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Sale 502
March 14, 2013
11:00 AM Pacific Time
Literature
- Children’s & Illustrated with Original Art Fine Books in All Fields
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Winter - Spring Auctions, 2013
March 14, 2013 - Fine Literature - Children’s & Illustrated Books & Artwork
March 28, 2013 - Americana - African American History - Cartography
April 11, 2013 - South Sea: The Library of Dr. Richard Topel, Part I
April 25, 2013 - Travel & Exploration, Cartography & Americana from the Library of Glen McLaughlin
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May 9, 2013 - Fine Books in All Fields
May 23, 2013 - South Sea: The Library of Dr. Richard Topel, Part II
June 13, 3013 - Rare Books & Manuscripts
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Front Cover: Lot
Back Cover: Clockwise from upper left: Lots
B
ond # 14425383
Section I: Fine Literature, Lots 1-156
Section II: Children’s & Illustrated Books, Lots 157-343
Section III: Original Art & Posters, Lots 344-403
Section IV: Fine Books in All Fields Including Fine Press, Lots 404-621
Section I: Fine Literature
1. Adams, Douglas. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Boards, jacket. First Edition.
London: Arthur Barker Limited, [1979]
First edition of Douglas Adams’ first book. Jacket spine faded, a touch of extremity wear;
volume leaning a bit, lower corners slightly bumped, very good in like jacket.
(300/500)
FOUR LOTS OF ASIAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE
2. (Asian-American - 1898 Chinatown fiction by the first Chinese-American writer) Sui Sin Far
[pseud. Edith Eaton]. “Sweet Sin, A Story” - in The Land of Sunshine, The Magazine of California and the
West, Vol. VIII, No. 5, April 1898. On pp. 223-226. Text illustrations. Article. (8vo) original wrappers.
Los Angeles: April, 1898
Edith Maude Eaton has been called by her biographer “the first published Asian North
American fiction writer”. Born in England, the daughter of a British merchant and a Chinese
woman who had been adopted by English missionaries, Eaton came to Canada as a child and
began writing there, though she eventually moved to the United States, living in San Francisco,
Seattle and Boston. Eaton began writing for magazines in 1888, but not until 1896, two years
before coming to America, did she begin writing stories with a “Chinese theme” and signed
with her Chinese pseudonym. The short story offered here was the sixth of these, but possibly
the first written while she was in California, clearly intended to have a San Francisco Chinatown
setting, being the writer’s “first fictional treatment of race and her first Eurasian protagonist” –
the daughter of a Chinese merchant and his American wife who falls in love with a Caucasian
man who asks her to marry him, but, faced with an impossible dilemma, writes her father a
suicide note that “I cannot marry a Chinaman as you wish…who would despise me for being
an American”, but would not marry her American lover for fear that their children would
be taunted and degraded by American racists. While less popular as a writer than her sister
Winnifred, who wrote a shelf of romance novels under a Japanese pseudonym, Edith Eaton’s
first and only book of collected stories (see the 1912 entry in this catalogue) has a place in
literary history as the earliest book of Chinese-American fiction. Light edge wear to wrappers, a
few small spots of surface wear, a small dampstain at spine head; very good.
(100/150)
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3. (Asian-American - 1931 First Korean-American novel) Kang, Younghill. The Grass Roof. 367 pp.
(8vo) original cloth with paper labels, dust jacket. First Edition.
New York / London: Scribner’s, 1931
Born in Korea in 1903 “in an isolated grass-roofed village”, Kang was educated in Japan,
returned to Korea to teach in a missionary school, was jailed for a year for joining a revolt
against Japanese domination, then came to America in 1920 to attend Harvard. When he wrote
this book – his first, and the first novel published in the United States by a Korean-American
- he was a lecturer in English at New York University. Kang’s next two books, published in
the 1930s, were autobiographic, one concerning his childhood in Korea, the other about his
American experiences and the “making of an Oriental Yankee”. Jacket edges lightly worn with
small chips, creasing and a few tiny tears; volume spine ends a bit rubbed and bumped, edges a
touch faded; very good.
(150/250)
4. (Asian-American - 1912 First book of Chinese-American fiction) Sui Sin Far [pseud. Edith
Eaton]. Mrs. Spring Fragrance. 347 pp. (8vo) original red cloth, spine and front cover decorated in
green, white and gilt. First Edition.
Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1912
In the striking original decorative cloth. Arguably the first work of Chinese-American fiction.
As noted above, Eaton, daughter of a British merchant and his Chinese wife, began writing in
her early 20s while living in Canada, but did not produce stories with a Chinese theme until two
years before she moved to San Francisco. The first half of this book concerns “Mrs. Spring
Fragrance” an “Americanized” Chinese woman selling curios in Seattle, while the second half
are her “Tales of Chinese Children” –a collection of short stories which first appeared in 24
different American magazines. Eaton, at a time of rampant anti-Chinese racist stereotypes,
as her biographer notes, “courageously chose to write of the Chinese in North America as
humorous, tragic, charming, and loving - in short, as human.” Spine a touch faded, a bit of
rubbing at spine ends and corners; else near fine; a clean and tight copy with a bright cover
illustration.
(150/250)
5. (Asian-American - 1902 Yone Noguchi, 1st “Japanese-American” novel) “Miss Morning Glory”
[pseud. Noguchi, Yone]. The American Diary of A Japanese Girl. 259 pp. 10 full-page plates and text
decorations by Yeto. Half tan textured cloth and decorative boards with laid down color illustration
of a Japanese girl writing. First Edition.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1902
While the eminent Japanese poet and writer Yone Noguchi was not an American citizen – and,
indeed, strongly supported his homeland’s battle with the United States during World War
II – he spent more than 10 years of his early life in the US, living in San Francisco (among
the California “bohemians”) and New York from 1893 to 1904. This anonymously written
book, which he published at age 26, was his first novel, and, arguably, was the first “JapaneseAmerican” fiction. While the first novel of ‘Onoto Watanna’ (pseudonym of Edith Eaton’s
sister Winnifred), published two years earlier, is considered “the first known novel by an Asian
American”, Winnifred, like Edith (see her listings in this catalogue) was of Chinese-British
descent, though most readers of her popular, and beautifully produced, romance novels
believed her to be Japanese. A bit chipped at spine ends, faint dampstains to boards; front hinge
starting; name in red ink on front pastedown, name in pencil on front free endpaper; very good.
(100/150)
6. Austen, Jane. The Novels of Jane Austen. 10 volumes. Edited by R. Brimley Johnson. Introduction
by Prof. William Lyon Phelps. Color plates by C.E. & H.M. Brock. Brown cloth, paper spine labels,
top edges gilt. No. 458 of 1000 copies of the Hampshire Edition.
New York: Frank S. Holby, 1906
There were two volumes of Letters not added to this set. Spine labels darkened, rubbed; overall
very good.
(400/600)
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7. (Barnes, Djuna) A Lady of Fashion [Barnes, Djuna]. Ladies Almanack showing their Signs and their
tides; their Moons and their Changes; the Seasons as it is with them; their Eclipses and Equinoxes, as well as a
full Record of diurnal and nocturnal Distempters. 84 pp. Woodcut illustrations throughout. 22.3x17.3 cm.
(8¾x7”), original white wrappers illustrated in black. No. 83 of 1000 copies on Alfa.
Paris: Printed for the Author, 1928
Sold by [Edward W. Titus, 4 rue Delambre, at the Sign of the Black Manikin]. The information
on Edward Titus is blacked out on the title page, as is usually seen. A touch of wear at spine
ends, very faint finger soiling to wrapper edges; near fine.
(400/600)
PHOTOS OF THE BEATNIKS BY CHESTER KESSLER
8. (Beatnik - Photographs) Kessler, Chester Monroe. Approximately 65 silver photographs by Chester
Kessler of members of the Beat and Counterculture movements. Includes:
* 37 photographs of Allen Ginsberg, some publication. c.1959. * 5 photographs of Kenneth Patchen.
1952. * 5 photographs of Anna Halprin and members of the S.F. Playhouse Group. 1962. * 2
photographs of Bob Kaufman. N.d. * 2 photographs of Kenneth Anger. 1967. * 1 photograph of Zack
Thompson. 1959. * 12 photographs of James Baldwin. 1952. * 1 photograph of Stan Brakhage. 1954.
Together, 65 photographs. 10c15 cm. (4x6”).
California: c.1952-1967, printed later
Photographs of luminaries in the beat counterculture of the 1950s and 1960s, taken by
photographer and film-maker Chester Kessler. These were printed by the executor of his estate,
Robert E. Johnson, with Kessler Estate rubberstamps on verso along with ink captions. Fine
condition.
(600/900)
9. Beckett, Samuel. Ill Seen, Ill Said. (8vo) blue morocco-backed marbled boards, spine lettered in
gilt. No. 9 of 299 copies.
Northridge, California: Lord John Press, 1982
Signed by Beckett on the half-title. Fine.
(600/900)
10. Beckett, Samuel. Proust. Decorative cream boards stamped in brown. First Edition.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1931
Author’s first book by a major publishing house. Part of the publisher’s Dolphin Books series.
Spine a bit darkened, leaning, light soiling; very good.
(100/150)
11. Bennett, Arnold. Seven works by Arnold Bennett. Includes: * Bennett, Arnold. Judith: A Play in
Three Acts. With dj. Chatto & Windus, 1919. * From the Log of the Velsa. Chatto & Windus, 1920.
* Riceyman Steps. Cassell and Company, [1923]. * The Grim Smile of the Five Towns. Chapman and
Hall, 1907. * The Human Machine. New Age Press, 1908. * What the Public Wants: A Play in Four
Acts. Frank Palmer, [1910]. * The Plain Man and His Wife. Hodder and Stoughton, [1913].
London: Various dates
Light shelf wear; very good.
(150/250)
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12. Bradbury, Ray. The Illustrated Man. Tan linen, dust jacket. First Edition.
New York: Doubleday, 1951
Signed by Bradbury in green ink on the title page. Laid in are the original receipt for the
purchase of the book from the Memphis News Company on 6/15/51 for $1.93. Also, a holiday
greeting card with a typed message, signed, from Bradbury reading: “Dear Jean-Louis: I imagine
you already now[sic] that TRUFFAUT will film FAHRENHEIT 451 in the coming spring?
And that Barrault is going ahead with plans to stage THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES at the
ODEON Theatre de France in 1963? Hoping you are in good health and that your New Year
will be vigorously healthy and creative. Best from yours, Ray Bradbury”. Jacket edge worn with
some small chips, spine leaning, light wear to cloth, bottom edge worn, book and jacket about
very good.
(600/900)
13. Burroughs, Edgar Rice. The Warlord of Mars. Frontispiece by J. Allen St. John. Red cloth stamped
in gilt. First Edition, First Printing.
Chicago: McClurg, 1919
John Carter attempts to rescue Dejah Thoris. First printing with imprint of W.F. Hall on
copyright page and with the publisher’s imprint at base of spine set in 3 lines. Heins M3.1;
Zeuschner 829. A few small spots to cloth; very good.
(150/250)
14. Burroughs, William S. Exterminator!. Mauve cloth stamped decorated in black, pictorial jacket.
First Edition.
New York: The Viking Press, [1973]
Signed by Burroughs on the title-page. Not related to an earlier collaboration by Burroughs with
Brion Gysin with the same title, minus the exclamation mark. Title and cover illustration recall
Burroughs’ days as an exterminator. Maynard & Miles A23a. Jacket a bit yellowed; otherwise
fine.
(150/250)
DON JUAN CANTOS I-XVI
15. [Byron, George Gordon Noel, Lord]. Don Juan, Cantos I-XVI. 6 volumes. Half titles present
in Volumes 1 & 2, as called for; advertising leaf at rear of third volume. (8vo) 22.5x14.5 cm (9x5¾”)
later full brown polished calf, gilt floral corner pieces, spines gilt, raised bands, gilt dentelles, marbled
endpapers, top edges gilt, other edges untrimmed. Early printing (“New Edition”) of Volume 1, first
printing of Volumes 2 through 6.
London: Thomas Davidson / John Hunt, 1820-1824
Byron’s epic satire and one of the great comic
poems in the English language. Each volume with
bookplate of Sir William Augustus Fraser. Fraser
served in Parliament in the 19th Century, was the
son of Sir John James Fraser, one of Wellington’s
staff at Waterloo, and an author of several notable
volumes including Words on Wellington (1889),
Disraeli and his Day (1891), Hic Et Ubique
(1893),Napoleon III (1896), and Waterloo Ball
(1897). Also, in the lower margin of each bookplate
is the last name, Van Vechten, the only other owner
of this set in its lengthy history. The Van Vechten
connotes Helen Van Vechten, the fine printer
of the Philosopher Press in Wausau, WI. Spines
a touch sunned, lightly rubbed; light foxing and
offsetting; near fine.
(2500/3500)
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16. Cain, James M. Three first editions by James M. Cain. Includes:
* Past All Dishonor. Cloth, dust jacket. First Edition. 1946.
* The Butterfly. Cloth, dust jacket. First Edition. 1947.
* The Moth. Cloth, dust jacket. First Edition. 1948.
Together 3 volumes.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Various dates
Cain is of course best remembered for his 1934 novel “The Postman Always Rings Twice”.
Jackets lightly worn at edges; overall near fine.
(150/250)
SIGNED BY TRUMAN CAPOTE
17. Capote, Truman. Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Yellow cloth, dust jacket. First Edition.
New York: Random House, [1958]
Signed by Capote on the half title. Basis for the classic 1961 Blake Edwards film starring Audrey
Hepburn. Jacket with “10/58” date code on the front flap. Jacket spine sunned, light wear at
edges and folds, small chips at head of spine; volume with slight wear at spine end; near fine in
a very good jacket.
(700/1000)
18. Capote, Truman. Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Yellow cloth, dust jacket. First Edition.
Basis for the classic 1961 Blake Edwards film starring Audrey Hepburn. Jacket with “10/58”
date code on the front flap. Jacket spine a little sunned, a few scuffs and short edge tears to
front panel, rear panel with some soiling, small stain and short tear, mild chipping to spine ends;
volume spine lettering somewhat rubbed; else very good in like jacket.
(400/600)
19. Capote, Truman. The Grass Harp. Beige linen, dust jacket. First Edition.
First issue binding in the rough beige linen. A bit of wear to jacket edges and extremities, spine
chips to spine head, price clipped; a few tiny spots to front joint, else very good in like jacket.
(200/300)
20. Capote, Truman. Other Voices, Other Rooms. Light beige cloth, jacket. First Edition.
Capote’s first book. Wilson A1a. Jacket with some rubbing to spine ends and corners, a little
edge wear; else very good in like jacket.
(200/300)
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THREE POSTCARDS FROM CAPOTE
21. Capote, Truman. Three autograph postcards signed by Truman Capote, to Burt Eikleberry. Includes: Postcard
sent from Playa de Aro, Spain, 2 Oct. 1960. * Postcard sent from Munich, West Germany, though
Capote give a return address in Switzerland. 29 Dec. 1960. * Postcard sent from Bridgehampton, New
York, June 8, 1963.
Various places: 1960-1963
Burt Eikleberry, a student at Oklahoma State and then the University of Kansas, wrote
several times to Truman Capote, and received these postcards in response, as described in a
detailed letter of provenance from Eikleberry. The first replies to a letter Eikleberry wrote
after reading the short story “A Christmas Memory,’ in Breakfast at Tiffany’s: “Thank you for
your very kind and generous letter. You might like ‘Children on Their Birthdays’ which is in
‘A Tree of Night’...” From Switzerland, Capote responds to a query about the availability of
two of Capote’s books: “...The books you mention, ‘The Grass Harp,’ and ‘A Tree of Night’
are being reprinted next year; but are now available by writing ‘The New American Library’
(paperback)...” The final postcard, written some three years after the others, is in answer to a
query about when Capote would publish something new, and Eikleberry had not mentioned
that he had written Capote previously: “Dear Sir, are you pretending not to be the same Mr. E.
who used to write me from Oklahoma (which is where I bought this particular card on a recent
cross country trip). The record was made by United Artists Records and can be ordered from
them. The book can be ordered from the Gotham Book Mart in N.Y. I am writing a book with
a Kansas background. Regards - T.C.” The book turned out to be In Cold Blood. The postcard
Capote bought in Kansas shows a piglet nursing, with mother pig pleading “Suck, Damn It!
Don’t Blow.” This turned up as a caption on a sweatshirt in Music for Chameleons. Very good
or better condition.
(800/1200)
IN THE ORIGINAL DUST JACKET
22. Chandler, Raymond. Farewell, My Lovely. Pinkish-orange cloth, lettered in blue, dust jacket. First
Edition.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, [1940]
Author’s second book. The second Philip
Marlowe mystery novel and was later
adapted for film and released as “Murder,
My Sweet” in 1945. Bruccoli A2.1.a.
Jacket with professional restorations to
edges, spine, and folds, rear panel soiled,
damp stain on front flap; light wear to
cloth, endpapers soiled, small stain to
front endpaper and first few leaves; book
and jacket very good.
(2000/3000)
23. Child, Lee. Seven titles by Lee Child, three
of them signed. Includes: Killing Floor. [1997].
* Die Trying. Signed by author on titlepage. [1998]. * Tripwise. Signed by author
on front flyleaf. [1999]. * Running Blind.
[2000]. * Echo Burning. Signed by author on
title-page. [2001]. * Without Fail. [2002]. *
Bad Luck and Trouble. [2007]. Together, 7
volumes. Boards, jackets. First Editions.
New York: Various dates
The first six Jack Reacher novels, all
published by Putnam, and the 11th,
published by Delacorte Press. Near fine
to fine condition.
(100/150)
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24. Chizmar, Richard T.,
Edition, Deluxe Issue.
editor. Cold
Blood. (8vo) red leather, dust jacket. No. 344 of 500. First
Shingletown, CA: Mark V. Ziesing, 1991
Signed by the editor and the contributors: Douglas Winter, F.Paul Wilson, Joe R. Lansdale,
Andrew Vachss, John Shirley, William F. Nolan, Richard Laymon, Chet Williamson, Ed
Gorman, Rick Hautala, Rex Miller, J.N. Williamson, James Kisner, Brian Hodge, Ardath Mayhar,
Thomas F. Montelone, David B. Silva, William Relling, Jr., Bentley Little, Ronald Kelly, Tom
Elliott, Nancy Collins, Barry Hoffman, Roman Ranieri, Paul Olson, & Ramsey Campbell. Fine.
(250/350)
25. Christie, Agatha. Five titles by Agatha Christie. Includes:
* The Hound of Death and Other Stories. [1933].
* The Pale Horse. [1961].
* Endless Night. 1967.
* By the Pricking of My Thumbs. Cloth, dust jacket. 1968. * Sleeping Murder. [1976].
Together 5 volumes, the first 4 First English Editions, the 5th a First American Edition. All in the
original bindings, with dust jackets.
Various places: Various dates
Jackets lightly worn, final title price clipped; overall books and jackets near fine.
(300/500)
26. Conrad, Joseph. The Children of the Sea. 217 pp. 7x4¾, original pictorial blue cloth, stamped in
light blue and white. First Edition, early issue.
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, [1897]
Early issue with 1897 on the copyright page but not the title. Precedes the 1898 first British
edition, which was issued with the title “The Nigger of the Narcissus.” The change in the
title was done “in deference to American prejudices.” Conrad originally wrote this story
with “Nigger” in the title, but allowed it to be changed for the first American edition. For all
subsequent American editions, the original title was restored, making this a scarce Conrad item
and highly sought after by collectors. Ehrsam 2072. Spine leaning, light wear, previous owner’s
name; very good.
(300/500)
27. Conrad, Joseph & Ford Maddox Ford. The Nature of a Crime. Cloth-backed boards, paper labels
on spine and front, dust jacket. First Edition.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1924
Though without evidence, this volume comes from the library Ursula Hemingway, younger
sister of author Ernest Hemingway. Provenance: Ursula Hemingway Family. Jacket folded
horizontally and vertically; light wear to labels; book and jacket very good.
(200/300)
28. Conrad, Joseph. The Rover. Green cloth lettered in gilt, dust jacket. First Edition.
London: T. Fisher Unwin, [1923]
Zane Grey’s copy, with his embossed name stamp on front endpaper. Jacket soiled and with a
few small chips; lower corners lightly bumped; volume near fine in a very good jacket.
(250/350)
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29. D’Ambrosio, [Joe]. Daisies Never Tell. Unpaginated. Several leaves at front with the edges cut
into floral designs. Four color serigraph illustrations printed atop the text, each signed and titled by
D’Ambrosio in pencil, several other illustrations throughout. (8vo) 20.5x14.5 cm (8x5¾”) full green
cloth with small paper label on spine. One of 10 artist proof copies from a total edition of 60.
Sherman Oaks, CA: D’Ambrosio, 1982
A beautifully produced volume, done entirely by hand by Joe D’Ambrosio. This copy with the
accession stamp of the Library of Congress on the copyright page and with their duplicate
stamp on the rear endpaper. Fine but for the Library of Congress ink stamps.
(500/800)
30. Dick, Philip K. The Man in the High Castle. Black cloth, lettered in red, jacket. First Edition.
New York: G.P. Putnam’s Son, [1962]
With correct code “D36” on the bottom of page 239. Winner of the 1963 Hugo Award for
best novel and one of Philip K. Dick’s best and most important novels. Some light rubbing to
jacket, 1/4x1/8” chip to top front panel, smaller chip to top of rear panel, a few short closed
tears, price clipped; else near fine in very good jacket.
(400/600)
31. (Dickens, Charles - British Theater) [Manby, Charles]. Archive of 45 Autograph Letters, most written
to Charles Manby from London. 45 autograph letters. The majority dated in the 1860s and ‘70s, 2 after
his death.
London: 1841-87 (mostly in the 1860s-70s)
Manby (1804-1884) was one of the most prominent British engineers of the mid-19th century,
his long career beginning when he assisted his father in building and sailing the world’s first
sea-going iron steamboat. Moving spirit of the British Institute of Civil Engineers at the height
of the era of invention, he was also Samuel Colt’s personal choice to oversee the American’s
firearms establishment in London – in which capacity, in 1854, he gave a personal tour of
Colt’s gun-making factory to his “great friend” Charles Dickens, one of Manby’s many literary
acquaintances. Remarkably, while Manby was widely respected for “his intimate knowledge
of the most important and gravest paths of the scientific world”, at the same time, he was
“associated with the inner circles of the most brilliant theatrical society.” This odd connection
came about through his friendship with Frederick Henry Yates, the Shakespearean actor who
owned the Adelphi Theater in London. When Yates died in 1842, Manby, being guardian of
Yates’ young son Edmund (the future dramatist and novelist) also became executor of Yates’
estate – which inadvertently made him business manager of the Adelphi at the time the theater
was staging dramatic adaptations of many Dickens stories, including A Christmas Carol. None
of these letters seem to mention Dickens by name (though there are numerous references to
Manby in Dickens own papers), but many concern Theater business – from an 1843 letter by
“Brown Stout Ale” proprietor Frederick Hodgson about the fate of the Adelphi after Yates’
death; to an 1860 business note by actor Paul Bedford. This archive is largely un-researched and
most of the correspondents not identified, but it’s possible that detailed study would provide
much historical background about the Adelphi and the London stage in general during the last
twenty years of Dickens’ life. Wear to each; mostly very good.
(150/250)
32. Dinesen, Isak. Seven Gothic Tales. Introduction by Dorothy Canfield. Illustrations by Majeska.
(8vo) original black cloth, lettered in gilt. No. 532 of 999 copies of a special illustrated edition.
New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1934
Author’s first book. Written in English by its Danish author, it was refused by several publishers.
Through the intercession of Dorothy Canfield it was first published in New York. Spine
sunned, light wear; very good.
(200/300)
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33. Dowson, Ernest. The Pierrot of the Minute. Marbled boards with narrow wrap-around paper label,
glassine jacket, slipcase. One of 300 copies. Designed by Bruce Rogers.
New York: The Grolier Club, 1923
With the Rockwell Kent designed bookplate of noted collector, and for many years director of
the Pierpont Morgan Library, Frederick Baldwin Adams, Jr. A touch of wear to slipcase, some
chipping to glassine; volume fine.
(100/150)
WITH THE RARE DUST JACKET
34. Dreiser, Theodore. The Financier. [iv], 780 pp. (8vo) original blue cloth stamped in gilt and blue,
dust jacket. First Edition.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1912
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The first title in Dreiser’s trilogy of American business and politics (The Financier, The Titan,
and The Stoic), following the ups and downs of Frank Algernon Cowperwood. Extremely rare
in the original dust jacket. Jacket sunned, a few small chips at edges, diagonal tear to rear flap;
spine cloth a touch darkened; near fine in a very good jacket.
(2000/3000)
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35. (Durrell, Lawrence) Norden, Charles (pseud.
First American Edition.
of
Lawrence Durrell). Panic Spring. Tan cloth.
New York: Covici-Friede, [1937]
Set on a fictional Greek Island, Mavrodaphne, in the Ionian Sea, the novel progresses through
multiple perspectives, each focusing on a different character. Spine a bit darkened, light shelf
wear and soiling; front hinge tender; else very good.
(300/500)
36. Evanovich, Janet. Seventeen titles by Janet Evanovich, eight of them signed. Includes: Smitten. Inscribed
and signed by the author. Wrappers. [1990]. * Naughty Neighbor. Wrappers. [1992]. * One for the
Money. Signed by the author. [1994]. * Two for the Dough. Signed by the author. [1996]. * Three
To Get Deadly. Signed by the author. [1997]. * Four to Score. Signed by the author. [1998]. * High
Five. Signed by the author. [1999]. * Hot Six. [2000]. * Seven Up. [2001]. * Hard Eight. Signed by
the author. [2002]. * To the Nines. [2003]. * Ten Big Ones. [2004]. * Eleven on Top. [2005]. * Twelve
Sharp. [2006]. * Lean Mean Thirteen. [2007].* Fearless Fourteen. [2008]. * Smokin’ Seventeen. Signed
by the author. [2011]. Together, 17 volumes. Boards with jackets except as noted. First Editions.
Two early romance novels by Janet Evanovich, plus 15 titles (including the first 14) in the series
that made her a bestselling author, featuring bounty hunter Stephanie Plum. Seven are signed,
one of the romance novels inscribed as well. Near fine to fine condition.
(250/350)
37. Everson, William. The Engendering Flood. Book One of Dust Shall Be the Serpent’s Food (Cantos I-IV).
ith folding printed pictorial broadside with woodcut illustration by Tom Killion, signed by Everson,
W
tipped-in facing the half-title. 8vo. Multi-colored decoratively patterned silk-backed boards, paper
spine label, clear acetate jacket. No. 36 of 50 copies. First Edition.
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1990
Also signed by Everson on the special tipped-in leaf following the title page, as issued. Fine.
(200/300)
38. (Everson, William) Lehman, Anthony. A Visit With William Everson. Photographic portrait of
Everson by Leigh Wiener. Black cloth-backed marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt. Copy ‘Y’ of 26
lettered copies from a total edition of 300 copies.
Los Angeles: George Houlé, 1987
Signed at the colophon by Lehman, Wiener & Everson. Fine
(100/150)
39. Farrere, Claude. La Bataille. 339 pp. 7½x5½, rebound in brown half morocco and boards, giltlettered spine, top edge gilt, with original wrappers (including spine) bound within. No. 2051 of 2200
copies.
[Paris]: Flammarion, [1921]
Inscribed and signed by Claude Farrere on the half title. A touch rubbed at spine ends; near
fine.
(150/250)
40. Faulkner, William. The Hamlet. Black cloth, color pictorial jacket. First Trade Edition.
New York: Random House, 1940
First issue jacket with ads on the rear panel. The first volume of the Snopes family chronicle.
Petersen A20b. Jacket worn, chips at edges, tape repairs on revers, tape residue on flaps; cloth
lightly worn, endpaper browned; very good in a good jacket.
(300/500)
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and 15% for that portion over $100,000.
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41. Faulkner, William. Mosquitoes. Blue cloth lettered in orange on spine and front. First Edition.
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1927
The author’s second novel, only 3047 copies were issued. Peterson A4.1. Light extremity wear,
rear hinge cracked; very good.
(400/600)
42. Faulkner, William. New Orleans Sketches. Edited with Notes by Ichiro Nishizaki. Frontispiece
portrait. Blue cloth, jacket. First Edition.
[Tokyo]: Hokuseido, [1953]
“Thirteen of Faulkner’s 1925 Times-Picayune sketches...eleven that had appeared in...Mirrors
of Chartres Street in 1953 are joined by ‘Jealousy’ and ‘Episode’”. Petersen A32a. A scarce
Faulkner title. Mild soiling and light edge wear overall; jacket spine darkened, short chips and
tears, scuff to front panel, a few small stains; volume lacking front free endpaper; book and
jacket good.
(300/500)
FITZGERALD’S LAST COMPLETED NOVEL
43. Fitzgerald, F. Scott. Tender is the Night: A Romance. Decorations by Edward Shenton. Dark green
cloth, spine lettered in gilt, color pictorial jacket. First Edition, First Printing.
New York: Scribner’s, 1934
First printing with publisher’s seal and
“A” on the copyright-page. Dust jacket
in the later issue with the three quoted
blurbs by Mary Colum, Gilbert Seldes
and Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings on the
front flap. Fitzgerald’s last completed
novel published during his lifetime.
Only 7600 copies of the first printing
were originally produced. Bruccoli
A15.I.a. Dust jacket with professional
restoration to the top and bottom
edges, most extensively at the head and
heel of spine; volume exhibits only
light wear; near fine in a jacket restored
to a near fine appearance.
(10000/15000)
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44. Fleming, Ian. The Man with the Golden Gun. Plain black boards, spine lettered in gilt, pictorial dust
jacket. First Edition.
London: Jonathan Cape, [1965]
The thirteenth title in the 007 James Bond series. Jacket price reads 18s. Jacket with some slight
wear to edges; fine in a near fine jacket.
(200/300)
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45. Fleming, Ian. Octopussy and the Living Daylights. Boards with silver lettering, dust jacket. First
Edition.
Verso of title page reads, “First Published 1966”. Jacket has been price clipped, cannot
determine if first. Jacket clipped; otherwise book and jacket fine.
(150/250)
46. Ford, G.M. Eleven volumes by G.M. Ford, all but one signed. Includes. Who in Hell is Wanda Fuca?
2nd ptg. [1995]. * Cast in Stone. [1996]. * The Bum’s Rush. [1997]. * Slow Burn. With limited edition
dust jacket, #72 of 200, using working title A Steak in the Action, to mark the premier signing of
the book at the Seattle Mystery Bookshop, as well as regular jacket. [1998]. * Last Ditch. With limited
edition dust jacket, #79 of 200, using working title Whatever #5, to mark the premier signing of
the book at the Seattle Mystery Bookshop, as well as regular jacket. [1998]. * The Deader the Better.
With limited edition dust jacket, #79 of 200, to mark the premier signing of the book at the Seattle
Mystery Bookshop, as well as regular jacket. [2000]. * Fury. [2001]. * Black River. With limited edition
dust jacket, #79 of 200, to mark the premier signing of the book at the Seattle Mystery Bookshop,
as well as regular jacket. [2002]. * A Blind Eye. [2003]. * Red Tide. [2004]. * No Man’s Land. [2005].
Together, 11 volumes. Cloth &/or boards, jackets. First Editions except the first.
All but the first signed by the author on the title-page. Crime set in Seattle, the first six featuring
private investigator Leo Waterman, the last five centered on disgraced journalist Frank Corso.
Fine or nearly so.
(150/250)
47. Forster, E.M. The Longest Journey. Green cloth, lettered in gilt. Second Impression.
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1907
Gift inscription on front free endpaper from Lady Nancy Astor. The American born Lady
Aston (born Nancy Witcher Langhorne) was the first woman to sit as a Member of Parliament
in the British House of Commons. She was the wife of Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor.
Light wear and spotting to cloth; very good.
(150/250)
48. France, Anatole. Histoire Contemporaine. 4 volumes. Each profusely illustrated with color plates,
and color illustrations within text. 8¾x6½, original wrappers, decorated in pale green, lettered in
black. No. 999 of 1000 copies.
Paris: Editions du Sagittaire, [1922-1924]
Volume titles are: L’Orme du Mail. * Le Mannequin D’Osier. * L’Anneau D’Amethyste. * M.
Bergeret a Paris. Each spine a bit yellowed, and creased, two volumes with a few tape repairs
and chips at spines, and some foxing/yellowing to covers; contents clean; very good.
(200/300)
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49. (Franklin Library & Easton Press) Ten first editions from the Franklin Library and the Easton Press, nine
signed. Includes, from the Franklin Library:
* Wouk, Herman. The Caine Mutiny. 1977.
* Auchincloss, Louis. Exit Lady Masham. 1983.
* Drury, Allen. Decision. 1983.
* [Another copy].
* Mailer, Norman. Tough Guys Don’t Dance. 1984.
* Updike, John. Roger’s Version. 1986.
* Boyle, T. Coraghessan. The Road to Wellville. 1993.
And from the Easton Press:
* Updike, John. Self-Consciousness. [1989].
* McIntyre, Vonda N. Transition. [1990].
Also includes, unsigned, from the Franklin Library:
* le Carre, John. The Honourable Schoolboy. First Edition. 1977.
Together 10 octavo volumes, various color full leather bindings, decoratively stamped in gilt.
Franklin Center, PA & Norwalk, CT: Franklin Library & Easton Press, Various dates
Fine.
(300/500)
50. Gardner, John. Three volumes by or about John Gardner. Includes:
* October Light. Cloth, dust jacket. Signed on leaf at front. First Edition. 1976.
* Vlemk, The Box-Painter. Illustrated by Catherine Kanner. Cloth, dust jacket. Signed by author and
illustrator on title page. First Edition. 1979.
* Howell, John M. John Gardner: A Bibliographical Profile. Cloth, dust jacket. Signed by Gardner on
leaf at front. First Edition. [1980].
Together 3 volumes.
Fine in fine jackets.
(250/350)
51. George, Elizabeth. Eleven volumes by Elizabeth George, each signed and/or inscribed. Includes: A Great
Deliverance. Book club edition. [1988]. * Payment in Blood. [1989]. * Well-Schooled in Murder.
[1990]. * A Suitable Vengeance. [1991]. * For the Sake of Elena. [1992]. * Missing Joseph. [1993]. *
In the Presence of the Enemy. [1996]. * Deception on His Mind. [1997]. * In Pursuit of the Proper
Sinner. [1999]. * A Traitor to Memory. [2001]. * A Place of Hiding. [2003]. Together, 11 volumes.
Cloth &/or boards, jackets. First Editions except the first.
New York: Bantam Books, Various dates
All signed by Elizabeth George on the title-page, 6 of them inscribed as well to Gail [Morgan],
7 with Morgan’s gold foil circular bookplate. Eleven of the first 13 novels by Elizabeth George,
lacking only the 7th (Playing for the Ashes) and the 12th (I, Richard). Earlier volumes with
minor extremity rubbing to jackets, 1st with 1” tear to top of front panel repaired on verso; 1st
very good, others near fine to fine
(150/250)
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52. Golding, William. The Inheritors. Blue cloth, dust jacket. First Edition.
London: Faber and Faber Ltd., [1955]
The second novel by the author of “Lord of the Flies” and a Science Fiction high point.
Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 19. Light wear to jacket edges, tape repairs on
reverse; light wear to volume; near fine in a very good jacket.
(250/350)
53. Goldsmith, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield - illustrated with Woodburytype photographs. Illustrated with
12 Woodburytype photographs of pictures by eminent British artists. (8vo) original brown cloth
decorated in gilt and black, all edges gilt.
London: Bickers & Son, 1880
Spine leaning, some wear to cloth, rear hinge cracked; some penciled notes, a few pages loose;
good.
(80/120)
RARE ADVANCE PROOFS
54. Greene, Graham. Travels With My Aunt. 319 pp. (8vo) original printed yellow wrappers. Advance
proofs, “Corrected Copy”. Publication date of 17 Nov 1969 stamped on front wrapper.
London: The Bodley Head, [1969]
With the bookplate of George Cukor. Cukor directed the 1972 film adaptation starring Maggie
Smith and Alec McCowan. Wrappers and edges of page block lightly soiled; very good.
(500/800)
55. Heinlein, Robert A. Methuselah’s Children. Black boards, spine lettered in red, pictorial jacket. First
Edition, first state binding.
Hicksville, NY: Gnome Press, [1958]
First state in black boards; second issue jacket with the publisher’s P.O. Box address present
on the rear flap. One of Heinlein’s classic titles; scarce in hardcover with jacket. Currey p. 233.
Jacket spine darkened with light stains, small chips at ends and corners; volume corners lightly
bumped, normal darkening to contents; very good in like jacket.
(300/500)
56. Heinlein, Robert A. Stranger in a Strange Land. Green cloth, pictorial jacket. First Edition, First
printing.
New York: Putnam, [1961]
Signed by Robert Heinlein on the title page. A very
rare signed copy of the author’s masterpiece, which
began as a cult favorite, grew to a bestseller and now
is considered a classic work of literature. Winner of
the 1962 Hugo Award (and likely would have won the
Nebula, but published before the award was introduced).
First printing with code “C22” on page 408 and green
colored page edge. Jacket with code “0761” on the front
flap. Currey, p.234. Dampstain to lower edge of jacket
(and to volume spine, covers), light chipping and rubbing
to jacket edges; light shelf wear to volume; front hinge
cracked; else very good.
(2500/3500)
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A SELECTION OF HEMINGWAY FIRST EDITIONS
57. Hemingway, Ernest. Across the River and Into the Trees. Green cloth, spine stamped in red and silver,
pictorial jacket. First Edition.
This edition preceded the U.S. edition by a few days. Dust jacket artwork by Hans Tisdall.
Hanneman A23.A. Jacket a bit browned and lightly edge worn; volume with some light spotting
to cloth; endpapers foxed; book and jacket very good or better.
(300/500)
58. Hemingway, Ernest. Across the River and Into the Trees. Black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust jacket.
First American Edition.
First issue jacket, with yellow lettering on the backstrip. The British edition precedes the
American edition, but only by three days. Hanneman A23.A. Jacket lightly edge-worn, foxing on
rear panel and flap as well as on the jacket reverse; volume with spine lettering lightly rubbed,
endpapers foxed; book and jacket very good.
(200/300)
59. Hemingway, Ernest. A Farewell to Arms. Black cloth, gilt paper cover and spine labels, pictorial
jacket illustrated by Cleon. First Edition, First Issue Book; later issue jacket.
One of the most important books in twentieth century literature, and certainly the best
American novel to emerge from World War I. First issue book without the disclaimer notice on
p. [x]; publisher’s symbol device on copyright page. Early state jacket, without either Katharine
or Catharine Barclay mentioned on the front flap, instead there are review quotes from three
different New York newspapers. Hanneman A8.A. Jacket browned and lightly chipped at edges;
volume lightly worn at extremities, light wear to labels, hinges cracked; book and jacket about
very good.
(800/1200)
60. Hemingway, Ernest. God Rest You Merry Gentlemen. Red-orange cloth, lettered in gilt. No. 169 of
300 copies. First Edition.
New York: House of Books, Ltd., 1933
The first appearance of Hemingway’s powerful and effective short story, published later the
same year in Winner Take Nothing as a somewhat revised and censored version. Hanneman
A11A. Bookplate of Nettie A. Shoch. Typical light spine fade with light spotting; light foxing;
very good.
(700/1000)
61. Hemingway, Ernest. Men Without Women. Black cloth, gilt paper cover and spine labels, jacket.
First Edition, second issue.
Second issue with the book weighing only 13.8 ounces (instead of 15.5 ounces or more) and
the numeral “3” on page 3 is imperfect. Second issue jacket with two blurbs on the front panel
(New York Times and Percy Hutchinson in the N.Y. Times), and the errors on the front flap
corrected; however, retains the “$2.00” printed price. Hanneman A7.A. Soiling to jacket, insect
damage to flap folds and to rear panel resulting in some loss, wear to spine ends; some mild
insect damage to covers, ink name on title-page, very good in slightly lesser jacket, attractive
overall.
(1000/1500)
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62. Hemingway, Ernest. The Spanish Earth. 60 pp. Introduction by Jasper Wood. Illustration with
woodcuts by Frederick K. Russell. 19.5x12.5 cm. (7½x5”), pictorial tan buckram, front cover
decorated in orange, lettered in black. No. 152 of 1000 hand-numbered copies on Linweave paper.
First Edition, Second Issue.
Cleveland: J.B. Savage Co., 1938
Second issue without the F.A.I. bannered endpapers, which Hemingway had requested to be
taken out. Only 50 to 100 copies of the first issue are known to have been produced, this
second issue has the F.A.I. bannered endpapers replaced with plain tan endpapers and with the
publisher’s printed statement on the rear pastedown. Hanneman A15.A. Spine a bit darkened,
covers less so; near fine.
(400/600)
63. Hemingway, Ernest. The Torrents of Spring. Greenish-black cloth, pictorial jacket. First Edition.
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1926
Hemingway’s first novel,
printed in an edition of only
1250 copies, the first of
his books to be published
by Scribner’s. Hemingway
began the book while under
contract to Boni & Liveright,
who had published his
first book, the collection
of stories “In Our Time”.
Hemingway was dismayed
by the book’s lack of
commercial success and
blamed the publisher’s poor
promotion and use of blurbs
by more famous writers
-- most especially Sherwood
Anderson, who was then the
dean of American letters and
Boni & Liveright’s bestselling
author. Hemingway felt the
blurbs were off-putting and
hurt, rather than helped,
his book. Although he was
under contract to Boni &
Liveright for two more
books, Hemingway contrived
a plan to free himself from
the obligation: his contract
stated that if Boni rejected
one of his books, he would
be free to terminate the
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contract and take his writing
elsewhere. As such, he
conceived of a short, comic novel which would lampoon Sherwood Anderson’s most recent
book, “Dark Laughter”, and which would be unpublishable by Boni, thus freeing Hemingway to
go elsewhere. Hemingway wrote “The Torrents of Spring” in a few short weeks in November,
1925 and submitted it to Boni & Liveright where it was promptly, as he had expected, rejected.
Hanneman A4.A. Jacket browned, front flap price-clipped and with a $2.00 price stamped
at head, extensive professional repairs on verso to flap folds and spine, paper restorations at
spine ends (replacing the type for “The” and most of “Torrents” in the title) and tips of folds;
volume with some restoration to spine ends, edges and corners, hinges repaired; paper to upper
corner of front free endpaper; overall a nice copy, restored to very good or better condition.
(3000/5000)
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14 LOTS OF BOOKS AND PHOTOGRAPHS
FROM THE FAMILY OF URSULA HEMINGWAY
64. (Hemingway, Ernest) Hemingway, Ursula. Hemingway family photograph and memorabilia album.
Photo album, approximately 7½x10¾”, consists of 100 pages of family memorabilia including
approximately 121 original family sepia-silverprint photographs ranging in size from 2x4” to 7x8”,
most are 3x5½” or period postcard size. Nearly every photograph in the album is identified in Ursula
Hemingway’s very fine and readable hand, often to the length of a short paragraph.
1913-1916
Hemingway family photograph and memorabilia album
put together by Ernest Hemingway’s younger sister,
Ursula. Noted on the flyleaf in her hand as “ Ursula
Hemingway, Book IV from July 1st 1913 to July 1st 1916,
Eleven years 2 months to Fourteen years and 2 months
old”. The photographs well document the Hemingway
family during the early 1910s, with images of children
partying, family dinners, group images before the city
house, and the Walloon Lake summer house in Northern
Michigan that the family loved and that was so much a
part of the Hemingway life. There are photographs of
the Hemingway grandparents, the father, Dr. Clarence
Hemingway, (including a 1914 photograph of him
with his famed “Tin Lizzie” from which he made his
legendary house calls), and a wonderful image of the
family Thanksgiving dinner at the Grandparents. There
are approximately 21 images showing the young Ernest,
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many in group family shots, some individual pictures
with him as the young fisherman holding trout, playing
on the waterfront in and around boats and canoes. One small portrait photo is a terrific image
of the smiling young Ernest. During this period the last and youngest Hemingway child
Leicester was born and there are a number of photos of him in his infant years, as well as
his printed birth announcement. Scattered throughout the album are numerous programs of
recital, school and church events in which the Hemingway children participated, approximately
25 letters in envelopes and postcards mailed to young Ursula, approximately 30 pieces of
original art by Ursula who would become an accomplished artist in her later years. A 12 page
holograph diary of a trip Ursula took with her mother Grace,
to Nantucket in 1914, along with photographs and an original
miniature watercolor presented to Ursula by the Nantucket artist
Marianna Van Pelt. One wonderful photograph is labeled as “the
6 children taken together for the first time”, complete with a
smiling Ernest, and everyone in their Sunday best. Ursula learns
the typewriter, and makes a list of all the family at a Walloon
Lake birthday party, including Ernest. Another photograph
shows Grace and Dr. Hemingway’s 19th wedding anniversary
with all 6 children together, 3 letters laid in, are written from
Ursula to her mother at Walloon Lake, along with a separate note
to “Ernie”, and much more.
Ursula Hemingway, (1902-1966), graduated from Carleton
College in Minnesota where she met her future husband Jasper
Jepson. After marriage in 1925 the Jepsons settled in Honolulu
where Mr. Jepson was a Vice President of the Bishop Trust.
Ursula became a recognized painter and the Jepsons had
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one daughter. It was through this daughter’s family that this
Hemingway family material descended until the present. A remarkable survivor and truly unique
archive of items that document the early life of Ernest Hemingway and his family in the Oak
Park, Illinois and Walloon Lake years. The album is in very good condition, the sewn binding
covered in textured flexible morocco is tight and sound, the album pages are heavy and are
interleaved with glassine which has protected the photographs, which for the most part are
unfaded, except a handful which do exhibit some slight discoloration.
(10000/15000)
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URSULA HEMINGWAY’S COLLEGE PHOTO ALBUM & YEARBOOKS
65. (Hemingway, Ernset) Hemingway, Ursula. Photograph album assembled by Ursula Hemingway, Ernest’s
younger sister, and 3 of her Carleton College yearbooks. An 8x11” photograph album, put together largely
while Ursula Hemingway, the younger sister of author Ernest Hemingway, was a student at Carleton
College, Minnesota during the period of 1923-1924. The album, originally intended to house
postcards, contains approximately 50 leaves, of which 20 leaves are filled with 140 photographs
pasted in. Sizes ranging from 2x3” to 3½x6”, of which the first 84 photos are of Carleton College,
college friends and activities, such as scenes, parades, parties, sporting events, and boating. The
remaining 48 photos are all of Hemingway family activities back at their Summer place at Walloon
Lake and home at 600 N. Kenilworth in Oak Park, Illinois. Included are a photo of the 6 Hemingway
siblings, identified with the caption, “Ernie home from Paris, Dec. 1923”, other individual photos of
the other sisters and brother, one of sister Marcelline (1898-1963) and another of her fiancée Sterling
Stanford, (1893-1990) identified as “Marcelline and Sterling before their engagement was announced,
8/22”. A great shot of Ursula and Sunny paddling a canoe on the Des Planes River, 1921, various
photos of the Hemingway family and Grandfather Hemingway. Also included is a very nice 2½x3¼”
watercolor of a lighthouse initialed MVP (Mariana van Pelt), The Nantucket artist who Ursula had
met on a Summer trip there with her Mother, Grace. All the photographs are identified on the album
pages in pen and ink in Ursula’s neat script.
Carleton College, Minnesota: c.1923-1924
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Accompanying the album are Ursula’s Carleton College yearbooks from 1922, 1923 and 1924.
Ursula Hemingway is pictured in 1924 as President of the Junior Class. She would meet her
future husband there, Jasper Jepson and after marriage they settled for their lifetime in Honolulu
where Jepson was Vice President of The Bishop Trust. These items descended with other
Hemingway family material and books offered here through the family of her only daughter,
Gayle Hemingway Jepson. The album pages are a bit loose in their binding, but still together
and in very good condition, a few photographs are laid in loose, and some have tears. The
yearbooks are about very good with some expected wear and additional material laid in.
(2000/3000)
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PERHAPS A GIFT FROM FITZGERALD TO HEMINGWAY
66. (Hemingway, Ernest) Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Side of Paradise - A Hemingway family copy. Dark
green cloth. Fourth Printing.
The ownership and inscription is a bit puzzling on this title. On the front pastedown, is the
name in quotes “Stein Hemingway” followed by “inherited by” and then “Darkey Hemingway
as a Reminder Of Life May 3, ’21.” Stein was a nickname used by Hemingway with his friends,
in his younger days. (See page 76, paragraph 1 in Carlos Baker’s Ernest Hemingway A Life
Story, N.Y. 1969.) “Darkey” Hemingway was a nickname used by his sister Ursula Hemingway,
and included with the lot are 2 additional books from her library with her ownership signature
of “Darkey Hemingway”, accomplished in her calligraphic hand. On the rear free endpaper is
written in ink,” Stein Off ’n The Bough” with some doodling, which appears to be in Ernest
Hemingway’s hand. According to the family, this book was given to Hemingway by Fitzgerald,
but there is, unfortunately, no indication or proof of that. A literary curiosity that would
certainly bear further research. Provenance: Ursula Hemingway Family. Cloth worn and soiled,
hinges cracked, lacking front free endpaper; fair only.
(300/500)
67. Hemingway, Ernest. Green Hills of Africa. Green cloth, first edition.
A Hemingway family copy, with the bookplate of Jasper and Ursula (Hemingway) Jepson.
Provenance: Ursula Hemingway Family. Lacking dust jacket; cloth faded and lightly worn;
foxing; good.
(150/250)
68. Hemingway, Ernest. A Moveable Feast - a Hemingway family copy. Cloth-backed boards, dust jacket.
First Edition.
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, [1964]
Inscribed on the front free endpaper from Ernest Hemingway’s younger sister to her daughter:
“For Gayle Hemingway Jepson Schnack from her mother Ursula Hemingway Jepson, written
by her Uncle Ernest Miller Hemingway. August 14th, 1964”. Jacket well worn; soiling to cloth;
foxing; good.
(250/350)
69. (Hemingway, Ernest) Hemingway, Ursula. Manuscript natural history book kept by Ursula Hemingway.
olume of essays, clippings, illustrations etc. Unbound. Apparently a school assignment. Ursula
V
Hemingway’s name at the head of the first leaf, a grade of B+ in the upper margin.
c.1915
Also accompanied by: McCauley, Lena May. The Joy of Gardens. Pictorial cloth. [1911].
Inscribed by the mother of Ursula (and Ernest) Hemingway “To the lover of Gardens, Ursula
with love from her Mother. Christmas, 1917.” Light wear to both manuscript and volume; very
good.
(250/350)
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PRESENTATION FROM ERNEST HEMINGWAY TO HIS FIRST WIFE
70. (Hemingway, Ernest) Lawrence, D.H. St. Mawr. Together with The Princess - Inscribed by Ernest
Hemingway to his first wife, Hadley. 288, [1] pp. (8vo) original brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First
Edition, First Issue.
London: Martin Secker, [1925]
Lot 70
Inscribed on the front free endpaper from Ernest Hemingway to his first wife, Hadley. “For
Hadley to kill a couple of nights from Ernest. August 23, 1926”. Also with Hemingway’s Key
West Ownership signature at the head of the half title. Bookseller’s label inside rear cover from
Sylvia Beach’s Shakespeare and Company, Paris. Provenance: Ursula Hemingway Family. Light
wear and spotting to cloth; foxing; very good.
(2000/3000)
ERNEST HEMINGWAY’S COPY
71. (Hemingway, Ernest) Levin, Meyer. Reporter - Ernest Hemingway’s copy. Black cloth. First Edition.
New York: John Day Company, [1929]
Ernest Hemingway’s copy with his Key West ownership signature on front free endpaper.
Provenance: Ursula Hemingway Family. Spine leaning, ends frayed, front joint splitting; good.
(300/500)
72. Hemingway, Ernest. Three Ernest Hemingway first editions - His sister’s copies. Includes:
* The Sun Also Rises. 2nd issue. 1926.
* A Farewell to Arms. 1929.
* Winner Take Nothing. 1933.
Together 3 volumes, original black cloth, paper labels. First Editions.
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, Various dates
From the library of the author’s younger sister Ursula. Each volume with the bookplate of
Jasper and Ursula (Hemingway) Jepson. Provenance: Ursula Hemingway Family. Cloth worn,
clippings pasted to endpapers; good.
(400/600)
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73. Hemingway, Ernest. Death in the Afternoon - a Hemingway family copy. (8vo) original black cloth. First
Edition.
Clipped inscription “To my dearest and only sister and with all my true love. Ernie” scotch
taped to inside of from cover (tape covering complete surface). With the bookplate of Jasper
and Ursula (Hemingway) Jepson. Provenance: Ursula Hemingway Family. Lacking dust jacket,
light wear to cloth; very good.
(1000/1500)
INSCRIBED BY DR CLARENCE HEMINGWAY TO HIS DAUGHTER
74. (Hemingway, Ernest) Benton, Caroline French. Saturday Mornings - Inscribed by Ernest Hemingway’s
father, Dr. Clarence Hemingway, to Ernest’s sister. Pictorial tan cloth.
Boston: Dana Estes, [1906]
Inscribed on the front free endpaper to Ernest Hemingway’s older sister Marcelline from their
father Clarence. “For my dear daughter Marcelline who “passed” 4th to 5th Grade. From
Daddy. June 12, 1908. Oak Park, Ill.” Also included, another children’s book, inscribed to
Marcelline Hemingway from “Aunt Nettie” Christmas, 1906. Provenance: Ursula Hemingway
Family. Lightly worn; very good.
(200/300)
75. (Hemingway, Ernest) Two volumes inscribed by Ernest Hemingway’s mother to his sister Ursula. Includes:
* Runbek, Margaret Lee. The Great Answer. Gray cloth. Inscribed “Greetings to Ursula and Jasper
Jepson with Love from Mother Gracie. Christmas 1944.” [1944].
* Mulock, Miss. John Halifax, Gentleman. Green cloth. Inscribed: “Ursula Hemingway from her
loving mother. September 4th, 1907. Longfield, Walloon Lake, Mich.” [no date]. Together 2 volumes.
The latter title with the bookplate of Jasper and Ursula (Hemingway) Jepson. Provenance:
Ursula Hemingway Family. Light wear; very good.
(200/300)
76. (Hemingway, Ernest) Transition Number 14 - Ursula Hemingway’s Copy. 279, [6] pp. Original pictorial
wrappers.
Paris: Transition, [1928]
With the pencil ownership signature of Ernest Hemingway’s younger sister Ursula on the front
wrapper. Provenance: Ursula Hemingway Family. Wrappers chipped and soiled, lower third of
backstrip perished; good.
(200/300)
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77. (Hemingway, Ernest) Shelf of literature from the Hemingway family. Includes: * Heyward, Du Bose,.
Lost Morning. Cloth. Signed in pencil Ursula Hemingway Jepson on front free endpaper. Farrar &
Rinehart, [1936]. * Baker, Carlos. Hemingway: The Writer as Artist. Cloth, dj. Bookplate of Ursula.
Princeton Univ., 1952. * Hackett, Francis. Queen Anne Boleyn: A Novel. Cloth. Bookplate and name
in pencil to front endpapers. Literary Guild of America, 1939. * Gerard, Francis. The Return of
Sanders of the River. Cloth. Name in ink to front free endpaper. E.P. Dutton, 1939. * Finletter,
Gretchen. The Dinner Party. Name in ink on front free endpaper, date 1955. Harper, [19555]. *
The Garden Club of America: Flower Show and Judging Guide. Cloth-backed board, glassine dj.
Name in ink on front free endpaper. 1961. * Aiken, Conrad. Costumes by Eros. Cloth. Bookplate.
Scribner’s, 1928. * Yonge, Charlotte M. The Heir of Redclyffe. Cloth. Name in ink on front free
endpaper. Reprint. J.M. Dent, [1912]. Smith, Thorne. Skin and Bones. Cloth. “Darkey Hemingway”
in pencil on front free endpaper. Doubleday, 1934. * Decker, Mary Bell. The World We Saw. Cloth.
Richard R. Smith, 1950. * Kantor, MacKinlay. The Noise of Their Wings. Cloth. With 1966 letter to
Ursula laid in. Her bookplate. Coward-McCann, 1938. * Gallico, Paul. Adventures of Hiram Holiday.
Cloth. Name in pencil on front free endpaper. Knopf, 1939. * Tennyson, Alfred. Come into the
Garden Maude. Cloth-backed illustrated boards. Inscribed “Grace from Will Christmas, 1894.” Lee
and Shepard, 1893.
Plus one book belonging to Ernest Hemingway’s grandmother: Rogers, Julia Ellen. The
Shell Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge... Green cloth (spine lacking, binding shaken).
Doubleday, 1908. Her name, Adelaide Edwards Hemingway and Sanibel Island Fla., 1905,
written in neat black ink on front free endpaper. From the library of the author’s younger sister
Ursula. All but The Shell Book, with the bookplate of Jasper and Ursula (Hemingway) Jepson,
and/or Ursula Hemingway Jepson signed in pencil or ink, and/or gift inscription. Provenance:
Ursula Hemingway Family. Mild to moderate general wear; good to very good.
(200/300)
78. Henry, O. [pseudonym of William Sydney Porter]. Cabbages and Kings. [6], 344 pp. 7½x5,
decorative black cloth stamped in orange and green, lettered in orange, bottom page edge untrimmed.
Housed in a custom chemise and morocco-backed slipcase. First Edition, First Issue.
New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1904
Author’s first book. First issue with spine imprint “McClure / Phillips / & Co.” BAL 16270.
Slipcase faded; spine leaning, some loss of lettering on binding, hinges cracked; very good.
(200/300)
79. Hilton, James. Contango: A Novel. Original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition.
London: Ernest Benn Limited, [1932]
Inscribed by Hilton on front free endpaper. Spine leaning, cloth spotted and lightly worn, a few
small nicks to cloth on spine, backstrip detached along rear joint; good.
(150/250)
80. Hopcraft, Arthur. Good Morning, Midnight (From the Novel by Jean Rhys) - typescript screenplay with
tipped-in original watercolor illustrations. [1], ii, 111 leaves. Typescript, on rectos only. With 21 tipped-in
original watercolor drawings of scenes from the screenplay, with manuscript descriptions. 28x22 cm.
(11x8½”), brad-bound in wrappers.
London: Senta Productions / Lee International Studio, 12 August 1973
Original screenplay by the noted screenwriter and author, with the addition of a marvelous
selection of original watercolors illustrating scenes from the screenplay, with explanatory notes
- the watercolors and notes seem likely to be by Hopcraft, though this has not been verified.
Arthur Hopcraft (1932-2004) was an English scriptwriter, well known for his TV plays such as
The Nearly Man, and for his small-screen adaptations such as Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; Hard
Times, Bleak House, and Rebecca. There is material relating to the present screenplay in the
Hopcraft archives at the University of Salford, noting that “Hopcraft... was then asked to write
a screenplay based on the novel Good Morning Midnight by Jean Rhys instead. Although Hopcraft did complete the screenplay, no copy of it has survived with Hopcraft’s papers. The film
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was never made, apparently due in part to a legal dispute relating to ownership of the screenplay...” Some of the watercolors with edges worn where they extend beyond the text block; very
good.
(500/800)
81. Isherwood, Christopher. Lions and Shadows: An Education in the Twenties. Blue cloth, spine lettered
in black, dust jacket. First Edition, First Issue in second issue jacket.
London: Hogarth Press, 1938
Author’s fourth book in the scarce first issue binding (spine lettered in black, later changed to
gilt). Second issue jacket from the Hogarth Crown Library. Jacket lightly stained and with some
light chipping at edges, split entirely along front spine fold; light spotting to cloth, bookplate;
very good in a good but repairable jacket.
(200/300)
82. Isherwood, Christopher. Prater Violet. Gray cloth stamped in pink and violet, dust jacket. First
Edition.
Precedes the English edition, published the following year. Jacket a touch faded, a few small
chips and short tears; volume lightly worn; book and jacket very good.
(100/150)
ONE OF 50 DELUXE COPIES
83. Ishiguro, Kazuo. Early Japanese Stories. 73, [3] pp. Illustrations by Eileen Hogan. (8vo) black
morocco-backed patterned boards, spine lettered in silver, slipcase. No. 23 of 50 Deluxe copies from
a total edition of 250 copies.
London: Belmont Press, 2000
Signed by the author and illustrator at the colophon; two additional prints in pocket at rear, as
issued. Rare in the deluxe issue. Fine.
(800/1200)
Lot 83
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84. Joyce, James. Finnegans Wake. [4], 628 pp. (8vo), black cloth, lettered in gilt, top page edge bluegreen, jacket. First American Edition, trade issue.
New York: Viking, 1939
Only 6000 copies were printed. Slocum & Cahoon A48. Paper repairs and retouching at spine
ends and jacket edges, where there has been a bit of loss; a touch of shelf wear to volumes;
front hinge starting, some foxing at endpapers; top margin of front free endpaper and title page
with blindstamped name; very good volume in a very good jacket.
(400/600)
85. Joyce, James. The Mime of Mick, Nick and the Maggies: A Fragment From Work in Progress. [vi], 77, [2]
pp. (8vo) original cream wrappers decorated in blue, silver and gray, silver slipcase with pink paper
label. No. 242 of 1000 copies on Old Antique Dutch paper.
The Hague / London: The Servire Press / Faber and Faber Ltd., 1934
The large initial letter at the start, the closing tail-piece and the cover were designed by Joyce’s
daughter Lucia. One of four imprints, issued simultaneously. Slocum and Cahoon A43 Light
wear and soiling to slipcase; spine sunned, light wear to wrappers; volume and slipcase both very
good.
(400/700)
86. (Joyce, James) Beckett, Samuel, et al. Our Exagmination Round His Factification for Incamination of
‘Work in Progress’. 194 pp. 7½x5½, wrappers, printed in black. First Edition, trade issue.
Paris: Shakespeare and Company, 1929
A survey of James Joyce’s “Works in Progress” parts 1 and 3 from twelve different angles,
attributed to Joyce’s two pseudonyms G.V.L. Slingsby and Vladimir Dixon, dealing with Joyce’s
linguistic innovations in installments of the experimental “Work in Progress,” which was later to
become “Finnegans Wake.” Also Samuel Beckett’s First book appearance. Other contributors,
Marcel Brion, Frank Budgen, Stuart Gilbert, Eugene Jolas, Victor Llona, Robert McAlmon,
Thomas McGreevy, Elliot Paul, John Rodker, Robert Sage, and William Carlos Williams. Cover
design by Sylvia Beach. Slocum B10. Wrappers a bit browned, small chip from lower corner of
front wrapper; very good.
(400/600)
87. Joyce, James. Ulysses. 735 pp. (8vo) brown half morocco and cloth, spine lettered in gilt, marbled
endpapers, top edge gilt. Eighth printing, (entirely reset); First printing of reset edition.
Paris: Shakespeare & Company, 1926
Early printing of one of the greatest works of literature of the twentieth century. Slocum &
Cahoon A17. Light wear and soiling to binding; dampstain to front flyleaf, light rippling to a few
leaves at front; very good.
(600/900)
88. Joyce, James. Ulysses. 735 pp. 8x6, original blue wrappers with white printing. Eighth Printing (first
with type to be entirely re-set).
Paris: Shakespeare and Company, 1926
Early printing of one of the greatest works of literature of the twentieth century. Heavily
chipped wrappers and spine, flaps to wrappers splitting along folds but present, a few tape
mends; internally very good.
(400/700)
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89. Kerouac, Jack. On the Road. Black cloth, lettered in white, dust jacket. First Edition, First Printing
in First State jacket.
First state jacket, price present on
front flap of $3.95 and blue and
red stripe across back cover. One
of the most important novels of
the twentieth century, by the father
of the beat generation. Charters
A2. Jacket chipped at spine ends
and flap fold ends, some browning
and other light wear to jacket; some
light spotting to cloth, spine ends
frayed, rear joint split about half the
length, rear hinge cracking, previous
owner’s name blacked-out on front
pastedown endpaper; good in a very
good jacket.
(2000/3000)
90. Kerouac, Jack. Visions of Gerard.
lack cloth-backed patterned boards,
B
spine lettered in gilt, pictorial jacket.
First Edition.
New York: Farrar, Straus, [1963]
The elusive first hardcover printing
of this Kerouac title. Charters A19a.
jacket browned and spotted, some
chipping at edges and folds; volume
rubbed at corners; light wear; very
good in a good jacket.
(200/300)
Lot 89
FOUR LOTS FROM KEN KESEY – TWO OF THEM SIGNED
91. Kesey, Ken. Kesey’s Garage Sale - signed. (4to) dual blue cloth, spine lettered in neon green, pictorial
dust jacket. First Edition.
New York: Viking Press / Inrepid Trips Information Service, [1973]
Signed by Kesey on the half title. A few tiny points of edge wear to jacket; a touch sunned at
volume spine ends; near fine.
(100/150)
92. Kesey, Ken. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Green cloth, dust jacket. First Edition, First Issue.
New York: Viking, [1962]
First issue, with “that fool Red Cross woman” on p. 9, lines 12-13;
and with “It’s the plump Red Cross woman named Gwen-doe-lin,
with the blond hair the patients are always arguing about....” on pp.
85-86. Jacket with the five word Kerouac quote on front flap. A classic
of late twentieth century literature, this is Kesey’s masterpiece and
his first published book. Jacket edge worn and with some small chips
and short tears, rear panel soiled and with a few stains; volume with
dampstain to rear cover; book and jacket good to very good.
(2000/3000)
Lot 92
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93. Kesey, Ken. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. (8vo), full black leather decorated in gilt.
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, [1999]
Signed by Ken Kesey at front in green and silver ink, as issued. A fine copy, still in the
publisher’s shrinkwrap.
(1000/1500)
94. Kesey, Ken. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Maroon boards, spine lettered in gilt with light-blue
stamped face vignettes, pictorial dust jacket. First English Edition.
London: Methuen, [1962]
A classic of late twentieth century literature, this is Kesey’s masterpiece and first published
book. Jacket a bit browned, lightly edge worn; spine leaning, corners lightly rubbed; book and
jacket very good.
(300/500)
95. King, Stephen. 11/22/63. Cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. First Trade Edition, Second Printing.
New York: Scribner, [2011]
Signed by King on the title page. A touch of wear to jacket; still fine.
(200/300)
UNCORRECTED PROOFS - SIGNED
96. [King, Stephen] Bachman, Richard, pseud. Thinner - Signed uncorrected advance proofs. [6], 309 pp.
(8vo) original pictorial wrappers. Uncorrected Advance Proofs.
New York: New American Library, [1984]
Signed by Stephen King on the title page. Light wear to wrappers; near fine.
(300/500)
97. Kipling, Rudyard. The Vampire. [8] pp. Frontispiece. Each page (including title) is illustrated with
orange illustration of a bat, lettered in green. 14.5x10.5 cm (5¾x4¼”), pale blue cloth, lettered in gilt,
with purple wreath decoration.
Boston: Privately Printed, 1898
An unauthorized private printing of this Kipling poem. The name J.B. Fletcher neatly inked on
front free endpaper, dated December, 1898. Spine yellowed, faint marks to cloth; very good.
(200/300)
98. Koontz, Dean R. False Memory. Illustrated by Phil Parks. (8vo), full modern leather, pictorial
jacket, publisher’s original black cloth slipcase. Deluxe First Edition. No. 57 pf 698 copies.
Baltimore: Cemetery Dance Publications, 1999
Signed by the author and artist on the limitation page. Jacket lightly worn; else fine.
(200/300)
99. le Carré, John. The Spy Who Came in From the Cold [excerpt]. 55 pp. Relief print of the author by
Stephen Alcorn, signed in pencil. (8vo) original full black morocco stamped in blind, lettering in red
on front and spine. Copy ‘L’ of 26 lettered copies from a total edition of 150.
[Fyfield]: Oak Tree Press, [2008]
Signed by le Carré on the title page with a manuscript quote from the text. The first chapter of
the author’s famous novel, first published in 1963. Fine.
(400/700)
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FIRST EDITION – FINELY BOUND
100. Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. Finely and newly rebound in full blue morocco, borders in gilt
and blind, spine lettered in gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers. First Edition.
Philadelphia & New York: J.B. Lippincott, [1960]
First printing of the important 1961 Pulitzer Prize
Award-winning story that takes place during the
Great Depression, and the basis for the classic 1962
film starring Gregory Peck. Binding by Arno Werner
Bookbinders. A few erasure marks on title page with
some loss of the “A”, a few pencil markings within;
very good in a fine modern binding.
(3000/5000)
101. Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. 296 pp. 8vo.
Burgundy-red cloth, spine lettered in silver, color pictorial
jacket. First English Edition.
London: Heinemann, [1960]
The 1961 Pulitzer Prize Award-winning story that takes
place during the Great Depression, and the basis for
the classic 1962 film starring Gregory Peck. Jacket with
minor wear to edges, lightly browned, some spotting
on reverse; fine in a near fine jacket.
(500/800)
Lot 100
102. Levy, Amy. A London Plane-Tree and other Verse. 94 pp. Frontispiece. 19x11 cm (7½x4¼”) blue and
white paper over boards, white paper spine, lettered in black.
London: T. Fidsher Unwin, 1889
With engraved armorial bookplate of Hamilton Hoey Gatliff on front pastedown. A rare little
book of poems. Light soiling, a bit of rubbing at spine ends, wear at fore edge of covers; a
touch foxed; very good.
(200/300)
103. Lewis, Sinclair. Elmer Gantry. (8vo) blue cloth. First Edition, First Binding.
New York: Harcourt, Brace, [1927]
Basis for the 1960 film, winner of three Academy Awards, and starred Burt Lancaster as the
title role. First binding, with the “G” in “Gantry” on the spine strongly resembling a “C”. Spine
leaning, slight wear to extremities; very good.
(200/300)
WITH THE RARE DUST JACKET
104. Lewis, Sinclair. Mantrap. Blue cloth, stamped and lettered in orange, dust jacket. First Edition.
Scarce earlier title, seldom seen at auction. Jacket flap corners evenly clipped with the publisher’s
printed “$2.00” price present at the top of the front flap. Jacket spine restored, replacing two
large pieces lacking from ends, professional repairs to flap folds, short jagged tear at bottom of
front panel; volume with only slight wear; near fine in a jacket restored to very good or better
condition.
(1200/1800)
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105. Logue, Christopher. War Music: An Account of Books 1-4 and 16-19 of Homer’s Iliad. xiv, [4], 221,
[4] pp. With Author’s Note by Christopher Logue. Introduction by William Newsom. 12x8½”, purple
cloth, spine lettered in silver, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, purple cloth slipcase. One of 288
copies printed by Harold Berliner.
[Nevada City, CA]: Harold Berliner, [1999]
One of 288 copies printed on Somerset paper, from a total edition of 300. Beautiful edition of
Christopher Logue’s version of Homer’s Iliad, produced at the expense of Paul Getty. Faintest
trace of handling to slipcase; fine.
(400/700)
FIVE LOTS OF JACK LONDON
106. London, Jack. Before Adam. vii, [1], 242 + [4] ad pp. Color frontispiece and 7 color plates by
Charles Livingston Bull, double-page inserted map. Light brown cloth lettered in red and white, cover
illustration of footprints in dark brown and gray; edges untrimmed. First Edition.
New York: Macmillan, 1907
London’s first foray into science-fiction, a novel of prehistoric life. BAL 11903; Sisson &
Martens, p. 33. Spine darkened, covers less so, rubbing to ends and corners; offset to endpapers,
else very good.
(100/150)
107. [London, Jack and Anna Strunsky]. The Kempton-Wace Letters. [6], 256 + [3] ad pp. 7½x5,
decorative gray-blue cloth lettered in white on front cover, in gilt on spine, top edge gilt. First Edition.
First issue, without authors’ names on title page. BAL 11875; Sisson & Martens, p. 11. Spine
darkened with two small stains, rubbing to ends and corners, faint offset to free endpapers,
soilmark to title-page; very good.
(250/350)
108. London, Jack. The Little Lady of the Big House. [i-vi], 392, [2] + [4] ad pp. Color frontispiece. Blue
cloth with hacienda pictorial on front and spine in orange, cream and darker blue, spine lettered in
gilt. First Edition.
Ink name of Carl A. Gray, 1917, to front free endpaper, with notation “Graduation.” BAL
11966; Sisson & Martens, p. 87. Rubbing to cloth most notably at spine ends, a few waterspots
to spine; about very good.
(150/250)
109. London, Jack. The Night-Born and Also the Madness of John Harned... [6], 290 + [1] ad pp. Color
frontispiece. Gray-blue cloth decorated in black, lettered in gilt. First Edition.
New York: Century Co., 1913
BAL 11942; Sisson & Martens, p. 67. Lightly rubbed at spine ends and corners, small abrasion at
spine heel, faint stray marks to covers; contents fine; very good overall.
(150/250)
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110. London, Jack. Seven first editions of Jack London books. Includes: * The Faith of Men and Other
Stories. (Rear cover dampstained, possibly from removal of large label?). 1904. * The Game. Second
issue with rubberstamp on copyright page. (Covers worn, soiled, some aging within. 1905. * White
Fang. (Cover illustration and much of cover lettering rubbed off; ink inscription to front pastedown,
repairs to hinges). Second issue according to BAL and Woodbridge, with the tipped-in title page. 1906.
* Before Adam. (Spine darkened, rubbed; front hinge cracking). 1907. * Martin Eden. (Spine a little
dull, rubbing to ends and corners; hinges cracked). 1909. * Burning Daylight. (Spine lettering rubbed
off, some flaking to cover lettering. 1910. * John Barleycorn. (Rubbing to spine and extremities,
spine lettering dull; bookplate). First printing with one blank leaf (and then rear free endpaper) at
rear. 1913. * Michael Brother of Jerry. (Rubbing to spine and extremities; ink inscription on front
endpaper). 1917. Together, 8 volumes. Original cloth. First Editions.
A few good, most very good.
(400/700)
111. Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. The Song of Hiawatha. iv, 316, [4] + 1-[12] ad pp. inserted.
7x4½, original embossed brown cloth, gilt-lettered spine. First American Edition, First Printing.
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1855
First printing, with “In the Moon” on p. 32, line 11; “Wahonomin” for “Wahonowin” on p. 39,
line 11; “Dove” for “Dived” on p. 96, line 7; “Cooed the Omemee” for “Cooed the pigeon”
on p. 278, line 4 up, etc. Also, with the “n” in “one” present on p. 279, line 5 up. BAL states
that “the word ‘one’ occurs with the letter ‘n’ present or absent.” The advertisements at rear are
dated November, 1855. BAL 12112. Spine leaning, light wear; light foxing; very good.
(200/300)
112. Lowry, Malcolm. Under the Volcano. Gray cloth, dust jacket. First Edition.
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, [1947]
First issue jacket with “Advance critical acclaim” notice on top rear panel. Author’s classic
work and basis for the 1984 John Huston film starring Albert Finney. Jacket with sizable chips
at spine ends, small ones at corners, a few edge tears, some staining/darkening to rear panel;
volume spine and cover edges faded a touch with some faint foxing; else very good in good to
very good jacket.
(500/800)
THE AUTHOR’S FIRST BOOK
113. Maclean, Norman. A River Runs Through It and Other Stories. xiv, 217 pp. With illustrations. 8vo.
Blue cloth with silver foil stamping on the spine, jacket printed in blue and black. First Edition.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, [1976]
Author’s first book and the first work of fiction to be published by the University of Chicago
Press. First printing with disagreement between ISBN codes on copyright page and on the rear
dust jacket flap and adways” (for “always”) on p. 27. Jacket price clipped, edges chipped and
with some attempts at restoration to spine and fold ends; previous owner’s signature on front
endpaper, bookseller’s ink stamp on rear endpaper; volume near fine, jacket good.
(700/1000)
114. Maugham, W. Somerset. Of Human Bondage. 648 pp. 7¾x5¼, original green cloth, front cover
lettered in green with gilt background, spine lettered in gilt. First edition, First State.
New York: George H. Doran, [1915]
First issue without the publisher’s monogram on the copyright page, weighing approximately
33½ ounces and misprint “help him” in line 4 of page 257. Preceding the British edition,
published later the same year. Spine leaning, some wear at edges, hinges cracked, label or
bookplate removed from front pastedown endpaper; good.
(400/700)
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115. McCarthy, Cormac. All the Pretty Horses. Cloth-backed boards, pictorial jacket. Third Printing.
New York: Knopf, 1992
Signed by the author on the half-title. McCarthy’s landmark novel and the first in The Border
Trilogy. Winner of both The National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award.
Fine in fine jacket.
(100/150)
THE AUTHOR’S FIRST BOOK
116. McCarthy, Cormac. The Orchard Keeper. Cloth-backed boards, spine lettered in gilt, jacket. First
Edition.
McCarthy’s scarce first book. An interesting note in black felt-tip ink on front free endpaper
reading: “Entrant and Winner of William Faulkner Prize for first novels - Judge’s Copy.” Spine
lightly edge worn and with a few small chips and short tears; boards a bit faded, minor wear at
edges; book and jacket very good or better.
(1500/2000)
117. McCullough, Colleen. The Thorn Birds - Inscribed and with a long typed letter signed. (8vo), original
boards, dust jacket. First Edition.
New York: Harper & Row, [1977]
The source for the 1983 miniseries of the same name. The television adaptation stands as
the second highest rated miniseries of all time. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: “Dear
Bob- Signed with love, gratitude and fond memories, Colleen McCullough”. Also included
is a 6 page letter, typed single space, signed. The letter is address to Mr. Bob White of South
Natick, Massachusetts. The letter begins with a lengthy description of the “social butterfly”
by McCullough and goes on to offer the recipient 7 recipes for curries and other Indian
dishes. Signed at the close “Col (not the Colonel)”. Original envelope included. Also included
is photocopy of a similarly lengthy letter to “Ann” with a forwarding not on Harper & Row
notepaper from Ann to Bob White informing Mr. White “You will see that letters from her are
an experience unlike any other.” Jacket lightly edge worn; corners lightly bumped; book and
jacket very good or better; letters fine.
(500/800)
118. Mitchell, Adrian. For Beauty Douglas: Adrian Mitchell’s Collected Poems 1953-79. With pictures by
Ralph Steadman. (8vo) black cloth, gilt-lettered spine, dust jacket. First Edition.
London and New York: Allison & Busby, [1982]
Double-signed in red and black ink by Ralph Steadman on the “half title”. Fine.
(200/300)
119. Muir, John. The Story of My Boyhood and Youth. vi, [2], 294 pp. Illustrated with 9 plates from
photographs, plus a frontispiece photogravure portrait of Muir with his facsimile signature and a
tissue-guard. 8vo. Gilt-lettered pictorial green cloth, top edge gilt. First Edition, First Issue.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1913
First issue with biting criticism of his neighbor’s treatment of his half-wit son on p. 217:
“...none was bold enough or kind enough to break the blacksmith’s jaw.” Kimes 315. This
copy with pencil inscription on the front free endpaper, “Anna L. Gray/ Meet [sic, possibly
should be Met] John Muir/ at the White House/ at a small evening party/ given by Mrs. &
Pres. Roosevelt.” Accompanied by a two-volume reprint edition of Muir’s The Mountains
of California (Kimes 490, published in 1942), with dust jackets (some minor edge wear and
chipping, 1½” piece missing from spine foot of Vol. I jacket). “Story” with indent to spine,
rubbing to ends; else very good.
(200/300)
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120. Naipaul, V. S. A Congo Diary. Red cloth decoratively stamped in black on the front cover. No. 75
of 330 copies, designed by Grant Dahlstrom and printed on Arches Mouldmade at the Castle Press.
Los Angeles: Sylvester & Orphanos, 1980
Signed by the author at the colophon. Fine.
121. Nordhoff, Charles
First Edition.
and James
(200/300)
Norman Hall. The Hurricane. Blue cloth, pictorial dust jacket.
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1936
Adventure novel by the authors of “Mutiny On The Bounty” about a small island of the low
archipelago. It is also the basis for the 1937 movie of the same name starring Dorothy Lamour
and Jon Hall directed by John Ford and Stuart Heiser. Jacket browned and with some chipping
at edges; volume faded at edges and spine, previous owner’s name; very good.
(150/250)
122. Nordhoff, Charles and James Norman Hall. Mutiny on the Bounty. Blue cloth, color pictorial
jacket by Henry Pitz. First Edition, First Issue.
Boston: Little, Brown, 1932
First issue jacket with no reviews on rear flap. The first book in the famous trilogy, and based on
the 1787 mutiny in Tahiti. Jacket edge-worn and with some small chips and short tears, soiled;
volume lightly worn at extremities, rear hinge shaken; book and jacket about very good.
(200/300)
123. Nordhoff, Charles and James Norman Hall. Pitcairn’s Island. Orange cloth decorated in cream
and silver. First Edition.
Boston: Little, Brown, 1934
The third installment of the famous Bounty trilogy, with the very scarce original dust jacket
illustrated by Henry C. Pitz. Jacket with wear at edges and folds, tape remains; volume with a
slight lean, some spotting to edges of page block; very good in a good jacket.
(200/300)
124. O’Connor, Flannery. A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories. Black boards, jacket. First
Edition.
Author’s second and best-remembered book. First issue with ‘tyring’ on page 125, corrected to
‘trying’ in later issues. First issue jacket with O’Connor’s first book “Wise Blood” the only title
mentioned on rear panel. Jacket lightly worn and soiled, chip at bottom of front panel, a few
other smaller chips and short tears; lower corner of volume bumped and lightly rubbed; book
and jacket very good.
(600/900)
SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
125. O’Connor, Flannery. The Violent Bear It Away. (8vo) original gray cloth-backed marbled red
New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, [1960]
The author’s third published book and her second (and final) novel. Signed by O’Connor on
the list of books by her. Jacket lightly worn at edges, spine faded, a few old tape stains on rear,
a small strip of purple coloring applied to jacket spine obscuring something indistinguishable;
volume spine faded; book and jacket near fine.
(2000/3000)
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126. O’Neill, Eugene G. Thirst and Other One-Act Plays. 168 pp. (8vo), original cloth-backed dark gray
boards, paper cover and spine labels, custom slipcase. First Edition.
Boston: The Gorham Press, [1914]
The Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winning playwright’s first book with only 1000 copies printed.
Issued as part of the American Dramatists Series. Athinson AI-1-I; Sanborn & Clark 4. This is
the Bradley-Martin copy, with a tag from the Sotheby’s auction laid in. Also included: Beyond
the Horizon: A Play in Three Acts. (8vo) cloth-backed boards. NY:Boni and Liveright, [1920].
Both titles with some light wear; overall very good or better.
(400/600)
127. [Prior, Matthew]. Poems on Several Occasions. [xl], 506, [6] pp. List of subscribers present.
Engraved frontispiece, vignette title page, head- and tail-pieces. (Folio) 35x22.5 cm (13¾x9”), period
full calf, raised bands, red leather spine label, skillfully rebacked in period style. First collected edition.
London: Jacob Tonson, 1718
Light wear to leather, hinges repaired; small worm tunnel in outer margin of approximately the
first 50 leaves; very good.
(800/1200)
128. Rexroth, Kenneth. The Art of Worldly Wisdom. 117 pp. (8vo) Cloth backed boards, dust jacket,
slipcase. No. 50 of 50 numbered copies from a total edition of 76 copies.
Santa Barbara: Bradford Morrow & Allan Covici, 1980
Signed by Rexroth at the colophon Jacket spine a touch sunned; about fine.
(200/300)
THE CLASSIC STORY OF THE CYNICAL ADOLESCENT
129. Salinger, J.D. The Catcher in the Rye. Black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, pictorial jacket. First
Edition. Second Issue dust jacket.
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1951
The classic story of the “cynical adolescent” Holden Caulfield. Early issue dust jacket with $3.00
on front flap, Lotte Jacobi photo credit on rear panel, approximately 1/8” of space between
top of Salinger’s head and edge of jacket on rear panel. Jacket browned, head of spine chipped,
professionally mended along front spine fold, splitting along rear spine fold; light spotting to
cloth, small puncture in front cover, endpapers browned; very good in a like jacket.
(2000/3000)
130. Salinger, J.D. Franny and Zooey. Dark grey cloth, jacket. First Edition.
Boston: Little, Brown, [1961]
Considered by many to be Salinger’s best work after Catcher in the Rye. Publisher’s review slip
laid in. Book and jacket fine.
(400/600)
131. Selby, Hubert, Jr. Last Exit to Brooklyn - Uncorrected Proof. 27.5x14 cm. (10¾x5½”), spiral bound
wrappers. Unrevised, Uncorrected Proof copy.
New York: Grove Press, [1964]
Very rare uncorrected proof copy of this narrative of the heartbreaking life in the slums of
Brooklyn. Also included in the lot is copy of the First Edition of the book, in a dust jacket.
Together 2 volumes. Light edge wear; very good.
(400/600)
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132. Shaw, [George] Bernard. Two works by Shaw, finely bound. Includes:
* The Complete Plays of Bernard Shaw. (8vo) three-quarter red morocco and cloth, spine gilt, top
edge gilt. Bound by Zaehnsdorf. London: Odhams Press, [1934].
* Dramatic Opinions and Essays, With an Apology. 2 volumes. (8vo) three-quarter red morocco,
spines gilt, top edges gilt. Bound for Paul Elder & Co. New York: Brentano’s, 1910.
Two works in 3 volumes.
The latter work with a small stain to fore edge of a few leaves at the start of Volume 1; near
fine.
(400/600)
133. Shaw, Irwin. Bread Upon the Water - 4 copies. 4 copies. Blue leatherette, slipcase. Copies number
201, 205,207, & 208 of 500 copies.
New York: Delacorte Press, 1981
Signed by the author. All fine, still in the publisher’s slipcase.
(200/300)
SIGNED BY THE CAST AND CREW OF THE FILM ADAPTATION
134. Steinbeck, John. East of Eden - Signed by numerous members of the cast and crew of the 1955 film
adaptation. Green cloth, pictorial jacket. First Trade Edition, First Issue.
New York: The Viking Press, 1952
Lot 134
With the word “bite” present on page 281, line 38. First issue jacket with photo of Steinbeck on
rear panel with no photo credit mentioned. Steinbeck’s epic novel about two families who settle
in the rich farmlands of California. This copy inscribed to “Mitzi” by 21 members of the cast
and crew of the 1955 film adaptation directed by Elia Kazan. Inscribers include: Albert Decker,
Burl Ives, Richard Davalos, Jo Van Fleet, Leonard Rosenman (Music Director), Malcolm Bert
(Art Director), Don Page and Horace Hough (Assistant Directors), George Sweeney and Red
Turner (Props), and many others. Also includes a clipped John Steinbeck signature, pasted to the
half-title. Goldstone-Payne A32.b. Jacket and volume both with some light wear and sunning;
both very good.
(2000/3000)
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135. Steinbeck, John. East of Eden. Green cloth, pictorial jacket. First Trade Edition, First Issue.
With the word “bite” present on page 281, line 38. First issue jacket with photo of Steinbeck
on rear panel with no photo credit mentioned. Steinbeck’s epic novel about two families who
settle in the rich farmlands of California. Goldstone-Payne A32.b. Jacket with chipping at edges,
splitting along rear spine fold, some soiling and browning; volume with dampstain and denting
on rear cover; both jacket and book about very good.
(400/600)
136. Tarpaulin, Timothy. Paddy Hew: A Poem, From the Brain of Timothy Tarpaulin. Whistled by a Sea
Lark. xxii, [2], 195, [1] pp. Hand-painted frontispiece of Paddy Hew. 15.5x9 cm (6x3½”) full calf,
gilt-lettered morocco spine label. All edges yellow.
London: Whittingham and Arliss, 1815
A satire of naval manners and customs. With a nice color frontispiece of a sailor. With a
Russian(?) bookplate. A touch rubbed at spine and extremities; 1 tape repair to closed tear at
page edge, one small ink note within, and ink check marks next to each line of the errata page
(last leaf); very good.
(400/600)
137. Tennyson, Alfred. The Holy Grail and Other Poems - with bookplate of illustrator Louis J. Rhead. [vi],
222, [2] ad pp. (Small 8vo) original blindstamped green cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition.
London: Strahan and Co., 1870
With the bookplate of noted illustrator, author, and angler, Louis J. Rhead. Spine ends frayed,
light wear and soiling to cloth; very good.
(100/150)
138. Tennyson, Alfred Lord. Idylls of the King. [8], 261 pp. Original blindstamped cloth, spine lettered
in gilt. First Edition, later issue.
London: Edward Moxon, 1859
Early re-issue with imprint of Bradbury and Evans on the verso of the title-page, preliminary
advertisements dated April, 1860. Spine sunned, light wear to edges, front hinge cracked, rear
hinge starting; light foxing; very good.
(100/150)
139. [Thackeray, William Makepeace] Pendennis, Arthur, ed., pseud. The Newcomes. Memoirs of a
Most Respectable Family. 2 volumes. viii, 380; viii, 375 pp. Illustrated with 46 engraved plates and 2 added
engraved titles by Richard Doyle; numerous wood engravings throughout the text. (8vo) 22x14 cm.
(8¾x5½”), later full polished tan calf, gilt borders and decorative corner-pieces, spines gilt, morocco
labels, top edges gilt, original front and rear wrappers bound in at rear of each volume. First Edition
in book form.
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1854-55
Thackeray’s pseudonymously-written classic, which was serialized in twenty-three monthly
installments in London from October 1853 through August 1855. The Newcomes is an unusual,
early example of a novel sensitive to the position of women in Victorian society. Van Duzer
147. Joints and hinges cracked in Volume 1, Volume 2 with hinges cracked and some wear to
joints, spines a bit rubbed; some browning to plates; light foxing; very good.
(150/200)
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140. Thompson, Hunter S. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American
Dream. Illustrated by Ralph Steadman. Cloth-backed boards, pictorial jacket. First Edition.
An incredible tale of a drug-crazed journey to Las Vegas in search of what Thompson calls “the
American Dream.” Jacket with light edges wear, 1” chip at bottom of front flap fold, a very thin
dampstain at bottom edge near spine heel; volume boards a bit sunned; hinges cracked; very
good.
(400/600)
141. [Tolstoy] Tolstoi, Lyof N. The Complete Works. 24 volumes. (8vo), half blue cloth and boards,
gilt-lettered and decorated spines, top edges gilt. Emancipation Edition.
New York and Chicago: E.R. DuMont, [1899]
Light bumping and wear to spine ends and corners; very good.
(200/300)
142. (Twain, Mark) North, Sterling. Original typescript of a radio broadcast on Mark Twain, inscribed to
Carl Haverlin. 7 page typescript, with several holograph corrects. Plus a typed note, signed, on North’s
personal letterhead.
Morristown, NJ: 1957
Typescript of a biographical sketch of Mark Twain prepared for a radio broadcast. Inscribed
by North on the final leaf to radio legend Carl Haverlin. Accompanied by a letter to Haverlin
presenting the typescript. Light wear; near fine.
(200/300)
THREE LOTS BY UPDIKE
143. Updike, John. A Month of Sundays. (8vo) red and brown cloth, slipcase. No. 207 of 450 copies.
First Edition.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975
Fine.
(150/250)
144. Updike, John. People One Knows: Interviews with Insufficiently Famous Americans. [viii], 41, [2] pp. (8vo)
cloth-backed patterned boards, slipcase. No. 46 of 100 signed copies from a total edition of 300
copies.
Northridge, California: Lord John Press, 1980
Some fading to boards; near fine.
(100/150)
145. Updike, John. The complete Harry “Rabbit” Angstrom series. Cloth or cloth-backed boards, dust
jackets. First Editions, first printings.
New York: Knopf, 1960-90
With: Rabbit, Run (1960); Rabbit Redux (1971); Rabbit is Rich (1981); and Rabbit at Rest (1990).
Together, 4 volumes. Each signed by Updike on the front free endpaper. All with some light
wear; overall very good or better.
(400/700)
146. Wallace, David Foster. Infinite Jest. Boards, jacket. First Edition.
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., [1996]
In first state dust jacket, with “Vollman” misspelled on the back panel. Light shelf wear, near
fine in like jacket.
(300/500)
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147. Walpole, Hugh. The Dark Forest. Black cloth lettered in red, dust jacket. Housed in a custom
gray cloth box. First Edition.
London: Martin Secker, [1916]
A note in the front endpaper suggests that this in one of only 40 copies of the first printing
that survived a fire. Short Autograph Letter, signed, from Walpole, on MGM letterhead, laid in.
Bookplate of Ingle Barr. Jacket edge worn, with a few small chips and short tears; light wear to
cloth; book and jacket very good.
(400/700)
148. Wells, H[erbert] G[eorge]. Babes in the Darkling Wood. Tan cloth, lettered in brown. First
Edition, Second Printing.
New York: Alliance Book Corporation, [1940]
Inscribed by H.G. Wells on the half title, to noted San Francisco collector Albert M. Bender.
Spine lightly sunned, previous owner’s name on endpaper; very good.
(250/350)
149. Wells, H.G. The Island of Dr. Moreau - inscribed by the director of the 1996 film adaptation. Cloth, dust
jacket.
New York: Modern Library, [1996]
Inscribed on the half title by John Franheimer, director of the 1996 film adaptation starring
Marlon Brando and Val Kilmer. Fine in a fine jacket.
(100/150)
150. Whistler, James McNeill. Mr. Whistler’s “Ten O’Clock”. 29, [2] pp. 19x14.5 cm (7½x5¾”),
original brown paper wrappers. First Edition.
