souvenir menu (7 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. Typeset in Verona and printed in red and black on Whatman handmade paper. Border design on the title-page after Johannes and Gregorius de Gregoriis, Venice, 1494, decorative initials throughout. Corded into semi-stiff decorative wrappers. Edges uncut. Just a little dusty. A very good copy indeed. Excellent printing.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. 8vo. Original cream folded card with an illustration of Mr Kean in the character of Richard the Third on front. The Gallery First Nighters' Club 1959 annual dinner souvenir menu card with various signatures including Dame Sybil Thorndike (1882-1976), Beatrix Lehmann (1903-1979), Dorothy Tutin (1930-2001), Dame Flora Robson (1902-1984), Dame Joan Sutherland (1926-2010), Ruby Miller (1889-1976), Coral Browne (1913-1991), Paul Rogers (1917-2013) and others. The President, Leslie Bloom, in the Chair. Very good. Very good. Signedes.

1st Printing. SIGNED by Butler. Broadside, with a 'plate' impression applied. Image of Butler, with menu listed underneath. Horizontal orientation: 13" x 17-7/8" "Nicholas Murray Butler was an American philosopher, diplomat, and educator. Butler was president of Columbia University [1902 - 1945], president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He became so well known and respected that The New York Times printed his Christmas greeting to the nation every year." [Wiki]. "The Lotos Club was founded in 1870 as a gentlemen's club in New York City; it has since also admitted women as members. Its founders were primarily a young group of writers and critics. Mark Twain, an early member, called it the 'Ace of Clubs'. The Club took its name from the poem 'The Lotos-Eaters' by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, which was then very popular. Lotos was thought to convey an idea of rest and harmony. . The Lotos Club has always had a literary and artistic bent, with the result that it has accumulated a noted collection of American paintings. Its 'State Dinners' are legendary fetes for scholars, artists and sculptors, collectors and connoisseurs, writers and journalists, and politicians and diplomats. Elaborate souvenir menus are produced for these dinners." [Wiki]. Only light wear & age-toning, Nr Fine. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve.

1st Printing. Broadside, with a 'plate' impression applied. Image of Farrand, with credits & accomplishments listed underneath. Graphics by T. Sindelar [signed in the plate]. 18-1/8" x 13-1/8" "Livingston Farrand was an American physician, anthropologist, psychologist, public health advocate and academic administrator." In 1893, he concluded his studies as an M.D., he pursued a career in anthropology, and eduction, becoming President of the University of Colorado in 1914, a position he would hold for the next 5 years. In 1921, he became the fourth president of Cornell University. Under his leadership, Cornell's enrollment and endowment increased rapidly. He held the office of President until 1937, leaving a brief 2 years before his death in 1939. [Wiki]. "The Lotos Club was founded in 1870 as a gentlemen's club in New York City; it has since also admitted women as members. Its founders were primarily a young group of writers and critics. Mark Twain, an early member, called it the 'Ace of Clubs'. The Club took its name from the poem 'The Lotos-Eaters' by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, which was then very popular. Lotos was thought to convey an idea of rest and harmony. . The Lotos Club has always had a literary and artistic bent, with the result that it has accumulated a noted collection of American paintings. Its 'State Dinners' are legendary fetes for scholars, artists and sculptors, collectors and connoisseurs, writers and journalists, and politicians and diplomats. Elaborate souvenir menus are produced for these dinners." [Wiki] Sindelar a Cleveland Ohio native, who, it is believed, moved to NYC in the mid-1890s, becoming a life-long member of the Lotos Club. He is said to have studied art with Alphonse Mucha, Paris. And here offered is one of these Sindelar-designed souvenir dinner menus printed for the fete honoring Farrand, not too long after accepting the Cornell position. A bit of age-toning. Some modest edgewear, and light soiling in margins. A VG copy. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve.

1st Printing. Broadside, with a 'plate' impression applied. Image of Harvey, with credits & accomplishments listed underneath. Graphics by T. Sindelar [signed in the plate]. 17-3/8" x 12-3/8" "George Brinton McClellan Harvey was an American diplomat, journalist, author, street railway magnate, and editor of several magazines. He used his great wealth in politics, serving as the American Ambassador to Great Britain from May 12, 1921Ââ" November 3, 1923." "The Lotos Club was founded in 1870 as a gentlemen's club in New York City; it has since also admitted women as members. Its founders were primarily a young group of writers and critics. Mark Twain, an early member, called it the 'Ace of Clubs'. The Club took its name from the poem 'The Lotos-Eaters' by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, which was then very popular. Lotos was thought to convey an idea of rest and harmony. . The Lotos Club has always had a literary and artistic bent, with the result that it has accumulated a noted collection of American paintings. Its 'State Dinners' are legendary fetes for scholars, artists and sculptors, collectors and connoisseurs, writers and journalists, and politicians and diplomats. Elaborate souvenir menus are produced for these dinners." [Wiki] Sindelar a Cleveland Ohio native, who, it is believed, moved to NYC in the mid-1890s, becoming a life-long member of the Lotos Club. He is said to have studied art with Alphonse Mucha, Paris. And here offered is one of these Sindelar-designed souvenir dinner menus printed for the fete honoring Ambassador Harvey, occasioned, no doubt, to celebrate his appointment. Some general extremity wear & bit of soiling to margins. Vertical age-toning band in right margin. Overall, Very Good. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve.

1st Printing. SIGNED by the Ambassador. Broadside, with a 'plate' impression applied. Image of Howard, with credits & accomplishments listed underneath, as well as the evening's menu. Graphics by Chas. Sindelar [signed in the plate]. 18" x 13" "Esmà William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Penrith, GCB, GCMG, CVO, PC was a British diplomat. He served as British Ambassador to the United States between 1924 and 1930. He was one of Britain's most influential diplomats of the early part of the twentieth century. With a gift for languages and a skilled diplomat, Howard is described in his biography as an integral member of the small group of men who made and implemented British foreign policy between 1900 and 1930, a critical transitional period in Britain's history as a world power." [Wiki]. "The Lotos Club was founded in 1870 as a gentlemen's club in New York City; it has since also admitted women as members. Its founders were primarily a young group of writers and critics. Mark Twain, an early member, called it the 'Ace of Clubs'. The Club took its name from the poem 'The Lotos-Eaters' by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, which was then very popular. Lotos was thought to convey an idea of rest and harmony. . The Lotos Club has always had a literary and artistic bent, with the result that it has accumulated a noted collection of American paintings. Its 'State Dinners' are legendary fetes for scholars, artists and sculptors, collectors and connoisseurs, writers and journalists, and politicians and diplomats. Elaborate souvenir menus are produced for these dinners." [Wiki] "Charles Sindelar was an American illustrator and painter, who in later life focused on religious art. Sindelar established a reputation for himself in graphic design and illustration during the first quarter of the 20th century through his favourably reviewed creation of a number of menu cover designs produced for a series of events referred to as the Lotos Club dinners, in New York City. The guest lists for the events included four U.S. presidents and other notables of the time, including writer Mark Twain. Sindelar's covers incorporated a likeness of the celebrity who was being feted at the event, accompanied by intricate detailing." [Wiki] And here offered is one of these Sindelar-designed souvenir dinner menus printed for the fete honoring Farrand, not too long after accepting the Cornell position. A bit of age-toning. Some modest edgewear, and light soiling in margins. A VG copy. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve.

1st Printing. Menu color printed on a rectangular piece of tin, 'recto gold' plated. Verso with engraved title [as above] in 6 lines. 7-13/16" x 3-15/16" General wear, recto with some spotting. A VG survivor. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve.