bound them. His books are in libraries and universities around the world including the British Museum Library of Congress the libraries of Harvard Yale Columbia and Brown Universities. His works were also in the private collections of J. P. Morgan Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry C. Frick and Dr. N.C. Mathewson. Wall etched three sitting presidents of the United States Theodore Roosevelt Warren Taft and Henry Coolidge. Other prominent individuals etched by Wall include Sam Houston Mark Twain Thomas A. Edison Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson.Artist and historian Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956 was a pioneer etcher and producer of fine press books who treated a vast array of subjects including Texas and the Southwest. Historians of fine press printing have compared him to William Blake. This collection of Wall’s scrapbooks publications and correspondence was built by collector Natalie Williams of Marshall Texas. New York: Bernhardt Wall, Oct. 1921 paperback
rif. 51-2226New York: Bernhardt Wall Sep. 1921. 4to. 8 x 10.75 inches. Edition of 125 copies; original dark brown wraps with etched cover label; signed dated Feb. 1921 and annotated in pencil "Copy no 8." 14 etchings plus cover label and 2 etched ad leaves. Several signed and dated 1937 in pencil including: Boy and Dog; Florence Early Morning; William F. Gable; A Dreadnought; Judge Edgar J. Lauer; The Kit Kat Club.; Giovanni Grasso. Unsigned etching by William Lipman. Various colored inks. 27.0 x 20 cm. heavy wove paper tissue guards. Original hand-bound dark brown stiff wrappers with etched label on upper cover;small loss to cover lower left.Bernhardt Wall was born in Buffalo New York on Dec. 30 1872. He studied at the Buffalo Art Student’s League then moved on to study in New York under Henry Reuterdahl and also apprenticed under William Auerbach-Levy. Wall began a career as a lithographic illustrator in 1889 working primarily as a commercial artist in New York and Buffalo. He soon became known as the "Postcard King" and designed over 5000 comic cards. The year1915 marked a defining point in Wall’s artistic career. Wall visited Colorado Nevada and California making etchings of Indians cowboys and major cities which were later published in a portfolio entitled "Under Western Skies." These proved to be very successful and the artist shortly thereafter moved to California permanently. Wall continued to produce many fine etchings of the American West and by 1930 had also become a much respected historian of the region.Bernhardt Wall was unique in that he not only drew the etchings for his books but he also printed and bound them. His books are in libraries and universities around the world including the British Museum Library of Congress the libraries of Harvard Yale Columbia and Brown Universities. His works were also in the private collections of J. P. Morgan Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry C. Frick and Dr. N.C. Mathewson. Wall etched three sitting presidents of the United States Theodore Roosevelt Warren Taft and Henry Coolidge. Other prominent individuals etched by Wall include Sam Houston Mark Twain Thomas A. Edison Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson.Artist and historian Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956 was a pioneer etcher and producer of fine press books who treated a vast array of subjects including Texas and the Southwest. Historians of fine press printing have compared him to William Blake. This collection of Wall’s scrapbooks publications and correspondence was built by collector Natalie Williams of Marshall Texas. New York: Bernhardt Wall, Sep. 1921. paperback
rif. 51-2221New York: Bernhardt Wall Jan. 1921 . 4to. 7.5 x 10.75 inches. Edition of 125 copies; original wraps with etched cover label; signed dated Jan. 1921 and annotated in pencil "Copy no 8." 14 etchings plus cover label and 2 etched ad leaves. Several signed and dated 1937 in pencil including Mark Twain; A Cowpuncher; Palazzo Rezzonico Venice; Samuel Untermeyer; St. Bartholomew's Park Avenue; A Hobo. Various colored inks. 27.0 x 20.5 cm. heavy wove paper tissue guards. Original hand-bound light brown stiff wrappers with etched label on upper cover. Bernhardt Wall was born in Buffalo New York on Dec. 30 1872. He studied at the Buffalo Art Student’s League then moved on to study in New York under Henry Reuterdahl and also apprenticed under William Auerbach-Levy. Wall began a career as a lithographic illustrator in 1889 working primarily as a commercial artist in New York and Buffalo. He soon became known as the "Postcard King" and designed over 5000 comic cards. The year1915 marked a defining point in Wall’s artistic career. Wall visited Colorado Nevada and California making etchings of Indians cowboys and major cities which were later published in a portfolio entitled "Under Western Skies." These proved to be very successful and the artist shortly thereafter moved to California permanently. Wall continued to produce many fine etchings of the American West and by 1930 had also become a much respected historian of the region.Bernhardt Wall was unique in that he not only drew the