London: [Chatto & Windus], 1888
The first separate published appearance of Whistler’s oft-reprinted lecture. First delivered in
London, Cambridge, and Oxford in February, March & April of 1885. Wrappers detached and
with some slight edge wear; very good.
(150/250)
151. Whittier, John Greenleaf, editor. Child Life: A Collection of Poems - with an Autograph Letter,
signed, bound in. xiv, 263 pp. Woodcut illustrations throughout. (8vo) 18.8x13.5 cm (7½x5¼”) later full
brown levant morocco, gilt-ruled borders, spine gilt, raised bands, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt. Bound
by Bradstreets. First Edition.
Boston: James R. Osgood, 1872
Bound in at the front is a 2 page autograph letter, signed, from Whittier, presumably to the
publisher discussing the potential for a book of “Poems of Childhood”, with references to
various literary friends, literary figures, and an out of print book of similar material prompting
Whittier’s current endeavor. Faint stain at head of rear cover, front hinge cracked but still tightly
bound, previous owner’s name on front endpaper; volume very good, letter fine.
(400/600)
152. Wilde, Oscar. Poems. vii, 230 pp. (8vo), original green cloth, floral pattern stamped in black on
front and spine, spine lettered in gilt, decorated endpapers, top edge gilt. First American Edition.
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1881
An early issue, the same year as the first, in a variant binding matching that of the second
American edition (1882) but with the 1881 date on the title page, as in the first issue. Mason
310. Light wear to extremities, 1882 owner’s inscription on front flyleaf; very good.
(250/350)
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ONE OF 25 LARGE PAPER COPIES
153. (Wilde, Oscar) Mason, Stuart [pseudonym of Christopher Millard]. A Bibliography of the Poems
of Oscar Wilde - One of 25 Large Paper copies. [xii], 147, [5] pp. 9 full page plates from photos, facsimiles,
etc. (8vo) 22x17 cm (8¾x6¾”), original white cloth lettered in gilt on front and spine. No. 12 of 25
large paper copies, with the illustrations on Japan vellum. First Edition.
London: E. Grant Richards, 1907
Signed by the bibliographer at the limitation. Spine a touch darkened, mild soiling to white
cloth; near fine.
(700/1000)
154. Williams, Tennessee. Androgyne, Mon Amour. Frontispiece reproduced from an original oil
painting by the author. (8vo) green cloth, slipcase. From an edition of 200 copies, this copy designated
“Out-of-Series”.
[New York]: New Directions, [1977]
Signed by Williams at the colophon. Fine.
(300/500)
155. Williams, Tennessee. Tennessee Williams’ Letters to Donald Windham, 1940-65. (8vo) stiff wrappers,
clear acetate jacket, slipcase. No. 333 of 500 copies.
Verona: [Sandy Campbell], 1976
Printed under the supervision of Martino Mardersteig by the Stamperia Valdonega, Verona.
Fine.
(250/350)
156. Woolf, Virginia. The Years. Green cloth, spine gilt-lettered; pictorial jacket by Vanessa Bell. First
Edition.
London: The Hogarth Press, 1937
First edition of one of Woolf ’s most ambitious novels. Published by Leonard and Virginia
Woolf at Hogarth Press and with a jacket designed by Vanessa Bell, Woolf ’s elder sister. Jacket
darkened at spine and folds, light edge wear a few short tears; spine cloth slightly darkened and
frayed at ends, bottom edge rubbed; very good.
(300/500)
Section II: Children’s & Illustrated Books
157. (Alastair) Prevost d’Exiles, Antoine Francois. Manon Lescaut. Translated from the French by
D.C. Moylan. Introduction by Arthur Symons. Illustrated with 11 plates printed in red & black from
designs by Alastair; printed glassine guards. (4to), original cloth. No. 1,101 of 1850 copies.
London: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1928
Small chip to head of spine, some soiling to cloth, dustjacket and slipcase not present; very
good.
(200/300)
158. (Aldin, Cecil) Bingham, Clifton. The Animals’ Picnic. [16] pp. Printed in colors on cloth.
London: Dean’s Rag Book, [c.1930]
A charming volume of tales of anthropomorphic animals. Fine.
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(100/150)
159. (Animation Cels) Viacom International. Spongebob Squarepants hand-painted animation cels.
Collection of animation cels, hand-painted in color. Approximately 10 separate scenes, some featuring
more than one character from the show, some with backgrounds attached. One with an original
pencil sketch of the hand-painted scene, included.
Viacom International, 2003
From various episodes of the Nickelodeon cartoon Spongebob Squarepants. Most featuring
Spongebob himself, some are composite cels, with several hand-painted layers. Sandy Cheeks,
Patrick Star, and Squidward, also featured among the characters here. Fine.
(300/500)
160. (Artzybasheff, Borris) Dorey, Jacques. Three and the Moon. xi, 103 pp. 8 color illustrations by
Boris Artzybasheff, including 2 double page. (Folio), original patterned boards backed in maroon
cloth lettered in silver. No. 20 of 260 copies printed on Normandy vellum. First Edition.
New York: Knopf, 1929
Signed by Artzybasheff on the limitation page. Ex-library with ink numbering on spine, rear
endpaper and a few spots internally; edges rubbed, some fading to binding; still about very
good.
(150/250)
161. Baum, L. Frank and Paul Tietjens (music). The Scarecrow from The Wizard of Oz, As Sung by Fred
Stone - Sheet Music From 1st Wizard of Oz Musical, 1903. The Scarecrow from The Wizard of Oz, As
Sung by Fred Stone. Music Supplement of Hearst’s Chicago American, February 1, 1903, Pp. 5-8.
10¾x13¾”. 3pp. of music and lyrics + pictorial cover. Later printing, first copyrighted by Witmark
in 1902, though the striking cover illustration, by an unknown artist (Brody?) appears to be unique to
this newspaper printing.
Music Supplement of Hearst’s Chicago American, February 1, 1903
Two years after publication of Baum’s famous book, it was adapted for a musical extravaganza
which premiered in Chicago in 1902 and moved to Broadway the following year, when this sheet
music was published by Hearst’s Chicago newspaper. Long after the music was forgotten by
New York audiences who attended one of the 300 Broadway performances, it was remembered
and studied in Hollywood by the MGM creators of the 1939 classic film. Light edge wear, a
touch of light dampstaining at edges; very good.
(200/300)
162. (Beardsley, Aubrey) The Savoy: An Illustrated Quarterly. No. 1, January, 1896. Issue No. 1 only
(of eventually 8). Illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley and others. (4to) original pictorial boards. First
Edition.
London: Leonard Smithers, 1896
The first issue of this short-lived but important literary journal. Includes writings by G.B. Shaw,
Paul Verlaine, Max Beerbohm, Ernest Dowson, Havelock Ellis, W.B. Yeats, Aubrey Beardsley,
and others. Boards browned, some chipping to spine, extremities rubbed; very good.
(100/150)
163. Behn, Harry. The Faraway Lurs. Brown cloth stamped in gilt and black, pictorial dust jacket. First
Edition.
New York: World Publishing Company, [1963]
Inscribed by the author of front free endpaper in the year of publication. A romantic tragedy
along the lines of Romeo and Juliet. Jacket spine sunned, lightly worn at edges, small chip to
head of spine; abrasion on front pastedown endpaper (bookplate removed?); else near fine in a
like jacket.
(200/300)
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164. Bennett, Charles. Four volumes written and illustrated by Charles Bennett. Includes:
* The Stories that Little Breeches Told and the Pictures Which Charles Bennett Drew for Them.
1863.
* The Surprising, Unheard of and Never-to-be-Surpassed Adventures of Young Munchausen. 1865.
* The Sorrowful Ending of Noodledoo, with the Fortunes and Fate of Her Neighbours and Friends.
16 hand-colored plates. 1865.
* Lightsome, and the Little Golden Lady. 1867.
Together 4 volumes, all in the original cloth bindings.
London: Various publishers, Various dates
With the humorous and often anthropomorphic illustrations of Charles Bennett. All with some
wear, several hinges cracked, foxing, edge wear, etc. Overall good to very good.
(800/1200)
165. (Bransom, Paul) Cooper, Frederic Taber, editor. An Argosy of Fables: A Representative Selection
From the Fable Literature of Every Age and Land. With 24 tipped-in color plates by Paul Bransom. (4to),
original red cloth-backed pictorial boards, front lettered in red, spine lettered in gilt, color pictorial
endpapers, top edges gilt. No. 220 of 365 copies of the Large-Paper edition.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, [1921]
Signed by Bransom at the limitation statement. Spine faded, light soiling to boards binding
detached at rear hinge, bookplate; internally very good.
(500/800)
166. Brown, Marcia. Dick Whittington and His Cat. Unpaginated. Illustrated throughout in two-color
from linoleum block prints. (Small 4to) original gray cloth, pictorially decorated in black, pictorial dust
Inscribed by the author on front free endpaper. Jacket spine chipped, some other light wear;
hinges cracking; book and jacket very good.
(250/350)
167. Brown, Marcia. Henry-Fisherman: A Story of the Virgin Islands. Unpaginated. Illustrations in two
colors throughout, from linoleum blocks. (Oblong 8vo) gray cloth. First Edition.
Inscribed by the author of verso of front free endpaper. Light wear and soiling to cloth; very
good.
(100/150)
ONE OF 100 COPIES OF THE EDITION DELUXE
168. (Bull, René) Mérimée, Prosper. Carmen. Translated by A.E. Johnson. With 16 color plates by
René Bull, with printed tissue-guards; plus numerous black and white illustrations (most are fullpage). (4to), original gilt-decorated and lettered full vellum, decorative endpapers, all edges gilt. No.
76 of 100 “edition de Luxe” copies. First Bull Illustrated Edition.
London: Hutchinson & Co., [1915]
Signed by Bull at the limitation statement. Vellum discolored and spotted, endpapers browned;
very good.
(800/1200)
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169. Burgess, Thornton W. A Frightened Baby - plus letter from the author. [24] pp. Illustrated in color by
Nina R. Jordan. 11x13.2 cm. (4¼x5¼”), color pictorial boards, jacket.
Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Co., [1929]
A Cubby Bear story. Accompanied by a typed letter signed by Burgess, to a Miss Brainard,
discussing birds. Jacket with extremity wear; text block separated from boards; very good.
(150/250)
IN THE RARE ORIGINAL DUST JACKET
170. Burton, Virginia Lee. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel. [48] pp. Illustrated throughout in color
by the author. 22x23.5 cm. (8¾x9¼”), pictorial linen, color pictorial jacket. First Edition.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1939
Mike Mulligan, a steam shovel operator. Mike proves
that, although dated, his steam shovel is still useful.
When Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel, Mary
Anne (whose name was based on Marion Steam
Shovels), lose their jobs to the gasoline, electric, and
diesel motor shovels, they find a new opportunity in
a very surprising place. The first edition is quite rare,
especially so in dust jacket. Jacket rubbed at folds
and edges, spine rubbed with a few tears and tiny
chips that are repaired with paper on verso, small
chips/tears at corners, small hole in front fold, price
clipped; a bit shaken, else very good in like jacket.
(3000/5000)
171. (Burton, Virginia Lee) Malcolmson, Anne. Song
of Robin Hood. Designed and illustrated by Virginia Lee
Burton. (4to) original black cloth decorated in silver
and red. First Edition.
[Boston]: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1947
Lot 170
Signed on the copyright page by the illustrator. A
1948 Caldecott Honor book. Light wear to cloth,
corners bumped, previous owner’s name on front
endpaper, gift inscription on copyright page; very
good.
(250/350)
172. Callot, J[acques]. Les Fantasies. Engraved title leaf and 12 (of 14) plates. Each trimmed to
approximately 5.5x7 cm (2¼x2¾”) and mounted to stiff card. Overall 11x15.5 cm (4¼x6”). Later
full vellum with decorations in colored inks.
1635
Jacques Callot (c.1592–1635) was a baroque printmaker and draftsman from the Duchy of
Lorraine. Over the span of his career he made over 1,400 brilliantly detailed etchings that
chronicled the life of his period, featuring soldiers, clowns, drunkards, Gypsies, beggars, as well
as court life. Brunet I, 1489. Binding worn, contents detached; a few of the plates with some
chipping; good.
(500/800)
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173. (Carre, Leon) Mardrus, J.C. Le Livre des Milles Nuits et une Nuit. 8 volumes only (of 12). Includes
volumes I-V, VII, X, and XI. Illustrated with color plates by Leon Carre, decorations and ornaments
by Racim Mohammed. 11¾x9, original purple wrappers, decorated and lettered in green, black and
gilt, 6 volumes with boards slipcases. One of 2500 copies on rag vellum.
Paris: L’Edition d’Art H. Piazza, [1926]
A beautifully illustrated French edition of 1001 Nights. Each volume stamped with a different
number (all between 301-2500 copies on velin pur chiffon). Slipcases in disrepair, with splits at
corners, a few lacking upper/lower panels; volume spines with some light wear, including small
tears; scattered and very light marginal foxing; very good.
(250/350)
174. (Chapbooks) Four nineteenth century chapbooks. Includes:
* Youthful Sports; or The Pleasures of a Country Fair. For Good Boys and Girls. 16 pp (including
covers). Otley: W. Walker, no date.
* The Book of Beasts, for Young Persons. [16] pp. Uncut. Banbury: J.G. Rusher, [c.1830s].
* A Description of Various Nations. 16 pp. Concord, N.H.: Rufus Merrill and Co., 1843.
* A Present for a Good Child. Folding printed card. Castle Cary: S. More, [c.1830].
Together 4 items, all with woodcut illustrations.
All with some wear; overall very good.
(200/300)
175. Chapron, Nicolas. Sacrae Historiae Acta a Raphaele Urbin in Vaticanis Xystis Ad Picturae Miraculum
Expressa Nicolaus Chapron Gallus a Se Delineata et Incisa D.D.D. 54 engraved plates, including title page
and frontispiece. 27x40cm ( 10¾x50¾”), in modern full calf.
Rome: Petrus Mariette, 1649
Engraved reproductions of Raphael’s Biblical art from the Vatican. A rare find. One plate is
trimmed at the bottom fairly close to text; else plates are near fine.
(800/1200)
SIGNED LIMITED EDITION
176. (Clarke, Harry) Goethe, [Johann Wolfgang von]. Faust. Translated by John Auster. Illustrated
by Harry Clarke with 22 plates (8 of which are in color), plus many decorative head- and tail-pieces,
etc. (4to), vellum-backed boards, pictorial endpapers. No. 25 of 1000 copies of the American issue.
New York: Dingwall-Rock, [1925]
Signed by Clarke at the limitation statement. Beautiful, intricate plates and decorations by Harry
Clarke, one of the greatest illustrators of his time despite his tragically short life. Spine a bit
rippled, lightly soiled, corners rubbed; very good.
(700/1000)
177. (Clarke, Harry) Poe, Edgar Allan. Tales of Mystery and Imagination. 412 pp. 8 tipped-in color
plates and 24 monochrome plates by Harry Clarke. (4to), black cloth, paper label on front, pictorial
dust jacket. First Tudor Edition.
New York: Tudor Publishing Co., 1933
Jacket edge worn, with some chipping, splitting at folds, tape repairs on verso, front flap
trimmed; light wear to cloth; very good in a good jacket.
(200/300)
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178. (Cox, Palmer) Queerie Queers with Hands, Wings and Claws. Unpaginated. Illustrated throughout
with drawings by Palmer Cox; pictorial endpapers. (4to), original cloth-backed color pictorial boards.
Second Edition.
Buffalo, NY: John D. Larkin, [c. 1887]
This edition with a 25 page section on magic tricks added. Light wear and soiling to boards,
hinges cracking; very good.
(100/150)
179. (Crane, Walter) Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de. Don Quixote of the Mancha. Retold by Judge
Parry. xii, 245 pp. 12 color plates by Walter Crane, including title page and frontispiece. (8vo) 23.5x16.5
cm. (9¼x6¼”) original cream boards lettered in gilt. No. 20 of 100 copies printed on Japan Vellum.
First Walter Crane Edition.
London: Blackie & Son, 1900
Signed by Judge Parry at the limitation statement. Armorial bookplate of Mabel Ashburton.
Spine sunned, light wear to extremities; very good
(500/800)
180. (Crane, Walter) Ellis, F.S. The History of Reynard the Fox, His Family, Friends and Associates. With
Glossarial Notes in Vulpine Verse and an Index-Summary of Chief Matters Contained in the Story. x, 346 pp.
With woodcut illustrations by Walter Crane. 22x17.5 cm. (8½x6¾”), blue cloth, lettered in gilt. First
Edition.
London: David Nutt, 1894
Presentation copy inscribed by Ellis on the front free endpaper, “To Geo. Bullen, Esqr. C.B.
With the author’s kindest regards, July 25, 1894.” Rebacked with original cover cloth laid on,
some other cover wear; darkening to extreme page edges, else very good.
(200/300)
181. (Cries) London Cries for Children [&] Cries of the Metropolis: Or, Humble Life in New York. London
Cries for Children. Woodcuts throughout. 24 pp. Original stiff boards. Philadelphia: Johnson
& Warner, 1810. [&] Cries of the Metropolis: Or, Humble Life in New York. [16] pp. Woodcut
illustrations. Original pictorial wrappers (detached). Rutland: George A. Tuttle, 1858.
Two scarce volumes of street criers, wonderfully illustrated. Of the second title, OCLC
WorldCat locates only 3 copies. Light wear to the first title, second title with wrappers detached,
dampstain; overall very good.
(200/300)
182. Cruikshank, George. The Comic Almanck for 1844 [1845]. 2 volumes bound in 1. 64; 64 pp. 24
full page etched plates by George Cruikshank, other woodcut illustrations in text. (12mo) 16x10 cm
(6¼x4”), period brown half calf and marbled boards. First Edition.
London: David Bogue, [1843, 1844]
Cruikshank’s popular comic almanack was published annually from 1835 to 1853 and includes
some of the artist’s most celebrated works. Binding rubbed, bookplate; light foxing; very good.
(200/300)
TWO FROM R. CRUMB
183. Crumb, R. Gotta Have ‘Em: Portraits of Women. Comprised of black and white portrait drawings
of women. Orange illustrated cloth, orange drop back box, with matching cover illustration. One of
100 copies, with limited edition embossed stamp on title page.
Los Angeles, CA: Greybull Press, 2002
With original color print, signed in pencil by R. Crumb, and dated ‘03, laid into inside cover of
drop-back box. Fine.
(400/700)
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184. Crumb, R. R. Crumb Sketchbook: November 1974 to January 1978. 310 pp. 36 pp text pamphlet, in
German, included. (4to) 10x8, maroon and black cloth, slip case. First Edition.
[Frankfurt]: Zweitausendeins, [1978]
A touch rubbed at volume spine ends; wrappers pamphlet lightly foxed; very good.
(150/250)
185. (Darde, Paul) Mortier, Raoul, translator. La Chanson de Roland. 20 color plates, illustrated by
Paul Darde. 8½x6¾, rebound in maroon morocco and boards, gilt lettered spine, top edge gilt, with
front and spine of original wrapper bound in. No. 737 of 850 copies on verge chiffon paper.
Paris: Union Latine D’Editions, [1931]
Beautifully illustrated edition of The Song of Roland. A few tears at spine heel; else near fine.
(80/120)
186. Darwin, Bernard & Elinor. Oboli, Boboli, and Little Joboli. 79 pp. Illustrated with 5 color
lithograph plates, including frontispiece; plus several drawings within the text. Gray cloth, lettered in
white, dust jacket. First Edition.
London: Country Life, [1938]
A charming and scarce children’s book by the golf writer and his wife. Contains five fanciful,
fantasy fairy tales, the title characters being royal elephants, illustrated by Mrs. Darwin. Large
piece lacking from front jacket panel, some soiling and other wear to jacket; light wear to
volume; near fine in a poor jacket.
(150/250)
187. Darwin, Bernard & Elinor. The Tale of Mr. Tootleoo. [89] pp. With 22 full-page color illustrations
by Elinor Darwin. (Oblong 8vo), original tan paper over boards decoratively stamped in red-orange,
embossed circular vignette on the front cover. First Edition.
London: The Nonesuch Press, No date [c. 1925]
Scarce seafaring tale written for children by the great British golf author. Light wear and soiling
to boards, gift inscription on front free endpaper; very good.
(250/350)
188. Darwin, Bernard & Elinor. Tootleoo Two. [89] pp. With 20 full-page color illustrations by Elinor
Darwin. (Oblong 8vo), original tan paper over boards decoratively stamped in blue. First Edition.
London: The Nonesuch Press, [1927]
Scarce tale written for children by the great British golf author. Boards with some wear and
creasing; one plate reinserted; good.
(200/300)
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ONE OF ONLY 30 COPIES
189. Davies, Ted. Cards of Life, Cards of Death. [8] text leaves. 25 woodcuts, printed in black, colors
and gilt, each set into paper matting. (Folio) 51x33 cm (20x13”), loose in burgundy cloth portfolio, as
issued, title in gilt on cover. Copy 5 of 30, each print titled, signed, and numbered in pencil.
New York: By the artist, 1968
Printed by Davies between 1962 and 1967. A
series of 25 woodcuts, each corresponding to
the top 6 cards (9 to Ace) in the 4 suits of a
deck of cards plus a Joker (a self portrait). The
illustrations surrounding the suit and number
reflect the characteristics of an economic
institution or class viewed through the lens of
Davies’ political beliefs. The suit of diamonds
representing Wealth with images of The
Government, The Corporation, The Laborer;
Clubs representing Ambition, including The
Ballerina, The Football Player, Learning; Hearts
representing Love including The Great Lover,
The Family, Sex; Spades representing Death
including War, Disease, Old Age. Rare. Some
wear to portfolio, a bit of soiling to title leaf;
prints fine.
(4000/6000)
Lot 189
190. Disney, Walt. The Adventures of Mickey Mouse, Book 1. [32] pp. Color illustrations throughout.
(8vo), red cloth with illustrated paper label on front. First Edition.
Philadelphia: David McKay, [1931]
The story and illustrations by the staff at the Walt Disney Studio. There was also an issue in
wrappers. Light wear to edges; upper corner mouse-nibbled on last half of pages, no loss of
text or illustration; very good.
(250/350)
191. (Doré, Gustave) Alighieri, Dante. The Vision of Hell. [2], xxiv, 183 pp. Illustrations throughout
by Gustave Doré. (Folio) 33x25 cm (10x10”), black half morocco and cloth, spine gilt, all edges
marbled.
London: Cassell & Company, [c.1870]
An appropriate pairing of word and illustration. Leather scuffed; light foxing; very good.
(300/500)
FROM THE LIBRARY OF FINANCIAL SCOUNDREL KENNETH LAY
192. (Doré, Gustave) The Holy Bible...With Illustrations by Gustave Doré. 2 volumes. [xii], 812; [2], iv, 8131116, [4], 188, [2], 348 pp. 238 woodcut illustrations by Gustave Doré. (Folio) 37x29 cm. (14½x11¼”)
early black half morocco and cloth, spines gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt.
London: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, [no date, late 19th century]
A handsomely bound copy. Apocrypha and New Testaments with separate title pages and
numeration. This copy from the library of Enron executive and financial scoundrel Kenneth
Lay, inscribed to Kenneth and Linda Lay from their children on the occasion of their fifth
wedding anniversary. Spines sunned, some light wear, hinges cracking but still tightly bound;
very good.
(1000/1500)
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NINE LOTS WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY EDMUND DULAC
193. (Dulac, Edmund) Andersen, Hans Christian. La Reine des Neiges et Quelques Autres Contes [The
Snow Queen and Other Stories]. 171 pp. With 28 mounted color plates by Edmund Dulac, with printed
tissue-guards; plus decorations. 29.8x22.5 cm. (12x9”), period full red morocco decoratively tooled &
lettered in gilt, patterned endpapers, top edge gilt. First Dulac Illustrated Edition. One of 500 copies
printed on Japan paper.
Paris: L’Édition D’Art H. Piazza, [1911]
Scarce and beautifully illustrated edition of Andersen’s classic stories. The original wrappers
not retained by the binder. Rubbing to joints and edges, front joint cracked, wear to spine ends;
internally fine or nearly so, worthy of restoration to the binding.
(600/900)
194. (Dulac, Edmund) Andersen, Hans Christian. Stories from Hans Andersen. Tipped in color plates
by Edmund Dulac. (4to) green cloth, decorated and lettered in gilt.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1911]
Also included in the lot: * A Fairy Garland Being Fairy Tales from the Old French. Illustrated
by Edmund Dulac. Blue cloth. Cassell & Co., [1928]. * Stories from the Arabian Nights
Retold by Laurence Houseman. Color tipped in plates by Edmund Dulac. Brown gilt and blue
decorated and lettered cloth. Hodder and Stoughton, [1907]. Rubbing and wear at spine ends
and corners; mostly very good.
(250/350)
195. (Dulac, Edmund) Dulac, Edmund. Edmund Dulac’s Fairy-Book. Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations.
I llustrated by Edmund Dulac with 15 tipped-in color plates. (4to), original white cloth, pictorially
stamped in gilt and blue. No. 114 of 350 copies.
Signed by Dulac at the limitation statement. Cloth sunned and lightly soiled, endpapers foxed;
very good.
(1500/2000)
Lot 195
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196. (Dulac, Edmund) Hawthorne, Nathaniel. Tanglewood Tales. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac
with 14 tipped-in color plates. (4to), original half vellum and boards, spine lettered in gilt, pictorial
endpapers. No. 247 of 500 copies.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1918]
Signed by Dulac at the limitation statement. Some light soiling to vellum, endpapers browned,
ink note on front free endpaper; very good.
(700/1000)
197. (Dulac, Edmund) Housman, Laurence. Princess Badoura: A Tale from the Arabian Nights. Illustrated
with 10 color plates by Edmund Dulac, printed guards. (4to), original pictorial white cloth, stamped
in gilt and green.
[London]: Hodder and Stoughton, [1913]
Here Dulac equals, and perhaps excels, his Edwardian rival Arthur Rackham with his delicately
worked, beautiful, otherworldly arabesques of old Persia. Light soiling to white cloth; small
erasure on front endpaper; near fine.
(300/500)
198. (Dulac, Edmund) Omar Khayyám. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. Rendered into English Verse
by Edward Fitzgerald. Illustrated with 20 tipped-in color plates by Edmund Dulac, decoratively
bordered in olive green; captioned tissue-guards. (4to) 28x21.5 cm. (11x8½”), original gilt-decorated
and lettered white cloth. First Dulac Illustrated Edition, trade issue.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1909]
Lovely illustrated interpretation of the classic Persian text. Spine darkened, minor soiling to
cloth; very good, contents clean, plates bright.
(400/600)
199. (Dulac, Edmund) Pushkin, Alexander. The Golden Cockerel. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac. (4to)
Reddish cloth with large metal rooster emblem inlay on cover, spine lettered in gilt, slipcase. No. 325
of 1500 copies.
New York: Limited Editions Club, [1949]
Signed by Dulac at the colophon. Slipcase and spine faded; near fine.
(200/300)
ONE OF 150 COPIES OF THE AMERICAN DELUXE EDITION
200. (Dulac, Edmund) Quiller-Couch, Sir Arthur. The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales From
the Old French. 30 tipped in color plates by Edmund Dulac, tissue guards. 31x25 cm (12¼x9¾”),
full reddish-brown morocco, with gilt-decorated covers, and decorated and lettered spines, including
illustrations of cherubs, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. No. 143 of 150 copies of this Edition
de Luxe, for sale in the United States.
New York and London: Hodder and Stoughton, [c.1910]
The scarce American de luxe edition out of 150 copies. Last offered at auction over 25 years
ago. The original publisher’s binding with nice cherub and floral gilt decorations. Fairy tales
include Blue Beard, Cinderella, and Beauty and the Beast. Rubbed and a bit bumped at spine
ends and corners, a bit of black marker to gilt cherubs on spine; internally fine.
(700/1000)
201. (Dulac, Edmund) Rosenthal, Leonard. The Kingdom of the Pearl. 151 pp. 10 tipped in color plates
with captioned tissue guards. (4to) 28.8x22.5 cm. (11¼x9”), original cloth backed gray boards. No.
261 of 675 copies for sale in the British Empire.
London: Nisbet & Co., [c.1920]
Darkening and soiling to covers, soil spot to spine head, wear to board edges and corners;
tissue guards darkened with offset, occasional minor soiling within, good to very good.
(300/500)
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202. (Esherick, Wharton) Song of Solomon. Illustrated by Wharton Esherick. Printed on double-leaves.
28.5x21 cm. (11¼x8¼”), half cloth & boards, embossed cover title/decoration in gilt & colors, gold
pastedowns. One of 525 copies printed by the Pynson Printers.
Philadelphia: Centaur Press, 1927
Signed the illustrator in the colophon. The illustrations are somewhat erotic in nature. Most of
the spine cloth and much of the cover cloth eaten away by insects, some staining to front board;
else good, internally very good.
(200/300)
203. (Folkard, Charles) [Barham, Richard Harris] Ingoldsby, Thomas. The Jackdaw of Rheims.
I llustrated by Charles Folkard, including 12 tipped-in color plates with printed guards. (Folio) original
purple cloth pictorially stamped in gilt (designed by Folkard).
Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., 1914
Fading to cloth, short tear at head of front joint, ribbon tipped to rear endpaper, bookplate;
very good.
(100/150)
204. (Folkard, Charles) Hoffmann, Alice Spencer. The Children’s Shakespeare: Being Stories from the Plays
with Illustrative Passages. Color illustrations by Charles Folkard. (8vo) green cloth illustrated in black,
gilt, blue and white, illustrated endpapers.
London / New York: J.M. Dent / E.P. Dutton, 1911
With London County Council school award label on verso of front free endpaper. Awarded in
1921 for “English Subjects.” Light shelf wear; very good.
(100/150)
205. Frazetta, Frank. Frank Frazetta: Books One through Four. 5 volumes. Books 1-5. Each illustrated
with art by Frank Frazetta. Edited by Betty Ballantine. Each 11x9, glossy illustrated wrappers.
Peacock Press / Bantam Books, [1975-1985]
The lot also includes: Frank Frazetta: The Living Legend. Wrappers. Frazetta Prints, [1981]. A
touch of wear from handling; near fine.
(200/300)
206. (Goble, Warwick) Day, Lal Behari. Folk-Tales of Bengal. Illustrated with 32 color plates by
Warwick Goble. (Large 8vo) original red cloth elaborately stamped in gilt. First Goble Edition.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1912
The text originally published in 1883, here first illustrated by Warwick Goble. Formerly in a
school library with small number on spine and two ink stamps on front endpaper; no other
internal library markings. Light wear and fading to cloth, endpapers foxed; some foxing to
plates; very good.
(100/150)
207. Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. Faust: A Tragedy. 129 pp. Translated in the original metres by
Bayard Taylor. Illustrated by Engelbert Seibertz, A. Liezen-Mayer, and L. Hofmann with 16 copperengraved plates. 18½x13¾, red cloth decorated in gilt and black, all edges gilt.
New York: Stroefer and Kirchner, [Copyright 1870]
Nicely illustrated edition of Faust, in a decorative cloth binding. Spine and edges heavily worn,
cover edges darkened, light soiling; some offsetting or marginal foxing to plates; very good.
(300/500)
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208. (Gooden, Stephen) La Fontaine, Jean de. The Fables of Jean de La Fontaine. 2 volumes. Illustrated
by Stephen Gooden with 26 copper-engravings, tissue guards. Translated by Edward Marsh. (Large
8vo), original full vellum, spines gilt-lettered, top edges gilt, other edges untrimmed. No. 5 of 525
copies printed by the Windmill Press.
London & New York: Heinemann & Random House, 1931
Signed by both the translator and the illustrator at the limitation statement. Deluxe edition with
the wonderful art deco interpretations of Stephen Gooden. Vellum a bit soiled, covers slightly
bowed; very good.
(300/500)
209. (Gooden, Stephen) Moore, George. The Brook Kerith: A Syrian Story. [6], 391 pp. Illustrated
with 12 etchings by Stephen Gooden, including the illustrated title page. (Large 8vo), vellum-backed
black boards, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. No. 265 of 500 copies. Special Revised Edition, First
Limited Illustrated Edition.
New York: Macmillan Company, 1929
Signed by Moore and Gooden on the limitation page. Originally published in 1916 in
Edinburgh. Slipcase not present; some soiling to vellum, corners worn; very good.
(100/150)
SIGNED BY EDWARD GOREY
210. (Gorey, Edward) Ross, Clifford & Karen Wilkin. The World of Edward Gorey. Illustrations by
Gorey throughout. Black cloth, dust jacket, slipcase. No. 18 of 300 copies. First Edition.
[New York]: Harry N. Abrams, [1996]
Signed by both authors and Edward Gorey. Dust jacket lightly wrinkled on rear panel; else fine.
(200/300)
211. Gorey, Edward. Two titles by Edward Gorey. Includes:
* The Remembered Visit: A Story Taken From Life. [1965]. * The Gilded Bat. Together, 2 volumes.
Illustrated throughout by the author. 15.4x17.5 cm. (6x6¾”) original pictorial boards, dust
jacket. First Editions.
New York: Simon and Schuster, [1965 & 1966]
Jackets with some soiling and wear, 2nd with tears and spine ends, chip at head, a few small
edge tears; both about very good.
(150/250)
212. (Grasset, Eugene) Histoire des Quatre Fils Aymon. 214, [15] pp. Each page of text illustrated
with color lithographed borders and backdrops, as well as full page color plates of art by Eugene
Grasset. 27.5x21.5 cm. (11x8¾”), period ¾ brown morocco & cloth, spine lettered in gilt, raised
bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt.
Paris: H. Launette, 1883
Eugene Grasset (1845-1917) was a leading theorist, naturalist and illustrator. This volume
marked the debut of four-color printing in France. Some discoloration to covers, a few small
scuffs to spine; else very good, internally fine or nearly so.
(400/600)
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IN THE RARE ORIGINAL DUST JACKET
213. (Greenaway, Kate) Mother Goose or the Old Nursery Rhymes. Full-page color engravings after Kate
Greenaway throughout. 6½x4¾, pink cloth-backed white cloth with lattice design, olive green
endpapers, brick dust jacket, lettered and illustrated in red. First Edition, Second State.
London and New York: George Routledge & Sons, [1881]
In the very rare dust jacket, with less wear than commonly found. Second state with the lattice
binding, but with early printing and binding for that issue: “Contents of this Book” on front
free endpaper verso, and “G” in “Goose” inverted on the front cover. Inscription on front free
endpaper dated Christmas 1881. Schuster & Engen 140.1b. Jacket darkened, with light chipping
and tiny tears at edges, small tape repair on verso at top edge; cloth a bit darkened with some
minor rubbing, some darkening to contents, offset to title, a few pencil notes at contents page;
very good.
(300/500)
214. Greenaway, Kate. Under the Window - with autograph letter, signed from Kate Greenaway. 64 pp.
Illustrated throughout in color by Kate Greenaway. 9¼x7, cloth-backed green glazed pictorial boards.
First Edition.
London: George Routledge & Sons, [1878]
First printing with “End of Contents” at foot of page 14 (deleted in later printings); illustrations
present on pages 21, 35, & 63. With autograph letter signed from Kate Greenaway, dated Nov 21, 1881. 6x3¾”. With light
finger soiling. With a color lithograph card of a Greenaway illustration, laid in. Rubbing at
edges, corners exposed; very good.
(400/600)
215. [Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm]. Kinder und Hausmärchen, Gesammelt Durch die Brüder Grimm. 2
volumes. Frontispiece in each volume. (12mo) 14.5x11.5 cm (5¾x4½”), original green cloth, spines
gilt, all edges marbled. Seventh Edition.
Göttingen: Dieterich, 1857
The final edition overseen by the Grimm brothers. Small period label of New York bookseller
B. Westermann & Co. inside front cover of Volume 1. Light wear to cloth, front hinge starting
in first volume; light foxing; very good.
(500/800)
216. (Hansi) L’Alsace Heureuse. Le Grand Pitie du Pays d’Alsace et son Grand Bonheur Racontes aux Petits
Enfants par L’Oncle Hansi. Unpaginated. Color illustrations throughout by ‘Hansi’ [Jean Jacques Waltz].
(Folio) original pictorial gray cloth, pictorial endpapers. First Edition.
[Paris]: H. Floury, [1919]
Spine ends frayed, joints starting, some soiling to cloth, hinges cracked; good.
(100/150)
217. Harris, Joel Chandler. The Tar-Baby and Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus. xiv, 190 pp. Illustrated with
9 plates from paintings by A. B. Frost and E. W. Kemble, including a color frontispiece by Kemble,
with printed tissue-guard; wood-engraved decorations in margins throughout; decorative endpapers.
(8vo), gilt-decorated cream-orange cloth, lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. First Edition.
New York: D. Appleton, 1904
An American classic of colloquial tales, which frequently verge on the surreal and the grotesque.
Slight lean to spine, small nick at foot of front joint; very good
(300/500)
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218. (Hurd, Peter) Horgan, Paul. The Return of the Weed. Illustrated with original lithographs by Peter
Hurd, including tipped-in frontispiece. (4to) green cloth, paper spine label, slipcase. No. 220 of 350
total copies, of which only 250 were originally for sale. First Edition.
New York: Harper & Bros., 1936
Signed by the author and artist in the colophon. Classic short stories of the American west,
with illustrations by the author’s friend and noted artist Peter Hurd (1904-1984). Light wear to
slipcase; volume fine.
(200/300)
219. (Illustrated) Eight illustrated volumes. Includes: * Pogany, Elaine. The Golden Cockerel: From the
Original Russian Fairy Tale of Alexander Pushkin. Illustrated by Willy Pogany. Red gilt-decorated
cloth. Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1938. * Newman, Isidora. The Legend of the Lilac and Other Fairy
Flowers. Illustrated by Willy Pogany. Illustrated boards. Whitman Publishing, [1926]. * Wilde, Oscar.
A House of Pomegranates. Cloth, lettered in orange. Illustrated by Jessie M. King. Sixth Edition
(First King-Illustrated Edition). Methuen, [1915]. * Field, Eugene. Poems of Childhood. Illustrated
by Maxfield Parrish. Cloth with illustrated cover label. Scribner’s, 1904. * Hawthorne, Nathaniel. A
Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales. Illustrated by Maxfield Parrish. Cloth with illustrated cover
label. Dufield, 1910. * Anderson, Hans. The Snow Queen. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton. Clothbacked illustrated boards. Thomas Nelson and Sons, n.d. * Master Snickup’s Cloak. Glossy illustrated
boards, dust jacket. Harper & Row, [1979]. * Garnett, Louise Ayres. The Muffin Shop. Illustrated by
Hope Dunlap. Cloth-backed illustrated boards. Rand, McNally, [1908]
Mostly mild general wear; mostly very good.
(200/300)
220. (Illustrated) Nine illustrated volumes. Includes: * Langley, Noel. The Tale of the Land of Green
Ginger. Cloth. William Morrow, 1938. * Langley, Noel. Cloth. The Tale of the Land of Green Ginger.
Arthur Barker, [1937]. * Tennyson, Alfred. Guinevere and Other Poems. Foxed. Color mounted plates
illustrated by Florence Harrison. Gilt-decorated cloth. Blackie & Son, 1912. * Shakespeare’s Tragedy
of Romeo and Juliet. Color mounted plates illustrated by W. Hatherell. Gilt-decorated cloth. Hodder
& Stoughton, [1920]. * Shakespeare, William. The Merry Wives of Windsor. Tipped in color plates,
illustrated by Hugh Thomson. Cloth with illustrated color cover label. Frederick A. Stokes, 1910. *
Shakespeare, William. A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Tipped in color plates, illustrated by Arthur
Rackham. Cloth with illustrated color cover label. New Illustrated Edition. Doubleday, Page, [c.1914].
* Quiller-Couch, Arthur. The Twelve Dancing Princesses and Other Fairy Tales. Illustrated by Kay
Nielsen. Illustrated cloth. George H. Doran, n.d. * Watson, Virginia. With Cortes the Conqueror.
Illustrated by Frank E. Schoonover. Cloth with illustrated cover label, dust jacket. Hampton
Publishing, [1917]. * Fredericks, J. Page. Green-Pipes: Poems and Pictures. Cloth. Macmillan, 1929.
Mostly mild general wear; mostly very good.
(200/300)
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TWO LOTS WITH JAPANESE WOODBLOCK ILLUSTRATIONS
221. (Japanese Woodblock) Taito, Katsushika, illustrator (1810-1853). Yehon Tsuzoku SangokuShi (Illustrated Popular Edition of Sangoku-Shi). 2 volumes only [of 10].Each with four double page
woodblock prints. 3 prints in each volume are colored. 22x15½”, original stiff embossed paper
covers, paper labels.
[Japan]: [c.1835]
Lot 221
Taito II Katsushika was a pupil of Hokusai Katsushika. Taito II worked as a printmaker,
painter and illustrator. He was also called Inu Hokusai (Dog Hokusai) when people caught him
forging his master’s signature on one of his own designs. Some wear to wrappers, paper a touch
browned; very good.
(600/900)
222. (Japanese Woodblock) Volume of Japanese woodblock prints of landscape and animal illustrations. 21
folded leaves containing dozens of small woodcuts, mostly landscape, animal and other natural
scenes. 12x18 cm (4¾x7”), original string-tied blue paper wrappers. Housed in a custom cloth box.
[Japan]: c.1860s
Includes mythical characters, floral, mountain and water images, fish, birds, etc. Some wear and
light browning; very good.
(200/300)
223. (Lathrop, Dorothy) Teasdale, Sara. Stars To-Night: Verses New and Old for Boys and Girls. x, 49
pp. Illustrations by Dorothy Lathrop, including color frontispiece. (8vo) blue cloth, dust jacket. First
Trade Edition.
Signed by Dorothy Lathrop on verso of front free endpaper. Jacket price-clipped and lightly
worn; volume fine.
(150/250)
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224. Lawson, Robert. Mr. Revere and I: Being an Account of Certain Episodes in the Career of Paul Revere,
Esq. as Recently Revealed by his Horse, Scheherazade... [x], 152 pp. Illustrations throughout by Robert
Lawson. (8vo) blue cloth, stamped in gilt. No. 114 of 500 copies. First Edition.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, [1953]
Signed by Lawson at the limitation statement. Originally issued with an additional suite of
plates, not present here. Fine.
(200/300)
225. (Le Mair, H. Willebeek) Moffat, Alfred. Little Songs of Long Ago “More old Nursery Rhymes”.
ith 32 color plates by H. Willebeek Le Mair, accompanied with music scores harmonized by Alfred
W
Moffat. (Oblong 4to), publisher’s light orange cloth, oval color pictorial cover label, lettered in gilt.
First Edition.
London: Augener Ltd., [1912]
Light wear and soiling to cloth, endpapers foxed; very good.
(100/150)
226. Leaf, Munro. Three Promises to You. Unpaginated. Illustrations from photographs and from
drawings by Munro Leaf. (Oblong 8vo) original red cloth, dust jacket. First Edition.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, [1957]
Inscribed by Leaf with 2 small sketches on front free endpaper. The story of the United
Nations for children. Jacket lightly edge worn and a bit faded; volume with a touch of wear at
edges; near fine in a very good jacket.
(150/250)
227. Moore, Clement C. The Night Before Christmas. Unpaginated. Illustrations by William T. Smedley,
Frederic B. Schell, Alfred Fredericks, and Henry R. Poore. (8vo), original cloth-backed heavy white
boards, decoratively stamped in brown, black and silver, all edges gilt.
Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, [1883]
A charming later 19th century edition of Moore’s timeless Christmas poem, first published in
1823. Light soiling to boards, front hinge starting, 1891 gift inscription on front endpaper; very
good.
(100/150)
228. Moore, Clement C. The Night Before Christmas. [11] pp. With. With 4 full-page color illustrations
with moveable parts activated by pull tabs. 22.5x18 cm. (9x7”), Cloth-backed color pictorial boards.
Printed in Bavaria.
New York: Sully & Kleinteich, c.1920
Minor soiling and pencil marks to front board; contents a little wrinkled from dampness, else
very good, all moveable pieces functional.
(150/250)
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229. (Moser, Barry) Eleven volumes with illustrations by Barry Moser, all signed by him. Includes:
* Harris, Joel Chandler. Jump! The Adventures of Brer Rabbit. Cloth-backed boards, jacket. Inscribed
on title page. [1986].
* Welty, Eudora. The Robber Bridegroom. Cloth-backed boards, jacket. Inscribed on title page. [1987].
* Harris, Joel Chandler. Jump Again! More Adventues of Brer Rabbit. Cloth-backed boards, jacket.
Signed on title page. [1987].
* Harris, Joel Chandler. Jump on Over! The Adventures of Brer Rabbit and His Family. Cloth-backed
boards, jacket. [1989].
* Turner, Ann. Grass Songs. Cloth-backed boards, jacket. Inscribed on title page. [1993].
* London, Jack. The Call of the Wild. Cloth, jacket. Review slip laid in. Inscribed on title page. [1994].
* Hughes, Ted. The Iron Woman. Cloth-backed boards, jacket. Signed on title page. [1995].
* Moser, Madeline. Ever Heard of an Aardwolf ? Boards, jacket. Signed on title page. An Ex-library
copy. [1996].
* Kipling, Rudyard. Just So Stories. Cloth, jacket. [1996].
* Great Ghost Stories. Cloth-backed boards, jacket. Signed on title page. [1998].
* Scary Stories. Boards, jacket. Signed on front endpaper. [2006].
Together 11 volumes, all first or first trade editions.
Each volume signed or inscribed by the illustrator. Light wear; overall very good to fine.
(500/800)
230. (Moser, Barry) Three volumes with illustrations by Barry Moser, all signed by him. Includes:
* Carroll, Lewis. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. [1982].
* Carroll, Lewis. Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There. [1983].
* Baum, L. Frank. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. [1986].
Together 3 volumes, all in the original cloth-backed boards, with dust jackets. All with illustrations by
Barry Moser. First Trade Printings of the Pennyroyal Press Editions.
Berkeley: University of California Press, Various dates
Each volume inscribed by Barry Moser on the title page. Jackets price-clipped on the first 2
titles; all with some light wear; overall very good.
(250/350)
BROADSIDES BY SENDAK, VAN ALLSBURG, MOSER, ETC.
231. (Mother Goose) The Mother Goose Collection of Six Limited Edition Prints. 6 serigraph prints, each
in the original glassine folder with printed label; single sheet of letterpress descriptive text. (Folio)
27x20¾, unbound, as issued. Lacking the original cloth backed box. Number 50 of 300 copies.
New York: Serigrafia, Limited, [1990]
A striking portfolio of prints by 6 leading illustrators: Maurice Sendak, Chris Van Allsburg,
Barry Moser, Seymour Chwast, Daniel Palavin and Guy Billout. Each print signed by the artist
in pencil at lower right. The most ambitious project from fine art publishers Serigrafia, 100
copies were retained for the use of the illustrators, 100 for Serigrafia, and 100 were donated to
raise funds for The Children’s Health Fund at an initial offering price of $5000. Fine.
