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Signed Book “Julia Child & Company”
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Signed First Edition, First Printing hardcover of Julia Child & Company (Alfred A. Knopf, 1978), boldly signed by both Julia...
Signed Olive Wood Spoon
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8.5" unused olive wood spoon signed "Julia Child" in black marker. Inscribed on reverse and dated June 29, 1995. In...
Typed Recipe Card Signed
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Scarce Typed Recipe Card Signed by Julia Child, for "Tune-Cashew Casserole," [sic] most likely typed by her personally, and meaning,...
Autographed Card
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Expressive autograph by one of the leading lights in American science, Luther Burbank. Signed in Santa Rosa, California, on October...
Gelatin Silver Photograph “Moonrise Glacier Point”
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Unsigned Gelatin Silver Photograph "Moonrise Glacier Point" from the Yosemite Special Edition series. Image Date: 1959. This beautiful black and...
Autograph Signed Card
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Boldly signed white card, adding "Carmel, 10-22-83." Six months later, on April 22, 1984, Adams died at age 82 from...
Gelatin Silver Photograph “El Capitan Merced River”
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Unsigned Gelatin Silver Photograph "El Capitan Merced River" from the Yosemite Special Edition series. Image Date: 1952. This beautiful black...
Gelatin Silver Photograph “Nevada Falls”
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Unsigned Gelatin Silver Photograph "Nevada Falls" from the Yosemite Special Edition series. Image Date: 1947. This beautiful black and white...
Ansel Adams Signed 1975 Yosemite Guide
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A 1975 four-page Yosemite Guide signed in the upper left by Ansel Adams, one of America's foremost nature photographers. A...
Gelatin Silver Photograph “Eagle Creek & Middle Brother”
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Unsigned Gelatin Silver Photograph "Eagle Peak and Middle Brother, Winter" from the Yosemite Special Edition series. Image Date: 1968. This...