etchings for his books but he also printed and bound them. His books are in libraries and universities around the world including the British Museum Library of Congress the libraries of Harvard Yale Columbia and Brown Universities. His works were also in the private collections of J. P. Morgan Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry C. Frick and Dr. N.C. Mathewson. Wall etched three sitting presidents of the United States Theodore Roosevelt Warren Taft and Henry Coolidge. Other prominent individuals etched by Wall include Sam Houston Mark Twain Thomas A. Edison Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson.Artist and historian Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956 was a pioneer etcher and producer of fine press books who treated a vast array of subjects including Texas and the Southwest. Historians of fine press printing have compared him to William Blake. This collection of Wall’s scrapbooks publications and correspondence was built by collector Natalie Williams of Marshall Texas. New York: Bernhardt Wall, Jan. 1921 paperback
rif. 51-2225New York: Bernhardt Wall Aug. 1921 . 4to. 8 x 10.75 inches. Edition of 125 copies; original dark brown wraps with etched cover label; signed dated Feb. 1921 and annotated in pencil "Copy no 8." 15etchings plus cover label and 2 etched ad leaves. Several signed and dated 1937 in pencil including: Pottery Seller Espanola N.M.; Chalres Dexter Allen; View in New York City; Mission San Jose San Antonio Tex.; Mrs.H.P. Drought; Caricature of a German soldier; Impression of Jackie Coogan; Victor Kiraly. Various colored inks. 27.0 x 20 cm. heavy wove paper tissue guards. Original hand-bound dark brown stiff wrappers with etched label on upper cover. Bernhardt Wall was born in Buffalo New York on Dec. 30 1872. He studied at the Buffalo Art Student’s League then moved on to study in New York under Henry Reuterdahl and also apprenticed under William Auerbach-Levy. Wall began a career as a lithographic illustrator in 1889 working primarily as a commercial artist in New York and Buffalo. He soon became known as the "Postcard King" and designed over 5000 comic cards. The year1915 marked a defining point in Wall’s artistic career. Wall visited Colorado Nevada and California making etchings of Indians cowboys and major cities which were later published in a portfolio entitled "Under Western Skies." These proved to be very successful and the artist shortly thereafter moved to California permanently. Wall continued to produce many fine etchings of the American West and by 1930 had also become a much respected historian of the region.Bernhardt Wall was unique in that he not only drew the etchings for his books but he also printed and bound them. His books are in libraries and universities around the world including the British Museum Library of Congress the libraries of Harvard Yale Columbia and Brown Universities. His works were also in the private collections of J. P. Morgan Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry C. Frick and Dr. N.C. Mathewson. Wall etched three sitting presidents of the United States Theodore Roosevelt Warren Taft and Henry Coolidge. Other prominent individuals etched by Wall include Sam Houston Mark Twain Thomas A. Edison Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson.Artist and historian Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956 was a pioneer etcher and producer of fine press books who treated a vast array of subjects including Texas and the Southwest. Historians of fine press printing have compared him to William Blake. This collection of Wall’s scrapbooks publications and correspondence was built by collector Natalie Williams of Marshall Texas. New York: Bernhardt Wall, Aug. 1921 paperback
rif. 51-2228New York: Bernhardt Wall Nov. 1921 . 4to. 8 x 10.75 inches. Edition of 125 copies; original dark brown wraps with etched cover label; signed dated Feb. 1921 and annotated in pencil "Copy no 8." 13 etchings plus cover label and 2 etched ad leaves. Several signed and dated 1937 in pencil including: Sketches of Ex-Pres. Wilson Pres. Harding et al. on Armistice Day; Ferdinand Foch; General Leonard Wood; My Dog; Vera Bloom; The Alamo; J. Ray Johnson. Various colored inks. 27.0 x 20 cm. heavy wove paper tissue guards. Original hand-bound dark brown stiff wrappers with etched label on upper cover;small lose to cover lower left.Bernhardt Wall was born in Buffalo New York on Dec. 30 1872. He studied at the Buffalo Art Student’s League then moved on to study in New York under Henry Reuterdahl and also apprenticed under William Auerbach-Levy. Wall began a career as a lithographic illustrator in 1889 working primarily as a commercial artist in New York and Buffalo. He soon became known as the "Postcard King" and designed over 5000 comic cards. The year1915 marked a defining point in Wall’s artistic career. Wall visited Colorado Nevada and California making etchings of Indians cowboys and major cities which were later published in a portfolio entitled "Under Western Skies." These proved to be very successful and the artist shortly thereafter moved to California permanently. Wall continued to produce many fine etchings of the