(1500/2000)
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232. (Newell, Peter) Carroll, Lewis. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland [and] Through the Looking Glass and
What Alice Found There. 2 volumes. Portrait frontispieces. Illustrated by Peter Newell with 40 plates
in each volume. Each text leaf with large green decorative border by Robert Mary Wright. (8vo),
original boards, gilt-lettered and with gilt-embossed vignettes on front covers, top edges gilt. First
Newell Editions.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1901-02
With the captivating and classic Peter Newell illustrations. Light soiling and darkening to boards,
front hinges cracked, early gift inscriptions; very good.
(300/500)
233. (Newell, Peter) Carroll, Lewis. The Hunting of the Snark and Other Poems and Verses. xiii, 248 pp.
Illustrated with 40 plates by Peter Newell, including color frontispiece with tissue-guard; decorations
by Robert Murray Wright. (8vo), white parchment boards, gilt-vignette on front cover, lettered in gilt,
untrimmed, top edge gilt. First American Edition, illustrated by Peter Newell.
Carroll’s treatise on nonsensical humor with unexpected verbal plays on words with Newell’s
illustrations bringing the characters to life. Boards darkened, minor wear, endpapers browned;
near fine.
(200/300)
234. Nicholson, William. An Alphabet. With 26 color lithographed plates from woodcuts by
Nicholson each with tissue guard. 30.5x25 cm. (12x9¾”), pictorial boards, original cloth spine
covered with cloth repair. First American Edition.
New York: R.H. Russell, 1898
Nicholson’s marvelous, and artistically innovative series of portraits illustrating the alphabet
(“A was an Artist” - actually a self-portrait, “B for Beggar,” “C is for Countess,” etc.). This
was the first of five works he illustrated for William Heinemann, the London publisher. Often
considered Nicholson’s most widely admired collection today of English Art Nouveau posterstyle lithography. Some rubbing, darkening and edge wear to boards; markings on endpapers
covered with felt pen, else good, internally very good.
(600/900)
235. Noble-Ives, Sarah. The Story of Teddy the Bear. [42] pp. Illustrated throughout including 5 color
plates. 31x25 cm. (12¼x9¾”), color pictorial boards.
New York: McLoughlin Bros., [1907]
Saga of a young bear by the name of Teddy, whose sister was shot, and who was himself
trapped, then adopted by a human family, before eventually being reunited with his mother;
inspired by the Roosevelt bears. Wear to corners, cover edges rubbed, spine repaired with paper
tape; very good.
(150/250)
236. (Paget, W.) Jameson, Anna. Shakspear’s Heroines: Characteristics of Women. Moral, Poetical and
Historical. With six color plates and seventy half-tone illustrations by W. Paget. (8vo) green cloth, with
large cover and spine illustrations in purple, brown, peach and green, lettered in gilt, all edges gilt,
illustrated endpapers, tan dust jacket, decorated and lettered in gilt.
London / New York: Ernest Nister / E.P. Dutton, [c.1900]
A beautifully bound edition of Shakespeare’s Heroines, the green binding with large and lovely
front cover illustration of a lady in a purple dress with flowers in her hair, the spine illustration
of a boy. Complete with dust jacket. Spelled “Shakspear” on dust jacket and on title page, but
spelled “Shakespeare” on binding. Jacket with a few tears at spine, front panel is detached from
spine at tear, a few horizontal tears to spine, spine yellowed, light soiling; volume a touch rubbed
at edges; near fine volume in a very good jacket.
(200/300)
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237. (Pogany, Willy) Fitzgerald, Edward, trans. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Illustrated with 12
tipped-in color plates and other decorations by Willy Pogany. (8vo), original purple gilt-decorated and
lettered cloth, top edge gilt, pictorial dust jacket repeating the design from the front cover, original
decorative box.
New York: Thomas Crowell, [c.1930]
Quite scarce in the original jacket and box. Box lightly rubbed; jacket with a few short closed
tears, price clipped; previous owner’s name on title page verso; overall near fine.
(200/300)
238. (Pogany, Willy) Goethe, [Johann Wolfgang von]. Faust. Illustrated by Willy Pogany, including
31 color plates, captioned tissue guards. 11x8½, original pictorial vellum gilt, top edge gilt. Limited
Edition, no. 233 of 250 copies signed by the artist.
London: Hutchinson & Co., 1908
The limited edition is on large paper, and has an extra color plate, “The Witches Revel”.
Formerly in the Nottingham Public Library, with label to front cover, paper remnant to front
endpaper, rubberstamps to title, half-title, top margins of first pages of chapters, lower margins
of plates just touching edge of images, and elsewhere. Covers rubbed, soiled and discolored;
good, ex-library copy.
(200/300)
239. Politi, Leo. Rosa. Color illustrations throughout by the author. 10x7½”, pale yellow pictorial
cloth, color illustrated dust jacket. First Edition.
Charles Scribner’s Sons, [1963]
Inscribed to a friend from the author, and signed on the front free endpaper. Accompanied by a
vibrantly colored doodle of a butterfly and flowers. The story of Rosa and her life in San Felipe.
It was also available in the Spanish language. Jacket price-clipped; a faint trace of rubbing at
spine ends; else fine.
(200/300)
23 LOTS OF BOOKS ILLUSTRATED BY ARTHUR RACKHAM
240. (Rackham, Arthur) Aesop. Aesop’s Fables. Translated by V.S. Jones. Introduction by G.K.
Chesterton. Illustrated with 13 tipped-in color plates by Arthur Rackham; printed guards. (4to),
original pictorial white cloth gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. First Rackham Edition. No. 969 of 1450
copies.
London: William Heinemann, 1912
Signed by Rackham at the limitation statement. Printed exhibition notice for the original watercolours from this work at The Leicester Galleries laid in. Latimore & Haskell, p.39. Spine
sunned, light soiling to cloth; very good.
(1500/2000)
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241. (Rackham, Arthur) The Allies’ Fairy Book. Illustrated with 12 tipped-in color plates by Arthur
Rackham; printed guards, plus black & white illustrations. (4to), blue cloth gilt, pictorial endpapers,
top edge gilt, others uncut. First Rackham Edition. Number 25 of 525 copies.
London: William Heinemann, [1916]
Signed by Rackham at the limitation
statement. Among the scarcer of the
Rackham limited editions. Latimore
& Haskell, p.45. Light wear to cloth,
endpapers a bit browned, front hinge
cracked; very good.
(1000/1500)
242. (Rackham, Arthur) Barrie, J.M. Peter Pan
in Kensington Gardens. Illustrations by Arthur
Rackham included 50 tipped-in color plates.
24.7x18.3 cm. (9¾x7¼”), original green cloth
pictorially gilt. First American Trade Edition.
Latimore & Haskell p. 27. Coves with some
soiling, staining and rubbing, spine ends
frayed, corners showing; some light foxing
within, about a dozen plates with corners
creased, three tissue guards lacking, others
with creasing and some chipping; good to
very good.
(200/300)
Lot 241
243. (Rackham, Arthur) Browning, Robert. The Pied Piper of Hamelin. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham,
including 4 color plates. (8vo), red cloth, large pictorial cover label, pictorial endpapers. First American
Rackham Trade Edition.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co., [1934]
Latimore & Haskell, p.71. Binding lightly sunned, previous owner’s name on front endpaper;
very good.
(150/250)
244. (Rackham, Arthur) Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol. 12 color plates by Arthur Rackham,
additional illustrations in text. (8vo) original green cloth stamped in black, pictorial dust jacket. Early
Trade Edition.
Presumably an early reprint. Latimore and Haskell describe the first issue of the trade edition as
having the frontispiece mounted to dark green paper and with the date, 1915, on the verso of
the title page. Later issues are described as without the mounted frontispiece and with no date
on the title page verso. The present copy has the frontispiece not mounted but does have the
date on the title page verso. All early issues are scarce in the original jacket (all books listed on
the rear jacket panel were issued before 1915). Latimore & Haskell, p.45. Jacket browned and
with some chipping to edges; endpapers lightly foxed, remnants of prize label on verso of front
free endpaper; else near fine in a very good or better jacket.
(300/500)
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ONE OF 625 COPIES
245. (Rackham, Arthur) Evans, C.S. The Sleeping Beauty. Story told by C.S. Evans. Illustrated by
Arthur Rackham with one mounted full-color plate in pictorial border, 3 double-page silhouette
illustrations with color, 2 full-page silhouette drawings with color, plus 14 full- or double-page
silhouette illustrations in black, and many illustrations within the text. (4to) vellum-backed cream
boards stamped in gilt, top edge gilt. No. 16 of 625 copies.
London / Philadelphia: Heinemann / Lippincott, [1920]
Signed by Arthur Rackham at the limitation statement. Charming Arthur Rackham
interpretation of this classic tale in silhouette. Latimore & Haskell, page 51. Vellum spine
spotted, small chip near foot of spine, boards unevenly browned, corners rubbed; very good.
(800/1200)
246. (Rackham, Arthur) Fouqué, De La Motte. Undine. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham, including 15
tipped-in color plates on brown paper, printed guards. (4to), parchment-backed boards, stamped in
gilt. No. 45 of 250 copies for the United States of America.
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1909
Signed by Rackham at the limitation statement. Latimore & Haskell, p.34. Some soiling to
bindings, spine sunned, extremities rubbed, bookplate; very good.
(800/1200)
247. (Rackham, Arthur) Fouqué, De La Motte. Undine. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham, including 15
tipped-in color plates on brown paper, printed guards. (4to), parchment-backed boards, stamped in
gilt. One of 250 copies for the United States of America, not numbered.
London / New York: Wiliam Heinemann / Doubleday, Page, 1909
Signed by Rackham at the limitation statement. Latimore & Haskell, p.34. Covers stained, soiled,
spine rubbed and darkened; dampstain to limitation leaf, occasional light marginal staining
within not affecting plates; good to very good.
(400/600)
248. (Rackham, Arthur) Grahame, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows. Introduction by A.A. Milne.
Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. 11¼x8, cloth-backed boards. No. 1707 of 2020 copies, printed
under the supervision of Bruce Rogers.
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1940
Signed by Bruce Rogers at the colophon, as issued. The last work illustrated by Arthur Rackham
before his death in 1939. Slipcase lacking, spine sunned, light wear to edges, drip stain on front
board; very good.
(500/800)
249. (Rackham, Arthur) Ingoldsby, Thomas [Barham, Richard Harris]. The Ingoldsby Legends.
Illustrated by Arthur Rackham, including 24 color plates tipped to dark green paper, with tissue
guards, plus 12 duotone plates and text illustrations. Title-page printed in brown and red. (4to),
original vellum, pictorially gilt, ribbon ties, top edge gilt, other edges uncut. No. 411 of 560 copies.
London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1907
Signed by Rackham at the limitation statement. This edition is a reprint of the 1898 edition,
with added illustrations and larger pages. Latimore & Haskell, p.31. Vellum lightly soiled, covers
a bit bowed, bookplate; very good.
(800/1200)
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250. (Rackham, Arthur) Ingoldsby, Thomas [pseud of Richard Barham]. The Ingoldsby Legends; Or
Mirth & Marvels. Illustrations by Arthur Rackham, including 12 color plates. (8vo), pictorial giltstamped and lettered green cloth. First Rackham Edition.
London: J.M. Dent, 1898
Latimore and Haskell, p.11. Light wear to spine ends; a few spots of foxing at front and rear of
volume; about fine, better than typically encountered.
(250/350)
251. (Rackham, Arthur) Irving, Washington. Rip Van Winkle. Text in French. Illustrated by Arthur
Rackham with 50 tipped-in color plates; printed tissue guards. 28x22 cm. (11x8¼”), full vellum, spine
lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. One of 200 copies, unnumbered.
Paris: Hachette, 1906
The plates (apart from the frontispiece) are bound consecutively at the end. What should
apparently be the final plate is tipped to the back of an earlier mount. Vellum discolored, some
rubbing; tissue guards with occasional creasing and light foxing; very good.
(400/600)
252. (Rackham, Arthur) King Albert’s Book: A Tribute to the Belgian King and People from Representative
Men and Women Throughout the World. 188 pp. Illustrated with 17 color plates by various artists (16
are tipped-in); 8 black-&-white or duotone plates; photogravure frontispiece portrait of the King;
music notes; plus many other drawings and facsimile signatures in the text. (4to), original blue cloth,
stamped in blind and white. First Edition.
[London]: The Daily Telegraph, [1914]
A tribute book sold to benefit the Belgian relief fund, with color plates by Kay Nielsen,
Maxfield Parrish, Edmund Dulac, Arthur Rackham, Harrison Fisher, and others; black and
white illustrations by James Montgomery Flagg, Charles Dana Gibson, Joseph Pennell and
others. The prose and poetry by Rudyard Kipling, Edmund Gosse, Eden Phillpotts, H. Rider
Haggard, Sarah Bernhardt, Winston Churchill (both the American novelist and the British
statesman), and others. Latimore & Haskell, p.42. Slight wear to extremities; fine.
(100/150)
253. (Rackham, Arthur) Lamb, Charles and Mary. Tales From Shakespeare. Illustrated by Arthur
Rackham, including 12 color plates. (Large 8vo), original blue cloth pictorially stamped in gilt. top
edge gilt. Second Rackham Edition, First Trade Printing.
London / New York: Dent / Dutton, 1909
The second edition with illustrations by Rackham, the first in 1899 had only one color plate.
Latimore & Haskell, p.33. Spine leaning, light wear to extremities, endpapers browned; very
good.
(200/300)
254. (Rackham, Arthur) The Land of Enchantment. Thirteen full-page half-tone illustrations by
Rackham, others in text. (4to), original pictorial cloth, stamped in gilt. First Edition.
London: Cassell and Company, 1907
There was another issue in brown cloth, the present is the preferred binding. One of Rackham’s
less common titles. The stories and illustrations first appeared in Little Folks magazine in 1896
& 1902. Latimore & Haskell, p.29. Spine ends frayed, front joint splitting, some soiling, previous
owner’s name several times on front blanks; good.
(150/250)
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255. (Rackham, Arthur) Martineau, Harriet. Feats on the Fiord. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with
8 plates, colored by W. Cubitt Cooke. (8vo), original orange cloth stamped in purple, color pictorial
cover label, original dust jacket with illustration repeated from front cover.
London / New York: Dent / Dutton, [c.1914]
Matches the Latimore & Haskell description for the second Rackham edition (and first edition
with plates in color), except that the cloth is orange rather than red or green. Latimore &
Haskell, p.43. Jacket edge worn and with a few short tears; volume fine.
(100/150)
256. (Rackham, Arthur) Milton, John. Comus. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham, including 24 color
plates tipped-in on brown paper, printed guards. (4to) 30x22.8 cm. (11¾x8¾”), vellum backed boards,
pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, other edges uncut. No. 145 of 550 copies. First Rackham Edition.
London / New York: Heinemann / Doubleday Page, [1921]
Signed by Rackham at limitation statement. Latimore & Haskell, p.54. Some soiling/darkening
to covers, edges worn, corners showing; internally very good or better.
(500/800)
ONE OF THE SCARCE RACKHAM LIMITEDS
257. (Rackham, Arthur) Morley, Christopher. Where the Blue Begins. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham,
including 4 color plates. (4to), original cloth-backed boards, spine gilt-lettered, pictorial endpapers,
top edge gilt. First Rackham Edition. No. 172 of 175 copies, signed by the artist.
London / New York: Heinemann / Doubleday Page, [1925]
One of the scarcest of the Rackham limited editions. Latimore & Haskell, p.60. Spine sunned,
some light soiling and spotting to boards, endpapers browned; very good.
(1000/1500)
258. (Rackham, Arthur) Mother Goose. The Old Nursery Rhymes. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham, including
13 tipped-in color plates on brown paper, printed guards. (4to), original white cloth, stamped in gilt,
top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. First Rackham Edition. No. 609 of 1130 copies.
Signed by Rackham at the limitation statement. Scarce in the original cloth binding. Latimore &
Haskell, p.40. Spine sunned, small chips to spine edges, light soiling to cloth, hinges cracking;
very good.
(1200/1800)
259. (Rackham, Arthur) Niebuhr, [Barthold Georg]. The Greek Heroes. Four color plates by Arthur
Rackham. (8vo) original blue cloth, pictorial cover label. Second Rackham Edition.
First published in 1903. Latimore & Haskell, p.36. Light wear to extremities; very good.
(100/150)
260. (Rackham, Arthur) Phillpotts, Eden. A Dish of Apples. 77 pp. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham,
including 3 tipped-in color plates with tissue-guards; decorative endpapers. (8vo), pictorial rose-gray
cloth. First Trade Edition.
London & New York: Hodder & Stoughton, [1921]
Latimore & Haskell p. 54. Light fading to cloth; near fine.
(150/250)
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261. (Rackham, Arthur) Carroll, Lewis. Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland - 2 editions. xii, 162 pp.
Illustrations by Arthur Rackham including 13 full-page color plates. (8vo) original red cloth lettered
in white, pictorial label on front, pictorial endpapers. First American Trade Edition.
New York: Doubleday, Page and Company, [1907]
Also, a second copy, similarly decorated but in a different cloth and without the pictorial
endpapers. Presumably an early re-issue (gift inscription dated 1919). Latimore & Haskell,
p.28. Both with some loss of white lettering, light wear to cloth, previous owner’s names on
endpapers, the earlier edition with scribbling on the frontispiece tissue guard; both about very
good.
(200/300)
262. Rackham, Arthur. A Fairy Book. 11 color plates by Arthur Rackham. (8vo) gilt decorated purple
cloth. First Edition Thus.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923
A reprint of the Allies Fairy Book, with one less illustration. Latimore & Haskell, p.56. Spine
faded, light wear at edges, rear hinge cracked, bookplate; very good
(200/300)
263. (Rackham, Arthur) Rossetti, Christina. Goblin Market. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham, including
4 color plates; decorative endpapers. (8vo), red cloth with pictorial cover label, pictorial dust jacket.
First Rackham American Edition.
Philadelphia: Lippincott, [1933]
Latimore & Haskell p. 69. Jacket worn along top edges with large chip from top of rear panel;
previous owner’s name on front free endpaper; volume near fine, jacket very good.
(200/300)
264. (Rackham, Arthur) Shakespeare, William. A Midsummer-Night’s Dream. Illustrated by Arthur
Rackham, including 40 tipped-in color plates, on brown paper, captioned guards. (4to), original full
vellum, stamped in gilt, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. No. 946 of 1000 copies. First Rackham
Edition.
Signed by Rackham on the limitation-page. Latimore & Haskell, p.32. Vellum heavily soiled,
large chip from head of spine; internally very good.
(500/800)
265. (Rackham, Arthur) Steel, Flora Annie. English Fairy Tales. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham,
including 16 mounted color plates, captioned tissue guards. (4to) 28x22 cm. (11x8½”), rebound in
full green morocco, titled portion of original white cover leather mounted on front cover, top edge
gilt. First Rackham Edition. Limited Edition, no. 227 of 250 large paper copies.
Latimore & Haskell, p.48. Rubbing to the mounted original cover leather, near fine.
(500/800)
266. (Rackham, Arthur) Wagner, Richard. Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods. ix, [1], 182 pp.
Translated by Margaret Armour. 30 tipped-in color plates by Arthur Rackham with printed tissue
guards. Original cloth-backed patterned boards. First American Trade Edition.
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1911
The second volume in The Ring of the Niblung trilogy. Latimore & Haskell p. 37. Dampstain to
binding and endpaper, text and illustration leaves not affected; good.
(100/150)
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267. (Rackham, Arthur) Walton, Izaak. The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man’s Recreation.
I llustrated by Arthur Rackham, including 12 color plates, printed tissue guards. 10¼x7½, original
vellum gilt-lettered, gilt-fish vignette on spine, pictorial endpapers, top edges gilt, others untrimmed.
No. 415 of 775 hand-numbered copies. First Rackham Illustrated Edition.
London: George C. Harrap, [1931]
Signed by Rackham on the limitation-page. Latimore & Haskell, p.66. Mild discoloration to
covers, spine ends a bit bumped, neat repair along front joint; tape stains to front endpapers,
else very good.
(600/900)
268. (Rackham, Arthur) Walton, Izaak. The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man’s Recreation...
I llustrated by Arthur Rackham, including 12 color plates, printed tissue guards; plus other drawings.
24.2x18.5 cm. (9½x7¼”), original gilt-decorated green cloth, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt. First
Trade Rackham Illustrated Edition, American issue.
Philadelphia: David McKay, [1931]
Latimore & Haskell, p. 66. The lot also includes: Morley, Christopher. Where the Blue Begins. Illustrated by Arthur
Rackham, including 4 color plates. 10x7¼, original bright blue cloth gilt, pictorial endpapers.
First American Rackham Trade Edition (Doubleday on spine). Heinemann / Doubleday, Page,
[1925]. Latimore & Haskell, p.60. Rubbing to spine ends and corners, light soiling; very good.
(250/350)
269. (Rackham, Arthur) Stephens, James. Irish Fairy Tales. With 16 color plates by Arthur Rackham;
printed tissue guards; drawings in the text. (8vo), green cloth stamped in gilt. First American Rackham
Edition
Latimore & Haskell, p.52. Spine ends frayed, previous owner’s name on front free endpaper;
very good.
(200/300)
270. (Rackham, Arthur) Collection of 14 books with illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Includes:
* Kipling, Rudyard. Puck of Pook’s Hill. Green cloth. 1911.
* [Another copy]. 1913.
* Martineau, Harriet. Feats on the Fiord. Merdhin. Cloth, dust jacket. [1937].
* Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol. Red cloth, dust jacket. [1940s?].
* [Another copy]. Red cloth, no jacket. [1940s?].
* Barrie, J.M. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. Cloth, dust jacket. [1943].
* Lamb, Charles & Mary. Tales from Shakespeare. Rebound in blue half morocco. 1927. * [Another
copy]. Cloth. [1957].
* Aesop’s Fables. Cloth, dust jacket. [1939].
* Hawthorne, Nathaniel. A Wonder Book. Cloth, dust jacket. [c.1935].
* Carroll, Lewis. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Cloth, dust jacket. [1978].
* Irving, Washington. Rip Van Winkle. Cloth, dust jacket. [c.1970].
* Swift, Jonathan. Gulliver’s Travels. Cloth. [1937].
* The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book. Cloth, dust jacket. [1960s?].
Together 14 volumes.
All reprint editions of books with illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Most with some light wear;
overall very good or better.
(200/300)
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271. (Rackham, Arthur) Swift, Jonathan. Gulliver’s Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World. xv,
291 pp. 12 color plates by Arthur Rackham. (Large 8vo), original blue cloth pictorially stamped in gilt.
Second Rackham Illustrated Edition, First American Trade Issue.
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1909
The second edition with illustrations by Rackham, the first in 1900 had only a single color plate.
Latimore & Haskell, p.32. Light wear to extremities, endpapers browned; light foxing; very
good.
(200/300)
272. (Rackham, Arthur) Latimore, Sarah Briggs & Grace Clark Haskell. Arthur Rackham: A
Bibliography. [xiv], (112) pp. Color frontispiece by Rackham, photo portrait of Rackham, several other
illustrations. Cloth-backed decorated boards. No. 417 of 550 copies printed by the Ward Ritchie
Press. First Edition.
Los Angeles: Suttonhouse, 1936
Still the essential reference to the illustrations of Arthur Rackham, unsurpassed in more than 75
years. Slipcase not present, spine sunned, light edge wear; some pencil notes within, a few later
titles added by hand on the blank leaves supplied for this purpose; very good.
(150/250)
A RARITY FROM THE CREATOR OF CURIOUS GEORGE
273. Rey, H.A. W here’s My Baby. 11 folding leaves with illustrations by Rey. 14x16 cm (5½x6¼”) spiral
bound stiff pictorial boards.
[London]: [Folding Books Limited], [c.1943]
Scarce lift-the-flap book by the creator of Curious George. Light wear at edges; very good.
(150/250)
274. (Robinson, Charles) France, Anatole. Bee: The Princess of the Dwarfs. Illustrated by Charles
Robinson, including 17 mounted color plates, captioned tissue guards. Pictorial title-page printed in
brown and green. (8vo), original gray cloth, stamped in gilt, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt. First
Robinson Edition
London: J.M. Dent, 1912
Spine leaning, light soiling to cloth; very good.
(200/300)
275. (Robinson, W. Heath) Kipling, Rudyard. A Song of the English. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson,
including 30 tipped-in color plates, captioned guards. (4to), original vellum, gilt-lettered, pictorially
stamped in red, green and gilt. No. 167 of 500 copies.
Signed by Robinson at the limitation statement. Vellum soiled, covers bowed, small split at head
of front joint, lacking ribbon ties; faint offsetting; very good.
(600/900)
276. (Robinson, W. Heath) Kipling, Rudyard. A Song of the English. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson,
including 16 tipped-in color plates on brown paper. (4to), original pictorial cream cloth; pictorial
jacket.
[London]: For the Daily Telegraph by Hodder & Stoughton, [1909]
Jacket spine sunned, edges worn, old repair on reverse of jacket; endpapers browned, volume
near fine.
(150/200)
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277. (Robinson, W. Heath) Shakespeare, William. A Midsummer-Night’s Dream. xvi, 185, [2] pp. 12
mounted color plates and numerous black & white illustrations by W. Heath Robinson. (4to) 29.5x22
cm (11¾x9”) original cloth-backed boards, paper spine label. No. 215 of 250 copies.
London: Constable and Co., Ltd., 1914
Signed by the illustrator at the limitation statement. Edges and corners worn; faint stain to lower
corner of a few leaves at front; good.
(400/600)
278. (Robinson, W. Heath) Two volumes illustrated by W. Heath Robinson. 2 volumes: * Shakespeare’s
Comedy of Twelfth Night or What you Will. Tipped in color plates. Some damage to corner of
frontispiece. Green gilt-lettered and decorated cloth. Hodder & Stoughton, [1908]. * Old-Time
Stories told by master Charles Perrault. Blue cloth with mounted color cover label. Tipped in color
plates. Dodd, Mead, [1921].
Rubbed edges, light shelf wear; very good.
(100/150)
279. (Robinson, William Heath) Rabelais, Francois. The Works of Mr. Francis Rabelais Doctor in Physick,
Containing Five Books of the Lives, Heroick Deeds & Sayings of Gargantua and his sonne Pantagruel. 2 volumes.
Illustrations and plates from drawings by W. Heath Robinson, including gravure frontispieces. (4to),
cream cloth decorated in gilt, pictorial endpapers, top edges gilt, others untrimmed.
London: Grant Richards, 1904
Mild soiling and shelf wear, a few minor faint stains; hinges cracked, still very good.
(300/500)
280. (Sangorski & Sutcliffe) Fitzgerald, Edward, trans. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Translated by
Edward Fitzgerald. Introduction by A.C. Benson. Reproduced in colors from a manuscript written
and illuminated by Francis Sangorski & George Sutcliffe. (Small folio) 30.6x22.5 cm. (12x9”), original
tan cloth with elaborate gilt peacock design in gilt on front, spine gilt, top edge gilt.
London: Siegle, Hill & Co., c. 1911
Sangorski and Sutcliffe’s interpretations of the Rubaiyat are justly famous and among their most
important work. “The Great Omar”, a nearly legendary copy in an exquisite jewelled binding,
was on its way to America when it sunk with the Titanic in 1912. Francis Sangorski died later
that year. Cloth a touch sunned; near fine.
(300/500)
281. Segar, E.C. Popeye’s Ark. Adapted from the Famous Newspaper Comic Series. Illustrated by Segar.
12.5x11.5 cm (5x4½”), color pictorial wrappers.
Akron, OH: Saalfield Publishing Co., 1936
Written with a Utopian theme using Popeye as a Biblical Noah character. Rubbed at edges and
spine; name in ink on blank preliminary leaf, dampstain on rear wrapper; paper yellowed over
time; very good.
(200/300)
24 LOTS OF BOOKS BY OR ILLUSTRATED BY MAURICE SENDAK – MOST SIGNED
282. Sendak, Maurice. Caldecott & Co. Notes on Books and Pictures. (8vo) black cloth, dust jacket. First
Trade Edition.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, [1988]
Signed by Sendak on the title page. Some wear to jacket edges; remainder stamp on lower edge
of page block; book and jacket very good.
(100/150)
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283. Sendak, Maurice. Higglety Pigglety Pop! Or, There Must Be More to Life. Story and pictures by
Maurice Sendak. (Square 8vo) brown cloth, dust jacket. First Edition.
Inscribed by Sendak on the half title. With “1067” code on front flap but with price clipped.
Hanrahan A68. Jacket price clipped and with several small chips and short tears at edges; fine in
a very good jacket.
(200/300)
284. Sendak, Maurice. In the Night Kitchen. Illustrated throughout in color by Maurice Sendak. 11x8½,
white cloth with color pictorial label; color pictorial jacket. First Edition.
[New York]: Harper & Row, [1970]
First edition of one of Sendak’s most beloved works, without the “Caldecott Honor Book”
medal. “And that’s why, thanks to Mickey, we have cake every morning.” Hanrahan A75. Small
chips to jacket spine head, spine a bit rubbed, small clip at bottom front flap (not affecting text);
volume cloth a touch yellowed at extremities; very good.
(100/150)
285. Sendak, Maurice & Carole King. Maurice Sendak’s Really Rosie starring the Nutshell Kids. Music
by Carole King. Lyrics and illustrations by Maurice Sendak. (4to) pictorial wrappers. First Edition.
Signed by Sendak on the title page. With correct $5.95 price sticker on front. Hanrahan A91. A
touch of wear to wrappers; still about fine.
(150/250)
286. Sendak, Maurice. Outside Over There. Story and pictures by Maurice Sendak. (4to) red cloth, dust
[New York]: [Harper & Row], [1981]
Signed by Sendak on front free endpaper. With correct $12.95 price on jacket flap. Hanrahan
A110. A touch of wear to jacket spine; fine in a near fine jacket.
(250/350)
287. Sendak, Maurice. Seven Little Monsters. 8 leaves. Illustrations by Sendak. (Oblong 8vo), pictorial
boards, dust jacket. First American Edition.
New York, Hagerstown, San Francisco, London: Harper & Row, [1977]
Signed by Sendak on the title page. Originally published in a German language edition two years
earlier. Hanrahan A93a (note). Light wear to jacket edges, lower corner of front flap clipped
($3.95 price still present at upper corner); fine in a near fine jacket.
(200/300)
288. Sendak, Maurice and Matthew Margolis. Some Swell Pup, or Are You Sure You Want a Dog.
I llustrations by Maurice Sendak. (Small 4to) brown cloth, dust jacket. First Edition.
Signed by Sendak on front free endpaper. With correct $5.95 price on front jacket flap.
Hanrahan A97. Minor wear to jacket edges; fine.
(200/300)
289. Sendak, Maurice. We Are All In The Dumps With Jack and Guy. Story and illustration by Maurice
Sendak. (Oblong 4to) boards, pictorial dust jacket. First Edition.
[New York]: [Harper Collins], [1993]
Signed by Sendak on the half title. With correct $20.00 price on front jacket flap. Hanrahan
A138. Book and jacket fine.
(150/250)
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290. Sendak, Maurice. Where The Wild Things Are. Story and pictures by Maurice Sendak. Clothbacked pictorial boards, dust jacket. Later reprint.
New York: Harper & Row, 1963 [but 1974]
Inscribed by Sendak on the half title. Reprinted in 1974 from the original plates. Front flap
of jacket clipped at lower corner price ($7.95) still present at upper corner, jacket edges lightly
chipped; fine in a very good jacket.
(200/300)
291. (Sendak, Maurice) [Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm]. King Grisly-Beard...Pictures by Maurice Sendak.
ranslated by Edgar Taylor. Illustrations by Maurice Sendak. (8vo) pictorial boards. First Edition.
T
Signed by Sendak on the front free endpaper. Issued simultaneously with a cloth-bound edition.
Hanrahan A83. Light wear at spine ends, spine leaning, some fading to boards; near fine.
(150/250)
292. (Sendak, Maurice) Hoffmann, E.T.A. Nutcracker. Illustrations by Maurice Sendak. (4to) blue
cloth, pictorial dust jacket. First Trade Edition.
New York: Crown Publishers, [1984]
Inscribed by Sendak on half title. Hanrahan A119. Book and jacket fine.
(150/250)
293. (Sendak, Maurice) Hoffmann, E.T.A. Nutcracker. Translated by Ralph Manheim. With color
illustrations by Maurice Sendak. Blue cloth, slipcase. No. 198 of 250 copies.
New York: Crown Publishers, [1984]
With an original lithograph
plate, Faithful Nutcracker,
by Maurice Sendak, printed
from an aluminum plate.
9½x9½”, loose and laid in, as
issued, in a limited edition of
250 copies, plus 25 proofs.
Signed and numbered in
pencil by the artists, and
bearing the workshop chop
mark in lower right margin.
Hanrahan A120. Fainted
trace of sunning at slipcase
edge, a touch of dust soiling;
else fine.
(1200/1800)
Lot 293
294. (Sendak, Maurice) Jarrell, Randall. Fly By Night. Illustrations by Maurice Sendak. (8vo) gray
cloth, pictorial dust jacket. First Edition.
Signed by Sendak on the half title. Hanrahan A95. Jacket lightly worn, faded at top edge; fine in
near fine jacket.
(150/250)
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295. (Sendak, Maurice) Jarrell, Randall. The Animal Family. [x], 180, [1] pp. Illustrations by Maurice
Sendak. (8vo) original blue cloth stamped in silver. First Edition.
[New York]: Pantheon Books, [1965]
Inscribed by Sendak on the front free endpaper. Hanrahan A64. Spine faded, light wear; very
good.
(150/250)
296. (Sendak, Maurice) Krasa, Hans & Adolf Hoffmeister. Brundibar. Retold by Tony Kushner.
Illustrations by Maurice Sendak. (4to) brown cloth, pictorial dust jacket. First Edition.
[New York]: Michael di Capua Books, [2003]
Signed by Sendak and Kushner on the half title. Book and jacket fine.
(150/250)
297. (Sendak, Maurice) Krauss, Ruth. A Hole is to Dig: A First Book of First Definition - Signed by Maurice
Sendak. Illustrations by Maurice Sendak. (12mo) Black cloth-backed pictorial boards. Later printing.
Inscribed by Sendak on verso of front free endpaper. Later printing with black cloth spine and
with “Grr-r-r” on page [23]. Hanrahan A4. Light wear and fading to boards, corners rubbed, ink
notes on title page; very good.
(100/150)
298. (Sendak, Maurice) Marshall, James & Maurice Sendak. Swine Lake. Illustrations by Maurice
Sendak. (Small 4to) blue cloth, pictorial dust jacket. First Edition.
[New York]: Harper Collins, [1999]
Signed by Sendak on preliminary illustrated leaf. With correct $15.95 price on jacket flap.
Hanrahan A159. Fine in fine jacket.
(150/250)
299. (Sendak, Maurice) Minarik, Else Holmelund. Five volumes of Little Bear stories and one other by
Minarik, all signed by Maurice Sendak. Includes:
* Little Bear.
* Father Bear Comes Home.
* Little Bear’s Friend.
* Little Bear’s Visit.
* A Kiss For Little Bear.
* Also: No Fighting, No Biting.
Together 6 volumes, all in pictorial boards, dust jackets. Reprint editions.
New York: Harper & Row, Various dates
Each volume signed by Maurice Sendak on front free endpapers. The first printings were
published by Harper & Brothers. Four of the volumes with front flaps clipped at upper corners;
overall all books and jackets near fine or better.
(300/500)
300. (Sendak, Maurice) Orgel, Doris. Sarah’s Room...with pictures by Maurice Sendak. Illustrations by
Maurice Sendak. (12mo) pictorial yellow cloth, dust jacket. First Edition, “HarperCrest Library
Edition” issue.
Inscribed by Sendak on front free endpaper. In a variant, or perhaps later issue, dust jacket,
price clipped from front flap but with correct “40-80 0963” code; rear flap without photographs
of the author and illustrator. Jacket price clipped and with minor wear, strip of adhesive residue
on front of jacket perhaps from a publisher’s sticker; about fine.
(300/500)
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301. (Sendak, Maurice) Sendak, Philip. In Grandpa’s House. Translated and adapted by Seymour
Barofsky. Illustrations by Maurice Sendak. (8vo), brown cloth, pictorial dust jacket. First Edition.
Inscribed by Maurice Sendak on front free endpaper. Story by Maurice Sendak’s father. This
issue with the $9.95 price on front flap (there were also copies issued without a price on jacket).
Hanrahan A125. Lower corner of front jacket flap clipped, price still present at upper corner,
jacket wrinkled; fine in a very good jacket.
(200/300)
302. (Sendak, Maurice) Stockton, Frank R. The Bee-Man of Orn. Illustrations by Maurice Sendak.
(Small 4to) pictorial cloth. First Edition.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1964]
Inscribed by Sendak on the front free endpaper. The “Library Edition” issue. Hanrahan A61.
Ex-library copy with residue of jacket flaps on pastedown endpapers, lacking pictorial front free
endpaper; ink markings on copyright page; no exterior library markings; good.
(100/150)
303. (Sendak, Maurice) Tesnohlidek, Rudolf. The Cunning Little Vixen. Illustrations by Maurice
Sendak. (Small 4to) green cloth, dust jacket. First Trade Edition.
Inscribed by Sendak on illustrated leaf at front. With correct $19.95 price on front jacket flap.
Hanrahan A123. Jacket mildly worn at edges; about fine.
(150/250)
304. (Sendak, Maurice) Yorinks, Arthur. The Miami Giant. Illustrations by Maurice Sendak. (4to)
pictorial boards, dust jacket. First Edition.
[New York]: Harper Collins, [1995]
Signed by Sendak on front free endpaper. Hanrahan, A143. A touch of wear to jacket, small
spot of sticker residue on rear; fine.
(100/150)
305. (Sendak, Maurice) Eight volumes with illustrations by Maurice Sendak, all signed by him. Includes:
* MacDonald, George. The Light Princess. Cloth, dust jacket.
* MacDonald, George. The Golden Key. Cloth, dust jacket.
* Krauss, Ruth. Charlotte and the White Horse. Cloth-backed boards, dust jacket.
* Zolotow, Charlotte. Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present. Pictorial boards, dust jacket.
* Sendak, Maurice. Hector Protector and As I Went Over the Water. Cloth-backed pictorial boards,
dust jacket.
* Krauss, Ruth. I’ll Be You and You Be Me. Cloth-backed pictorial boards, dust jacket. * Sendak,
Maurice. In The Night Kitchen. Cloth, dust jacket.
* Singer, Isaac Bashevis. Zlateh The Goat and Other Stories. Cloth. Together 8 volumes, all but the
last with dust jacket. All later printings.
Each signed or inscribed by Maurice Sendak. Some light wear; overall very good or better.
(300/500)
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FIRST EDITION CAT IN THE HAT
306. Seuss, Dr. The Cat in the Hat. [2], 61, [1] pp. Illustrated throughout by Dr. Seuss. 22.7x17 cm.
(9x6½”), color pictorial unglazed boards; color pictorial jacket. First Edition, First Printing.
[New York]: Random House, [1957]
The classic icon of 20th-century children’s literature. The first Dr. Seuss book specifically
targeted for beginning readers. First printing, with jacket priced “200/200” on front flap;
flat, unglazed covers; rear cover lists educators’ reviews with no mention of the Beginner
Books series. Younger & Hirsch 7. Jacket with rubbing to folds and edges, wear to spine ends
and corners, soiling to rear panel; wear to volume spine ends and corners; hinges cracked at
endpapers, ink name to front free endpapers, good to very good in like jacket.
(800/1200)
307. Seuss, Dr. The Seven Lady Godivas. Illustrated throughout by the author. (Small 4to), pink cloth,
illustrated dust jacket. First Edition, First Printing.
Dr. Seuss’s first book for adults, scarce in the original dust jacket. Jacket edge worn and with
some small chips and short tears; endpapers a touch browned; near fine in a very good dust
jacket.
(300/500)
308. (Shakespeare, William) Brooks, Vincent and Day & Son. The Boydell Gallery: A Collection of
Engravings Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare. Illustrated with 97 mounted Woodbury type
photographs of various works of art by Vincent Brooks, Day and Son. Folio. Publisher’s full giltdecorated maroon morocco, spine lettered in gilt, raised bands, double gilt-ruling over morocco turnins, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. First Edition.
London: Bickers and Son, 1874
Publisher’s nice deluxe-style leather binding for this early photographic work, highlighting
scenes and characters from Shakespeare’s writings. Joints and extremities rubbed, some
darkening to edges, corners a bit bumped; mild foxing; else very good.
(200/300)
309. (Shakespeare, William) Macpherson, John. The Land of Shakespeare: A Series of Thirty-One Etchings
from Original Drawings by John Macpherson. 31 mounted etchings. 47.5x34 cm (18¾x34½”), full brown
morocco, lettered and ruled in gilt, top edge gilt.
London: J.S. Virtue, [c.1890]
Rubbed at joints and spine ends, corners showing; mild foxing; very good.
(100/150)
310. (Shakespeare, William) Shakesperian Tableaux. Title, presentation leaf, plus 12 pages of text, 1
advertisement, all printed in gold. Illustrated with 12 color lithograph plates, finished in hand (on
verso of leaves of text). 10½x7”, original orange cloth, gilt-decorated and lettered cover, gilt floral
endpapers, all edges gilt.
London: Paul Ferrand, [1855]
Some wear and darkening to cloth edges; ink inscription on dedication leaf, most leaves
detached or nearly so; else very good.
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(100/150)
311. (Shakespeare, William) The Shakspeare Gallery; Being Engravings Illustrative of the Plays of Shakspeare,
From Pictures by Eminent British Artists; And the Text Explanatory of Each Subject. With additional engraved
title page, plus 29 engraved plates, including frontispiece. 24x19.5 cm (9½x7¾”), blind and gilt-tooled
black calf, re-backed with later black gilt-lettered and decorated calf, all edges gilt.
London: M’Gowan and Co., 1839
A rare edition of illustrated Shakespeare. Only 2 copies located on OCLC / Worldcat. With giltlettered morocco lettering piece pasted to front pastedown, reads A. Sexby 1840. Wear at edges;
long tear to front free endpaper (repaired); mostly marginal foxing; very good.
(400/700)
312. (Shepard, Ernest H.) Agnew, Georgette. Let’s Pretend. Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard. (4to),
original vellum-backed cloth, gilt-stamped and -lettered, top edge gilt. First Edition. No. 156 of 160
copies signed by both author and illustrator, this copy designated as a “Presentation Copy”.
London: J. Saville & Co., 1927
A beautiful production with illustrations of Agnew’s poems by E.H. Shepard, illustrator of the
Winnie-the-Pooh stories of A.A. Milne. Some soiling to binding and internally; good.
(300/500)
27 LITHOGRAPH ARTIST’S PROOFS FOR MOBY DICK
313. Spruance, Benton. Moby Dick, The Passion of Ahab. 27 lithograph artist’s proofs, varying sizes
but most approximately 30x40 inches. Presented in a custom half navy morocco clamshell box with
gilt spine titles. Each is hand numbered as “artist’s proof 10” with one exception which is numbered
as “artist’s proof 6”. Several are signed by Spruance, those he did not sign before his sudden and
unexpected death in December, 1967 are signed by his son and bear Spruance’s seal. There is
additionally a smaller lithograph, approximately 20¾x15 inches, titled “Master of the Pequod”.
[Barre, MA]: [Barre Publishers], 1965, 1966, 1967
These haunting images inspired by Melville’s great
American novel constitute some of Spruance’s
final published work. These are some of the largest
lithographs Spruance ever did and he considered
this his crowning work. These images were later
reproduced via offset lithography in 1968 in an
edition of 450 copies with a significantly reduced
sheet size of 16 by 22 inches. There are no records
of any of the proof sets such as the present
collection being offered for sale in at least the
past 30 years. There have been at least two major
exhibitions of this suite, one as recently as 2003.
One of the true rarities of 20th century literary
interpretation. Light wear to box; fine.
(8000/12000)
Lot 313
A FEW LOTS BY RALPH STEADMAN
314. (Steadman, Ralph) Thompson, Hunter S. and
Ralph Steadman, illustrator. The Curse of Lono. 195
pp. Mainly color illustrations by Ralph Steadman.
Elephant Folio, white cloth with pictorial front cover,
orange cloth slipcase with black print, in original
publisher’s cardboard box. Book still in shrink wrap.
No. 851 of 1000 copies.
Cologne: Taschen, 2004
Limited edition of this Thompson work, with illustrations by Steadman. 2 modern color
photographs of Thompson laid in. A few bumps to publisher’s cardboard box; else fine, book/
slipcase in original shrink wrap.
(800/1200)
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315. Steadman, Ralph. Gonzo the Art. Red cloth, illustrated dust jacket. First Edition.
New York: Harcourt Brace, [1998]
Signed by Steadman on the title page. Fine.
(150/250)
316. Steadman, Ralph. Red Shark. (Sylph Chapbook Number 3). 29 pp. Illustrations from drawings by
Ralph Steadman and from photographs. 7½x5, red cloth and marbled boards, leather spine label. No.
74 of 100 copies thus bound from a total edition of 140.
[Tucson]: Sylph Publications, 2003
Signed by Ralph Steadman, Anna Steadman, Joe Petro III and Kurt Vonnegut, as issued. Fine.
(500/800)
317. Steadman, Ralph. Sigmund Freud. 118 pp. Profusely illustrated by the author. 30x25.5 cm
(11¾x10”), white cloth, lettered in silver, with attached black ribbon bookmark, boards slipcase. No.
47 of 98 copies.
New York & London: Paddington Press, [1979]
Signed in pencil by Steadman, and numbered on copyright page. A touch of shelf wear to
slipcase; faint smudges to cloth; near fine.
(500/800)
318. (Steadman, Ralph) Six volumes illustrated by Ralph Steadman, all but one are signed by him. 6 volumes,
including: * The Grapes of Ralph: Wine According to Ralph Steadman. Cloth, dust jacket. Signed on
half title. With 3 laid in wine labels. Ebury Press, [1992]. * Little.com. Glossy boards. Signed on half
title. Andersen Press, [2000]. * Teddy! Where are you? Glossy boards. Signed on title page. Andersen
Press, [1994]. * No Room to Swing a Cat. Wrappers. Signed on half title, with a doodle of a cat.
Red Fox, [1991]. * Carroll, Lewis. Alice in Wonderland. Cloth, dust jacket. Firefly Books, [2003]. *
America. Cloth, dust jacket. No. 7 of 500 copies. Signed on limitation statement on front pastedown.
Fantagraphics Books, [1989].
Fine.
