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Sale 800 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
Lots 1-273
Nov 12, 2020
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Nov 13, 2020
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[CHINESE ART & OPERA]. STOWITTS, Hubert Julian (1892-1953). The Work of Stowitts for the Fox-God. Lyric Ballet in 3 Acts. Hollywood, CA: George Palmer Putnam, Inc., 1939.
Folio. 59 mounted color plates after paintings by Hubert Stowitts, in-text illustrations and ornamentation printed in red, gold, and brown throughout. Original red-stamped buckram, edges uncut (light soiling).
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 49 of 400 copies SIGNED BY STOCKTON featuring his illustrations for designs, costumes, and décor for the classic Chinese Opera Fay-Yen-Fah along with a poem by Templeton Crocker and music by Joseph Redding.
Property from a Prominent Chicago Collection