American West and by 1930 had also become a much respected historian of the region.Bernhardt Wall was unique in that he not only drew the etchings for his books but he also printed and bound them. His books are in libraries and universities around the world including the British Museum Library of Congress the libraries of Harvard Yale Columbia and Brown Universities. His works were also in the private collections of J. P. Morgan Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry C. Frick and Dr. N.C. Mathewson. Wall etched three sitting presidents of the United States Theodore Roosevelt Warren Taft and Henry Coolidge. Other prominent individuals etched by Wall include Sam Houston Mark Twain Thomas A. Edison Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson.Artist and historian Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956 was a pioneer etcher and producer of fine press books who treated a vast array of subjects including Texas and the Southwest. Historians of fine press printing have compared him to William Blake. This collection of Wall’s scrapbooks publications and correspondence was built by collector Natalie Williams of Marshall Texas. New York: Bernhardt Wall, Nov. 1921 paperback
rif. 51-2443South Holland Netherlands: 1907. Original watercolor. Signed in the image. Titled and described on the support sheet. 9 x 12 inches. Provenance: Part of a portfolio of original works given to the collector Natalie Williams on June 1 1937 by Wall. Natalie Williams was the sister-in-law of the Texas collector N.C. Matthewson of Marshall Texas and both were owners of the Made-Rite Company. She was a patroness of artists and an art donor to Texas A & M University.Bernhardt Wall was born in Buffalo New York on Dec. 30 1872. He studied at the Buffalo Art Student’s League then moved on to study in New York under Henry Reuterdahl and also apprenticed under William Auerbach-Levy. Wall began a career as a lithographic illustrator in 1889 working primarily as a commercial artist in New York and Buffalo. He soon became known as the "Postcard King" and designed over 5000 comic cards. The year1915 marked a defining point in Wall’s artistic career. Wall visited Colorado Nevada and California making etchings of Indians cowboys and major cities which were later published in a portfolio entitled "Under Western Skies." These proved to be very successful and the artist shortly thereafter moved to California permanently. Wall continued to produce many fine etchings of the American West and by 1930 had also become a much respected historian of the region.Bernhardt Wall was unique in that he not only drew the etchings for his books but he also printed and bound them. His books are in libraries and universities around the world including the British Museum Library of Congress the libraries of Harvard Yale Columbia and Brown Universities. His works were also in the private collections of J. P. Morgan Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry C. Frick and Dr. N.C. Mathewson. Wall etched three sitting presidents of the United States Theodore Roosevelt Warren Taft and Henry Coolidge. Other prominent individuals etched by Wall include Sam Houston Mark Twain Thomas A. Edison Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson.Artist and historian Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956 was a pioneer etcher and producer of fine press books who treated a vast array of subjects including Texas and the Southwest. Historians of fine press printing have compared him to William Blake. This collection of Wall’s scrapbooks publications and correspondence was built by collector Natalie Williams of Marshall Texas. South Holland, Netherlands: 1907 unknown
rif. 51-2440South Holland Netherlands: 1907. Original watercolor. Signed dated and titled in the image. Signed again titled and described on the support sheet. 12 x 9 inches. Provenance: Part of a portfolio of original works given to the collector Natalie Williams on June 1 1937 by Wall. Natalie Williams was the sister-in-law of the Texas collector N.C. Matthewson of Marshall Texas and both were owners of the Made-Rite Company. She was a patroness of artists and an art donor to Texas A & M University.Bernhardt Wall was born in Buffalo New York on Dec. 30 1872. He studied at the Buffalo Art Student’s League then moved on to study in New York under Henry Reuterdahl and also apprenticed under William Auerbach-Levy. Wall began a career as a lithographic illustrator in 1889 working primarily as a commercial artist in New York and Buffalo. He soon became known as the "Postcard King" and designed over 5000 comic cards. The year1915 marked a defining point in Wall’s artistic career. Wall visited Colorado Nevada and California making etchings of Indians cowboys and major cities which were later published in a portfolio entitled "Under Western Skies." These proved to be very successful and the artist shortly thereafter moved to California permanently. Wall continued to produce many fine etchings of the American West and by 1930 had also become a much respected historian of the region.Bernhardt Wall was unique in that he not only drew the etchings for his books but he also printed and