(400/700)
319. (Steinhardt, Jacob) Nadel, Arno. “Rot und glühend ist das Auge des Juden”. Unpaginated. Etched
frontispiece and 8 tipped in plates by Jacob Steinhardt. (4to) original stiff wrappers, woodcut
illustration on front. First Edition.
Berlin: Verlag für Jüdische Kunst und Kultur, Fritz Gurlitt, 1920
Jacob Steinhardt (1887-1968) was a Jewish painter and artist, who worked mainly in woodcuts
depicting biblical and other Jewish subjects. He was a member of the Bezalel school group.
Some wear to wrappers, joints cracked; internally near fine.
(250/350)
320. (Sterrett, Virginia) Segur, [Sophie Rostopchine] Comtesse de. Old French Fairy Tales. Illustrated
by Virginia Frances Sterrett with 8 color plates plus text illustrations. Color title-page. (4to) 28x21.5
cm. (11x8½”), original black cloth with color pictorial cover label.
Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Co., [1920]
Spine ends frayed, hinges cracked and shaken; paper a bit browned; good.
Page 70
(100/150)
ONE OF ONLY 140 COPIES
321. Suwage, Agus. This Room of Mine. [18] leaves. Color reproductions of paintings by Suwage with
some brief accompanying text. 29x32 cm (11½x12½”), spiral bound within black cloth folder and a
black paper folding case. Number 104 of 140 copies, Signed by Suwage.
[Jakarta]: [The Lontar Foundation], [1996]
Lot 321
Agus Suwage is one of the most important and influential painter/sculptors in the SE Asian
art world today. He has shown extensively around the globe and has a major show currently in
NYC at the Tyler Rollins Gallery. Light wear to outer paper case; else fine.
(2000/3000)
322. Szyk, Arthur. The New Order. Introduction by Roger W. Straus, Jr. Illustrations throughout by
Szyk, some color. (Small 4to), tan cloth, dust jacket. First Edition.
New York: Putnam, [1941]
The Third Reich, its allies and its enemies are dissected through Szyk’s remarkable cartoons.
Jacket spine sunned, light wear and soiling; endpapers browned; very good.
(150/250)
323. (Szyk, Arthur) The Ten Commandments. Unpaginated. Color photo-engravings of illustrations by
Arthur Szyk. (8vo) gray-green pictorial cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, illustrated slipcase.
No. 842 of 1000 copies. First Edition.
Philadelphia: John C. Winston, [1947]
Signed by Szyk at the limitation statement. Light soiling to slipcase; near fine.
Page 71
(250/350)
324. (Szyk, Arthur) Three volumes with illustrations by Arthur Szyk. Includes:
* The Book of Job. (4to), white and brown cloth, illustrated label on front. [1946].
* The Book of Ruth. (4to) white and gray cloth, illustrated label on front. [1947].
* Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. (4to), cloth-backed illustrated boards, slipcase. [1974].
Together 3 volumes.
New York: Heritage Press, Various dates
Spines sunned; near fine.
(100/150)
325. Taylor, Isaac & Jane. Seven early 19th century works for children by Isaac, Jane & Ann Taylor. Includes:
* Taylor, Isaac. Self-Cultivation Recommended; Or, Hits to a Youth Leaving School. Engraved
frontispiece. Original boards, paper spine label. Second Edition. London: Rest Fenner, 1817.
* Taylor, Isaac. Scenes in Europe. Engraved folding map frontispiece; engraved plates throughout.
London: J. Harris, 1818.
* Taylor, Isaac. Beginnings of European Biography. The Middle Ages. Engraved plates. Old diced
brown calf, spine gilt, black leather labels. London: John Harris. [c.1829]. * Taylor, Isaac. Beginnings
of European Biography. The Latter Ages. Engraved plates. Old diced brown calf, spine gilt, black
leather labels. London: John Harris. [c.1829]. * Taylor, Isaac (after). Scenes of commerce, “by land and sea; or, where does it come from?” answered.
upon a plan arranged by the late rev. isaac taylor. Engraved plates throughout. Period leather-backed
marbled boards. Beautiful calligraphic presentation “in the memory of the author, jehosaphat aspin,
esqr.” Rear joint split. London: John Harris, 1839.
* [Taylor, Jane & Ann]. City Scenes; Or A Peep Into London for Children. Engraved vignettes
throughout. Period leather-backed boards. London: Darton, Harvey & Darton, 1814.
* [Taylor, Jane]. Hymns for Infant Minds. Woodcut frontispiece. Period leather-backed boards. Rear
board detached. Seventh Edition. London: Josiah Conder, 1815.
Together 7 volumes.
A nice gathering of illustrated works for children from this prolific family. All with some wear;
overall very good.
(300/500)
TEN LOTS WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY HUGH THOMSON
326. (Thomson, Hugh) Allen, James Lane. A Kentucky Cardinal and Aftermath. Illustrations in black
and white throughout by Hugh Thomson. (4to) original white cloth stamped in gilt, edges untrimmed.
One of 250 Large Paper copies.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1901
Light soiling to cloth, front hinge cracked; very good.
(150/250)
327. (Thomson, Hugh) Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. xxvii, 476 pp. Preface by George Saintsbury.
Illustrated by Hugh Thomson. 18x12 cm (7x4¾”) green cloth illustrated with peacock design in gilt
on cover and spine, gilt-lettered, all edges gilt.
London: George Allen, 1894
With the beautiful cover gilt illustration of a peacock, his feathers filling the front cover. Rubbed
at spine ends and corners; front hinge starting; else near fine.
(300/500)
328. (Thomson, Hugh) Barrie, J.M. Quality Street, a Comedy in Four Acts. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson
with 22 tipped-in color plates. (4to) later green half morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt, top edge
gilt, original vellum front cover mounted inside front board. No. 628 of 1000 copies.
[London]: Hodder & Stoughton, [1913]
Signed by Thomson at the limitation. Binding rubbed; very good.
Page 72
(250/350)
329. (Thomson, Hugh) Barrie, J.M. Quality Street. vi, [1], 178 pp. Tipped-in color plates and black &
white illustrations in text by Hugh Thompson. (4to) purple cloth lettered and decorated in gilt.
[London]: Hodder and Stoughton, [c.1913]
A play by the author of Peter Pan. With lovely color plates and elegant pen-and-ink illustrations
by Hugh Thompson. Spine sunned, light wear and soiling to cloth; very good.
(100/150)
330. (Thomson, Hugh) Barrie, J.M. The Admirable Chrichton. Illustrated with 21 tipped-in color plates
by Hugh Thomson, with printed tissue guards. (4to) full gilt decorated vellum, top edge gilt, other
edges untrimmed. No. 173 of 500 copies.
Signed by Thomson at the limitation statement. Vellum with some light soiling, damp stain on
front cover, lacking ribbon ties, endpapers foxed; very good.
(300/500)
331. (Thomson, Hugh) Days with Sir Roger de Coverley. xii, 82 pp. (8vo) original blue cloth stamped in
gilt, all edges gilt. First Thomson Edition.
London: Macmillan & Co., 1886
Reprinted from the pages of The Spectator. Light wear to cloth; very good.
(150/250)
332. (Thomson, Hugh) Goldsmith, Oliver. The Stoops to Conquer. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson,
including 25 tipped-in color plates on paper with decorative borders and captions printed in green.
(4to), original vellum, elaborately gilt, front cover ruled in green, top edge gilt, other edges uncut. No.
273 of 350 copies.
Signed by Thomson at the limitation statement. Vellum soiled, short split at head of front joint,
covers a bit bowed, endpapers foxed; very good.
(250/350)
333. (Thomson, Hugh) Shakespeare, William. As You Like It. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson with 40
tipped-in color plates, captioned guards with decorative devices. (4to), original vellum, pictorially gilt,
ribbon ties. No. 29 of 500 copies.
Signed by Thomson at the limitation statement. Vellum lightly soiled, covers bowed, endpapers
foxed; very good.
(300/500)
334. (Thomson, Hugh) Shakespeare, William. The Merry Wives of Windsor. Illustrated by Hugh
Thomson, including 40 tipped-in color plates on brown paper, captioned tissue guards. (4to), original
full vellum, stamped in gilt, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. No. 184 of 350 copies.
Signed by Thomson at the limitation statement. Some spotting and soiling to vellum, lacking
ribbon ties; endpapers foxed, very good.
(300/500)
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335. (Thomson, Hugh) Sheridan, Richard Brinsley. The School of Scandal. Illustrated by Hugh
Thomson including 25 tipped-in color plates. (4to) 12x10, original vellum elaborately gilt, front cover
ruled in pink, top edge gilt, other edges uncut. No. 303 of 350 copies.
Signed by Thomson at the limitation statement. Lacking ribbon ties, covers bowed, endpapers
foxed; very good.
(300/500)
336. (Ward, Lynd) Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft. Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus. [ix], 259
pp. Woodcut illustrations throughout. (8vo) 9¼x6¼, white cloth with pictorial label on front, paper
title label on spine. First Lynd Ward Edition, Trade Issue.
New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1934
The classic horror tale, aptly illustrated with the woodcuts of Lynd Ward. Spine sunned, light
soiling to cloth; very good.
(200/300)
337. (Werner, Charles) Brehm, A.E. and J. Dumichen. Le Nil. Illustrated with 24 color plates by
Charles Werner, plus a frontispiece map of the distribution of where the artworks were painted
from, in Egypt. 14¼x11, gray cloth, elaborately decorated and lettered in gilt, and in blue and black,
all edges gilt.
Paris: A. Levy, 1882
Beautifully illustrated with scenes of Egypt, painted in the 1870s by Charles Werner. Soiling to
rear cover, edge wear, especially at spine ends; front hinge tender, repaired with tape, first few
leaves yellowed and foxed; else internally only an occasional marginal finger stain; very good.
(250/350)
338. Whistler, Laurence. ¡OHO! Certain Two-faced individuals Now Exposed by the Bodley Head.
I llustrations by Rex Whistler. (Small 4to) original pictorial boards, dust jacket. First Edition.
London: The Bodley Head, 1946
“We make bold to announce that ¡OHO! is unique among books. For it has no front or back,
or rather two of each. So the reader is enabled to enter the Whistler Brothers’ gallery in either
direction.” from jacket. Large chip from one jacket panel, flaps clipped, some other light wear;
endpapers foxed, gift inscription; book and jacket very good.
(100/150)
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RARE FIRST EDITION OF LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE
339. Wilder, Laura Ingalls. Little House on the Prairie. [10], 200, [1] pp. Illustrated by Helen Sewell
including color frontispiece. 21x17 cm. (8¼x6¾”), original pictorial cloth. First Edition.
Lot 339
Scarce first edition of the third in the series from Laura Ingalls Wilder’s “Little House” books,
and perhaps the most famous, in part because of the television series of the same name starring
Michael Landon and Melissa Gilbert. Slight discoloration to spine; faint foxing to title-page and
frontispiece; very good or better, with custom cloth slipcase.
(3000/5000)
340. (Wyeth, N.C.) Allen, Douglas & Douglas, Jr. N.C. Wyeth: The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and
Murals. 335 pp. Illustrations throughout in color and black & white. (4to) blue morocco-backed cloth,
slipcase. No. 121 of 249 copies of the deluxe edition.
New York: Crown, [1972]
Signed by both authors at limitation. An indispensable reference on the paintings and
illustrations of N.C. Wyeth. Slight wear to slipcase; volume fine.
(250/350)
341. (Wyeth, N.C.) Defoe, Daniel. Robinson Crusoe. Preface by N.C. Wyeth. Illustrated with 13 color
plates, including frontispiece, by Wyeth; color illustrated title page, color pictorial endpapers. (8vo)
original blue cloth, color pictorial cover label, lettered and ruled in gilt, glassine jacket present but
tattered. With the original two-part publisher’s box, the lid repeating the cover illustrations. First
Wyeth Edition, variant binding.
New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1920
The second of two bindings described by Allen & Allen, this with a smaller illustration on the
front of Crusoe with his arms stretched skyward. Allen & Allen, p.203. Box worn and with
some soiling; volume bright and fine, virtually as new.
(250/350)
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342. (19th Century Children’s Books) Lot of nine nineteenth century works for children. Includes:
* Brightwell, C.L. Lives of Labour. Chromolithograph illustrations. Original pictorial cloth. London:
T. Nelson, 1874.
* The Fox Jumps Over the Parson’s Gate. Illustrations by Randolph Caldecott. Original pictorial
wrappers (cloth tape repair to spine). [London]: Routledge, [no date, reprint].
* Goldsmith, Oliver. An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog. Illustrations by Randolph Caldecott.
Original pictorial wrappers. [London]: Routledge, [no date, c.1890].
* Greenwood, James. The Purgatory of Peter the Cruel. Illustrations from woodcuts by Griset.
Original gilt-pictorial blue cloth. London: Routledge & Sons, 1868.
* Lysons, Samuel. The Model Merchant of the Middle Ages, Exemplified in the Story of Whittington
and His Cat. Frontispiece. Original cloth. London: Hamilton Adams, 1860.
* Mother Goose’s Nursery Rhymes. Chromolithograph plates. Later half morocco binding (front
cover detached). London Ernest Nister, [no date].
* Slater, Mrs. John. Little Princes. Tinted lithograph plates. Original red cloth. London: Joseph
Cundall, 1843.
* Stanley, Mrs. H.M. (Dorothy Tennant). London Street Arabs. Profusely illustrated. Original twotone green cloth. Fifth Thousand. London: Cassell, 1890. * Triumphs of Perseverance and Enterprise.
Woodcut illustrations. Original pictorial blue cloth. London: Ward, Lock, [no date].
Together 9 volumes.
All with some flaws, light wear, etc.; overall very good.
(300/500)
343. (19th Century Children’s Books) Lot of nine nineteenth century works for children. Includes:
* Hack, Maria. Harry Beaufoy. Engraved frontispiece. Period leather-backed marbled boards. London:
Harvey and Darton, 1821.
* A Manual of Morals for Common Schools. Original cloth-backed boards. Boston: John P. Jewett,
1850.
* The Parent’s Cabinet of Amusement and Instruction. Woodcut illustrations. Original cloth. London:
Smith, Elder and Co., 1835.
* Parley, Peter. Tales About Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. Woodcut illustrations. Later clothbacked boards. London: Thomas Tegg, 1837.
* Pinnock’s Catechisms. 3 volumes in 1. 2 engraved title pages and 2 engraved frontispieces. Period
leather-backed boards. London: G. & W.B. Whittaker, 1823.
* The Public Buildings of Westminster Described. Engraved plates. Later cloth. London: John Harris,
1831.
* Taylor, Joseph. Curious Antiquities. Woodcut frontispiece. Period leather-backed boards. New
York: Samuel Wood & Sons, 1820.
* Taylor, Joseph. Tales of the Robin, and Other Small Birds. Engraved plates. Period leather-backed
boards (front cover detached). London: William Darton, 1815.
* W.,S. A Visit to London. Engraved plates. Period leather-backed marbled boards. London: William
Darton, 1820.
Together 9 volumes.
All with some flaws, light wear, etc.; overall very good.
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Section III: Original Art & Posters
EULALIE BANKS
344. Banks, Eulalie. Original watercolor illustration from an unidentified work. Original watercolor on
board. 35.8x45.8 cm (14x18”), plus narrow margins. Matted.
1949
Lot 344
Charming scene of a young girl kneeling in a meadow among the grass, flowers and mushrooms
with surrounded by a group of small animals and insects, most in human attire, several bearing
gifts. Signed in the image at lower right. Published work unidentified. Fine.
(1500/2000)
REG CARTWRIGHT
345. Cartwright, Reg. Original Watercolor Illustration from In Search of the Last Dodo. Original watercolor
on board. Approximately 15x20 cm (6x8”), matted.
1989
Humorous image of a freshly hatched Dodo biting the nose of a rosy-cheeked royal. Titled and
signed in pencil on the matting. From In Search of the Last Dodo (Little, Brown, 1989). Fine.
(800/1200)
346. Cartwright, Reg. Original Watercolor Illustration from The Canterbury Tales. Original watercolor on
board. Approximately 30.5x26 cm (12x10¼”), plus margins. Matted.
1988
Colorful depiction of “The Franklin” from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. Signed and titled in
pencil on the matting. From “A Selection From the Canterbury Tales” retold by Selina Hastings
(Henry Holt, 1988). Fine.
(800/1200)
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OLIVIER DUNREA
347. Dunrea, Olivier. Original Watercolor Illustrations from Mogwogs on the March. Original watercolor on
paper. Approximately 23x40 cm (9x15¾”), plus margins. Matted.
1982
A motherly Mogwog, holding a baby aloft by his hair, scolding a young girl, the youngster
with a tear upon her cheek, their thatched roof home behind them. Titled in pencil “Study
for Mogwogs, The Haircut”, signed in pencil at the lower right. From Mogwogs on the March
(Holiday House, 1985). Fine.
(1000/1500)
348. Dunrea, Olivier. Original watercolor illustrations from Mogwogs on the March. Original watercolor on
paper. Approximately 18x44 cm (7x17¼”), plus margins. Matted.
1984
Fanciful scene of Dunrea’s Mogwog characters, adults and children, among the forest trees.
Extensive production notes in margins. Signed in pencil at the upper right. From Mogwogs on
the March (Holiday House, 1985). Fine.
(1000/1500)
MICHAEL HAGUE
349. Hague, Michael. Original watercolor illustration from Catalogue for The Enchanted Dollhouse, 1983.
Original watercolor on board. Approximately 18.5x26 cm (7¼x10¼”), plus margins. Matted.
1983
Scene of a snow-covered home within a holly-topped frame, the snow spilling out onto a
scene of a child’s dollhouse, surrounded by toys. Signed in ink at lower right. Used as the cover
illustrations for the “Winter Enchantment, 1983” catalogue for The Enchanted Doll House.
Production markings in margins; fine.
(500/800)
350. Hague, Michael. Original watercolor illustration from Catalogue for The Enchanted Dollhouse, 1982.
Original watercolor on board. Approximately 18x25.5 cm (7x10”), plus margins. Matted.
1982
Scene of a parade of dolls and other toys in the grass before a large Victorian home. Signed in
ink at lower left. Used as the cover illustrations for the “Enchantment, 1982” catalogue for The
Enchanted Doll House. Production markings in margins; fine.
(500/800)
351. Hague, Michael. Original watercolor illustration from Mother Goose. Original watercolor on board.
Approximately 26x18.5 cm (10¼x7¼”). Matted.
1984
Humpty Dumpty playing the violin perched atop a wall, a gathering of four geese on the
ground below, a castle in the background. Signed in the image at the top edge of the wall.
Published in Mother Goose (Holt, Rinehart, Winston, 1984). Taped to matting; image fine.
(700/1000)
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352. Hague, Michael. Original watercolor illustration from a 1980s Unicorn Calendar. Original watercolor
on paper. 24.5x21.8 cm (9¾x8½”), plus margins. Matted.
1980s
Wonderful image of a
unicorn being led by
his long beard by three
gnomes across bridge
made from a fallen tree.
Signed in ink at lower
right. Presumably from
his Unicorn Calendar.
Production notes in
margins; fine.
(2000/2500)
Lot 352
353. Hague, Michael. Original watercolor illustration from the Velveteen Rabbit. Original watercolor on
board. 27.5x21.5 cm (10¾x8½”) visible. Matted.
1983
Wonderful illustration from Margery Williams’ timeless classic tale of young boy and his stuffed
rabbit and how the rabbit becomes real. The image depicts the boy holding the rabbit by the
ears, his other toys at his feet, the Christmas tree visible on the table behind him. From page 2
of the published work (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1983). Signed in the image at lower left. Fine.
(800/1200)
354. Hague, Michael. Original watercolor illustration of a winter scene with bear and snowmen. Original
watercolor on paper. 26.2x20.3 cm (10¼x8”) plus margins. Tipped to matting.
1980s
Winter scene of a bear perched upon the railing of a
snow-covered bridge, a group of five motley snowmen
lining the path below. Signed in ink at lower right.
Possibly used to illustrate a Hallmark card. Fine.
(2000/3000)
Lot 354
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JOHN HASSALL
355. Hassall, John. Original watercolor illustration from an unidentified work. Original watercolor on paper.
22.7x30 cm (9x11¾”), plus margins. Matted.
c.1910
Four young children in winter attired, ice skates on their feet. Perhaps an illustration for the tale
Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates. Signed in ink at lower right. Published work not identified.
Fine.
(800/1200)
WILLY POGANY
356. Pogany, Willy. Eight pencil drawings for The Frenzied Prince. 8 pencil drawings on paper. Various
sizes, approximately 8x20 (3¼x8”) to 17.7x18 cm (7x7¼”).
1943
Illustrations from The Frenzied Prince by
Padraic Colum. Page numbers and dimension
in pencil on rear of each. Each initialed W.P.
Lightly soiled; near fine.
(2000/3000)
DANIEL SAN SOUCI
357. San Souci, Daniel. Original watercolor
illustration from Easter Treasures. Original watercolor
on paper. Approximately 31x23 cm (12¼x9”),
plus margins. Matted.
1989
Winter scene, under a full moon with snow
falling, of a group of 5 rabbits gathered
beneath a pair of evergreen trees in the front
yard of a small home, the lights on within
Lot 356
and smoke rising from the chimney. Signed
with the artist’s monogram at the lower left.
Published in “Easter Treasures” compiled by Diane Arico (Doubleday, 1989). Illustrating “The
Rabbits Song Outside the Tavern” by Elizabeth Coatsworth (p.13). Production markings in
margins; fine.
(1000/1500)
358. San Souci, Daniel. Original watercolor illustration from The Mother Goose Book. Original watercolor
on paper. Approximately 23.5x18 cm (9¼x7”), plus margins. Matted.
1986
Image of a fashionably dressed hare, with top-hat and cane, leaping over the back of a tortoise,
also wearing a hat, with an unlit candle strapped to the top of his shell. Signed with the artist’s
monogram at the lower right. Illustration for Jack Be Nimble (p. 2) from “The Mother Goose
Book” (Simon & Schuster, 1986). Fine.
(700/1000)
359. San Souci, Daniel. Original watercolor illustration from The Ugly Duckling. Original water color on
paper. Approximately 23.5x38.5 cm (9¼x15¼”), plus margins. Matted.
1987
Charming scene from the story of The Ugly Duckling (Scholastic, 1987. pp 32-33). The young
bird afloat on a stream being watched by a family on a stone bridge, a quaint village on the
banks and a windmill in the distance. Signed with artist’s monogram at the lower left. Fine.
(1500/2000)
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JUSTIN TODD
360. Todd, Justin. Original watercolor from The Whispering Room. Original watercolor on paper,
approximately 24x19 cm (9½x7½”), plus margins. Matted.
1996
Striking image of a witch and her cat familiar
preparing a potion before the fire, bubbling
cauldron and jar of eyes at upon the table.
From “The Whispering Room: Haunted
Poems” by Gillian Clark. Signed and dated in
pencil at lower right. Fine.
(1500/2000)
361. Todd, Justin. Three original watercolor
vignettes from The Whispering Room. Three original
watercolor vignettes on a single sheet of paper.
Each approximately 5x15 cm (2x6”), plus
margins. Matted.
1996
Three images of a witch, one with her flying
on the back of a goose, another with her flying
on a broom, her long cape trailing behind
her, and the third with the witch and her cat
entering the door of her underground home.
From “The Whispering Room: Haunted
Poems” by Gillian Clark. Each image signed
and dated in pencil at lower right. Fine.
(800/1200)
Lot 360
SIGNED POSTER BY CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATORS
JAN BRETT
362. Brett, Jan. Two color posters illustrated and signed by Jan Brett. Includes: * Goldilocks and the Three
Bears. 44.5x61 cm (17½x24”). Inscribed Best Wishes, dated 1987. Dodd, Mead & Company, 1987. *
The Mitten. 45.5x61 cm (18x24”). G.P. Putnam’s, 1989.
Both posters signed by Jan Brett. Fine.
(150/200)
LAURENT DE BRUNHOFF
363. de Brunhoff, Laurent. Babar’s Adventures: Calendar for 1988 - poster signed by Laurent de Brunhoff.
Color poster. 58.5x40.5 cm (23x16”).
Japan: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1987
Signed by Laurent de Brunhoff. Fine.
(200/300)
LEO & DIANE DILLON
364. Dillon, Leo and Diane. Aida - poster signed by illustrators Leo & Diane Dillon. Color poster. 56x40.5
cm (22x16”).
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1990
Signed by Diane Dillon and Leo Dillon. Faint horizontal and vertical center crease from folding,
one small smudge near top corner; near fine.
(150/200)
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365. Dillon, Leo and Diane. Jazz on a Saturday Night - poster signed by illustrators Leo & Diane Dillon.
olor poster. 45.5x61 cm (18x24”).
C
Blue Sky Press / Scholastic, 2007
Signed by Diane Dillon and Leo Dillon. Fine.
(150/200)
366. Dillon, Leo and Diane. Northern Lullaby - poster signed by illustrators Leo & Diane Dillon. Color
poster. 47x55 cm (18½x21¾”).
New York: Philomel Books, 1992
Signed by Diane Dillon and Leo Dillon. Faint horizontal and vertical center crease from folding;
near fine.
(150/200)
367. Dillon, Leo and Diane. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice - poster signed by illustrators Leo & Diane Dillon.
olor poster. 53x48 cm (20¾x19”).
C
Blue Sky Press / Scholastic, 1993
Signed by Diane Dillon and Leo Dillon. Faint horizontal and vertical center crease from folding;
near fine.
(150/200)
MICHAEL HAGUE
368. Hague, Michael. First Annual International Antiquarian Bookfair: A World of Books, September 10-12,
1993 - poster illustrated and signed by Michael Hague. Color poster. 54.5x40.5 cm (21½x16”).
1993
Signed by Michael Hague. Fine.
(100/150)
369. Hague, Michael. The Kennedy Center: Imagination Celebration - poster illustrated and signed by Michael
Hague. Color poster. 61x45.5 cm (24x18”). Designed by Marc Cheshire.
1992
Signed by Michael Hague. Fine.
(100/150)
370. Hague, Michael. Four posters signed by Michael Hague. Includes: * Rootabaga Stories. 36.5x61
cm (14½x24”). Faint center crease. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988. * The Rainbow Fairy Book.
65.5x18.5 cm (25¾x7¼”). Faint crease. 1993. * Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear. 18x61.5 cm 7x21¼”). Faint
crease. 1993. * Little Women. 61x45.5 cm (24x18”). Henry Holt and Company, no date.
Various dates
Each signed by Michael Hague. Near fine or fine.
(150/250)
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WILLIAM JOYCE
371. Joyce, William. A Day with Wilbur Robinson - poster illustrated and signed by William Joyce. Color
poster. 45.7x54.5 cm (18x21½”).
Printed in the USA: HarperCollins, 1990
Signed by William Joyce. Fine.
(100/150)
Lot 371
372. Joyce, William. Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures with the Family Lazardo - poster illustrated and signed
by William Joyce. Color poster for the book. 31x54 cm (12¼x21¼”).
Printed in the USA: Harper & Row, 1988
Signed by William Joyce. Very faint crease at one corner; else fine.
(100/150)
373. Joyce, William. New York is Book Country: September 15, 1991 - poster illustrated and signed by William
Joyce. Color poster. 64x44.5 cm (25¼x17½”).
1991
Illustration includes King Kong reading The Apes of Wrath. Signed by William Joyce. Fine.
(150/200)
HILLARY KNIGHT
374. Knight, Hilary. Eloise is Going to Paris - poster signed by illustrator Hilary Knight. Color poster
featuring Eloise. 120.5x50 cm (47½x19¾”).
1995
Signed at bottom of poster in red marker, “From Hilary Knight from NY is Book Country ‘03.”
Horizontal crease where folded; else fine.
(150/200)
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375. Knight, Hilary. New York is Book Country: September 19, 1993 - poster signed by illustrator Hilary
Knight. Color poster. 64.5x44.5 cm (25¼x17½”).
1993
Signed by Hilary Knight, and dated Sept 19, 1993 in his hand. Fine.
(150/200)
ANITA & ARNOLD LOBEL
376. Lobel, Anita. On Market Street - poster illustrated and signed by Anita Lobel. Color poster for the
book, written by Arnold Lobel. 57x45.5 cm (22½x18”). No. 1 of 500 copies, specially signed by the
artist.
NY: Greenwillow Books, 1981
Signed by Anita Lobel. Hand-numbered in ink. Poster faded overall, including the autograph
and number; very good.
(200/300)
377. Lobel, Arnold. New York is Book Country September 20, 1981 - poster illustrated and signed by Arnold
Lobel. Color poster. 68.5x49.5 cm (27x19½”).
1981
Signed by Arnold Lobel. Faint crinkling at edges; else fine.
(200/300)
FRED MARCELLINO
378. Marcellino, Fred. Book Week November 16-22, 1992 - poster signed by Fred Marcellino. Color poster.
56x43 cm (22x17”).
Children’s Book Council, Inc., 1992
Signed by Fred Marcellino. Slight crinkling to edges; near fine.
(200/300)
379. Marcellino, Fred. Puss in Boots - poster signed by Fred Marcellino. Color poster. 66x44 cm (26x17¼”).
Michael de Capua / Farrar Straus, Signed by Fred Marcellino. Fine.
(150/200)
380. Marcellino, Fred. The Wainscott Weasel - poster signed by Fred Marcellino. Color poster. 61x45.5 cm
(24x18”).
Michael de Capua / Harper Collins, Inscribed “To Barbara” and signed by Fred Marcellino. Fine.
(100/150)
BARRY MOSER
381. Moser, Barry. Seven color illustrated posters - all signed by Barry Moser. Includes: * Fly! A Brief History
of Flight Illustrated. 23.5x111.5 cm (9½x44”). 1993. * Jump Again! More Adventures of Brer Rabbit.
57x48 cm (22½x19”). HBJ, 1987. * American Classics from Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. 67x33.5
cm (26¼x13¼”). 1987. * My Dog Rosie. 40.5x66 cm (16x26”). Faint creases from folding. Blue Sky
Press, 1994. * The Dreamer. 55x55 cm (21½x21½”). Blue Sky Press, 1993. * East of the Sun & West
of the Moon. 50.5x33 cm (20x13”). HBJ. 1988. * The Mushroom Man. 50.5x41 cm (20x16”). Green
Tiger Press, 1993.
Each signed by Barry Moser. Very light wear to some; near fine or fine.
(300/500)
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MAURICE SENDAK
382. Sendak, Maurice. And the Wild Things Came to New York...The 1996 Sony Holiday Windows by
Maurice Sendak - poster, signed. Color poster for the window display at the store on Madison Ave. and
55th Street. 60.8x45.8 cm (24x18”).
1996
Signed by Maurice Sendak, dated 2000. Not in Hanrahan. Fine.
(200/300)
383. Sendak, Maurice. Happy 35th Birthday, Little Bear! Enjoy all the Little Bear Books by Else Holmelund
Minarik with Pictures by Maurice Sendak - signed by Sendak. Color poster. 55.7x38.7 cm (22x15¼”).
Harper Collins, 1960
Signed by Maurice Sendak. Not in Hanrahan. Fine.
(150/200)
384. Sendak, Maurice. IBBY Congress 1990: International Board on Books for Young People! September 2-7,
Williamsburg, VA. - poster illustrated and signed by Maurice Sendak. Color poster. 55.8x43 cm (22x17”).
1990
(400/700)
385. Sendak, Maurice. I Saw Esau - book poster, signed by Maurice Sendak. Color poster for the book,
I Saw Esau: The Schoolchild’s Pocket Book. Edited by Iona & Peter Opie. Illustrated by Maurice
Sendak. 152x50.5 cm (60x20”).
Printed in Great Britain: Walker Books, 1992
Signed by Sendak at bottom, dated Oct. ‘92. Not in Hanrahan. Crease at center where folded;
else fine.
(300/400)
386. Sendak, Maurice. I Saw Esau: The Schoolchild’s Pocket Book - book poster, illustrated and signed by
Maurice Sendak. Color poster for the book. 70x24.5 cm (27½x9¾”).
Great Britain: Candlewick Press, 1992
(200/300)
387. Sendak, Maurice. Imagination Celebration - poster signed by Maurice Sendak. Color poster illustrated
by Maurice Sendak. 61.3x45.7 cm (24x18”).
1982
Signed by Maurice Sendak. Hanrahan C11. Slight crinkle in bottom left corner; else fine.
(300/400)
388. Sendak, Maurice. Let the Wild Rumpus Start! Happy twenty-fifth birthday to Maurice Sendak’s Where the
Wild Things Are - poster signed by Sendak. Color poster. 48x64.7 cm (19x25½”).
Harper & Row, 1988
Signed by Maurice Sendak, dated Jan ‘92. Shows the Wild Things, eating cake in celebration of
the book’s 25th anniversary. Hanrahan C18c. Fine.
(300/500)
389. Sendak, Maurice. Maurice Sendak - publisher’s publicity poster signed by Sendak. Color poster illustrated
by Sendak with various characters from many different books. 40.5x50.5 cm (16x20”).
[Harper], 1990
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(300/500)
390. Sendak, Maurice. New York is Book Country: September 18, 1988 - poster illustrated and signed by
Maurice Sendak. Color poster. 61x47 cm (24x18½”).
1988
Signed by Maurice Sendak. Hanrahan C18b. Fine.
(300/400)
391. Sendak, Maurice. New York is Book Country - poster illustrated and signed by Maurice Sendak. Color
poster illustrated by Maurice Sendak, to celebrate The Greater New York Centennial Celebration.
71x48 cm (28x19”).
NYC: NYIBC: New York City 100, 1998
(200/300)
392. Sendak, Maurice. Really Rosie - show poster signed by Maurice Sendak and Arthur Yorinks. Color poster.
55.7x35.5 cm (22x14”). No. 10 of 50 copies.
[1980]
Signed by both Maurice Sendak and Arthur Yorinks. Similar poster listed in Hanrahan C8a.
Fine.
(200/300)
393. Sendak, Maurice. Tail Feathers from Mother Goose: The Opie Rhyme Book - poster illustrated and signed
by Maurice Sendak. Color poster. 58.5x44.3 cm (23x17½”).
Little, Brown and Company, 1988
Signed by Maurice Sendak. Hanrahan C18a. Fine.
(100/150)
394. Sendak, Maurice. The Art of Maurice Sendak - poster signed by Sendak. Color poster illustrated with
Christmas Wild Things, by Maurice Sendak. The art is copyrighted 1976. 66x53 cm (26x21”).
Printed in Japan: The Bodley Head, 1976
Signed by Maurice Sendak, dated ‘82. Bottom of poster reads, “This painting was commissioned
for the December 30, 1976 issue of Rolling Stone”. Not in Hanrahan, although a similar poster
is recorded published by Harry N. Abrams in 1980 (See Hanrahan C8). Slight crinkle at top right
edge; else fine.
(300/500)
395. Sendak, Maurice. The Horn Book Magazine about Books for Children and Young Adults - poster illustrated
and signed by Maurice Sendak. Color poster. 61x41.5 cm (24x16¼”). No. 217 of 300 copies.
[Boston]: [Horn Book], 1985
Signed and numbered in ink by Maurice Sendak. Hanrahan C15b. Fine.
(400/600)
396. Sendak, Maurice. The Junior Museum, The Art Institute of Chicago - poster illustrated and signed by
Maurice Sendak. Color poster. 55.5x48.3 cm (21¾19”).
1984
Signed by Maurice Sendak. Hanrahan C12b. Fine.
(400/600)
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397. Sendak, Maurice. We are all in the Dumps with Jack and Guy: Two Nursery Rhymes - poster signed by
Maurice Sendak. Color poster. 38.3x69 cm (15x27”).
[1993]
Signed by Maurice Sendak, dated Jan 2000. Not in Hanrahan. Fine.
(150/200)
398. Sendak, Maurice. Wo die wilden Kerle wohnen - poster illustrated and signed by Maurice Sendak. Color
poster. 58.5x81.5 cm (23x32”). Poster reproducing the art from the dust jacket of Where the Wild
Things Are.
Dioegenes Kinder Plakat, 1978
Poster for the German language edition. Signed by Maurice Sendak, dated 1981. Not in
Hanrahan. Light crinkling at poster edges; near fine.
(200/300)
LANE SMITH
399. Smith, Lane. Two color posters illustrated and signed by Lane Smith. Includes: * New York is Book
Country: September 18, 1994. 54x43 cm (21¼x17”). * The Stinky Cheese Man. 71x38 cm (28x15”).
Signed also by the author Jon Scieszka. Viking Children’s Books, 1992.
Each poster is signed by Lane Smith, The Stinky Cheese with an additional doodle. Near fine.
(150/250)
CHRIS VAN ALLSBURG
400. Van Allsburg, Chris. Two color posters illustrated and signed by Chris Van Allsburg. Includes: * The
Sweetest Fig. 51x37 cm (20x14½”). Houghton Mifflin, 1993. * The Big Book for our Planet: A special
volume for and from those who care about the earth. 61x45.5 cm (24x18”). Dutton Children’s Books.
Both posters signed by Chris Van Allsburg. Fine.
(150/200)
LISBETH ZWERGER
401. Zwerger, Lisbeth. Klingspor Museum - poster signed by Lisbeth Zwerger. Color poster. 61x45.5 cm
(24x18”).
No date
Signed by Lisbeth Zwerger. Fine.
(150/250)
402. Zwerger, Lisbeth. Thumbeline - poster signed by Lisbeth Zwerger. Color poster. 62x50.5 cm (24½x20”).
Signed by Lisbeth Zwerger. Fine.
(150/250)
403. (Collection) Collection of eight color posters for books, signed by their illustrators - plus three unsigned posters.
Includes: * It Happened in Pinsk. 38x45.5 cm (15x18”). Signed by Richard Egielski and Arthur Yorinks.
Farrar, Straus. * Oh, Brother. 47x53 cm (18½x21”). Signed by Richard Egielski and Arthur Yorinks.
Center crease where folded. Michael Di Capua, 1989. * Sleeping Beauty. 41x61 cm (16¼x24”). Signed
by K.Y. Craft. Sea Star Books, 2002. * Noah’s Ark. 24x61 cm (16½x24”). Signed by Jerry Pinkney.
Sea Star Books, 2002. * Silly Sally. 43.5x47 cm (17¼x18½”). Signed by Audrey Wood. HBJ, 1992. *
Side by Side: Poems to Read Together. 58.5x43 cm (23x17”). Simon and Schuster, 1988. * Jingle the
Christmas Clown. Signed by Tomie de Paola. 61x43 cm (24x17”). Putnam’s, 1992. * Nutcracker Noel.
56x45.5 cm (22x18”). Signed by Kate and Jim McMullan, dated 1993. Michael De Capua.
Plus, three unsigned posters from books written by Audrey Wood: * Heckedy Peg. 35.5x45 cm
(14x18¼”). HBJ, 1987. * Bird Song. 27.5x67.5 cm (11x26½”). Harcourt Brace, 1997. * Bright
and Early Thursday Evening. 38x56.5 cm (15x22¼”). Harcourt Brace, 1996. Some with faint
creasing where once folded; generally near fine or better.
(300/500)
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Section IV: Fine Books in All Fields Including Fine Press
404. (Alcoholics Anonymous) [Wilson, Lois]. Lois Remembers: Memoirs of the co-founder of Al-Anon and
wife of the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous. 203 pp. Illustrations from photographs. (Small 4to) tan
New York: Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc., 1979
Inscribed by Lois on front free endpaper, inscription dated 1982. With a duplicate copy of the
dust jacket. Both jackets edge worn and with some chipping; pencil notes on endpapers and
within; book and jacket good.
(300/500)
405. (Alcoholics Anonymous) [Wilson, William (Bill W.)]. Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How
Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism. xxx, [2], 575, [1] pp. 8x5½, original
blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, original blue jacket. Second Edition, First Printing.
New York: Alcoholics Anonymous Publishing, Inc., 1955
Greatly expanded from the first edition. Page xx, line 6, has misspelling “realy” (later changed to
“really”). The cornerstone text of AA. Jacket worn and chipped at edges, rear flap detached; a
few small spits on cloth; near fine in a fair jacket.
(300/500)
406. (Alcoholics Anonymous) [Wilson, William (Bill W.)]. Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions. Clothbacked boards, spine lettered in silver, original green dust jacket. First Edition, First Printing.
New York: Harper & Brothers, [1953]
The scarce Harper’s printing, published simultaneously with the AA edition. Along with the
Alcoholics Anonymous ‘Big Book”, one of the cornerstone texts of AA. Publisher’s proper first
printing “D-C” code on the copyright page. Jacket browned, a few short tears and small chips
to edges, soiled on the reverse side; covers lightly bowed, bottom edge worn, endpapers soiled;
Book and jacket about very good.
(1200/1800)
A COLLECTION OF ANGLING TITLES
407. (Angling) Blacker, William. Blacker’s Art of Flymaking &c. Comprising Angling & Dyeing of Colours.
With Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies Shewing the Process of the Gentle Craft as Taught in the Pages. With
Descriptions of Flies for the Season of the Year as They Come Out on the Water. Rewritten & Revised by the
Author Blacker, Himself, Fishing Tackle Maker.... v-xii, viii, 259 pp. Engraved title-page. Illustrated with
21 engraved plates, 17 of which are hand-colored; tissue guards. (12mo) original blindstamped green
cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Rewritten and revised by the author.
London: 1855
Originally issued as Art of Angling in 1842, then as Blacker’s Catechism of Fly-making in
1843. This edition contains splendid plates depicting flies, which are marvelously detailed and
brightly hand colored. Earlier editions contained mounted flies. Westwood & Satchell call for
the frontispiece to also be hand-colored, it is uncolored in this copy. Westwood & Satchell p.33.
Slight lean to spine, lightly worn at extremities, front hinge cracking, bookplate; light foxing,
previous owner’s notes on title page in ink and in pencil on rear endpaper; very good.
(800/1200)
408. (Angling) Cholmondeley-Pennell, H. Fishing. 2 volumes. Woodcut illustrations. (8vo) original
decorated brown cloth. Eleventh Impression of Volume 1 and Ninth Edition, Revised, of Volume 2.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1912 & 1909
One volume pertains to Salmon and Trout; the other to Pike and Course Fish. Part of the
Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes. Light wear to cloth, spine leaning a bit; some pencil
notations within; very good.
(60/90)
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409. (Angling) Grey, Edward. Fly Fishing. xvi, 276 pp. Illustrated with 7 gravure plates, 4 from
drawings by Jessie Macgregor, 1 from a drawing by William Hyde, and 2 in color picture flies; endpaper
decorations and chapter heads by Arthur Rackham. (8vo), original gilt-decorated blue cloth, top edge
gilt. First Edition, trade issue.
London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1899
Preceded by a limited edition of 150 numbered copies. From the publisher’s popular Haddon
Hall Library. Latimore & Haskell, p.14. Extremities rubbed, slight lean to spine, gift inscription
on front free endpaper; very good.
(120/180)
410. (Angling) Griswold, Frank Gray. Fish Facts and Fancies. x, [2], 242 pp. With plates from
photographs, including frontispiece; color illustration of a fly on title-page. (8vo), original clothbacked boards, dust jacket. 1 of 1000 copies. First Trade Edition.
Combined re-issue, with additions, of two privately printed volumes that Griswold presented
to friends. Bruns 185. Jacket price-clipped and lightly worn, pencil notes on rear panel; volume
with a touch of wear to extremities; near fine in a very good jacket.
(120/180)
411. (Angling) Hale, Major J.H. How to Tie Salmon Flies. A Treatise on the Methods of Tying the Various
Kinds of Salmon Flies. xii, 189, [3] ad pp. Illustrations in text. (12mo), original blue and green cloth.
Second Edition.
London: The “Fishing Gazette,” Limited, 1919
“With an appendix giving the dressings of 361 salmon flies, alphabetically arranged.” First
published in 1892. Light wear and soiling to cloth, previous owner’s names on endpapers; very
good.
(100/150)
412. (Angling) Hallock, Charles. The Sportsman’s Gazetteer and General Guide: The Game Animals, Birds
and Fishes of North America: Their Habits and Various Methods of Capture... 688, 208 pp. Two folding
maps; wood-engraved frontispiece portrait and dedication page. (8vo), original blue cloth stamped in
black & gilt. First Edition.
New York: Forest and Stream Pub. Co., 1877
The second section is “A Sportsman’s Directory to the Principal Resorts for Game and Fish in
North America.” Bruns H41. Bookplate of C.F.G.R. Schwerdt. Light wear to cloth; lacking the
large folding map in rear pocket; very good.
(100/150)
413. (Angling) Henderson, William. My Life as an Angler. xvi, 312 pp. Original Woodburytype
photographic portrait frontispiece; woodcut illustrations by Edmund Evans. (8vo) 22x14.5 cm
(8¾x6”), original green cloth, decorated in gilt and black, top edge gilt. First Trade Edition.
London: W. Satchell, Peyton & Co., 1879
“A book to be set apart and in the best company. It is one of the most sterling and attaching
of modern angling books and possesses several of the qualities that have rendered Iz. Walton’s
writings household words - his simplicity, naivete and honest benevolence.” - Westwood &
Satchell p. 114. Bookplate of Alexander Allan. Light wear at edges, previous owner’s name on
rear endpaper; light foxing; about near fine.
(200/300)
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414. (Angling) Lanman, Charles. Adventures in the Wilds of the United States and British American Provinces.
2 vols. xi, [5], 514; v, [5]-480 pp. This copy bound without the Appendix by Lieut. Campbell Hardy
(Pp. 481-517). Illustrated with 12 wood engravings by the author and Oscar Bessau. (8vo), original
gilt-lettered red cloth with gilt-stamped moose on front covers. First American Edition (but with
London publisher’s imprint at foot of spine).
Philadelphia / London: John W. Moore / Sampson, Low, Son & Co., 1856
Lanman’s scarce work, first published in 1854 London, this being the first American edition
which contains considerably more information. Lanman traveled around the wilds of the
eastern United States, and who once wrote about this work as “a kind of cyclopedia of
American scenery and personal adventure and of traveling incidents, calculated to exhibit the
manners and customs of our people, and interest the lovers of natural history and the various
arts of sporting.” Includes a trip to the start of the Mississippi; a visit of the Canadian Saguenay
river; a trip through western Maryland and Virginia; writings in the Allegheny mountains;
sources of the Potomac; a tour to the River Restigouche and more. “Lanman was a professional
writer of some merit. He was interested in angling, not hunting…” (and a fine artist) - Howes
L-87; Phillips p. 217; Clark III: 341; Bruns L 31. Spine ends frayed, joints splitting, light soiling
to cloth; some underlining and penciled notations; very good.
(250/350)
415. (Angling) Norris, Thaddeus. The American Angler’s Book: Embracing the Natural History of Sporting
fish, and the Art of Taking Them. With Instructions in Fly-Fishing, Fly-Making, and Rod-Making; and Directions
for Fish-Breeding. To Which is Appended, Dies Piscatoriæ: Describing Noted Fishing-Places, and Pleasure of
Solitary Fly-Fishing. 604 pp. Illustrated with 80 wood engravings. 8½x6, blind-stamped green cloth,
gilt vignette of outdoor scene on cover, gilt fish and fly hook vignettes on spine, lettered in gilt. First
Edition.
