1 Lithograph & 210 Postcards of Composer Portraits

Published by Various 20th Century, Various

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Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB)

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Condition: Used - Very good

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Collection of postcards housed in plastic sheets in black file folder. One 11 x 7.5" sheet with 6 x 4.5" portrait lithograph of Hector Berlioz, signed in facsimile, and 210 mostly unused postcards featuring major composers, e.g. 18 cards of Wagner, including two silver gelatin prints produced by H. Hagemeister, NY, and Walhalla-Verlag, Berlin, two silver gelatin prints of Beethoven who is represented with additional 26 different portrait, three silver gelatin prints of Brahms, one with H. v. Bülow, one silver gelatin print each of Offenbach, Liszt, Hayden, Debussy and Chopin. Also represented are Bach, Mozart, Verdi, R. and J. Strauss, Schumann, Schubert, Brahms, Berlioz, Bruckner, and others. The postcards include reproductions of photographs, color and b/w lithographs or offset printing with some in scenic settings, e.g. birthplace of composer, composer with company; many of them reproductions of artwork, portraits, caricatures, etc. 25 of the postcards produced as chromolithographs by T. Presser Co., Philadelphia, 19 of them so-called "Reward Cards" with brief biographies of respective composer on verso. The postcards included in this collection are printed by various European and American publishers. Text in English, French, German, Italian. Some postcards are postmarked with common handwritten notes. Almost all postcards are housed in separate plastic sleeves and deposited in pockets of plastic sheets. Some age-toning of cards but overall, the cards are in very good condition.…

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Title
1 Lithograph & 210 Postcards of Composer Portraits
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Publisher
Various 20th Century, Various
Condition
vg
Signed
Signed by Author(s)
Binding
Loose_leaf
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ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB)

Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.

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Since 1985 we offer individual books for sale from our inventory of 150,000 rare, out-of-print and antiquarian volumes on many topics, with an emphasis on Judaica, Hebraica, Bibles and rabbinics, the fine and decorative arts, architecture, photography, textile and wallpaper sample books, Bauhaus and the avant garde, expressionist dance, Olympic Games and sport, the ancient near-east and archeology, erotica, illustrated and foreign-language books, especially German, Yiddish, Polish and Hebrew, as well as books from the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich, plus Russian constructivist materials. We create book collections, both large and small, for individuals, decorators, archives and libraries¿currently available: a 10,000-volume research collection on Judaica in the German language. In addition, we maintain a beguiling selection of original works of art and photography. Eric Chaim Kline provides appraisal services for estate, insurance and tax purposes, often helping to match book donors with libraries and museums. We purchase books of merit and entire collections; we also take books on consignment with favorable terms. We are a rental source for movie and tv production, occasionally providing the prop on which the plot turns. Traveling throughout the U.S. and Europe, Eric Chaim Kline has been buying and selling old and rare books since the 1980¿s, when in graduate school at Brandeis University. Proprietor of bookshops in several Los Angeles locations since 1985, he hosts visitors by appointment in our lively bookstore and ships books to collectors, libraries and museums worldwide. Kline occasionally lectures on topics in book collecting and Jewish studies. He sponsors the annual Bibliography Award granted by the Association of Jewish Libraries and serves on the national board of the Antiquarian Booksellers¿ Association of America. We welcome your inquiries.…

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Judaica, Architecture, German Language, Olympic Games, Art, Photography, Middle East, Decorative Arts, Holocaust, Hebraica

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ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB)

CA, U.S.A.