bound them. His books are in libraries and universities around the world including the British Museum Library of Congress the libraries of Harvard Yale Columbia and Brown Universities. His works were also in the private collections of J. P. Morgan Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry C. Frick and Dr. N.C. Mathewson. Wall etched three sitting presidents of the United States Theodore Roosevelt Warren Taft and Henry Coolidge. Other prominent individuals etched by Wall include Sam Houston Mark Twain Thomas A. Edison Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson.Artist and historian Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956 was a pioneer etcher and producer of fine press books who treated a vast array of subjects including Texas and the Southwest. Historians of fine press printing have compared him to William Blake. This collection of Wall’s scrapbooks publications and correspondence was built by collector Natalie Williams of Marshall Texas. South Holland, Netherlands: 1907 unknown
1915rif. 738551915. Fine. Août 1915 18 x 12.60 cm une feuille Original photograph of Sacha Guitry laughing and Sarah Bernhardt in a theatrical pose taken during the filming of ""Ceux de chez nous"" in August 1915. Period silver gelatin print minor weakness to lower right corner. Precious shot taken during the filming of this documentary celebrating the glory of French spirit made in the midst of war as a response to a proclamation by German intellectuals exalting Germanic culture. Sacha Guitry already known as a dramatic author decided to use an amateur camera to ""engrave in images"" for future generations the great personalities who contribute to France's radiance. Among others one discovers Edgar Degas Anatole France Lucien Guitry Octave Mirbeau Claude Monet Auguste Renoir Auguste Rodin Edmond Rostand and Camille Saint-Saëns. unknown
1915rif. 738501915. Fine. Août 1915 18 x 12.60 cm une feuille Original photograph of Sacha Guitry and Sarah Bernhardt taken during the filming of ""Ceux de chez nous"" in August 1915. Period silver gelatin print. Pencil annotation on verso of the photograph. Precious shot taken during the filming of this documentary celebrating the glory of French spirit made in the midst of war as a response to a proclamation by German intellectuals exalting Germanic culture. Sacha Guitry already known as a dramatic author decided to use an amateur camera to ""engrave in images"" for future generations the great personalities who contribute to France's radiance. Among others one discovers Edgar Degas Anatole France Lucien Guitry Octave Mirbeau Claude Monet Auguste Renoir Auguste Rodin Edmond Rostand and Camille Saint-Saëns. unknown
1940rif. 161396N.p.: N.p. 1940. Revised Temporary script for the 1941 film seen here under the working title "Miss Wheelwright Discovers America." Specially bound copy belonging to screenwriter Jerry Wald with his name in gilt on the spine. Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer of a number of notable films including "Mildred Pierce" 1945 "Humoresque" 1946 "Key Largo" 1948 and "Flamingo Road" 1949. In the 1950s he moved to Twentieth Century-Fox and was the producer there for "An Affair to Remember" 1957 "Peyton Place" 1957 and "Sons and Lovers" 1960. During the Great Depression a young working-class woman is met with an unexpected windfall when a wealthy woman decides to gift her a million dollars. Shot on location in New York and California. Bound in beige cloth with tan quarter leather binding with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Distribution page present with receipt intact dated 10/23/40 noted as REV. TEMP. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Jerry Wald and Richard Macaulay. 189 leaves with last page of text numbered 183. Mimeograph duplication on yellow stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine binding Good with front hinge detached from the binding and light offsetting on the page edges. N.p. unknown books
1940rif. 161396N.p.: N.p. 1940. Revised Temporary script for the 1941 film seen here under the working title "Miss Wheelwright Discovers America." Specially bound copy belonging to screenwriter Jerry Wald with his name in gilt on the spine. Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer of a number of notable films including "Mildred Pierce" 1945 "Humoresque" 1946 "Key Largo" 1948 and "Flamingo Road" 1949. In the 1950s he moved to Twentieth Century-Fox and was the producer there for "An Affair to Remember" 1957 "Peyton Place" 1957 and "Sons and Lovers" 1960. During the Great Depression a young working-class woman is met with an unexpected windfall when a wealthy woman decides to gift her a million dollars. Shot on location in New York and California. Bound in beige cloth with tan quarter leather binding with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Distribution page present with receipt intact dated 10/23/40 noted as REV. TEMP. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Jerry Wald and Richard Macaulay. 189 leaves with last page of text numbered 183. Mimeograph duplication on yellow stock rectos only. Pages Near Fine binding Good with front hinge detached from the binding and light offsetting on the page edges. N.p. unknown