Philadelphia: E. H. Butler & Co., 1864
Rare first edition of one of the key works on American angling. “Uncle Thad” was one of the
most outstanding American authorities on angling and angling equipment of the Nineteenth
Century. Includes the first reference to dry-fly fishing in America. Bruns N 67. Spine faded, light
wear at edges, front hinge starting; a touch of browning to pages; very good.
(400/600)
416. (Angling) Ronalds, Alfred. The Fly-Fisher’s Entomology. Illustrated by Coloured Representations of
the Natural and Artificial Insect. And Accompanied by a few Observations and Instructions relative to Trout-andGrayling Fishing. [2], viii, 115, [1] pp. Half-title. Illustrated with 19 hand-colored copper-engraved
plates. (8vo), original cloth, blind-stamped and gilt-lettered, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed.
First Edition.
London: Longman, Rees, et al., 1836
“It’s impossible to overstress the importance of Ronalds...It is safe to say that no single book
ever had the revolutionary effect on the angling world-that is, the actual practice of angling, as
opposed to the recording of its annals-of The Fly-fisher’s Entomology in 1836...He threw a
bridge, so to speak, across the practice of angling and the science of entomology [and] gave fly
fishing for the first time a systematic and scientific basis of distinguishing one fly from another”
(Gingrich, The Fishing in Print, pp. 112-13). Litchfield 21; Westwood & Satchell p.178. Cloth
well worn and with tape residue, front cover and free endpaper detached; half-title torn and with
old tape repair, light foxing; plates very good.
(300/500)
417. (Angling) Skues, G[eorge] E[dward] M[acKenzie]. Side-Lines, Side-Lights & Reflections: Fugitive
Papers of a Chalk-Stream Angler. 473, [1], [4] ad pp. Illustrations from photographs. (8vo) original olive
cloth lettered in gilt. First Edition.
London: Seely, Service & Co., 1932
Skues was the founder of the modern wet-fly chalk-stream school of fishing Some pencil
marking and underlining; very good.
(100/150)
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418. (Angling) Skues, G[eorge] E[dward] M[acKenzie]. Three angling titles by G.E.M. Skues. Includes:
* Minor Tactics of the Chalk Stream and Kindred Studies. Third Edition. 1924.
* The Way of a Trout With a Fly, and Some Further Studies in Minor Tactics. Second Edition. 1928.
* Nymph Fishing for Chalk Stream Trout. First Edition. 1939.
Together 3 octavo volumes, original brown cloth, spines lettered in gilt.
London: A. & C. Black, Ltd., Various dates
Minor wear, previous owner’s name in each volume; an occasional pencil marking within; very
good.
(120/180)
419. (Angling) Sparrow, W. Shaw. Angling in British Art Through Five Centuries: Prints, Pictures, Books.
oreword by H.T. Sheringham. With 200 illustrations, including 39 in color. (4to) 28x22 cm (11x8¾”),
F
original gilt-lettered blue cloth. First Edition.
London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, [1923]
Large history of angling-related art, discusses important works by John Singer Sargent, J.M.W.
Turner, Thomas Bewick, William Hogarth, etc. Light wear and soiling to cloth, gift inscription
on front endpaper; some penciled notations within; very good.
(60/90)
420. (Angling) Walton, Izaak & Charles Cotton. The Compleat Angler. Edited with an Introduction
by Richard Le Gallienne. lxxxiv, 427, [15] pp. Photogravure portraits of Walton & Cotton; other
illustrations by Edmund H. Few. (Large 8vo) 24x17.5 cm (9½x7”) period green half morocco and
cloth, spine ruled and lettered in gilt, raised bands, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. First Le Gallienne
Edition.
London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1897
A handsomely bound and illustrated edition. The text taken from the fifth edition, the last
edition with Walton’s own revisions. Spine a touch sunned, a touch of rubbing; a few penciled
notes within; near fine.
(250/350)
421. (Angling) Walton, Izaak & Charles Cotton. The Complete Angler or the Contemplative Man’s
Recreation Being A Discourse of Rivers Fish-Ponds Fish and Fishing Written by Izaak Walton and Instructions
How to Angle For a Trout or Grayling in A Clear Stream by Charles Cotton With Original Memoirs and Notes
by Sir Harris Nicolas. 2 volumes. [16], ccxii, [4], 129; [4], (131)-436, [32] pp. Engraved plates, mounted
engravings in text. (Large 8vo) original green cloth, angling device in gilt on front covers, spines
lettered in gilt. Second Nicolas Edition.
London: Nattali and Bond, 1860
A reissue of the first Nicolas edition of 1636. An important edition of Walton and Cotton’s
angling classic. Light wear to cloth; several pages detached, penciled notes within; good.
(250/350)
422. (Angling) Walton, Izaak. The Compleat Angler, Or the Contemplative Man’s Recreation. [2], xvi, 167
pp. 25 tipped in color-plates by James Thorp, printed tissue guards. (4to) 28x22.5 cm (11x9”), original
full brown morocco, title and a figure on an angler on front in gilt, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt,
other edges untrimmed. No. 54 of 250 copies.
Signed by the illustrator at the limitation statement. A finely printed and illustrated edition of
the classic angling text. Binding faded, erasure on front pastedown endpaper, previous owner’s
name on limitation leaf; an occasional pencil mark in margins; very good.
(400/600)
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423. (Angling) Walton, Izaak. The Life of Dr. Sanderson, Late Bishop of Lincoln...To Which is Added, Some
Short Tracts of Cases of Conscience, Written by the Said Bishop. [240]; [2], 45, [3], 47-167, [15], 169-253, [3],
255-276 pp. Lacking portrait frontispiece. (8vo), 18x10.5 cm (7x4¼”), period full calf. First Edition.
London: Richard Marriott, 1678
First edition of Walton’s last published major work and the last of his series of “Lives”. Binding
well worn, front cover detached, lacks frontispiece; some penciled markings internally; fair.
(250/350)
424. (Angling) Walton, Izaak and Charles Cotton. The Complete Angler, or The Contemplative Man’s
Recreation, of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton. With Lives of the Authors, and Variorum Notes, Historical
and Practical. Edited by Edward Jesse, Esq. xx, 496, [3] pp. With steel-engraved plates, including portrait
frontispiece of the author, and additional title page. (8vo), 17.5x11 cm (7x4¼”), later full tan morocco,
gilt ruled borders, spine gilt, all edges gilt.
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1856
A handsome mid-century edition. With a list of fishing tackle-makers at the rear. Extremities
lightly rubbed; very good.
(200/300)
425. (Angling) Wells, Henry P. Fly-Rods and Fly-Tackle, Suggestions as to Their Manufacture and Use. [iv],
448 pp. Frontispiece from a photograph; small illustrations in text. (8vo) original decorated tan cloth.
Revised and Enlarged Edition.
Revisions from the 1885 first edition based on experiments carried out by the author in the
intervening years. Spine a bit faded, light wear, bookplate; a few penciled markings within, notes
on rear endpaper; very good.
(120/180)
426. (Angling) Wheatley, Hewett. The Rod and Line: or, Practical Hints and Dainty Devices for the Sure
Taking of Trout, Grayling, Etc. 157, [1] + 32 ad pp. Illustrated with 9 hand-colored steel-engraved
plates, engraved by H. Adlard (most tissue-guards present). (8vo), original blindstamped brown cloth.
First Edition.
London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1849
A scarce little book, with bright and detailed hand-colored plates of flies. Westwood & Satchell
call it “a mixture of caustic humour and sound practical knowledge”. Westwood & Satchell
p.239. Spine perished, binding worn, detached at front hinge; some light foxing and soiling
within, previous owner’s name on half-title; worthy of restoration.
(120/180)
427. (Angling) Ten volumes on angling. Includes: * Goddard, John. Trout Fly Recognition. With dj.
Adam & Charles Black, [1966]. * Crowe, John. The Book of Trout Lore. With dj (price-clipped). A.S.
Barnes, [1947]. * Clemens, W.A. Fishes of the Pacific Coast of Canada. Bulletin No. LXVIII, Fisheries
Research Board of Canada. Ottawa, 1949. * Lofthouse, Jessica. Three Rivers. With dj (tattered). 2nd
printing. Robert Hale, 1948. * Sawyer, Frank. Nymphs and the Trout. With dj. Stanley Paul, [1958]. *
Haines, Donal Hamilton. Luck in All Weathers. With dj. Farrar & Rinehart, [1941]. * Maurice, Henry
G. Sometimes an Angler. With dj. Chapman and Hall, [1943]. * Steel, Frank R. Fly Fishing: For Trout,
Salmon, Bass and Panfish. With dj. Paul, Richmond & Co., 1946. * Burns-Begg, Robert. The Loch
Leven Angler. With folding map tipped into stiff yellow wrappers, laid in. David Brown & Son, 1934.
* Bashford, H.H. Fisherman’s Progress. With dj. Constable and Company, [1946].
Mild to moderate general wear; mostly very good.
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428. (Angling) Ten volumes on angling. Includes: * Frank Forester’s Fish and Fishing of the United
States and British Provinces of North America. Rebound. Contemporary name in ink on verso
of frontispiece. Third Edition. Stringer & Townsend, 1851. * Armistead, Wilson H. Trout Waters:
Management and Angling. Later printing. A.&C. Black, 1920. * Sheringham, H.T. Trout Fishing:
Memories and Morals. Hodder and Stoughton, [1920]. * Ward, Francis. Animal Life Under Water.
Cassel and Company, 1919. * Ward, Francis. Marvels of Fish Life: As Revealed by the Camera. Cassell
and Company, 1911. * Platts, W. Carter. Trout Streams & Salmon Rivers. The Field Press, 1930. *
Maunsell, G.W. The Fisherman’s Vade Mecum. Philip Allan, 1933. * Marston, R.B. Walton and Some
Earlier Writers on Fish and Fishing. Elliot Stock, 1894. * An Amateur Angler’s Days in Dove Dale,
Phoenix Edition, 1910. Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1910. * Bainbridge, W.G. The FlyFisher’s Guide to Aquatic Flies and Their Imitations. A.&C. Black, 1936.
Most with an ink name on front free endpaper. Light to moderate general exterior wear; very
good.
(100/150)
429. (Angling) Ten volumes on angling. Includes: * Tomkin, J.W.G. Fishing in the South. Wrappers.
Southern Railway Company, [1935]. * Phelps, T.T. Fishing Dreams. With dj. Batchworth, [1949]. *
Richards, Coombe. Informative Fishing. With dj. Herbert Jenkins, [1951]. * Bucknall, Geoffrey. FlyFishing Tactics on Still Water. With dj. Frederick Muller, [1966]. * Balfour-Kinnear, G.P.R. Flying
Salmon. With dj. Adam & Charles Black, 1947. * Fleming, Clint. When the Fish are Rising. With
dj (price-clipped). Duell, Sloan and Pearce, [1947]. * Harris, J.R. An Angler’s Entomology. With dj.
Collins, 1952. * Sawyer, Frank. Keeper of the Stream. With dj. Adam and Charles Black, [1952]. *
Mellen, Ida M. Fishes in the Home. With dj (price-clipped). Dodd, Mead, 1934. * Connet, Eugene V.,
3rd. My Friend the Trout. With dj. D. Van Nostrand, [1961].
Mostly light general wear; very good.
(100/150)
430. (Angling) Ten volumes on angling. Includes: * Taverner, Eric. A Day on a Chalk Stream. With dj.
Seeley Service & Co., [1954]. * Ritz, Charles. A Fly Fisher’s Life. With dj. Max Reinhardt, [1959]. *
Leonard, J. Edson. Flies: Their Origin, Natural History, Tying... With dj (price-clipped). A.S. Barnes,
[1950]. * Woolley, Arthur. Thoughtful Practice with a Dry Fly. With dj. Alvin Redman, [1949]. *
Hambleton, Jack. Fisherman’s Paradise. With dj. Longmans, Green, [1946]. * Walker, C.F. Lake Flies
and their Imitation. With dj. Herbert Jenkins, [1960]. * Claflin, Bert. Blazed Trails for Anglers. With
dj (price-clipped). Knopf, 1949. * Netboy, Anthony. The Atlantic Salmon: A Vanishing Species? With
dj (price-clipped). Faber and Faber, [1968]. * Kennedy, Michael. The Sea Angler’s Fishes. With dj.
Hutchinson, [1954]. * Bates, Joseph D., Jr. Spinning for American Game Fish. With dj. Little, Brown,
1947.
Mostly mild general wear; very good.
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431. (Angling) Ten volumes on angling. Includes: * Edminster, Frank C. Fish Ponds for the Farm. With
dj (price-clipped). Scribner’s, 1947. * Schwiebert, Ernest. Nymphs. With dj. Winchester Press, [1973].
* Veniard, John. Fly Dressers’ Guide. With dj and slipcase. 5th impression. A.&C. Black, [1964]. *
Veniard, John. A Further Guide to Fly Dressing. With dj and slipcase. Adam & Charles Black, [1964].
* Williams, A. Courtney. A Dictionary of Trout Flies & of Flies for Sea-Trout and Grayling. With
dj (large chips). Adam & Charles Black, 1949. * Edwards, T.L. The Angler’s Cast. With dj (priceclipped). Herbert Jenkins, [1960]. * Hollis, Harold C. Bass Tackle & Tactics. With dj (torn). A.S.
Barnes, [1945]. * Boulenger, E.G. British Anglers’ Natural History. With dj. Collins, 1946. * Brown,
Wilfred Gavin. My River and Some Other Waters. With dj. Frederick Muller, [1947]. * Russell, Jack.
Jill and I and the Salmon. With dj (price-clipped). 2nd printing. Little, Brown, 1950.
Mild to moderate general wear; mostly very good.
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432. (Angling) Thirteen volumes on angling. Includes: * Gordon, Douglas. Dartmoor in all its Moods.
Cloth, dj. First Cheap Edition. John Murray, [1933]. * Williams, A. Courtney. Trout Flies: A Discussion
and a Dictionary. Cloth. A.&C. Black, 1932. * Dymond, J.R. The Trout and Other Game Fishes
of British Columbia. Cloth. F.A. Acland, 1932. * Comeau, N.A. Life and Sport on the Lower St.
Lawrence and Gulf. Cloth. T. Werner Laurie, [1910]. * Hanna, Thomas J. Fly-Fishing in Ireland. Cloth.
H.F.&G. Witherby, [1933]. * Connett, Eugene V., 3rd. Any Luck? Cloth. Windward House, [1933]. *
Sturgis, William Bayard. Fly-Tying. Cloth. Scribner’s, 1940. * Coston, H.E. Towner. The Design of
Life Series: Beneath the Surface: The Cycle of River Life. Cloth. Country Life, [1938]. * Where to
Fish in Yorkshire. Wrappers. Second Edition. The Yorkshire Evening Post, No date. * Wilson, T.K.
Yorkshire Angler’s Handbook. Wrappers. Dalesman Publishing, 1947. * Gardner, Archibald. Fishing
in Scotland: A Pocket Guide to Scottish Open Fishing Waters. Wrappers. William Maclellan, [1947]. *
Castle, P. Where to Fish in Scotland. Cloth. Oliver and Boyd, 1931. * Wanless, Alexander. The Science
of Spinning for Salmon and Trout. Cloth. Herbert Jenkins, [1946].
Most with a name in ink on the front free endpaper. Light general wear to each; very good.
(100/150)
AN 18TH CENTURY ANTIPHONAL IN A PERIOD BINDING
433. (Antiphonal) Graduale Romanum de Tempore, et Sanctis: ad normam Missalis ex decreto sacrosacti Concilii
Tridentini restituti, S. Pii V. Pontificis Maximi jussu edi, Clementis VIII. ac Urbani VIII. [Bound with]
Incipit Commune Sanctorum. 366; clxxxv pp. Large-scale musical stave and text printed in red and
black throughout. (Folio) 46.5x32.5 cm (18¼x12¾”) full calf over wooden boards, with blind rollwork decoration, with central diamond-shaped brass boss to each cover, brass corners and clasps in
working order, date 1784 stamped on front cover.
Venice: Typographia Balleoniana, 1769
An attractive period binding. Equally attractive contents.
Bookplate of St. Augustine’s Abbey, Ramsgate. Small
white library numbering at foot of spine, backstrip a bit
dry, some chipping and small holes, some other light
wear to binding; internally clean and near fine.
(1000/1500)
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ELEVEN TITLES FROM THE ARION PRESS
434. (Arion Press) Canetti, Elias. The Voices of Marrakesh: A Record of a Visit. Photographs by Karl
Bissinger. Etchings by William T. Wiley. 6 etched plates in red and black tipped to leaves, one of them
signed by Wiley; numerous photographs by Bissinger, including color frontispiece. (4to) cloth-backed
pictorial boards, paper spine label, paper sleeve with flap. No. 180 of 350 copies.
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2001
The final photograph signed in pencil by Bissinger. The sixty-first publication of the Arion
Press. Short tear to paper sleeve; else fine.
(300/500)
435. (Arion Press) Connell, Evan S. Mrs. Bridge. Illustrations from photographs by Laurie Simmons.
(4to) yellow cloth, photographs mounted on covers. No. 82 of 300 copies.
San Francisco: Arion Press, 2009
Signed beneath the final photograph by Laurie Simmons. The eighty-fifth publication of the
press. A fiftieth anniversary edition of Connell’s mid-century masterpiece. Prospectus laid in.
Fine.
(300/500)
436. (Arion Press) Doyle, Arthur Conan. The Hound of the Baskervilles. Photographs by Michael
Kenna. Dark gray cloth with printed illustration, slipcase with photographic labels. One of 400 copies.
Signed by Michael Kenna at the photographer’s statement. Profusely illustrated with
photography by Kenna which captures the mood of the moors. Faints spotted discoloration to
cloth binding; else fine.
(200/300)
437. (Arion Press) Eliot, T.S. The Waste Land. Illustrated by R.B. Kitaj. Essay on the poem by Helen
Vendler. Essay on the painting by Moarco Livingstone. (4to), gray cloth. No. 51 of 300 copies.
Edited, designed, and produced by Andrew Hoyem at the Arion Press. Prospectus laid in. Fine.
(400/600)
438. (Arion Press) Machado de Assis, Joaquim Maria. The Alienist. Translated from the Portuguese
with an afterword by Alfred MacAdam. With twelve drawings by Caroll Dunham. (Oblong folio),
cloth, paper cover and spine labels, slipcase. No. 81 of 250 copies.
Signed by Dunham on the limitation-page. Fine.
(300/500)
439. (Arion Press) Mamet, David. American Buffalo. 117 pp. Illustrated with wood engravings by
Michael McCurdy. (4to), green cloth with silver labels on front and spine, buffalo nickel inset into
front cover. No. 272 of 400 copies.
Signed by the author and illustrator on limitation page. Fine.
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(300/500)
440. (Arion Press) Michaels, Leonard. The Nachman Stories. 163. [1] pp. 9 tipped-in photographs of
the author. (8vo) blue cloth, yellow paper wrap-around label. No. 152 of 300 copies.
With essays by Robert Hass and Morton Paley, Robert Pinsky, and Diana Ketcham. “The
Nachman Stories brings together for the first time in a single volume Leonard Michaels’ stories
focused on the Los Angeles mathematician Raphael Nachman. Written at the end of the
author’s life, the series is praised as the capstone to the career of a master of the American
short story.” (from prospectus). Prospectus laid in. Fine.
(250/350)
441. (Arion Press) Miller, Arthur. The Price. A Play. Illustrations by Stan Washburn. (Small 4to), rust
cloth, paper label on front, slipcase. No. 96 of 300 copies.
Signed by Arthur Miller on the half title. Also signed by the illustrator at the colophon. Fine.
(300/500)
442. (Arion Press) Moliere (Jean Baptieste Poquelin). Tartuffe. x, 107, [2] pp. Translated by Richard
Wilbur. Illustrations by William Hamilton. (Folio) 37.8x28 cm. (14¾x11”) red cloth, clear acetate
jacket. No. 81 of 300 numbered copies.
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2004
Signed at the colophon by the translator and the illustrator. Prospectus laid in. Fine.
(300/500)
443. (Arion Press) Toomer, Jean. Cane. Afterword by Leon F. Litwack. Woodcuts by Martin Puryear.
29.1x35 cm. (11½x13¾”), linen boards with ribbon ties. No. 213 of 400 copies designed by Andrew
Hoyem & printed at the Arion Press.
Signed by the illustrator, Martin Puryear, at the colophon. Fine printing of Toomer’s
masterwork, considered one of the major achievements of Harlem Renaissance literature, first
published in 1923. The fifty-ninth publication of the Arion Press. Fine.
(1000/1500)
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444. (Arion Press) Williams, William Carlos. Kora in Hell: Improvisations. Introduction by Lawrence
Kart. With 21 prints by Mel Kendrick. (4to), morocco-backed wood veneer boards, spine lettered in
red. No. 96 of 300 copies.
Signed by Kendrick in the colophon. Fine.
(400/600)
445. Arnason, H.H. Robert Motherwell. 10½x11½”, illustrated cloth. First Edition.
New York: Harry N. Abrams, [1977]
Signed in Japanese on the first blank leaf. A catalog of Robert Motherwell’s work. Motherwell
(1915-1991) was the youngest Abstract Expressionist artist, transforming America’s art scene in
the 1940s and 1950s. Rubbed at extremities, a bit of yellowing and finger soiling to rear cover;
very good.
(500/800)
446. (Art - African-American - 1940 Alain Locke, Harlem Renaissance classic) Locke, Alaine,
Negro In Art, A Pictorial Record of the Negro Artist and of the Negro Theme in Art. Extensively
illustrated. 224 pp. 9½x12”, green gilt-lettered cloth. Library Edition/First Printing.
Washington, D.C.: Associates in Negro Folk Education, Inc., 1940
editor. The
The pioneering study of African-American Art – from Edmonia Lewis and Henry Ossawa
Tanner to Hughie Lee-Smith and Jacob Lawrence - by the intellectual “father” of the Harlem
Renaissance. Spine sunned, rubbed at extremities; very good.
(600/900)
447. (Art - African American) Bearden, Romare. “The Negro Artist’s Dilemma” - essay within Critique: A
Review Of Contemporary Art. Vol. 1, No. 2. Pages 16-22 in the periodical. Original blue printed wrappers.
New York: Critique, November, 1946
Possibly Bearden’s first publication as author rather than illustrator. Then 35 years old, the artist
was described in the magazine’s introductory note as “a young American painter whose two
one-man shows at the Kootz Gallery last season were well received.” He was also “represented
in the Museum of Modern Art” - which received this copy of an uncommon journal that folded
after just one more issue. Rubberstamps “Complimentary” and Museum of Modern Art on
front wrapper, light pencil sketch on rear wrapper, yellowed at edges with a few spots of soiling
to front wrapper; very good.
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448. (Art - African American) Lee-Smith, Hughie. Autograph Note Signed - 1990 Surrealist Painter Hughie
Lee-Smith. Autograph Note Signed “Hughie & Patricia”. 1 page in folded MOMA/Picasso note card.
August 27, 1990
To Art historian Carroll Green, discussing the trials and tribulations of moving into a new
home, which “has caused rather a drastic change in our way of living. Patricia and I now find
ourselves adhering to a new work schedule which requires…that we arrive at 6:00 AM and ‘hit
the hay’ from sheer exhaustion at about 9:30 every night…the basic design character of the
house is now established and soon we shall be able to slacken our pace. Again, let me express
my appreciation for your splendid article ‘Breakthrough’ in American Visions. It brings to light
for a large readership some aspects of my professional life that heretofore have not been widely
known…” Lee-Smith (1915-1999), who began his career as a WPA artist during the Depression,
was later honored as the first African-American of the 20th century elected to the National
Academy of Design. His paintings, described in Wikipedia as “slightly surreal in mood, often
featuring distant figures seen under vast skies in desolate urban settings”, are now displayed in
many American museums. American Visions, to which he refers in this note, was the journal of
the African American Museums Association. Lightly foxed at centerfold; very good.
(150/250)
449. (Art - Asian American - 1951 Fantasy Art by Chinese-American Movie Star) Liederman, Earle.
he Unfinished Song of Achmed Mohammed - with black and white illustrations by Keye Luke. 20 full-page
T
Deco-style fantasy plates by Luke. Original decorative cloth. First Edition.
Hollywood, California: House-Warven, 1951
Inscribed by the illustrator Keye Luke, on the blank leaf facing the title page: “To my good
friend Paul Stanhope with all good wishes, Keye Luke, Hollywood, Sept. 17, 1954.” Possibly the
most prolific Chinese-American movie actor of the mid-20th century, Luke (1904-1991), born
in China but raised in Seattle, made his film debut in 1934, then played in over 200 movies and
TV episodes before his last television appearance in 1990, at age 86. He is often remembered
as the stereotypic “No. 1 Son” of the Swedish actor who starred in the eight Charlie Chan
mysteries of the 1930s, and, later, during the 1970s, as Master Po in the Kung Fu TV series,
again supporting the Caucasian actor cast as a Shaolin Monk in the Wild West. Luke also had
bit parts in many TV classics, from Perry Mason to Stark Trek and MASH, and was well-known
among film professionals, such as the make-up artist of Gone With the Wind to whom he
presented this book. Luke had obvious artistic talent, but his illustrations only appeared in two
books, this volume and a collection of Mother Goose nursery rhymes published the same year.
Light shelf wear; else near fine.
(100/150)
450. (Art - Belle Epoque) Offert par la Belle Jardiniere - 1898 French Calendar Illustrated by Boutet De
Monvel and De Myrbach. La Belle Jardiniere. Calendar for 1898. With 12 separate full-page color plates
by Henri Boutet de Monvel (January), Leon Sabattier (February), Maurice Orange (March), E. De
Monzaigle (April), Paul Destez (May), Felicien De Myrbach (June), Reichan (July), Leon L’Hermitte
(August), A.Parys (September), Emile Caran D’Ache (October), Leopold Kowalski (November), and
Luc-Olivier Merson (December). (Imprimerie de Vaugirard, Paris [1898]). 8x10” on glossy paper,
each plate with two holes in upper margins, as issued, for silk ties which are no longer present. In the
original unsigned Art Nouveau portfolio folder.
1898
Issued as a promotion for a leading chain of clothing shops in Paris, Lyon, Marseilles and five
other French cities. The plates, by prominent and less-known Belle Epoque artists, depict a
variety of scenes, some sporting and military, but others more characteristic of each artist’s style,
like the charming five singing children drawn by Boutet de Monvel. A very handsome ephemeral
production. A touch of wear to original portfolio extremities; near fine.
(400/600)
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ELEVEN LETTERS ON EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN ART
451. (Art) Blashfield, Edwin. Autograph Noted Signed - 1922 Edwin Blashfield, Muralist to the Rich and
Powerful. Autograph Note Signed. 8x5”.
February, 1922
To Mrs. Adams: “I know how very much my wife would have valued having you and Mr.
Adams among her readers, and I am sending you one of the earliest copies in memory of her
warm regard for you both…” Edwin Howland Blashfield (1848-1936) was perhaps the leading
American muralist of the “American Renaissance” of art and architecture in the late 19th and
early 20th centuries. His work appears in the dome of the Library of Congress, in the State
Capitol buildings of Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin, in the grand ballroom of the Waldorf
Astoria and the private mansions of the fabulously wealthy. With his wife Evangeline, who died
in 1918, he co-authored a classic 2-volume work on Italian Cities, though she wrote a number
of books in her own right including a biography of the French Revolutionary Madame Roland
which was not published until the year this letter was written. A bit of finger soiling and a stray
pen mark; very good.
(100/150)
452. (Art) Dearborn, Nathaniel. Autograph letter, signed from a notable Boston engraver to Concord publishers.
1 pp. + stampless address leaf.
Boston: Jan 31, 1840
To L.B. & L. Morrill, Concord, New Hampshire: “…the plates have been commenced on
already and…by the first of March they will be completed and it will take every day till then
to do it in the style expected. I shall then send you a proof from the plates, and pursuant to
your offer, I shall expect the Amt of Eighty dollars forwarded on the receipt of the proof.
The printing will be done and ready for you in a week afterwards – 500 copies as ordered..”
Dearborn (1786-1852), was one of the leading early wood engravers in Boston, as well as the
author of two classic books about that city and its history, and a text-book about lettering by
“pen, brush, chisel or graver”. He also produced notable maps of Boston and of the hotlydisputed Oregon boundary. The Morrills of Concord, to whom this letter was written, were
bookbinders who had just formed the new book printing company, Morrill & Silsby. They
became prolific publishers in the 1840s, one of their first major works being ship-builder Joseph
Coe’s True American, a compilation of presidential addresses which contained fine engravings
of Washington, Adams and Jefferson. These may have been the plates to which Dearborn
refers, though he is not credited as the engraver, which may be true of much of his own artistic
work. Small tear from original opening at wax seal; very good.
(100/150)
453. (Art) Friant, Emile. Autograph Letter Signed - 1918 Paris Artist, Neighbor of Picasso. 1 pp. 4½x6”.
Paris, 11 Boulevard de Clichy: April 10, 1918
Making an appointment: “…If you are free now you will find me at your entire disposition…”
Friant (1863-1932) began to paint at age 15, and was displaying his work at the Salon before his
20th birthday. He was already a professional success in Paris when he established his studio at
11 Boulevard de Clichy, near the Place Pigalle, where he lived for much of his life – including
those years when it was also the address of Childe Hassam, and of Pablo Picasso, who created
Cubism while occupying a studio apartment on the top floor of the building. Curiously, there
is no historical record of the two artistic neighbors having even a nodding acquaintance. Near
fine.
(150/250)
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454. (Art) Irwin, Benoni. Autograph Letter Signed - 1890 San Francisco Artist, John Muir Friend, Painted
Emperor Norton. 3 pp.
New York: March 4, 1890
To Miss Peckham: “Your photograph did not turn out so well as I hoped. I only got five worth
printing out of the eight plates exposed…I don’t see anything in the lot enclosed that I should
care to found a portrait on but some suggest effects worth experimenting further with…the
dress is going to answer very nicely. I shall have to make other photographs and probably quite
a number of them under the light in which the picture is to be painted before beginning it, but
these will be useful in showing something about how it will be best to proceed. They are just
fixed in Hypo and not very well washed so they won’t last very long…” Portrait painter Benoni
Burdeau Irwin (1840-1896), born in Canada and trained in New York and Paris, lived much of
his later life on the East coast, but the five years he spent in San Francisco after the Civil War
were among the most eventful of his career. He married the daughter of a Gold Rush FortyNiner, became a close friend of John Muir’s after visiting Yosemite in company with William
Keith, and painted the portraits of many notable San Franciscans, including the Presidents
of the San Francisco Stock Exchange and the Bohemian Club – and the famous eccentric
“Emperor” Norton. Tiny nick at edge; very good.
(200/300)
455. (Art) Jones, George L. Autograph Letter Signed - 1865 Civil War Engraver of both Union And
Confederate Postage Stamps. 3pp. With original mailing envelope addressed to “Mr. Halpin, Engraver, 34
Liberty Street, New York. For Theodore Jones”.
Greenwich, New York: May 21, 1865
Jones’ letter, scolding his “disheartened and dejected” 20 year-old son for “apathy and want of
energy”, after being “unsuccessful in obtaining employment” in Pennsylvania or New York,
ends with: “…Give my best respects to Mr. Halpin (I don’t know his christened name) and
your Uncle Alfred…” Young Jones’ New York host was engraver Frederick Halpin, a British
immigrant who had been first employed in America by Jones’ uncle Alfred, another Britishborn engraver. Halpin then started his own business, illustrating books published by Harper;
after the start of the Civil War, he designed the philatelically-famous “Black Jack” postage
stamp, depicting Andrew Jackson in black ink. But then, in mid-War, he abruptly left New
York to become partner in a Richmond, Virginia engraving firm which produced Confederate
bank notes, bonds and postage stamps, including one with a likeness of Jefferson Davis. When
business rivals complained that Halpin’s Davis looked too much like Abraham Lincoln and the
equipment of his firm was seized by the Confederate Government for “alleged inefficiency”,
he returned to New York before the end of the War. He later made an engraving from a life
portrait of Lincoln which the President’s widow said brought tears to her eyes. How and when
did Halpin so easily switch his political loyalties twice during the Civil War? This letter reveals
that he was back in New York as early as March 1865, while the armies were still locked in
combat, and raises the intriguing question of whether Halpin’s Confederate work was totally
unknown in the North, or just quietly overlooked because of his artistic talents. Envelope a bit
yellowed; letter near fine.
(150/250)
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456. (Art) Kaempfen, A.[lbert]. Printed and manuscript letter Signed, in French - 1886 Director Of The
Louvre Who Insulted Manet. 1 pp. Printed document, with manuscript writing, and signed A. Kaempfen.
10¾x8¼”.
Paris: 1886
To G. Guillaume, notifying him that the School would buy 20 copies of his biography of
painter Antoine Watteau. Kaempfen (1826-1907) was a lawyer, journalist and minor author,
his best-known book being a parody of Napoleon III’s “Paris, Capital of the World”. Despite
meager accomplishments, in 1882, Kaempfen became Director of the Beaux-Arts and, five
years later, Director of the Louvre and the French National Museums, a powerful position he
held until 1904. Derided as a hack “journalist” by Degas, he refused to allow the Beaux-Arts to
hold an exhibition of the works of Manet, whom he called “nothing less than revolutionary”
and later banned Impressionist paintings from the Louvre during his tenure. Foxed with light
edge wear; very good.
(150/250)
457. (Art) Kauffer, Mcknight and Paul Rand. 1947 New York Poster Art by Mcknight Kauffer And Paul
Rand - Group of 8 lithographed Advertising Cards. Group of 8 lithographed Advertising Cards reproducing
color posters commissioned by a New York advertising firm in 1947 to promote advertising on
subway cars, with portraits and brief biographies of each poster designer on verso. Varying in size
from 5½x8¾” to 5½x10½”.
1947
More than 24 such cards were produced for this Series of New York Subway Poster Designs;
they were issued separately and no American institution appears to hold a complete set. The
strikingly-designed cards offered here include 3 by famed Art Deco artist and illustrator E.
McKnight Kauffer (“Subway Posters Perform Daily Before Five Million Pairs of Eyes”;
“Hunger on Wheels / Showing foods and drinks to millions of hungry and thirsty homeward
bound New Yorkers daily just when they want them most…”; “To Tell The Truth / Color is
Better”); 1 by Paul Rand (“Repetition Means Remembrance / survey by Elmo Roper revealed
average New York subway rider takes 26 trips per month”), 2 by Joseph Binder (“Subway
Posters multiply sales with color…coverage…repetition”; “A Secret? The product you are
advertising is too good to be kept secret from 5 ¼ million car card reading subway riders every
day”) 1 by Lucien Bernhard (“23 Minutes with your Customer / Your Subway car card’s average
ride with your New York Customer Lasts 23.26 minutes…plenty of time to read your message”)
and 1 by Antonio Petruccelli (“New York Is Big / So Is New York’s Own Medium”). Issued at
a time when post-war New York advertising began to bring modern European graphic design to
Madison Avenue, this series featured original work by some of the outstanding poster artists of
the mid 20th-century. Fine.
(700/1000)
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458. (Art - 1908 San Francisco Artist) Klumpke, Anna. Autograph Letter Signed - 1908 San Francisco
artist - Rosa Bonheur’s lover. 4 pp. in French and English. 5x6½”. Written from 12 Rue Rosa Bonheur,
By-Thomery, France. With original mailing envelope.
France: Jan. 16, 1910
To poet Edouard Romilly, Paris. Klumpke thanks Romily for his “delicat souvenir”, a copy of
his book, “Reves et Realites”. She had sent another of his books of poetry to her Boston friend
and patron, “Madame Hill” [probably her patroness Mary Hill Coolidge) who had responded
in English, with thanks for a gift which “has touched me so tenderly, with tokens of your
loving thought between its pages…I have been lying on the sofa before the wood fire reading
the beautiful poems with great enjoyment and drinking in the spirit of courage and strength
with which they are filled… I am sure they will be a comfort and help to all who read them as
carefully as they deserve.” Born in San Francisco in 1856, daughter of a wealthy realtor, Anna
Elizabeth Klumpke and her sisters were taken by their mother to Europe, where at age 33, after
studying art in Paris, Anna met and fell in love with 67 year-old Rosa Bonheur, perhaps the most
famous woman artist of the 19th century. They lived together for ten years, while Klumpke
pursued her own artistic career. She becoming Bonheur’s official portraitist (one of her 3
paintings of the artist is now at the Metropolitan Museum), biographer and, after Bonheur’s
death, her sole heir. She wrote this letter while still living in the home she had shared with
Bonheur south of Paris. Klumpke later returned to her native San Francisco, where she wrote
her own autobiography and died during World War II. An inscribed copy of Klumpke’s 1908
biography of Bonheur sold in these galleries in 2000, but no letter of Klumpke’s has appeared
at American auction in the past 35 years. Near fine.
(400/600)
459. (Art) Raffaelli, J[ean] F[rancois]. Autograph Letter Signed - 1897 Jean Francois Raffaelli on
Impressionism. Autograph Letter Signed, in French. Paris, January 2, 1897. In French. 2pp. 4½x6”.
With printed biographic noted pasted at upper margin of second page.
Paris: January 2, 1897
To William G. Pengelly, Apologizes for taking so long to write, but he has been absorbed in
“ardent” work. In response to a question about “Le Credo Impressioniste”, it “would take a
volume” to answer, but in brief (very loosely translated): Impressionism is the “fervent return”
to emotion, aesthetic, intellectual and moral, of nature and ideas; a “close communion” with
surroundings of movement and passion, the soul in turmoil in “la vie universelle!”. Raffaelli
(1850-1924) was a writer, actor, painter and sculptor, best-known for his prints, which were
exhibited alongside paintings of Impressionist friends like Degas – over the heated objections
of Monet that Raffaelli’s “realist” work did not qualify as impressionism. Nevertheless, as this
letter makes clear, Raffaelli was an eloquent advocate of the Impressionist movement. Curiously,
the American to whom he wrote this letter had no apparent connection to the art world –
Pengelly was a banker who became nationally known as the foremost American legal expert
on forged documents. Raffaelli’s letters – more than a hundred of which are held by the Getty
Research Institute in Los Angeles – rarely appear on the antiquarian market. Letter a touch
yellowed, with one closed tear at centerfold; very good.
(200/300)
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460. (Art) Williams, H.[ugh] W.[illiam]. Autograph Letter Signed - 1827 British Landscape Artist Of
Illustrated Travel Books. 4pp. including stampless address leaf.
Edinburgh: July 24, 1827
To Mr. [George] Cooke, Engraver’s Office, London: “…our Exhibition which opened this
month took up every minute of my time. I unfortunately had nothing prepared for it… thank
you kindly for the beautiful selection from Claude, it really is quite exquisite and invaluable to
me. Your brother’s work too does him infinite honor and I trust it will put thousands in his
pockets. The price is reasonable and must ensure an extensive sale. The last number of the
River Scenery is very good indeed. I like it better than most of the preceding numbers…I
shall have the whole beautifully bound…I shall hope to see the progress you have made in
the work of Pompeii and if it is not too much for my purse I may purchase…You ask me the
price of my drawings… they are all done for the engravers in numbers, one colour and highly
finished and such drawings I could not do for less than eight or ten Guineas…The size of
the drawings generally may be about 12-14 16 or 18 inches but no difference in price. I make
the drawings to suit the subject. I rejoice to learn that Greece is going on so well… Longman
& Co. are going on well, better by much than Hurst & Co. My next number will be out very
soon and will eclipse all the rest…The View of Edin. is going on well and in summer when
the strangers come to Scotland it will no doubt sell rapidly. Millar…will proceed to my new
work soon viz. Elba and unpublished Italy as a companion to France. Greece will be extended
to 12 numbers in all. I think business is looking up here…” Scottish watercolor painter Hugh
William Williams (1773-1829) was especially celebrated for his views of Greece in the romantic
Byron era, though the collapse of his publisher, Hurst & Robinson, left him in financial straits.
Ironically, finely-illustrated travel and “view” books with Williams’ landscape plates (like those
of prolific engravers George and William Bernard Cooke) are now rare and highly-valued on the
antiquarian book market. Some yellowing and tearing (from original wax seal opening - wax not
present) at address leaf; very good.
(250/350)
461. (Art) Wright, Adaline. Typed Letter Signed - 1917 Mural Painter Designs World War Stamp for American
Artists Charity. 2 pp. Typed Letter Signed as Executive Secretary (to Chairman Douglas Volk) of the
American Artists’ War Emergency Fund, sponsored by the National Arts Club.
New York: Dec. 14, 1917
To Mrs. Edward R. Murphy, Denver, Chairman, Colorado State Committee of the War Fund,
sending 2,000 “Service Together” stamps – one copy of which is affixed to the letter - and
discussing details of the Fund’s activities in Colorado. Since the Fund, which raised money
to support artists “reduced in circumstances”, included such well-known figures as Edwin
Blashfield, Daniel Chester French, Ernest Peixotto and Charles Dana Gibson, no one bothered
to credit the “Service Together” stamp to 34 year-old Eugene Savage, a then-unknown painter
and sculptor studying at the American Academy in Rome, who would later gain renown for his
WPA murals during the Depression. Near fine.
(100/150)
462. (Asia) Dumoutier, Gustave. Les Cultes Annamites. 114, [ii] pp. 11¾x7¾, original wrappers.
Hanoi: F.H. Schneider, 1907
A rare work on Asia, extracted from the Revue Indo-Chinoise, 1906. Large tears and chips to
spine and wrappers, much tape repair; else very good.
(80/120)
463. (Audubon, John James) Peterson, Roger Tory and Virginia Marie Peterson. Audubon’s Birds
of America. Illustrated throughout with color plates, some folding. (Folio) 38x30 cm (14¾x11¾”), full
green leather, pictorially stamped gilt. One of an unspecified number of copies of the “Collector’s
Edition”.
New York: Abbeville Press, [1981]
Signed by both of the authors on inserted leaf at front. Fine.
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(300/500)
FABULOUS ALBUM OF EARLY AVIATION PHOTOS
464. (Aviation) Two scrapbooks of aviation photographs and clippings. Two scrapbooks, one containing
approximately 88 real photo postcards of early 20th century aircraft, and other photographs clipped
from period publications. Mostly bi-planes, but a few single wing planes and a few with more than
two wings. Makers include: Avro, B.E., Sopwith, Nieuport, De Havilland, S.E., Bristol, Martinsyde,
B.A.T., Armstrong-Whitworth, Farman, and others with maker’s unidentified. Mounted to the leaves
of a period full morocco scrapbook. The second scrapbook contains various clipping for airshows
and other aviation related material.
c.1920
Light wear to scrapbooks; contents very good or better.
(700/1000)
465. Benedictus. Variations: Quatre-Vingt-Six Motifs Decoratifs en Vingt Planches. Title-leaf & 19 (of 20)
mounted hand-stenciled pochoir plates, loose in portfolio, as issued. 47x33 cm. (19½x15”), boards
portfolio with cloth spine.
Paris: Librarie Centrale des Beaux-Arts, [1928]
Striking series of pochoir plates of art nouveau and art deco designs. Formerly in the Denver
Public Library, with rubberstamps to title-page and the mount versos, a few other markings but
not to plate images. Covers rubbed, worn, spine perished; a few plates coming loose from the
mounts, glue residue evident around the edges; title-leaf brittle and chipped; good, plates bright,
sold as is.
(500/800)
466. Berger, Sidney E. Printing & the Mind of Merker: A Bibliographical Study. xviii, 138, [2] pp. (4to)
original cloth-backed boards, slipcase. One of 50 specially bound copies containing original press
sheets from K.K. Merker’s books. From a total edition of 500 copies.
New York: The Grolier Club, 1997
Errata slip laid in. A comprehensive bibliography of the Stone Wall and Windhover Presses.
Fine.
(300/500)
467. Berkeley, Busby. Autograph Note, signed on an anniversary card to his wife. Autograph Note, signed,
on an anniversary card to his wife. Matted and framed with a portrait photograph of Berkeley and a
photo of showgirls from a Busby Berkeley musical. Overall 62x62 cm (24½x24½”).
Nov. 11, 1971
Busby Berkeley (1895–1976) was a highly influential Hollywood movie director and musical
choreographer. Berkeley is best remembered famous for his elaborate musical production
numbers that often involved dancers in complex geometric patterns. Berkeley’s works used large
numbers of showgirls and props as fantasy elements in kaleidoscopic on-screen performances.
Not examined out of frame, appears fine.
(500/800)
468. Bewick, Thomas. A General History of Quadrupeds. x, 526 pp. Woodcut engravings by Thomas
Bewick. (8vo) 21.5x13.5 cm (8½x5½”), period half black calf and marbled boards, spine lettered and
decorated in gilt. Eighth Edition.
Newcastle Upon Tyne: T. Bewick, et al, 1824
Front board detached, an occasional spot of foxing; else very good.
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(200/300)
A FLOCK OF BIRD AND BULL PRESS BOOKS
469. (Bird & Bull Press) Bates, Wesley W. In Black & White: A Wood Engraver’s Odyssey. 74, [3] pp.
Illustrations from woodcuts. (Small 4to) black cloth, paper label on front, leather spine label, red cloth
slipcase. No. 9 of 140 copies.
Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 2005
An account of Bates journey to become a master wood engraver. Fine.
(250/350)
470. (Bird & Bull Press) Bregman, Alvan. Emblemata: The Emblem Books of Andrea Alciato, A Leaf
Book. Eight contemporary emblems illustrated by Wesley Bates’s wood engravings. (8vo) blue
morocco-backed red cloth, small paper label on front, red leather label on spine, slipcase. No. 72 of
With a leaf from the 1589 Paris edition of the Alciato emblem book ‘Emblemata’. The leaf in
this copy being pages 237/238 with a woodcut emblem of a bat at flight in a cloudy moonlit
sky. Fine.
(300/500)
471. (Bird & Bull Press) Campbell, Gregor R. Son of the Bookbinder. 81, [2] pp. (8vo) cloth, leather
spine label. Accompanied by a small portfolio of 60 actual samples of bookcloths. Housed together
in a cloth-covered slipcase. No. 122 of 170 copies.
A discussion of library and edition binding over the last half-century by the son of noted
bookbinder Allan Campbell. Fine.
(250/350)
472. (Bird & Bull Press) Morris, Henry. The Art of Intaglio Produced on a Letterpress. 34 pp. plus 12
plates with descriptive letterpress, a few other illustrations tipped in or inserted.
Bound with, as issued. Morris, Henry. Schlocker & The Fishes.
12, [1] pp. Two woodcut illustrations.
(8vo), black morocco-backed blue-gray cloth, red leather spine label, slipcase. No. 64 of 115 copies.