rif. 51-2457Manhattan New York: 1918. Original color crayon drawing. Signed titled and dated in the image. Titled and dated on the support sheet. 7.1 x 5.4 inches. Provenance: Part of a portfolio of original works given to the collector Natalie Williams on June 1 1937 by Wall. Natalie Williams was the sister-in-law of the Texas collector N.C. Matthewson of Marshall Texas and both were owners of the Made-Rite Company. She was a patroness of artists and an art donor to Texas A & M University.Bernhardt Wall was born in Buffalo New York on Dec. 30 1872. He studied at the Buffalo Art Student’s League then moved on to study in New York under Henry Reuterdahl and also apprenticed under William Auerbach-Levy. Wall began a career as a lithographic illustrator in 1889 working primarily as a commercial artist in New York and Buffalo. He soon became known as the "Postcard King" and designed over 5000 comic cards. The year1915 marked a defining point in Wall’s artistic career. Wall visited Colorado Nevada and California making etchings of Indians cowboys and major cities which were later published in a portfolio entitled "Under Western Skies." These proved to be very successful and the artist shortly thereafter moved to California permanently. Wall continued to produce many fine etchings of the American West and by 1930 had also become a much respected historian of the region.Bernhardt Wall was unique in that he not only drew the etchings for his books but he also printed and bound them. His books are in libraries and universities around the world including the British Museum Library of Congress the libraries of Harvard Yale Columbia and Brown Universities. His works were also in the private collections of J. P. Morgan Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry C. Frick and Dr. N.C. Mathewson. Wall etched three sitting presidents of the United States Theodore Roosevelt Warren Taft and Henry Coolidge. Other prominent individuals etched by Wall include Sam Houston Mark Twain Thomas A. Edison Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson.Artist and historian Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956 was a pioneer etcher and producer of fine press books who treated a vast array of subjects including Texas and the Southwest. Historians of fine press printing have compared him to William Blake. This collection of Wall’s scrapbooks publications and correspondence was built by collector Natalie Williams of Marshall Texas. Manhattan, New York: 1918 unknown
rif. 51-2453Edgartown Massachusetts.1917. Original drawing. Titled and dated in the image. Signed titled and dated on the support sheet. 9 x 12 inches. Provenance: Part of a portfolio of original works given to the collector Natalie Williams on June 1 1937 by Wall. Natalie Williams was the sister-in-law of the Texas collector N.C. Matthewson of Marshall Texas and both were owners of the Made-Rite Company. She was a patroness of artists and an art donor to Texas A & M University.Bernhardt Wall was born in Buffalo New York on Dec. 30 1872. He studied at the Buffalo Art Student’s League then moved on to study in New York under Henry Reuterdahl and also apprenticed under William Auerbach-Levy. Wall began a career as a lithographic illustrator in 1889 working primarily as a commercial artist in New York and Buffalo. He soon became known as the "Postcard King" and designed over 5000 comic cards. The year1915 marked a defining point in Wall’s artistic career. Wall visited Colorado Nevada and California making etchings of Indians cowboys and major cities which were later published in a portfolio entitled "Under Western Skies." These proved to be very successful and the artist shortly thereafter moved to California permanently. Wall continued to produce many fine etchings of the American West and by 1930 had also become a much respected historian of the region.Bernhardt Wall was unique in that he not only drew the etchings for his books but he also printed and bound them. His books are in libraries and universities around the world including the British Museum Library of Congress the libraries of Harvard Yale Columbia and Brown Universities. His works were also in the private collections of J. P. Morgan Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry C. Frick and Dr. N.C. Mathewson. Wall etched three sitting presidents of the United States Theodore Roosevelt Warren Taft and Henry Coolidge. Other prominent individuals etched by Wall include Sam Houston Mark Twain Thomas A. Edison Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson.Artist and historian Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956 was a pioneer etcher and producer of fine press books who treated a vast array of subjects including Texas and the Southwest. Historians of fine press printing have compared him to William Blake. This collection of Wall’s scrapbooks publications and correspondence was built by collector Natalie Williams of Marshall Texas. Edgartown, Massachusetts.1917. unknown