Morris’s account of his printing from intaglio plates on a letterpress printing press. Prospectus
laid in. Fine.
(400/600)
473. (Bird & Bull Press) [Morris, Henry]. The Bird & Bull Commonplace Book. 67 pp. With several
mounted paper samples, 1 mounted leaf, and a facsimile brothel token within envelope mounted on
rear pastedown. (4to), green cloth-backed marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt, slipcase. No. 70 of
North Hills, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1971
The Commonplace Book is a collection of typically hilarious, irreverent, and often ribald essays
on making paper from wasps’ nests, brothel tokens, making paper from junk mail, and American
toilet papers, as well as a selection of poems on papermaking. Slipcase a bit sunned; else fine.
(250/350)
474. (Bird & Bull Press) Morris, Henry. Broadside Vignettes. Volume I. Comprised of letterpress
preliminaries plus 21 folders holding large format broadsides. Housed in a cloth box, 19¾x26”. No.
24 of 145 copies.
Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1997-99
This set includes an original photograph of a broadside on the press, signed and inscribed by
the author, and an A.L.S. from the author. Broadsides are printed in two or more colors, on a
wide variety of papers, using a wide variety of uncommon types, most illustrated. Fine.
(300/500)
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475. (Bird & Bull Press) Morris, Henry. My Log & Diary, 1994-2005. Illustrations from photographs,
a few ephemeral items tipped or bound in. (4to) tan morocco-backed blue cloth, blue morocco spine
label, slipcase. No. 111 of 160 copies.
“Interspersed with anecdotes and observations on book collecting, printing, private presses and
other bookish matters.” Prospectus laid in. Fine.
(250/350)
476. (Bird & Bull Press) Morris, Henry. Nicolas Louis Robert and his Endless Wire Papermaking Machine.
ith a chapter by Leonard Schlosser. Illustrated. 11x7½, cloth. No. 53 of 150 copies. With facsimile
W
sheet of assignats and 5 color plates (16¾x12” each) laid into board folder. Housed together in red
cloth folding box, leather spine label.
Prospectus laid in. Fine.
(300/500)
477. (Bird & Bull Press) Morris, Henry. The Private Press-Man’s Tale. Illustrations by Lili Wronker.
(4to), cloth-backed decorative boards, leather spine label. No. 181 of 230 copies.
Inspired by Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales” this collection of satirical poetry and prose deals with
the Private Press, bookselling, book-fairs, papermaking history, etcetera. The design on the front
cover is adapted from that of the earliest known wallpaper. Scuff mark to front cover; else fine.
(200/300)
478. (Bird & Bull Press) [Morris, Henry] Henricus de Nova Villa. So Long, Hot-Metal Men: The
Comprehensive Bird & Bull Type Specimen Book. 117, [2] pp. (Small folio) tan morocco-backed green
cloth, green leather spine label, slipcase. No. 54 of 140 copies.
A beautifully printed and bound specimen catalog. Prospectus laid in. Fine.
(300/500)
479. (Bird & Bull Press) Morris, Henry. Two Birds With One Stone. My Log and Diary, 1980-1993.
Illustrated, including some color plates. (4to), red cloth, leather spine label, decorative endpapers.
Limited Edition of an unspecified number of copies.
According to the author/printer/publisher’s preface: “This book is not for general sale - I am
printing only the amount of copies needed to fill standing orders and no prospectus will be
issued for it.” Fine.
(200/300)
480. (Bird & Bull Press) Morris, Henry. Vignettes. An eclectic assemblage of anecdotes about papermaking, the
private press, printing and its history, book collecting, Numismata Typographica and much more. Volume II. Heavily
illustrated, and with plates and a paper specimen tipped in. (Folio), brown cloth, leather spine label;
cloth box also with leather spine label. The box has two removable cylinder seals set in. No. 70 of
150 copies.
Prospectus laid in (creased). Fine.
(300/500)
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481. (Bird & Bull Press) Schmoller, Hans. Mr. Gladstone’s Washi: A survey of Reports on the Manufacture
of Paper in Japan. The Parkes Report of 1871. 134 pp. Illustrated with 3 fold-out plates, plus 20 color
plates printed on 10 leaves, and 30 woodcuts pages in facsimile printed on Japanese Torinoko Gampi.
With the extra suite of 20 color plates in a paper folder. (4to), red morocco-backed decorative boards,
slipcase. No. 60 of 500 copies. First Edition.
This work documents the introduction of papermaking to England via Sir Harry Parkes in the
1860’s. This work also contains an account of the Parkes Report, with the entire text in facsimile
with 20 full-size color reproductions of Japanese paper making. Prospectus laid in. Slipcase
lightly sunned; else fine.
(200/300)
482. (Bird & Bull Press) Silver, Joel. Dr. Rosenbach and Mr. Lilly: Book Collecting in a Golden Age. 131,
[2] pp. (8vo) black morocco-backed green cloth, green morocco spine label lettered in gilt. No. 108
of 140 copies. First Edition.
Prospectus laid in. The story of one collector, Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., of Indianapolis, and the
books and manuscripts that he bought from the legendary bookseller, Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach.
Fine.
(200/300)
483. (Bird & Bull Press) Stewart-Murphy, Charlotte A. A History of British Circulating Libraries. The
Book Labels and Ephemera of the Papantonio Collection. Illustrated with reproductions on 46 plates. (8vo),
brown morocco-backed boards, leather spine label. No. 59 of 185 copies.
Fine.
(200/300)
484. (Bird & Bull Press) Tomasko, Mark D. The Feel of Steel: The art and history of bank note engraving in
the United States. 177, [2] pp. Includes 9 plates (14 images) printed from the old engraved steel plates,
several samples tipped in, a $2.00 bill laid in to be used as a book mark. (Small folio) black moroccobacked blue-gray cloth, red leather spine label, slipcase. No. 122 of 150 copies.
A recent work but already among the scarcest of the Bird & Bull titles. Fine.
(600/900)
485. (Bird & Bull Press) Wilson, Alexander. The Foresters: A Poetic Account of a Waling Journey to the
Falls of Niagara in the Autumn. Illustrations from wood engravings by Wesley W. Bates. (8vo) brown
morocco-backed green cloth, author’s facsimile signature in gilt on front, green morocco spine label,
slipcase. No. 45 of 150 copies.
A reprint of the famed ornithologist’s poem, first published serially in 1809-10 and in book
form in 1818. Beautifully illustrated with Bates’s wood engravings. Prospectus laid in. Fine.
(300/500)
486. (Bird & Bull Press) Wolfe, Richard J. and Paul McKenna. Louis Herman Kinder and Fine
Bookbinding in America: A Chapter in the History of the Roycroft Shop. 161. Illustrated with photographs.
(8vo), black morocco-backed patterned boards, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt. No. 216 of
325 copies.
Prospectus laid in. A scholarly study of the bindings crafted by Louis Kinder for Elbert
Hubbard’s Roycrofters. Small scuff to front board; else fine.
Page 107
(200/300)
487. (Bodoni, Giambattista) Ciavarella, Angelo, et al. The Cimelio of Bodoni. The work and its printer
in essays. 2 volumes. Volume 1 containing a facsimile of Bodoni’s 1811 edition; Volume 2 containing
several essays on the printer and the work. (Folio) 38x26 cm (15x10¼”) Volume 1 in red leather;
Volume 2 in textured boards, matching slipcase. No. 54 of 400 copies.
Verona / Boston: Edizioni Valdonega / David R. Godine, [1991]
Printed for the members of the HOC VOLO. Fine.
(150/250)
488. (Book Club of California) Small collection from the Book Club of California. Includes: * Burgess,
Gelett. Bayside Bohemia. 1954 * The Letters of Frank Norris. 1956 * Twain, Mark & Bret Harte. “Ah
Sin”. 1961 * R.L.S. to J.M. Barrie. 1962 * Burgess, Gelett. Behind the Scenes. 1968 * Polk, Willis. A
Matter of Taste. 1979 * Dan De Quille of the Big Bonanza. 1980 * Harlan, Robert D. At the Sign of
the Lark. 1983 * Norris, Frank. Collected Letters. 1986 * Plus, one from Biobooks: Sherman, William
T. Recollections of California. 1945.
San Francisco: Book Club of California, Various dates
Near fine to fine.
(100/150)
489. (Book History) Greenspan, Ezra & Jonathan Rose, editors. Book History. Volumes 1-8 & 10-12.
1 1 volumes. (8vo) blue cloth lettered in gilt. First Editions.
University Park, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1998-2009
A collection of scholarly essays on a wide variety of bibliophilic subjects. Volume 9 not present.
Fine.
(300/500)
490. (Books About Books) Eleven volumes on books and fine printing. Includes:
* [Book Club of California]. Hand Bookbinding in California. A Keepsake. & California Book
Illustrators. A Keepsake. 1994 & 1996. Housed together in a blue slipcase. * Cronenwett, Philip N.
The Spiral Press, 1926-1971. Cloth-backed boards, slipcase. 2002.
* D’Ambrosio, Joe. A Memoir of Book Design, 1969-2000. Cloth-backed boards. 2003.
* Franklin, Colin. Dove Press: The Start of a Worry. Cloth-backed boards. 1983.
* Important Scientific Books: The Richard Green Library. Blue cloth. Christie’s auction catalog. 2008.
* Ould, Martyn. Stanley Morison & ‘John Fell’. Cloth, dust jacket. 2003.
* Printing at the Whittington Press, 1972-1994. Wrappers. 1994. * Tomlinson, William and Richard
Masters. Bookcloth, 1823-1980. Samples bound in at rear. Cloth, slipcase. [1996].
* Wentz, Roby. The Grabhorn Press, A Biography. Cloth-backed boards, plain paper jacket. 1981.
* Winterich, John T. The Grolier Club, 1884-1967. Cloth-backed boards, slipcase. 1967.
Together 11 volumes.
Fine.
(300/500)
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491. (Books About Books) Sixteen volumes on books and fine printing. Includes:
* Blumenthal, Joseph. Typographic Years. Cloth-backed boards, slipcase. [1982].
* Christies. The Library of Abel E. Berland. 2 volumes, cloth, dust jackets. 2001.
* Gearharts, The. Let’s Play. Cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. 2009.
* Greenwood, Robert. A Valiant Enterprise. Cloth, plain paper jacket. 2007.
* Lewis, Oscar. A Widely Cast Net. Cloth-backed boards, plain paper jacket. 1996.
* A Modest Collection. Private Libraries Association, 1956-2006. Cloth. 2007.
* Norris, Frank, Collected Letters. Cloth-backed boards, plain paper dust jacket. 1986.
* Pinney, Thomas. John Ignatius Bleasdale. Cloth. 2006.
* Ruzicka, Rudolph. Studies in Type Design. Loose in portfolio, slipcase. [1968].
* Starr, Kevin. Clio on the Coast. Cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. 2010.
* Stauffacher, Jack W. Porter Garnett. Cloth. 1994.
* Thomas, Martyn. Harry Carter, Typographer. Cloth, dust jacket. 2005.
* The Rule of Saint Benedict. Cloth. 1966.
* Van Krimpen, Jan. A Letter to Philip Hofer on Certain Problems Connected with the Mechanical
Cutting of Punches. Boards, dust jacket. 1972.
* Wolf, Edwin & John Fleming. Rosenbach, A Biography. Cloth, dust jacket. [1960].
Together 15 titles in 16 volumes.
Fine.
(300/500)
THE PUBLISHER’S COPY, WITH PROOF SHEETS, ETC.
492. (Broadsides) William James Associates. A Little Rebellion Now & Then: Sixteen of America’s Finest
Typographer-Printers and An Englishman, Prints on the American Revolution - Proof sheets and extras from the
publisher’s reserve. A collection of 47 proof sheets and extras from the publisher’s reserve. Broadsides
20½”x15½”, set in folding blue cloth portfolio with cover lettered in gilt.
Santa Cruz, CA: William James Association Press, 1976
Produced by Page Smith to celebrate the American Bicentennial. The broadsides in the present
lot come from Smith’s archives. 10 of the 14 broadsides from the publication are represented
here. Includes:
* Three copies of the contents leaf.
* “Jefferson On Tyranny” by Bert Clarke at the Press of A. Colish. (4 copies)
* “Chief Logan’s Revenge” by William Everson at the Lime Kiln Press at Santa Cruz. (3 copies)
* “A Farmer in the Maryland Gazette” by Katherine and Sherwood Grover at Grace Hoper
Press in Aptos, CA. (3 copies)
* “Declaration of Independence” by Andrew Hoyem at the Arion Press, San Francisco, with
initial drawn by George Shakespeare, with color added by hand. (8 copies)
* “Abigail Adams” by Cheryl Miller and Kathy Walkup and Jaime Robles at the Five Trees Press,
San Francisco. (5 copies)
* “A Time to Preach...” by Henry Morris at the Bird and Bull Press, North Hills, PA. (3 copies)
* “A Bill of Rights” by Ward Ritchie. (3 copies)
* “Jonathon Mayhew” by Jack Stauffacher at the Greenwood Press, San Francisco. (5 copies)
* “Tom Paine” by Thomas Whitridge at the Didymus Press, San Francisco. (4 copies); “The
Military” by Adrian Wilson with Maria Poythress Epes at the Press in Tuscany Alley, San
Francisco. (6 copies). The contributions by Clifford Burke at Cranium Press, Sebastian Carter at
the Rampant Lions Press, Mark Lansburgh At The Sign-of-the-Albion Press, and the Stinehour
Press are not represented in this collection.
These broadsides include extras and proof sheets, some contain printing errors and paper
defects, others appear perfect. Light wear to portfolio, about fine.
(600/900)
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493. (Buffet, Bernard) Sorlier, Charles. Bernard Buffet. Lithographe. 235 pp. Color illustrations
throughout, including 2 original lithographs. (4to) 32x24.5 cm (12½x9½”) boards with color
lithograph wrappers, clear acetate jacket with title printed in white. First Edition.
Paris: Editions Michele Trinckvel / Draeger, [1979]
A fabulous Catalog Raisonne, illustrating in color more than 300 lithographs by Buffet. Acetate
jacket lightly chipped; wrappers a touch edge-worn, Library of Congress duplicate stamp on
front endpaper; very good.
(500/800)
494. Castillon, A. Les Experiences Recreatives ou la Physique en Action. [iv], 223, [1] pp. 12 chromolithograph
plates, including frontispiece. (8vo) original blindstamped brown cloth with elaborate stamping in gilt
and colors, all edges gilt.
Paris: Amedee Bedelet, [c.1850]
A charming volume for adolescents, explaining scientific principles through the phenomenons
of nature. Wonderfully illustrated. Spine a touch sunned, rear joint splitting, light wear to
extremities; light foxing; very good.
(150/250)
495. Catlin, George. Westward Bound: A Hundred Years Ago. Illustrated with sketches throughout by
Tom Lea. 10¼x8, original gray cloth-backed yellow paper over boards, housed in a custom clamshell
box (matching in color and design in gray-linen backed yellow paper over boards), paper spine label.
No. 70 of 115 hand-numbered copies printed by Carl Hertzog.
[El Paso, TX]: At the Pass of the North, 1939
Signed by the artist on the
limitation page; signed by the
printer in the colophon. A rare
and remarkably illustrated fine
press book. Jacket heavily chipped
and lacking at spine, smaller chips
at edges; volume fine.
(1000/1500)
496. Champfleury. Les Chats:
Histoire - Moeurs - Observations Anecdotes. 287 + [8] ad pp. Illustrated
with 52 drawings of cats. (8vo),
rebound in later green cloth-backed
boards, with original blue illustrated
wrappers bound in. Second Edition.
Paris: J. Rothschild, 1869
All about cats, written in French.
With a cat-illustrated bookplate
on front pastedown. Shelf wear
to volume; original wrappers a
bit yellowed with edge wear, rear
wrapper with large chip (restored
with later paper); very good.
(100/150)
Lot 495
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497. (Church of England) The A, B, C. With the Church of England Catechism. To Which are Annexed,
Prayers Used in the Academy of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in Philadelphia. 12 pp. 19x11.5 cm (7½x4½”),
sewn sheets. First Edition.
Philadelphia: Young, Stewart, and M’Culloch, 1785
Blank spaces were left for the words “King” and “Him” on page 6, “and the teacher instructed
to fill them with forms of expression suitable to a republican government” (Evans). Evans
19208 Some wear at edges, title leaf detached, browned; very good.
(300/500)
498. (Church of England) The Orthodox Communicant, By Way of Meditation on the Order for the Administration
of the Lord’s Supper, or Holy Communion; According to the Liturgy of the Church of England. [ii], x, 82, [3] pp.
85 vignette engravings, numerous engraved initials, tail-pieces, ornaments, engraved page borders,
etc. (8vo) 17.3x10.2 cm (6¾x4”) period full black morocco, elaborately stamped in gilt, all edges gilt.
London: J. Sturt, 1721
Engraved throughout by engraver and calligrapher John Sturt (1658–1730). Covers bowed,
some wear at edges, joints cracking, hinges cracked; foxing and soiling within, a few leaves with
short tears; good.
(400/600)
499. Clark, Hartley. Bokhara, Turkoman, and Afghan Rugs. 130, [2] pp. 11 color plates, 6 monotone
plates. (4to) original gray cloth lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. First Edition.
London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1922
Classic text on the rugs of Western Asia. Spine and edges sunned, head of spine frayed; very
good.
(250/350)
500. Clement XIV, Pope. Interesting Letters of Pope Clement XIV. (Ganganelli.) To Which are Prefixed,
Anecdotes of His Life. 2 volumes in 1. [4], lxiv, 285; [4], 273, [1] pp. Half titles present. Engraved
vignettes on title pages. (12mo) 16.5x10 cm (6½x4”) later brown half morocco and marbled boards,
spine gilt. Second Edition.
London: T. Becket, 1777
Translated from the French Edition published at Paris by Lottin le Jeune. Second edition of a
popular title. Other editions were published the same year at Dublin and Newcastle. This Pope,
born at Sant’ Arcangelo, near Rimini, 31 October, 1705, died at Rome, 22 September, 1774;
he is best remembered for his role in the suppression of the Jesuits. Binding rubbed, hinges
cracked; internally very good.
(150/250)
501. (Coat of Arms) Original painted coat of arms by an unknown artist. Hand-painted coat of arms on
card stock paper with embossed stamp at lower left corner. 14x9”.
No date
With the motto Semper Fidelis lettered on the red ribbon at bottom, this coat of arms features
a regal dog at top, and within the crest three dog/large cat(?) faces. Hand painted in blue, yellow,
red, brown and black. Moderate finger soiling; colors bright and unblemished; very good.
(100/150)
502. Colgrave, Stephen and Chris Sullivan. Punk. A Life Apart - signed by two members of the Sex
Pistols. Filled with photography. 31x29 cm (12¼x11¼”), black cloth with white lettering to spine,
pictorial dust jacket. First Edition.
[London]: Cassell & Co., [2001]
Signed on the title page and the page facing it, by 2 members of the Sex Pistols, Paul Cook and
Glen Matlock. Also signed by Nils Stevenson, the tour manager, who passed in 2002. Very light
wear at jacket extremities; a bit of surface wear to front free endpaper; else fine.
(700/1000)
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503. (Constable, John) Lucas, E.V. John Constable, The Painter. x, 78 pp. 64 full page plates, 16 in color.
(Folio) 32x25.5 cm (12½x10”) original full brown morocco, spine gilt, gilt emblem on rear cover, top
edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. No. 9 of 100 copies.
London: Halton & Truscott Smitt, Ltd., 1924
Signed by Lucas at the limitation statement. Bookplate of Charles Henry Waterland Mander. A
bit of rubbing to extremities; pencil markings in margins throughout; very good.
(300/500)
504. Cotton, Charles. Scarronides, Or Virgil Travestie, A Mock Poem on the First and Fourth Books of
Virgil’s Aeneis, in English Burlesque. [ii], 122 pp. 4 wood-engraved illustrations. (12mo) 16x9.5 cm
(6¼x3¾”), period full tree calf bordered in gilt, spine gilt. Thirteenth Edition.
London: J. Galton, 1804
Scarce poetical work by the co-author, with Izaak Walton, of The Complete Angler. First
published in 1664. Spine rubbed; some foxing; very good.
(120/180)
505. (Curiosities) Curiosities for the Ingenious: Selected from the most authentic treasures of nature, science and art,
biography, history, and general literature. 192 pp. 10 (of 11) engraved plates, one with 2 images. (12mo)
15.4x9.5 cm. (6x3¾”), original printed boards. First Edition.
London: Thomas Boys, 1821
An interesting compilation of curious tales, trivia, advice, etc. Including chess, card playing,
theory of tides, cyphers, natural history, bibliomania, steam engines, war, windmills, newspapers,
weather, horses, sea serpents, chickens, divining rods, etc., etc. Spine chipped and cracked, edges
worn; foxing; good.
(200/300)
506. Davies, Thomas. Memoirs of the Life of David Garrick, Esq. Interspersed with Characters and Anecdotes
of his Theatrical Contemporaries. The Whole Forming a History of the State, Which Includes a Period of Thirty-Six
Years. 2 volumes. [xx], 336; [xii], 416 pp. Engraved portrait frontispiece in Volume I. (8vo) re-backed
half leather and boards.
London: Printed for the Author, and sold at his Shop, 1780
Engraved frontispiece published by T. Davies, April the 25th, 1780. Re-backed with later
leatherette(?); with a contemporary name neatly inked on title pages, light foxing to early leaves;
very good.
(150/250)
507. (Equestrian) Ridinger, Johann Elias. Three copperplate engravings of equestrian scenes. Three framed
copperplate engravings, overall measurements 61x45 cm (24x17¾”).
Augsburg: Mid 18th century
Three equestrian views, captioned in French, German and Latin, Croupade a Gauche, Redoppp
terre a terra a gauche a la muraille, & La Nouveau Manege. Johann Elias Ridinger (1698-1767)
was one of the leading and most prolific animal artists of the 18th century. He is perhaps best
known for his works, like these, depicting equestrian subjects. The first with a closed tear along
the left plate mark; otherwise appearing fine, not examined out of frames.
(700/1000)
508. (Eragny Press) Flaubert, Gustave. Un Cœur Simple. 114, [2] pp. Frontispiece designed and
engraved on wood by Lucien Pissarro; borders of frontispiece and title-page, and initial letter,
designed by Lucian Pissarro and engraved on wood by Esther Pissarro. 14.5x10 cm. (5¾x4”), clothbacked boards, paper cover label. One of 200 copies printed at the Eragny Press.
London: Hacon & Ricketts, 1901
Spine darkened, front joint starting to split along front joint, corners just showing; offset to free
endpapers, pp. 44-45 with offset from item previously laid in, else very good, pages unopened.
(300/500)
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509. (Europe) Seven illustrated works about Europe. 7 volumes, including: Mauclair, Camille. Napes
L’Eclatante. Watercolors by Pierre Vignal, plus photogravures throughout. No. 2333 of 2700 copies.
Grenoble: Editions B. Arthaud, [1928]. * Aubry, Octave. L’Espagne: Les Provinces du Sud de Seville
a Cordoue. Watercolors by Marius Hubert-Robert, plus photogravures throughout. No. 1445 of
2700 copies. Grenoble: Editions B. Arthaud, [1929]. * Gusman, Pierre. Rome: La Rome Antique.
Pastels by Pierre Gusman, plus photogravures throughout. One of 250 copies, unnumbered (as
issued?). Prospectus for the book, laid in. Grenoble: B. Arthaud, [1934]. * Boccardi, Renzo. Le Lac
Majeur et Les Iles Borromees. Watercolors by F. Vellan, plus photogravures throughout. No. 1416
of 1850 copies. Many tape repairs to wrapper edges. Paris: Editions Alpina, [1931]. * Sautel, L’Abbe
Joseph. Vaison la Romaine. Watercolors by D’Alfred Bergier, plus photographs throughout. Several
tape repairs to spine and wrapper edges. Lyon: Societe Anonyme de l’Imprimerie A. Rey, 1930. *
Roma. Watercolors by Nino Ramorina, plus photogravures throughout. Rome: Istituto Geografico
de Agostini, [1930]. * Ombrien, Ludovic. Rome. Watercolors by N. Ramorina, plus photogravures
throughout. Paris: Alpina, [1928]. Each volume is 13x9¾, in original color illustrated wrappers.
1920s-1930s
Great collection of illustrated works on various European locales. Some mild to moderate wear
to wrappers, spines with some creasing; very good.
(200/300)
510. Ferriss, Hugh. The Metropolis of Tomorrow. 140, [4] pp. Illustrations throughout by Ferriss. (4to),
original black cloth lettered in silver. First Edition.
New York: Ives Washburn, 1929
Hugh Ferriss (1889–1962) was an American architect who, according to author Daniel Okrent,
never designed a single noteworthy building. Ferriss did however have an influence on popular
culture, his drawings serving as inspiration for Gotham City, the setting for the Batman stories.
Cloth a bit rubbed; very good.
(150/200)
A FEW LOTS OF FINELY BOUND BOOKS
511. (Fine Bindings) Lowell, Maria. The Poems of Maria Lowell. [iv], 47, [1] pp. Portrait frontispiece.
(8vo) 23x15 cm (9x6”), full red morocco, gilt borders and corner devices, spine gilt, raised bands, gilt
rolled board edges, full morocco doublures with multiple gilt borders and corner devices, moiré silk
endleaves, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. No. 20 of 330 copies, designed by Bruce Rogers.
Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1907
A gorgeous binding, the binder unfortunately unidentified. Poetical works of Maria White
Lowell (1821-1844), prepared for publication by her husband James Russell Lowell; first
published in 1855. Silk separating from paper backing; else fine.
(200/300)
512. (Fine Bindings) Rappoport, S. History of Egypt, From 330 B.C. to the Present Time. Volumes 1 &
2 only (of 3 by Rappoport, from a 12 volumes set, the other 9 volumes of which were by Gaston
Maspero). Illustrations throughout with the plates in 3 states (colored, uncolored & proof). (8vo)
25.5x17.5 cm (10x7”), period full dark green morocco, spines lettered in gilt, raised bands, gilt dentelles
with floral devices at corners, red morocco doublures with gilt floral devices at centers, moiré silk
endleaves, top edges gilt. Number 9 of 50 sets of the “Edition Definitive”, printed on Japan vellum.
London: Grolier Society, [1904]
These volumes deal with the Ptolemaic Period (c.330 B.C.E.) through the Muhammedan Period
(c.1100 C.E.), the third volume, not present here, brought the history to the turn of the 20th
century. Very handsomely presented. Spines a touch sunned, light wear to edges; near fine.
(200/300)
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513. (Fine Bindings) Ruskin, John. The Queen of the Air: Being a Study of the Greek Myths of Cloud and
Storm. viii, 199, [1] pp. (8vo) 19x12.5 cm (7½x5”) full crimson morocco, spine lettered in gilt, raised
bands, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. First Edition.
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1869
Finely bound by Maclehose, Glasgow. Bookplate of Thomas Glen Arthur. Spine a touched
sunned, lightly rubbed; very good.
(200/300)
514. (Fine Bindings) Group of eight finely bound works. Includes:
* Brough, Robert B. The Life of Sir John Galstaff. Illustrated by George Cruikshank. Full brown
morocco, gilt-ruled borders, raised bands, spine gilt, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt. Bound by C.J. Sawyer.
London: Longman, Brown, et al, 1858.
* Rousseau, Jean Jacques. The Confessions. 2 volumes. three-quarter red morocco and marbled
boards, spines gilt, top edges gilt. London: Aldus Society, 1903.
* Brantome. Famous Women. Full red morocco, bordered and lettered in gilt on front, strapping
decorations in blind, spines gilt, raised bands, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt. Bound by Hatchards.
London: Humphreys, 1908.
* Irving, Washington. Wolfert’s Roost and Other Papers, Now First Collected. Full brown morocco,
triple gilt-ruled borders, spines gilt, raised bands, gilt dentelles, top edge gilt. Bound by the Eagle Art
Bindery. New York: Putnam, 1855.
* Magne, Emile. Ninon de Lanclos. Three-quarter polished red calf and marbled boards, spine gilt,
blue morocco labels, top edge gilt. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. London: Arrowsmith, [1926].
* Avebury, Lord. The Pleasures of Life. 2 volumes in 1. three-quarter polished red calf and cloth,
spine gilt, raised bands, top edge gilt. London: Macmillan, 1911.
* Gaskell, Mrs. Cranford. Full dark green morocco, ruled in blind, two color on-laid geometric device
on front, spine gilt, raised bands, all edges gilt. London: Macmillan, 1903.
* Shelley, Percy Bysshe. Essays, Letters from Abroad, Translations and Fragments. 2 volumes. Threequarter polished blue calf and marbled boards, spines gilt, raised bands, red leather title labels, top
edges gilt. Bound by Root & Son. London:Edward Moxon, 1852.
Together 8 works in 10 volumes, all finely bound.
Some light wear; overall near fine to fine.
(1000/1500)
515. (Fine Bindings) Three finely bound works. Includes:
* Vloberg, Maruice. L’Eucharistie dans l’Art. (8vo) three-quarter red morocco and gilt-marbled
boards, spine lettered in gilt, raised bands, top edge gilt. Grenoble-Paris: B. Arthaud, [1946].
* Creevey, Thomas. The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence of the Late Thomas
Creevey, M.P. Two volumes, three-quarter polished tan calf and cloth, morocco spine labels, spines
gilt, top edges gilt. Joints rubbed. London, John Murray, 1904.
* Lee, Sidney. King Edward VII, A Biography. Two volumes. Three-quarter red morocco and marbled
boards, spines ruled and lettered in gilt, raised bands, all edges gilt. Bound by Bumpus. London:
Macmillan, 1925.
Together 3 works in 5 volumes.
Joints rubbed on second title; else fine.
(300/500)
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516. (Fine Bindings) Two work in full calf bindings. Includes:
* Head, Edmund, ed. Handbook of Painting. The German, Flemish, Dutch, Spanish, and French
Schools. 2 volumes. 19x12 cm (7½x4¾”), full polished tan calf, spines gilt, red and black leather spine
labels, all edges marbled. 1854.
* Duncan, F. Martin & Lucy. The Book of the Countryside. 20x13.5 cm (8x5¼”) full tree-calf, spine
gilt red and green leather spine labels, all edges marbled. [c.1920].
Together 2 works in 3 volumes.
Some rubbing and light wear, front joint starting on second title; very good.
(200/300)
517. Frontinus, Sextus Julius. Libri quatuor Strategematicon. Cum notis integris Francisci Modii, Godescalci
Stewechii, Petri Scriverii, et Samuelis Tennulii. Edited by Francisco Oudendorpio. [76], 570, [132] pp.
Engraved frontispiece. (8vo) 20.4x13 cm (8x5¼) early full vellum with gilt Minerva device on covers,
spine gilt, lettered by hand. “Editio Altera”.
Leiden: Sam. et Joann Luchtmans, 1779
This edition first published in 1731. Brunet II, 1409. Covers a bit bowed, vellum soiled,
bookplate; foxing; very good.
(300/500)
518. (Games & Indoor Amusements) Endless Amusements; A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining
Experiments in Various Branches of Science;... 216, [2] pp. Large folding engraved frontispiece. (12mo)
15x9 cm (6x3½”) original printed boards. Second Edition.
London: Thorp and Burch, [c.1820]
Title continues: “Including acoustics, arithmetic, chemistry, electricity, hydraulics, hydrostatics,
magnetism, mechanics, optics, wonders of the air pump, all the popular tricks and changes of
the cards, &c &c &c. To which is added, a complete system of pyrotechny; or the art of making
fireworks. The whole so clearly explained as to be within the reach of the most limited capacity.
Second edition, with considerable alterations and improvements.” Backstrip chipped at ends,
some wear and soiling to boards; light foxing; very good.
(250/350)
519. (Games & Indoor Amusements) Endless Amusements; A Collection of Upwards of 400 Entertaining
and Astonishing Experiments. 216 pp. Large folding frontispiece. (12mo) 15x9 cm (6x3½”) period cloth,
leather spine label. First Edition.
London: Thorp and Burch, [c.1820]
Title continues: “Among a variety of other subjects, are amusements in arithmetic, mechanics,
hydraulics, hydrostatics, optics, pneumatics, electricity, chemistry, magnetism; combinations of
figures, reflection & refraction of light, the art of making fire-works, diverting experiments
with the magic lantern and camera obscura, wonders of the air-pump; all the popular tricks and
changes of the cards, &c. &c. &c. The whole so clearly explained as to be within the reach of
the most limited capacity.” Light wear and spotting to cloth; irregular creasing to folding plate;
light foxing; very good.
(300/500)
520. (Games & Indoor Amusements) Gibson, Charles R. Electrical Amusements & Experiments. 214,
[10] pp. Color frontispiece and 8 inserted plates from photographs. Other illustrations in text. (8vo)
original yellow cloth, pictorial dust jacket. First Edition.
London: Seely, Service & Co., 1925
“Interesting & amusing experiments, illusions & clever conjuring tricks easily performed, with
directions for making inexpensively the necessary apparatus, when it is required.” Rare in the
original pictorial jacket. Jacket lightly edge worn, tear and crease on front panel; cloth lightly
soiled; book and jacket very good.
(200/300)
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521. (Games & Indoor Amusements) Hoffmann, Professor [Louis]. Three volumes on table games by
Professor Hoffmann. Includes:
* Hoyle’s Games Modernized. With Diagrams. 1898.
* Dominoes [bound with, as issued] McCulloch, R. Draughts. 1899.
* The Games of Greco. 1900.
Together three duodecimo volumes, original gilt lettered red cloth. First Editions.
London: George Routledge & Sons, 1898-1900
Light wear to cloth, front hinge cracking on first title; very good.
(250/350)
RARE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GAMES
522. (Games & Indoor Amusements) [Lacombe, Jacques de]. Encyclopedie Methodique: Dictionnaire des
Jeux, Faisant Suite au Tome III des Mathematiques. 3 volumes in 1. [2], iv, 306; (iii)-viii, 212; (iii)-viii, 172 pp.
16 copper-engraved plates (6 folding). (4to) 26.3x20.5 (10¼x8”), modern brown faux-leather, spine
lettered in gilt. First Edition.
Paris: Chez Panckoucke, 1792
Lot 522
Rare comprehensive, alphabetically arranged lexicon of games with corresponding instructions.
The engravings depict board and table games, including billiards, backgammon, draughts,
dominoes, chess, card games, etc. Rare. Some light foxing, a bit of worm tunneling in margins
(repaired on plates); very good.
(1000/1500)
523. (Games & Indoor Amusements) Manson, J.A. Indoor Amusements. [viii], 348 pp. Illustrations from
photographs, drawings, etc. (8vo) original blue-green cloth, spine pictorially decorated, pictorial dust
jacket. Enlarged Edition.
“Including round games, toy games and toy-making, mechanical and arithmetical puzzles, card
games, magic, fireside fun, etc., etc.” Rare in the original pictorial jacket. Jacket lightly worn;
book and jacket near fine.
(300/500)
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524. (Games & Indoor Amusements) The Boy’s Own Book: A Complete Encyclopaedia of Sports and Pastimes,
Athletic, Scientific, and Recreative. viii, 726, [2] pp. Addition illustrated title, lithograph frontispiece and
lithograph chapter titles; woodcut illustrations in text throughout. (8vo) original blindstamped red
cloth, title and gilt decorations on spine and front cover. New Edition.
London: Crosby Lockwood and Co., 1885
A classic volume of games, experiments and activities for boys. Includes marbles, golf, hockey,
tennis, base ball, archery, angling, sailing, skating, gardening, husbandry, electricity, chemistry,
fireworks, optics, photography, chess, billiards, and much, much more. Scarce in all early
editions. Binding rubbed, hinges cracked; very good.
(300/500)
525. (Games & Indoor Amusements) Three volumes on games and indoor amusements. Includes:
* Cassell’s Book of Sports and Pastimes. Chromolithograph frontispiece; woodcuts throughout.
(8vo) original pictorial red and green cloth. [late 19th century].
* Kolumbus-Eier. Eine sammlung interhaltender und belehrender naturwissenschaftlicher spielereien.
Woodcut illustrations throughout. (8vo) original pictorial red cloth. Illustrations clipped from two
leaves at rear. [c.1900].
* Percy, Sholto and Reuben. The Percy Anecdotes, Original and Select. Pastime. (12mo) brown half
morocco and marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt. 1822.
Together 3 volumes.
All with some wear; overall good to very good.
(200/300)
526. [Gavard, Charles]. Galeries Historiques du Palais de Versailles. 6 volumes in 7, plus plate album. Plate
album containing 100 plates; Volume 4 (in two volumes) contains hundreds of heraldic illustrations.
(4to) 30x23.5 cm (11¾x9¼”), period black morocco-backed boards, spines gilt.
Paris: Imprimerie Royal, 1839-1853
In the 1830s, Louis-Phillippe of France conceived the idea of turning the Palais de Versailles
into a public museum dedicated to French art, Gavard was employed to edit a series of
publications which would both promote and celebrate the riches of the royal collections.
Rubbing to extremities; plate volume a bit shaken; foxing; very good.
(600/900)
527. (Geographia Classica) Geographia Classica: The Geography of the Ancients so far Describ’d as it is Conain’d
in the Greek and Latic Classicks, in Twenty-nine maps of the Old World. [2], iv, [2] pp. 29 double-page copperengraved maps. 18.5x14 cm (7¼x5½”), period calf-backed marbled boards. Fourth Edition.
London: Printed for Christopher Brown, 1723
“wherein the chief places mentioned in Homer, Virgil, Ovid, Lucan, Eutropius, Cornelius
Nepos, Justin, Quintus Curtius, Sallust,Livy,Caesar, Plutarch, Xenophen, Herodotus, and many
other Ancient Authors are described.” Binding worn; one map trimmed to neat lines and
possibly supplied from another copy; light foxing; maps overall very good.
(400/700)
528. (Gill, Eric) A Book of Alphabets for Douglas Cleverdon drawn by Eric Gill. Foreword by Douglas
Cleverdon. Introduction by John Dreyfus. 15 pp. 28 plates from alphabets drawn by Eric Gill. (8vo)
black half morocco and patterned boards, spine lettered in gilt. With an additional suite of plates in
a black cloth portfolio. Housed together in a red cloth slipcase. No. 37 of 50 special copies bound
by Clare Skelton.
Wellingborough: Christopher Skelton, 1987
Signed by Douglas Cleverdon at colophon. Fine.
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(400/600)
529. Hamilton, A[nthony]. Memoirs of Count Grammont. iv, 362, [lxxxiv], [5] pp. 76 copper-engraved
portraits; engraved title-page. (4to) 26x20.5 cm. (10¼x8”) early full calf, covers bordered in blind and
gilt, spine gilt, later rebacking with original spine leather laid down, all edges gilt.
London: S. and E. Harding, [1793]
Europe of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, revealing the intrigues and amours of both the
continent and the English court. The many engraved portraits are of the leading gentlemen and
ladies of the era. Binding well worn and detached at both hinges; some foxing, penciled notes;
fair.
(150/250)
530. Harman, Fred. The Great West in Paintings. Illustrated with art by Fred Harman. Oblong 4to,
cloth-backed linen, dust jacket, boards slipcase. First Trade Edition.
Chicago: Sage Books, [1969]
Signed by Fred Harman, and with an original color marker drawing, on the front free endpaper.
The original drawing is of a bucking horse. Slipcase split at one edge, worn; jacket with a touch
of shelf wear; volume fine.
(100/150)
531. Hoffmann, Herbert. Die Neue Raumkunst in Europa und Amerika. [14] pp. 208 full page plates,
printed on both sides, some with multiple images. (4to), green cloth, red leather labels on front and
spine. First Edition.
Stuttgart: Julius Hoffmann, [1930]
Scarce volume on mid-century furniture design and interior decoration. Light wear to spine
label; near fine.
(300/500)
532. Hubert-Robert, Marius. Water Color Renderings of Indo-China. 15 color reproductions of
watercolors. 12¾x9¾, loose and housed in a printed portfolio sleeve (with title and list of plates),
plus orange cloth-backed gold decorative boards, with orange string tie, gilt-lettered spine.
Cleveland: J.H. Jansen, 1933
A portfolio of watercolors by the contemporary French water color painter, Marius HubertRobert. Illustrations include: A Procession in the Ruins of Angkor; The Canal at Cholon; A
Village in Tonkin; The Mot-Cot Pagoda; The Bay of Along; and The River Mekong. The color
plates were printed in France, the portfolio published by a Cleveland Ohio firm. A touch rubbed
at spine ends and board edges, a few very faint stray marks on gold boards; one stray pen mark
to title page; near fine.
(200/300)
533. (Illuminated Manuscript) Illuminated manuscript in remembrance of Joseph Nash Field. 6 leaves, fine
calligraphic manuscript in black ink with decorative borders and illuminations in gray and silver.
24.7x19 cm (9¾x7½”) loose in padded black leather folder and matching black leather slipcase.
[Chicago]: [Rounds-Truman Company], [1915]
A finely penned manuscript of resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of Marshall Field
and Company in commemoration of the passing of Joseph Nash Field, brother of Marshall
Field. Signed at the rear by 8 members of the board. Leather rubbed, ribbon detached; very
good.
(300/500)
534. (Jackson, Michael) Horwich, Richard, editor. Michael Jackson - Signed by Michael Jackson.
npaginated. Illustrated throughout with color photographs of Michael Jackson. (4to) gilt boards
U
with photograph of Jackson on cover.
New York: Gallery Books / W.H. Smith Publishers Inc., 1984
Inscribed by the late Michael Jackson inside front cover: “To Elaine, Michael Jackson. One of
my favorite books!” A touch bumped at spine ends and corners; near fine.
(300/500)
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535. Joseph, Antonio A.S. Compendium Salmanticense in Duos Tomos Distributum Universae Theologiae
Moralis Quaestiones... 2 volumes. xxii, [2], 488; xii, 551 pp. (4to) 27x20.5 cm (10¾x8¼”) period full
limp vellum, spines lettered by hand.
Rome: Benedictum Francesi, 1779
Essays on various theological questions. Vellum soiled and rippled, lacking free endpapers; light
foxing; very good.
(300/500)
536. (Kat Ran Press) Hill, Jennifer. Overpass. Six drawings by Jennifer Hill. Title leaf, six prints, and
colophon leaf. (Folio) 35.5x25 cm (14x9¾”) gray paper wrappers. No. 3 of 50 copies.
[Florence, Mass.]: Kat Ran Press, [2001]
Signed by the artist at the colophon. Drawings printed from plates made at Wild Carrot
Letterpress, with hand embellishments by the artist. Fine.
(150/200)
537. (Kelmscott Press) The Tale of the Emperor Coustans and of Over Sea. 130 pp. Elaborated woodcut
borders on title-pages; woodcut initials; shoulder notes in red. 14.5x11 cm. (5¾x4”), original clothbacked blue boards. One of 525 copies printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press.
[Hammersmith]: Kelmscott Press, 1894
Spine rubbed with some darkening, minor soiling to boards and a bit of rubbing; else very
good.
(500/800)
538. King, Major W. Ross. The Sportsman and Naturalist in Canada, Or Notes on the Natural History of the
Game, Game Birds, and Fish of That Country. xv, [1], 334 pp. Illustrated with 6 chromolithograph plates
of various pheasants and game birds (including frontispiece); plus several wood engravings at the end
of each chapter. (Large 8vo), original gilt decorated green cloth, lettered in gilt. First Edition.
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1866
The chromolithographs feature the Canadian and Ruffled Grouse, White-Fish, Masq’allonge,
Wild Turkey, Prairie-Hen, and the Black-Basse. The extra errata slip is inserted, as issued.
Phillips “American Sporting Books” p. 212; Bruns K 49; Sabin 37857. Spine ends worn, corners
showing, cracked in gutter at half title; one page of table of contents detached; good.
(120/180)
539. Leipnik, F. L. A History of French Etching from the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day - Illustrated
with a Frontispiece and One Hundred and Six Reproductions in Photogravure. xviii, 214 + [2] ad pp. With
etched frontispiece & 106 photogravure plates reproducing etchings. 28.5x21.5 cm. (11¼x8½”), half
buckram & boards, paper spine label. First Edition.
London: John Lane the Bodley Head, [1924]
Among the artists represented: Manet, Rodin, Renoir, Steinlen, Laurencin, Jongkind, Poussin,
Th. Ribot, Jacque, Daubigny, Legros, and many others. Spine darkened, a few small stains, label
rubbed, corners showing; else very good, contents fine or nearly so.
(200/300)
540. Lennox, Lord William. Recreations of a Sportsman. 2 volumes. viii, 333; vi, 266 pp. Frontispiece in
each. 19x11.3 cm (7½x4”) half calf and marbled boards, gilt spines, all edges marbled. First Edition.
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1862
Rubbing and wear at edges, glue repair at all joints, rear cover of Volume II detached, corners
showing; good.
(80/120)
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SEVEN LOTS OF LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB BOOKS
541. (Limited Editions Club) Kyoka, Izumi. The Tale of the Wandering Monk. Illustrated with four
paintings by Setsuko Ideta, wife of Balthus, that were converted into wood blocks by Keiji Shinohara
in his California studio. (Folio) 42.5x35 cm (16¾x13¾”), purple cloth, paper label on front, housed
in a black cloth box with paper label on front, as issued. No. 186 of 300 copies.
Signed by the illustrator at the colophon. First
Edition in English of this tale by the “supreme
romanticist of the Meiji period” (1868-1912).
Newsletter laid in. Fine
(800/1200)
542. (Limited Editions Club) Mitchell, Margaret.
Gone With the Wind. 2 volumes. Introduction by
Henry Steele Commager. Illustrated with color
plates and line drawings by John Groth. (4to), blue
and gray buckram, spines lettered in gilt, glassines,
slipcase. No. 1350 of 1500 copies printed at the
Sign of the Stone Book.
Signed by the illustrator at the colophon.
Slipcase and glassines lightly worn; volumes fine.
(200/300)
543. (Limited Editions Club) Twain, Mark. Three
titles by Mark Twain, published by the Limited
Editions Club. Includes:
Lot 541
* A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. Cloth-backed boards. Illustrations by Honore
Guilbeau. 1949. * The Innocents Abroad. Illustrations by Fritz Kredel. Cloth-backed boards, slipcase.
1962.
* The Prince and the Pauper. Illustrations by Clarke Hutton. Velvet-backed cloth, slipcase. 1964.
Together 3 volumes, each No. 938 of 1500 copies, signed by the illustrator at the colophon.
Limited Editions Club, Various dates
A bit of light wear; overall near fine to fine.
(250/350)
544. (Limited Editions Club) Wright, Richard. Down by the Riverside. Illustrated with four original
etchings by John Wilson. (Oblong folio) 30.5x40.5 cm (12x16”), blue cloth, title in black on front,
housed in a matching
blue cloth box, as issued.
No. 143 of 300 copies.
New York: Limited
Editions Club, [2001]
Signed by the
illustrator at the
colophon. A finely
printed and illustrated
edition of the author’s
first book, originally
published in 1938.
Newsletter laid in.
Fine.
(800/1200)
Lot 544
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545. (Limited Editions Club) Eight titles from the Limited Editions Club. Includes:
* Cabell, James Branch. Jurgen. Illustrations by Virgil Burnett. 1/2000 copies. [1976].
* Melville, Herman. Billy Budd & Benito Cereno. Illustrations by Robert Shore. 1/1500 copies. 1965.
* Washington, Booker T. Up From Slavery. Illustrations by Denver Gillen. 1/1500 copies. 1970.
* Weems, Mason L. The Life of Washington. Illustrations by Robert Quackenbush. 1/2000 copies.
1974.
* Creasy, Edward S. The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World. Illustrations by Joseph Domjan.
1/1500 copies. 1969.
* Alarcon, Don Pedro Antonio de. The Three-Cornered Hat. Illustrations by Roger Duvoisin. 1/1500
copies. 1959.
* Hugo, Victor. Notre-Dame de Paris. Illustrations by Bernard Lamotte. 1/1500 copies. 1955.
* Schreiner, Olive. The Story of an African Farm. Illustrations by Paul Hogarth. 1/1500 copies. 1961.
Together 8 volumes, all in the original cloth bindings, with slipcases. Each signed by the illustrator at
the colophon.
Various places: Limited Editions Club, Various dates
Near fine to fine.
(300/500)
546. (Limited Editions Club) Eight titles from the Limited Editions Club. Includes:
* The Arabian Nights Entertainment. 2 volumes in 4. Illustrations by Arthur Szyk. Not signed.
1/1500 copies. 1954.
* Defoe, Daniel. Roxana. Illustrations by Bernd Kroeber. 1/2000 copies. 1976.
* Schiller, Johann Christoph Friedrich von. William Tell. Illustrations by Charles Hug. 1/1500 copies.
1951.
* Walpole, Horace. The Castle of Ontranto. Signed by the Editor, W.S. Lewis. 1/2000 copies. 1975.
* Moliere. Tartuffe & The Would-be Gentleman. Illustrations by Serge Ivanoff. 1/1500 copies. 1963.
* Du Maurier, George. Peter Ibbetson. Illustrations by the author. Not signed. 1/1600 copies.
* Turgenev, Ivan. Fathers and Sons. Illustrations by Fritz Eichenberg. 1/1500 copies. 1951.
* Sophocles. Antigone. Illustrations by Harry Bennett. 1/2000 copies. 1975.
Together 8 titles in 11 volumes, all in the original bindings, with slipcases, signed by the illustrator
where called for.
Near fine to fine.
(300/500)
547. (Limited Editions Club) Nine titles from the Limited Editions Club. Includes:
* Gautier, Theophile. Mademoiselle de Maupin. Illustrations by Andre Dugo. 1/1000 copies. 1943.
* Pascal, Blaise. Les Pensees. Illustrated by Ismar David. 1/1500 copies. 1971.
* Bulfinch, Thomas. The Age of Fable. Illustrated by Joe Mugnaini. 1/1500 copies. 1958.
* Wilde, Oscar. The Short Stories. Illustrations by James Hill. 1/1500 copies. 1968.
* Alarcon, Don Pedro Antonio de. The Three-Cornered Hat. Illustrations by Roger Duvoisin. 1/1500
copies. 1959.
* Shaw, Bernard. Back to Methuselah. Illustrations by John Farleigh. 1/1500 copies. 1939.
* Rostand, Edmond. Cyrano de Bergerac. Illustrations by Pierre Brissaud. 1/1500 copies. 1954.
* Dostoevsky, Fyodor. The Gambler & Notes from Underground. Illustrations by Alexandre
Alexeieff. 1/1500 copies. 1967.
* Yeats, William Butler, ed. Irish Folk Tales. Illustrations by Rowel Friers. Signed by the book’s
designer Ted Gensamer. 1/2000 copies. 1973.
Together 9 volumes, all in the original bindings, with slipcases. All but the final title signed by the
illustrator, as issued.
Near fine to fine.
(300/500)
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548. (Magic) Dircks, Henry. The Ghost! As produced in the spectre drama, popularly illustrating the marvellous
optical illusions obtained by the apparatus called the Dircksian phantasmagoria: being a full account of its history,
construction, and various adaptations. [4], 102 + [14] ad pp. Woodcut illustrations in the text. With blue
slip, noting communication with the author should be addressed to the publisher, inserted at rear ads.
18.5x11.7 cm. (7¼x4½”), original gilt pictorial blue cloth. First Edition.
London: E. & F.N. Spon, 1863
Spine darkened, some extremity rubbing; hinges cracked at endpapers, else very good.
(200/300)
549. (Magic) Halle, Johann Samuel. Magie, oder, Die Zauberkräfte der Natur, so auf den Nutzen und die
Belustigung angewandt worden. lvi, 424 pp. With 9 folding copper-engraved plates. (8vo) 19.7x11.7 cm.
(7¾x4½”), 19th century boards. First Edition.
Berlin: Bey Joachim Pauli, Buchhändler, 1783
The rare first volume of the first edition of this work on magic for amusement and
entertainment, employing scientific devices. Eventually expanded to four volumes, 1783-1786,
with the Vienna edition growing to number 16 volumes, 1785-1805. Wear to cover edges and
joints; old library rubberstamp on verso of title-page, bookplate, very good.
(400/600)
550. (Magic) Loyd, Sam. Cyclopedia of Puzzles. 384 pp. Illustrated. 28x20 cm. (11x8”), cloth.
New York: Lamb Publishing Co., [1914]
Scarce work with much on sleight-of-hand, often referred to by its cover title, Sam Loyd’s
Cyclopedia of 5000 Puzzles tricks and Conundrums with Answers. Front cover detached, spine
strip flapping; very good internally, worthy of binding repair.
(200/300)
SEVENTEEN LOTS OF EARLY MINIATURE BOOKS
551. (Miniature Books) Bijou Almanack, 1852. [32] leaves. Frontispiece, vignette title page and 12
engraved views. 31x26 mm. Full black morocco stamped in gilt.
London: Rock Brothers & Payne, [1851]
Welsh 1261. Light wear, bookplate; penciled notes on blank pages; very good.
(300/500)
552. (Miniature Books) Bijou Illustrations of the Holy Land. Title leaf and 31 lithograph views. 31x26
mm. Original full black morocco stamped in gilt.
London: Rock & Co., [c.1845]
Welsh 1276. Lightly worn, binding cocked, covers bowed, bookplate; very good.
(300/500)
553. (Miniature Books) Bijou Picture of London. Title leaf and 31 views. 31x26 mm. Original full red
leather stamped in gilt.
London: Rock Brothers & Payne, [c.1850]
Welsh 1282. Binding rubbed, some wear at edges; very good.
(250/350)
554. (Miniature Books) Bijou Picture of Paris. Title leaf, frontispiece and 30 views. 31x26 mm. Full black
morocco stamped in gilt.
London: Rock & Co., [c.1850]
Welsh 1283. Light wear, covers bowed; very good.
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(300/500)
555. (Miniature Books) Koran (in Arabic). Text in Arabic. 29x19 mm. Original full red leather stamped
in gilt, all edges gilt.
Glasgow: Bryce, [c.1900]
Copies were often issued to Muslim soldiers fighting in World War I with the Allied forces.
Lacking the original metal locket with inset magnifying glass. A touch of wear, 3 bookplates;
near fine.
(200/300)
in gilt.
Lacking the original metal locket with inset magnifying glass. Light wear; near fine.
(200/300)
557. (Miniature Books) Koran (in Arabic). Text in Arabic. 25x20 mm. Original full tan leather stamped
Lacking the original metal locket with inset magnifying glass. A touch of wear, 3 bookplates;
near fine.
(200/300)
Lacking the original metal locket with inset magnifying glass. Minor wear, bookplate; near fine.
(200/300)
559. (Miniature Books) Koran (in Arabic). Text in Arabic. 25x20 mm. Original full brown leather
stamped in gilt, all edges gilt.
Lacking the original metal locket with inset magnifying glass. Light wear, binding a bit shaken, 3
bookplates; very good.
(200/300)
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560. (Miniature Books) L’Amour et les Belles Pour L’Annee 1818. 64 pp. 8 woodcut illustrations. 28x20
mm. Original full red morocco stamped in gilt.
Paris: Marcilly, [1817]
Welsh 221. Binding bowed; some wear to page edges; very good.
(300/500)
561. (Miniature Books) Le Conseiller des Graces Dedie aux dames, Annee 1817. 64 pp. 8 engraved
illustrations. 28x20 mm. Original full red morocco stamped in gilt, all edges gilt.
Welsh 2008. Light wear, 3 bookplates; very good.
(300/500)
562. (Miniature Books) Le Petit Bijou des Enfans, Annee 1816. 64 pp. 8 illustrations. 30x20 mm. Full dark
green morocco stamped in gilt, all edges gilt.
Contains children’s songs and calendar. Welsh 5547. Light wear, bookplate; near fine.
(500/800)
563. (Miniature Books) Les Delices des Champs; Etrennes Chantants pour l’an 1811. 64 pp. 12 woodcut
illustrations. 30x20 mm. Original full red morocco stamped in gilt, all edges gilt.
Welsh 2260. Light wear, bookplate; very good.
(400/600)
564. (Miniature Books) Les Ris, les Jeux, les Plaisirs, Entrennes Charmantes, an 1812. 64 pp. 8 woodcut
illustrations. 30x20 mm. Original full brown morocco stamped in gilt.
Welsh 6017. Rubbed, light wear; very good.
(400/600)
565. (Miniature Books) London Almanack for the Year of Christ 1752. [24] pp. Four page engraved view
of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Palace at Lambeth. 60x35 mm. Original full calf binding.
London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, [1751]
Welsh 4550. Binding worn and shaken, small chip to spine; splitting in gutters; good.
(100/150)
566. (Miniature Books) Mignon Almanach an den Jahr 1815. [24] pp. Oblong 18x28 mm. Original full
black morocco stamped in gilt, all edges gilt.
Vienna: Joseph Reidl, [1814]
Welsh 4956. Light wear, rear joint starting; very good.
(250/350)
567. (Miniature Books) Rock & Co’s Bijou Souvenir of The Great Exhibition 1851. 32 engraved views,
including title leaf. 31x26 mm. Original full black morocco stamped in gilt.
[London?]: Rock & Co., 1851
Scarce. Not in Welsh. Light wear, bookplate; very good.
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(400/600)
568. (Monograms) Coronets, Crests, Badges, Monograms, and Miscellaneous Armorial Insignia. With an
illuminated title leaf + 56 leaves with mounted examples of printed embossed crests, etc., each with
a tissue guard. Containing over 2000 examples. 10¼x8, half green morocco and cloth, all edges gilt.
[England]: [c.1875]
An elaborate example of this Victorian hobby. Each leaf within has a different design or
border drawn, in a variety of watercolors as well as with silver and gilt lettering. Within those
designs, the crests, monograms, arms, and other insignia have been mounted. Some examples
of designs within include a page that is designed to look like scattered playing cards, crossed
spears, letter envelopes, leaves of trees, ivy, and one with a watercolor illustration of two
children blowing bubbles, the insignia mounted within the bubbles. Most of the pages have
a manuscript key on the facing page, identifying the ownership of specific crest and armorial
insignia. A number of the names in the keys are of Dukes, Duchesses, Barons, Baronesse,
Esquire, Lords and Ladies, etc., including: S.M Napoleon III Emporeur des Francais, H.R.H
Prince of Wales, Duke of Newcastle, Countess Wilton, Countess of Sandwich, Elizabeth,
Marchioness of Westminster, H.R.H Prince Consort, Juliana, Countess of Leicester, Earl of
Fife, Eliza, Countess of Effingham, Caroline, Countess of Seafield, Lady Windsor, Lady North,
Lord Howard de Walden, Lady Mackenzie of Gairloch, Princess Edwarda of Saxe-Weimar,
Capt. Hugh Seymour, Colonel Burton, and hundreds more. The final leaf simply reads “Finis”
with gilt embellishments. Label on back of rear cover: “Repaired and Rebound, Peta Llowarch,
1964.” Light shelf wear, a few tiny spots of soiling to cloth; some faint smudging and offsetting
to tissue guards; very good, contents clean, with only slight agetone, colors bright.
(800/1200)
569. Morison, Stanley. John Bell, 1747-1831. Bookseller, Printer, Publisher, Typefounder, Journalist, &c. xii,
166, [2] pp. (8vo) original blue cloth. One of 100 copies, specially bound. First Edition.
London: The First Edition Club, [1930]
Morison’s timeless biography of the noted publisher and bookseller. Fine.
(250/350)
570. Mouse, Stanley. Freehand: The Art of Stanley Mouse. 118, [10] pp. Illustrations after works by
Stanley Mouse. (4to) blue suede, slipcase. No. 209 of 250 copies. First Edition.
Berkeley: SLG Books, [1993]
Signed by Mouse on label inside front cover, additionally signed by Mouse on the half title.
Foreword by Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart. Stanley Mouse was one of the great rock
poster artists of the sixties. The lot also includes a trade paperback copy of the book, signed on the half title page by
Mouse. Both in fine condition.
(250/350)
571. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. Il Dissoluto Punito osia Il Don Giovanni. [2], 184 pp. Engraved
vignette on title page. (Oblong 4to) 25.3x33.5 cm (10x13¼”) period half calf and marbled boards.
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Hartel, [early 19th century]
An early edition of Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni. First performed in 1787. Leather spine and
corners perished, covers detached; foxing throughout; internally very good.
(300/500)
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572. Mozart, W.A. Il Flauto Magico...Die Zauberflote. [4], 124 pp. (Oblong 4to) 27.5x35 cm (10¾x13¾”)
period boards.
Leipzig: Bey Breitkopf & Hartel, [early 19th century]
An early printing of the score for Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute. First performed in 1791.
Spine perished, front board detached, boards scuffed and scratched; foxing throughout;
internally very good.
(300/500)
573. (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus) Bound volume of music including two scores by W.A. Mozart. Bound
volume of sheet music including the following 2 by Mozart.
* Mozart’s Third Quartett, arranged as a Duet for two performers on one Piano Forte. London:
Clementi & Co., No date.
* The Celebrated Finale to Mozart’s Grand Symphony in C. Called Jupiter, Adapted as a Duett for
Two Performers on the Piano Forte. London: Clementi & Co., No date.
(Folio) 33x24 cm (13x9½”) period half calf and marbled boards.
[early 19th century]
Includes other works for Piano Forte by Mehul, Ferdinand Ries, I.D. Bontempo, J.B. Cramer,
and J.F. Burrowes. Spine and corners perished, covers detached; foxing; internally very good.
(300/500)
574. (Music) Linley, Wm. Shakespeare’s Dramatic Songs, Consisting of all the Songs, Duets, Trios and Chorusses,
in Character, as Introduced by Him in His Various Dramas... 2 volumes in 1. [iv], 8, 76; [iv], 24, 89, [1] ad pp.
(Folio) 33.8x24 cm. (13¼x9½”) period half calf and marbled boards.
London: Preston, [c.1815]
Scarce volume of music for piano forte, of songs inspired by the dramatic works of William
Shakespeare. Backstrip and corners largely perished; some faint offsetting within; internally very
good.
(250/350)
575. (Music) Yon, Pietro. Small archive on composer and organist Pietro Yon. Small archive including several
musical scores by Yon programs from recitals and performances, ephemeral advertising pieces and an
autograph letter, signed, by Yon with a long musical notation. Six of the items, including the letter,
are signed by Yon.
1930s
Pietro Alessandro Yon (1886–1943) was an Italian-born organist who made his career in the
United States. Yon studied at the conservatories of both Milan and Turin, also attending the
Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome. He served for a time as an organist at the Vatican and at
the Royal Church in Rome before coming to the United States in 1907. Cole Porter is listed
among the pupils of Pietro Yon. Very good to fine.
(300/500)
576. Newcomb, Rexford. The Spanish House for America: Its Design, Furnishing and Garden. 164 pp.
Illustrations from photographs. (4to) pictorial cloth, dust jacket. First Edition, Second Impression.
Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company, [1927]
Scarce in the original dust jacket. The volume marked Second Impression on the half title
page. With a few architectural articles laid in, plus a typed UC Berkeley letter to Candidates for
Teaching Positions, dated 1926. On verso is a pencil sketch of an architectural floor plan. Jacket
spine ends chipped, tiny nicks and tiny tears at edges, faint soiling; volume spine leaning a touch,
lightly rubbed; very good.
(150/250)
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577. (Pallisy, Bernard) Monographie de l’œvre de Bernard Palissy suivie dun Choix de ses Continuateurs ou imatateurs.
Dessinee par Mm. Carle Delange et C. Borneman Et Accompagnée d’Un Texte Par M.Sauzay Conservateur Adjoint
Du Musée Impérial Du Louvre Et M. Henri Delange. 38 pp. text, lithographed frontispiece portrait, & 100
hand-finished color lithographed plates. (folio) 53.5x35.5 cm. (21x14”), period half red morocco &
marbled boards. One of 300 copies. First Edition.
Paris: Quai Voltaire, 1862
Lot 577
Spectacular series of colored lithographs picturing the faience created by or inspired by Bernard
Palissy (c.1510-c.1589), a French Huguenot potter, hydraulics engineer and craftsman, famous
for having struggled for sixteen years to imitate Chinese porcelain. In the 19th-century, Palissy’s
pottery became the inspiration for Mintons Ltd’s Victorian majolica, which was exhibited at
the Great Exhibition of 1851 under the name “Palissy ware”. Formerly in the Denver Public
Library, with a rubberstamp to each of the plates which is just touching or overlapping the plate
image, plus a few other markings. Covers worn, detached; save for the rubberstamps, internally
clean with plates bright.
(500/800)
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PARENTHESIS VOLUMES 1 THROUGH 18
578. (Parenthesis) Parenthesis: The Newsletter of the Fine Press Book Association. Numbers 1-18. Numbers 1
through 4 in the original wrappers; Numbers 5 through 18 each a hardbound volume with dust jacket
accompanied by a portfolio of fine press ephemera, housed together in a matching slipcase. Deluxe
issues.
Fine Press Book Association, 1998-2010
Lot 578
An important an influential journal of the fine press crafts. “Parenthesis is the Association’s
journal and deals broadly in fine and private press printing as well as bookbinding, typography,
collecting, publishing and related areas. Richly illustrated in full color, it is published twice a
year and is available free to FPBA members. While it is best known for its insightful reviews of
fine press books, the magazine publishes essays, commentary, news, how-to articles and profiles
of presses and personalities shaping the fine printing community. Its many contributors have
included Barry Moser, John Randle, Bruce Whiteman, Sebastian Carter, Crispin Elsted, Alan
Powers, Mark Dimunation, Paul W. Nash, and Kenneth Auchincloss.” - (From the associations
website). Fine.
(1000/1500)
579. Peñafiel, Antonio. Monumentos del arte mexicano antiguo: ornamentación, mitología, tributos y monumentos.
One text volume and one (of two) plate volumes. Text volume with sections in Spanish, French &
English, each with its own title page. Paginated [4], iii, [1], 130; [4], iii, [1], 108; [4], iii, [1], 108 pp. Plate
volume, the first of two, with 169 color lithographed plates containing details from ancient Mexican
art, loose in portfolio. 56x40 cm. (22x15¾”), half cloth & boards. No. 345 of 500 copies, signed by
the author at limitation.
Berlin: A. Asher & Co., 1890
An important and uncommon collection presenting the art and antiquities of ancient Mexico
in great detail with splendid lithographed plates. Quite scarce on the market - American Book
Prices Current lists only one copy having sold since 1975, that in 1985, though there was a set
sold at a Mexican auction house in 2010. With the bookplates of Frederick Starr, an important
anthropologist and longtime professor at the University of Chicago who traveled extensively
in Mexico and authored several books on the region. Without the second plate volume, but
the first volume is complete with its full complement of plates. Formerly in the Denver Public
Library, with markings to the bindings but not to the plates. A massive folio. Bindings soiled
and rubbed, black tape used to repair the spines etc., lacking one flap of the portfolio, hinges of
the text volume cracked with some pages loose; plates somewhat brittle with chipping to some
edges; contents generally very good, sold as is.
(800/1200)
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TWELVE LOTS OF PHOTOGRAPHY BOOKS
580. (Photography) Adams, Ansel. Yosemite Valley - with signed note by Ansel Adams. Photography by
Ansel Adams. Green cloth, dust jacket. First Edition.
[5 Associates], [1963]
With a laid in title page from the book, excised from another copy of the book, and trimmed
at bottom edge, signed by Ansel Adams, dated 1980. Long tear at front flap fold, repaired on
verso with tape, light chipping at jacket edges, rubbed at spine and edges; a bit rubbed at volume
extremities; very good.
(150/250)
581. (Photography) Armitage, Merle. Brett Weston Photographs. 13x10¾, black cloth, dust jacket. First
Edition.
New York: E. Weyhe, [1956]
Inscribed and signed by Brett Weston, to his third wife Dody Weston Thompson, on the
dedication page. He writes (beneath the printed To Dody): “Whose warm love and great faith
has done so much. Brett.” Jacket spine lacking, several small chips to jacket edges, light soiling
and yellowing, some dampstaining at edges; lightly rubbed volume extremities; very good.
(700/1000)
582. (Photography) Baltz, Lewis. San Quentin Point. Essay by Mark Haworth-Booth. Unpaginated.
Photographs by Lewis Baltz. (4to), black cloth, dust jacket, clear acetate overwrap printed in black.
First Edition.
Millerton/Berlin: Aperture/Zwolftes, [1986]
One of only 1200 copies. Lewis Baltz (b.1945) is a visual artist and well known photographer
and is among the most important figures in the New Topographic movement of the late 1970s.
A touch of wear to jacket edges; fine in near fine jacket.
(500/800)
583. (Photography) Blanquart-Evrard, Louis Désiré. Intervention de l’Art dans la Photographie. 35 pp.
Original mounted albumen photograph as frontispiece. 18.5x10.8 cm. (7¼x4½”), original wrappers.
First Separate Edition.
Paris: Lieber, 1864
Rare French work on art and photographie, with an original photograph of a frieze as the
frontispiece. First published in Mémoires de la Société impériale des Sciences, de l’Agriculture
et des Arts de Lille, 11e Série, vol. 10, année 1863. OCLC/WorldCat lists only six copies in
institutional libraries. A little extremity wear, minor fading to photograph, very good.
(300/500)
584. (Photography) Brassaï & Henry Miller. Brassaï. Essay by Henry Miller. Illustrated throughout
from photographs by Brassaï. (4to) 27x21 cm (10¾x8¼”), original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt,
pictorial label on front. First Edition.
Paris: Edition Neuf, [1952]
Contains Henry Miller’s essay “L’Œil de Paris.” Shifreen & Jackson B71. Light wear to
extremities, bookplate; very good.
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(300/500)
585. (Photography) Camera Notes: Official Organ of the Camera Club, N.Y. Volume IV, Number I. July,
1900. 74 pp. Plus 20 pages of advertising. Illustrations from photographs throughout, including three
tipped-in images from Platinotypes by Gertrude Käsebier. 29.5x21 cm (11¾x8¼”), original printed
wrappers.
New York: The Camera Club, N.Y., 1900
A scarce and important photographic
journal, previously edited by Alfred
Stieglitz. This issue with a tipped in slip
at rear announcing Steiglitz’s resignation.
Additional photographers in this issue
include Joseph T. Kelley, Hugo Henneberg,
R.W Robinson, and others. All issues of
this magazine are scarce. Wrappers a bit
worn; internally fine.
(800/1200)
586. (Photography) Eleven volumes of photography,
each signed. Includes: * Adams, Ansel. The
Print: Contact Printing and Enlarging. Cloth,
dj (with small chips and tears). Inscribed by
Adams in 1950. Morgan and Lester, [1950].
* Markus, Kurt. Cowpuncher. Cloth, dj.
Inscribed at rear by Markus, dated 2002.
Wild Horse Island Press, [2002]. * Barnbaum,
Bruce. Visual Symphony: A Photographic
Work in Four Movements. Cloth, dj. Inscribed
by Barnbaum, 1987. Alfred Van Der Marck,
[1986]. * Light Years: The Photographs of
Morley Baer. Cloth, dj. Inscribed by Baer,
1991. Photography West Graphics, 1988. *
Natural Connections: Photographs by Paula
Lot 585
Chamlee. Cloth, dj. Inscribed by Chamlee in
1995. Lodima Press, [1994]. * Michael A. Smith: A Visual Journey. Cloth, dj. Inscribed by Smith in
1993. Lodima Press, [1992]. * Sexton, John. Listen to the Trees. Cloth, dj. Inscribed by Sexton, also
with an ALs from him dated 1997, laid in. Bulfinch Press, [1994]. * Adobes in the Sun: Portraits of a
Tranquil Era. Cloth, dj (with small tears, yellowing). Inscribed by Morley Baer, dated 1973. Chronicle
Books, [1972]. * Smith, Michael A. The Students of Deep Springs College. Cloth, dj. Inscribed by
Smith. Lodima Press, [2000]. * Brett Weston: Voyage of the Eye. Wrappers. Inscribed by Weston,
dated 1975. Aperture, [1975]. * Palfi, Marion. Invisible in America. Wrappers. Inscribed by Palfi and
dated 1973. University of Kansas Museum of Art, 1973.
Books from the collection of Dody (Weston) Thompson, the third wife of Brett Weston. Each
book is inscribed to Dody Thompson or Dan & Dody Thompson. Mostly near fine or fine.
(300/500)
587. (Photography) Fouque, Victor. The Truth Concerning the Invention of Photography Nicephore Niepce
His Life Letters and Works. [4], 163 pp. Translated by Edward Epstein. Half cloth & floral boards, spine
lettered in gilt.
New York: Tennant & Ward, 1935
Edward Epstean’s translation into English of La vérité sur l’invention de la photographie, which
appeared in 1867. Fine or nearly so.
(400/600)
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588. (Photography) Large collection of 19th century American photographs. Large collection of 19th century
photographs including Cartes des Visites, cabinet cards, tintypes of all sizes, larger photos, etc.
From all areas of the United States, although predominately Eastern states. Portrait
photographs, a few scenic photos, some tintypes in their original paper folders. A grab bag of
unsorted material, from the Calvin P. Otto collection, weighing in at more than 15 pounds.
Great material for the researcher or the CDV “back” collector. Most in very good or better
condition.
(400/600)
589. (Photography) Potonniée, Georges. History of the Discovery of Photography. x, 272 pp. Translated
by Edward Epstean. Blue buckram, spine lettered in gilt. One of 300 copies.
New York: Tennant & Ward, 1936
Some minor rubbing to covers, several spots to page fore-edges, offset to endpapers; very
good.
(400/600)
590. (Photography) Rodgers, H.J. Twenty-three Years Under a Sky-Light, or Life and Experiences of a
Photographer. 235 pp.; errata leaf. Illustrated with wood engravings. 18x12 cm. (7¼x4¾”), original
purple cloth. First Edition.
Hartford: H.J. Rodgers, Publisher, 1872
One of the few nineteenth century books written by a photographer about the profession.
Includes chapters on the dark-room, the camera obscura, what people can do to look good in
photographs, durability of sun pictures, etc. Spine and cover margins faded, spine ends rubbed
and frayed; a few of the illustrations with later hand-coloring; very good.
(200/300)
591. (Photography) Towler, John. Dry Plate Photography, or, The Tannin Process, made simple and practical
for operators and amateurs. [4] ad, [4], [13]-97 + [25] ad pp. Woodcut illustrations. 18.7x12 cm. (7½x4¾”),
original wrappers. First Edition.
New York: Joseph H. Ladd, 1865
Early work on dry plate photograph, which was not commercially viable until Dr. Richard L.
Maddox’s advances made in 1871. OCLC/WorldCat lists only 11 copies in institutional libraries.
A little creasing/wear to corners, top 1” of spine paper missing; very good or better.
(300/500)
592. Piranesi, Giovanni Battista. Avanzi degl ‘Aquedotti Neroniani che si volevano distruggere per la loro
vecchiezza, ma per ordine di Nr. Sigre. Papa Clemente XIV sono restati in piedi. Etching on paper. 48x70 cm
(19x27½”), trimmed to edges of image, no margins.
No place: after 1870
Attractive large etching of the
ruins of the Roman Aqueduct.
Trimmed to edges, browning on
the reverse from earlier framing;
very good.
(400/600)
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593. Porcheddu, Giuseppe. Disegni di Giuseppe Porcheddu. Preface by Leonardo Bistolfi. 24 pp. + 108
leaves of reproductions of drawings by Giusseppe Porcheddu, some in color. All loose leaves, housed
in cloth portfolio, printed and with cover illustration in black, string ties (spine lacking). No. 1182 of
1500 copies.
Torino: Opere di Propaganda Nazionale per L’Incremento di Industrie, Commerci ed Arti, 1928
Giuseppe Porcheddu was an Italian painter, and master of graphic art. This portfolio houses a
set of fantastical and mundane portraits of heroes and housewives alike. A rare item, with only
2 copies of the set located by OCLC / WorldCat. Portfolio spine lacking, wear at corners, some
fraying; edge wear to each leaf within, the art within obviously studied, and wear from handling;
very good.
(80/120)
594. (Posters) Poster for the 1931 Film “The Song of Life”. Lithograph poster. 102x68.5 (40¼x27”)
including margins.
No Place: Tobis, [c.1931]
A striking image from the American
release of the 1931 German film “Das
Lied vom Leben” directed by Alexis
Granowsky. A striking erotic image of
an embracing nude couple. The film,
subtitled “The intimate Sex-Life of two
moderns” was surely intended to titillate
but a search of the internet leaves one
wanting for clips. Poster well worn at
the margins with, dampstained to the
lower 4 inches, multiple wider strips
of paper tape on rear repairing tears
or reinforcing folds and edges; fragile,
offered as is, in need of restoration.
(400/600)
TWO FROM THE PROMETHIUS
PRESS, EACH 1 OF 5 COPIES
595. (Prometheus Press) Pound, Ezra.
And Then Went Down. [4] leaves. With handpainted frontispiece illustration, signed
with artist’s initials. 15.8x11 cm. (6¼x4¼”),
saddle-sewn brown wrappers, paper cover
label, clear jacket. Number “epsilon” of 5
copies, printed on Japon paper.
Grasse: Prometheus Press, 1984
Signed at the colophon by the artist
Frederic Prokosch. Small smudge on title
page; else fine.
(300/500)
Lot 594
596. (Prometheus Press) Whitman, Walt. The Pilot in the Mist. [4] leaves. With hand-painted frontispiece
illustration, signed with artist’s initials. 15.8x11 cm. (6¼x4¼”), saddle-sewn blue wrappers, paper
cover label, clear jacket. Number “gamma” of 5 copies, printed on Les Ecrins paper.
Grasse: Prometheus Press, 1984
Signed at the colophon by the artist Frederic Prokosch. Fine.
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(300/500)
597. (Rocket Press) Burnett, David. Vines. Wood engravings by Richard Shirley Smith. (8vo) clothbacked marbled boards, paper labels on spine and front. Two additional engravings in brown paper
folders, each signed and numbered in pencil by the artist. Housed together in a matching slipcase. No.
46 of 50 copies thus bound from a total edition of 200 copies.
[Abingdon, Oxfordshire]: The Rocket Press, 1984
Signed at the colophon by the illustrator. Fine.
(150/250)
598. (Sacræ Rotæ) Sacræ Rotæ Romaæ Decisionum Recentiorum Pars Octava [Nonæ], [Decima Quinta], [Decima
Septima]. 4 volumes (of at least 17). (Folio) 33x23.5 cm (13x9¼”), period full limp vellum, spines
lettered in an early hand.
Venice: Paulum Balleonium, 1697
Decisions and summaries of the Tribunal Apostolicum Rotæ Romaæ. Parts 8, 9, 15 and 17.
Some soiling and discoloration to vellum; foxing; very good.
(500/800)
599. Schaldach, William J. Carl Rungius: Big Game Painter. Fifty Years with Brush and Rifle. Illustrated
from paintings & drawings by Rungius, including color plates. (Small folio), original cloth decorated
in silver on front cover, spine lettered in silver. No. 747 of 1275 copies. First Edition.
West Hartford, VT: The Countryman Press, [1945]
Rungius is best remembered for his vivid paintings of the wildlife of the American West.
Lacking slipcase; volume fine.
(300/500)
600. (Schweitzer, Albert) Roback, A.A., editor. The Albert Schweitzer Jubilee Book - “Royal Deluxe” edition,
signed by Schweitzer and finely bound. 508 pp. (Thick 8vo) 23.8x15.5 cm (9¼x6¼”) finely bound in full
brown morocco elaborately bordered in gilt on covers,
floral design with green morocco onlays at center, spine
gilt, raised bands, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, top
edge gilt. Copy no. 23 of an unspecified number of
copies of the “Royal Deluxe” edition.
Cambridge, Mass.: Sci-Art Publishers, [1945]
Signed by Schweitzer on the front flyleaf and with
an inserted leaf signed by the editor A.A. Roback,
his assistants J.S. Bixler, and George Sarton and
10 of Schweitzer’s associates, several of whom
contributed writings to the book, including Sir Philip
Manson-Bahr, Roland H. Bainton, Karl Vietor, W.
Ernest Cooke, and others. Tipped in at the front
is a typed letter from the publisher, to a Mr. Fuchs
informing him of the shipment of the “Royal
Deluxe” from the binder and enclosing the leaf of
signatures (now tipped in). Light wear to extremities,
leather light soiled; about fine.
(700/1000)
601. Seaton, Elizabeth. WPA Federal Art Project Printmaking in California 1935-43. 132 pp. 12¾x9¾, blue
cloth, spine lettered in yellow, clear acetate jacket. 1 of
450 copies designed by Patrick Reagh. First Edition.
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 2005
Prospectus and errata slip, both laid in. BCC
Publication No. 220. Fine.
Lot 600
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(150/250)
602. (Sixth Chamber Press) Ewart, Gavin. A Cluster of Clerihews. Leather-backed boards, paper label
on front, slipcase. Copy ‘G’ of 26 lettered copies.
[Leamington Spa]: Sixth Chamber Press, [1985]
Signed by the author at the limitation statement. Printed by Sebastian Carter at the Rampant
Lions Press. Fine.
(100/150)
603. Stawell, Mrs Rodolph. Fabre’s Book of Insects - two editions. Includes: * White gilt-lettered and
decorated cloth, dust jacket. London: Hodder and Stoughton, [c.1921]. * Green gilt-lettered and
decorated cloth, dust jacket, two part illustrated boards box. New York: Tudor Publishing Company,
[1921].
The first in the rare dust jacket. Both illustrated with color plates of insects. Some tape repair at
verso of jacket spine head, plus edge wear, yellowing and light soiling (London Edition); some
wear to two part box including a split and some repair on inside; very good or better.
(100/150)
604. Sutherland, R.Q. & R.L. Wilson. The Book of Colt Firearms. 604 pp. Profusely illustrated. (4to)
gilt-lettered gray cloth, rebacked with original spine cloth laid down. First Trade Edition.
Kansas City: Robert Q. Sutherland, [1971]
Inscribed by R.L. Wilson to Horace Greeley IV on the title page. Rebacked, some light wear to
edges; very good.
(250/350)
605. Sévigné, Madame de. The Letters of Madame de Sévigné. 7 volumes. Introduction by A. Edward
Newton. (8vo) original blue cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt, top edges gilt. No. 32 of 1550 sets.
London: W.T. Morrell & Co., 1928
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de Sévigné (1626–1696) was a French aristocrat,
remembered for her letter-writing. Most of her letters, celebrated for their wit and vividness,
were addressed to her daughter. She is revered in France as one of the great icons of French
literature. Spines sunned, light wear; very good.
(150/250)
606. (Tern Press) Owen, Wilfred. The Seared Conscience. Nine poems, with etchings by Nicholas Parry.
(Small 4to) cloth, dust jacket. One of 90 copies.
[Market Drayton]: [Tern Press], [1993]
Signed by Nicholas and Mary Parry at the colophon. Fine.
(100/150)
607. Thomas, Peter & Donna. A Collection of Paper Samples from Hand Papermills in the United States
of America. 3 preliminary leaves plus 35 folded sheets of fine hand-made paper, each with a brief
description by the maker printed on the recto of the second leaf. (4to) 29.5x22.5 cm (11¾x9”), full
brown morocco, embossed and stamped in blind, slipcase. Copy 12 of 25 special copies with seven
additional samples not included in the regular edition of 170 copies.
Santa Cruz: Peter & Donna Thomas, 1993
Prospectus laid in. A collection of finely made papers, preserved as “a valuable resource for
future paper historians” in the tradition of the works of Dard Hunter. Fine.
(600/900)
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608. Turner, J.M.W. Liber Fluviorum; or, River Scenery of France. 336 pp. Additional engraved vignette
title and 60 plates. (4to), contemporary red morocco, elaborately decorated in gilt, spine lettered in
gilt, all edges gilt.
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1857
Gilt crest on covers with the Latin phrase Clemtia et Animo. With a 1908 hand-written gift card
pasted to front pastedown. Rubbed at spine edges and corners; very light foxing to contents,
mostly marginal or on versos of plates; very good.
(300/500)
609. Varchi, Benedetto. L’Hercolano. Dialogo di Messer Benedetto Varchi, Nel Qualò si Ragiona Generalmente
Delle Lingua et in Particolare Della Toscana e Della Fiorentina. Composto da Lui Sulla Occasione Della Disputa
Occorsa tra l’Commendator Caro e M. Lodovico Castelvetro. [xvi], 282, [34] pp. (8vo) 20.5x15 cm (8x6”)
period full vellum, spine lettered by hand. First Edition.
Vinetia: Filippo Giunti, 1570
Benedetto Varchi (1502/1503 - 1565) was an Italian humanist, a historian and poet. In his
time Varchi was notorious for his many sonnets to young boys. Though his loves were not
always reciprocated, and despite his denunciations of men who engaged in “filthy loves,” he
was criticized by his contemporaries for his attachments to young boys. In 1545, Varchi was
arrested and tried for pederasty, and was eventually pardoned by Cosimo de Medici upon the
intercession of his many friends. Brunet V, 1086 (“edition originale et rare”). Vellum yellowed
and lightly worn; light foxing; very good.
(500/800)
610. Venner, To[bias]. Via Recta Ad Vitam Longam. Or, a Plain Philosophicall Demonstration of the Nature,
Faculties and Effects of all Such Things as by Way of Nourishments make for the preservation of health,... [xiv],
342 pp. Title page and 6 preliminary leaves supplied in photographic facsimile. (Small 4to) 17.5x13.5
cm (6¾x5¼”), modern calf-backed marbled boards.
London: R. Bishop, for Henry Hood, 1637
Includes Venner’s treatise on the Baths of Bathe but lacking the final treatise on tobacco. Some
light wear to binding; light foxing, tape repair at foot of one leaf; else very good.
(300/500)
TWO ISSUES OF VERVE
611. (Verve) Tériade, E., editor. Verve: An Artistic and Literary Quarterly No. 3. 124 pp. Four color
lithographs by Marc Chagall, Joan Miro, Abraham Rattner, & Paul Klee; six color lithographic plates
reproducing images of Indian deities; and many plates and photographs reproduced by heliogravure
and quadrichrome. 35.5x26.5 cm (14x10½”), original pictorial wrappers, box with illustration by
Chagall. First Edition.
Paris: Verve, [1938]
The third issue of the celebrated French periodical of art and literature; text in French. The
four contemporary lithographs depict the Four Seasons. Much of the text and illustrations in
this issue are concerned with India, Persia, etc. Rarely seen in the box. Box lid lacking sides,
some wear; small nick to spine; very good.
(500/800)
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612. (Verve) Tériade, E., editor. Verve: An Artistic and Literary Quarterly. No. 4, January-March 1939.
Profusely illustrated by various artists and in various mediums, including a double-page color
lithograph by Henri Matisse and 7 color lithographs (on 4 pages) by André Derain; screened gravures
from photographs by Brassai & others; color plates reproducing medieval illuminations; etc. 14x10½,
color lithographed wrappers.
Paris: Verve, 1939
The fourth issue of the highly influential venue for artistic expression, capturing the finest in
visual creations from the middle ages through the modernism of the 20th century. This issue
most notable for the striking double-page color lithograph by Henri Matisse, on heavy paper.
Wrappers a bit worn, some splitting to spine; lithographs fine.
(400/600)
613. Watson, James D. The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA.
( 8vo), wrappers. Norton Critical Edition. Later Printing.
New York: W.W. Norton, [1980]
Signed on the title page by James D. Watson, who along with Francis Crick, is credited with
describing the DNA molecule. Accompanying the signature is a small sketch of the DNA
double helix. Light wear to wrappers; near fine.
(200/300)
THREE WORKS BY ISAAC WATTS
614. Watts, Isaac. Divine Songs for Children. 36 pp. (12mo) 13.5x8.8 cm (5¼x9½”), period marbled
wrappers.
New Haven: A.H. Maltby & Co., 1819
Scarce Connecticut imprint. OCLC WorldCat locates 16 copies in institutional collections, only
2 of which (Huntington Library and UCLA) are west of the eastern seaboard. Light wear to
wrappers, corners chipped and dogeared, paper browned throughout; very good.
(150/250)
615. Watts, Isaac. Logick: Or, The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry After Truth. With a variety of rules
to guard against error, in the affairs of religion and human life, as well as in the sciences. [vi], 365, [4], [1] ad pp.
(8vo) period full calf, raised bands. Eighth Edition, Corrected.
London: T. Longman and T. Shewell, 1745
Watt’s standard text book of philosophical logic, used as the basic introduction to the field for
more than 100 years at Oxford University. First published in 1725. Extremities rubbed, front
joint cracking, light foxing; very good.
(200/300)
616. Watts, Isaac. The Improvement of the Mind; Or, A Supplement to the Art of Logic. 281 pp. (12mo)
14.4x8.7 cm (5¾x3½”) period full calf, red leather spine label.
Baltimore: Phoenix N. Wood & Co., 1833
A scarce Baltimore imprint, one of several American editions published the same year.
Extremities rubbed; foxing throughout; very good.
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(150/200)
617. Webster, Daniel. The Works of Daniel Webster. 6 volumes. Engraved frontispiece in Volumes
1-III. (8vo) 9x6, original blindstamped brown cloth, spines lettered in gilt. First Edition, “Subscriber’s
Copy”.
Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1851
Signed by Webster on inserted leaf at front of Volume 1. Also included is a 1 page autograph
letter signed by Webster dated March 8, 1850. Addressed to “My dear Sir,” and at the bottom,
“To the President”. A letter to President Zachary Taylor from the author, who asks for “a short
note with your signature,” to be sent to his friend, a Boston farmer. Spines sunned, spine ends
and corners a bit rubbed and bumped; a bit of scattered foxing or yellowing to contents; very
good.
(600/900)
WILKINS MATHEMATICALL MAGICK
618. W[ilkins], J[ohn]. Mathematicall Magick, or, The Wonders That May be Performed by Mechanicall
Geometry. In two books. Concerning mechanicall povvers. motions. Being one of the most easie, pleasant, usefull, (and
yet most neglected) part of mathematicks. Not before treated of in this language. [xvi], 295 pp. Initial leaf blank.
Woodcuts within text. (8vo) 16x10.7 cm (6¼x4¼”), modern full brown morocco, raised bands, spine
lettered in gilt. First Edition.
London: M. F. for Sa. Gellibrand, 1648
“This short, condensed compendium . . . represents the
first text on mechanics available in the English language .
. . describing various machines, including strange devices
and possibilities, such as a land vehicle powered by wind,
submarines, flying automata, clocks, magnetic perpetuum
mobile, etc.”--Bibliotheca Mechanica, page 354. Wing
W2199. Pages a bit browned and with some light wear
to edges, some light soiling; very good in a fine modern
binding.
(2000/3000)
619. Wilson, Adrian. Printing for Theater. [6], 57, [1] pp.
With numerous theater programs and ephemera printed by
Adrian Wilson tipped-in, plus about 15 additional specimens
loose in rear pocket. Cuts and engravings in the text. (Folio),
beige cloth decoratively stamped in green, spine lettered in
red. No. 137 of 250 copies printed by Adrian Wilson.
San Francisco: [Adrian Wilson], 1957
Adrian Wilson’s wife, Joyce Lancaster Wilson, was an
actress in the Interplayers, a San Francisco dramatic
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group, and her husband printed many programs and
announcements for the performances. They are gathered
here, along with Wilson’s account of his endeavors. Finely printed, one of Adrian Wilson’s most
notable works. This copy also has printed ephemera from Wilson’s memorial service laid in.
Cloth a touch sunned; else fine.
(400/700)
620. (Wilson, Adrian) Wilson, Joyce Lancaster, editor. The Work and Play of Adrian Wilson: A
Bibliography with Commentary. Edited by Joyce Lancaster Wilson. Illustrated with facsimile leaves;
ornaments & decorations in the text; tipped-in frontispiece portrait from a photograph by Ansel
Adams. (Folio), brown morocco-backed linen; bound by the Schuberth Bookbindery. No. 70 of 325
copies printed on handmade paper by Adrian Wilson at the Press in Tuscany Alley.
Austin: W. Thomas Taylor, 1983
Prospectus laid in. A few small spots to front cover; else fine.
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(300/500)
Rare Americana - African American History
Thursday, March 28, 2013
11:00 am Pacific Time
Sterling silver humidor, apparently presented at a diplomatic gathering in Mexico City, 1951, with engraved
signatures of ambassadors and luminaries including
Octavio Paz.
Estimate $6,000/9,000
Rare wall map of the City of Philadelphia compiled by J.C.
Sidney, 1849, this issue backed with linen, sectioned and
folding into marbled boards.
Estimate: $2,000/3,000
The Brown Pelican, hand-colored lithographed
plate in Vol. VII of the first octavo edition of John J.
Audubon’s The Birds of America, 1844.
Estimate: $5,000/8,000
Large, spectacular lithograph of the interior of San
Francisco’s Sutro Baths, the world’s largest indoor
swimming pool establishment when it opened in
1896. Estimate: $10,000/15,000
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It can then be determined whether the item or items under consideration would do well at auction.
Following this, arrangements can be made for the delivery of the material to PBA. In the case of
large consignments or libraries, a member of the staff may be able to view the books on location,
and make arrangements for its transportation to PBA Galleries. Because of the costs involved, PBA
discourages consignments with a total value of less than $1500.
The frequency of auctions, and variety of subject matter, allows PBA Galleries to ensure quick
turn-around time for items consigned. Books can appear at auction as quickly as 30 days and
generally not more than 90 days following consignment. Commissions vary between 10% and 15%,
depending on the selling price of an item.These commissions encompass all related costs including
insurance, storage, cataloguing, illustrations, etc., except shipping. Payment is sent within 20 banking
days of an auction.
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