rif. 51-2452Manhattan New York: 1920. Original drawing. Titled in the image. Signed and dated on the support sheet. 5.5 x 7.5 inches. Provenance: Part of a portfolio of original works given to the collector Natalie Williams on June 1 1937 by Wall. Natalie Williams was the sister-in-law of the Texas collector N.C. Matthewson of Marshall Texas and both were owners of the Made-Rite Company. She was a patroness of artists and an art donor to Texas A & M University.Bernhardt Wall was born in Buffalo New York on Dec. 30 1872. He studied at the Buffalo Art Student’s League then moved on to study in New York under Henry Reuterdahl and also apprenticed under William Auerbach-Levy. Wall began a career as a lithographic illustrator in 1889 working primarily as a commercial artist in New York and Buffalo. He soon became known as the "Postcard King" and designed over 5000 comic cards. The year1915 marked a defining point in Wall’s artistic career. Wall visited Colorado Nevada and California making etchings of Indians cowboys and major cities which were later published in a portfolio entitled "Under Western Skies." These proved to be very successful and the artist shortly thereafter moved to California permanently. Wall continued to produce many fine etchings of the American West and by 1930 had also become a much respected historian of the region.Bernhardt Wall was unique in that he not only drew the etchings for his books but he also printed and bound them. His books are in libraries and universities around the world including the British Museum Library of Congress the libraries of Harvard Yale Columbia and Brown Universities. His works were also in the private collections of J. P. Morgan Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry C. Frick and Dr. N.C. Mathewson. Wall etched three sitting presidents of the United States Theodore Roosevelt Warren Taft and Henry Coolidge. Other prominent individuals etched by Wall include Sam Houston Mark Twain Thomas A. Edison Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson.Artist and historian Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956 was a pioneer etcher and producer of fine press books who treated a vast array of subjects including Texas and the Southwest. Historians of fine press printing have compared him to William Blake. This collection of Wall’s scrapbooks publications and correspondence was built by collector Natalie Williams of Marshall Texas. Manhattan, New York: 1920 unknown
rif. 51-2454Manhattan New York: 1920. Original drawing. Titled in the image. Signed titled and dated on the support sheet. 10 x 7 inches. Provenance: Part of a portfolio of original works given to the collector Natalie Williams on June 1 1937 by Wall. Natalie Williams was the sister-in-law of the Texas collector N.C. Matthewson of Marshall Texas and both were owners of the Made-Rite Company. She was a patroness of artists and an art donor to Texas A & M University.Bernhardt Wall was born in Buffalo New York on Dec. 30 1872. He studied at the Buffalo Art Student’s League then moved on to study in New York under Henry Reuterdahl and also apprenticed under William Auerbach-Levy. Wall began a career as a lithographic illustrator in 1889 working primarily as a commercial artist in New York and Buffalo. He soon became known as the "Postcard King" and designed over 5000 comic cards. The year1915 marked a defining point in Wall’s artistic career. Wall visited Colorado Nevada and California making etchings of Indians cowboys and major cities which were later published in a portfolio entitled "Under Western Skies." These proved to be very successful and the artist shortly thereafter moved to California permanently. Wall continued to produce many fine etchings of the American West and by 1930 had also become a much respected historian of the region.Bernhardt Wall was unique in that he not only drew the etchings for his books but he also printed and bound them. His books are in libraries and universities around the world including the British Museum Library of Congress the libraries of Harvard Yale Columbia and Brown Universities. His works were also in the private collections of J. P. Morgan Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry C. Frick and Dr. N.C. Mathewson. Wall etched three sitting presidents of the United States Theodore Roosevelt Warren Taft and Henry Coolidge. Other prominent individuals etched by Wall include Sam Houston Mark Twain Thomas A. Edison Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson.Artist and historian Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956 was a pioneer etcher and producer of fine press books who treated a vast array of subjects including Texas and the Southwest. Historians of fine press printing have compared him to William Blake. This collection of Wall’s scrapbooks publications and correspondence was built by collector Natalie Williams of Marshall Texas. Manhattan, New York: 1920 unknown
rif. 2337Épreuve tirée sur papier albuminé de format 14.6 x 10.3 cm, montée sur le carton préimprimé du photographe Nadar rue d'Anjou St-Honoré à Paris, au format cabinet (16.4 x 10.8 cm). Au verso, mention imprimée en rouge : « Médaille d'or Exposition Universelle 1878. Nadar, Paris » aussi, cachet du photographe J. Kuhn de Paris, ainsi que la signature de Sarah Bernhardt à l'encre noire. Très bel état.
rif. 10708Bernhardt John. Bernhardt John American 1921-1963. QUEENSBRIDGE. Color Woodcut 1965. Ttiled signed dated and annotated "To Smitty" in pencil. 17 3/4 x 28 inches. In very good condition. Bernhardt was educated at Columbia University and although he died young he was a successful and respected modernist printmaker and assemblage artist. His work is in the collections of the NY Public Library Boston Public Library Metropolitan Museum of Art Hartford Atheneum and other public collections. unknown
rif. 51-2223New York: Bernhardt Wall April 1921 . 4to. 8x 10.75 inches. Edition of 125 copies; original dark brown wraps with etched cover label; signed dated Feb. 1921 and annotated in pencil "Copy no 8." 16 etchings plus cover label and 1 etched ad leaf. Several signed and dated 1937 in pencil including: John Borroughs; George Barr McCutcheon ;"Blind Man's Buff signed by McCutcheon & his portrait; President Harding "My Hobby;" A Fifth Ave. Chateau of Vanderbilt; Edwin Markham; Cullen Yates N.A.; Lionel Atwell in "Deburau;" April Fools. There is also an etching by Cullen Yates N.A. Various colored inks. 27.0 x 20 cm. heavy wove paper tissue guards. Original hand-bound dark brown stiff wrappers with etched label on upper cover; small loss lower left.Bernhardt Wall was born in Buffalo New York on Dec. 30 1872. He studied at the Buffalo Art Student’s League then moved on to study in New York under Henry Reuterdahl and also apprenticed under William Auerbach-Levy. Wall began a career as a lithographic illustrator in 1889 working primarily as a commercial artist in New York and Buffalo. He soon became known as the "Postcard King" and designed over 5000 comic cards. The year1915 marked a defining point in Wall’s artistic career. Wall visited Colorado Nevada and California making etchings of Indians cowboys and major cities which were later published in a portfolio entitled "Under Western Skies." These proved to be very successful and the artist shortly thereafter moved to California permanently. Wall continued to produce many fine etchings of the American West and by 1930 had also become a much respected historian of the region.Bernhardt Wall was unique in that he not only drew the etchings for his books but he also printed and bound them. His books are in libraries and universities around the world including the British Museum Library of Congress the libraries of Harvard Yale Columbia and Brown Universities. His works were also in the private collections of J. P. Morgan Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry C. Frick and Dr. N.C. Mathewson. Wall etched three sitting presidents of the United States Theodore Roosevelt Warren Taft and Henry Coolidge. Other prominent individuals etched by Wall include Sam Houston Mark Twain Thomas A. Edison Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson.Artist and historian Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956 was a pioneer etcher and producer of fine press books who treated a vast array of subjects including Texas and the Southwest. Historians of fine press printing have compared him to William Blake. This collection of Wall’s scrapbooks publications and correspondence was built by collector Natalie Williams of Marshall Texas. New York: Bernhardt Wall, April, 1921 paperback
2006rif. BN573504Seehafen Verlag 2006. 2006. Handbuch Schiffsbetriebstechnik Handbuch Schiffsbetriebstechnik Meier-Peter Hansheinrich Hg.; Frank Bernhardt Hg. Seehafen Verlag unknown
1932rif. 1907Lime Rock CT: Self-published 1932. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. 1st edition 1932. #58 of only 100 copies published. SIGNED BY BERNHARDT WALL on the limitation page and additionally 5 OF THE ETCHED PLATES ALSO SIGNED BY WALL. Quarto cloth-backed boards 19 plates. IN THE VERY FRAGILE AND VERY UNCOMMON ORIGINAL DUSTJACKET!!. Solid and VG in a VG dustjacket with pasted-on spine label. Some loss at the foot of the jacket spine and very minor chipping at the crown of the spine. Otherwise tight and well-preserved. An impressive copy of an elusive title particularly so in its original dustjacket. Signed by Author. Self-published unknown books
2004rif. 308298Fordingbridge Hampshire: Castle Hill Press 2004. Copy no. 35 of 40 copies. Illustrated. 206 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Full oxblood morocco spine titled in gilt upper cover stamped in blind a.e.g. Cloth slipcase. Copy no. 35 of 40 copies. Illustrated. 206 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The elegant and authoritative Castle Hill edition of Lawrence's literary translation. Castle Hill Press unknown books
1932rif. 1907Lime Rock CT: Self-published 1932. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. 1st edition 1932. #58 of only 100 copies published. SIGNED BY BERNHARDT WALL on the limitation page and additionally 5 OF THE ETCHED PLATES ALSO SIGNED BY WALL. Quarto cloth-backed boards 19 plates. IN THE VERY FRAGILE AND VERY UNCOMMON ORIGINAL DUSTJACKET!!. Solid and VG in a VG dustjacket with pasted-on spine label. Some loss at the foot of the jacket spine and very minor chipping at the crown of the spine. Otherwise tight and well-preserved. An impressive copy of an elusive title particularly so in its original dustjacket. Signed by Author. Self-published unknown
2004rif. 308298Fordingbridge Hampshire: Castle Hill Press 2004. Copy no. 35 of 40 copies. Illustrated. 206 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Full oxblood morocco spine titled in gilt upper cover stamped in blind a.e.g. Cloth slipcase. Copy no. 35 of 40 copies. Illustrated. 206 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The elegant and authoritative Castle Hill edition of Lawrence's literary translation. Castle Hill Press unknown
rif. 51-2459Manhattan New York: 1918. Original pencil drawing. Signed and dated in the image. Titled and dated on the support sheet. 10 x 13.9 inches. Clean one inch tear not affecting the imageProvenance: Part of a portfolio of original works given to the collector Natalie Williams on June 1 1937 by Wall. Natalie Williams was the sister-in-law of the Texas collector N.C. Matthewson of Marshall Texas and both were owners of the Made-Rite Company. She was a patroness of artists and an art donor to Texas A & M University.Bernhardt Wall was born in Buffalo New York on Dec. 30 1872. He studied at the Buffalo Art Student’s League then moved on to study in New York under Henry Reuterdahl and also apprenticed under William Auerbach-Levy. Wall began a career as a lithographic illustrator in 1889 working primarily as a commercial artist in New York and Buffalo. He soon became known as the "Postcard King" and designed over 5000 comic cards. The year1915 marked a defining point in Wall’s artistic career. Wall visited Colorado Nevada and California making etchings of Indians cowboys and major cities which were later published in a portfolio entitled "Under Western Skies." These proved to be very successful and the artist shortly thereafter moved to California permanently. Wall continued to produce many fine etchings of the American West and by 1930 had also become a much respected historian of the region.Bernhardt Wall was unique in that he not only drew the etchings for his books but he also printed and bound them. His books are in libraries and universities around the world including the British Museum Library of Congress the libraries of Harvard Yale Columbia and Brown Universities. His works were also in the private collections of J. P. Morgan Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry C. Frick and Dr. N.C. Mathewson. Wall etched three sitting presidents of the United States Theodore Roosevelt Warren Taft and Henry Coolidge. Other prominent individuals etched by Wall include Sam Houston Mark Twain Thomas A. Edison Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson.Artist and historian Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956 was a pioneer etcher and producer of fine press books who treated a vast array of subjects including Texas and the Southwest. Historians of fine press printing have compared him to William Blake. This collection of Wall’s scrapbooks publications and correspondence was built by collector Natalie Williams of Marshall Texas. Manhattan, New York: 1918 unknown
rif. 51-2460Manhattan New York: 1911. Original ink drawing. Signed titled and dated on the support sheet. 10.9 x 8.25 inches. Clean one inch tear not affecting the imageProvenance: Part of a portfolio of original works given to the collector Natalie Williams on June 1 1937 by Wall. Natalie Williams was the sister-in-law of the Texas collector N.C. Matthewson of Marshall Texas and both were owners of the Made-Rite Company. She was a patroness of artists and an art donor to Texas A & M University.Bernhardt Wall was born in Buffalo New York on Dec. 30 1872. He studied at the Buffalo Art Student’s League then moved on to study in New York under Henry Reuterdahl and also apprenticed under William Auerbach-Levy. Wall began a career as a lithographic illustrator in 1889 working primarily as a commercial artist in New York and Buffalo. He soon became known as the "Postcard King" and designed over 5000 comic cards. The year1915 marked a defining point in Wall’s artistic career. Wall visited Colorado Nevada and California making etchings of Indians cowboys and major cities which were later published in a portfolio entitled "Under Western Skies." These proved to be very successful and the artist shortly thereafter moved to California permanently. Wall continued to produce many fine etchings of the American West and by 1930 had also become a much respected historian of the region.Bernhardt Wall was unique in that he not only drew the etchings for his books but he also printed and bound them. His books are in libraries and universities around the world including the British Museum Library of Congress the libraries of Harvard Yale Columbia and Brown Universities. His works were also in the private collections of J. P. Morgan Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry C. Frick and Dr. N.C. Mathewson. Wall etched three sitting presidents of the United States Theodore Roosevelt Warren Taft and Henry Coolidge. Other prominent individuals etched by Wall include Sam Houston Mark Twain Thomas A. Edison Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson.Artist and historian Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956 was a pioneer etcher and producer of fine press books who treated a vast array of subjects including Texas and the Southwest. Historians of fine press printing have compared him to William Blake. This collection of Wall’s scrapbooks publications and correspondence was built by collector Natalie Williams of Marshall Texas. Manhattan, New York: 1911 unknown
